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9,127,797 | 1. A connector for verifying a connection state between the connector and a counterpart, comprising: a housing including an insertion hole for inserting the counterpart, a housing wall, and a central axis; a locking member slidably attached to the housing and adapted to receive the counterpart inserted into the insertion hole to move transverse said housing central axis from an initial position to a locked position in which the counterpart is undetachably fixed to said locking member, said locking member having an arm; and an identifying member provided in the housing and having a connection completion display part having a different color from the locking member, wherein the housing includes a first display opening in said housing wall that exposes the connection completion display part, and the locking member includes a second display opening in said arm that overlaps the first display opening to expose the connection completion display part at the initial position, and does not overlap the first display opening to shield the connection completion display part at the locked position; wherein the housing further comprises an engaging claw, and the locking member comprises an elastic lock piece having a pipe contact part adapted to abut against the counterpart to move the locking member to the locked position, and an engaged part engaging to the engaging claw of the housing to restrict an upward movement of the locking member; and whereby said locking member shields said connection completion display part at the initial position, and exposes said connection completion display part at the locked position. | 47,220 |
9,485,654 | 1. A user authentication method of a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising: transmitting information including a user identifier to a Relaying Party (RP), the user identifier being an IP Multimedia Public Identifier (IMPU), the IMPU being transmitted along with a value acquired by encrypting the IMPU with a security key of the terminal; receiving a redirect request message including an OpenID authentication request from the RP; identifying whether the OpenID authentication request corresponds to the user identity information transmitted by the terminal based on the redirect request message; and verifying validity of the RP based on the redirect request message, wherein the redirect request message is for redirecting a browser of the terminal to an OpenID Provider (OP). | 46,864 |
8,718,832 | 1. A wind farm control system including a plurality of wind turbine generators that generate electric power by rotation of rotors, in which the wind turbine generators are interconnected and are operated while power outputs thereof are limited in advance so as to be able to further supply electric power to a utility grid in response to a decrease in the frequency or voltage of the utility grid, the wind farm control system comprising: a measuring portion that measures, for each of the wind turbine generators, a physical quantity related to increase and decrease in the power output of the corresponding wind turbine generator; and a setting portion that sets, for each of the wind turbine generators, a limitation amount of the power output of the corresponding wind turbine generator on the basis of the physical quantity measured by the measuring portion, wherein the setting portion sets the limitation amount of the power output of each wind turbine generator so that the larger the physical quantity measured by the measuring portion, the larger the limitation amount of the power output, and the smaller the physical quantity measured by the measuring portion, the smaller the limitation amount of the power output. | 6,417 |
8,845,740 | 1. An artificial joint prosthesis, comprising: a bone-facing surface of an artificial joint prosthesis, the bone-facing surface configured to face a bone-prosthesis interface in vivo; a non-load bearing surface of the artificial joint prosthesis, the non-load bearing surface adjacent to the bone-facing surface of the artificial joint prosthesis; at least one fluid deflection structure positioned adjacent to the non-load bearing surface; a mechanism attached to the fluid deflection structure, the mechanism operable to move the fluid deflection structure to direct synovial fluid away from the bone-prosthesis interface in vivo; at least one particle retaining structure positioned to contact the directed flow of synovial fluid and configured to retain non-physiological particles present within the synovial fluid; at least one first magnet attached to the artificial joint prosthesis; and at least one second magnet attached to the fluid deflection structure, wherein the mechanism attached to the fluid deflection structure is configured to at least one of (i) move in accord with a magnetic field established by the at least one first magnet or (ii) allow the at least one second magnet to move the fluid deflection structure in accord with the magnetic field established by the at least one first magnet. | 29,789 |
9,580,322 | 1. A method of preparing a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: preparing a solution including spherically shaped natural graphite particles and a solvent; ultrasonic wave-treating the solution; drying the ultrasonic wave-treated solution to prepare graphite modified particles; and heat-treating the graphite modified particles to prepare graphite modified composite particles after preparing the graphite modified particles, wherein the spherically shaped natural graphite particles are prepared by assembling flake-shaped natural graphite particles into a spherical shape, and wherein ultrasonic waves are radiated at an intensity of about 100 to about 1000 W for about 1 to about 10 minutes. | 8,922 |
9,036,983 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to set, when a base video stream and a dependent view video stream are included in different transport streams for recording, type information identifying the dependent view video stream in an information file which describes information on the dependent view video stream out of the base view video stream and the dependent view video stream obtained by encoding the base video stream and the dependent view video stream according to a predetermined video coding format. | 41,603 |
8,599,863 | 1. In a network system having compute nodes connected by a switched interconnect fabric, a plurality of switching nodes each comprising: one or more processors; a bus fabric coupled to the one or more processors; a fabric switch coupled to the switched interconnect fabric, wherein the fabric switch is configured for inspecting a data packet routing header of a packet and causing the packet to be routed to its destination within the switched interconnect fabric based only on information contained within said routing header; and a plurality of protocol specific personality modules each coupled in parallel between the bus fabric and the fabric switch, wherein at least two of the protocol specific personality modules are configured in accordance with different protocols with respect to each other and wherein each one of the protocol specific personality modules includes: | 36,566 |
9,164,880 | 1. A computer comprising: a memory; and a controller operable to manage a relationship among port information of an initiator port, information of a logical volume storing data from the initiator port, and port information of a target port to be used for storing data from the initiator port to the logical volume, and to cause another computer to process a storage function of a storage system including the logical volume and the target port by creating a virtual machine for executing the storage function on said another computer, and by creating a virtual logical volume on the virtual machine and associating the virtual logical volume on the virtual machine on said another computer with the logical volume in the storage system, said another computer sending the data to the logical volume of the storage system after executing the storage function. | 36,760 |
9,709,236 | 1. A vehicle lamp comprising: a light source including a semiconductor light emitting device; and a support member, formed of metal, on which the light source is mounted, wherein the support member is integrally formed with a shade portion, formed primarily of metal, configured to block a portion of light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting device, the shade portion includes a metal portion contiguous to the support member, the shade portion extends in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of the vehicle lamp, wherein the shade portion further includes: a line forming portion, formed from an upward-facing upper face portion of the metal portion of the shade portion to a front-facing front face portion of the metal portion, is formed in a rounded shape with a radius of curvature of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm in a cross-section orthogonal to the shade portion extension direction. | 41,581 |
9,844,748 | 1. A method to cool and condense a CO2 containing gas stream to recover CO2, comprising the steps of: providing more than one heat exchanger, the more than one heat exchanger comprising at least one water condensing heat exchanger and at least one CO2 condensing heat exchanger, each heat exchanger having a first flow path for passage of a first fluid and a second flow path for passage of a second fluid; passing an uncompressed CO2 containing gas stream along the first flow path of the water condensing heat exchanger to cool and condense water vapor in the CO2 containing gas stream, and through a separator to separate condensed water from the CO2 containing gas stream; cooling coolant water in a chiller that is powered by heat in the CO2 containing gas stream; compressing the CO2 containing gas stream exiting the separator and then cryogenically cooling the CO2 containing gas stream in the at least one CO2 condensing heat exchanger, the at least one CO2 condensing heat exchanger condensing at least a portion of the CO2 in the CO2 containing gas stream, and separating the condensed CO2 from the cooled CO2 containing gas stream in a CO2 separator; passing the cooled CO2 containing gas stream from the CO2 separator along the second flow path of at least one heat exchanger to cool the CO2 containing gas stream in the first flow path; passing the cooled coolant water from the chiller along the second flow path of at least one heat exchanger to cool the CO2 containing gas stream in the first flow path; generating a natural gas stream at a temperature and pressure suitable for distribution in a distribution natural gas line from a Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) stream by: | 41,068 |
9,524,528 | 1. A management apparatus, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising: receiving a plurality of check items that are subjected to inspection of whether or not the plurality of check items satisfy predetermined criteria, the plurality of check items being arranged in a predetermined order; and first image data related to the check items from a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus being used by a first trainer when the first trainer conducts training, the first image data being captured when the first trainer conducts training; rearranging, for each related check item, the first image data and second image data which is related to the check items, the second image data having been captured when a second trainer conducted training before, from a terminal apparatus, generating, for each related check item, an image data group of the first image data and the second image data having been rearranged; and notifying the image data groups generated for the respective check items to the of terminal apparatus which is used by the first trainer who is conducting training to make the terminal apparatus display the image data groups in association with each related check item. | 19,098 |
