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9,014,288 | 1. A method for acquiring channel information wherein the method is a multi-precision method for acquiring channel information, and the method comprises: a base station and a User Equipment (UE) jointly saving a first codebook and at least one second codebook, and the first codebook being used for channel information quantization in various scenarios; the UE performing feedback of at least two Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMIs) to the base station, wherein, one PMI corresponds to one code word in the first codebook, all the other PMIs respectively correspond to different code words in a second codebook used currently, and each code word which is fed back corresponding to the PMI is used for representing channel information of one or multiple or all subbands; and the base station finding corresponding code words from the first codebook and the second codebook used currently, and acquiring the channel information after receiving the PMIs fed back from the UE; wherein one of the second codebooks jointly saved by the base station and the UE comprises the following 4 code words: or one of the second codebooks jointly saved by the base station and the UE comprises the following 4 code words: or one of the second codebooks jointly saved by the base station and the UE comprises the following 8 code words: or one of the second codebooks jointly saved by the base station and the UE comprises: any two code words in plus any group in the following 2 groups of code words: first group: second group: | 15,178 |
9,312,042 | 1. A solar cell, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor region disposed in or above the substrate; and a conductive contact disposed on the semiconductor region and comprising a seed layer in contact with the semiconductor region, the seed layer comprising aluminum (Al) and a second, different, metal; wherein the second metal is magnesium (Mg), at least a portion of which is in the form of MgAl | 10,640 |
9,628,916 | 1. A loudspeaker comprising: a light-emitting element; a frame; a magnetic circuit coupled to the frame and provided with a magnetic gap; a diaphragm including: a cylindrical voice coil bobbin having a first end coupled to the inner peripheral end portion, and a second end inserted into the magnetic gap, and a voice coil wound on the second end of the voice coil bobbin. | 29,982 |
8,451,573 | 1. An overvoltage protection device for protecting a wind turbine against overvoltage, the wind turbine including an electrical transformer for transforming electrical power generated by a generator of the wind turbine from a low voltage region to a medium voltage region, the electrical transformer comprising: wherein the overvoltage protection device comprises: | 17,073 |
9,398,840 | 1. An endoscope with a variable direction of view, comprising: an endoscope shaft; and imaging optics arranged inside the endoscope shaft which image an object located before the distal end of the endoscope and produce an image of the object in the proximal area of the endoscope in which a field stop is arranged, wherein the produced image is larger than the field stop and in the proximal area of the endoscope an image module is arranged with which the relative position between the produced image and the field stop can be changed for changing the section of the produced image visible after the field stop in order to change the direction of view of the endoscope, wherein the image module brings about a stepless change of the relative position between the produced image and the field stop, wherein the image module includes a Dove prism which can be displaced perpendicular to a base surface of the Dove prism, wherein the imaging optics produce a single coherent image, and wherein the produced image is the image offered to a user of the endoscope or an intermediate image which is used for presentation to the user. | 3,022 |
9,015,887 | 1. A floor treatment apparatus with a platform upon which the operator can stand during operation, comprising: a chassis having a front and a back and a lower surface, a front surface adjacent the front, a rear surface adjacent the back, a left side and right side and a platform; at least a first wheel, a second wheel and a third wheel, the first wheel and the second wheel located substantially toward the back of the apparatus; at least one of a debris collection device and a fluid collection device connected adjacent the lower surface; a power source interconnected to at least one of the wheels; a mechanism operably interconnected to at least one of the wheels to allow an operator to steer the floor treatment apparatus; wherein the platform is located substantially below the steering mechanism and with a portion thereof positioned substantially directly below an axis extending between the centers of the first wheel and the second wheel, and wherein the platform includes a throttle actuator to regulate electrical power which is in the form of a foot pedal and an operator presence device, which is operatively connected to and which selectively interrupts operation of the throttle actuator. | 15,648 |
9,771,532 | 1. A method for converting organic material to useful gas products, the method comprising: introducing the organic material and oxygen into a processing chamber of a gas product manufacturing system, the processing chamber including: maintaining the processing chamber at a pressure of at least 2 atmospheres; preventing gas from diffusing through the at least one electrode with a sealing material diffused in the at least one electrode to create a gas tight seal in the at least one electrode; providing electrical energy to said at least one electrode to induce reactions between the organic material and the oxygen to form synthesis gas. | 1,157 |
9,794,428 | 1. A system for sensing and video capture, the system comprising: a plurality of cameras distributed about a facility, each of the plurality of cameras comprising an optical sensor capable of capturing video image data, at least one auxiliary sensor, and a processor that acquires and transmits video image data from the optical sensor and acquires and transmits auxiliary sensor data from the auxiliary sensor; a data connection connected to the processor of each of the plurality of cameras for the transmission of data from the processor; and a centralized computer located at a different location from each of the plurality of cameras that receives the video image data and auxiliary sensor data from the processor of each of the plurality of cameras across the data connection, stores the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data, and processes the auxiliary sensor data using an application module configured to perform a monitoring or control function, wherein the video image data is acquired from the optical sensor and transmitted at a first sampling rate and the auxiliary sensor data is acquired from the auxiliary sensor and transmitted at a second sampling rate wherein the first sampling rate is greater than the second sampling rate, such that the processor acquires samples more frequently from the optical sensor than from the auxiliary sensor. | 20,972 |
8,758,244 | 1. An information processing system comprising: a physical measurement apparatus measuring the body of a user and radio-transmitting measurement data; and an information processing apparatus receiving the measurement data radio-transmitted from the physical measurement apparatus, displaying information on the measurement data of the user on a screen, and displaying a notice prompting the user to conduct measurement when no measurement data is received by a predetermined time for measurement, said information processing apparatus having a human sensor to detect a presence of the user without use of another user, so that the notice prompting the user to conduct the measurement is displayed on the screen when (i) no measurement data is received by the predetermined time for measurement and (ii) the human sensor detects the presence of the user. | 22,814 |
8,464,476 | 1. A modular construction element comprising: a single sheet of sheet-like material in the form of a rhomboid which lies in two planes formed by a crease along a bisector of said rhomboid so as to define a V-shaped cross section and which includes an aperture on either respective side of said crease which penetrates through a face of the sheet, said modular construction element adapted to receive connectors at each said aperture, whereby modular construction elements with faces of their sheets separated by contiguous washers with compressed concave and convex surfaces are connected in use face to face by a threaded bolt inserted through the washers and one of the apertures in each modular construction element thereby forming a joint that allows relative movement between the connected planes of connected modular construction elements in two degrees of freedom with each modular construction element wholly bracing the other. | 19,600 |
9,672,576 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a computer processor in a presence cluster, a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message from a monitoring device of an electrical component on an electrical grid that is registered with a SIP registrar corresponding to the presence cluster, the first SIP message comprising a status of the electrical component, a type of the electrical component and specifications of the electrical component, wherein the electrical component is one of a fuse, transformer, circuit breaker, capacitor, voltage regulator, compensator, relay, feeder, switch, and protection device located at an electrical substation or power station and monitored by a utility provider; determining, by the computer processor, that a utility manager of the utility provider is a subscriber of the presence cluster for notifications of status information sent to the presence cluster by the electrical component; notifying the utility manager of the state of the electrical component by sending a second SIP message; sending by the utility manager documents pertaining to the electrical component to a field crew of the utility provider; and deploying the field crew to a location of the electrical component. | 38,203 |
9,341,369 | 1. A method for increasing efficiency when heating an industrial furnace using a burner device comprising a first channel ( 3 ) for fuel, a second channel ( 4 ) for a first oxidant, the second channel ( 4 ) for the first oxidant being i) separate from the first channel ( 3 ) for the fuel, and ii) outside of the channel ( 3 ) for the fuel, an outlet ( 9 ) for flue gases, a control device ( 10 ), and a heat buffer ( 7 ), the method comprising the steps of: supplying the fuel through the first channel; alternatingly leading the first oxidant and the flue gases, in a gas flow direction toward the burner device, through the heat buffer and from the heat buffer through the second channel to the burner device; and supplying a second oxidant, comprised of at least 80 percentages by weight oxygen, via a separate lancing device to the burner device through the second channel, the second oxidant being supplied at a velocity which is at least sonic velocity, so that an ejector effect is created downstream of the heat buffer in relation to the gas flow direction towards the burner device, such that a flow of preheated oxidant is increased, and wherein the lancing of the second oxidant is supplied in the first channel for the first oxidant but not in the channel for the fuel. | 16,311 |
