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8,933,551 | 1. A package comprising: an interposer comprising: a first die over and bonded to the first plurality of connectors, wherein the first die comprises: a second die over and bonded to the plurality of connectors, wherein the first die and the second die are electrically coupled to each other through the redistribution lines; and a second plurality of connectors over the first die and the second die, wherein the second plurality of connectors is electrically coupled to the first plurality of connectors through the through-vias in the second substrate. | 12,107 |
9,503,974 | 1. A remote device that operates in a sleep mode and an awake mode, comprising: a radio frequency (RF) radio configured to directly communicate with a routing device over a plurality of channels, wherein the remote device and the routing device are associated with a network, and wherein the RF radio does not send or receive messages during the sleep mode; memory configured to store a unique identifier associated with the remote device and a network identifier associated with the network; a processing element configured to initiate the awake mode on a periodic basis, monitor one or more channels of the plurality of channels during the awake mode, determine an energy level associated with each monitored channel, and determine whether a message is being received based on the monitored energy levels, wherein the processing element is further configured to determine whether to process the received message based on one or more identifiers provided in the received message, the unique identifier, and the network identifier, and wherein the processing element is configured to generate a responsive message based on the processed received message; an apparatus; and a sensor, wherein the sensor and the apparatus are configured to operate during the sleep mode and the awake mode, wherein the processing element is configured, during the sleep mode and the awake mode, to receive data from the sensor and generate the responsive message based on the received sensor data, and provide the responsive message to the RF radio, and wherein the RF radio is configured to the transmit the responsive message to the routing device during the awake mode. | 42,317 |
9,058,560 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by an invasive species control plan generator, information regarding controlling invasive species from at least one of a user, a database, a data feed, and a remote sensor via a communication network; automatically generating, by the Invasive species control plan generator, one or more invasive species control plans for controlling invasive species in one or more locations based upon the received information; automatically evaluating, by the invasive species control plan generator, the one or more invasive species control plans according to one or more criterion; selecting, by the invasive species control plan generator, one of the generated invasive species control plans responsively to the evaluation; providing, by the Invasive species control plan generator, the selected invasive species control plan to the user via the communication network; generating, by the invasive species control plan generator, a set of instructions for execution of a portion of the selected invasive species control plan; and providing, by the invasive species control plan generator, the set of instructions to at least one of the user, a manager, the database, the data feed, the remote sensor, and a piece of equipment utilized to execute a portion of the selected invasive species control plan. | 35,100 |
8,632,698 | 1. An electrode active material having a core-shell structure, which comprises (a) a core capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and (b) a shell comprising a polymer or an oligomer having a glass transition temperature of 25° C. or less when impregnated with an electrolyte, wherein the shell (b) comprises the polymer or oligomer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol methyl ether, polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyisobutylene, and polyvinylidene chloride. | 25,581 |
8,390,240 | 1. An automotive drive system comprising: an induction motor having a rotor; an absolute position sensor coupled to the induction motor, wherein the absolute position sensor is configured to sense an absolute angular position of the rotor; and a controller coupled to the absolute position sensor to add a slip angle to a relative angular position of the rotor to produce a transformation angle, wherein the relative angular position is determined based on the absolute angular position. | 10,481 |
9,847,287 | 1. A passive tunable integrated circuit (PTIC) comprising: a semiconductor die (die) having a barium strontium titanate (BST) tunable capacitor; an overlayer coupled over the BST tunable capacitor, and; a redistribution layer electrically coupling at least one electrical contact of the BST tunable capacitor with at least one electrically conductive contact pad (contact pad); wherein the overlayer comprises a plurality of holes therethrough, the plurality of holes arranged in a reticulation pattern, each hole extending through the overlayer from a top surface of the overlayer to a bottom surface of the overlayer, and; wherein the plurality of holes are adapted to reduce stress of the overlayer through the reticulation pattern. | 22,463 |
9,821,638 | 1. A mounting structure of an exterior belt, comprising: a frame and an end piece coupled to each other while the end piece is fixed to an outer panel of a door to expose the frame to an exterior, wherein the door coupled with the outer panel includes a mounting aperture formed exterior an inner panel; a first clip formed at the end piece to be inserted into the mounting aperture, the first clip having a protrusion that extends from a surface thereof and a first slit formed at a front of the protrusion; and a second clip slidably coupled to the first clip and having a protruding portion that extends from a surface thereof, wherein the second clip is inserted into the mounting aperture when the protruding portion is fitted into the first slit, and when a first end of the second clip comes into contact with the inner panel of the door when the protrusion is inserted into the mounting aperture, a second end thereof is moved backward toward an inside of the first clip, and the protrusion increasingly protrudes by movement of the protruding portion to restrict the first clip in the mounting aperture. | 21,635 |
8,584,658 | 1. A fuel supply system configured to supply a first fuel which is separated from a raw fuel and containing components with a higher octane number compared to the raw fuel, and the raw fuel or a second fuel which is separated from the raw fuel and containing components with a lower octane number compared to the raw fuel, selectively or by a specified mixing ratio to an internal combustion engine simultaneously, comprising: a separation device which is sectioned to a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber via a separation membrane, and configured to separate the raw fuel into the first fuel and the second fuel by the separation membrane in a state the low pressure chamber is maintained in a lower pressure than the high pressure chamber, and then to recover the first fuel from the low pressure chamber side, and to recover the second fuel from the high pressure chamber side; a condenser which is connected to the low pressure chamber of the separation device; a first fuel tank connected to the condenser and configured to store the first fuel; an atmospheric pressure adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an internal atmospheric pressure of the condenser; and a controller configured to repeatedly execute a negative pressure control processing by controlling an operation of the atmospheric pressure adjustment mechanism, in which, in a first state where the condenser is interrupted from the separation device and the first fuel tank, the condenser is decompressed to a first negative pressure and then the decompression of the condenser is stopped, and subsequently in a second state where the condenser is communicated to the separation device while interrupted from the first fuel tank, the internal atmospheric pressure of the condenser is raised to a second negative pressure, and then in a third state where the condenser is interrupted from the separation device while communicated to the first fuel tank, the decompression of the condenser is also stopped, wherein the controller is configured to adjust at least one of the first negative pressure and the second negative pressure so as to make a difference between the first negative pressure and the second negative pressure smaller as a concentration of the high-octane number components of the raw fuel is lower. | 5,533 |
9,818,663 | 1. An addition-crosslinking silicone composition comprising (A) from 30 to 95% by weight of linear compounds which contain moieties having aliphatic carbon-carbon multiple bonds, (B) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of linear organopolysiloxanes having Si-bonded hydrogen atoms, or instead of (A) and (B) (C) from 30 to 95% by weight of linear organopolysiloxanes which contain SiC-bonded moieties having aliphatic carbon-carbon multiple bonds and Si-bonded hydrogen atoms, (D) at least one hydrosilylation catalyst, and (E) from 5 to 70% by weight of filler comprising porous silver-doped glass particles, where from 5 to 35% by weight of the silver has been doped in ionic form. | 13,244 |
8,813,452 | 1. An assembly for attaching a solar panel mounting frame to a pier, which comprises: (a) a pier cap that is configured to be attached to an upper portion of a pier, wherein the pier cap comprises a top portion and at least one side portion, which are joined together with an approximately ninety-degree angle between the top portion and at least one side portion, and wherein the pier cap comprises (i) an opening disposed through the top portion and extending through a bottom surface of the pier cap; and (ii) a flange stop that protrudes away from a top surface of the pier cap, wherein the flange stop is configured to support a solar panel mounting frame member resting thereon; (b) a clip assembly comprising (i) a region configured to be disposed through the opening disposed in the pier cap; (ii) a threaded bolt region; and (iii) a nut that cooperates with the threaded bolt region to secure the solar panel mounting frame to the pier cap. | 27,242 |
9,205,139 | 1. A method to treat an aneurysm in an individual in need thereof, the method comprising: administering to the individual an effective amount of an immunogenic fragment of Apolipoprotein B-100 (ApoB-100), | 34,993 |
9,008,409 | 1. A method of evaluating at least one kernel of maize on an ear using digital imagery, comprising steps of: acquiring, by a computing device, a digital image of the at least one kernel of maize on an ear, wherein the digital image is taken under controlled lighting conditions; processing, by the computing device, the digital image to determine an estimate of at least one physical property of the at least one kernel of maize from the digital image; and evaluating, by the computing device, the at least one kernel of maize using the estimate of the at least one physical property of the at least one kernel of maize. | 33,783 |
9,681,579 | 1. A cooling system, comprising: adjacent cooling fans configured to respectively generate a plurality of cooling flows; adjacent fan cages enclosing respective ones of the adjacent cooling fans, wherein outlet ports of the adjacent fan cages are configured to be in fluid communication with at least one electrical component contained within an electronics-containing enclosure; and at least one interflow passage extending between the adjacent fan cages, wherein upon an occurrence of an inoperable cooling fan, the at least one interflow passage is configured to divert a portion of a cooling flow from an operable cooling fan to the fan cage containing the inoperable cooling fan, wherein the at least one interflow passage is formed by perforations of cage walls of adjacent fan cages, wherein perforation surfaces of the adjacent fan cages each entirely surround the respective perforations, wherein each of the cage walls is disposed parallel to a respective center axis of the adjacent cooling fans, wherein the cage walls connect the outlet ports to sections of respective ones of the adjacent fan cages, wherein each of the sections surrounds a respective one of the adjacent cooling fans. | 43,165 |
