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8,506,218 | 1. A transporting tool for tower sections of a wind turbine tower, for road, railway and sea transport means, the transporting tool including modular parts made up by modules with upper clamps and bottom clamps to be fixed to a flange of a tower section to be transported, chocks, and fastening elements that combined allow anchoring the tower section to a transport means, the modules comprising a lower module and an upper module, the bottom clamps and the chocks being mounted to the lower module, the upper module comprising the fastening elements for fastening the upper module to a further lower module to be placed on the upper module for anchoring a further tower section in a lifted position, the lower module and the further lower module being identical, wherein the upper clamps are mounted to the upper module; the lower module is made up of a plate with inner structural profiles and outer structural profiles welded to the plate and joined together by transport profiles; a height adjustment system is positioned between the inner structural profiles and comprises a height adjustable clamp; the bottom clamps are mounted to the height adjustable clamp; and said plate of the lower module has parts for incorporating the fastening elements of the upper module. | 40,200 |
9,694,911 | 1. An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical take-off and horizontal flight, said aerial vehicle comprising: a main vehicle body; one or more electric power sources, said one or more electric power sources coupled to electric motors; a right side wing, said right side wing comprising a plurality of right wing rotor assemblies attached to said right side wing by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said right wing rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration to a vertical take-off configuration, said deployment mechanisms enclosed within a rotor mounting nacelle, wherein said rotor mounting nacelle covers said deployment mechanism and an electric motor when in said forward facing horizontal flight configuration, each of said right wing rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more electric power sources; a left side wing, said left side wing comprising a plurality of left wing rotor assemblies attached to said second left side wing by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration to a vertical take-off configuration, said deployment mechanisms enclosed within a rotor mounting nacelle, wherein said rotor mounting nacelle covers said deployment mechanism and an electric motor when in said forward facing horizontal flight configuration, each of said left wing rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more electric power sources; one or more right side rear rotor assemblies, said right side rear rotor assemblies attached to the rear of said vehicle body by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said right rear rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration along the right side of said vehicle body to a vertical take-off configuration, said deployment mechanisms enclosed within a rotor mounting nacelle, wherein said rotor mounting nacelle covers said deployment mechanism and an electric motor when in said forward facing horizontal flight configuration, said right rear rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more electric power sources; and one or more left side rear rotor assemblies, said left side rear rotor assemblies attached to the rear of said vehicle body by a deployment mechanism adapted to deploy said left rear rotor assemblies from a forward facing horizontal flight configuration along the left side of said vehicle body to a vertical take-off configuration, said deployment mechanisms enclosed within a rotor mounting nacelle, wherein said rotor mounting nacelle covers said deployment mechanism and an electric motor when in said forward facing horizontal flight configuration, said left rear rotor assemblies comprising an electric motor, said electric motors electrically coupled to said one or more electric power sources. | 29,745 |
8,490,038 | 1. A computer-implemented method for placing contact cuts, comprising: decomposing a target layout area into shared regions and exclusive regions; directionally sorting the decomposed regions; for each decomposed region, | 37,247 |
8,469,905 | 1. An ultrasonic foot massage machine, comprising a housing, wherein; a massage panel for left foot and a massage panel for right foot are arranged on the upper surface of said housing, an ultrasonic generator and a control device for controlling said ultrasonic generator are arranged inside said housing; wherein said ultrasonic generator is connected with a first ultrasonic transducer and a second ultrasonic transducer that emit ultrasonic of different frequencies, respectively; said first ultrasonic transducer is connected with a first group of ultrasonic emitters and said second ultrasonic transducer is connected with a second group of ultrasonic emitters; said first group of ultrasonic emitters is divided into two equivalent subgroups of emitters which are arranged in the front sole of the foot on said massage panel for left foot and the front sole of the foot on said massage panel for right foot, respectively; said second group of ultrasonic emitters is also divided into two equivalent subgroups of emitters which are arranged in the rear sole of the foot on said massage panel for left foot and the rear sole of the foot on said massage panel for right foot, respectively; wherein the number of emitters in said first group of ultrasonic emitters is different from that of the emitters in said second group of ultrasonic emitters; said first group of ultrasonic emitters comprises twenty-eight emitters; wherein fourteen emitters are arranged in the front sole of the foot on said massage panel for left foot while the other fourteen emitters are arranged in the front sole of the foot on said massage panel for right foot; said second group of ultrasonic emitters comprises twenty-four emitters; wherein twelve emitters are arranged in the rear sole of the foot on said massage panel for left foot while the other twelve emitters are arranged in the rear sole of the foot on said massage panel for right; in such a way, ultrasonic of different frequencies is emitted to the positions of the front sole of the foot and the rear sole of the foot, thus treating pain caused by the problem of vein athero-obstruction. | 39,860 |
8,726,885 | 1. A method for determining a pressure in a high-pressure accumulator which is hydraulically coupled to an injection valve in order to supply fluid, wherein the injection valve has a longitudinal axis, an injection needle and an actuator designed as a solid body actuator, wherein the actuator is designed to act on the injection needle, and the injection needle is designed to prevent a fluid flow through at least one injection opening in a closed position and otherwise to open up the fluid flow, the method comprising: supplying a predefined amount of electrical energy to the actuator in order to modify an axial length of the actuator, specifically in such a manner that the injection needle is moved out of the closed position, after the predefined amount of electrical energy has been supplied, determining a first and a second voltage value by means of the actuator at respectively different predefined moments, determining a differential voltage value on the basis of the first and second voltage values, and determining a first pressure which is representative of a pressure in the high-pressure accumulator on the basis of the differential voltage value. | 32,618 |
8,549,566 | 1. A method of transmitting a non-real time service, the method comprising: generating a broadcast signal which carries internet protocol (IP) datagrams, the IP datagrams containing the non-real time service that is delivered in advance of its use and stored in a receiving device, and first signaling data which contains a content fragment for a content item of the non-real time service; and transmitting the broadcast signal, wherein the non-real time service is associated with one or more content items, each of which consists of one or more files, wherein the one or more files are delivered via a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) file delivery session, the FLUTE file delivery session transmitting a FLUTE Description Table (FDT) that includes a transfer object identifier (TOI) identifying a transport object which includes a file transmitted through the FLUTE file delivery session, content location information identifying a location of the file and content linkage information linking with the content fragment included in the first signaling data, wherein the content fragment includes a content linkage element mapping the content linkage information included in the FDT to identify that the one or more files carried on the FLUTE file delivery session belong to content items for the non-real time service, wherein the IP datagrams further include second signaling data which contains service-level attributes for the non-real time service, wherein each of the FLUTE file delivery sessions includes one or more FLUTE channels, and wherein all of the FLUTE channels in each of the FLUTE file delivery sessions have a same IP address and numbered user datagram protocol (UDP) ports signaled with a single component descriptor in the second signaling data. | 3,409 |
9,254,041 | 1. A furniture frame, comprising: a support column having a longitudinal axis; a foot ring; and a fastening device with which said foot ring is affixed to said support column so as to be axially displaceable, said fastening device containing: | 16,506 |
8,547,807 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a medium processing apparatus that performs predetermined processing on a medium introduced from an outside; a power supply that can supply a first power supply voltage to the medium processing apparatus while the information processing apparatus is operating, whereas being able to supply a second power supply voltage to the medium processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is shut down; and a power supply controller that supplies the second power supply voltage from the power supply to the medium processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is shut down while the medium is in the medium processing apparatus, whereas stopping the supply of the second power supply voltage to the medium processing apparatus once the medium is removed from the medium processing apparatus which has been supplied with the second power supply voltage, wherein the medium processing apparatus comprises a medium detector that outputs a medium detection signal to the power supply controller using the second power supply voltage while a medium is in the medium processing apparatus, as long as the information processing apparatus is shut down while the medium is in the medium processing apparatus, and the power supply controller supplies the second power supply voltage from the power supply to the medium processing apparatus while the medium detection signal is being input. | 16,139 |
9,178,723 | 1. A method for providing a network map through a gateway device and thereby assisting a user in managing peripheral network devices, the method being applicable to a network system comprising the gateway device and at least an active network device or at least a passive network device, wherein the gateway device has a map web page, an icon list and a blacklist or a white list stored therein and is connected to each said active network device or each said passive network device, the icon list has a plurality of icons stored therein and each corresponding to a network device type, and each of the blacklist or the white list is configured to record network device identification codes of all said active network devices that the gateway device has been connected to; the method comprising the steps, performed by the gateway device at every predetermined interval upon being activated, of: searching for said active network device or said passive network device that the gateway device is currently connectable to, and reading basic data of each said active or passive network device found; identifying the network device type of each said active or passive network device found according to the basic data read, and reading the icon from the icon list which corresponds to each said network device type identified; integrating the icons read and the basic data read into the map web page to create a network device map web page and then converting the network device map web page into a web page message; reading a service request instruction upon determining that the service request instruction is received from said active network device, and sending the web page message to the active network device so as for the active network device to display the network device map web page in an icon-based way through a browser thereof; receiving a blacklist write-in instruction or a white list write-in instruction from the browser of the active network device, and reading a web page address and said network device identification code contained in the blacklist write-in instruction or the white list write-in instruction; and storing the web page address into the blacklist or the white list at a location corresponding to the network device identification code. | 49,061 |
