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9,339,958 | 1. A mold mounting platen for an injection molding machine, the mold mounting platen comprising: a mold mounting member; and a clamping force transmission member; wherein at least one of the mold mounting member and the clamping force transmission member comprises: an amount of protrusion of the central bearing surface in a direction opposite to a direction of depth of the recessed portion and parallel to a mold opening/closing direction is larger than that of the peripheral bearing surface. | 5,933 |
8,402,206 | 1. A solid state drive system comprising: a memory controller electrically coupled to a channel, wherein the memory controller is configured to select one of a plurality of flash memory devices and, in response to the selection, provide a control signal; and a multiplexing circuit electrically coupled to the channel and configured to be coupled to the plurality of flash memory devices, wherein the multiplexing circuit is configured to receive the control signal from the memory controller and, in response, to couple the channel to the selected one of the plurality of flash memory devices and to decouple the remainder of the plurality of flash memory devices from the memory controller. | 24,437 |
9,558,034 | 1. A computer program product comprising: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media bearing at least: | 48,031 |
8,759,518 | 1. A compound of Formula (1), wherein P R is selected from: wherein R Rc is selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkaoxy, haloalkyl, monohaloalkyloxy, and dihaloalkyloxy, Rd is selected from alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, CF Ra and Rb are same or different and each represents hydrogen, an alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group of 7 to 12 carbon atoms. | 12,723 |
8,932,672 | 1. A substrate processing method employing a substrate processing apparatus that is arranged adjacent to an exposure device that subjects a substrate to exposure processing by means of an immersion method, said substrate processing apparatus comprising a processing section that subjects the substrate to processing, and an interface that is provided adjacent to one end of said processing section for exchanging the substrate between said processing section and said exposure device, the substrate processing method comprising the steps of: forming a photosensitive film made of a photosensitive material on the substrate before said exposure processing in said processing section; subjecting the substrate after said step of forming the photosensitive film and before said exposure processing to thermal processing in said processing section; cleaning an edge of the substrate after said thermal processing and before said exposure processing using a brush such that a contaminant at the edge, on which the photosensitive film is not formed, of the substrate is physically stripped while horizontally holding the substrate by a holder, rotating the substrate held by the holder around an axis perpendicular to the substrate, and supplying pure water to the edge, on which the photosensitive film is not formed, of the substrate being rotated in said interface, immediately before said exposure processing by said exposure device; and transporting the substrate after said step of cleaning the edge to said exposure device in said interface, wherein the brush does not come into contact with the photosensitive film formed by the step of forming the photosensitive film in said cleaning step. | 16,208 |
9,470,913 | 1. A method for electro-optical heterodyning, the method comprising: optically coupling a first optical signal and a second optical signal to produce a local oscillator signal propagated in two signal paths comprising a first signal path and a second signal path; electro-optically phase modulating the local oscillator signal in the first signal path and the second signal path with a radio frequency electrical signal to produce a first phase modulated optical signal and a second phase modulated optical signal respectively; optically coupling the first phase modulated optical signal and the second phase modulated optical signal to produce an intensity modulated signal comprising an RF frequency of the radio frequency electrical signal frequency mixed by a local oscillator frequency of the local oscillator signal, wherein the intensity modulated signal is produced as a first intensity optical signal in the first signal path and a second intensity optical signal in the second signal path; photo-detecting the first intensity optical signal as a first electrical signal; photo-detecting the second intensity optical signal as a second electrical signal; combining the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to produce an output signal; and rejecting a common mode of the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to produce the output signal. | 45,882 |
9,487,456 | 1. A process for the tetramerisation of ethylene, the process including: (a) providing an activated catalyst comprising: (b) contacting ethylene to be tetramerised with the activated catalyst at a reaction temperature of from above 80° C. to about 130° C. | 47,828 |
8,890,973 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first white balance correction value for correcting white balance for image data based on a pixel value in a divided region, among a plurality of divided regions into which the image data is divided, where a color evaluation value is within a predetermined color range; and a second calculation unit configured to calculate, if the first white balance correction value is at a high temperature side of a predetermined threshold value, a second white balance correction value for correcting white balance for the image data based on a pixel value in a divided region within a color range where a color range at a low temperature side of the predetermined color range is limited. | 3,428 |