8,807,415 | 1. A fastening device comprising: a tissue-displacing assembly having a proximal end and distal end comprising an elongated member; a fastener portion fixedly attached to said elongated member; an articulated section positioned distally of the fastener portion and a distal tip positioned distally of the articulated section at the device's distal end, both coaxial with said elongated member; one or more tissue-molding assemblies positioned distally of the articulated section; wherein said tissue-displacing assembly moves in a single plane when activated. | 49,239 |
9,729,104 | 1. A solar power system comprising a plurality of solar energy collecting means, each said collecting means comprising a platform assembly floating on liquid in a liquid reservoir, said platform assembly carrying solar energy concentrators or collectors, means for directing liquid onto each platform assembly for flooding said platform assembly and to submerge said concentrators or collectors for protection of said concentrators or collectors under liquid, respective said reservoirs being arranged in a cascading relationship such that the liquid displaced by the flooding of a platform assembly causes the flooding of an adjacent lower platform assembly. | 41,893 |
9,191,983 | 1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) supporting machine-type communications for use in a wireless network, comprising: a first WTRU timer that indicates to the WTRU to change from a mobile originated-and-terminated-mode to a mobile-originated-only mode, in which the WTRU is attached to a wireless communications network and performs no cell reselection, no location update procedures, no system information monitoring, or no paging monitoring while attached to the network; and a processor configured to change the WTRU from the mobile originated-and-terminated-mode to the mobile-originated-only mode in response to the first WTRU timer, and to send a message to the wireless network that comprises a requested parameter for the WTRU timer. | 19,704 |
8,717,933 | 1. A procedure to provision routes in a network having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links connecting various nodes, comprising: selecting a routing algorithm from at least two routing algorithms; designating a source node, a destination node, and one of a node of interest and a link of interest; determining on a computer a ring that includes the designated source node and the designated destination node based on the selected routing algorithm and the one of a node of interest and a link of interest, the selected routing algorithm being executed on the computer; and outputting information to indicate the determined ring, wherein the determining includes (i) determining a first ring, (ii) determining a second ring, (iii) combining the first ring and the second ring, and (iv) eliminating unnecessary links in the combination of the first ring and the second ring. | 23,150 |
9,785,499 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store data, the memory comprising a plurality of memory modules each having a size less than a total size of the memory; and a controller configured to process a plurality of read/write operations, classify data pages from multiple blocks of the memory as hot-read data or non hot-read data, select a strong type of error correcting code for the hot-read data, reducing a frequency of data recycling of the hot-read data based upon an error correcting capability of the strong type of error correcting code selected, and aggregate the hot-read data by wherein the aggregation of the hot-read data pages and use of the strong type of error correcting code reduces read latency of the hot-read data pages, reduces the frequency of data recycling of the hot-read data pages, and reduces an impact of read disturbs on endurance of the memory. | 45,923 |
9,461,171 | 1. A method of forming a transistor, said transistor having a gate structure and a source/drain region, the method comprising: forming said gate structure above an active region of a semiconductor substrate; performing an epitaxial deposition process to form an epi semiconductor material on said active region in said source/drain region of said transistor, said epi semiconductor material having an upper surface; performing an etching process on said epi semiconductor material to remove a portion of said epi semiconductor material so as to define at least one epi recess in said epi semiconductor material, wherein said at least one epi recess abuts a sidewall spacer positioned adjacent said gate structure and exposes an outer surface portion of said sidewall spacer; after defining said at least one epi recess, exposing at least a portion of said upper surface of said epi semiconductor material adjacent said at least one epi recess; forming a metal silicide layer on said at least said exposed upper surface portion of said epi semiconductor material and in said at least one epi recess; and forming a conductive structure that is conductively coupled to said metal silicide layer. | 39,804 |
8,890,937 | 1. A method comprising: accessing a first silhouette image of a person in a living unit, the first silhouette image based on a first video signal recorded by a first video camera; accessing a second silhouette image of the person in the living unit, the second silhouette image being of a different view of the person than the first silhouette image, the second silhouette image based on a second video signal recorded by a second video camera, the second video camera being a different video camera than the first video camera, the first video camera and the second video camera being positioned to record an area of the living unit from a different position in the living unit; generating a three-dimensional model of the person in voxel space based on the first silhouette image, the second silhouette image, and viewing conditions of the first video camera and the second video camera; accessing a third silhouette image of the person in the living unit, the third silhouette image based on the first video signal recorded by the first video camera, the third silhouette image associated with a different frame of the first video signal than the first silhouette image; accessing a fourth silhouette image of the person in the living unit, the fourth silhouette image based on the second video signal recorded by the second video camera, the fourth silhouette image associated with a different frame of the second video signal than the second silhouette image; analyzing a projection of a bottom section of the three-dimensional model of the person onto a ground plane of the living unit during the time period; identifying a plurality of voxel intersections during a time period, a particular voxel intersection including an overlapping portion of the bottom section of the three-dimensional model of the person onto the ground plane on multiple frames, the third silhouette image being after the first silhouette image, the fourth silhouette image being after the second silhouette image; applying fuzzy set theory to the voxel volume of the three-dimensional model of the person based on an expected voxel volume of the person; and generating a fuzzified version of the three-dimensional model of the person in the voxel space based on the first silhouette image, the second silhouette image, the viewing conditions of the first video camera and the second video camera, and application of fuzzy set theory. | 32,971 |
8,346,034 | 1. An optical waveguide comprising: a light guide section which is disc-shaped with an outer circumferential area and configured to propagate and emit light made incident from each of a plurality of first positions located about the outer circumferential area of the disc-shaped light guide section from a plurality of second positions on the outer circumferential area of the disc-shaped light guide section; and a light reflection section with a first reflector parallel to, and facing, a second reflector, the first reflector and the second reflector being disposed parallel to and sandwiching the disc-shaped light guide section at opposing sides, and configured to reflect the light from each of the plurality of first positions into the disc-shaped light guide section, wherein the light reflection section includes an irregular reflection section with a rough surface area that is configured to irregularly reflect the light such that the light is emitted in a circumferential direction about the outer circumferential area of the disc-shaped light guide section. | 28,029 |
8,783,281 | 1. A method for fuel tank temperature and pressure management for a fuel system utilizing a gaseous-phase fuel adapted fuel consumer, wherein the fuel is stored in the fuel tank as both liquid fuel and fuel vapor at substantially near a vapor pressure of the fuel, and wherein said fuel system is free of a return path from said fuel consumer to said fuel tank, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining fuel feed pressure of the fuel system; selectively extracting fuel from the fuel tank as substantially liquid fuel; and selectively extracting fuel from the fuel tank as substantially fuel vapor; wherein said steps of selectively extracting fuel provide the fuel system downstream of the fuel tank with fuel that is a variable ratio of the liquid fuel to the fuel vapor, said fuel comprising a mixture of said liquid fuel and said fuel vapor responsive to said step of obtaining to thereby provide at least one of: a) temperature and pressure regulation of the fuel within the fuel tank; and b) said fuel vapor to a vaporizer of the fuel system which is incompletely vaporizing said liquid fuel. | 28,077 |
8,410,815 | 1. A transistor arrangement, comprising: a switch transistor comprising a charge storing structure and a control structure; and a sense transistor comprising a charge storing structure, a control structure and a select structure; wherein the control structure of the switch transistor and the control structure of the sense transistor each comprise a control gate; wherein the select structure of the sense transistor comprises a select gate; wherein the charge storing structure of the switch transistor is electrically connected to the charge storing structure of the sense transistor; and wherein the sense transistor is configured such that the select structure and the control structure of the sense transistor may be electrically controlled independently from one another. | 29,545 |
9,388,720 | 1. A method for treating exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: supplying exhaust gas from at least one first cylinder of the internal combustion engine via a first exhaust gas line to a first, small duct of an asymmetrical turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger, and onto a particle filter; and supplying exhaust gas from at least one second cylinder of the internal combustion engine via a second exhaust gas line to a second, larger duct of the turbine, and onto the particle filter, wherein when it is determining that the particle filter should be regenerated the method further comprises | 8,070 |
9,161,024 | 1. A display device comprising: a telephone communication signal reception antenna that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication; a reception intensity measurement unit that measures an intensity of the radio waves received by the communication signal reception antenna; a determination unit that determines, based on the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves; and a display control unit that controls the display unit based on the display mode determined by the determination unit, wherein the display unit comprises: wherein the determination unit determines the display mode to be one of: | 10,495 |
8,956,154 | 1. System for conversion of a carbon containing fuel to CO 2 and H 2 O comprising: a first ion transport membrane unit with an air inlet and an outlet for air with reduced oxygen content both in fluid communication with a retentate side of the first ion transport membrane, and a pure oxygen outlet in communication with a permeate side; a second ion transport membrane with an inlet on a retentate side in fluid communication with the outlet for air with reduced oxygen content and an outlet on the retentate side for air with a more reduced oxygen content, a first carbon containing fuel inlet on a permeate side and an only partially combusted fuel outlet in communication with the permeate side; and a combustion chamber with one or more inlets in fluid communication with the pure oxygen outlet and the only partially combusted fuel outlet, and an exhaust outlet for generated CO | 2,626 |