9,193,348 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a drive unit configured to generate a driving force for driving a driving wheel; an accelerator pedal; and a controller configured to control the driving force generated by the drive unit on a basis of an operation amount of the accelerator pedal which is operated by a user, and to receive an activation command for the drive unit that is issued by the user, the controller being configured to limit an actual driving force that is transmitted from the drive unit to the driving wheel with respect to a driving force required by the user, in comparison with a driving force when the vehicle travels in a state other than coasting, if a condition i) that the vehicle carries out the coasting with the drive unit unactivated and a condition ii) that the controller receives the activation command for the drive unit with the accelerator pedal operated are fulfilled, the controller being configured to activate the drive unit such that the actual driving force is not generated, if having received the activation command with the accelerator pedal operated, the controller being configured to control the drive unit such that the actual driving force is not generated until operation of the accelerator pedal ceases, if having received the activation command with the accelerator pedal operated. | 23,234 |
9,726,334 | 1. A lighting unit, comprising: a board on which a light emitting portion having a semiconductor light emitting device is arrayed on an upper side along the longitudinal direction; a reflector which is disposed on the upper side of the board and has a reflection portion inside the reflector for reflecting a light from the light emitting portion, as well as covering the light emitting portion; a case disposed so as to support the board and the reflector from the top and the bottom; a board holding end protrudingly disposed outward from both ends of the board in the longitudinal direction of the board; a case holding end protrudingly disposed outward from both ends of the case in the longitudinal direction of the case and to be overlapped with the board holding end; and a holder holding the board holding end and the case holding end which are overlapped to each other and being held rotatably. | 35,184 |
9,012,192 | 1. A method of increasing the rate of growth, useful product production, or protein expression of a microorganism, comprising: exposing the microorganism to ultrasound having a frequency from greater than about 1 MHz to about 10 MHz, wherein the microorganism comprises yeast. | 26,841 |
9,398,531 | 1. A method to conduct dynamic Near-Field Communication (NFC) session by an initiator device, the method comprising: engaging an initial detection; transmitting a probe message from the initiator device to a target device and receiving a probe reply message, the probe reply message denoting whether the target device is present within the NFC session field and/or whether the target device has application data for transmission; identifying whether there is application data for transmission from the initiator device or the target device; starting an NFC session with the initiator device if application data is available; and if no application data is available for active transmission, dynamically turning off the Radio Frequency (RF) field and entering into Probe state. | 39,947 |
8,426,004 | 1. A multilayer information recording medium manufacturing method for manufacturing a multilayer information recording medium having at least three information recording layers, the method comprising: a first information recording layer forming step of forming a first information recording layer on a substrate; a first intermediate layer forming step of forming a first intermediate layer on the first information recording layer by screen printing; a second information recording layer forming step of forming a second information recording layer on the first intermediate layer; a second intermediate layer forming step of forming a second intermediate layer on the second information recording layer by screen printing in such a manner that thickness variation of the multilayer information recording medium after the first intermediate layer has been formed is suppressed; a third information recording layer forming step of forming a third information recording layer on the second intermediate layer; and a cover layer forming step of forming a cover layer by a spin coating method in such a manner that a thickness of an inner periphery of the multilayer information recording medium after the third information recording layer has been formed becomes smaller than a thickness of an outer periphery of the multilayer information recording medium. | 30,467 |
9,816,488 | 1. A turning system for a rotor, the system comprising: a fixture plate configured for attachment to a gearbox; a locking mechanism configured for attachment to the fixture plate; a reaction fixture configured for attachment to the locking mechanism; wherein, the turning system is configured to permit rotation of the rotor only when rotational torque is applied to the locking mechanism, and this rotation is in only one rotational direction, and wherein the locking mechanism comprises a pinion gear configured for interaction with a brake disk mechanically coupled with the rotor. | 28,659 |
9,836,360 | 1. A computing system comprising: a memory storing processor-executable program code; and a processor to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing system to: receive at a database engine of a database a command to recover the database to a point in time; if the database was at least one of inactive after the point in time and deleted after the point in time, determine a log backup which covers the point in time; determine a sequence identifier associated with the determined log backup; collect one or more log backups which are older than the determined log backup and associated with the sequence identifier, and one or more data backup associated with the sequence identifier; the collected one or more log backups and the collected one or more data backup each associated with a respective currently existing volume of the database; and execute a recovery of each respective currently existing volume of the database based on the determined log backup, the collected log backups, and the collected data backup associated with the currently existing volume of the database. | 49,612 |
9,641,589 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoding instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising: registering, at a computing device, a vitals plug-in module, the vitals plug-in module providing additional functionality for the computing device, wherein registering the vitals plug-in module is performed without upgrading or reprogramming the computing device; using the vitals plug-in module to communicate with a medical device to facilitate vitals measurement acquisition of physiological information from a patient, wherein the medical device is selected from the group consisting of a pulse oximeter, an electrocardiography device and a spirometer; using the vitals plug-in module to command the medical device to obtain the physiological information from the patient; receiving data associated with the physiological information from the medical device at the computing device; and displaying the data associated with the physiological information at the computing device. | 3,809 |
9,761,684 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; and a gate structure over the substrate, wherein the gate structure includes: | 33,978 |
9,291,661 | 1. A monitoring circuit, configured to be electrically connected to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and a ground line, the ESD protection device being configured to be in contact with a users body, the ground line is configured to be connected to the ground, the monitoring circuit comprising: an oscillating unit comprising a first monitoring end and a second monitoring end, wherein the first monitoring end is configured to be electrically connected to the ESD protection device and the second monitoring end is configured to be electrically connected to the ground line, wherein the oscillating unit is configured to output an oscillating signal in a case that the first monitoring end is not electrically connected to the ESD protection device, or the ESD protection device is not contacted to the user's body, or the second monitoring end is not electrically connected to the ground line, or the ground line is not connected to the ground, and wherein the oscillating unit is configured to output a DC voltage signal in a case that the first monitoring end is electrically connected to the ESD protection device, and the ESD protection device is contacted to the user's body, and the second monitoring end is electrically connected to the ground line, and the ground line is connected to the ground; a signal processing unit electrically connected to the oscillating unit, configured to receive the oscillating signal and to output a first voltage according to the oscillating signal if the signal outputted by the oscillating unit is the oscillating signal wherein the signal processing unit comprises a dividing subunit configure to divide a supply voltage according to the oscillating signal, so as to output the first voltage; a dividing unit electrically connected to the second monitoring end, configured to provide an electrostatic ground voltage to the second monitoring end and a reference voltage; and a comparator electrically connected to the signal processing unit and the dividing unit, configured to co pare the first voltage and the reference voltage and to correspondingly output an alarm signal when the first voltage becomes smaller than the reference voltage. | 1,456 |
9,505,670 | 1. A process for the preparation of an olefinic product comprising ethylene and/or propylene from an oxygenate, the process comprising the following steps: a) contacting the oxygenate in an oxygenate conversion reaction zone with a molecular sieve-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. to produce an oxygenate conversion effluent comprising olefins, water, carbon dioxide and carbonyl compounds including C2 b) separating water from the oxygenate conversion effluent to obtain a water-depleted gaseous oxygenate conversion effluent comprising olefins, carbon dioxide and C2 c) compressing the water-depleted gaseous effluent with the optional removal of any condensed phase to obtain a compressed gaseous stream comprising olefins, carbon dioxide and C2 d) separating carbon dioxide from the compressed gaseous stream by subjecting the compressed gaseous stream to a caustic wash treatment in a caustic tower wherein the gaseous stream is countercurrently contacted with a caustic solution to obtain a washed gaseous stream comprising olefins; and e) subjecting the washed gaseous stream to one or more separation steps such that at least an olefin product stream comprising ethylene and/or propylene is obtained, wherein in step d) a non-aqueous liquid stream comprising one or more aromatic C7 | 46,426 |