9,721,523 | 1. A driving device of a display apparatus, comprising: a gate driver comprising a plurality of gate driving circuits, each of the gate driving circuits being configured to: a gate on voltage modulator configured to modulate a gate on voltage according to a modulation control signal to generate a first modulated gate on voltage; and a signal controller configured to generate the modulation control signal and the gate control signal, wherein at least one of the plurality of gate driving circuits comprises an amplifier, the amplifier comprising: | 4,027 |
8,614,259 | 1. A process for making a solid component out of recycled powder coat, the process comprising: providing powder coat; providing a second material in the form of recycled polymer filter media; mixing the powder coat with the second material to produce a powder coat-second material mixture; processing the powder coat-second material mixture, the processing selected from the group consisting of granulating and densifying, the processing producing a precursor made from recycled powder coat; placing the precursor in a molding machine, the molding machine selected from the group consisting of an injection molding machine, an extrusion molding machine, a blow molding machine, a thermal blow molding machine, a thermal form molding machine and compression molding machine; and molding a solid component from the precursor. | 30,303 |
8,581,041 | 1. A plant cell comprising either: (a) two expression units, wherein (b) a single expression unit which comprises a third promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide which encodes putrescine aminotransferase comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:52. | 6,557 |
8,938,639 | 1. A computer-implemented method for performing fast failovers, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying an application to fail over from a first computing system to a second computing system; identifying a first component of the application to fail over, the first component depending on a second component of the application and a third component of the application, the second component and third component being mutually independent; failing the application over from the first computing system to the second computing system by, based on a determination that the second component and third component are mutually independent: | 10,046 |
8,519,890 | 1. A planar bi-directional radiation antenna, comprising: a substrate, comprising a first surface and a second surface; a first reflecting element, disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and a first notch in the first surface being formed by a concavely recessed upper edge of the first reflecting element; an antenna body, disposed on the substrate, and located inside the first notch, wherein the antenna body and the first reflecting element are respectively symmetrical to a predetermined direction; a second reflecting element, disposed on the second surface of the substrate, and a second notch in the second surface being formed by a concavely recessed upper edge of the second reflecting element, wherein the first and second reflecting elements overlap with each other at least partially in a projection onto a plane in parallel with the substrate the first notch and the second notch have a corresponding configuration on a vertical projection plane; a third reflecting element, disposed on the substrate, wherein the antenna body and the third reflecting element are arranged sequentially along the predetermined direction, wherein the third reflecting element covers openings of the first and second notches at least partially, and the first reflecting element, the second reflecting element and the third reflecting element entirely surround the antenna body to thereby form the planar bi-directional radiation antenna generating two beams, wherein the two beams have a first angle relative to the substrate. | 12,073 |
9,737,457 | 1. A sexual appliance comprising: An elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end divided by an elbow therebetween, said elongate body further comprises therein a first span extending from said proximal end to said elbow and a second span extending from said elbow to said distal end; wherein said elbow is curved upwards at an angle that departs from a horizontal plane that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of said first span, such that a longitudinal axis of said second span extends upwards according to a ray defined by said angle; and wherein said second span comprises a G-spot stimulating means for stimulating the Grafenberg area when said second span is adapted to be inserted into a vagina of a person, said G-spot stimulating means comprising one or more of a mechanical finger that oscillates in a reciprocal motion within a protuberance that protrudes from a dorsal surface of said second span; where said G-spot stimulating means further comprises flanges bowing laterally outwards from said elongate body in the second span, said flanges accommodating an expanded internal space within said body within said second span wherein one or more additional mechanical stimulating elements are housed which augment the stimulation of the Grafenberg area by the G-spot stimulating means; wherein said additional mechanical stimulating elements comprise a pair of vibrating motors, each of said motors being mounted within said flanges on either side of said mechanical finger. | 15,298 |