9,433,776 | 1. A method for managing wires within a cochlear electrode array, the method comprising: providing an integrated wire carrier having a longitudinal axis and having an aperture passing therethough; passing a plurality of wires through the aperture; forming an electrode mechanically and electrically attached to a wire within the plurality of wires; and bending wings of the electrode to shape the plurality of wires in a wire bundle; wherein the wings further comprising a number of features to assist in securing the electrode in place; wherein the number of features to assist in securing the electrode in place comprise a hole formed through a thickness of one of said wings. | 40,855 |
8,520,819 | 1. A method for imaging representation of information comprising: a display of a telephone displaying a menu in a first region of the display at a first level of quality; the display of the telephone displaying indicia in a second region of the display at a second level of quality that is lower than the first level of quality and wherein no backlighting is provided for the second region; and the telephone deactivating backlighting or reducing backlighting to a lower brightness upon a determination that the menu displayed via the first region is unused for a predetermined period of time; and wherein the indicia of the second region is comprised of indicia for time, date and telephone number. | 20,459 |
9,127,471 | 1. A spa cover, comprising: first and second inflatable bladders, each of the first and second bladders made of a drop stitch construction including a top skin, a bottom skin, and a fiber core comprising a plurality of tension fibers extending between the top and bottom skins, the tension fibers structured and spaced between the top and bottom skins to lock the top and bottom skins into a predefined shape when the respective bladder is in a fully inflated state; and a slipcover having first and second separate chambers together defining a top side of the slipcover and a bottom side of the slipcover, each chamber corresponding to a respective one of the first and second inflatable bladders, wherein each chamber is constructed to house a corresponding one of the first and second inflatable bladders therein in their inflated state, the slipcover having a flexible hinge between the first and second separate chambers, the slipcover adapted to extend in a first configuration in which the first and second chambers extend side-by-side with the flexible hinge located between the first and second chambers and in which the bottom sides of the first and second chambers extend in a substantially common plane, and a second configuration in which the first chamber is folded back onto the second chamber. | 22,300 |
9,206,084 | 1. A fluid for providing a thermally conductive environment to electrical equipment underground, wherein to dissipate heat given off by the equipment in operation said fluid comprises: a pumpable, substantially sand free aqueous base; and at least about 145 pounds of flaked graphite per 100 gallons of aqueous base; wherein said graphite is suspended in said aqueous base during pumping. | 5,689 |
9,381,913 | 1. A system for cooling a power control device of a hybrid vehicle including an engine and a rotating electrical machine, the system comprising: a cooling device for cooling the power control device; an electronic control device for controlling the cooling device; and an intake temperature sensor that is arranged in an intake passage of the engine and detects an intake temperature; wherein the power control device comprises an inverter connected to a rotating electrical machine and a battery connected to the inverter; the cooling device comprises a cooling medium circulation flow path through which a cooling medium for cooling at least the inverter circulates, a radiator for cooling the cooling medium, and a cooling medium temperature detection section that is arranged in the cooling medium circulation flow path and has resistance increasing as a temperature decrease; the electronic control device is configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a reference traveling state in which an intake amount to the engine is ensured to be greater than or equal to a reference intake amount, when determining that the vehicle is in the reference traveling state, the electronic control device is configured to determine presence or absence of abnormality in the cooling device by using an intake temperature detected by the intake temperature sensor; and when determining that the vehicle is not in the reference traveling state, the electronic control device is configured to refrain from determining presence or absence of abnormality in the cooling device; wherein the determining presence or absence of abnormality in the cooling device includes: | 19,610 |
9,314,998 | 1. A composite glass pane, comprising: a. an inner pane; b. an outer pane; and c. an intermediate layer between the inner pane and the outer pane, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a first thermoplastic film comprising a first luminescent pigment, a second thermoplastic film, and a barrier film between the first and second thermoplastic films, and wherein the first luminescent pigment comprises a hydroxyalkyl terephthalate of formula: wherein: R P is a phenyl ring; OH is a hydroxyl group bonded to the phenyl ring; and x is the number of hydroxyl groups bonded to the phenyl ring. | 25,126 |
8,433,525 | 1. A gas analysis data handling device comprising: a processor; a communication interface to receive data from one or more measuring devices; and a memory store for storing data received by the communication interface, the processor configured to: | 47,618 |
9,194,021 | 1. A method for leaching of minerals and sequestration of CO 2 , comprising: forming a rock pile; injecting an emission gas comprising CO supplying a leaching liquid in a top part of the rock pile; collecting an enriched leaching liquid from the lower part of the rock pile, wherein the leaching liquid comprises dissolved minerals and carbonate ions. | 14,706 |
9,772,648 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an internal clock coupled to a synchronizer facility; an enable coupled to said synchronizer facility; a synchronous clock coupled to said synchronizer facility; said synchronizer facility coupled to a timer; said synchronizer facility being adapted to output a first synchronized clock as a function of said internal clock, said synchronous clock, and said enable; and said timer being adapted to count as a function of said first synchronized clock; and wherein said synchronizer facility is further characterized as comprising: a first flip-flop adapted to: a second flip-flop adapted to: a first gating circuit adapted to output said first synchronized clock as a function of said third synchronized clock and said internal clock. | 20,617 |
9,098,351 | 1. A method comprising: accessing data that specifies energy usage and job performance metrics that correspond to a job and a plurality of processor core operating frequencies, wherein the job has been requested of a cluster; selecting a first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies that satisfies an energy usage criterion for performing the job based, at least in part, on the data that specifies the energy usage and the job performance metrics that correspond to the job; determining coefficients of an energy model based on the job performance metrics and the energy usage; estimating energy usage and the job performance metrics for the job at the first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies based on the coefficients and the energy model; storing the estimated energy usage and the job performance metrics for the job at the first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies; associating the stored estimated energy usage and the job performance metrics with the job and with the first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies; and assigning the job to be performed by a node in the cluster at the selected first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies. | 585 |
8,607,964 | 1. A method of quantifying a plurality of rolling objects on a conveyor belt, the method comprising: supplying the plurality of rolling objects at an adjustable first horizontal velocity from a supply source to the conveyor belt by feeding the plurality of rolling objects through a conduit that has an adjustable portion, wherein the supply source comprises a chute, a hopper, or a second conveyor belt, wherein changing an angle of the adjustable portion relative to the conveyor belt changes the first horizontal velocity; adjusting the first horizontal velocity and operating the conveyor belt at a second horizontal velocity that is substantially the same as the adjusted first horizontal velocity; and quantifying the plurality of rolling objects on the conveyor belt at the second horizontal velocity. | 48,749 |
9,749,938 | 1. A method in a mobile device for communicating with a network node in a wireless cellular network, the method comprising: receiving, at the mobile device, at least one parameter from a first network component, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with a discovery signal (DS) generated by and transmitted from a second network component, wherein the parameter specifies a time period between successive transmissions of the DS, an offset within the time period, and a duration of each transmission of the DS; receiving, at the mobile device, according to the time period and the offset, the DS from the second network component; and suspending reception on a first carrier radio resource during a gap in successive transmissions on the first carrier radio resource and receiving a signal on a second carrier radio resource during the gap, wherein the gap is related to the parameter. | 31,848 |
8,692,319 | 1. A transistor, comprising: a trench formed in a semiconductor body, the trench having sidewalls and a bottom, a width of the trench being measured from one sidewall to another sidewall and a length of the trench being measured perpendicular to the width; a first semiconductor material disposed in the trench adjacent the sidewalls; a second semiconductor material disposed in the trench and spaced apart from the sidewalls by the first semiconductor material, the second semiconductor material having a different band gap than the first semiconductor material; a gate material disposed in the trench and spaced apart from the first semiconductor material by the second semiconductor material, the gate material providing a gate of the transistor; and source and drain regions arranged in the trench and spaced apart from one another along the length of the trench, with a channel interposed between the source and drain regions in the first or second semiconductor material so that the channel has a lateral current flow direction along the length of the trench. | 11,431 |
9,017,459 | 1. An apparatus for removing dust and offensive odor generated from ascon, comprising: a centrifugal dust collection unit (S the filtration-type dust collection unit (S a first cooling unit (S a second cooling unit (S an adsorption unit (S a discharge unit (S | 43,446 |
8,720,257 | 1. A system for detecting defects in a combustion duct of a combustion system of a combustion turbine engine while the combustion turbine engine operates, wherein, the combustion duct comprises an inner surface, which, during operation, is exposed to the combustion gases of the hot-gas flowpath, the system comprising: an insulator coating disposed on the inner surface of the combustion duct; a first electrode that is electrically connected to the combustion duct; a second electrode that resides within the hot-gas flowpath; means for inducing a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode; and means for detecting current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein the second electrode extends through the combustion duct and comprises insulating structure that insulates the second electrode from being electrically connected to the combustion duct; wherein the second electrode comprises a conducting tip at a distal end that projects into the hot-gas flowpath through the combustion duct; wherein the second electrode comprises a position that is downstream of at least a majority of the combustion duct to which the first electrode is electrically connected; wherein the insulator coating comprises a thermal barrier coating; and wherein the combustion duct comprises one of a transition piece and a liner. | 8,464 |