9,198,254 | 1. A light emitting diode (LED) backlight driving circuit, comprising: an LED lightbar; and a driver integrated circuit (IC) coupled to the LED lightbar, wherein the driver IC is configured with a protection pin that controls the driver IC to enter a protection mode when a voltage of the protection pin exceeds a preset voltage range, and wherein an input undervoltage protection module is coupled between a power input end of the LED lightbar and the protection pin; an output overvoltage protection module is coupled between a power output end of the LED lightbar and the protection pin; wherein the input undervoltage protection module comprises a first controllable switch, and an undervoltage control unit coupled to a control end of the first controllable switch; the first controllable switch is connected in series between the protection pin and a power grounding end of the LED backlight driving circuit; the undervoltage control unit comprises a first resistor and a second resistor that are connected in series between the power input end of the LED lightbar and the power grounding end of the LED backlight driving circuit in sequence, the control end of the first controllable switch is coupled between the first resistor and the second resistor, and the first controllable switch is turned on at a low level; a first Zener diode is connected in series between the power input end of the LED lightbar and the first resistor, an anode of the first Zener diode is coupled to the first resistor, and a cathode of the first Zener diode is coupled to the power input end of the LED lightbar; wherein the output overvoltage protection module comprises a first divider unit and a second divider unit that are connected in series between the power output end of the LED lightbar and the power grounding end of the LED backlight driving circuit, and the protection pin is coupled between the first divider unit and the second divider unit; the first divider unit comprises a third resistor and a fourth resistor that are connected in series, and the second divider unit comprises a fifth resistor; a sixth resistor is connected in series between the protection pin and the first divider unit and the second divider unit; an input overvoltage protection module coupled between the power input end of the LED lightbar and the protection pin; the input overvoltage protection module comprises a second controllable switch, and an overvoltage control unit coupled to a control end of the second controllable switch; the second controllable switch is connected in series between the protection pin and the power grounding end of the LED backlight driving circuit; the overvoltage control unit comprises a second Zener diode, a seventh resistor and an eighth resistor that are connected in series between the power input end of the LED lightbar and the power grounding end of the LED backlight driving circuit in sequence, the control end of the second controllable switch is coupled between the seventh resistor and the eighth resistor, and the second controllable switch is turn on at the high level; an anode of the second Zener diode is coupled to the seventh resistor, and a cathode of the second Zener diode is coupled to the power input end of the LED lightbar. | 12,048 |
9,202,981 | 1. A light-emitting diode structure comprising: a first light-emitting diode unit; a second light-emitting diode unit separated from the first light-emitting diode unit and a crossover metal layer comprising a first portion protruding into the first light-emitting diode unit, a flat portion connected to the second light-emitting diode unit and having a first width substantially equal to a width of the second light-emitting diode unit and a connecting portion connecting the first portion with the flat portion. | 30,671 |
9,838,179 | 1. A method for controlling an uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs), the method comprising: when a sounding reference symbol (SRS) transmission on a first TAG overlaps with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission on a second TAG in a time domain, checking whether a total transmission power of the SRS and the PUCCH exceeds a maximum transmission power in an overlapped time portion; and when the total transmission power exceeds the maximum transmission power in the overlapped time portion, dropping the SRS transmission on the first TAG. | 6,015 |
9,029,686 | 1. A photosensitive device, comprising: a silicon substrate having a plurality of trenches on a surface, the trenches positioned to define at least one silicon fin; and stressed material within at least two of the trenches, the stressed material inducing tensile strain within the at least one silicon fin to reduce the band gap of at least a portion of the silicon within the at least one silicon fin and to provide increased sensitivity of the tensile strained portion of the fin to longer wavelength light. | 44,415 |
9,543,500 | 1. A ferroelectric thin film having a superlattice structure and produced by alternatingly layering at least two different types of dielectric materials, in which the different dielectric materials are bonded with an ionic material, wherein each of the at least two different types of dielectric materials is an oxide having a nanosheet-like perovskite structure. | 33,082 |
9,549,348 | 1. A method of restoring user equipment control in the presence of communication link failure between a network node that provides control of packet switched connections and a network node that provides control of circuit switched connections, the method comprising: using a serving node of a first type in communication with a node of a second type to provide a communication service to a user equipment, wherein the serving node of the first type controls one of packet switched connections and circuit switched connections, and the node of the second type controls a different one of packet switched connections and circuit switched connections; detecting a failure of one or more links that enable communication between the serving node of the first type and the node of the second type; identifying another node, wherein the identified node is to be used as a first relaying node and is one of: performing signaling to establish the identified node as the first relaying node; and continuing to provide the communication service to the user equipment by using the first relaying node to communicate one or more messages between the serving node of the first type and the node of the second type. | 39,444 |
9,457,894 | 1. A wing comprising an aerodynamic high lift mobile structure having leading and trailing edges, and a variable-width aerodynamic device attached to the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure, wherein the variable-width aerodynamic device comprises: a substantially flat main body member of constant thickness attached to and extending laterally outwardly from a side region of the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure, wherein the main body member includes (i) forward and rearward crosswise edges extending parallel to the leading and trailing edges of the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure, (ii) a first longitudinal edge adjacent the side region of the aerodynamic high lift mobile structure and extending between the forward and rearward crosswise edges, and (iii) a second longitudinal edge laterally spaced from the first longitudinal edge and extending between the forward and rearward crosswise edges, and wherein, the second longitudinal edge is non-rectilinear along a lengthwise extent thereof between the forward and rearward crosswise edges so as to establish variable widthwise dimensions of the main body member with the first longitudinal edge and thereby define respective portions of the main body member having larger and smaller widthwise dimensions along the lengthwise extent thereof. | 2,285 |
8,776,784 | 1. A solar power device comprising: a lens; a thermal storage device comprising a housing with a single thermal storage medium in a solid state disposed within an interior cavity of the housing against the lens, the single thermal storage medium configured to collect and absorb energy from solar rays of a sun moving through the lens; a primary mirror; a secondary mirror, wherein the primary mirror is oriented to reflect the solar rays to the secondary mirror and the secondary mirror is oriented to reflect the solar rays through the lens to the single thermal storage medium which collects and absorbs the energy from the solar rays; and a plurality of separate Stirling engines, wherein the single thermal storage medium is disposed against and configured to power the plurality of separate Stirling engines. | 35,801 |
9,728,470 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor wafer, the method comprising: epitaxially depositing at least one Group III nitride layer on a substrate wafer; forming a test structure in a Group III nitride layer, the test structure having a regular pattern of trenches forming an optical diffraction grating, each trench having a least one dimension corresponding to a dimension of a recess formed in a Group III nitride layer of a Group III nitride-based transistor device; determining a parameter of the test structure by: if the estimated parameter of the test structure is within a tolerance range, further processing the substrate, or if the estimated parameter of the test structure is outside of a tolerance range, discarding the substrate or adjusting a processing parameter. | 25,533 |
9,284,131 | 1. A conveyor drive roller for moving a conveyor medium, said conveyor drive roller comprising: a hollow drum rotatably connected to a first stationary shaft and a second stationary shaft; an internal gear assembly disposed inside said hollow drum, and operatively connected to said hollow drum, said internal gear assembly being configured to operatively couple to a motor, wherein when said motor is coupled to said internal gear assembly, operation of said motor causes rotation of said hollow drum about said first and second stationary shafts; a first liquid lubricant, flow path passing from inside said hollow drum to outside said hollow drum through said first or second stationary shaft, said first liquid lubricant flow path being configured to permit a liquid lubricant be moved from inside said hollow drum to outside said hollow drum; and a second liquid lubricant flow path passing from outside said hollow drum to inside said hollow drum through said first or second stationary shaft, said second liquid lubricant flow path being configured to permit said liquid lubricant be moved from outside said hollow drum to inside said hollow drum; and wherein said first and second liquid lubricant flow paths are configured to connect to a liquid lubricant cooler positioned outside of said hollow drum. | 24,330 |
8,942,853 | 1. A thermostat, comprising: a memory; and a processing system, the processing system being configured to be in operative communication with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the processing system including a processor coupled to said memory, the processor having a first operating state and a second operating state, wherein the processor consumes more power in the second operating state than in the first operating state, wherein the processing system operates by: | 49,536 |
8,459,198 | 1. A buoyant stern mounted hull extension for a watercraft that is comprised of two buoyant, sealed sponsons that are attached or formed as rigid extensions of a stern of said watercraft, one of said sponsons being attached or integrally formed as an extension on a port side of said stern, astern of a propulsion system mounting transom, and the other of said sponsons being attached or integrally formed as an extension on a starboard side of said stern, astern of said transom, said sponsons having outer wall surfaces that match a shape of a parent hull at an attachment point, said sponsons being separated by a longitudinal well that is open to an aft end of said watercraft and is closed off amidships, said sponsons forming parallel vertical surfaces that extend longitudinally on either side of said well, said well being wide enough to allow amidships placement of an inboard or outboard propulsion device at an interior amidships transom formed between said sponsons, said sponsons provide buoyant support equal to or greater than the weight of the propulsion system and other fixed hardware installed in or on the rear section of the boat, said well may be long enough to protect the outdrive in raised horizontal position, said well may be narrow enough to restrict the size of the propulsion device, where bottom surfaces of said sponsons extend planing surfaces of the hull in the same plane astern of said amidships transom to form an extension of a planing pad of said hull, said planing pad on an underside of said sponsons intersecting at right angles to lower interior surfaces of said well to form interior hard chines. | 24,018 |