9,160,181 | 1. An energy supply system, comprising: an electrical energy storage system having multiple storage modules; an ascertaining device for ascertaining state variables of the storage modules; and an energy transmission device for energy transmission between the storage modules and a downstream electrical device; wherein the energy transmission device has multiple d.c. chopper converters connected to one another in series at the output end, and each of the d.c. chopper converters is connectable at its inputs to one of the storage modules of the energy storage system, wherein the energy supply system has a trigger device for triggering the d.c. chopper converters as a function of the ascertained state variable of a respective connected storage module, and wherein the input of each d.c. chopper converter is at the same electric potential. | 20,732 |
8,960,156 | 1. Injector sleeve adapted to be mounted in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, having a nozzle portion, a mid portion and an upper portion, where the mid portion comprises a tapered inner surface which constitutes a sealing surface for an injector, wherein the hardness of the tapered inner surface is higher than the hardness of the outer surface of the injector sleeve. | 30,087 |
9,053,526 | 1. A method for encoding a cloud display screen in a cloud server, comprising: acquiring region information of currently generated windows based on an application programming interface (API) function information of an Operating System (OS); extracting relative depth information between each of the currently generated windows from the OS; generating an encoding mode map in which an entire screen is divided into a plurality of blocks, based on the acquired region information and the extracted relative depth information; and encoding each of the plurality of blocks based on the generated encoding mode map. | 36,037 |
9,525,167 | 1. A high-energy lithium secondary battery comprising: a cathode comprising, as cathode active materials, a first cathode active material represented by Formula (1) wherein 0.8<x≦1.3, 0≦v≦0.9, 0≦w≦0.9, 0≦y≦0.9, 0≦z≦0.9, x+v+w+y+z=2, and 0≦t≦0.2; M denotes at least one metal or transition metal cation having an oxidation number of +2 to +4; and A is a monovalent or divalent anion, and having a layered structure; and a second cathode active material represented by Formula (2) wherein 0.8<a≦1.3, 0≦b≦0.5, and 0≦c≦0.3; M′ denotes at least one metal or transition metal cation having an oxidation number of +2 to +4; and A′ is a monovalent or divalent anion, and having a spinel structure, wherein an amount of the first cathode active material is between 40 and 100 wt % based on a total weight of the first and second cathode active materials; an anode comprising amorphous carbon having a capacity of 300 mAh/g or more, wherein the amorphous carbon is a mixture of a first carbon having a specific surface area with respect to capacity of 0.01 to 0.031 m and a separator. | 1,348 |
8,973,519 | 1. A status indicator, comprising: a display disc including a stem located in a central portion of the display disc and a pin secured within a portion of the stem, wherein the display disc includes a first colored section and a second colored section; a lens unit with an opaque section and a non-opaque section to alternately reveal the first colored section or the second color section, an indicator cam configured to receive a linear force initiated by an actuator component and to translate the linear force to a rotational force on the pin, wherein the rotational force on the pin causes the display disc to rotate from a first position that aligns the first colored section with the non-opaque section to a second position that aligns the second colored section with the non-opaque section. | 6,772 |
9,517,405 | 1. A system for enabling cross-game user actions, the system comprising one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: host a first online game, the first online game being associated with a first game space, a first game space interface, and user accounts for the first online game, wherein hosting the first online game comprises: host a second online game, the second online game being associated with a second game space and a second game space interface different from the first game space and the first game space interface, such that the second online game is discrete and separate from the first online game, wherein user accounts associated with the second online game are separate from the user accounts for the first online game, and wherein hosting the second online game comprises: | 18,481 |
9,487,291 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a blade of a rotorcraft; and a tip actuation mechanism that is external to the blade and associated with an elongate member that is connected to a tip portion of the blade, wherein the tip actuation mechanism is configured to apply a torque to the elongate member such that the tip portion of the blade twists relative to a root portion of the blade about an axis through the blade defined by the elongate member. | 17,710 |
9,702,056 | 1. A production apparatus of an SiC single crystal by a solution growth method, comprising: a seed shaft having a lower end surface to which an SiC seed crystal is to be attached; and a crucible for accommodating an SiC solution, wherein the crucible comprising: a main body including a first cylindrical portion, and a bottom portion disposed at a lower end portion of the first cylindrical portion; an intermediate cover disposed within the first cylindrical portion and above the liquid level of the SiC solution in the main body, a first space being formed between the SIC solution and the intermediate cover, the intermediate cover having a first through hole through which the seed shaft is to be passed; a top cover disposed above the intermediate cover, a second empty space being formed between the intermediate cover and the top cover, the top cover having a second through hole through which the seed shaft is to be passed; and the top surface of the intermediate cover declines from an outer circumference side to an inner circumference side. | 29,179 |
9,437,357 | 1. A rotary input device comprising: a first annular magnetic body having a plurality of first protrusions outwardly protruding in a radial direction and disposed along a circumferential direction thereof; a second annular magnetic body having a plurality of second protrusions protruding inwardly in a radial direction and disposed along a circumferential direction thereof, each of the second protrusions being configured to oppose corresponding one of the plurality of first protrusions; a rotary knob configured to rotate the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body with respect to each other, a case member configured to rotatable support the rotary knob; and a cam member provided between the case member and the rotary knob, wherein the cam member is configured to position the rotary knob with a standard position at which the first and second protrusions face each other, and apply an operation reaction force to the rotary knob when the rotary knob is rotated from the standard position, and wherein at least one of the first annular magnetic body and the second annular magnetic body includes: | 4,407 |
8,776,433 | 1. A planting tower, comprising: a plurality of planting columns arranged around a center line parallel to the gravity direction and leaning against each other, each of the planting columns comprising a plurality of planting containers three-dimensionally stacked on each other with the same structure, wherein each of the planting containers comprises: | 1,856 |
9,481,131 | 1. An apparatus for additively manufacturing an object from a thermoplastic material having dimensions, comprising: an extruder configured to move, with respect to the object while depositing the thermoplastic material, wherein the deposited thermoplastic material exhibits an anisotropic tensile strength along an axis of a direction of deposition, and a pattern of the depositing is selected to deposit the thermoplastic material in the object according to, in a stress analysis of a predetermined object model of the object, different tensile loads directed along axes of the object, according to an array of predetermined 3D tensile stresses of the predetermined object model of the object under stress, while substantially maintaining the same dimensions of the object as configured for manufacture. | 16,216 |
8,709,576 | 1. A structural part curving along a length of the part, said curved structural part comprised of a composite material reinforced with continuous fibers, said curved structural part having a section which includes at least two wings, with said fibers extending over the at least two wings, said length of said curved structural part having a greater extent than a width of said curved structural part and a length of said wings having a greater extent than a width of said wings, said widths being locally perpendicular to said lengths, said curved structural part and said wings further each having a thickness extending generally perpendicular to said widths and said lengths, the thicknesses having a lesser extent than said widths, at least one of said wings of said curved structural part having a first full width along a length of the at least one wing and including a second full width of said same at least one wing along a second, different, but adjacent length of the at least one wing comprising a local increase in the width of said at least one wing as compared to the first full width, the second full width of said at least one wing being of a section parallel to a local radius of curvature wherein, in the same region of the at least one wing, the local increase in the width of the section is an increase in the first full width of the at least one wing in a direction towards an interior of a curve of the curved structural part without an increase in the first full width in a direction towards an exterior of the curve of the curved structural part. | 28,998 |
9,772,741 | 1. A computer aided technique for visually analyzing the results of the application of predictive models to data sets, including big data, comprising the following steps: a) storing data and predictive models; b) selecting a predictive model; c) applying the predictive model to the data to generate a score for each data object; d) selecting an analytical threshold to employ with the scores; e) outputting a graphical display that shows the data objects arranged along an axis according to their predictive model score along with an indication of the value of a currently chosen threshold; f) outputting a table with a row associated with the threshold and columns showing expected predictive performance metrics calculated from performance statistics of the predictive model; and g) repeating steps d) through f) for a different threshold and dynamically updating the display and tables with the data for each threshold wherein the density of values in the graphical display and the tabular output informs the user choice in selecting an appropriate threshold. | 15,620 |
9,834,507 | 1. A selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compound represented by the structure of formula I: wherein wherein said formed carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring is not dihydropyridin-2(1H)-one, pyridin-2(1H)-one or 1H-pyrrole. | 6,520 |