8,904,212 | 1. A computing device comprising: a wireless transceiver configured to receive a wireless signal from a wireless first wireless communication device over a first wireless communications link, wherein the wireless first wireless communication device is operable to form a second wireless communications link with a wireless second wireless communication device; an input/output interface adapted to interface with a peripheral device; a processor; and a memory storing a power management application configured to receive in the wireless signal from the wireless first wireless communication device an indication of a link connection status of the second wireless communications link and responsive to the link connection status of the second wireless communications link operate the computing device in a normal operation mode or a power conservation mode, the link connection status of the second wireless communications link dependent upon movement of the wireless second wireless communication device with respect to a link boundary with the first wireless communication device. | 17,826 |
9,845,265 | 1. A system based on plant or bio-sourced materials selected from coatings, mortars and concretes of bio-sourced materials comprising a plant or bio-sourced material selected from the group consisting of wood and hemp, and a binder composition comprising a first mineral component and a second component; wherein said binder composition has a specific surface area calculated according to the BET method, greater than 10 m said second component is selected from the group consisting of slaked lime having a specific surface area, calculated according to the BET method, greater than 22 m and kaolinites, bentonite and wollastonites and mixtures thereof; wherein said first mineral component is a binder component selected from the group consisting of cements, slaked lime, standard air lime, natural and artificial hydraulic lime, clays, binders for masonry, binders with pozzolanic and hydraulic setting, gypsum and mixtures thereof; and wherein at least one from among said first mineral component and said second component is based on powdery slaked lime. | 45,886 |
8,980,975 | 1. A magnetic ink composition comprising carbon nanofoam and a fluid carrier, wherein said composition is substantially free of a magnetite. | 23,172 |
9,158,351 | 1. A processor comprising: logic to: | 16,219 |
9,209,766 | 1. An amplifier circuit comprising: a charge-to-voltage converter; a voltage amplifier; and a low pass filter; and a voltage to current converter; the charge to voltage converter configured to receive an input signal representing an electrical charge from a transducer and generate a voltage signal proportional to the input signal; the voltage amplifier having a gain factor in communication with the charge-to-voltage and configured to receive the voltage signal from the charge-to-voltage converter, and to amplify the voltage signal by the gain factor to output an amplified voltage signal; the lowpass filter configured to pass low frequency components of the amplified voltage signal and attenuate frequency components of the amplified voltage signal greater than a cutoff frequency of the lowpass filter to create a filtered voltage output signal; the voltage to current converter arranged to receive the filtered voltage output signal of the lowpass filter and convert the filtered output voltage signal to a current output signal; wherein an amplifier circuit output is the voltage output signal or the current output signal. | 12,293 |
9,342,377 | 1. A computer hardware device for controlling access to a resource having a resource lock configured to control access to the resource, the resource lock having a contention efficient operating mode and a non-contention efficient operating mode, comprising: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to initiate and/or perform: | 5,987 |
9,778,785 | 1. A touch sensing system, comprising: at least one storage unit comprising at least one program; a touch screen configured to detect a touch of an object; and at least one processor configured to activate a proximity sensing function on the touch screen according to a control of the at least one program, to detect proximity of the object based on sensing information of a proximity sensing area predetermined on a partial area of the touch screen, and to process a predetermined operation in response to detecting the proximity of the object, wherein the at least one processor is configured to detect a proximity of an object having a predetermined size or more, based on an intensity value at each group of sensing units of the proximity sensing area; wherein the sensing units of the proximity sensing area are classified into groups. | 44,349 |
9,449,255 | 1. A method for the determination of a set of classification parameters for the classification of bank notes in different classes by means of a bank note processing apparatus, wherein the method comprises the following steps: sensing measurement data for a plurality of reference bank notes having known properties by means of a sensor device of the bank note processing apparatus, at least some of the reference bank notes being provided with at least one adhesive strip, wherein the at least one adhesive strip has a color different from at least one color of a background of one of the plurality of reference bank notes in the surrounding of the at least one adhesive strip, such that a color of the at least one adhesive strip corresponds to a known adhesive strip size; determining a set of classification parameters; ascertaining the distribution of the plurality of reference bank notes over the different classes on the basis of the measurement data of the reference bank notes and the set of classification parameters; comparing the distribution over the different classes, which was determined for the plurality of reference bank notes, with the optimal distribution of the reference bank notes over the different classes, which was ascertained from the known properties of the plurality of reference bank notes; and if the two distributions deviate from each other, adjusting the set of classification parameters until the distribution of the plurality of reference bank notes over the different classes, which was determined on the basis of the measurement data of the reference bank notes and the changed set of classification parameters, and the optimal distribution of the reference bank notes over the different classes, which was ascertained from the known properties of the plurality of reference bank notes, no longer deviate from each other or the deviation between these distributions is acceptable. | 31,576 |
9,403,732 | 1. A system for stabilizing biochemical nutrients extracted from food scraps, the system comprising: a preparation unit comprising: a biological storage tank comprising the slurry received from the comminution device, the slurry being mixed with a yeast under aerobic conditions to form a mixture in the biological storage tank, wherein the biological storage tank comprises an aeration system to provide oxygen to the mixture at approximately 0.5-3 ppm, and wherein the mixture is maintained in the biological storage tank at approximately 0.5-3 ppm of oxygen for a duration of at least about 24 hours before the mixture is removed from the biological storage tank. | 11,237 |
9,159,988 | 1. A method for making a current collector of an electrochemical battery comprising steps of: providing a metal substrate and a solid graphite; and forming a graphene layer on at least one surface of the metal substrate, by rubbing the at least one surface of the metal substrate with the solid graphite, the rubbing comprising: | 21,920 |
9,497,705 | 1. A method of acquiring simultaneous wireless service on a first subscription and a second subscription of a multi-subscriber identification module (SIM) wireless device, comprising: connecting to a first wireless network on the first subscription; determining whether the connection to the first wireless network is correlated with a second wireless network that is accessible to the second subscription based on correlation records, wherein each correlation record links at least one network on which the first subscription previously acquired service with at least one network on which the second subscription previously acquired concurrent service; and performing a service acquisition scan on the second subscription using acquisition data associated with a correlated second wireless network in response to determining that the connection to the first wireless network is correlated with a second wireless network that is accessible to the second subscription. | 23,919 |
9,506,091 | 1. A method of producing glucaric acid comprising: (1) providing a (2) growing and/or maintaining the transformed (3) separating the glucaric acid or glucarate from the transformed | 11,286 |
9,246,327 | 1. An arrangement for controlling the electric power transmission in a high voltage direct current, HVDC, power transmission system comprising at least one HVDC transmission or distribution line for carrying direct current, DC, the arrangement comprising: an apparatus connectable to the HVDC transmission or distribution line, the apparatus being arranged to control the direct current of the HVDC transmission or distribution line by introducing a DC voltage in series with the HVDC transmission or distribution line; and a protection device for protecting the apparatus against over-current or overvoltage occurrences, the protection device comprising a bypass device connectable to the HVDC transmission or distribution line and connected in parallel with the apparatus, the bypass device being arranged to be in a non-conducting mode, and arranged to be set to a conducting mode, and when in the conducting mode, the bypass device is arranged to conduct direct current of the HVDC transmission or distribution line flowing in a direction on the HVDC transmission or distribution line to electrically bypass the apparatus and flow in the same direction on the HVDC transmission or distribution line, wherein the protection device comprises a detector configured to detect over-current and/or overvoltage occurrences in the HVDC power transmission system, in the HVDC transmission or distribution line and/or in the apparatus. | 39,806 |
9,105,279 | 1. A magnetic recording method, comprising the steps of: acquiring a recording condition on a perpendicular magnetic recording medium including sectors and having distribution of characteristics, the recording condition being for each sector and depending on the distribution of characteristics, the recording condition including a set of a recording current and a driving current for a microwave assisted magnetic recording head including a magnetic recording pole and a high-frequency magnetic field oscillator, the recording current exciting the magnetic recording pole, and the driving current being applied to the high-frequency magnetic field oscillator, the set of the recording current and the driving current for each sector being determined to suppress variations in the characteristics and being stored in a table beforehand; setting a set of at least two types of conditions including a recording current and a driving current for each sector in accordance with the recording condition, the recording current and the driving current being read from the set stored in the table; and performing a recording operation with the set recording current and driving current. | 28,882 |
9,373,007 | 1. A glucose meter for decoding information encoded in a pattern provided in a consumable glucose meter test strip, the glucose meter comprising: a plurality of electrodes spatially arranged on a circuit board of the glucose meter, each electrode arranged to establish an electric field; capacitive sensing circuitry for detecting changes in capacitance in at least a subset of the electric fields caused by the pattern when the pattern provided on the consumable glucose meter test strip is positioned over the plurality of electrodes, wherein: a decoder for deriving the information encoded in the pattern based on the detected changes in capacitance, wherein the information encoded in the pattern identifies a particular batch of consumable glucose meter test strips and the information is used for calibrating the glucose meter. | 23,330 |
9,687,024 | 1. A smoking article, comprising: a first part, a second part movable relative to the first part, further comprising an indexing mechanism comprising a first indexing surface on one of the first part and second part; and a second indexing surface on the other of the first and second parts, wherein the second indexing surface is configured to engage with the first indexing surface to control relative movement between the first part and second part, wherein the second indexing surface comprises at least one pawl, wherein the pawl comprises at least one upstanding substantially planar section of sheet material affixed to or integrally formed with a substrate, wherein a plane of the at least one upstanding substantially planar section of sheet material extends away from the substrate, such that a tip or peak of the pawl is distal from the substrate, and wherein the tip or peak of the pawl deflects radially as the pawl is moved over the first indexing surface. | 773 |