9,099,882 | 1. A hybrid power supply, comprising: a turbine engine, the turbine engine including one or more rotating components; a drive shaft; a generator connected in series through the drive shaft with the turbine engine, the generator including one or more rotating components; an electrical energy storage device connected to receive electrical energy produced by the generator; a controller connected to the turbine engine, the generator, and the electrical energy storage device, the controller configured to: | 22,275 |
9,504,884 | 1. A golf club head, comprising: a hosel; a ball striking face; a sole extending aftward from a lower edge of the face, wherein the sole includes a body sole portion and a sole plate portion that form the sole surface as the lowermost surface of the golf club head, wherein the sole plate portion includes a sole plate member coupled to the body sole portion, wherein the sole plate portion forms less than 75% of the sole; a weight mount disposed in the sole plate member, wherein the weight mount is defined by a side wall and a base surface, wherein the side wall extends between the base surface and an adjacent portion of the sole of the golf club head, wherein at least a portion of the side wall is tapered; a weight body member including a lower surface and a side wall, and a fastener coupling the weight member to the weight mount, wherein the body sole portion is constructed of a material having a first density, and the sole plate member is constructed of a material having a second density that is greater than the first density, and wherein the body sole portion, the sole plate portion and the weight body member collectively form the sole. | 13,724 |
9,117,940 | 1. A method of making an integrated optical device comprising the steps of: transfer printing a plurality of printable semiconductor elements to a device substrate; and addressing an optical component or an array of optical components with the plurality of printable semiconductor elements on the device substrate, wherein each of the plurality of printable semiconductor elements are optically addressed to the optical component or to a unique individual member of the array of optical components; wherein the transfer printing comprises the steps of: contacting an array of solar cells on a wafer with a stamp contact surface; removing the stamp in a direction away from the wafer to transfer the array of solar cells from the wafer to the stamp contract surface; transferring the array of solar cells from the stamp contact surface to a back electrode supported by a target assembly substrate; wherein the method further comprises the steps of: providing an insulating layer and front electrodes in electrical contact with the transferred array of solar cells; and addressing an array of microlenses with the transferred array of solar cells, wherein each microlens in the array is individually addressed and optically aligned with an individual solar cell. | 30,816 |
8,354,082 | 1. A system, comprising: a methanation section, comprising: a second fuel path configured to route a second flow of a second fuel without conversion to methane, wherein the second fuel path is configured to receive heat from the exothermic methanation region. | 20,262 |
8,932,849 | 1. A method for wastewater treatment and energy production wherein nitrogen is removed from wastewater and converted to nitrous oxide and wherein energy is produced from the nitrous oxide, the method comprising: a) pumping the wastewater into a bioreactor system, wherein the wastewater comprises nitrogen compounds; b) processing in the bioreactor system the nitrogen compounds in the wastewater to produce a nitrous oxide product; c) forming a nitrous oxide gas stream from the nitrous oxide product of the bioreactor system; d) chemically reacting the nitrous oxide gas stream in a hardware reactor device coupled to the bioreactor system to produce energy obtained from the nitrous oxide product of the bioreactor system, | 43,721 |
8,545,779 | 1. A method of promoting the oxidation of NO to NO 2 in an exhaust stream of an operating diesel engine, the exhaust stream being at a temperature of up to 900° C. and also comprising sulfur-containing gases, the method comprising: bringing the exhaust stream into reactive contact with a sulfur-tolerant perovskite of general chemical formula ABO one ‘A’ cation selected from the group consisting of Tm, Hg, Na, Yb, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Ag, Tb, Ho, Y, Er, Lu, Pd, Ti, Cr, In, Pt, V, Li, Sb, Sc, Sc, Cu, Mg, Nb, Ta, Mo, Ru and Mn; and one ‘B’ cation selected from the group consisting of Ge, Se, Tm, Ga and I. | 42,110 |
8,906,372 | 1. A method of treating a disorder in which TNFα activity is detrimental in a subject, the method comprising administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of adalimumab to the subject such that the disorder is treated, wherein the adalimumab is produced in a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell expression system; wherein the disorder is selected from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; and wherein the composition is characterized in that when the composition is assayed in a cathepsin L kinetic assay, a level of cathepsin L activity from 0.6 to less than 1.84 RFU/s/mg of adalimumab is observed, wherein the cathepsin L kinetic assay comprises: | 24,133 |
9,631,624 | 1. An exhaust diffuser for a torque-generating turbine, the exhaust diffuser comprising: an inner member having an outer surface and an outer member having an inner surface, the inner member and the outer member forming an annular channel, a first supporting strut connecting the inner member and the outer member, the first supporting strut extending essentially radially from the inner surface to the outer surface, a second supporting strut, wherein the first supporting strut and the second supporting strut form a mirror twin-strut with an in flow-direction narrowing channel therein between; the first supporting strut and the second supporting strut comprising a middle section having a first airfoil, an outer section having a second airfoil and an inner section having a third airfoil, the second airfoil differing from the first airfoil in shape to be able to handle a higher range of angle of attack with respect to the first airfoil, and wherein: the first airfoil comprises a smaller leading edge radius than the second airfoil and the third airfoil; or the first airfoil comprises a smaller camber than the second airfoil and the third airfoil; or the second airfoil comprises a higher angle of incidence than the first airfoil and the third airfoil comprises a lower angle of incidence than the first airfoil. | 46,213 |
9,161,985 | 1. A composition, in the form of a liquid having at least one solvent or in the form of a solid, comprising 5α-androstane-3β,5,6β-triol and at least one soluble excipient, wherein the at least one soluble excipient comprises hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin. | 6,986 |
8,409,845 | 1. A method for producing at least one micro-organism (“μorg”), the method comprising: providing a closeable enclosure, having an enclosure interior and being defined by first and second opposed enclosure surfaces that are joined together; partially or fully immersing the enclosure in a first type liquid; partially filling the enclosure with the at least one μorg and a second type liquid; closing the enclosure with the second type liquid and the at least one μorg contained in the enclosure interior, where at least one of the enclosure first and second surfaces comprises one or more semi-permeable first membranes that are permeable to the second type liquid and are substantially impermeable to the at least one μorg; allowing at least a portion of the second type liquid within the enclosure interior to pass through the one or more first membranes into the first type liquid by forward osmosis, to thereby remove at least a portion of the second type liquid in the enclosure interior; providing at least one of the enclosure first surface and the enclosure second surface with at least one CO increasing or decreasing the rate of CO | 32,363 |
9,014,238 | 1. A method for synchronizing active transmission and reception timeslots of transceivers, comprising: transmitting a transmission pulse signal from a first transceiver to a second transceiver; transmitting a reflection signal from the second transceiver to the first transceiver in response to the transmission pulse signal if the transmission pulse signal is received at the second transceiver within an active reception timeslot of the second transceiver and using timing information of a time of activation of the active reception timeslot by the second transceiver during which the transmission pulse signal has been received to establish active reception timeslots of the second transceiver for future communication; and detecting the reflection signal with the first transceiver and using timing information of a time of transmission of the transmission pulse signal to establish active transmission timeslots of the first transceiver for future communication. | 23,268 |
9,737,386 | 1. A dosage projectile for remotely administering an active agent to an animal, the dosage projectile configured to contain an active agent and having a frangible shell adapted to fragment on impact with an animal to deliver the active agent to the animal and produce a plurality of shell fragments associated with the animal after impact, wherein the plurality of shell fragments associated with the animal after impact provide a visible mark on the animal; and wherein the frangible shell comprises: gelatine in combination with one or more plasticisers; or polystyrene or polystyrene derivatives, hydrophilic colloidal materials, polyolefin, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyvinylchloride, resinous compound, thermoplastic polyester, thermoplastic starch polymer blend or a combination thereof. | 9,380 |
8,956,125 | 1. A method executed by a pump controller for determining a pump output flow rate of one or more activated pumps of a pumping station, the pumping station including a well to be at least partially emptied by the pumps and an inlet through which inflow can be supplied into the well, the method when executed by the pump controller, causes the pump controller to automatically carry out the steps of: determining a pump operating condition intrinsic to the activated pumps; temporarily deactivating the pumps during a pump activation cycle and determining an inflow rate relating to the inflow, responsive to the determination of the pump operating condition; and determining the pump output flow rate using the determined inflow rate, wherein the step of temporarily deactivating the pumps involves deactivating the pumps for a predetermined period of time and determining the inflow rate over that period of time. | 11,657 |
8,792,824 | 1. A mobile communications device including: a near field communication (NFC) transceiver capable of operating in a first mode and a second mode, the NFC transceiver being configured to consume less power in the second mode than in the first mode, the NFC transceiver having a load threshold level associated therewith; and a controller coupled with the NFC transceiver, the controller being capable of | 38,711 |
9,840,172 | 1. A multipurpose armrest for a vehicle, comprising: a console box mounted on a guide rail to be slidable forward and backward along the guide rail; an armrest mounted on the top of the console box to be openable or closable; push buttons mounted on the top of the console box; tables mounted on both sides of the console box to be horizontally unfolded upon pressing the push buttons; and table locking devices mounted on the both sides of the console box to interlock with the push buttons to lock and closely fix the tables onto the both side surfaces of the console box at the time of keeping tables or horizontally unfold the tables at the time of using the tables. | 14,739 |