9,332,634 | 1. An electrical device comprising: a first substrate having a first side and a second side, the first side being opposed to the second side; a second substrate opposed to the first side of the first substrate; a functional element arranged between the first side of the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode arranged to a first substrate side of the functional element, the first electrode overlapping with the functional element in a planar view; a second electrode arranged to a second substrate side of the functional element, the second electrode overlapping with the functional element in the planar view; an electronic circuit arranged between the functional element and the first electrode, the electronic circuit overlapping with the first electrode and the second electrode in the planar view, the electronic circuit driving the functional element; a protection circuit coupled between an output terminal of the electronic circuit and the first electrode; and a connecting section electrically connecting the first electrode to the second electrode, the connecting section comprising: wherein the protection circuit comprises a first electrostatic protection circuit coupled between the output terminal and the first wiring, and a second electrostatic protection circuit coupled between the output terminal and the second wiring. | 23,491 |
8,690,098 | 1. An ejector nozzle tube intended to be positioned longitudinally in an aircraft airfoil having a duct, downstream of an inlet of the duct and an oil cooler heat exchanger located within the duct, comprising: a main body having an essentially constant, essentially oval cross-section along a length thereof and having a hollow interior, the essentially oval cross-section having a first narrow side, a second narrow side opposite the first narrow side and a wider central portion positioned between the first narrow side and the second narrow side, the first narrow side establishing a leading edge area and the second narrow side establishing a trailing edge area such that a fluid flow past the main body flows in a downstream direction from the leading edge area to the trailing edge area; a leading edge lip element having a rounded exterior cross-section and being attached to the main body at the leading edge area, the leading edge lip element including a plurality of grooves positioned spaced apart along the length of the main body and connecting to the hollow interior to form a plurality of nozzles for fluid passage between the hollow interior and an exterior of the main body, wherein the ejector nozzle tube is configured to receive bleed air from the engine and pass the bleed air along the length of the ejector nozzle tube to the plurality of nozzles, the plurality of nozzles issuing the bleed air to an exterior surface of the ejector nozzle tube at the leading edge area and in the downstream direction to form a near surface flow along an exterior surface of the main body from the leading edge lip element toward the trailing edge area. | 43,538 |
9,124,405 | 1. A receiver for receiving payload data from a downstream signal, the receiver comprising: an analogue receiving filter configured to receive the downstream signal representing the payload data, the downstream signal including physical layer signaling data identifying downstream communications resources which represent the payload data; an analogue to digital converter configured to receive the downstream signal from the analogue receiving filter and to convert the downstream signal into a sampled digital form in accordance with a sampling rate which is matched to a bandwidth of the analogue receiving filter; a demodulator configured to demodulate the digital form of the downstream signal to recover the payload data and the physical layer signaling data, the physical layer signaling data including a mode switch signal to indicate whether the receiver should switch from one of an active mode or a sleep mode to the other of the active mode and the sleep mode; and a controller configured to detect the mode switch signal and in response to the mode switch signal to control the analogue to digital converter to switch from a first sampling rate to a second sampling rate, and to control the analogue receiving filter to switch from a first frequency band to a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band serves to perform anti-alias filtering in respect of the first sampling rate, and the second frequency band serves to perform anti-alias filtering in respect of the second sampling rate, only the physical layer signaling data being encompassed in the second frequency band. | 41,305 |
8,397,696 | 1. A fuel pressure damper comprising: a housing defining an inlet constructed and arranged to receive fuel from a fuel rail, a cover coupled to the housing to define an interior space, a flexible diaphragm having a periphery fixedly secured to at least the housing or the cover and having a freely movable central portion that divides the interior space into first and second isolated chambers, the diaphragm having a shaped feature such that the central portion can be displaced over a distance, the inlet communicating with the second chamber, a spring receiving structure in the first chamber and engaged with the central portion of the diaphragm, and a compression spring in the first chamber and disposed between the spring receiving structure and the cover, the spring having a variable spring rate and biasing the spring receiving structure and thus the diaphragm to a normal position thereby defining a certain volume in the second chamber, whereby in an operating position, the central portion of the diaphragm and spring are constructed and arranged to dampen fuel pressure pulsations in the second chamber 1) of a first magnitude range by the central portion of the diaphragm alone, 2) of a second magnitude range, greater than the first magnitude range, by the central portion of the diaphragm together with stiffness of the spring, and 3) of a third magnitude range, greater than the second magnitude range, that causes the central portion of the diaphragm to move, compressing the spring, thereby defining a volume of the second chamber that is greater than the certain volume, without bypassing from the second chamber any of the fuel that enters the second chamber. | 11,830 |
8,689,916 | 1. An apparatus of driving wheels for an in-wheel system, comprising: a driving shaft which is a center of rotatable driving; a fixation supporter rotatably supporting the driving shaft and coupled to the driving shaft; an in-wheel motor coupled to an inside of a wheel having a tire mounted on the driving shaft and generating rotational power; and a balancing member formed on the driving shaft at a position corresponding to the wheel coupled with the in-wheel motor, wherein the in-wheel motor having a double rotor structure comprises | 31,738 |
8,778,069 | 1. A phase change ink comprising an ink carrier which comprises: (a) a crystalline component which is a trans-cinnamic diester, a diester of tartaric acid, a diurethane, or a mixture thereof, wherein said diurethane is of the formula wherein R 5 and R 6 each, independently of the other, is benzyl, 2-phenylethyl, 2-phenoxyethyl, C 6 H 5 (CH 2 ) 4 —, cyclohexyl, 2-methylcyclohexyl, 3-methylcyclohexyl, 4-methylcyclohexyl, 3-phenylpropanyl, cyclohexylmethyl, 2-methylcyclohexylmethyl, 3-methylcyclohexylmethyl, 4-methylcyclohexylmethyl or 4-ethylcyclohexyl, and (b) an amorphous rosin ester. | 16,064 |
8,853,705 | 1. A backside illumination image sensor comprising: an ion implantation layer; an epitaxial layer disposed at a backside of the ion implantation layer; a deep guard ring formed in the epitaxial layer to extend to the backside of the ion implantation layer; a first type well in direct contact with a backside of the deep guard ring; a second type well in direct contact with the epitaxial layer and disposed alongside the first type well; a second type deep well formed to directly contact the second type well and side portions of the deep guard ring, and to extend to the backside of the ion implantation layer; an interlayer wiring and insulation layer disposed on the first type well and the second type well; a semiconductor substrate bonded to the interlayer wiring and insulation layer; and a noise blocking area formed at the deep guard ring. | 38,952 |
8,628,996 | 1. A method for fabricating a photovoltaic device, comprising: applying a diblock copolymer layer on a substrate; removing a first polymer material from the diblock copolymer layer to form a plurality of distributed pores; depositing a pattern forming layer on a remaining surface of the diblock copolymer layer and in the pores in contact with the substrate; lifting off the diblock copolymer layer and portions of the pattern forming layer to leave portions of the pattern forming layer in contact with the substrate; and etching the substrate using the pattern forming layer to protect portions of the substrate to form pillars in the substrate such that the pillars provide a radiation absorbing structure in the photovoltaic device. | 1,462 |
9,354,716 | 1. A physical activity surface visualization system, comprising: a detachable camera adapter that, when attached to a computing device, covers at least a portion of a field of view of a camera of the computing device and redirects at least a portion of the field of view of the camera to a physical activity surface located proximate to the computing device; and a detector that receives a video stream from the camera adapted by the detachable camera adapter to capture a scene of the physical activity surface, detects one or more physical objects placed in the scene, identifies the one or more physical objects placed in the scene, and renders virtual information on a display of the computing device based on the one or more identified physical objects placed in the scene. | 42,935 |
8,688,285 | 1. A total energy limiting and controlling device comprising: a total allocated energy inputting device receiving total allocated energy information that specifies a quantity of energy used for a control actuator of a plurality of controlled loops Ri (i=1 through n); a controlled quantity change time estimator estimating a controlled quantity change time when an operating quantity MVi for an individual controlled loop Ri has been set from a current value to a specific output value; an energy limiting device estimating a required output MUi that is the operating quantity that is required in order to change a controlled quantity PVi of an individual controlled loop Ri by a quantity that is in accordance with a change in a setting value SPi, over a controlled quantity change time, for calculating a total quantity for energy used, which is the total energy used for each control actuator, from the required output MUi, for retrieving a combination of the required outputs MUi so that the total quantity of energy used does not exceed the allocated total energy, and for setting, as an operating quantity output upper limit value OHi for the individual controlled loop Ri, the required output MUi that is ultimately obtained; and a controller calculating an operating quantity MVi, provided for each controlled loop Ri, through control calculations upon inputting of the setting value SPi and the control quantity PVi, for executing an upper limit process to limit the operating quantity MVi so as to be no higher than the operating quantity output upper limit value OHi, and for outputting the operating quantity MVi, after the upper limit process, to a control actuator of a corresponding controlled loop Ri. | 12,741 |