8,857,108 | 1. A system for mounting a snow barricade on membrane roof system with a membrane layer, the system comprising: a bracket comprising: a means for securing the coated bracket to membrane roof; and a membrane patch comprised of a material compatible with the bracket coating material and the membrane layer material and having a larger perimeter than the perimeter of the base plate, wherein the membrane patch is placed over and sealed to the coated bracket and to the membrane layer around the perimeter of the base plate to form a mounting system having a water-tight seal. | 47,363 |
9,834,489 | 1. A method for producing bio-aromatic compounds, the method comprising: conducting a reaction by reacting a mixed charge comprising glycerol and an alcohol in the presence of a HZSM-5 zeolite catalyst having a SiO recovering the product mixture, wherein the alcohol is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, isobutanol, with the proviso that the amount of glycerol in the mixed charge is (i) in a range of 19.3 to 25 wt % when the alcohol is methanol, (ii) in a range of 14.3 to 25 wt % when the alcohol is ethanol, (iii) in a range of 11.3 to 25 wt % when the alcohol is isopropanol, or (iv) in a range of 9.4 to 25 wt % when the alcohol is isobutanol. | 23,647 |
9,042,110 | 1. A positioning structure for a removable hard drive detachably installed in a case, comprising: an enclosure having an accommodating space formed by a front end, a back end and two first side walls, wherein each first side wall has a first bottom surface, each first bottom surface is provided with a plurality of positioning holes, the hard drive is accommodated in the accommodating space, and an outer side surface of each first side wall of the enclosure is formed with at least one positioning cavity; and a tray, including a second bottom surface and two second side walls vertically extending therefrom, a space being formed by the second bottom surface and the two second side walls, and the second bottom surface being formed with a plurality of positioning pillars corresponding to the positioning holes, and the second bottom surface being directly in contact with each first bottom surface, each of the second side walls having a cutout to form at least one elastic arm on each second side wall, the at least one elastic arm integrally formed with the second side walls as one piece; wherein a free end of the at least one elastic arm has two sides surfaces opposite to each other, one of the two side surfaces facing the space is integrally formed a convex body protruded toward the space to form at least one positioning protrusion, the enclosure is received and positioned in the space by engaging the at least one positioning protrusion with the at least one positioning cavity and correspondingly inserting the plurality of the positioning pillars into the plurality of the positioning holes, wherein a surface of the positioning protrusion contacting the positioning cavity is formed as a cambered surface, such that the enclosure can be detached from the tray by directly pulling the enclosure upwardly, and wherein the other one of the two side surfaces opposite to the space has a protrusion protruded toward a case to be against the case when the tray is installed in the case. | 45,129 |
8,695,525 | 1. An underwater robot configured to be charged in response to a charging signal from a charging dock, the charging dock including a coil configured to generate a magnetic field serving as the charging signal, said underwater robot comprising: a main body including a waterproof chamber; an electric power unit disposed in said waterproof chamber, said electric power unit including a rechargeable battery set storing electric power and a charging module coupled to said rechargeable battery set and configured to charge said rechargeable battery set in response to the charging signal from the charging dock; a propulsion unit disposed on said main body and configured to generate a propulsion force to make said underwater robot move underwater; and a control unit disposed in said waterproof chamber and coupled to said electric power unit and said propulsion unit, said control unit being operable to provide the electric power from said electric power unit to said propulsion unit and to control operation of said propulsion unit; wherein said charging module of said electric power unit is a coil configured to generate induced current from the magnetic field generated by the charging dock, and said electric power unit further includes a transformation circuit coupled between said charging module and said rechargeable battery set and configured to transform the induced current to a charging current for charging said rechargeable battery set. | 8,891 |
9,723,756 | 1. A data center comprising: a rack comprising a plurality of mounting portions that are each configured to receive and structurally support at least one of a plurality of computer systems mounted in the respective one of the plurality of mounting portions; a backplane assembly that is communicatively coupled to a communication network and extends along a portion of a rear end of the rack, the backplane assembly comprising separate network connectors that are each aligned with separate ones of the plurality of mounting portions and are each configured to communicatively couple a complimentary network connector of individual ones of the plurality of computer systems with the communication network when the individual ones of the plurality of computer systems are mounted in the separate ones of the plurality of mounting portions; and a plurality of air flap structures, each coupled to a separate one of the plurality of mounting portions of the rack and configured to restrict airflow through the respective mounting portion based at least in part upon an absence of a computer system in the respective mounting portion; wherein at least one of the mounting portions comprises a latch mechanism configured to: | 8,839 |
9,651,454 | 1. System for checking a combustion engine coupled with an electric generator of a hybrid terrestrial vehicle having at least a drive line driven by at least one electric motor, said combustion engine comprising at least one subsystem to be checked, said system comprising first control means configured to drive the combustion engine at just one or at a few discrete predefined deterministic operation points according to a normal condition of said combustion engine, said system being characterized in that it comprises second control means able to perform at least a diagnostic test on said at least one subsystem and in that said first control means are configured to disregard said predefined deterministic operation points according to a diagnostic condition of said combustion engine and to command said combustion engine to vary operating conditions thereof in order to allow said second control means to perform said diagnostic test; wherein, in said diagnostic condition of the combustion engine, said first control means are configured to vary the electrical torque load of the electric generator applied to the combustion engine, towards a specific value or along a predefined torque load profile. | 8,276 |
8,944,757 | 1. A fluid machine, comprising: a rotating portion having a plurality of blades and an annular member disposed circumferentially at one end of the blades, the annular member having an annular wall portion; a stationary portion arranged in opposition to the annular member, the stationary portion having a stationary wall portion in opposition to the annular wall portion; a sealing portion formed of an annular minute gap between the rotating portion and the stationary portion; and a groove portion circumferentially formed on the annular wall portion of the annular member or the stationary wall portion of the stationary portion, the groove portion having a cross-sectional shape of an n-angled shape (n=3 or more) on a meridional cross section of the annular member, the groove portion having an angle θ from 15° to 40° formed between: a side W wherein the sealing portion includes a passage wherein the annular minute gap between the annular wall portion and the stationary wall portion has a substantially constant width except at the groove portion, the passage having a length greater than side W wherein the annular minute gap between the annular wall portion and the stationary wall portion has a cross-sectional area expanding moderately at the groove portion. | 16,608 |
9,695,444 | 1. A virus vector in which a gene encoding an antigenic polypeptide is integrated in a gene of an F protein-defective human parainfluenza virus type 2, wherein the antigenic polypeptide is expressed in the form of a fusion protein with a viral structural protein or a portion thereof, and the virus vector requires that F protein be supplied in trans by a packaging cell in order to produce virus particles having infectious ability, wherein the F protein-defective virus lacks F gene or an extramembrane domain of the F gene. | 33,316 |
9,231,168 | 1. A light-emitting diode package structure, comprising: a package having a chip carrier portion; a light-emitting diode chip disposed on the chip carrier portion of the package; and a package material disposed on the chip carrier portion and covering the light-emitting diode chip, wherein the package material comprises: | 41,789 |
8,408,342 | 1. A hybrid power driving system, comprising: an engine ( a clutch ( a first shaft (A); a second shaft (B) disposed parallel to the first shaft (A); a motor ( an energy storage device ( an output gear ( the engine ( the motor ( the first shaft (A) has a first gear ( the second shaft (B) has a third gear ( the first gear ( | 2,183 |
8,454,745 | 1. In wet decarburization of fly ash comprising the steps of: adding water to fly ash to generate slurry; adding hydrophobizing agent and foaming agent to the slurry and agitating them to generate bubbles; and adhering unburned carbon in said fly ash to the bubbles to float them to remove the unburned carbon in the fly ash, a chemical management method comprising the steps of: separating the slurry into a sedimentation component and a liquid phase, the concentration of foaming agent in the liquid phase being associated with a chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration in the liquid phase; reusing the liquid phase obtained by said separation step for another floatation separation for new fly ash; determining the concentration of foaming agent in the liquid phase obtained by said separation step using a measuring device to measure the COD concentration in the liquid phase, the measured COD concentration in the liquid phase being converted into the concentration of foaming agent in the liquid phase obtained by said separation step; and adding foaming agent to the liquid phase obtained by said separation step, wherein the quantity of said foaming agent added to the liquid phase obtained by said separation step is adjusted in accordance with the determined concentration of the foaming agent in the liquid phase obtained from the separating step. | 10,260 |
9,435,579 | 1. A door for a refrigerator appliance that is pivotally connected by a hinge, the door comprising: a polygonal shell having corners and defining at least part of a cavity therein, wherein a distance between an opposed pair of said corners define a height of said door; a hinge bearing mounted to the polygonal shell adjacent one of said corners, the hinge bearing extending into the cavity and defining a generally cylindrical passage to receive and journal a hinge pin of said refrigerator appliance; a reinforcement tube comprising a first end secured to the hinge bearing and a second end extending a distance within the cavity that is less than half of the height of said door so that the second end is upstanding and spaced away from the hinge bearing, the reinforcement tube comprising a sidewall that defines a hollow interior and at least one hole extending through the sidewall to provide communication between the cavity and the hollow interior; and insulation foamed in place that substantially fills said cavity including said corner, wherein the insulation penetrates into the hollow interior of the reinforcement tube via said at least one hole. | 42,063 |