8,581,782 | 1. A non-transitory machine readable medium on which is stored a computer program comprising instructions to adapt a computer system having at least one processor as a simultaneous radio detection and bearing system, comprising: an RF conditioning subsystem for connection to a plurality of arrays of Frequency Range signal receiving channels, the RF conditioning subsystem operable to combine the signals from the arrays as a first internal data stream; and a coherent multi-channel digitizer subsystem coupled to the RF conditioning system, the coherent multi-channel digitizer subsystem operable to generate a time domain snapshot of the first internal data stream; the computer instructions further adapting the processor to transform the time domain snapshot to a frequency spectrum and identify at least one signal above a threshold at a determined frequency, determine the bearing of the signal, and provide the determined frequency of a selected identified signal to an audio recording subsystem, the audio subsystem contemporaneously recording the selected signal upon the determined frequency. | 38,171 |
9,699,735 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying, by a client device, a device table that includes different device types of at least one of input device types or output device types, and different pre-specified sets of wireless sub-channels that are each specific to a particular device type of the different device types; identifying a pre-specified set of wireless sub-channels associated with a particular wireless device from the device table; scanning, by the client device, the pre-specified set of wireless sub-channels for signal transmission from the particular wireless device; detecting, at the client device and independent of an intermediate entity, data transmitted from the wireless device in the pre-specified set of wireless sub-channels by comparing a function of the signal strength in the pre-specified set of wireless sub-channels to a threshold, and determining at the client device that signal in the discrete subset of multiple of the wireless sub-channels meets or exceeds the threshold signal strength; and initiating, at the client device and independent of the intermediate entity, data communication with the wireless device via the pre-specified set of wireless sub-channels, the wireless device comprising at least one of an input device configured to provide input to the client device, or an output device configured to output information from the client device. | 38,913 |
8,707,670 | 1. A cable protection and guide device having a number of link frame bodies connected to each other in a cable longitudinal direction between a cable movable end and a cable fixed end, comprising: each of said link frame bodies includes an interior, said cable residing in said interior of said number of number of link frame bodies; each of said link frame bodies taking a linear position in which said device is in contact with a support surface of a support and a flexional position in which said device is spaced from said support surface; each of said link frame bodies includes: a pair of laterally spaced apart link side plates; said link side plates form a flexional circumferential bend having a flexional inner circumferential side and a flexional outer circumferential side; each of said pair of spaced apart link side plates integrally includes: a front side plate portion connected to a preceding link side plate in said cable longitudinal direction to form a flexional inner circumferential side, a rear side plate portion connected to a succeeding link side plate in said cable longitudinal direction to form a flexional outer circumferential side, and, a flexible linkage portion interposed between said front side plate portion and said rear side plate portion; said flexional outer circumferential side of each of said link plates includes an edge; a flexional outer circumferential side connecting arm bridging each of said flexional outer circumferential sides of each of said link side plates; each of said flexional outer circumferential side connecting arms is detachably mounted to said link side plates, each of said flexional outer circumferential side connecting arms includes a flexional outer circumferential side surface; each of said flexional outer circumferential side connecting arms bridging said flexional outer circumferential sides of each of said link side plates being spaced inwardly with respect to said edges of said flexional outer circumferential sides of each of said link side plates such that said flexional outer circumferential side surfaces of said flexional outer circumferential connecting arms do not engage said support surface of said support in said linear position of said link frame bodies; a flexional inner circumferential side connecting arm bridging each of said flexional inner circumferential sides of each of said link side plates; each of said flexional outer circumferential side connecting arms is provided at a position corresponding to a middle position between said flexible linkage portions of said mutually adjacent link frame bodies in said cable longitudinal direction; and, said flexional outer circumferential side connecting arms include flexional inner circumferential side surfaces, said flexional inner circumferential side surfaces of said flexional outer circumferential side connecting arms of said link frame bodies are coplanar with each other in said linear position of said link frame bodies. | 2,220 |
8,687,742 | 1. An ensemble detector, the ensemble detector comprising: a receiver; a switching device coupled to the receiver, the switching device configured to selectively connect each of a plurality of reference noise signals to the receiver; and a gain modulation circuit coupled to the receiver and configured to vary a gain of the receiver based on a forcing signal by inducing gain fluctuations from an external signal driving said gain modulation circuit according to natural occurring fluctuations in a measurement system to analyze and model non-stationary processes by mixing the external signal with a plurality of reference noise signals to produce an ensemble data set; whereby the switching device selectively connects each of the plurality of reference noise signals to the receiver to produce an output signal derived from the plurality of reference noise signals and the forcing signal to produce an estimate of a measurand, {circumflex over (T)} where superscript M denotes an estimate where T A is constant, the standard deviation estimates the uncertainty in the estimate of the measurand by {circumflex over (σ)} {circumflex over (T)} 2 = ({circumflex over (T)} A M −T A ) 2 ; wherein the ensemble data set is used to produce the output signal within the uncertainty of the estimate of the measurand. | 46,061 |
9,472,633 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a substrate; a gate extending upward from the substrate; a source pad and a drain pad on the substrate; and a scaffold insulating layer that resides over and is coupled to a top portion of the gate and extends in a first direction over the source pad and in a second direction over the drain pad wherein: | 43,281 |
8,438,814 | 1. A floor covering, comprising a plurality of floor panels; each panel comprising coupling elements on at least two opposite edges made in one piece with the panel, said coupling elements enabling said panels to be mutually coupled to one another, wherein said coupling elements enable interlocking of the edges in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned, and parallel to a plane of the coupled floor panels; said coupling elements comprising a tongue and a groove, said groove being bordered by an upper lip and a lower lip, and said coupling elements comprising coupling parts which enable interlocking of the edges in a horizontal direction; said upper and lower lips having lip upper and lip lower abutment surfaces, respectively, and said tongue having tongue upper and tongue lower abutment surfaces on an upper and lower side of the tongue, respectively; wherein said upper lip extends beyond said lower lip; wherein in coupled condition of two of such panels, said lip upper and said lip lower abutment surfaces in a vertical direction engage respectively the tongue upper and tongue lower abutment surfaces, thereby keeping the coupled panels in a same general plane; and wherein said coupling elements are configured such that two adjacent coupled panels are mutually disconnectable by rotating their bottom sides towards one another, said configuration including an arcuate area on a tongue upper side that engages and rotates relative to the lip upper abutment surface during uncoupling of the panels and a free space between a free end of the lower lip of one panel and an opposing part under the tongue of the other panel. | 25,248 |
8,565,609 | 1. A system for distributing a reference timing signal comprising: a clock comprising: one or more remote nodes that are spaced from the clock, and configured to generate distributed timing signals corresponding to the reference timing signal, based on associated ones of the one or more split laser pulse sequences, and a noise reducer for each remote node configured to stabilize a phase of an associated one of the split laser pulse sequences based on a reflected version of the split laser pulse sequence that is reflected from the remote node. | 16,779 |
8,692,173 | 1. A sensor assembly device for tracking a source of radiation along a single axis comprising: an output shaft having an axis of rotation; a sensor mount having a mount portion, a shade portion, and an overhanging portion; said sensor mount being free to rotate in tandem with said output shaft; said shade portion being attached to and perpendicular to both said mount portion and said overhanging portion such that the mount portion and overhanging portion are parallel and, further, such that the line defined by the intersection of the shade portion and the mount portion is parallel to the axis of rotation of said output shaft; said line defined by the intersection of the shade portion and the overhanging portion also being parallel to the axis of rotation of said output shaft; said shade portion having two opposite sides, a forward motion receiving side and a backward motion receiving side; and a sensor array comprising: two or more forward motion sensors located on the forward motion receiving side of said shade portion; and two or more backward motion sensors located on the backward motion receiving side of said shade portion. | 13,624 |
9,300,393 | 1. A method for a base station to transmit control information to a relay station and to user equipment, comprising: encoding, by the base station, first downlink control information appended with a first plurality of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits into a first group of control channel elements (CCEs), the first downlink control information indicating resource allocation for the relay station, wherein the first group of CCEs comprises one of 3 CCEs, 5 CCEs, 6 CCEs, and 7 CCEs; encoding, by the base station, second downlink control information appended with a second plurality of CRC bits into a second group of CCEs, the second downlink control information indicating resource allocation for the user equipment, wherein the second group of CCEs comprises one of 1 CCE, 2 CCEs, 4 CCEs, and 8 CCEs; transmitting, by the base station, the encoded first downlink control information and the encoded second downlink control information in a same subframe. | 27,036 |
9,661,075 | 1. A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises: monitoring slice access requests for encoded data slices stored within the DSN to generate access records; correlating two or more slice access requests based on the access records to produce a correlation value; when the correlation value is greater than a correlation threshold level, identifying two or more encoded data slices for co-location within the DSN: and when the two or more encoded data slices for co-location are not stored utilizing a common storage configuration, identifying a fewest number of encoded data slices requiring migration or identifying a greatest number of encoded data slices not requiring migration that are already associated with the common storage configuration and selecting one or more of the two or more encoded data slices for migration to the common storage configuration; determining the common storage configuration based on the access records; and migrating the selected one or more encoded data slices to the common storage configuration. | 36,122 |