8,470,947 | 1. An ethylenic polymer satisfying the following requirements: (a) the ethylenic polymer is a non-crosslinked ethylenic polymer; (b) the number of long-chain branches (LCB) per 1000 carbon atoms is 0.1 or more and 1.5 or less; (c) the intrinsic viscosity [η] is 1.0 dl/g or more and 3.0 dl/g or less; and (d) the ratio (G′/G″) of the storage modulus (G′) to the loss modulus (G″), determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 190° C. and at an angular frequency of 0.1 rad/sec is 0.8 or more and 4.0 or less. | 16,073 |
8,429,660 | 1. A processor-implemented method, comprising: receiving, via processor, from a requestor a scope request including an indication of a number of compute units to be reserved for a scope, the compute units representing a quantifiable parameter associated with processing machines that define an amount of processing power; receiving, via the processor, an application request associated with the scope, wherein the scope request includes an indication of a subscription period; determining, via the processor, a requested number of compute units for the application request; allocating, via the processor, the requested number of compute units and an additional number of compute units for the application request, wherein allocating comprises allocating at least one of any available processing machines from a pool of processing machines having the requested number of compute units and the additional number of compute units to the application request, and wherein other processing machines from the pool are allocated to other application requests associated with other scopes; dividing, via the processor, the application request into a plurality of tasks; associating, via the processor, a deadline with each task; assigning, via the processor, each task to one of the allocated processing machines; if a processing machine does not complete the task before the deadline, reassigning, via the processor, the task to another allocated processing machine; and allocating, via the processor, a cost to the requestor, wherein the allocated cost is based at least in part on a number of compute units reserved for the scope and a cost-per-compute unit computed by dividing an overall cost associated with the entire pool of processing machines by a total number of compute units representing the processing power associated with all of the processing machines. | 45,410 |
9,058,568 | 1. A method for failure prediction for equipment subject to periodically varying failure risk, the method comprising: receiving collected prior failure data of the equipment in connection with at least one of an environmental condition and an operating condition, wherein the collected prior failure data was collected during a time period excluding a portion of a failure history of the equipment; identifying periodic effects on the failure risk corresponding to the time period excluding the portion of the failure history of the equipment and modeling periodic patterns; modeling failure times with the periodic patterns; constructing balance equations with respect to phase values of the failure times, wherein: estimating, based on the balance equations, an unknown initial phase value at a start of the time period excluding the portion of the failure history of the equipment; and using the estimated initial phase value when predicting a subsequent failure time distribution of the equipment; wherein the balance equations are constructed according to the following equation: wherein, θ and φ denote a phase at failure time T wherein one or more steps of the method are performed by a computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. | 23,049 |
8,966,545 | 1. A method of connecting devices in a home entertainment system, the method comprising: obtaining, by a home theatre network interface device, a registration from a wireless home entertainment hub, wherein the home theatre network interface device is connected to multiple legacy source devices and recognized by the wireless home entertainment hub as a wireless source device representing the multiple legacy source devices; storing, by the home theatre network interface device, an indication of the registration; converting, by the home theatre network interface device, first output data received from a first legacy source device to an information format compatible with a first sink device; converting, by the home theatre network interface device, second output data received from a second legacy source device to an information format compatible with the first sink device; and transmitting, by the home theatre network interface device, the converted information formats of the first output data and the second output data to the first sink device for simultaneous presentation at the first sink device. | 19,434 |
9,531,702 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are capable of causing a mobile device to perform operations comprising: transmitting login information for a user of the mobile device to an authorization system and receiving confirmation of a login of the user to a user account; while the user is logged in to the user account, receiving a first permission request from the authorization system to perform an action related to the user account; causing display of a message that permits a user to select whether to automate a response for future permission requests if at least one automation criterion is satisfied; receiving first user input responsive to the message; after receiving the first user input, receiving a second permission request from the authorization system while the user is logged in to the user account, wherein the second permission request is to perform an action related to the user account; determining that the at least one automation criterion is met for the second permission request; and in response to the determining, automatically responding to the second permission request based on the first user input without requesting additional user input indicating whether to grant or deny the second permission request. | 36,894 |