8,626,608 | 1. A recommender system adapted to provide recommendations on a group of consumable items comprising: (a) a first routine of the recommender system that collects at least a set of ratings for a set of consumable items using one or more electronic data collection devices from a group of participants who are participating in an item sampling event in which at least some of the set of consumable items are sampled during said item sampling event; (b) a second routine running on the one or more electronic data collection devices or on one or more computing systems that calculates correlations based on said set of ratings between at least one of 1) said group of participants and other persons rating said set of consumable items or related items; or 2) said set of items including at least item scores and participant scores; and (c) a third routine of the recommender system that presents recommendations on consumable items to at least some of said group of participants based on said correlations. | 33,674 |
9,163,523 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a compressor housing enclosing a bladed wheel, the compressor housing comprising a first flow passage, wherein the first flow passage is a notch in the compressor housing that fluidly connects a volute of the compressor adjacent a first pressure responsive region to a second flow passage, wherein the first pressure responsive region includes a compressor outlet pressure, and wherein the second flow passage is engagable over a range of rotation angles of the compressor housing; a turbine housing including an outlet port on the turbine housing and a fluid conduit fluidly connecting the outlet port to an actuator, the turbine housing further including a third flow passage; a bearing housing mechanically coupled to the compressor housing on a first side of the bearing housing and mechanically coupled to the turbine housing on a second side of the bearing housing, wherein the second flow passage is formed between the compressor housing and the bearing housing, wherein the third flow passage is a channel within the turbine housing that fluidly connects the outlet port to a fourth flow passage between the turbine housing and the bearing housing, wherein the fourth flow passage is engagable over a range of rotation angles of the turbine housing; and wherein the bearing housing further comprises a fifth flow passage that fluidly connects the second flow passage to the fourth flow passage. | 12,925 |
9,558,006 | 1. A processor comprising: a memory to store a set of instructions; and a processor core coupled to the memory to execute the set of instructions, wherein the processor core is to: | 48,295 |
8,934,491 | 1. A digital television (DTV) transmitter for processing digital broadcast data, the DTV transmitter comprising: a signal generator for generating a data group having first, second, and third regions, the first region and the third region having mobile data and main data place holders, the second region having mobile data, known data sequences, trellis initialization data, MPEG header place holders, RS parity data place holders, and transmission parameter data; a de-interleaver for de-interleaving the data group; a packet formatter for removing the RS parity data place holders and the main data place holders from the de-interleaved data group and replacing the MPEG header place holders in the de-interleaved data group with MPEG headers, thereby outputting mobile data packets which include the mobile data, the known data sequences, the trellis initialization data, the MPEG headers, and the transmission parameter data; a packet jitter mitigator for adjusting packet timing and a program clock reference (PCR) of main data packets including main data; a multiplexer for multiplexing the mobile data packets with the main data packets; an RS encoder for adding RS parity data to the multiplexed mobile and main data packets; and an interleaver for interleaving the multiplexed mobile and main data packets including the RS parity data. | 13,294 |
9,194,312 | 1. A control device of a vehicle drive device including an engine having a supercharger and an automatic transmission outputting power of the engine to drive wheels when an upshift of the automatic transmission is performed by executing an acceleration operation, if a progress status of a supercharging pressure increase in a supercharger pressure increasing process by the supercharger is a status in an initial period of the increasing process, a supercharging pressure increase degree before start of an inertia phase of the upshift being made smaller than a supercharging pressure increase degree after a predetermined timing subsequent to the start of the inertia phase, while if the progress status of the supercharging pressure increase is a status in an ending period of the increasing process, the supercharging pressure increase degree before the start of the inertia phase being made larger than the supercharging pressure increase degree after the predetermined timing. | 25,491 |
9,691,258 | 1. A method for detecting that a hazardous condition is easing, the method comprising: measuring, by a hazard detector, a first amount of the hazardous condition present in an ambient environment of the hazard detector; setting, by the hazard detector, a mode of the hazard detector to a pre-alarm state based on the measured first amount of the hazardous condition; measuring, by the hazard detector, a second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector, wherein the second amount is less than the first amount; determining, by the hazard detector, based on the second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment, to set the mode to a non-alarm state; and in response to determining, at least partially based on the second amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment to set the mode of the hazard detector to the non-alarm state from the pre-alarm state or an alarm state, outputting an indication that the hazardous condition has eased, wherein: | 40,741 |
9,045,479 | 1. A compound having the formula (I), their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates or stereoisomers thereof, wherein R R wherein when R R R R R R R R R Alternatively R R R R R R R m is independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is independently selected from 1, 2, 3 or 4; and p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. | 48,471 |
9,616,280 | 1. An oblong orbital exercising machine comprising: a main frame; an upright mounted on a front portion of the main frame; a seat support mounted on a rear portion of the main frame; a cycle movement mechanism mounted on the main frame; a slide rail mounted on the seat support; a seat slidably mounted on the slide rail; two guiding tracks mounted on the main frame; two swinging handles pivotally mounted on the upright; two drive bars each having a first end pivotally connected with the cycle movement mechanism; two pedal units each mounted on a second end of one of the two drive bars; two driven bars each having a first end pivotally connected with one of the two swinging handles and a second end pivotally connected with one of the two drive bars; and two rollers each pivotally connected with the second end of one of the two driven bars and each movably mounted in one of the two guiding tracks; wherein: each of the pedal units includes: a fixing plate secured on the second end of the respective drive bar and provided with two elongate slots; a rocking plate pivotally connected with the second end of the respective drive bar; two springs biased between the fixing plate and the rocking plate; two fastening rods secured on the rocking plate and extending through the springs and the elongate slots of the fixing plate; and a pedal secured on the rocking plate; and the fixing plate of each of the pedal units is perpendicular to the respective drive bar. | 15,662 |
9,019,974 | 1. A method comprising: advertising, by a wireless local area network (“WLAN”), a capability to access multiple access point names (“APNs”) from a core network; receiving, from a WLAN device, a request for access to at least one of the APNs in the core network, wherein the capability comprises a modification of a protocol that allows the WLAN device to access services from the core network; in response to the request, connecting, via the WLAN, the WLAN device to at least one of the APNs through the core network; and modifying a sub network access protocol (“SNAP”) header to include a type field that directs traffic through one of the APN paths, wherein the modified SNAP header comprises a SNAP Protocol Type (“SPT”) and the type field comprises the SPT, the SPT comprising an APN Traffic ID (“APN ID”) to identify which of the APN paths the traffic maps to. | 23,949 |
9,578,143 | 1. A method for dynamic port type detection, comprising: receiving a link initialization frame at a port of a switch, the link initialization frame comprising a protocol identifier indicating a desired protocol for communication between the switch and the server, wherein the link initialization frame is defined at a physical layer or a link layer for protocols defined at the link layer or a higher layer, the higher layer comprising a network layer, a transport layer, or an application layer; and based on successfully decoding the protocol identifier: | 45,027 |
9,489,672 | 1. A contactless system, comprising: a tamperproof housing that protects components of a contactless attachment; a proximity integrated circuit card within the tamperproof housing that securely stores a payment token upon account provisioning, wherein the payment token is a surrogate value for a primary account number used to identify an account and is used to generate a cryptogram that is unique to a mobile transaction and is transmitted from the contactless attachment when the contactless attachment is used during the mobile transaction involving the account; a radio frequency interface connected to the proximity integrated circuit card within the tamperproof housing, wherein the radio frequency interface includes a near field communication antenna that establishes a communication link between the contactless attachment and a proximity coupling device and transmits the payment token and cryptogram to the proximity coupling device via a radio frequency carrier frequency when conducting the mobile transaction involving the account; an input/output interface within the tamperproof housing that enables an audio channel communication link between the contactless attachment and a mobile device, wherein the input/output interface includes an audio encoder/decoder that encodes data to be transmitted to the mobile device via the audio channel communication link as attachment audio data and decodes audio data transmitted from the mobile device via the audio channel communication link, and wherein the input/output interface receives an account provisioning signal that includes the payment token; an audio channel communication mechanism that is operably connected to the input/output interface, enables contactless attachment to be connected to an audio jack of the mobile device to enable establishment of the audio channel communication link, and enables receiving power supplied by the mobile device; a host controller interface within the tamperproof housing that controls certain operations of the contactless attachment, including transmission of encoded data to the mobile device via the audio channel communication link and transmission of the payment token to the proximity coupling device via the radio frequency carrier frequency; and a power source associated with the audio channel communication mechanism supplies power to the proximity integrated circuit card, radio frequency interface, input/output interface, and host controller interface during account provisioning. | 17,926 |