9,046,582 | 1. A method of testing a battery backup unit comprising: decoupling a cooling fan within a computing device from a line voltage power supply; coupling the cooling fan within the computing device to a battery backup unit, wherein a first delay is introduced between decoupling the cooling fan within the computing device from a line voltage power supply and coupling the cooling fan within the computing device to the battery backup unit, wherein the first delay is defined by a delay between providing a first control signal and providing a second control signal; energizing the cooling fan for a defined test period, wherein the defined test period is a predefined period of time; and monitoring one or more battery statistics during at least a portion of the defined test period. | 44,499 |
8,808,503 | 1. A method of making paper, comprising: providing a cellulosic fibrous material comprising a plurality of elongated fibers having a fiber wall surrounding a hollow interior, the fibrous material having moisture present at a level sufficient to provide the cellulosic fibrous material in the form of dewatered crumb pulp; heating the dewatered crumb pulp, in a first heating process by adding heat energy to the dewatered crumb pulp in a steam condensation process; adding calcium hydroxide particles to the dewatered crumb pulp, after the first heating process, to form a pulp mixture having between 5% and 60% solids by weight, in a manner such that at least some of the calcium hydroxide becomes associated with the water present in the pulp mixture and the calcium hydroxide particles added have a mean nano-scale particle size in order to increase the rate of solubility for calcium ion release; contacting, in a pressurized refiner, said pulp mixture with carbon dioxide and high shear mixing in order to precipitate calcium carbonate partly within the cell walls of said fibrous material and displacing bound water; forming a web from the pulp mixture that has been subjected to the heating and the high shear; heating the web by adding energy in a steam box; and wet pressing the web. | 3,136 |
8,495,389 | 1. A method for preventing unauthorized use of a software program on a computing device comprising: updating data indicative of a first state of a software program on a computing device as software first state data; determining the state of the software program based on persistence data; transmitting by the computing device an update signal to a hardware token coupled to the computing device; receiving the update signal, updating by the hardware token data stored on the hardware token indicative of a state of the hardware token as hardware token state data in response to the received update signal, the hardware token state data including data from a counter, wherein in normal operation the hardware token does not allow the hardware token state data stored thereon to be derived or revealed outside of the hardware token; performing a first cryptographic check by the hardware token using the software first state data and the hardware token state data; storing the first cryptographic check on one of the computing device and the hardware token; performing a second cryptographic check by the hardware token using the hardware token state data and data indicative of a current state of the software program; retrieving from the one of the computing device and the hardware token the cryptographic check most recently stored thereon, and comparing the second cryptographic check to the retrieved cryptographic check; and preventing the software program from running on the computing device if the retrieved cryptographic check does not match the second cryptographic check. | 49,491 |
9,430,302 | 1. A method for invoking an Oauth API, which is performed by an application running engine, comprising: intercepting, by the application running engine, an application request message from a client, allocating, by the application running engine, a customer serial number according to a current session identifier, and storing, by the application running engine, the customer serial number; receiving, by the application running engine, an Oauth API invoking request carrying the customer serial number, wherein the Oauth API invoking request is sent by the client through invoking a client requesting Oauth API interface; authenticating, by the application running engine, the Oauth API invoking request according to the customer serial number; obtaining, by the application running engine, interface binding information corresponding to an Oauth API which is requested to be invoked after the authentication is passed; performing, by the application running engine, authorization and authentication according to the interface binding information, and obtaining, by the application running engine, an access token form an Oauth provider; injecting, by the application running engine, the access token into the Oauth API invoking request, and sending, by the application running engine, the injected Oauth API invoking request to the Oauth provider, so that the Oauth provider responds to the injected Oauth API invoking request, and returns Oauth API returned information; and returning, by the application running engine, the Oauth API returned information to the client, so as to complete the Oauth API invoking; wherein the performing the authorization and authentication according to the interface binding information comprises: obtaining an authorization and authentication interface from the interface binding information, and running the authorization and authentication interface to complete authorization and authentication; or obtaining interface mapping information corresponding to an interface in Oauth SDK from the interface binding information, invoking a specific interface in the Oauth SDK via a mapped interface name and a mapped parameter name to complete authentication and authorization. | 48,585 |
8,865,169 | 1. A method for administering antibody therapeutic agents to treat an individual for exposure to a Botulinum neurotoxin, the method comprising: a. administering to the individual at least one binding agent, wherein the binding agent comprises a single-chain antibody (scFv) and has a binding region specific to the Botulinum neurotoxin and has one or more copies of a tag comprising an antibody epitope; and b. administering to the individual an anti-tag antibody, wherein the anti-tag antibody binds to the one or more copies of the tag of the binding agent and promotes clearance of the Botulinum neurotoxin, thereby treating the individual; and the binding agent binds to the portion of the Botulinum neurotoxin wherein the Botulinum neurotoxin is Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A, and wherein the scFv is encoded by a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group of: SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID NO: 13. | 45,617 |
9,176,953 | 1. A method of providing web-based document, comprising: retrieving visual appearance of a document; saving the retrieved visual appearance into universal data and storing the universal data of the document in a server; wherein, the universal data records post-typesetting information of the document with no re-typesetting of any part of the universal data needed for presenting the document; converting by the server, when the document is requested through a web browser of a client, the stored universal data into a format which can be rendered by the web browser of the client, wherein the converted data of the document records post-typesetting information of the document with no re-typesetting of any part of the universal data needed for presenting the document; sending, by the server, a web page containing converted data to the web browser of the client; wherein, the web page containing converted data would be displayed by the client through its web browser; the method further comprising: converting the universal data of the document to the format supported by an editing tool; receiving the converted document edited by the editing tool; converting the edited document to universal data; storing the universal data of the edited document in the server. | 2,054 |
8,993,136 | 1. A heating system for a battery module, the battery module having first and second battery cell groups, the first battery cell group having at least first and second battery cells electrically coupled in parallel with one another between a first node and a second node, the second battery cell group having at least third and fourth battery cells electrically coupled in parallel with one another between the second node and a third node, comprising: a first voltage sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a first voltage level being output by the first battery cell group, the first voltage sensor being electrically coupled to and between the first node and the second node; a second voltage sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of a second voltage level being output by the second battery cell group, the second voltage sensor being electrically coupled to and between the second node and the third node; a series combination of a first resistor and first, second, and third switches being electrically coupled in series between the first node and the second node, the first resistor being electrically coupled in parallel to the first battery cell group when the first, second, and third switches each have a first operational position to discharge the first battery cell group through the first, second, and third switches and the first resistor; a temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature signal indicative of a temperature level of at least one of the first battery cell group and the second battery cell group; a computer operably coupled to the first voltage sensor, the second voltage sensor, and the temperature sensor such that the computer receives the first signal, the second signal, and the temperature signal, respectively; the computer further programmed to select the first battery cell group to be at least partially discharged if both the first voltage level is greater than the second voltage level, and the temperature level is less than the threshold temperature level; the computer further programmed to generate first, second, and third control signals to induce the first, second, and third switches, respectively, to each have the first operational position to at least partially discharge the first battery cell group through the first resistor to generate heat energy in the first resistor, if the first battery cell group is selected; and the computer further programmed to generate a fourth control signal to turn on a fan to distribute the heat energy in the battery module to increase the temperature level of the battery module. | 19,009 |
9,275,448 | 1. A computer implemented method of generating a binarized representation of a document using a mobile device configured to provide a Flashed image of the document and a No-flashed image of the document, the method comprising: a) generating the Flashed image of the document with the mobile device; b) generating the No-flashed image of the document with the mobile device; c) blending the Flashed image of the document with the No-flashed image of the document to generate a blended image of the document, the blended image of the document including one or more regions associated with the Flashed image of the document and one or more regions associated with the No-flashed image of the document; and d) binarizing the blended image of the document to generate a binarized representation of the document, wherein step c) includes: c1) generating an aligned No-flashed image of the document, the aligned No-flashed image generated by aligning the No-flashed image of the document with the Flashed image of the document by applying a warping function to the No-flashed image to align it with the Flashed image, the warping function generated by iteratively generating one or more other warping functions associated with aligning the No-flashed image of the document at a reduced resolution and the Flashed image of the document at the reduced resolution; and c2) blending the aligned No-flashed image of the document with the Flashed image of the document to generate a blended image of the document. | 37,431 |