9,526,363 | 1. A reusable beverage container comprises: an insulated cup, wherein the insulated cup comprises an opening, a base section, and a lateral wall, wherein the lateral wall is perimetrically positioned around the base section, wherein an outer brim of the insulated cup is delineated by the lateral wall and oppositely positioned from the base section across the lateral wall, wherein the opening is internally delineated by the outer brim, the lateral wall, and the base section; a lid; a straw; the lid comprises a straw receiving hole, an inner locking lip, and an outer locking lip; the straw comprises an annular body, a bias-cut edge, and a straight-cut edge, wherein the straw further comprises a stoppage band positioned adjacent the bias-cut edge of the straw, wherein the straw is characterized by an outer diameter of about 13 mm and an inner diameter of about 11 mm; the inner locking lip and the outer locking lip being removably attached to the outer brim of the insulated cup; and the straw traversing into the insulated cup through the straw receiving hole. | 21,132 |
9,214,264 | 1. A magnetic device, comprising: a magnetic core, comprising: a center-tapped secondary winding with a first secondary winding formed around said first leg of said second L-core segment of said first core section and a second secondary winding formed around said first leg of said second L-core segment of said second core section; and an inductor winding formed around said second leg of said second L-core segment of said first core section and said second leg of said second L-core segment of said second core section. | 24,519 |
9,136,537 | 1. A rechargeable lithium battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode comprising a current collector comprising a copper foil having elongation at break of about 6.44 to about 7.50 and a particle size of about 2.04 μm to about 3.72 μm, and a negative active material layer on the current collector; and an electrolyte solution. | 45,606 |
8,548,094 | 1. A transmission device for transmitting a modulated signal including an in-phase component and an orthogonal component, the transmission device comprising: a dividing unit that divides a transmitting signal indicating information to be transmitted into a first signal and a second signal; a mapping unit that maps the first signal into a first in-phase component and a second in-phase component by a predetermined mapping system and the second signal into a first orthogonal component and a second orthogonal component by the mapping system; a generating unit that generates a first modulated signal including the first in-phase component and the first orthogonal component and a second modulated signal including the second in-phase component and the second orthogonal component; and a transmitting unit that transmits the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal. | 34,096 |
9,096,682 | 1. A zinc finger peptide comprising the sequence: N′-[(Formula 2)-X 6 ] n0 -{[(Formula 2)-X 5 -(Formula 2)-X 6 ] n1 -[(Formula 2)-X5-(Formula 2)-X L ]} n2 -[(Formula 2)-X 5 -(Formula 2)-X 6 ] n3 -[(Formula 2)-X 5 -(Formula 2)]-[X 6 -(Formula 2)-] n4 -C′, wherein n0 is 0 or 1, n1 is from 1 to 4, n2 is 1 or 2, n3 is from 1 to 4, n4 is 0 or 1, X wherein the zinc finger peptide comprises from 8 to 32 zinc finger domains, | 27,141 |
9,005,572 | 1. A device comprising: a chemical hydride fuel pellet having a plurality of holes extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the fuel pellet is surrounded by a particulate filter; a plurality of tubes formed of water vapor permeable and hydrogen impermeable material extending from the first end to the second end through the holes; a container having an inlet for water vapor containing gas coupled to the first end of the tubes and an outlet coupled to the second end of the tubes; and a hydrogen outlet coupled to the fuel pellet. | 23,564 |
8,967,123 | 1. A shut-off valve fault diagnosis device that performs fault diagnosis of a first shut-off valve that is disposed immediately after a gaseous fuel tank and a second shut-off valve that is disposed immediately before a regulator in a gaseous fuel supply system, the shut-off valve fault diagnosis device comprising: a diagnosis processing unit that performs a valve-shutting control of the first shut-off valve, performs a valve-shutting control of the second shut-off valve after a predetermined time has passed since the valve-shutting control of the first shut-off valve, and performs fault diagnosis of the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve based on a variation tendency in a fuel pressure between the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve after performing the valve-shutting control of the second shut-off valve. | 13,644 |
9,802,497 | 1. An electric power transmission device externally transmitting electric power to a vehicle, the electric power transmission device comprising: an electric power transmission portion for transmitting electric power in a non-contact manner to an electric power reception portion of the vehicle; a communication portion for communicating with the vehicle; and a control device controlling the electric power transmission portion and the communication portion, the control device: | 13,368 |
8,586,492 | 1. An aluminoborosilicate glass, the aluminoborosilicate glass comprising at least 50 mol % SiO 2 , less than 10 mol % B 2 O 3 , and at least 8 mol % Na 2 O, wherein the aluminoborosilicate glass is free of lithium and ion exchangeable, wherein a ratio wherein Al 2 O 3 (mol %) >B 2 O 3 (mol %) and the modifers are Na 2 O and, optionally, at least one of one or more alkali metal oxide R 2 O other than Na 2 O and Li 2 O and one or more alkaline earth oxide RO, wherein the aluminoborosilicate glass has a Young's modulus of less than about 69 GPa, and wherein −5.7 mol %<Σmodifiers−Al 2 O 3 <2.99 mol %. | 33,636 |
9,225,038 | 1. A method for regenerating a solid battery comprising an anode, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode, the method comprising: heating the anode to a temperature at which the anode softens, and compressing the softened anode in a direction intersecting a face of the anode that is in contact with the solid electrolyte layer, wherein: the anode is capable of absorbing and releasing an alkali metal ion or an alkaline earth metal ion that moves between the anode and the cathode; the solid electrolyte layer contains a solid electrolyte having ion conductivity; and the cathode is capable of releasing and absorbing the alkali metal ion or the alkaline earth metal ion that moves between the anode and the cathode. | 16,693 |
9,537,410 | 1. A switching device system comprising: a first upper arm electrically coupled to a first lower arm; wherein each of the arms comprise a plurality of low voltage sub-modules connected in series, each plurality of low voltage sub-modules comprising a series switching device, an auxiliary switching device, and a storage element, and each plurality of low voltage sub-modules configured to be sequentially switched using the series switching device and the auxiliary switching device separately in the first upper arm and the first lower arm to control the change in the arms output voltage with a reduced rate of change (dV/dt). | 36,982 |
8,473,380 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a computer-based system, financial information relating to a user, wherein the financial information includes information relating to a plurality of debt obligations of the user, a savings goal of the user, and income information of the user; determining, by the computer-based system, a recommended payment hierarchy for the user based upon the received financial information, wherein the recommended payment hierarchy specifies a payment amount and one or more payment timings for a corresponding one or more of the plurality of debt obligations of the user, wherein the recommended payment hierarchy specifies a savings amount of the user and a transfer timing for transferring the savings amount to an account of the user, wherein the transfer timing for transferring the savings amount is scheduled to occur prior to at least one of the one or more payment timings for the corresponding one or more of the plurality of debt obligations of the user; establishing a payment hierarchy based on the recommended payment hierarchy; and causing the established payment hierarchy to be implemented. | 18,551 |
8,512,826 | 1. A recording sheet for ink-jet printing, comprising: a supporting substrate; at least one microporous ink-receptive coating overlying a front surface of said supporting substrate; and at least one protective overcoating overlying said microporous coating, said at least one protective overcoating comprising: | 30,578 |
8,463,166 | 1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing member that heats a toner image on a recording medium, fixes the toner image onto the recording medium, and conveys the recording medium; a heating member that heats the fixing member; a pressing member that presses the fixing member to form a fixing nip portion; a separating member on an image surface side that is arranged downstream of the fixing member in a conveyance direction and separates the recording medium from the fixing member; a conveyance guiding member on the image surface side that is arranged downstream of the separating member on the image surface side in the conveyance direction; a separating member on a non-image surface side that is arranged downstream of the pressing member in the conveyance direction and separates the recording medium from the pressing member; and a conveyance guiding member on the non-image surface side that is arranged downstream of the separating member on the non-image surface side in the conveyance direction, wherein the separating member on the image surface side is arranged so as not to make contact with an image range of the fixing member in a main-scanning direction, and when the conveyance guiding member on the image surface side is rotated about an axis of rotation thereof so as to be opened or closed, the separating member on the image surface side is also rotated or slid so as to be opened or closed simultaneously, and the separating member on the non-image surface side is arranged so as not to make contact with an image range of the pressing member in the main-scanning direction, and when the conveyance guiding member on the non-image surface side is rotated about an axis of rotation thereof so as to be opened or closed, the separating member on the non-image surface side is also rotated or slid so as to be opened or closed simultaneously. | 34,632 |
9,662,201 | 1. A method of selectively administering a drug to an inner ear of a patient without administering the drug to the middle ear, the method comprising: removing at least a portion of a stapes bone of the patient and creating an opening in the patient's stapes footplate; obtaining a stapes prosthesis comprising inserting the distal end of the stapes prosthesis into the opening in the stapes footplate such that the distal end is in direct fluid communication with fluid in the inner ear; and connecting the wire portion of the stapes prosthesis to the incus bone; wherein the stapes prosthesis carries vibrations from the incus bone to the inner ear and the drug-eluting core delivers the drug directly to the fluid in the inner ear through the opening into the patient's stapes footplate without releasing the drug into the middle ear. | 17,697 |
8,939,804 | 1. A vessel that comprises: a ballast stabilized stator portion, a rotor portion that rotates about a vessel axis in response to wave-induced orbital water particle motion, and one or more power generators driven by the relative rotation of the rotor portion about the stator portion, where the generators are configured to phase power generation when the horizontal component of water motion is in a desired direction of navigation. | 27,682 |