9,546,941 | 1. A method for estimating a specific gravity of a gaseous fuel, the gaseous fuel powering an engine and the engine including a cylinder, a gas valve configured to supply an intake port of the cylinder with the gaseous fuel, a gas rail configured to deliver the gaseous fuel to the gas valve, and a microprocessor adapted to perform the method, said method comprising: establishing a pressure wave in the gas rail by opening and closing the gas valve, the pressure wave traveling at a speed of sound in the gaseous fuel; determining a frequency of the pressure wave in the gas rail; and estimating the specific gravity of the gaseous fuel based on the frequency of the pressure wave. | 32,696 |
9,723,547 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting, by an access point (AP) of a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a user equipment (UE), an indication of a network access identifier (NAI) realm; and identifying, by the WLAN AP in a communication received from the UE, an indication of an association of the UE with the AP based on a comparison of the NAI realm to one or more selection policy parameters of a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network. | 29,661 |
8,545,702 | 1. A method for producing biodiesel from feedstock, the method comprising the steps in the order recited: (a) filtering a biodiesel feedstock, thereby separating from the feedstock solid particles having a diameter up to 2 microns, to provide a filtrate and a retentate; (b) separating water from the filtrate, to provide a dried filtrate; (c) distilling the dried filtrate, to provide a distillate and a residue; (d) distilling the distillate to provide a subsequent distillate and optionally a subsequent residue; (e) repeating at least one of steps (c) and (d), one or more times, by distilling the subsequent distillate, to obtain a final distillate; (f) passing the final distillate through an ion exchange resin; (g) contacting (i) methanol, (ii) a solid heterogeneous esterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, and (iii) the final distillate, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide an esterification reaction product comprising biodiesel, methanol, water, and optionally free fatty acids; (h) separating water and methanol from the esterification reaction product; (i) contacting the esterification reaction product with (i) methanol and (ii) a solid heterogeneous esterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide a subsequent esterification reaction product comprising biodiesel, methanol, water and optionally free fatty acids; wherein the methanol separated from the one or more esterification reaction products is purified to a purity of at least about 99.9 wt. %, and is employed in a subsequent esterification, transesterification, or combination thereof; (j) contacting at a temperature of less than 102° F. (38.89° C.) (i) methanol, (ii) a solid heterogeneous transesterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, and (iii) the esterification reaction product, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide a biodiesel, methanol, water, glycerin and optionally triglycerides; (k) separating water, glycerin and methanol from the transesterification reaction product; (l) contacting the transesterification reaction product with (i) methanol and (ii) a solid heterogeneous transesterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide a subsequent transesterification reaction product comprising biodiesel, methanol, water, glycerin and optionally triglycerides; and wherein the methanol separated from the one or more transesterification reaction products is purified to a purity of at least about 99.9 wt. %, and is employed in a subsequent esterification, transesterification, or combination thereof; (m) removing glycerin, water and methanol from the one or more transesterification reaction products, to provide a mixture comprising biodiesel; (n) distilling the methanol obtained from the one or more transesterification reaction products, one or more times, to provide methanol having a purity of at least about 99 wt. %, and reusing the purified methanol in a subsequent esterification, transesterification, or combination thereof; and (o) distilling the biodiesel one or more times, to provide a purified biodiesel. | 46,371 |
8,985,498 | 1. A method of assembling an airborne platform for generating electricity, comprising: a) providing a first plurality of photovoltaic (PV) panel modules, each module comprising a PV panel, a rigid truss framework, and an inflatable gas bag; b) assembling the first plurality of PV panel modules into a first sub-platform by mechanically and electrically connecting adjacent PV panel modules to each other; c) tethering the first sub-platform to the ground with a first tether; d) deploying the first sub-platform to the stratosphere by inflating the gas bags of the first plurality of PV panel modules with a lighter-than-air gas; e) providing a second plurality of PV panel modules, each module comprising a PV panel, a rigid truss framework, and an inflatable gas bag; f) assembling the second plurality of PV panel modules into a second sub-platform by mechanically and electrically connecting adjacent PV panel modules to each other; g) tethering the second sub-platform to the ground with a second tether; h) attaching a boom between the second sub-platform and the first tether; i) deploying the second sub-platform to the stratosphere by inflating the gas bags of the second plurality of PV panel modules with a lighter-than-air gas, wherein the boom maintains the spacing between the first tether and the second sub-platform while the second sub-platform is deploying; and j) assembling a platform from the first and second sub-platforms in the stratosphere, wherein the boom mechanically connects the first and second sub-platforms. | 26,635 |