9,655,620 | 1. A surgical stapling device for joining tissue portions, comprising: a handle assembly; a tubular body portion supported on a distal end of the handle assembly, the tubular body portion having a staple cartridge assembly containing a plurality of surgical staples within a pair of annular arrays of staple receiving slots formed in a tissue facing surface thereof and a knife configured for axial translation, the staple cartridge assembly defining a radial inner surface and a radial outer surface; an anvil assembly at a distal end of the surgical stapling device, the anvil assembly having a shaft for removably connecting the anvil assembly to the tubular body portion, the anvil assembly and tubular body portion being juxtaposed with respect to one another along the shaft and arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another; a ring-like mounting structure sized to have an outer diameter that frictionally engages the radial inner surface of the staple cartridge assembly, wherein the mounting structure is disposed within the radial inner surface of the staple cartridge assembly, the mounting structure being chamfered along a proximal portion thereof such that the mounting structure does not obstruct the axial translation of the knife; an annular buttress material overlaying the tissue facing surface of the staple cartridge assembly, the annular buttress material defining an outer radial terminal edge extending radially beyond the pair of annular arrays of staple receiving slots, and a radial inner terminal edge extending across the mounting structure; and at least one suture securing the buttress material to the mounting structure. | 43,817 |
8,647,578 | 1. A device to detect at least an analyte, comprising: a transparent substrate having a first surface, lower during use, with which a light source comprising an OLED source is associated, and a second surface, higher during use, to receive a plurality of biological protein probes; and a layer of polymer to activate a covalent link with the proteins of the protein probes interposed between said second surface and said biological protein probes, wherein: at least a marker (fluorophore) is associated with said analyte, having determinate characteristics of fluorescence and/or phosphorescence correlated to the emission wavelength of the light source, wherein said light source is suitable, or is associated with suitable filtering means, to emit a light radiation in a range of wavelengths equal to 400-550 nm, inside of which is a range of an absorption peak of said marker (fluorophore), and a value of a distance (“s”) between the wavelength corresponding to the absorption peak of the marker (fluorophore) and the wavelength corresponding to the fluorescence (or phosphorescence) emission peak is between 25 and 150 nm, wherein the OLED source comprises: a glass substrate with a thickness of between about 0.7 mm and about 1 mm; a thin film of Germanium (Ge) with a thickness of about 5 nm±2 nm; a thin film of silver (Ag) with a thickness of about 25 nm±5 nm; a thin film of PEDOT-PSS (Poly(3,4-ethyl-nedioxythiophene)/polystyrene-sulfonate) with a thickness of about 40 nm±10 nm; a thin film of a-NPB (N,N′-bis(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-1-1′biphenyl-4-4′ diamine), with a thickness of about 30 nm±10 nm; a thin film of BCP (2,9-Dimethyl-4,7diphenyl-I, 10phenanthroline), or Bathocupraine, with a thickness of about 15 nm±10 nm; a thin film of lithium fluoride (LiF), with a thickness of about 0.8 nm±0.3 nm; and a thin film of aluminum with a thickness of about 100 nm±20 nm. | 33,421 |
8,640,018 | 1. A user interface tag computer system for processing a document, comprising: a printable surface on one side of a document, comprising: a processor to execute modules, comprising: | 965 |
9,717,638 | 1. A patient support system for the prevention and treatment of decubitus ulcers, said patient support system comprising: a plurality of air cells; a foam shell defining an upper support surface and an internal cavity therebeneath for housing said plurality of air cells; a three-dimensional spacer fabric positioned above at least a portion of said upper support surface; and air passageways interconnecting said spacer fabric with said air cells so that, as a patient on said upper support surface moves, such movement causes air relative to said air cells to be circulated under at least a portion of the patient, to cause removal of heat and moisture from the body of the patient. | 46,764 |
9,680,311 | 1. A wireless power supply close coupling adapter for relaying power from a wireless power supply to a remote device having a secondary circuit, the adapter comprising: a wireless power transfer surface; a secondary resonator circuit; and a shield positioned between said secondary resonator circuit and said wireless power transfer surface to reduce reflected impedance during wireless power transfer by reducing coupling between said remote device and at least one of the wireless power supply close coupling adapter and the wireless power supply; wherein said secondary resonator circuit includes a first secondary resonator and a second secondary resonator, wherein said shield is positioned between said first secondary resonator and said second secondary resonator, and wherein said first secondary resonator and said second secondary resonator are electrically connected in series. | 29,970 |
8,963,697 | 1. A display device for a vehicle, comprising: a head down display module; a head up display module comprising a reflection element configured to at least partially reflect an image from a projection module toward a user and to enable the user to see through the reflection element; and an adjustment assembly configured to enable adjustment of a first inclination of the head up display module about an adjustment axis and to enable adjustment of a second inclination of the head down display module about the adjustment axis, wherein the adjustment axis is positioned between the head up display module and the head down display module and is substantially perpendicular to a normal viewing direction of the user. | 14,479 |
8,516,289 | 1. A storage management apparatus comprising: a memory for storing logical volume information for indicating a plurality of logical volumes and priority information for determining an order of the plurality of logical volumes to be activated; a first interface for connecting a plurality of storages to the storage management apparatus, at least one of the plurality of storages corresponding to one of the logical volumes; a second interface connected to a power supply unit for supplying power to the plurality of storages; and a processor for executing: | 3,339 |
9,428,067 | 1. A vehicle running management system under renewable energy comprising: a charging site, having an electric generator, which is supplied with renewable energy from the electric generator and system energy from a system energy source; a charging site manager for managing an amount of renewable energy in the charging site; an electrically driven vehicle having a vehicle-mounted electric storage device which is charged with renewable energy and system energy that are sent from the charging site when the vehicle-mounted electric storage device is electrically connected to the charging site; and a vehicle manager for managing an amount of renewable energy stored in the vehicle-mounted electric storage device of the electrically driven vehicle; wherein the vehicle manager manages a remaining amount of renewable energy stored in the vehicle-mounted electric storage device as the remaining amount increases and decreases when renewable energy is charged into the vehicle-mounted electric storage device and renewable energy is discharged from the vehicle-mounted electric storage device, and wherein the vehicle manager further manages a remaining amount of system energy stored in the vehicle-mounted electric storage device and a total remaining amount of energy stored in the vehicle-mounted electric storage device, wherein the vehicle manager calculates a loss as a difference between a total discharged amount representing a total transmitted amount of electric energy, which includes renewable energy and system energy measured at the charging site, and a total charged amount in the vehicle-mounted electric storage device which is measured by the vehicle manager, and if the loss is smaller than the amount of system energy transmitted from the charging site, then the vehicle manager manages the loss entirely as an amount of system energy, and if the loss is greater than the amount of system energy transmitted from the charging site, then the vehicle manager covers the loss with the amount of system energy and manages a shortage of the amount of system energy as the amount of renewable energy. | 717 |
9,041,379 | 1. A method of bootstrap startup comprising: receiving an input signal to begin bootstrapping; initiating a startup voltage ramp; initiating an artificial ramp current sense; determining if a voltage controlled switch is reverse-biased; and terminating the artificial ramp current sense if the voltage controlled switch is reverse-biased. | 39,244 |
9,201,413 | 1. A computerized system for the automated design and manufacture of patient protective footwear, comprising: a scanning subsystem including a user interface and a lower extremity scanner, the scanning subsystem adapted to receive input related to a patient's lower extremity for which protective footwear is to be designed and manufactured; a design engine implemented on a computer having programmable memory and at least one processor that executes instructions stored in the programmable memory, wherein the design engine is programmed to process the lower extremity input into a design for the protective footwear, wherein the design engine is programmed to alter the design in response to receiving inputs indicating at least one of the conditions selected from the group consisting of dermatologic conditions, orthopedic conditions, neurological conditions, biomechanical conditions, surgical conditions, and wherein the design engine generates an outputted design in which the one or more conditions are reflected in the outputted design; and a computer-aided manufacturing subsystem programmed to receive data related to the outputted design and manufacture the protective footwear corresponding to the outputted design, wherein at least one of the design engine and the scanning subsystem includes first suitable programming to generate design data for the protective footwear corresponding to at least one accommodation for a prior toe amputation, and wherein the design data generated by the first suitable programming corresponds to at least one accommodation selected from the group consisting of an addition of insole material to fill voids from the amputation, a modification of materials under unamputated foot portions to relieve foot-related forces due to the amputation, inclusion of at least one of stiffer alternative materials or more flexible alternative materials at a corresponding location on the footwear, such alternate materials corresponding to a gait abnormality related to the amputation. | 28,171 |
9,439,145 | 1. A computer-implemented method for increasing the operating time of a collection of battery-backed wireless network nodes, the method comprising: detecting a power outage within a plurality of power lines that power a plurality of nodes; in response to detecting the power outage, selecting a lead node from among the plurality of nodes, wherein each node in the plurality of nodes is configured to access a wireless network, and wherein each node in the plurality of nodes that is not the lead node comprises a non-lead node; transitioning network functionality from the non-lead nodes to the lead node; and placing each non-lead node in a reduced power state for a respective predetermined time. | 28,907 |
9,048,472 | 1. A shut-down procedure for an electricity delivery system comprising a fuel cell, the fuel cell being fed with pure oxygen as oxidant from a pure oxygen circuit on the cathode side and hydrogen from a fuel gas circuit on the anode side and delivering an electrical voltage to an electrical power line, the shut-down procedure comprising: an initial step during which the oxygen gas feed is interrupted; an electrical consumption phase during which a hold current is drawn from the fuel cell until the pressure in the oxygen circuit is reduced to the vapor pressure of water at the temperature of the fuel cell; and a vaporization phase during which water present in channels of the fuel cell is vaporized by pressure reduction produced in the electrical consumption phase. | 19,374 |
8,597,852 | 1. A fuel cell stack comprising: a plurality of connected modules to allow flow of reactant through the modules, wherein each module comprises an elongate hollow member, each module has at least one passage extending longitudinally through the hollow member for the flow of a reactant, each hollow member has a first flat surface and a second flat surface arranged substantially parallel to the first flat surface, a first one of the modules includes a plurality of fuel cells, the fuel cells are arranged on at least one of the first and second flat surfaces of the first one of the modules and at least one end of the first one of the modules has a first integral spacer formed integrally therewith to provide space from an adjacent second one of the modules, the first integral spacer comprising a third flat surface arranged such that it is non coplanar with the first flat surface wherein a second end of the second one of the modules has a second integral spacer to provide a spacer with the first one of the modules, the second integral spacer comprises a fourth flat surface arranged such that it is coplanar with the second flat surface of the second one of the modules, the third flat surface of the first one of the modules directly abuts the fourth flat surface of the second one of the modules, wherein the fuel cells are solid oxide fuel cells, the third flat surface of the first integral spacer is arranged at a first intersecting angle to the first surface of the first one of the modules, and the first intersecting angle is between 5° and 20°. | 48,123 |