8,648,485 | 1. An improved motion energy collection device for extracting energy from an energy source which further comprises: (a) a base; (b) a first shaft means fixedly mounted to the base and rotatable about an axis; (c) a second shaft means fixedly mounted to the base and rotatably adapted around the first shaft means further defining a spring housing portion thereon; (d) a spring means contained within the spring housing portion of the second shaft means, attached at a first end thereof to the first shaft means and at a second end to the second shaft means; (e) a winding means adapted to the base and connected at one point thereof to the energy source which rotates the winding means and connected at a second point to the second shaft means which is rotated by the winding means tightening the second end of the spring means to a designed point then unwinding the first end of the spring means rotating the first shaft means while continuing to wind the second end of the spring means; (f) a generator means connected to the end of the first shaft means whereby electricity is generated by the rotation of the first shaft means. | 20,676 |
8,572,967 | 1. A high efficiency OTEC system, comprising: a fluid transfer assembly for cooling and condensing a working fluid, wherein said fluid transfer assembly extends to a first depth of an ocean; a pump in fluid connection with said fluid transfer assembly for pressurizing said working fluid; a first heater in fluid connection with said pump for vaporizing said working fluid; a second heater positioned between said pump and said first heater, said second heater being comprised of an air/fluid heat exchanger; a fan adapted to blow warm air across said second heater; a collection receptacle positioned underneath said second heater to collect condensed moisture from said warm air for generating potable water; a turbine in fluid connection with said first heater for expanding said working fluid; and a generator connected to said turbine for generating electrical power. | 10,145 |
8,517,044 | 1. A hydrocarbon transfer system, comprising: a first floating structure; a second floating structure; and a substantially horizontal transfer pipe system submerged below water level interconnecting the first and second floating structures, the transfer pipe system comprising a flow line support member having at least one end attached to a connection head, the connection head comprising a cable or chain connected to one of the first and second floating structures and/or the sea bed, a plurality of hydrocarbon flow lines being connected along the support member via carrier members, the hydrocarbon flow lines being in fluid connection with one or more flexible flow lines extending to the first and second floating structures, one or more of the carrier members comprising a displacement device allowing displacement of the flow lines relative to the support member in a length direction. | 23,333 |
9,069,401 | 1. An input-capable display device comprising: a first substrate on which a pair of electrodes that drive a liquid crystal layer are provided; a second substrate that is opposed to the first substrate through the liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer is formed within an inner surface of the second substrate between the first substrate and the second substrate; a detection electrode and a dielectric film that are laminated on an outer surface of the second substrate; a detector that detects a position at which an electrostatic capacitance is formed with the detection electrode through the dielectric film; a shield conductor spaced apart from the detection electrode at a distance so as to be capable of preventing a capacitance component forming between the shield conductor and the detection electrode, the shield conductor formed on the inner surface of the second substrate such that the shield conductor is sandwiched between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer; a light shielding film; and a color filter layer, wherein the pair of electrodes provided on the first substrate comprises a pixel electrode and a common electrode, wherein an electric potential of the shield conductor is fixed, and wherein the shield conductor, the light shielding film, and the color filter layer are laminated on the inner surface of the second substrate in order of the shield conductor, the light shielding film, and the color filter layer from the side of the second substrate toward the liquid crystal layer. | 1,277 |
9,216,694 | 1. A vehicle center console comprising: a console body disposed between left and right seats of a vehicle, the console body having an upward opening and capable of storing therein baggage; a small item receptacle closing a part of the opening of the console body and capable of storing therein a small item; and an arm rest closing a remaining part of the opening of the console body and capable of placing thereon an elbow of a passenger, the arm rest being disposed rearwardly of the small item receptacle, the small item receptacle and the arm rest being mounted adjacent to each other on the console body in such a manner that the small item receptacle and the arm rest are slidable in a front-rear direction, for opening the opening of the console body, the vehicle center console having: | 27,044 |
8,891,115 | 1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating the execution of a print job, comprising: receiving, from an application executing on a portable electronic device, a print job; obtaining, by the portable electronic device, a set of document-processing capabilities from a printer coupled to the portable electronic device by a wireless network; obtaining, by the portable electronic device, print data for the print job from the application; selecting, by the portable electronic device, a set of document attributes for the print job based on the document-processing capabilities and the print data; determining the print data does not conform to the selected document attributes; and modifying, by the portable electronic device, at least some of the print data to conform the print data to the selected document attributes to enable processing of the print job by the printer, wherein modifying includes one or more of scaling down the document size, and converting print data for a document that has a first format to a second format compatible with the selected printer. | 27,413 |
8,974,606 | 1. A cleaning assembly, comprising: a plate having a front surface and a back surface; a manifold affixed to an edge of the plate, the manifold having a plurality of outlets extending therefrom, wherein the plate further comprises; a plurality of cups extending through the plate, the plurality of cups having an upper body with an outlet extending from the back surface and the plurality of cups having a sealing portion extending from the front surface, each outlet of the upper body coupled to one of the corresponding plurality of outlets of the manifold; a plurality of alignment pins extending from the front surface, the plurality of alignment pins configured to support an edge of a substrate over the sealing portion of the plurality of cups, wherein one of the plurality of alignment pins is slidably mounted to the plate; and a plurality of guide pins each extending a same distance from the back surface. | 31,037 |
9,440,214 | 1. A device for processing domestic and industrial organic wastes comprising: a pyrolysis reactor comprising a source of electromagnetic action in communication with the second part of the pyrolysis reactor, wherein the source of electromagnetic action is adapted for electromagnetically acting on the pyrolysis products of the first stage simultaneously with their being pyrolized at the second stage. | 2,155 |
8,769,953 | 1. A power plant, comprising: a pressure accumulator; at least one power machine; an exhaust gas heat exchanger downstream of the power machine; a flue gas flow path extend fluidly from the at least one power machine to the exhaust gas heat exchanger; and a line leading from the pressure accumulator to the flue gas flow path having a shut-off member. | 39,486 |
8,362,304 | 1. A process which comprises: (a) extracting a distillation residue comprising DPM, TPM, and at least 5 wt. % of a basic catalyst with water under conditions effective to provide an extracted residue comprising DPM, TPM, less than 15 wt. % of water, and less than 1 wt. % of the basic catalyst; and (b) reacting the extracted residue from step (a) with propylene oxide in an amount effective to produce a glycol ether composition comprising 4 to 15 wt. % of DPM, at least 20 wt. % of TPM, and one or more PO-based glycols. | 39,579 |
9,107,774 | 1. A method of manufacturing a composite sheet of an absorbent article, the method including joining a continuous body of an elastic member in a predetermined meander pattern in respect to a continuous body of a sheet transported continuously in a transporting direction, the method comprising: transporting the continuous body of the sheet by wrapping the continuous body of the sheet around an outer circumferential face of a transporting roll that rotates in a direction along the transporting direction; and joining the continuous body of the elastic member to a portion of the continuous body of the sheet wrapped around the transporting roll by feeding the continuous body of the elastic member to the continuous body of the sheet via an oscillating arm that oscillates by a driving force in an intersecting direction intersecting the transporting direction with a spindle portion as a swivel fulcrum, wherein the oscillating arm includes an oscillating end side roller arranged at an oscillating end side of the oscillating arm and a spindle portion side roller arranged at a spindle portion side, wherein in the joining, the continuous body of the elastic member supplied toward the spindle portion side roller through a supply route along a rotational central axis of the spindle portion is put around an outer circumferential face of the spindle portion side roller and an outer circumferential face of the oscillating end side roller successively and guided to the continuous body of the sheet, wherein the driving force is applied to the oscillating arm at a position different from a position of the spindle portion, and wherein the rotational central axis of the spindle portion is tangential with an outer circumferential face of the spindle portion side roller. | 38,917 |
9,532,964 | 1. A gel capsule containing a composition consisting of Salvia sclarea seed oil. | 19,166 |
8,806,099 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computer system to perform operations, comprising: receiving data fragments from a transaction-based remote system; assembling the data fragments in a data buffer of a control module to yield assembled data; in response to a determination that the assembling is complete, suspending execution of a scheduler associated with the control module and preventing the control module from modifying controller data in the data structure, wherein the controller data represents at least one of measured inputs from or control outputs to an industrial process controlled by the control module, and wherein the scheduler is configured to schedule one or more concurrent tasks for execution by the control module; converting the assembled data in the data buffer from a database protocol to a serial control module protocol to yield converted data; writing the assembled data from the data buffer to the data structure; and unlocking the execution of the scheduler in response to a determination that the writing the assembled data is complete. | 7,399 |
9,655,908 | 1. A molecular complex comprising neridronic acid in an acid or a salt form and an amino acid in an acid, base, or salt form, wherein the said amino acid is selected from the group consisting of lysine and glycine. | 43 |
8,354,525 | 1. A compensation film comprising at least one regioselectively substituted cellulose ester with a RDS ratio of C 6 >C 3 >C 2 ; wherein said compensation film has an R th range from about −400 to about +100 nm. | 16,267 |