9,621,511 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform a method on a network device, the method comprising: receiving a master configuration script from a configuration server, wherein the master configuration script comprises an instruction set, a network topology for a plurality of network devices, and a dictionary comprising a plurality of network device specific configuration scripts for the plurality of network devices; and executing the instruction set on the network device to configure the network device, wherein executing the instruction set comprises: | 4,927 |
8,932,589 | 1. A functionally active fusion polypeptide, wherein the sequence of the fusion polypeptide comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 51. | 41,020 |
8,915,407 | 1. A mobile confectionary apparatus, comprising: a mobile vehicle; an opening provided in the mobile vehicle through which a prepared confection or container may pass; a liquid reservoir containing a dispensable topping located within the mobile vehicle; and a liquid toppings dispensing system comprising a backsplash and a plurality of topping dispensers supported by and extending outwardly from the backsplash, each of the plurality of topping dispensers being operable for dispensing a liquid topping, wherein the liquid toppings dispensing system is configured to removably hang on an upstanding external side of the mobile vehicle so that the liquid toppings dispensing system is engageably positionable on the external side of the mobile vehicle and entirely disengageable therefrom, with the backsplash confronting the external side of the mobile vehicle when hung thereon. | 27,597 |
9,195,334 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a sensor-integrated display panel configured to include an operation surface for performing an input operation and an image display surface, which are formed integrally with a sensor as one piece; a data transfer device configured to supply the sensor-integrated display panel with a drive signal for driving the sensor and outputs sensing data corresponding to a potential of a sensor signal output from the sensor; a contact electrode configured to be provided in a frame formed around the sensor-integrated display panel to cause the potential of the sensor signal to vary from a case where a conductor touches the frame to a case where the conductor does not touch the frame when the input operation is performed; and an application executing device configured to receive and analyze the sensing data and generate a signal to select an operating function in accordance with an analysis result, wherein the frame includes a plurality of areas, the contact electrode is arranged in each of the areas and driven on a time-division basis, and the application executing device identifies the areas by a variation in the potential of the sensor signal. | 3,284 |
9,072,997 | 1. A substrate having longitudinal channels through which a fluid may pass, comprising: a central longitudinal axis; a first support web and a second support web, wherein the first support web and the second support web are concentric and are each positioned at a radial distance from the central longitudinal axis, the two radial distances being different; and a sinuous web between the first support web and the second support web, wherein the sinuous web comprises a plurality of transverse web portions and a plurality of bridging web portions, the plurality of bridging web portions alternatively connect ends of adjacent transverse web portions closer in proximity to the longitudinal axis and ends of adjacent transverse web portions further in proximity from the longitudinal axis, forming a sinuous shape in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the sinuous web is connected to the first and second support webs by support legs, wherein the sinuous web is connected to the first support web by at least one support leg extending between at least one of the plurality of bridging web portions that connect ends of adjacent transverse web portions closer in proximity to the longitudinal axis and a surface of the first support web facing away from the longitudinal axis, and wherein the sinuous web is connected to the second support web by at least one support leg extending between at least one of the plurality of bridging web portions that connect ends of adjacent transverse web portions further in proximity from the longitudinal axis and a surface of the second support web facing toward the longitudinal axis, and a support leg length to distance between transverse web portions ratio is from about 1.0 to about 4.0. | 30,735 |
8,635,807 | 1. A bed bug monitor using carbon dioxide vapor as an attractant generated from solid carbon dioxide comprising: a base; a glue board disposed on said base with said glue board comprising: a hollow housing disposed on said base and having a hollow cavity to contain the solid carbon dioxide; an insulated cover disposed over a top of and covering said cavity; a lock connecting said insulated cover and said hollow housing; an insulation layer disposed within said hollow housing forming an insulated cavity and with said insulated cover having a relatively narrow passage communicating with said insulated cavity in said hollow housing, said narrow passage terminating in an aperture for releasing a plume of said carbon dioxide vapor, said aperture consisting of a single aperture in said housing and cover operative for releasing outward from said bed bug monitor said carbon dioxide vapor, and said aperture having a diameter smaller than a thickness (T) of said insulated cover, and wherein in a locked position of the insulated cover to the hollow housing all of the carbon dioxide vapor can only be released outward of the monitor through the single aperture. | 8,750 |
9,611,498 | 1. A method for synthesizing a steviol glycoside with an additional glucose unit, the method comprising: providing an isolated recombinant host cell transformed with an expression construct encoding a glycosyltransferase polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41 or 51, and wherein said host cell comprises a steviol glycoside with an O-glucose residue; allowing the glycosyltransferase to catalyze transfer of glucose to the O-glucose residue of the steviol glycoside to produce a steviol glycoside with an additional glucose unit; and isolating the steviol glycoside with the additional glucose unit. | 8,741 |
8,565,041 | 1. An incoherent acquisition method for driving vibrational source arrays under water, the method comprising: towing with a vessel a first source array and a second source array underwater, wherein the first source array includes plural first low-frequency individual source elements and plural first high-frequency individual source elements and the second source array includes plural second low-frequency individual source elements and plural second high-frequency individual source elements; and activating simultaneously the plural first low-frequency and high-frequency individual source elements of the first source array and the plural second low-frequency and high-frequency individual source elements of the second source array so that incoherent coded driving signals drive the first and second source arrays. | 8,220 |
9,593,139 | 1. A compound having the structure: wherein: R R R R L is a linking group; Z and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of O and S; and X | 34,820 |
8,772,701 | 1. A photodetector comprising: a substrate; a photodetector circuit on the substrate; a display circuit on the substrate; a light unit comprising a light source, a light guide plate, and a fixing member, and a data processing circuit, wherein the light guide plate comprises a first face, a second face opposite to the first face, and a third face, and is configured to be in contact with an object at a part of the first face and to reflect a light emitted from the light source at the part where the object contacts the first face, wherein the second face of the light guide plate is configured to face the photodetector circuit, wherein the fixing member is configured to fix the light source to the third face of the light guide plate and to overlap with the light source and a portion of the light guide plate, and wherein the photodetector circuit is configured to generate a data signal from the light reflected at the part. | 19,979 |
8,369,296 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of racks, wherein each rack of the plurality of racks includes a plurality of chassis, wherein each chassis of the plurality of chassis includes a plurality of server computers; a distributed virtual bridge coupled to the plurality of server computers, wherein the distributed virtual bridge is coupled to a plurality of adapters and the plurality of adapters is located within, coupled, or any combination thereof to the plurality of server computers, and wherein the distributed virtual bridge comprises: | 46,021 |
8,419,808 | 1. A dye compound represented by the following formula (I), or a salt thereof: wherein, R D or D 1 , D 2 , and N bond together to form wherein R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , R 13 , and R 14 are each independently H, C 1 ˜C 12 alkyl, C 1 ˜C 12 alkoxy, amino, or halogen, and R 9 , R 12 , and R 15 are each independently H, or C 1 ˜C 12 alkyl; B is wherein R | 46,634 |
9,335,067 | 1. A gore assembly for focusing solar energy, comprising: at least two panels, each panel having two radial edges and a first surface defined between said two radial edges for receiving a reflective element thereon, each panel having a second surface that is opposite the first surface and that is defined between said two radial edges, and each panel having a flange provided along at least a portion of each of said two radial edges, wherein, in an assembled condition, one of said two radial edges of one of the at least two panels is abutted with one of said two radial edges of the other one of the at least two panels, wherein, in the assembled condition, the flange along the one of said two radial edges of the one of the at least two panels is aligned with the flange along the one of said two radial edges of the other one of the at least two panels, the at least two panels fixedly secured one to the other via the aligned flanges along the abutted radial edges thereof, and a panel-reinforcement member disposed adjacent to the second surfaces of the at least two panels, the panel-reinforcement member spanning the at least two panels and comprising a plurality of flanges extending away from the panel-reinforcement member and in a direction toward the second surfaces of the at least two panels, the plurality of flanges arranged for being aligned with the flanges along the radial edges of the at least two panels. | 18,480 |