9,426,331 | 1. A printed matter identifying device that identifies a printed matter printed by a predetermined printing apparatus and having on its surface at least two or more areas that are different in surface property from each other, said printed matter identifying device comprising: an image reader that captures reflected images displayed by a light source respectively on the areas of the surface of the printed matter by a camera to acquire respective image information of the reflected images; an image processor that performs image-processing of the image information of the reflected images acquired by the image reader; and an image determinator that uses a differential value of image information based on luminance values between said at least two or more areas that are different from each other in surface property and included in a same printed matter in the reflected images obtained by the image-processing by the image processor, to determine whether or not the printed matter is a printed matter printed by the predetermined printing apparatus. | 28,192 |
8,697,311 | 1. An arrangement for interconnecting electrochemical cells, comprising: a plurality of electrochemical cells, each of the electrochemical cells comprising | 32,346 |
8,542,760 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system including a processor, an indication of a block of data to send to a destination node; creating a codeword to transmit as a function of the indication of the block of data; determining a power allocation at which to transmit a first part of the codeword, wherein the power allocation is a function of a number of relay nodes in a network and a transmit power of a source node in the network; transmitting the first part of the codeword to the destination node and one or more of the relay nodes during a first time period; and transmitting a second part of the codeword to the destination node in a second time period. | 41,217 |
8,951,735 | 1. A method for determining a susceptibility to breast cancer in a human individual, comprising: analyzing nucleic acid from a biological sample from the individual with respect to at least one allele of at least one polymorphic marker, selected from the group consisting of rs999737 (SEQ ID NO:6) allele C, rs2005154 (SEQ ID NO:1) allele T, rs2184380 (SEQ ID NO:2) allele G, rs2224696 (SEQ ID NO:3) allele T, rs2242503 (SEQ ID NO:4) allele C, rs12291026 (SEQ ID NO:5) allele G, rs9956546 (SEQ ID NO:7) allele A, rs11912922 (SEQ ID NO:8) allele T, rs6001954 (SEQ ID NO:9) allele G, and correlated alleles of polymorphic markers in linkage disequilibrium therewith, wherein the step of analyzing the nucleic acid sample comprises at least one nucleic acid analysis technique selected from: polymerase chain reaction, allele-specific probe hybridization, allele-specific primer extension, allele-specific amplification, nucleic acid sequencing, 5′-exonuclease digestion, molecular beacon assay, oligonucleotide ligation assay, size analysis, single-stranded conformation analysis and microarray technology, detecting the presence of the at least one allele in the nucleic acid, determining an increased susceptibility to breast cancer for the individual from the presence of the at least one allele in the nucleic acid by calculating risk measure for the individual that includes a relative risk or odds ratio of at least 1.08 attributable to the presence of the at least one allele in the nucleic acid, wherein the calculating of the risk measure is performed with an apparatus that comprises: performing a clinical screening for breast cancer selected from clinical breast examination (CBE), X-ray mammography, and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI) in the individual determined to have the increased susceptibility. | 12,483 |
9,217,184 | 1. A process for alcohol production from a cellulosic material or for the production of an oligosaccharide-containing residue from a cellulosic material comprising the steps of subjecting a said cellulosic material to acid hydrolysis to yield an aqueous hydrolysate, introducing said hydrolysate into a separator at a hydrolysate inlet, said separator having at least two sections; introducing an extraction solvent into at least two separator sections at at least two extraction solvent inlets, removing a residue containing oligosaccharides from said separator at a residue discharge outlet, and removing acid-containing extraction solvent from said separator at an extraction solvent discharge outlet, wherein removal of said extraction solvent from said separator through said discharge outlet occurs downstream of at least one said extraction solvent inlet and upstream of at least one other said extraction solvent inlet. | 44,388 |
8,742,965 | 1. A N+M bit Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) comprising: an N bit Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) with a true output and a complementary output; wherein the true output and complementary output of the N bit digital to analog converter are offset by substantially a half least significant bit; a first weighting processor producing a true output of the N+M bit Digital to Analog Converter, wherein the true output is a weighted combination of the true and complementary outputs of the N bit Digital to Analog Converter; a second weighting processor producing a complementary output of the N+M bit Digital to Analog Converter, wherein the complementary output of the N+M bit Digital to Analog Converter is a weighted combination of the true and complementary outputs of the N bit Digital to Analog Converter; wherein the first and second weighting processors adjust at each major carry transition of M most significant input bits such that the true output and complementary output are monotonic; and wherein N and M are positive integers. | 49,043 |
9,264,937 | 1. A method for scheduling delivery of messages from a wireless device, the method comprising: storing at least one message to be transmitted from the wireless device in a message queue within the wireless device; monitoring operation of the wireless device to determine whether there is a communication connection by the wireless device, wherein the communication connection comprises at least one of a voice call connection or a packet data session; transmitting the at least one message in the message queue from the wireless device utilizing the communication connection by the wireless device over a logical control channel assigned to the wireless device during setup for the communication connection; operating a message scheduler application on the wireless device to intercept messages being sent from at least one application running on the wireless device to a device layer for transmission, where said intercepted messages are collected and placed into the message queue; and operating the message scheduler application to send an acknowledgment message back to a corresponding application running on the wireless device indicating that the at least one message has been transmitted, wherein the logical control channel is are different from a traffic channel assigned to the wireless device during setup for the communication connection to transmit voice or data content. | 39,397 |
8,767,771 | 1. A method comprising: determining a wakeup beacon schedule for a node of a mesh network, the determining including: having the node enter a power-saving state, wherein during the power-saving state, the node has insufficient power to permit communications with the one or more peer nodes of the mesh network; in accordance with the wakeup beacon schedule, having the node i) exit the power-saving state and ii) enter into a communication state, wherein during the communication state, the node is permitted to communicate with the one or more peer nodes of the mesh network; receiving, at the node, one or more wakeup beacons from the one or more peer nodes of the mesh network, each of the one or more wakeup beacons indicating whether or not data is waiting to be received by the node; if at least one of the one or more wakeup beacons indicates data is waiting to be received by the node, maintaining the node in the communication state to permit the node to receive the data indicated by the one or more wakeup beacons; and if none of the one or more wakeup beacons indicates data is waiting to be received by the node, having the node re-enter the power-saving state. | 22,679 |
8,377,035 | 1. A medical device comprising: an elongate shaft including a reinforcement layer, the reinforcement layer comprising a plurality of interwoven strands forming a braid, with a first set of one or more strands wound in a first helical direction and a second set of one or more strands wound in a second helical direction different than the first helical direction, and wherein the number of strands in the first set is less than the number of strands in the second set; wherein the first set of strands is wound at a first pitch and the second set of strands is wound at a second pitch, wherein the first pitch is different than the second pitch. | 5,932 |
8,810,153 | 1. A light-emitting diode (LED) power supply system comprising: an LED regulator configured to monitor at least one LED voltage associated with a respective at least one activated LED string and to generate an LED regulation voltage based on the at least one LED voltage relative to an LED power voltage that provides power to the at least one activated LED string; and a power converter configured to generate the LED power voltage and to regulate the LED power voltage based on the LED regulation voltage, wherein the power converter is configured to regulate the LED power voltage based on both the LED regulation voltage and a predetermined reference voltage and wherein the power converter is configured to regulate the LED power voltage based on a feedback voltage having a magnitude that is based on both the LED power voltage in a first feedback loop and the LED regulation voltage in a second feedback loop, the power converter regulating the LED power voltage based on the feedback voltage relative to the predetermined reference voltage, the first feedback loop comprising a resistor (R FB1 ) in series with a resistor (R FB2 ) between the LED power voltage and a reference, the second feedback loop comprising the two feedback resistors of the first loop and a third resistor (R FB3 ) according to the equation: in which V LED in the LED power voltage; R R V | 1,011 |
8,726,589 | 1. A wind turbine installation comprising a base flange disposed upon a foundation, said base flange having a downwardly facing bottom and an upwardly facing top, said foundation comprising a structure of post-compressed cementitious material extending from an upper end thereof downwardly to a lower end thereof, said structure comprising a plurality of upright anchor bolts imbedded in and extending through the cementitious material, said anchor bolts having threaded upper ends projecting upwardly from said upper end of said structure and extending through said base flange, said anchor bolts comprising a sleeve continuously extending along the length of the anchor bolts throughout the entire structure and a portion of said sleeve extending inside the downwardly facing bottom of said base flange, said threaded upper ends of said bolts passing upwardly through the base flange and threaded nuts threaded upon said threaded upper ends above said upwardly facing top of the base flange and tightened downwardly thereover to place said anchor bolts under tension and thereby place said structure under heavy post-compression extending fully about said cylindrical structure in excess of maximum upset moment forces expected to be exerted on said foundation by an upright tower mounted from said base flange. | 18,358 |