9,668,855 | 1. A prosthesis adapted to be inserted into an ear canal for treating at least one of temporo-mandibular joint disorders and headaches, the prosthesis comprising: a deformable body including an outer wall defining an outer circumference of the deformable body, said deformable body comprising a body-temperature sensitive foam, wherein said body-temperature sensitive foam is made from a body-temperature sensitive material that is capable of: a rigid hollow sound bore defining a sound transmission channel within said deformable body, said rigid hollow sound bore extending the length of said deformable body; wherein said rigid hollow sound bore and said sound transmission channel are the same length as said deformable body; at least one expansible endoskeleton frame, said at least one expansible endoskeleton frame being entirely embedded in said deformable body, said at least one expansible endoskeleton frame being disposed radially outward from and coaxially around said rigid hollow sound bore; and wherein said at least one expansible endoskeleton frame expands upon application of body heat such that said at least one expansible endoskeleton frame is adapted to conform in pressing relation against the walls of the ear canal. | 39,075 |
9,213,483 | 1. A mobile terminal comprising: a memory; an input unit configured to receive an input for selecting one or more receiving entities, wherein the selecting of the one or more receiving entities is performed by flicking a displayed object in a particular direction, and then displaying the at least one or more graphical images in a specific area of the screen for selection; a display unit configured to display a screen of an application being executed in the mobile terminal; a wireless communication unit; and a controller operatively connected to the memory, the input unit, the display unit and the wireless communication unit, the controller configured to: | 30,432 |
9,392,391 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a first reference signal transmitted by a first network node; receiving a second reference signal transmitted by a second network node; and modifying a functionality of a receiver based upon a relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal. | 38,992 |
9,853,512 | 1. An electrical system comprising: an electrical machine, having: the stator winding arrangement is constructed from a plurality of winding portions comprising a plurality of alternately connected long and short windings connected in electrical series, wherein adjacent long and short windings have different phases, each output channel is connected to a load or network, the output channels being polyphase and the short windings providing the phase difference between the two output channels in that each phase of the first channel is taken from one end of a short winding, and each phase of the second channel is taken from the respective other end of the short winding, and the stator includes slots, and turns of each long winding of a phase are located in the same slot as turns of the one short winding of the same phase. | 18,580 |
9,689,378 | 1. A clamping device for storing and transporting a wind turbine blade comprising: a first structure and a second structure adapted to abut onto opposite sides of the wind turbine blade, wherein said first structure comprises a first end portion adapted to be rotatably fixed to an end portion of said second structure and said first structure also comprises a second end portion opposite said first end portion, the position of said second end portion of said first structure with respect to said second structure being adjustable, and wherein in a closed position of the clamping device, both said first end portion and second end portion of said first structure are connected to said second structure; a clamping force adjustment device permitting adjustment of the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by said first structure and said second structure onto the wind turbine blade; an elastic member arranged between said first structure and said second structure so as to apply to said first structure and said second structure an elastic force with a magnitude having a predetermined and univocal dependency on the amount of deflection of said elastic member with respect to a characteristic rest length, the magnitude of said clamping force being proportional to the magnitude of said elastic force, wherein said elastic member is in spaced relation to the wind turbine blade; and a biasing mechanism adapted to deflect said elastic member, so as to permit adjustment of the magnitude of said elastic force. | 45,747 |
9,111,554 | 1. An optical data recording medium, in which irradiation of a light beam is used for reproducing recorded data, comprising: a substrate having pits disposed on a light incident surface thereof, corresponding to the recorded data, which are shorter than a resolution limit of an optical system of a reproducing apparatus which reproduces that optical data recording medium; and a reproducing layer for improving the resolution of optical signals from said pits and passing said improved resolution optical signals from said pits to said optical system of said reproducing apparatus in a form reproducible by said reproducing apparatus, the reproducing layer being provided so as to face said light-incident surface of said substrate. | 22,243 |
9,493,762 | 1. A vector containing a DNA encoding a polypeptide having activity to selectively hydrolyze a (R)-tropic acid amide in a racemic mixture, wherein said polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5 or 7; (b) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence that has a deletion, an insertion, a substitution and/or an addition of 30 or less amino acids with respect to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5 or 7; and (c) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence that has 95% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7. | 29,557 |
9,451,373 | 1. Hearing aid fixture adapted to remain firmly and completely within an ear canal of a user allowing for an acoustically active part of a hearing aid to be releasably fastened to the hearing aid fixture, while the hearing aid fixture remains in the ear canal, the hearing aid fixture comprising: an auditory duct; a slit as part of the auditory duct, the slit adapted to allow for the hearing aid fixture to be resiliently squeezed from a firmly fitting diameter to a lesser diameter to simplify insertion and/or for the hearing aid fixture to resiliently expand in diameter to provide entry for an acoustically active part and its mechanical locking thereafter, wherein the hearing aid fixture presses against the ear canal except in the area of the slit. | 32,251 |
8,769,091 | 1. A method, comprising: capturing, by a processing device, a packet at an ingress port of the processing device; determining, by the processing device, whether the packet is a candidate for tracing; setting, by the processing device, a trace option identifier within the packet indicating that the packet is selected for tagging when operations are performed by on the packet by the processing device; when performing an operation on the packet, determining whether the packet includes the trace option identifier; in response to determining that the packet includes the trace option identifier, adding, by the processing device, corresponding a tag to the packet based on the trace option identifier to indicate the operation performed on the packet; upon at least one of reaching an egress port of the processing device or being dropped by an operation of the processing device, removing the packet from a forwarding path; and generating, by the processing device, a report based on the tag that automatically correlates the tag with a corresponding entry in configuration information stored in the processing device; wherein the captured packet includes DSCP bits. | 30,493 |
9,040,755 | 1. A process for the preparation of 2-phenyl ethanol using Pd(II) salt on a basic support as precatalyst without calcination, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (a) mixing styrene oxide, an organic solvent and Pd(II) salt on basic support as precatalyst under stirring followed by flushing the reaction mixture with hydrogen gas at a temperature ranging between 24° C. to 30° C.; (b) pressurizing the reaction mixture as obtained in step (a) with hydrogen gas at 400-800 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) followed by stirring at a speed rate ranging between 800-1300 revolutions per minute (rpm) at a temperature ranging between 24° C. to 30° C. for a period ranging between 1 h to 5 h, subsequently maintaining hydrogen pressure inside the reactor by intermittent supply of hydrogen gas; (c) depressurizing the reaction mixture as obtained in step (b) at a temperature ranging between 24° C. to 30° C.; (d) separating the catalyst Pd(0) on a basic support which generates in situ from the reaction mixture as obtained in step (c) by decantation/filtration and obtaining 2-phenyl ethanol with organic solvent; and (e) distilling the solvent from 2-phenyl ethanol with organic solvent as obtained in step (d) to obtain solid 2-phenyl ethanol. | 20,724 |
9,689,367 | 1. A method for determining a starting capability of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle that is started by an electric motor supplied by a battery, comprising: detecting, by at least one sensor, first battery parameter values at a first time during a successful first starting process of the internal combustion engine; detecting, by the at least one sensor, second battery parameter values at a second time following the first time; determining, at the second time, by a computerized evaluation unit, based on the detected first and second battery parameter values, what a battery voltage will be during a starting process of the internal combustion engine occurring at a third time after the second time, such that the battery voltage of the third time is calculated based on a state of charge of the battery and battery temperature or change of the state of charge of the battery and change of the battery temperature; comparing, by the computerized evaluation unit, the determined battery voltage for the third time with a predefined threshold value; deriving, by the computerized evaluation unit, what a starting capability of the internal combustion engine will be at the third time based on the comparing; and performing control of the running of the vehicle at the second time based on the derivation of what the starting capability of the internal combustion engine will be at the third time, wherein if the internal combustion engine is running at the second time, the internal combustion engine is stopped at the second time only if the starting capability of the internal combustion engine will be present at the third time, wherein an internal combustion engine that is stopped at the second time is restarted before the third time if the starting capability of the internal combustion engine will no longer be present at the third time, wherein the state of charge of the battery and/or the change in the state of charge of the battery are calculated by a numerical model that takes into account the battery size and an estimated battery current, wherein the state of charge of the battery and/or the change in the state of charge of the battery is determined by the integral of an estimated battery current, wherein the estimated battery current is estimated from voltage measurements as follows: wherein Q max *R eff is a system-specific, experimentally determinable parameter, and wherein V 0Charge and V 0Discharge are calibration parameters which are correspondingly redefined. | 18,952 |
9,187,349 | 1. A method of facilitating production of potable water, comprising: providing an electrical purification apparatus comprising: fluidly connecting a seawater feed stream to an inlet of the electrical purification apparatus. | 13,453 |