8,429,861 | 1. A solar panel system comprising: a plurality of panel receivers each having a plurality of solar panels mounted thereto, said receivers being arranged in a combination defining a solar panel array; a support system for supporting the panel receivers, the support system comprising a plurality of support cables suspended between a plurality of columns, said plurality of cables including an upper support cable extending across an area where the system is located, and said cables further including a plurality of vertically extending intermediate tie-downs connected at their first ends to the upper support cables; said array further includes at least one continuous tensioning cable and a plurality of tensioning devices for selectively tensioning said tensioning cable, said tensioning cable extending across said array in a diagonal configuration including a plurality of turns in which the diagonal cable changes directions along said array, wherein each of said plurality of tensioning devices comprise a roller configured to receive said tensioning cable and a locking member that engages said tensioning cable to compress and hold said tensioning cable against said roller; said plurality of tensioning devices located at each intersection point of said upper support cable and said tensioning cable, wherein said plurality of tensioning devices are configured to tension said tensioning cable by manipulating a free end of said tensioning cable. | 47,035 |
9,057,391 | 1. A reflector for a fluid flow system, comprises: an orifice plate comprising a flange and an opening; at least one disk; and a plurality of vanes connected to each other along a longitudinal axis extending from the orifice plate to the at least one disk, wherein the orifice plate, the at least one disk and the plurality of vanes are keyed so that they physically interlock together. | 47,698 |
9,325,236 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a controller to control a switching power converter, wherein the controller is configured to automatically transition operation of the switching power converter, during each cycle of an input voltage to the switching power converter, between operating in discontinuous conduction mode and critical conduction mode, wherein during each cycle of a control signal to a switch that controls power delivered to a load coupled to the switching power converter, to automatically transition operation of the switching power converter between operating in discontinuous conduction mode and critical conduction mode, the controller is configured to: | 39,004 |
8,714,918 | 1. A shroud segment for a turbine stage of a gas turbine engine, the segment forming an endwall for the working gas annulus of the stage, and providing a close clearance to the tips of a row of turbine blades which sweep across the segment, in use a leakage flow of the working gas passing through the clearance gap between the blade tips and the segment, wherein: the segment has a plurality of cooling holes and respective air feed passages for the cooling holes, the cooling holes being distributed over that part of the gas-washed surface of the segment which is swept by the blade tips, the cooling holes delivering, in use, cooling air which spreads over the gas-washed surface, and the feed passages being configured such that the delivered air opposes the leakage flow of the working gas; and the feed passages are configured such that the delivered-air swirl directions of those cooling holes swept by the trailing edges of the blade tips are rotated towards the axial direction of the engine relative to the delivered-air swirl directions of those cooling holes swept by the leading edges of the blade tips. | 45,672 |
9,038,165 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a memory that stores therein first information as to whether or not to prohibit an external input device to enter any data to one or more input fields arranged on a screen of the information processing apparatus, the first information being set for the screen to be displayed on an information display, and second information as to whether or not to permit specific data entered from the external input device, wherein the memory stores the second information as input-key control information containing prohibited key sequences; an external-input-device controller that controls data entry to the screen from the external input device by utilizing control information about a type of the external input device and the first information that is set for the screen as to whether or not to prohibit the external input device to enter any data to the one or more input fields, wherein the type of the external input device is stored in the control information as device information which is associated with a permission indicator or prohibition indicator for data entry from the external input device, wherein the device information indicates a user's authority level information; and an input-key controller that controls the data entry permitted by the external-input-device controller by consulting the second information, wherein when the external input device is not prohibited from entering any data, the input-key controller discards specific data entry that is prohibited, by consulting the second information, wherein the first information that is set for the screen as to whether or not to prohibit the external input device to enter any data to the one or more input fields arranged on the screen of the information processing apparatus is configured as operation permission information for containing operation permission assigned to a plurality of input fields such that when there are a plurality of input fields simultaneously displayed on the information display there is separate information set as to whether or not to prohibit the external input device to enter any data to each respective one of the plurality of input fields. | 1,500 |
8,423,217 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising an engine, a generator capable of generating electric power from mechanical power received from the engine, a battery for storing the electric power generated by the generator, and an electric motor capable of outputting mechanical traction power from the electric power supplied from the battery and the generator, the hybrid vehicle further comprising: a voltage converter for boosting a voltage of the battery and supplying the boosted voltage to the electric motor; a selector for selecting a first mode or a second mode for the boosting operation of the voltage converter; and a controller for switching an upper limit of voltage boosted by the voltage converter from a first upper limit in the first mode to a second upper limit which is lower than the first upper limit when the second mode is selected by the selector, and switching the upper limit of voltage boosted by the voltage converter from the second upper limit to the first upper limit when a state of charge (SOC) of the battery drops below a threshold. | 12,318 |
9,616,611 | 1. A method for making a ball shaped product, comprising: (a) placing a ball shaped interior material on a supporting seat, wherein a part of an outer surface of the ball shaped interior material is exposed outside the supporting seat; (b) placing the ball shaped interior material and the supporting seat in an accommodating space of a chamber, wherein the chamber has an opening; (c) covering a wrapping material on the opening of the chamber; (d) vacuum pumping the chamber, so that the wrapping material is attached to the exposed part of the outer surface of the ball shaped interior material; (e) releasing the vacuum of the chamber; and (f) rotating the ball shaped interior material, and repeating the step (a) to step (e) at least one time. | 28,765 |
8,504,020 | 1. An on-board base station, comprising: an interface device on board an aircraft that interfaces with a separate wireless device of a user inside the aircraft and with a wireless bearer system, the wireless bearer system communicatively coupling the separate wireless device to an external public network; a radio frequency (RF) detector that detects RF emissions of the separate wireless device; an air-to-ground gateway on board the aircraft that converts signals received from the wireless device to protocols of an air-to-ground system and that converts signals received from the air-to-ground system to protocols of the wireless device, wherein the air-to-ground gateway emulates a cellular switch center; a controller coupled to the RF detector, that controls RF emissions of the separate wireless device, as a function of detected RF emissions; and an RF repeater communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller controls the RF repeater to receive and send signals between the antenna and the interface device to maintain the RF emissions below a predetermined level, wherein said interface device receives signals from and transmits signals to the wireless device, receives signals from and transmits signals to the air-to-ground system, and interfaces through the air-to-ground system to a cellular network to register the wireless device. | 4,782 |
8,356,472 | 1. An exhaust purification device for a hybrid electric vehicle, in which a generator is driven by using power from an engine which is not used for moving the vehicle, electric power generated by the generator is stored in a battery, and an electric motor that is driven by the electric power supplied from the battery is used as a power source for moving the vehicle, comprising: an ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst interposed in an exhaust passage of the engine, for selectively reducing NOx contained in exhaust gas by using ammonia as a reducing agent; a urea water supply unit for supplying urea water into the exhaust gas existing upstream of the ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst; and a control unit for starting or stopping the engine in accordance with a storage state of the battery and controlling the urea water supply unit in accordance with an operating state of the engine, wherein when the engine in operation is to be stopped, the control unit stops the engine after executing, over a predetermined period prior to stoppage of the engine, an adsorption increasing operation in which an amount of ammonia adsorbed by the ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst is increased, compared with that before the predetermined period. | 35,735 |
9,007,210 | 1. A photovoltaic system comprising: a solar array having: an inverter; a set of DC wires connected between the at least one solar panel and the inverter; a power supply configured to provide power to the at least one LMU during a time period in which the solar array is not producing power; and a controller coupled between the set of DC wires and the power supply, the controller configured to: wherein the respective LMU is configured to receive the power provided from the power supply via the controller and the set of DC wires when the solar array is not producing power; wherein the respective LMU is configured to maintain a specified pattern of communication with the controller; and wherein, if the specified pattern of communication ceases between the respective LMU and the controller after zero or more attempts by the controller fail to reestablish the specified pattern of communication with the respective LMU, the controller is configured to raise an alarm. | 42,720 |
8,425,849 | 1. A reclaiming apparatus comprising: an absorbent reservoir that stores therein a part of an absorbent that has absorbed CO a heater that heats the absorbent stored in the absorbent reservoir, wherein the part of the absorbent stored in the absorbent reservoir is distributed, and is brought into counter-current contact with steam. | 21,432 |