9,802,558 | 1. A system comprising: a vehicle battery system; a primary contactor configured to selectively couple a positive terminal of the vehicle battery system to a common primary rail; a pre-charging circuit disposed in parallel with the primary contactor comprising a pre-charging contactor and a pre-charging resistor disposed in series; a plurality of vehicle modules coupled to the common primary rail; and a plurality of branch contactors, each branch contactor being associated with at least one vehicle module of the plurality of vehicle modules and being configured to selectively couple an associated vehicle module to a secondary rail coupled to a negative terminal of the vehicle battery system, wherein the pre-charging circuit is configured to perform independent pre-charging operations for branches associated with each of the plurality of branch contactors by selectively actuating the primary contactor, the pre-charging contactor, and the plurality of branch contactors. | 35,366 |
8,522,750 | 1. A method for pressure balancing an internal combustion engine; said engine including a plurality of cylinders each having a reciprocating piston and a rotating crankshaft operatively connected to said piston, a plurality of fuel injector valves each provided to selectively deliver an amount of fuel directly into one of said cylinders, a corresponding plurality of adjustable fuel-balancing valves each fluidly connected to one of said fuel injector valves for controlling the amount of fuel delivered to said one of said fuel injector valves and a plurality of cylinder pressure sensors each mounted to one of said cylinders to sense a pressure within one of said cylinders and to provide an output signal representing said cylinder pressure; said method comprising an automatic engine balancing process including an automatic pressure balancing procedure including the steps of: a) monitoring a cylinder pressure in each of said cylinders during an engine cycle; b) determining a peak combustion pressure produced in each of said cylinders during the engine cycle; b) calculating a mean of said peak combustion pressures produced in all of said cylinders during the engine cycle; c) calculating a pressure difference between said mean and said peak combustion pressure produced in each of said cylinders during the engine cycle for each of said cylinders; and d) incrementally adjusting the amount of fuel delivered by one of said adjustable fuel-balancing valves to the corresponding one of said fuel injector valves mounted to one of said cylinders having said pressure difference larger than a predetermined pressure value. | 30,643 |
9,493,099 | 1. A system for selectively concealing a child safety seat anchor in a vehicle, the system comprising: a seat; a seat anchor; a concealing trim piece pocket having a back wall formed in said seat; and a concealing trim piece having a front wall, said piece being rotatable attached to said seat, said piece being movable between an anchor concealing position in which said front wall faces away from said back wall and an anchor revealing position in which said front wall faces said back wall. | 9,822 |
9,796,117 | 1. An apparatus for forming a flange, comprising: a laminate component having at least a first layer and a second layer in a first position relative to each other, the laminate component further having a main section and a first end; a drum supporting the laminate component; a diaphragm member extending between the drum and the laminate component, the diaphragm member overlapping the first end and at least a portion of the main section of the laminate component, the diaphragm member having a first end extending outside of the laminate component proximate to the first end of the laminate component; a forming tool having a forming edge and a forming surface angled relative to the drum, the forming tool selectively engaging the forming edge with the main portion of the laminate component proximate to the first end of the laminate component and opposite the diaphragm member and the drum, the forming tool having a clamping surface overlapping the laminate component, the drum, and the diaphragm member; wherein the first end of the diaphragm member is configured to move away from the drum and selectively engage the forming tool, the diaphragm member being configured to deform the first end of the laminate component away from the drum about the forming edge of the forming tool, the first and second layers of the laminate component being configured to displace to a second position relative to each other, the laminate component having a substantially uniform thickness between the first and second layers in the second position. | 15,914 |
9,776,076 | 1. A system comprising: a memory comprising a set of compilation reel rules; and a processor configured to execute instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: | 2,412 |
9,475,980 | 1. A gelled aqueous fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid, a polymer in an amount effective to increase the viscosity of the aqueous fluid, and a breaker fluid selected from the group consisting of microemulsions and nanoemulsions, the breaker fluid further comprising: where the volume ratio of aqueous phase to surfactant to non-aqueous phase in the breaker fluid is about 10 to about 80 vol % aqueous phase to about 1 to about 20 vol % surfactant to about 10 to about 90 vol % non-aqueous phase, and where the concentration of the at least one organic peroxide in the non-aqueous phase ranges from about 32 to about 100 weight %. | 37,278 |