9,408,897 | 1. A method of treating an individual who has been identified as being susceptible to an IgE mediated allergic disease or condition, the method comprising the step of administering to such an individual a prophylactically effective amount of a vaccine that comprises a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a fusion protein that comprises an epitope of membrane IgE and is free of epitopes of serum IgE, that encodes a non-IgE helper T cell epitope, and that encodes a proteolytic cleavage sequence between said epitope of membrane IgE and said non-IgE helper T cell epitope, wherein the proteolytic cleavage sequence is REKRAVYG (amino acids 140-147 of SEQ ID NO:6). | 10,625 |
8,986,115 | 1. A system configured to facilitate customization of a virtual space based on accessible virtual items, the system comprising: one or more processors configured by computer program instructions to: implement the virtual space to determine views of the virtual space; provide a virtual item repository within the virtual space, the virtual item repository being configured to provide access by a plurality of characters to a plurality of virtual items, the plurality of characters including a first character and a second character, the plurality of virtual items including a first virtual item associated with the first character and a second virtual item associated with the second character, the first virtual item being accessible to the second character via the virtual item repository and the second virtual item being accessible to the first character via the virtual item repository; and facilitate modifications to one or more aspects of the virtual space, the modifications being based on individual ones of the plurality of virtual items made accessible by the virtual item repository; wherein the modifications to one or more aspects of the virtual space include a modification to objectives associated with the virtual space such that a first objective is either introduced or changed to a second objective responsive to the first virtual item being accessible via the virtual item repository, a given objective being a purpose or goal that efforts or actions within the virtual space are intended to attain or accomplish. | 49,570 |
9,400,535 | 1. A power supply circuit applicable to a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer, the power supply circuit comprising: a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller comprising a first output terminal and a second output terminal; a first switch circuit connected to the PWM controller; a second switch circuit connected to the PWM controller; a control circuit comprising first to fifth resistors, a first capacitor, a diode, first electronic switch and second electronic switch, wherein an anode of the diode is connected to the second output terminal of the PWM controller, a cathode of the diode is connected to a first terminal of the first electronic switch through the first and the second resistors in series, a first end of the first capacitor is connected to a node between the first and the second resistors, a second end of the first capacitor is grounded, a first end of the third resistor is connected to a node between the second resistor and the first terminal of the first electronic, a second end of the third resistor is grounded, a second terminal of the first electronic switch is connected to a power source through the fourth resistor, a third terminal of the first electronic switch is ground, a first terminal of the second electronic switch is connected to the second terminal of the first electronic switch, a second terminal of the second electronic switch is connected to the power source through the fifth resistor, a third terminal of the second electronic switch is ground, the second terminal of the second electronic switch is connected to the first switch circuit to output first and third control signals, the second terminal of the first electronic switch is connected to the second switch circuit to output second and fourth control signals; a first compensation circuit connected to the first switch circuit and the PWM controller; a second compensation circuit connected to the second switch circuit and the PWM controller; a first power circuit connected to the first output terminal of the PWM controller and the CPU; and a second power circuit connected to the second output terminal of the PWM controller and the CPU; wherein when the computer is turned on, the first and second power circuits operate, the control circuit receives a pulse signal from the second output terminal of the PWM controller and output the first control signal to the first switch circuit, and the second control signal to the second switch circuit , the first switch circuit is turned on and the second switch circuit is turned off, the first compensation circuit outputs a first compensation signal to the PWM controller through the first switch circuit, the PWM controller regulates duty cycle of pulse signals and outputs the regulated pulse signals to the first and second power circuits according to the first compensation signal, to provide a stable voltage to the CPU; when the computer is in a standby mode, the first power circuit operates and the second power circuit does not operate, the control circuit does not receive a pulse signal from the PWM controller and outputs the third control signal to the first switch circuit, and the fourth control signal to the second switch circuit, the first switch circuit is turned off and the second switch circuit is turned on, the second compensation circuit outputs a second compensation signal to the PWM controller through the second switch circuit, the PWM controller regulates duty cycle of a pulse signal and outputs the regulated pulse signal to the first power circuit according to the second compensation signal, to provide a stable voltage to the CPU. | 48,259 |
8,861,855 | 1. A method of simplifying spectral/temporal data, the method comprising: receiving spectral/temporal data; formulating the spectral/temporal data into a vector/matrix; performing a feature extraction analysis; determining at least two largest principal components from the feature extraction analysis; creating a cluster diagram from the at least two largest principal components; evaluating a distance metric from the cluster diagram; and selecting a largest metric based on the distance metric. | 19,074 |
9,707,338 | 1. An ambulatory infusion device, comprising: a common module comprising a pump mechanism and a fluid flow path in communication with the pump mechanism; and a custom module operably coupleable to the common module, the custom module including a (i) reservoir for housing a liquid composition comprising a medicament and (ii) control electronics, wherein the reservoir is configured to fluidly couple with the fluid flow path and the control electronics are configured to electrically couple to the pump mechanism when the common module and the custom module are operably coupled, and wherein, when the common module and the custom module are operably coupled, the pump mechanism is configured to cause the liquid composition from the reservoir to be delivered to a patient via the fluid flow path, and wherein the control electronics are configured to control the rate at which the pump mechanism causes the liquid composition to be delivered. | 7,326 |
9,001,087 | 1. A light-based proximity sensor, comprising: a housing comprising sides and enclosing an interior; a plurality of light emitters mounted in said housing alongside one of said sides oriented to emit light beams in a direction toward the outside of said housing; a plurality of light receivers mounted in said housing alongside the same one side of said housing oriented to receive light beams entering from the interior of the housing, the light receivers being farther away from the one side than said light emitters so as not to receive light beams emitted by said light emitters that are not reflected; at least one reflective surface mounted in said housing and being farther away from the one side than said light receivers, for redirecting light beams entering from outside said housing so as to enter said light receivers; and a processor mounted in said housing and coupled with said light emitters and said light receivers, for controlling operation of said light emitters and said light receivers, and for calculating a location of a nearby object outside of said housing that reflects light beams exiting said housing back into said housing, based on the reflected light beams received by said light receivers. | 482 |
9,708,477 | 1. A rubber composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a diene rubber, and from 1 to 100 parts by mass of a copolymer comprising: a monomer unit (a) derived from a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R a monomer unit (b) derived from a compound represented by the following formula (2): wherein R the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 1,000 to 50,000; wherein the rubber component comprises 50 mass % or more of a modified styrene-butadiene rubber modified with at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, an alkoxy group, an alkylsilyl group, an alkoxysilyl group and a carboxyl group. | 34,689 |
8,362,357 | 1. A photovoltaic system, the photovoltaic system comprising: an acrylic film coated with a UV-curable coating, the UV-curable coating comprising: a securing mechanism; and a photovoltaic device; and, wherein the securing mechanism secures the acrylic film to the photovoltaic device. | 33,362 |
8,558,031 | 1. A desalting method for extracting salt from phenol production waste of a phenol process, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving said phenol production waste from the phenol process; (b) providing a parting agent operable to separate, on contact, an organic material into an organic phase and an aqueous phase; (c) providing an extractant operable, on contact, to absorb salt into an aqueous phase, wherein said extractant comprises an aqueous NaHSO (d) performing at least one sequential extraction step, in at least one corresponding sequential extraction system, on said phenol production waste, to extract salt therefrom, each said at least one sequential extraction step comprising the steps of: (1) bringing said phenol production waste, said parting agent, and said extractant into contact with one another to form an extraction product comprising a separate organic phase and a separate aqueous salt phase; (2) during said step (d)(1), maintaining a pH of said aqueous salt phase within a range sufficient to avoid formation of free acid, and to avoid formation of a third phase, and (3) removing said aqueous salt phase from said extraction product to produce a desalted product, and, when said at least one sequential extraction step comprises a plurality of sequential extraction steps, delivering said desalted product to a next sequential extraction step to repeat steps (d)(1) to (d)(3) to increase a degree of desalting of said desalted product, wherein the parting agent is cumene. | 8,337 |
9,732,718 | 1. A method of controlling a diesel engine rail pressure at the time of ISG (Idle Stop and Go) restarting, comprising: (A) an idle stop & go (ISG) operation confirming step of confirming, by a controller, whether a restarting signal is an idle go or an ignition switch on when recognizing a stop of an engine by an idle stop of ISG and then detecting a restarting signal of the engine; (B) a rail pressure control selecting step of determining, by the controller, an excess of a cold starting condition of the engine based on engine monitoring data of the engine if it is confirmed that the restarting signal is the idle go; and (C) a quick rail pressure control step of selecting, by the controller, an MeUn (Metering Unit Valve) control at the time of the idle go condition and the excess of the cold starting condition and performing, by an MeUn control, the restarting based on a pressure control of fuel pumped to a common rail. | 28,037 |
9,735,306 | 1. A photoelectrode comprising an electrode at least partially formed of an oxide comprising a cubic rocksalt crystal structure of FeO combined with at least one of lithium, hydrogen, sodium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, or nickel, wherein the band gap of the oxide is between and including 1.3 eV and 2.5 eV. | 17,850 |