9,585,816 | 1. An effervescent tablet composition for eliminating red wine discoloration of mouth, offensive odor of the mouth and for cleaning a palate comprises an excipient, a disintegrating agent, a flavoring agent, a sweetener, an active agent, and a lubricant; wherein the excipient comprises a malic acid, a combination comprising a rice starch and a di-basic calcium phosphate, a sorbitol, a sodium bicarbonate, a potassium bicarbonate, a microcrystalline cellulose, a sodium chloride, a sodium carbonate and a magnesium oxide; wherein the malic acid is present in the composition in a range of 25-35% w/w, the combination comprising the rice starch and the di-basic calcium phosphate is present in the composition in a range of 15-25% w/w, the sorbitol is present in the composition in a range of 10-15% w/w, the sodium bicarbonate is present in the composition in a range of 3-8% w/w, the potassium bicarbonate is present in the composition in a range of 3-8% w/w, the microcrystalline cellulose is present in the composition in a range of 2-7% w/w, the sodium chloride is present in the composition at less than or equal to 5% w/w, the sodium carbonate is present in the composition at less than or equal to 3% w/w, the magnesium oxide is present in the composition at less than or equal to 1% w/w, the flavoring agent is a natural flavoring agent and is present in the composition is 3-8% w/w, the lubricant is a magnesium stearate and is present in the composition at less than or equal to 3% w/w, the sweetener comprises a stevia leaf extract and a sucralose, and the stevia leaf extract is present in the composition in a range of 2-7% w/w and the sucralose is present in the composition is in a range of 0.1-3% w/w; and wherein the malic acid reacts with potassium bicarbonate or sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate to form an effervescence reaction to induce tablet disintegration, to provide a pleasant sensation in the mouth when dissolved, and to clean a wine stain in the mouth. | 47,947 |
9,139,431 | 1. A process for producing a makeup synthesis gas for the synthesis of ammonia, comprising the steps of: reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock in a primary reformer with no secondary reformer obtaining a syngas stream, and treating said syngas stream obtaining a purified syngas containing hydrogen; separating an air feed into a nitrogen stream and an oxygen-enriched air stream; adding said nitrogen stream to the purified syngas, obtaining a makeup syngas containing hydrogen and nitrogen in a suitable molar ratio for synthesis of ammonia; wherein: said oxygen-enriched air stream is fed to at least one additional reformer; a portion of the total hydrocarbon input is reformed in said additional reformer in parallel with the primary reformer, obtaining an additional syngas flow, said additional syngas flow is joined with the syngas output of said primary reformer. | 8,737 |
8,464,517 | 1. A NOx purification system configured to reduce NOx contained in an exhaust gas, the system including: an oxidation catalyst device, a first valve, and a selective reduction type NOx catalyst device which are arranged in order from an upstream side of an exhaust gas passage, the first valve to supply an ammonia-based solution to the exhaust gas passage; a bypass passage branching from the exhaust gas passage at an upstream side of the oxidation catalyst device and joining together with the exhaust gas passage at an upstream side of the first valve; at least one second valve to control a flow rate of the exhaust gas which flows through the bypass passage, and a controller configured to calculate volumes of NOx respectively in stages before and after the oxidation catalyst device, estimate whether a volume of NO control a flow rate of the exhaust gas which passes the oxidation catalyst device and a flow rate of the exhaust which passes the bypass passage on a basis of the increase or decrease in the estimated volume of adsorbed NO control an amount of the ammonia-based solution to be supplied by the first valve. | 41,757 |
8,357,521 | 1. A method of producing a biobutanol comprising the steps of: culturing a composition for producing a biobutanol with a carbon source to produce a biobutanol; and recovering the produced biobutanol, wherein the composition for producing a biobutanol comprises a wherein the biobutanol is 1-butanol. | 21,533 |
9,039,372 | 1. A wind turbine blade comprising: a blade body, at least one blade control surface, and an actuator for moving the at least one blade control surface relative to the blade body, wherein the actuator comprises a fluidic muscle adapted to contract in a chordwise direction when the pressure of the fluid within the fluidic muscle increases, such that the at least one blade control surface is drawn from a first operating position into a second operating position, and wherein the control surface is made of a pretensioned resilient material, such that the control surface is biased to move from the second operating position to the first operating position when the fluidic muscle is relaxed. | 36,243 |
8,830,716 | 1. A method comprising: monitoring, in a two-level memory (2LM) system, far memory bandwidth utilization at least a far memory; dynamically modifying available far memory bandwidth availability in based on monitored far memory bandwidth utilization; and dynamically modifying the operational state of at least one processing core in response to modification of available far memory bandwidth. | 44,436 |
9,784,383 | 1. An actuator comprising: an electric motor; a gear that transmits a drive torque of the electric motor to a shaft of a drive subject to rotate the shaft of the drive subject; a spring that has one end portion, which is installed to the gear, wherein the spring generates an urging torque for urging the shaft in a rotational direction to rotate a rotational position of the shaft to a predetermined position; and an installation member, to which another end portion of the spring is installed, wherein: the gear includes: the spring includes a coil that is spirally wound and is located between the one end portion and the another end portion of the spring, and the coil is resiliently deformably received in an inside of the receiving hole; the installation member includes: the second slit has an opening, which opens at an axial end surface of the covering wall in an axial direction of the rotational axis, and the second slit includes: | 25,899 |
8,475,367 | 1. A biometric monitoring device to measure a weight of a user, the biometric monitoring device comprising: a housing including a platform configured to receive at least one foot of the user and capable of supporting the body weight of the user; a body weight sensor, mechanically coupled to the platform, to generate sensor data which is representative of the weight of the user; processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the body weight sensor, to calculate user weight data, which corresponds to the weight of the user, using the sensor data; a visual display, coupled to the processing circuitry, to display the user weight data, wherein the visual display is disposed in, on or juxtaposed to the platform; and communication circuitry, physically coupled to the housing, to: wherein the communication circuitry is configurable to wirelessly receive a code directly from the external portable activity monitoring device wherein, in response, the biometric monitoring device pairs with the external portable activity monitoring device. | 4,226 |
8,846,224 | 1. A battery system including two or more kinds of cell lines having different charge and discharge characteristics, wherein the two or more kinds of cell lines are connected in parallel with each other, each of said two or more kinds of cell lines includes one or more battery cells connected in series with each other, and wherein the battery system is constructed such that, when the battery system is operated, a first cell line of said two or more kinds of cell lines exhibits a high-rate charge characteristic, whereas a second cell line of said two or more kinds of cell lines exhibits a high-rate discharge characteristic, wherein said high-rate charge characteristic complements said high-rate discharge characteristic, whereby, when power is consumed from the battery system, the one or more battery cells of the second cell line are discharged, and then the one or more battery cells of the second cell line are partially charged such that a balance between the one or more battery cells of the second cell line and the one or more battery cells of the first cell line is maintained. | 23,710 |
8,759,653 | 1. A drum, comprising: a drum shell, comprising a receiving slot, wherein said receiving slot comprises a downward groove having undercut dovetailed walls, that are narrower at a surface of said drum shell than at a bottom of said receiving slot; a drum head covering an end of said drum shell; a drum lug assembly, attached to said drum shell, said drum lug assembly comprising a drum lug body having a conduit, and a lug attachment member, adapted to be attached to said drum shell without the use of a screw passing through said drum shell; and a rod joining said drum head and passing through said conduit in said drum lug assembly. | 2,860 |
8,871,082 | 1. A process for producing diesel from a hydrocarbon stream comprising: hydrotreating a first hydrocarbon stream in the presence of a hydrotreating hydrogen stream and hydrotreating catalyst to provide a hydrotreating effluent stream; hydrocracking a second hydrocarbon stream in the presence of a hydrocracking hydrogen stream and hydrocracking catalyst to provide a hydrocracking effluent stream; separating the hydrocracking effluent stream into a vaporous hydrocracking effluent stream comprising hydrogen and a liquid hydrocracking effluent stream; mixing said vaporous hydrocracking effluent stream with said hydrotreating effluent stream to form a mixed hydrotreating effluent stream; separating the mixed hydrotreating effluent stream into a vaporous hydrotreating effluent stream comprising hydrogen and a liquid hydrotreating effluent stream; and fractionating said liquid hydrotreating effluent to provide said second hydrocarbon stream. | 1,625 |
8,771,959 | 1. A method for selecting resistant HPPD polynucleotides which comprise a region encoding an HPPD enzyme, comprising: (a) obtaining polynucleotides that encode HPPD enzymes capable of forming a complex with an HPPD herbicide; (b) measuring the dissociation constant or dissociation rate constant of the complex between the encoded HPPD enzymes and the HPPD herbicide; and (c) selecting the HPPD polynucleotides that encode HPPD enzymes that, in water at pH 7.0 and 25° C., have a dissociation constant of said complex (Kd) within the range of 1.0 to 30 nM or a dissociation rate constant within the range of 4×10 | 10,849 |
9,206,907 | 1. A seal ring attached to a shaft groove formed on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft, the seal ring having a circumferential direction and being rotatable in a rotational direction along the circumferential direction, the seal ring comprising: a plurality of recessed sections formed on at least an inner peripheral side of a contact-side surface of the seal ring, the recessed sections being circumferentially spaced apart from each other with pillar sections interposed therebetween, wherein circumferential opposite end portions of each of the recessed sections are formed as squeezing portions having curved surfaces convex toward the pillar sections, and each of the recessed sections has | 6,534 |
9,678,582 | 1. A flexible display apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a display configured to display a screen including a content area and an application execution area to which a content in the content area is addible, in a first form; a sensor configured to detect bending of the display; and a controller configured to, in response to a restoration of the display to the first form after the display is bent from the first form to a second form, change the application execution area so that the content in the content area is added on an application in the application execution area. | 10,778 |
9,221,762 | 1. A method of performing reaction comprising the step of: performing a Beckmann rearrangement reaction of an oxime in a liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst to produce a lactam, wherein the oxime is selected from the group consisting of: cyclohexanone oxime, cyclododecanone oxime, 4-hydroxy acetophenone oxime, and oximes formed from acetophenone, cyclopentanone, cycloheptanone, and cyclooctanone, said catalyst comprising a silicon-containing aluminophosphate with the IZA framework code FAU. | 34,679 |
8,816,594 | 1. A lighting circuit for a light emitting diode (LED) bulb capable of operating at different light output levels depending on received AC power, the LED bulb comprising: a first group of LEDs electrically connected together to emit light as a group; a second group of LEDs electrically connected together to emit light as a group; an AC/DC converter circuit electrically connected to the first group of LEDs and the second group of LEDs; a detector circuit configured to detect received AC power; and a selection circuit configured to cause the AC/DC converter circuit to provide current into one configuration of LEDs from the group of configurations of LEDs consisting of: the first group of LEDs only, the second group of LEDs only, and the first and second group of LEDs, | 8,342 |
8,456,210 | 1. A method of calibrating a DLL, the DLL comprising a phase detector having a reference input and a feedback input, the phase detector being designed to generate a pair of error signals representing a phase difference between signals received on the reference input and the feedback input, the DLL also comprising an amplifier having a first input and a second input, the amplifier being designed to amplify the difference of voltages at the first input and the second input, a first error signal of the pair being provided on a first path to the first input and a second error signal of the pair being provided on a second path to the second input, the method comprising: providing an identical signal on both of the reference input and the feedback input; examining an output of the amplifier to identify a first comparison result between the voltages on the first input and the second input; and changing an electrical characteristic of the signal on at least one of the first path and the second path until a second comparison result is obtained at the output of the amplifier. | 1,286 |