9,014,765 | 1. A method comprising: wirelessly receiving, by a mobile computing device from an access point, indicators of first and second intervals of time; | 28,419 |
9,609,600 | 1. A method for a wireless communication device containing a processing portion and an accessorial device separate from the processing portion, the accessorial device having a wired connection with the processing portion, comprising: providing power to the processing portion using a power source via a power-on switch and to the accessorial device without the power-on switch; performing device initialization of the wireless communication device; determining whether the wireless communication device recovers from a power-down standby mode, in which the power source is disconnected to the processing portion such that the processing portion does not consume power from the power source, wherein the processing portion includes at least a main processor for data processing, a memory coupled to the main processor for storing data, and a transmitter and a receiver for wireless communication through an antenna; in response to determining that the wireless communication device recovers from a power-down standby mode, recovering device states based on device states information stored in a non-volatile storage, and reporting device status including at least battery level of the wireless communication device to an external intended reporting entity based on configuration information of the wireless communication device; receiving an incoming communication message from the external intended reporting entity; determining whether the incoming communication message is a configuration updating message based on the reported device status; in response to determining the incoming communication message is a configuration updating message, configuring the device states based on the configuration updating message and updating the device states information stored in the non-volatile storage; receiving a user input to indicate an emergency event when the wireless communication device is at the power-down standby mode; in response to receiving the user input, turning on the power-on switch to connect the power source to the processing portion to recover the wireless communication device from the power-down standby mode, and using the wireless communication device to automatically send an emergency communication to a preconfigured emergency handling entity without further user input; and wherein, when the wireless communication device is recovered from the power-down standby mode, the power-on switch is turned on by a triggering signal created by the accessorial device without input from a host for the wireless communication device. | 35,915 |
8,439,201 | 1. A method of separating nanoparticles exhibiting different Raman-enhancement factors, comprising contacting a plurality of nanoparticles, on each of which one or more Raman-active molecules are adsorbed, with a photopolymerizable medium, exposing a plurality of said nanoparticles to radiation so as to excite at least one Raman active vibrational mode of said molecules in order to generate Raman-shifted radiation having a wavelength suitable for polymerizing said medium such that the Raman-shifted radiation causes selective polymerization of at least a portion of the medium surrounding one or more nanoparticles if said one or more nanoparticles provide a Raman enhancement factor greater than a threshold, and separating at least a portion of said nanoparticles from the remaining nanoparticles. | 45,202 |
9,216,473 | 1. An apparatus, for joining parts together using a tool having a head, comprising: a housing attached to the head and including a piston; a clamping stylus attached to the piston and configured to engage one of the parts at a spaced location from the tool; a heating element provided on the stylus and configured to heat the one part to facilitate joining the parts; and a thermal insulator disposed between the stylus and the piston. | 39,759 |
8,705,167 | 1. A system for compensating for polarization dependent loss experienced by an optical signal comprising: an optical amplifier configured to amplify an optical signal and having a polarization dependent gain (PDG); a polarization rotator coupled to the amplifier and configured to rotate the polarization of the optical signal before the signal enters the amplifier; and a polarization dependent loss (PDL) controller coupled to the amplifier and rotator and configured to: | 40,394 |
9,178,063 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a gate structure over a substrate; a source region in the substrate, wherein the source region is adjacent to the gate structure; a drain region in the substrate, wherein the drain region is adjacent to the gate structure; a first dislocation in the substrate between the source region and the drain region; a second dislocation in the substrate between the source region and the drain region, wherein the second dislocation is substantially parallel to the first dislocation, wherein at least one of the first dislocation or the second dislocation is outside the source region and the drain region; and a stress film over the gate structure. | 42,522 |
9,832,176 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a second device, a public identity key and a first public session key corresponding to a first device; generating, by the second device, a first message; generating, by the second device, a first encrypted message based on the first message, the public identity key, and the first public session key; and transmitting, by the second device, the first encrypted message to the first device. | 27,798 |