9,754,725 | 1. A method for manufacturing a lithium-ion capacitor, comprising: preparing a positive electrode by applying a positive electrode material to a current collector; preparing a negative electrode by applying a negative electrode material to a current collector; providing metallic lithium to one set of an electrode pair made up of the positive electrode, a separator, and the negative electrode which are laminated in this order or to sets of electrode pairs, the sets being laminated, a separator being provided between the respective sets, each of the electrode pairs being made up of the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode which are laminated in this order; accommodating, in a container, the electrode pair(s) having the metallic lithium provided thereto; freeze-drying the electrode pair(s) having the metallic lithium provided thereto and accommodated in the container; injecting an electrolyte solution into the container in which the electrode pair(s) having the metallic lithium provided thereto has been accommodated and freeze-dried; and sealing the container into which the electrolyte solution has been injected. | 25,967 |
9,192,986 | 1. A cage for holding a rolling element in a rolling bearing, the cage being made of a magnesium alloy, the cage being molded by injection molding, and wherein a confluence region is brought away to outside the cage during said injection molding, said confluence region being a region including a void formed by merging of flows of said magnesium alloy being in a complete molten state, such that no weld line exists at a weld portion of the cage. | 32,844 |
8,662,256 | 1. An elevator control apparatus equipped with car stop destination floor registration devices that are provided at car stops of floors and are configured to register destination floors of users and to assign a car stop call of a user including a destination floor to be registered by operation of one of the car stop destination floor registration devices to an optimum car among a plurality of cars, the apparatus comprising: a response time calculation unit configured to calculate a response time of each car of the plurality of cars required when the car stop call is assigned to the car; an assignment control unit configured to select the optimum car from the plurality of cars and to assign the car stop call to the optimum car, based on the response time of each car of the plurality of cars calculated by the response time calculation unit; a car load calculation unit configured to calculate a load value of each car of the plurality of cars at a time when each car of the plurality of cars starts from a registration floor of the car stop call after responding to the call; a boarding possibility determination unit configured to determine for each car of the plurality of cars whether the user can board the car by comparing the load value calculated by the car load calculation unit with a preset capacity value; and a registration control unit configured to control the response time calculation unit and the assignment control unit to assign the car stop call, including a second response and later responses to the registration floor of the car stop call, based on a determination result of the boarding possibility determination unit. | 28,087 |
8,679,061 | 1. An automatic injection device for providing a subcutaneous injection of a substance into a user, comprising: a housing having an open first end and a second end; a syringe movably disposed in the housing, the syringe including a barrel portion for holding the substance, a hollow needle in fluid communication with the barrel portion for ejecting the substance from the syringe, and a bung for sealing the barrel portion and selectively applying pressure to the substance to force the substance through the hollow needle; a syringe actuation component for first moving the syringe towards the first end of the housing such that the needle projects from the first end and for subsequently applying pressure to the bung, the syringe actuation component including a pressurizer, at a first end of the syringe actuation component, for selectively applying pressure to the bung, a rod comprising a compressible portion projecting from the rod along at least a portion of a length of the rod, the compressible portion having a first expanded position prior to entering the barrel portion of the syringe and a second compressed position for initiating movement of the bung and a flange between a second end of the syringe actuation component and the compressible portion; and a first biasing mechanism for biasing the syringe actuation component towards the open first end of the housing, the first biasing mechanism disposed between the flange of the syringe actuation component and the second end of the housing. | 5,201 |
9,528,414 | 1. A system, comprising: an internal combustion engine configured to produce an exhaust gas flow; an exhaust gas passageway, at least a portion of the exhaust gas passageway comprising: a reductant injector exposed in the primary passageway through the injector aperture, an end of the injector in a flow path defined by the injector passageway, the injector configured to release a reductant into the primary passageway and towards the bypass passageway; and a catalyst located downstream of the reductant injector, the catalyst configured to receive a primary flow through the primary passageway, the primary flow mixed with the reductant. | 47,327 |
9,854,485 | 1. A mobile communication method comprising: a step of notifying, by a first radio base station, a second radio base station of identification information including PCI (Physical Cell ID) and ECGI (Enhanced Cell Global ID) of a cell configured by one or a plurality of relay nodes by “eNB Configuration Update”, wherein the first radio base station notifies the identification information of the cell configured by one or more of the relay nodes to the second base station, as identification information of the cell configured by the first radio base station, and the first radio base station acts as a donor base station via an X2 interface between the first radio base station and the one or the plurality of relay nodes, said step being initiated after setting of the X2 interface between the first radio base station and the one or the plurality of relay nodes, in a state where the X2 interface and one X2 signaling connection has been established between the first radio base station and the second radio base station, and wherein the second radio base station is not subordinate to the first radio base station. | 27,030 |
9,105,498 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor structure comprising: forming a stack of a gate dielectric layer and a workfunction material layer over a first semiconductor material portion and a second semiconductor material portion; forming a first gate conductor material layer applying a first stress to a first workfunction material portion of said workfunction material layer that is present over said first semiconductor material portion, wherein said first workfunction material portion is under a first strain due to said first stress; and forming a second gate conductor material layer applying a second stress that is different from said first stress to a second workfunction material portion of said workfunction material layer that is present over said second semiconductor material portion, wherein said second workfunction material portion is under a second strain due to said second stress, and said first strain and said second strain shift workfunctions of said first and second workfunction material portions differently, and wherein one of said first and second gate conductor material layers is formed by: depositing a layer of at least one semiconductor material, and doping said layer of said at least one semiconductor material with a first element having an atomic size greater than an average atomic size of said at least one semiconductor material, and another of said first and second gate conductor material layers is formed by: depositing another layer of said at least one semiconductor material, and doping said another layer of said at least one semiconductor material with a second element having an atomic size smaller than said average atomic size of said at least one semiconductor material. | 5,747 |
8,367,271 | 1. A fuel cell device comprising: a fuel cell housing; a fuel processor received within the housing that generates fuel gas; a fuel cell received within the housing and comprising, a planar-configured silicon substrate having a flow divider formed thereon as a plurality of micro-channels on the silicon substrate for fuel gas and an electrode formed on one side of the silicon substrate and defining a planar configured anode, said flow divider including substantially planar fuel gas input channels that extend along the substrate to define fuel cell structures; a microelectromechanical (MEMS) valve formed at each fuel gas input channel and configured to regulate the flow of fuel gas into the at least one fuel gas input channel; a planar configured electrode forming a cathode; a planar configured ion exchange electrolyte positioned between the electrodes forming the anode and cathode that receives fuel gas from the fuel processor and oxygen and configured to generate an electric current wherein protons pass from the anode through the ion exchange membrane and oxygen passes from the cathode to combine with protons to form water; and a thermal-capillary pump operative with the electrode and ion exchange electrolyte and operatively connected to the fuel processor wherein the electrodes are configured such that heat generated between the electrodes forces water to any cooler edges of the electrodes as is pumped by capillary action back to the fuel processor to supply water for producing hydrogen gas production. | 38,226 |
8,615,597 | 1. A method of managing data streams from sensor devices received by a mobile client device, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of data streams each corresponding to a respective sensor device, each of the plurality of data streams being receivable by the mobile client device; determining a total weighted cost for each of the sensor devices to proactively transmit the respective sensor device data in predetermined data chunks, where weighting for the total weight cost is associated with a likelihood of individual tuples in a given data chunk being relevant to one or more queries processed by the event processing module and a communication cost involved in acquiring a given data chunk; sorting the total weighted costs for the respective data streams; and instructing the sensor devices to transmit their respective data streams according to the sorted total weight costs specifying an order for which each of the plurality of data streams is to be acquired or processed by an event processing module of the client device; using the specified order to receive the plurality of data streams; determining, by the event processing module, at least a partial result of a query predicate using data from the received plurality of data streams; and the event processing module dynamically modifying some property of a process by which a selected set of the plurality of data streams transmit their data to the event proceeding module. | 42,176 |
9,212,624 | 1. A cascade assembly for installation in an aircraft nacelle, comprising: a first cascade portion fixed to a non-movable portion of the aircraft nacelle, wherein the first cascade portion comprises a bracket; and a second cascade portion fixed to a translating sleeve portion of the aircraft nacelle, wherein the second cascade portion comprises a catch, wherein the bracket is configured to receive the catch, in response to the translating sleeve portion being in a deployed position. | 20,520 |
9,046,837 | 1. A fixing control system comprising: a fixing device including a heater configured to receive power of an input AC voltage during a power-turn-on time period to generate heat, said power being supplied under soft-start control; a control circuit including a processor configured to control the heater in accordance with power requirements of the fixing device using at least two different power-turn-on-duty control patterns in accordance with an operation mode of the fixing device such that in a first one of the different power-turn-on-duty control patterns, | 10,911 |