9,854,454 | 1. A method, wherein the method is applied to a remote electrical tilt antenna system, the remote electrical tilt antenna system comprises an antenna radio frequency port, a signal generator, and a remote electrical tilt unit, a signal coupling unit is disposed in the antenna radio frequency port, the signal generator is connected to the signal coupling unit, and any two of the signal generator, the remote electrical tilt unit and a base station remain in a communication connection with each other using an antenna interface standards group (AISG) interface, and the method comprises: selecting, by the base station, the remote electrical tilt unit and sending instruction information to the signal generator, wherein the instruction information instructs the signal generator to connect to an antenna radio frequency port corresponding to the remote electrical tilt unit and enable the signal generator to generate a signal; receiving, by the base station, the signal when the signal reaches the antenna radio frequency port through the signal coupling unit and is sent using the antenna radio frequency port; and selecting, by the base station, a target sector according to a background noise value of each base station radio frequency port, wherein selecting the target sector according to a background noise value of each base station radio frequency port comprises: | 8,190 |
8,376,708 | 1. A drivetrain for a wind turbine, said drivetrain comprising: a gearbox comprising a housing and an output shaft rotatably coupled within said housing, said gearbox further comprising at least one bearing positioned between said housing and said output shaft; a braking system operatively coupled to said gearbox, said braking system comprising a rotary component and a stationary component; a generator comprising: an insulating ring, wherein said rotor is coupled to said output shaft via a coupling disk such that a substantially insulated joint is defined between said coupling disk and said rotor using said insulating ring, wherein, said gearbox output shaft and said at least one bearing facilitate supporting said braking system rotary component. | 25,678 |
9,240,012 | 1. A method for performing a multifactor authentication between an authenticating entity and a customer remote from the authenticating entity, utilizing a primary communication channel and a secondary communication channel, the method comprising: receiving from the customer, by a processing machine of the authenticating entity, primary authentication information via the primary communication channel; processing the primary authentication information by the processing machine of the authenticating entity, and retrieving customer information based on the primary authentication information; presenting a message to the customer regarding a desired mode of communication through which the customer would like to perform a secondary authentication; receiving from the customer a selection of the desired mode of communication, which desired mode of communication comprises the secondary communication channel; transmitting, by the processing machine of the authenticating entity, secondary authentication information to the customer via the secondary communication channel, the secondary communication channel being different than the primary communication channel; receiving from the customer via the primary communication channel at least a portion of the secondary authentication information; processing the secondary authentication information received from the customer by the processing machine of the authenticating entity to authenticate the customer; and based on successful authentication of the primary authentication information and receipt of the at least a portion of the secondary authentication information from the customer, the processing machine of the authenticating entity authenticating the customer. | 23,999 |
8,738,255 | 1. A drive system comprising: a continuously variable transmission (CVT) having a plurality of spherical planets arranged radially about a longitudinal axis of the transmission; a control system coupled to the CVT, the control system comprising: | 8,859 |
9,753,532 | 1. An image processing method, comprising: receiving a first image rendered by a graphics processing unit (GPU) from the GPU; comparing the first image with a second image rendered by the GPU before the first image; and controlling a rendering frequency of the GPU based on a result of comparing the first image with the second image, wherein the second image comprises a first rendered image rendered by the GPU before the first image and a second rendered image, and controlling the rendering frequency of the GPU comprises: comparing the first image with the first rendered image and determining a first degree of similarity between the first image and the first rendered image; comparing the first image with the second rendered image and determining a second degree of similarity between the first image and the second rendered image; and controlling the rendering frequency of the GPU based on an average value of the first degree of similarity and the second degree of similarity. | 31,034 |
9,278,313 | 1. An exhaust gas purification system comprising: an exhaust gas purifier having a catalyst and being disposed in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine; and a controller being configured to perform a control for recovering a purification ability of the exhaust gas purifier or a control for purifying exhaust gas, by feeding into the exhaust passage a hydrocarbon to an upstream side of the exhaust gas purifier by in-cylinder post fuel injection or exhaust passage direct injection under a preset hydrocarbon feed condition, and combusting the hydrocarbon in the exhaust gas purifier, preset an activation threshold line of exhaust gas flow rate or intake air flow rate with respect to an exhaust gas temperature of the internal combustion engine, the activation threshold line serving as a boundary between an active region where the hydrocarbon fed into the exhaust passage is combusted in the exhaust gas purifier and a misfire region where the hydrocarbon fed into the exhaust passage is absorbed by the catalyst and cannot be combusted in the exhaust gas purifier, find an exhaust gas temperature as well as an exhaust gas flow rate or an intake air flow rate during the preset hydrocarbon feed condition, determine whether a combination of the exhaust gas temperature with the exhaust gas flow rate or the intake air flow rate is within the active region or the misfire region, and if the combination is determined to be within the active region, it is decided to feed the hydrocarbon, and the hydrocarbon is fed, whereas if the combination is determined to be within the misfire region, it is decided to stop the feed of the hydrocarbon, and the feed of the hydrocarbon is stopped. | 20,693 |
9,487,843 | 1. A method for producing a bearing ring of a rolling bearing, comprising the steps of: preparing a formed body constituted of hypereutectoid steel; forming an annular heated region heated to a temperature of at least an A simultaneously cooling a whole of said annular heated region to a temperature of not more than an M wherein in the step of cooling the whole of said annular heated region, the temperature of said annular heated region is retained within a range of predetermined temperature and time in which an area ratio of carbide in said rolling contact surface becomes at least 5.2% and a hardness of said rolling contact surface becomes at least 62 HRC after the whole of said annular heated region is cooled, and wherein said hypereutectoid steel is steel containing at least 0.95 mass % and not more than 1.10 mass % of carbon, at least 0.40 mass % and not more than 0.70 mass % of silicon, at least 0.90 mass % and not more than 1.15 mass % of manganese, and at least 0.90 mass % and not more than 1.20 mass % of chromium with the rest consisting of iron and an impurity. | 42,909 |
9,656,294 | 1. A method for passivating a substrate, comprising: exposing a surface of a substrate comprising silicon-hydride groups to a vapor-phase initiator species under conditions which facilitate a radical reaction between at least a portion of the silicon-hydride groups and the vapor-phase initiator species; and exposing the surface of the substrate to a vapor-phase monomer species under conditions which facilitate polymerization of the monomer species, thereby producing a polymer material covalently attached to the surface of the substrate, wherein the vapor-phase monomer species is decadiene, meta diethynyl benzene, or para diethynyl benzene. | 30,023 |
8,639,840 | 1. A processing unit for accelerating data transmission from a data store, the processing unit being coupled to a bus, and the processing unit comprising: a transmission policy controller configured to initiate a handshake save policy according to a predetermined condition, the handshake save policy allowing data blocks of at least two adjacent address segments in the data store to be continuously transmitted on the bus from the data store; and a data access controller configured to send a data request on the bus to the data store, wherein the data request includes a handshake save command and specifies an address range; the data store receives the data request, determines if adjacent data blocks are stored in the specified address range; and if adjacent data blocks are stored in the specified address range, transmits a reply to the data access controller and transmits the adjacent data blocks to the data access controller using the handshake save policy; and the data access controller is further configured to receive said reply and said adjacent data blocks from the data store. | 47,399 |
9,094,915 | 1. A method in a communication device for adapting a transmission of data to be transferred from a first chip to a second chip over a chip-to-chip interface, wherein the chip-to-chip-interface comprises a wired connection between the first chip and the second chip comprised in the communication device, the method comprising: receiving a radio signal comprising the transmission of data from another communication device; determining modulation and coding information of the received radio signal; determining a channel quality of the received radio signal based on the determined modulation and coding information; adapting the transmission of data based on the determined channel quality of the received radio signal such that at least the determined channel quality is obtained when transferring the transmission of data; and transferring the transmission of data over the chip-to-chip interface to the second chip, wherein the received radio signal is an analog signal, and wherein the determining of the channel quality of the received radio signal is based on a signal to noise value of the received radio signal, and the adapting of the transmission of data such that at least the determined channel quality is obtained when transferring the transmission of data includes any of: increasing load impedance to reduce the channel quality, or vice versa; decreasing signal amplitude to reduce the analog signal, or vice versa; and changing a slew-rate of the analogue signal to adapt the channel quality. | 10,892 |
9,622,983 | 1. A sustained release formulation of topiramate comprising topiramate in the form of micronized particles ranging from 1 μm to 1000 μm in size, which topiramate is released immediately and continuously upon administration from the formulation, the formulation comprising: (a) an extended release (XR) topiramate-containing component, comprising a coating material selected from the group consisting of cellulosic polymers and acrylic polymers, and, optionally, (b) an immediate release (IR) topiramate-containing component comprising: wherein the XR component exhibits a maximum plasma concentration of topiramate in vivo between 4 and 8.5 hours, inclusive, after a single initial dose. | 2,004 |
9,673,879 | 1. A method for a wireless local area network, the method comprising: receiving, by a station, station allocation information for indicating an uplink time and a downlink time from an access point, the station allocation information including an indication subfield, a type subfield, the indication subfield indicating whether any subfield for a multi-user (MU) group is included in the station allocation information, the type subfield indicating that the indication subfield is present, wherein, if the indication subfield is set to a first value, the station allocation information further includes a group subfield and a start offset subfield, the group subfield indicating a group of stations for receiving a data frame from the AP through a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission scheme, the start offset subfield indicating a starting time to be accessed by the group of stations; and when the station belongs to the group of stations, receiving, by the station, the data frame from the access point at the downlink time indicated by the station allocation information. | 38,370 |