8,456,638 | 1. An optical measurement apparatus comprising: a spectroscopic measurement device; a first optical fiber for propagating light to be measured; a hemispherical portion having a light diffuse reflection layer on an inner wall of the hemispherical portion; a plane portion disposed to close an opening of said hemispherical portion and having a mirror reflection layer located to face the inner wall of said hemispherical portion, said plane portion including a first window for directing the light emitted through said first optical fiber into an integrating space, said integrating space being formed by said hemispherical portion and said plane portion; and a second optical fiber for propagating the light in said integrating space to said spectroscopic measurement device through a second window in said plane portion. | 8,708 |
9,600,044 | 1. A detachable auxiliary heat-dissipating module contacting a fixed main heat-dissipating module of a portable electronic device, comprising: an outer casing structure including a detachable casing detachably disposed inside a predetermined receiving groove of the portable electronic device and an electrical connector disposed on the detachable casing and electrically connected to the portable electronic device; and an inside mounted heat-dissipating structure disposed inside the detachable casing, wherein the inside mounted heat-dissipating structure includes an inside mounted heat-dissipating fan electrically connected to the electrical connector, a plurality of inside mounted heat-dissipating fins adjacent to the inside mounted heat-dissipating fan, a pump electrically connected to the electrical connector, and a circulation pipe communicated with the pump and passing through the inside mounted heat-dissipating fins; wherein the circulation pipe has a contact portion exposed from the detachable casing to directly contact the fixed main heat-dissipating module, such that heat generated by the fixed main heat-dissipating module is partially transmitted to the circulation pipe through the contact portion. | 20,212 |
8,405,333 | 1. An active pull-up system comprising: A. a first resistor connected between a supply voltage and an output node; B. a first switch and a second resistor connected in parallel with the first resistor between the supply voltage and the output node, the first switch being in series with the second resistor, and the first switch having a control input; C. a second switch connected between the output node and circuit ground and having a control input; D. a latch having an input and having an output connected to the control input of the first switch; and E. a threshold comparator connected between the output node and the input of the latch. | 4,922 |
8,683,269 | 1. A system comprising: a processor; a network interface operably coupled to the processor and configured to send and receive messages via a network using an asynchronous computer communication protocol; two or more buffers, including an ingress buffer to store first content corresponding to a received message and an egress buffer to store second content corresponding an outgoing message; a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including | 41,776 |
9,237,349 | 1. A method of sharing information in a video decoding system, the method comprising: deriving reconstructed data for a picture from a bitstream, wherein the picture is partitioned into multiple segments; parsing a filter information-sharing flag from the bitstream associated with a current reconstructed segment; if the filter information-sharing flag indicates filter information sharing, determining shared filter information from a part of the bitstream not corresponding to the current reconstructed segment, and applying in-loop filtering process to the current reconstructed segment according to the shared filter information; and if the filter information-sharing flag indicates no filter information sharing, determining individual filter information from a part of the bitstream corresponding to the current reconstructed segment, and applying in-loop filtering process to the current reconstructed segment according to the individual filter information. | 39,629 |
9,613,565 | 1. An active matrix light emitting device comprising: a source line driving circuit; a level shifter comprised in the source line driving circuit; a wiring configured to supply the source line driving circuit and the level shifter with a power source potential; a pixel portion comprising: wherein the level shifter is configured to set one of a higher electric potential and a lower electric potential of a video signal input into the source line driving circuit to the power source potential, and wherein the power source line is configured to be set at the power source potential. | 36,309 |
8,854,597 | 1. An optical device having multiple input and output ports, comprising: a light diffracting element positioned in an optical path of optical signals comprising a first optical signal transmitted through a first input port and a second optical signal transmitted through a second input port, the light diffracting element separating the optical signals into wavelength components; and first and second arrays of independently controlled reflective beam steering elements, each beam steering element of the first array being independently controlled to direct one of the wavelength components to a selected one of the beam steering elements of the second array, each beam steering element of the second array being independently controlled to direct the wavelength component incident thereon to a selected one of the output ports, a wavelength component of the first optical signal and a wavelength component of the second optical signal are combinable to produce an output optical signal at a selected one of the output ports, wherein at least one of the beam steering elements in at least one of the first and second arrays being configured to attenuate at least one wavelength component by directing the at least one wavelength component with a beam-steering angle that is offset from an optimal beam-steering angle. | 4,424 |
8,706,363 | 1. A system for modifying a boundary of operation of a machine comprising: a change in terrain sensor system configured to sense a change in terrain generally adjacent the machine and provide a change in terrain signal indicative of the change in terrain to a controller; the controller configured to: | 17,309 |
9,023,252 | 1. A method for producing a carbon-doped lithium sulfide comprising the step of reacting elemental lithium with at least one of elementary sulfur or a sulfur-containing compound selected from the group consisting of CS 2 , COS, SO 2 and SO, in a liquid state in an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon solvent. | 30,218 |
9,234,757 | 1. A method for enhanced node location determination by varying a power characteristic of nodes in a wireless node network managed by a server, the method comprising: (a) instructing, by the server, a first of the nodes in the wireless node network to vary the power characteristic for one or more signals broadcast by the first node, wherein the first node is not operative to directly communicate with the server but is operative to directly communicate with an intermediary one of the nodes, wherein the intermediary one of the nodes being at a hierarchically higher level within the wireless node network compared to the first node, and wherein the server is operative to indirectly communicate with and instruct the first node through the intermediary one of the nodes; (b) identifying, by the server, a first group of other nodes in the wireless node network that are near the first node based upon those of the other nodes that received at least one of the one or more signals broadcast by the first node as the first node varies the power characteristic; (c) identifying, by the server, a closest one or more of the other nodes as a smallest group of the other nodes that received at least one of the one or more signals broadcast by the first node as the first node varies the power characteristic; and (d) determining, by the server, a location of the first node based upon the closest one or more of the other nodes. | 22,062 |
8,688,282 | 1. A method for controlling a wind power plant comprising at least one wind turbine generator, the wind power plant being connected to a power network for delivering power to the power network, the method comprising: detecting, by a detection unit, a frequency of the power network; calculating, by a first calculation unit, a frequency variation rate in the detected frequency of the power network; calculating, by a second calculation unit, a requested variation of delivered power for the wind power plant based on a value of inertia of the wind power plant and the calculated frequency variation rate; calculating, by a third calculation unit, a requested variation of delivered power for each wind turbine generator of the wind power plant based on the calculated requested variation of delivered power for the wind power plant and a current power level of each wind turbine generator; and controlling, by a control unit, each wind turbine generator to deliver power to the power network based on the calculated requested variation of delivered power for each wind turbine generator. | 43,874 |
9,060,760 | 1. A tissue removal device, comprising: a housing; an outer tubular member coupled to the housing and having a distal portion including a tissue resection window; an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the outer tubular member and defining an inner lumen extending from an open distal end to an open proximal end, the open distal end comprising a cutting edge to sever tissue extending through the tissue resection window; a vacuum generation chamber disposed in the housing including a movable piston disposed in the vacuum generation chamber; a tissue trap disposed in or coupled to the housing, the tissue trap defining a sealed interior in fluid communication with the vacuum generation chamber via a one-way valve, so that air may be withdrawn from the tissue trap interior into the vacuum generation chamber by movement of the piston in a first direction, while air is prevented from entering the tissue trap interior from the vacuum generation chamber due to movement of the piston in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the open proximal end of the inner tubular member is disposed within the tissue trap interior; and a manual actuator moveably coupled to the housing and operatively connected to the piston, such that movement of the actuator relative to the housing causes movement of the piston within the vacuum generation chamber wherein the actuator is selectively operatively coupled to the inner tubular member such that movement of the actuator relative to the housing causes movement of the inner tubular member relative to the outer tubular member, wherein in a first configuration the actuator is not operatively coupled to the inner tubular member, and in a second configuration the actuator mechanically engages the inner tubular member such that movement of the actuator relative to the housing causes the open distal end of the inner tubular member to move distally across the tissue resection window as the actuator is moved relative to the housing. | 4,904 |
9,701,439 | 1. A composite stainless steel and wood barrel comprising: a metal body; a metal frame supporting a plurality of slats, said metal frame disposed in fluid tight sealing arrangement with said metal body; said plurality of slats comprising at least one wooden slat of a first type and at least one slat of a second type, wherein said second type is different from said first type in terms of fermentation properties, and wherein said first type of slat comprises oak. | 15,293 |
9,035,435 | 1. An integrated circuit package, comprising: an encapsulation; and a lead frame, a portion of the lead frame disposed within the encapsulation, the lead frame comprising: a first bond wire disposed within the encapsulation and coupling together portions of the first conductive loop. | 20,894 |