9,156,061 | 1. A method comprising: forming a composite frame with a plurality of cross-members, the cross-members including a plurality of contact points extending upward from a top of the cross-members; forming a removable grid; attaching at least one filtering element to the removable grid; and attaching the removable grid to the composite frame, wherein the plurality of contact points of the composite frame support and attach the removable grid. | 29,716 |
8,810,746 | 1. A liquid crystal display comprising: liquid crystal composition that varies transmittance of light by changing in alignment; and a thin film transistor substrate that is provided with a circuit formed for each of pixels and generating an electric field for controlling alignment of the liquid crystal composition; wherein the thin film transistor substrate includes a pixel region that is a rectangular region in which the pixels are formed plurally; and a frame region that is a region located outside the edge of the pixel region; and wherein the frame region includes a light blocking metal wire that surrounds the outside of at least three sides of the rectangular pixel region and has slits formed so as to partially transmit light therethrouqh; and a disconnection detection metal wire that is formed so as to surround the outside of the three sides and is used to detect disconnection, at the outside of the light blocking metal wire. | 44,421 |
9,288,495 | 1. A video encoding apparatus, comprising: a predictor configured to generate a predicted block of a current block by using a first motion vector of the current block; a first residual block generator configured to generate a first residual block by subtracting the predicted block from the current block; an adaptive transform-quantization unit configured to choose to perform one of the following operations to generate a first quantized block of the current block: a second residual block generator configured to choose to perform one of the following operations to generate a quantized block to be encoded: an encoder configured to | 23,251 |
9,784,222 | 1. A controller for an internal combustion engine including a compressor provided in an intake passage, a three-way catalyst provided in an exhaust passage, a canister configured to store evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank, an evaporated fuel passage configured to connect the canister and an upstream side of the compressor in the intake passage, an ejector configured to suction the evaporated fuel from the canister by differential pressure between the upstream side of the compressor and a downstream side of the compressor, and a purge control valve provided between the canister and the ejector in the evaporated fuel passage, and the controller comprising: an electronic control unit, the electronic control unit configured to decrease an opening degree of the purge control valve in response to an increase in pressure on the downstream side of the compressor in a lean supercharging range, wherein an operation air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine being leaner than a theoretical air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine in the lean supercharging range, and the pressure on the downstream side of the compressor being higher than pressure on the upstream side of the compressor in the lean supercharging range. | 10,316 |
8,993,124 | 1. A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I): wherein Ar 1 represents an arylene group, a divalent heterocyclic group or a divalent aromatic amine; J 1 each independently represents a direct bond, an alkylene group or a phenylene group; J 2 is an alkylene group; X 1 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; i is an integer of 0 to 3, j is 0 or 1, and m is 1 or 2; R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylalkoxy group, an arylalkylthio group, an arylalkenyl group, an arylalkynyl group, an amino group, a substituted amino group, a silyl group, a substituted silyl group, a halogen atom, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an imine residue, a carbamoyl group, an acid imide group, a monovalent heterocyclic group, a carboxyl group, a substituted carboxyl group, a cyano group or a nitro group; a plurality of R 1 may be the same or different; and a plurality of J 1 , J 2 , X 1 , i and j each may be the same or different, and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (II): wherein Ar 2 represents a fluorene-diyl group; J 3 and J 4 each independently represent a direct bond, an alkylene group or a phenylene group; X 2 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; k is an integer of 0 to 3, 1 is 0 or 1, and n is 1 or 2; a plurality of J 3 , J 4 , X 2 , k and l each may be the same or different. | 19,189 |
9,160,041 | 1. A circuit for heating a battery, the circuit comprising: the battery including a first damping component and a first current storage component, the first damping component and the first current storage component being parasitic to the battery; a first switch unit including a first terminal and a second terminal; a second switch unit including a third terminal and a fourth terminal, the third terminal being connected to the second terminal; a third switch unit including a fifth terminal and a sixth terminal, the fifth terminal being connected to the first terminal; a fourth switch unit including a seventh terminal and an eighth terminal, the seventh terminal being connected to the sixth terminal, the eighth terminal being connected to the fourth terminal; a switching control component coupled to the first switch unit, the second switch unit, the third switch unit, and the fourth switch unit; and a charge storage component connected to the second terminal, the third terminal, the sixth terminal and the seventh terminal; wherein: wherein the circuit for heating the battery is configured to heat the battery by at least discharging and charging the battery. | 35,253 |
8,342,394 | 1. A system for registering an electrical appliance, comprising: a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance, and for storing address information usable to obtain an address of a remote recipient corresponding to the electrical appliance; and a wireless communicator comprising: | 44,304 |
8,783,674 | 1. A stage, comprising: a main mounting table; an auxiliary mounting table which has an area smaller than an area of the main mounting table and can be separated from the main mounting table; a plurality of lower rails which are arranged over on the main mounting table and above the auxiliary mounting table, end portions of the lower rail being positioned above the auxiliary mounting table; and a moving plate which is located above each of the lower rails and can be run above the lower rails, wherein each one of the plurality of lower rails is formed from a single raw plate, the lower rails being detachably attached to the main mounting table and the auxiliary mounting table, and wherein the auxiliary mounting tables are provided with a vertically adjusting unit which can adjust the height of the lower rails at plural positions, wherein one side of each auxiliary mounting table is fixed to the main mounting table and a portion of the auxiliary mounting table, which is fixed to the main mounting table, is supported by the main mounting table, and a portion of the auxiliary mounting table opposed to the portion of the auxiliary mounting table, which is fixed to the main mounting table, is unsupported by the main mounting table. | 42,412 |
8,423,492 | 1. A method of providing predictive prompts for decision-making, the method comprising: identifying patterns from known cases based on information for a crisis event, wherein each of the known cases comprises attributes and at least one outcome; identifying a first subset of the known cases that relate to the identified patterns; and analyzing the patterns to determine a cue that, if answered, will provide a second subset of the known cases including a more converged range of decision outcomes than the first subset. | 34,116 |
8,701,061 | 1. A semiconductor design support apparatus that reads circuit description in a hardware description language and generates information required for delay adjustment, the semiconductor design support apparatus comprising: a logic simulation unit configured to perform logic simulation based on the circuit description in the hardware description language and output logic simulation result information; a latency information acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the logic simulation result information, latency information relating to signals at a signal junction, the signals being output from a plurality of blocks; an adjustment latency calculating unit configured to calculate, from the latency information, adjustment latency information required for the delay adjustment; and an adjustment delay information generating unit configured to generate, from the adjustment latency information, adjustment delay information required for the delay adjustment, wherein the adjustment delay information generating unit is configured to modify a description in the hardware description language of a block having small latency in the circuit description in the hardware description language, by adding a delay amount to a description in the hardware description language of a delay circuit corresponding to a difference in signal latency of the blocks at the signal junction, and outputs the modified circuit description in the hardware description language as the adjustment delay information, and wherein the description in the hardware description language of the delay in the modified circuit description in the hardware description language includes a name of at least one delay element. | 19,354 |
9,035,565 | 1. A method for operation of an actively clocked power factor correction (PFC) circuit with a directly or indirectly connected load circuit at an output of the PFC circuit, wherein the load circuit has a lighting means, the method comprising: supplying the PFC circuit at least with a measurement signal which reflects the power consumption of the load circuit or with an external control signal which indicates the power consumption, and adjusting via a control circuit a mode of operation of the PFC circuit continuously or in two or more steps, depending on the control signal or measurement signal, wherein the mode of operation of the PFC circuit is adjusted depending on the control signal or the measurement signal by modification of a time constant of the control circuit or by switching the PFC circuit into a discontinuous operating model. | 36,250 |
9,770,141 | 1. A hygiene compliance module for a dispensing container that dispenses material through a dispensing nozzle when actuated, the hygiene compliance module comprising: a support frame adapted to carry the dispensing container therein; a housing removably attached to the support frame; an actuation arm attached by at least one pivot to the housing, the actuation arm adapted to operatively contact the dispensing nozzle when the actuation arm is directly pressed by a user's hand; a switch in operative communication with the actuation arm; a controller coupled to the switch; a memory unit coupled to the controller, the memory unit configured to store a count value that is updated when the switch is actuated; and a display coupled to the controller to display the count value; wherein when the actuation arm is actuated, the actuation arm actuates the dispensing nozzle of the dispensing container to dispense material therefrom, and actuates the switch to update the count value; and wherein the support frame includes a pair of spaced support arms, and the housing includes a pair of attachment clips that respectively attach to the support arms. | 20,240 |
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