8,861,566 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting a message at a first time slot of a frequency hopping sequence; determining a second time slot in the frequency hopping sequence at which a response to the message is expected; entering a sleep mode; emerging from the sleep mode to monitor for the response to the message at the second time slot; and wherein a same frequency is associated with the both the first and second time slots. | 10,473 |
9,722,118 | 1. Method for producing a photovoltaic module comprising back-contact cells, said method comprising the steps of: providing a back-contact back-sheet comprising an outer surface facing the air-side of the photovoltaic module and an inner surface opposite said outer face and exposed to the inside of said photovoltaic module, providing a lower encapsulating layer, aligning and applying said lower encapsulating layer to said inner surface of said back-contact back-sheet, said lower encapsulating layer comprising a lower surface facing said inner surface of said back-contact back-sheet and an upper surface opposite said lower surface, causing adhesion of one or more predetermined portions of said lower surface of said lower encapsulating layer to said back-contact back-sheet, each of said one or more predetermined portions of said lower encapsulating layer adhering to a respective portion of said inner surface of said back-contact back-sheet, each of said one or more predetermined portions having a surface area less than the total surface area of said lower surface of said lower encapsulating layer, applying one or more back-contact photovoltaic cells onto said upper surface of said lower encapsulating layer, said step of causing said adhesion of said one or more predetermined portions of said lower surface of said lower encapsulating layer being performed after said step of applying said lower encapsulating layer to said back-contact back-sheet, wherein said step of causing said adhesion of said one or more predetermined portions of said lower surface of said lower encapsulating layer is performed before said step of applying one or more back-contact photovoltaic cells onto said upper surface of said lower encapsulating layer. | 22,844 |
8,723,347 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a gas compressor configured to be operated by a wind turbine and in fluid communication with a compressed gas storage unit; and a gas expander in fluid communication with the compressed gas storage unit and comprising, the gas expander is a dedicated expander; and the gas compressor is a dedicated compressor comprising, | 277 |
9,562,012 | 1. A compound of Formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Each of R R each of R or R Ring A is a 5-8 membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated ring having 0-3 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O, or S, wherein ring A is optionally substituted with 1-3 of R each R each R | 43,771 |
9,684,551 | 1. A method of inter-thread push communication in a data processing system, the method comprising: maintaining, in a switch of the data processing system, a receive data structure including a plurality of receive entries each uniquely corresponding to a receive window, wherein each of the plurality of receive entries includes addressing information for one or more mailboxes into which messages can be injected via inter-thread push communication; maintaining, in the switch, a send data structure including a plurality of send entries each uniquely corresponding to a send window, wherein each of the plurality of send entries includes a receive window field that identifies one or more receive windows and further includes an independently configurable addressing mode field; and in response to a request to push a message referenced by an instruction of a sending thread to one or more receiving threads: | 38,731 |
9,087,222 | 1. A machine, comprising: circuitry for accepting at least one indication of at least one inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device where the at least one inertial impact exceeds at least one predetermined inertial impact threshold; circuitry for initiating at least one hibernation mode at least partially based on the circuitry for accepting at least one indication of at least one inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device; and circuitry for presenting at least one indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on the circuitry for accepting at least one indication of at least one inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device. | 9,476 |
8,390,734 | 1. A method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving an input image; detecting a moving object in the input image; measuring an amount of movement of the moving object; and establishing a shutter time for a capturing operation according to the amount of movement of the moving object and according to at least one of: an established file size of an image to be captured or an established image size of the image to be captured wherein the amount of movement is measured as a measurement moving pixel number corresponding to the number of pixels by which the moving object moves between the two or more input images, wherein the shutter time is established according to an equation “shutter time=(allowable moving pixel number/measurement moving pixel number)×measured gap×compensation coefficient,” wherein the measured gap is the time between capturing input images, the allowable moving pixel is a number of pixels that the moving object may move during the shutter time, and wherein compensation coefficient is a constant based on the image size of the image to be captured. | 32,193 |
8,473,267 | 1. A computer-aided method suitable for assisting in the design or analysis of an aircraft by providing a variable distribution V over the three dimensional surface of an aircraft or an aircraft component inside a predefined parameter space by means of a reconstruction of the results obtained through computations for an initial group of points in the parameter space using a CFD model in connection with a structured mesh defined on said three dimensional surface, characterized in that in each of said computations it comprises the following steps: a) Selecting at least one shock wave structure along a mesh line in the chord direction said shock wave structure extending between a first point and a last point in the mesh line, said shock wave being defined by its thickness δ b) Decomposing said variable distribution V obtained through computations for an initial group of points into a smooth variable distribution V b). . . and a shock wave variable distribution V c) Obtaining the variable distribution V at a point of the parameter space other than one included in said initial group of points by combination of the smooth variable distribution V | 7,026 |
9,285,135 | 1. A method to regulate at least one room comfort variable in at least one room using an air flow supplied via an inlet air duct, comprising: supplying, by a primary ventilation system, the air flow minimized in respect of volume flow; regulating a room comfort variable by a regulator device in a comfort band assigned to the room comfort variable; and controlling supply of the air flow, from the primary ventilation system to the room, in an automatically executed pulsed operation in which the air flow is alternately switched on and switched off, the air flow supplied to the room being switched off when the room comfort variable lies within the comfort band assigned thereto, and the air flow supplied to the room being switched on when at least one out-of-band room comfort variable lies outside the comfort band assigned thereto, to bring about a required change to the at least one out-of-band room comfort variable, wherein the room comfort variable including an inner comfort band, an outer comfort band and a central comfort band, the central comfort band being within the outer comfort band and the inner comfort band being within the central comfort band, and said controlling demands the air flow to be switched off when a value of the room comfort variable lies in the inner comfort band and demands switching on the air flow when the value of the room comfort variable reaches the central comfort band, and a setpoint value related to the at least one room comfort variable of the air flow is changed by a signal from the regulator device to a pre-specified value to obtain an accelerated displacement of an actual value of the at least one room comfort variable into the inner comfort band, when an actual value of the at least one room comfort variable established by the regulator device for the at least one room lies outside the central comfort band. | 2,050 |
8,400,800 | 1. A power converter, comprising: an energy-transfer reactance, comprising at least one inductor which has at least two terminals; an input switch array comprising multiple switch pairs, each connected to one phase of a polyphase connection, and each configured to selectably source or sink current to each of said terminals of said inductor at various different times; and an output network connected to extract energy from said reactance when said input switch array is not active; wherein said input switch array performs at least two drive operations, in the same direction but from different ones of said phases, during a single half-cycle of said reactance. | 20,504 |
9,697,268 | 1. A bulk data distribution system, comprising: a primary data store that stores one or more data sets of production data; an intermediate data store; one or more snapshot producer modules implemented on one or more computing devices, wherein the one or more computing devices each comprise one or more processors and are configured to: a plurality of snapshot consumer modules implemented on one or more other computing devices, wherein the one or more other computing devices each comprise one or more processors and are each configured to: | 22,821 |
9,573,325 | 1. A mould shell for forming a wind turbine blade comprising a first mould shell section having a longitudinal axis, the first mould shell section further comprising: a first mould surface for receiving a fibre-reinforced composite for the wind turbine blade; and a first connecting edge arranged laterally in relation to the longitudinal axis of the first mould shell section in a chord-wise direction of the first mould shell section, said first connecting edge being adapted to provide an interface for another mould shell section of said mould shell, wherein said first mould surface includes a first recessed portion adjoining said first connecting edge, said first recessed portion being adapted to accommodate a portion of a bridging sheet, and wherein the first recessed portion recesses from a normal level of the first mould surface, the first recessed portion comprising a straight section having an oblong cross section adjoining the first connecting edge, and a tapered section tapering from the level of the straight section to the level of the normal level of the first mould surface. | 1,315 |
9,194,569 | 1. An illuminant device comprising: a housing comprising an upper end, a lower end opposite to the upper end, a first accommodating space formed in a first tubular configuration and arranged between the upper end and the lower end, and a second accommodating space formed in a second tubular configuration and spatially isolated from the first accommodating space; an illuminant element placed on the upper end; a resistor located within the first accommodating space and electrically connected to the illuminant element; and an over-temperature protecting element located within the second accommodating space and arranged between the illuminant element and the lower end. | 2,088 |
9,783,345 | 1. A sliding lid for an associated food container having first and second flanged edge portions on opposing sides of an opening, the sliding lid comprising: a main lid panel having first and second flange-receiving channels configured to slidably receive the flanged edge portions of the container from an open position in which the opening of the container is uncovered to a closed position in which the main lid panel covers the opening of the container, the first and second flange-receiving channels being configured to retain the lid on the container; and a backstop provided between the two flange-receiving channels, the backstop being configured to restrict further sliding of the lid beyond the closed position, wherein the backstop comprises a stopping portion and a backstop guide, wherein said backstop guide is configured to direct a third edge portion of the container extending between the first and second flanged-edge portions towards the stopping portion of the backstop as the lid is slid towards the closed position. | 21,119 |
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