9,367,019 | 1. An electric wire member comprising: a plurality of bending portions that electrically connect a processing unit for performing an image forming process on a paper to a high voltage board for supplying a high voltage to the processing unit; a linear portion positioned between two of the bending portions; and an expandable portion having a coil shape of a plurality of windings that is expandable and contractable in a coil axis direction, the expandable portion being formed at an intermediate portion of the linear portion, wherein at least one of the bending portions includes a coil type bending portion having a coil shape of one turn or more. | 32,757 |
9,096,315 | 1. An apparatus for recovering kinetic energy released during landing of an aircraft after contact with the ground, for ground or flight operation comprising at least one energy converter for conversion of the kinetic energy into another energy form, where the energy converter is configured to be located in the area of the nose landing gear or in the area of the main landing gear of the aircraft, wherein at least one energy storage system is provided for receiving and releasing at least a part of the converted kinetic energy, wherein the energy storage system is formed with at least one compressed air container, wherein the at least one energy converter is formed with at least one air compressor, wherein at least one heat exchanger is disposed between the air compressor and the compressed air container, and wherein at least one thermal storage system is provided. | 36,570 |
8,691,964 | 1. A self-renewing mononuclear phagocyte, wherein said mononuclear phagocyte does not express both MafB and c-Maf or in which the expression or activity of both MafB and c-Maf is abolished or inhibited. | 38,626 |
8,494,498 | 1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a camera configured to obtain an image; a display unit configured to display the obtained image; a controller operatively connected to the camera and the display unit, the controller configured to a wireless communication unit operatively connected to the controller, the wireless communication unit configured to receive a verification key assigned to the advertisement image corresponding to the selection signal, the verification key indicating information for distinguishing the advertisement image corresponding to the selection signal from non-selected advertisement images, wherein the advertisement image corresponding to the selection signal is displayed based on the verification key, and is distinguished by changing a display status thereof. | 37,151 |
9,038,594 | 1. A rotary engine comprising: a stator body having an internal cavity defined by two axially spaced apart end walls and a peripheral wall extending between the end walls, the cavity having an epitrochoid shape defining two lobes; a rotor body having three circumferentially spaced apex portions, the rotor body being engaged to an eccentric portion of a shaft to rotate and perform orbital revolutions within the cavity with each of the apex portions remaining in sealing engagement with the peripheral wall and separating three rotating chambers of variable volume defined in the cavity around the rotor body, the volume of each chamber varying between a minimum volume and a maximum volume, a difference between the maximum volume and the minimum volume defining a displacement volume; an insert in the peripheral wall of the stator body, the insert being made of a material having a greater heat resistance than that of the peripheral wall, the insert having a subchamber defined therein and having an inner surface bordering the cavity, the subchamber communicating with the cavity through at least one opening defined in the inner surface and having a shape forming a reduced cross-section adjacent the opening, the subchamber having a volume of at least about 0.5% of the displacement volume and at most about 3.5% of the displacement volume; a pilot fuel injector having a tip received in the subchamber, the tip of the pilot fuel injector extending through an injector opening defined through the insert; an ignition element received within an ignition element hole defined through the insert, the ignition element having a tip received in the subchamber; and a main fuel injector extending through the stator body and having a tip communicating with the cavity at a location spaced apart from the insert. | 28,549 |
9,056,677 | 1. A system comprising: a tether coupled to a ground station, wherein the tether comprises at least two bridle segments; an aerial vehicle coupled to the at least two bridle segments; at least one sensor coupled to the tether; and a control system configured to: | 1,328 |
9,451,547 | 1. A method implemented by a user terminal of receiving downlink retransmission from a base station over a shared downlink traffic channel, said method comprising: transmitting to said base station an uplink message and a negative acknowledgement message with aligned timing, wherein the uplink message is in response to a successfully received uplink scheduling grant and the negative acknowledgement indicates that a previous downlink transmission from the base station was unsuccessful; and intermittently turning a receiver circuit on and off for a fractional portion of each subframe in a defined retransmission window comprising a plurality of subframes to listen for a downlink retransmission. | 26,724 |
9,585,562 | 1. A method of initializing a medical device within a medical treatment area, comprising: automatically detecting the medical device upon introduction of the medical device into the medical treatment area within a wireless range of a medical facility network; authenticating the medical device based on device identity information specific to the medical device if the medical device is not recognized by the medical facility network because the medical device has not been discharged from being dedicated to a patient; transmitting one or more initialization signals from the medical facility network to the medical device if the medical device is recognized or authenticated by the medical facility network, the one or more initialization signals comprising at least one of instructions to power up to an active power state and instructions to cause the medical device to unlock; and automatically initializing the medical device in response to the medical device receiving the one or more initialization signals, wherein initializing comprises at least one of powering the medical device into an active power state when the medical device is in a low-power, sleep, or off state and unlocking the medical device. | 35,248 |
9,377,834 | 1. A load monitoring apparatus, comprising: an operation unit, configured to determine indication information for indicating a working state of each processing module in the operation unit; a working state unit, comprising a hardware counter, the working unit configured to receive the indication information from the operation unit, and determine load amount information in a current monitoring period according to the indication information, wherein the load amount information indicates a load amount state as a number of idle states of the operation unit in the current monitoring period; and a load monitoring unit, configured to receive the load amount information from the working state unit and record the load amount information, and send the load amount information to a system controller, so that the system controller adjusts a working frequency of the operation unit according to the load amount information, wherein the adjusting of the working frequency of the operation unit comprises the operation unit operates at a clock frequency having clock cycles being reduced by a same number of idle states indicated in the load amount information. | 9,277 |
9,216,585 | 1. A liquid storage container which supplies liquid to a liquid consumption apparatus, comprising: a liquid storage body which includes: an auxiliary holding member which is mounted to be slidable to a side in which the filler port is formed; and a memory unit holding member which is detachably attached to the auxiliary holding member and includes a memory unit. | 45,608 |
9,317,902 | 1. An image processing device comprising: a memory that stores a set of instructions and processing circuitry configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a plurality of basis patterns for converting a first region and a second region in a target image; calculate a contribution ratio of each of the plurality of basis patterns; select one or more of the plurality of basis patterns from higher contribution ratio to lower contribution ratio until a sum of contribution ratios of the selected basis patterns reaches a specific first threshold; generate a control signal having an intensity that increases with a number of the selected one or more basis patterns; project a third region in the target image to the plurality of basis patterns to obtain a projection coefficient; reduce noise associated with the projection coefficient based on the intensity of the control signal, wherein an amount of reduction of the noise increases with the intensity of the control signal; and reconstruct the third region using the projection coefficient after the noise is reduced. | 31,759 |
9,205,986 | 1. A conveyor chain link comprising: an upper body having a carrying surface, and a lower body having a front end and a rear end, where said rear end is provided with a first leg and a second leg arranged at a certain distance from each other such that the front end of a chain link fits between the first and second legs of an adjacent chain link, where said first leg has a first protrusion facing outwards from said first leg and where said second leg has a second protrusion arranged opposite said first protrusion and facing outwards from said second leg, where said first protrusion is provided with a first through hole and said second protrusion is provided with a second through hole being coaxial with the first through hole, where the first and second through holes are adapted to hold a connecting pin, wherein the first protrusion is provided with a first tab extending towards the front end and the second protrusion is provided with a second tab extending towards the front end, where the bearing surfaces of the tabs are parallel with the carrying surface of the upper body. | 20,766 |
9,421,869 | 1. A power unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising: a receptor configured to generate a current from a magnetic field emanating from a conductor of an overhead power line; and a control element configured to at least: | 5,447 |
9,151,825 | 1. A method implemented by an electronic processing apparatus for responding to a request for a mobile terminal's geographic position, the method comprising: determining a joint quality of service, QoS, metric for each of a plurality of candidate sequences of positioning methods, a joint QoS metric jointly depending on two or more positioning methods in a candidate sequence, wherein determining a joint QoS metric for a candidate sequence comprises determining a joint QoS metric that is based on a weighted combination of two or more joint QoS metrics associated with that positioning sequence, the weighting applied depending on a service type of the request, each of the two or more joint QoS metrics comprising the accumulation of a different individual positioning QoS parameter across the positioning methods in the sequence; and selecting from said plurality a sequence of positioning methods, for determining the mobile terminal's position responsive to the request, based on said joint QoS metrics. | 25,238 |
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