9,203,654 | 1. An apparatus for combining a plurality of signals in a respective plurality of channels, each signal comprising a set of concurrent modulated components within a channel, comprising: a processor configured to: an output port configured to present at least one of an identification of the selected at least one respective combination, the selected at least one respective combination, and information defining the selected at least one respective combination, wherein at least one of the fitness criteria relates to a predicted ability of a receiver to estimate a channel state of a communication channel, and wherein at least one transformed representation impairs an ability of the receiver to successfully estimate the channel state of the communication channel. | 2,055 |
8,416,122 | 1. A system for computer-based classification of target information, where said target information is expressed in terms of geographic regions of interest, said system comprising: at least one sensor for sensing information relating to a target location; a computer processor; and a memory device operatively connected to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: fuse said information sensed by the at least one sensor to generate fused target information; select polygons associated with said regions of interest from the fused target information, each of said polygons defining a plurality of vertex nodes separated by line segments; project in a selected ordinate direction from each vertex node to the intersection at a node with another line segment to thereby define bins extending in said selected ordinate direction, each of which bins includes line segments of the polygon and projection lines extending between nodes; order said line segments according to their other ordinate values to thereby generate at least one set of ordered bins; sort the bins to thereby build a bin database; build an accelerated search tree from said bin database; process target position measurements in conjunction with said accelerated search tree by selecting (a) that one of said bins from said ordered set of bins in which the target coordinate value in said ordinate direction lies, and, (b) if there are plural bins which encompass said target coordinate value in said ordinate direction, selecting that one of said bins in which the target coordinate value in said ordinate direction lies and in which the target coordinate values in the other ordinate direction lies; and deem said selected one of said bins to be the bin in which said target coordinate values lie, thereby establishing in which region of interest said selected one of said bins lies. | 9,413 |
9,613,780 | 1. A method of supporting a sample in a transmission electron microscope, said method comprising the steps of: forming a first layer on a first surface of a substrate; etching a second surface of the substrate that faces away from the first surface to form an opening in the substrate which exposes the first layer; forming a second layer on the surface of the first layer away from said opening in the substrate, said second layer having a lower etching rate than the first layer; removing a region of the first layer that overlaps the opening in the substrate by etching via the opening to expose the second layer to leave an electron beam path from the second layer through the opening of the substrate substantially free of foreign matter so as to not affect observation of the transmission electron microscope image; forming an electrically conductive layer on a region of said second layer that has been exposed by the step of exposing the second layer; and supporting a sample in an electron microscope on the first layer. | 7,225 |
9,652,599 | 1. A method of signing data, comprising: receiving, from a requester, a request to sign the data according to a requested configuration selected from a first configuration, in which the data is for use with any of a set of devices, and second configuration in which the data is for use only with a subset of the set of devices; modifying the data according to the requested configuration by: generating a data signature using the modified data; transmitting the generated data signature to the requestor; receiving the modified data and the data signature in a device of the subset of devices; verifying the data signature by the device; determining if the added identifier matches an expected identifier by the device; accepting the modified data for use by the device only if the data signature is verified and the added identifier matches the expected identifier, wherein the data comprises a code image and the added identifier renders the modified code image unusable by devices of the set of devices other than the subset of devices. | 14,231 |
9,427,731 | 1. A supported catalyst complex comprising: a catalyst composed of a Group 8 transition metal complex comprising a Group 8 transition metal, a labile ligand and a non-labile ligand; and a support; wherein the metal complex and the support are linked together by one or more linkers, in which one of the linkers connects the labile ligand of the complex to the support and the same or a different linker connects the non-labile ligand of the complex to the support, wherein the Group 8 transition metal is ruthenium, the non-labile ligand is an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand and the labile ligand is selected from an alkylidene and a chelating alkylidene ligand. | 23,859 |
8,881,245 | 1. An authentication system configured to enable a user to setup an interactive authentication environment on an electronic device for restricting unauthorized access, the system comprising: a customization module configured to enable the user to customize and setup the interactive authentication environment on the electronic device; one or more input mediums configured to enable the user to actively interact with the interactive authentication environment to define one or more access patterns within a three-dimensional virtual environment that are required to be imitated in order to gain authentication and to gain post-authentication access; and a database to store the defined access patterns, wherein the interactive authentication environment comprises a game-based three-dimensional virtual environment. | 42,089 |
9,264,505 | 1. A method for building a semantics graph for an enterprise communication network, comprising: generating a refined repository of signifiers using a term frequency-inverse document frequency (Tf-idf) engine by: extracting a first signifier among the refined repository and a second signifier among the refined repository from the enterprise communication network; determining a semantic proximity of the first signifier and the second signifier using an engine executing computer readable instructions; and building the semantics graph, wherein the first signifier and the second signifier are represented as nodes connected by an edge representing the semantic proximity of the first signifier and the second signifier. | 20,690 |
9,003,524 | 1. A method of classifying web content, implemented on one or more computer processors, the method comprising: using at least one of the processors, receiving content of a web page; using at least one of the processors, determining a first property associated with the content of the web page, the first property comprising static content associated with the web page; using at least one of the processors, executing active content associated with the webpage; using at least one of the processors, determining a second property associated with the content of the web page based at least in part on the executing, the second property comprising the active content; using at least one of the processors, evaluating a logical expression relating the first property and the second property; and using at least one of the processors, associating the web page with a category based on a result of the evaluation, wherein the evaluation of the logical expression at least in part evaluates whether a constant value matches at least a portion of the content of the web page. | 27,135 |
8,958,379 | 1. A method for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource mapping corresponding to an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) from a node, comprising: mapping a PUCCH resource n wherein the PUCCH resource n for time-division duplexing (TDD), where E is the total number of eCCE in one PRB, N PRB,ePDCCH offset is a starting PRB index for an ePDCCH region, N ePUCCH (1) is a starting PUCCH channel index for a ePUCCH region in an uplink subframe and is configured by high layers for each user equipment (UE), I PRB ePDCCH lowest index is a lowest PRB index including at least one eCCE of ePDCCH resources in a downlink subframe n−k m , n eCCE is a first eCCE index number used for transmission of the corresponding ePDCCH in the downlink subframe n−k m where n is an uplink subframe associated with the downlink subframe n−k m , k m is a smallest value in a downlink associate set K={k 0 ,k 1 , . . . k M−1 } with a ePDCCH in downlink subframe n−k m where M is the number of elements in the set K and 0≦m≦M−1, and N PRB,ePDCCH i is a number of ePDCCH PRBs used for transmission of ePDCCH in downlink subframe n−k i . | 41,895 |
9,611,490 | 1. A method for producing cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, which comprises a step of producing cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid by using L-pipecolic acid as a substrate with a microorganism transformed with a heterologous polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of(A)to (F) in an expressible state: (A) a polynucleotide having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, (B) a polynucleotide hybridizable with a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 under stringent conditions, and encoding a protein having an activity of catalyzing a reaction of generating cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid by using L-pipecolic acid as a substrate, wherein the stringent conditions comprise performing hybridization at 50° C. in the presence of a saline sodium citrate (SSC) solution of 2-fold concentration and 50% formamide followed by washing at 65° C. with an SSC solution of 0.1-fold concentration; (C) a polynucleotide showing an identity of 90% or higher to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and encoding a protein having the activity of catalyzing the reaction of generating cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid by using L-pipecolic acid as a substrate, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a partial sequence encoding an aspartyl/asparaginyl beta-hydroxylase region and a partial sequence encoding an L-proline 3-hydroxylase C-terminal region; (D) a polynucleotide encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25; (E) a polynucleotide encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25 including substitution, deletion, insertion, and/or addition of 30 or less amino acid residues, and having the activity of catalyzing the reaction of generating cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid by using L-pipecolic acid as a substrate, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a partial sequence encoding an aspartyl/asparaginyl beta-hydroxylase region and a partial sequence encoding an L-proline 3-hydroxylase C-terminal region; and (F) a polynucleotide encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence showing an identity of 90% or higher to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25, and having the activity of catalyzing the reaction of generating cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid by using L-pipecolic acid as a substrate, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a partial sequence encoding an aspartyl/asparaginyl beta-hydroxylase region and a partial sequence encoding an L-proline 3-hydroxylase C-terminal region. | 29,765 |
9,120,079 | 1. A carbon sorbent for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams, comprising: (a) a CO (b) an H (c) an isosteric heat of adsorption of from 6 to 8.5 kilocalories per mole of CO (d) a nitrogen content of at least 2.2 wt %, which is present in the form of pyridine, pyridone or pyrrole. | 19,284 |
9,221,547 | 1. A method for mitigating static discharge in a fuel container, the method comprising: applying a non-chromated static dissipative coating directly to a surface of the fuel container, the fuel container comprising one or more composite components and one or more metal components, wherein the coating is only applied over the one or more composite components as a topmost layer on the one or more composite components, the static dissipative coating having a volume resistivity of 1.0×10 | 9,786 |
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