8,527,114 | 1. A method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a high voltage traction battery, an electric motor powered by the traction battery, and an electric air conditioning (AC) system, the method comprising: starting the vehicle by, if a climate control demand requires cooling: | 13,109 |
8,347,097 | 1. A method of registering a scan event for an object with a computer system, said object comprising: a first identifier identifying a unique identity of the object; a second identifier identifying a first digital signature for the unique identity; a third identifier identifying a second digital signature for the unique identity, the first and second digital signatures being different from each other; and a removable mask for masking at least part of the second identifier, the second identifier being readable only when said mask has been removed, said method comprising the steps of: reading the first and third identifiers; generating authentication data identifying the unique identity of the object and the second digital signature; sending the authentication data to the computer system; and authenticating the object by the computer system using the unique identity of the object and the second digital signature, wherein, following purchase of the object the method comprises the further step of: removing the mask, removal of said mask providing a visual indication of tampering to a user; reading the first and second identifiers; generating registration data identifying the unique identity of the object and the first digital signature; sending the registration data to the computer system; registering the scan event for the object by the computer system, registering the scan event registers the object as being purchased. | 16,448 |
8,643,085 | 1. A high-voltage-resistant semiconductor component comprising: an epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type arranged on a substrate of the first conductivity type; a body region of the first conductivity type arranged in the epitaxial layer; a channel region of a second conductivity type arranged in an upper part of the body region; a source region of the first conductivity type arranged adjacent the channel region; an insulator layer arranged between the channel region and a gate electrode; at least one trench with sidewalls and a bottom, a lower electrode extending between the sidewalls at the bottom of the trench and having a lower side in contact with the epitaxial layer under the trench, an insulating material disposed on the lower electrode, the insulating material extending from an upper side of the lower electrode to below an upper side of the epitaxial layer so that the insulating material is recessed in the trench, and an upper electrode formed on the insulating material; and a source electrode at least partially disposed in the trench above the insulating material and coupled to the source region, wherein the source electrode is integrated with the upper electrode. | 9,618 |
9,806,523 | 1. A method for operating a switching circuit including an input port, an output port, an energy storage device, a first switching device, and a second switching device electrically coupled across the output port, comprising: in a first operating mode of the switching circuit, controlling switching of the first switching device between its conductive and non-conductive states to transfer power from the input port to the output port; and in a second operating mode of the switching circuit: | 36,498 |
8,838,395 | 1. A method of determining the identity of a drug or drug formulation by recognizing a pattern of complex immittance from a library of known complex immittances, the method comprising: receiving an initial dataset comprising complex immittance spectrographic information for an unknown liquid sample, the complex immittance spectrographic information taken from a plurality of different electrode pairs each at a plurality of different frequencies wherein each pair of electrodes had different surface properties arising from a different size, different shape, or different material relative to each other, and further wherein the complex immittance spectrographic information was recorded while the electrode pairs were in contact with the unknown liquid sample; using a processor to apply one or more pattern recognition techniques to compare the initial dataset to an identification space database comprising a plurality of identification datasets wherein the identification datasets comprise complex immittance data corresponding to known drug compositions to determine if the initial dataset matches an identification dataset from the identification space database within a threshold range; and reporting that the initial dataset does or does not match an identification dataset, and if the initial dataset does match an identification dataset within the threshold range, reporting which drug or drugs correspond to the identification dataset matched. | 13,150 |
9,139,719 | 1. A rubber composition, comprising a rubber component and silica, wherein the rubber component comprises 10 to 60% by mass natural rubber and 10 to 60% by mass butadiene rubber, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, and the rubber component contains not less than 5% by mass of a conjugated diene polymer, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, and wherein the silica is contained in an amount of 5 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the conjugated diene polymer comprising a constituent unit derived from a conjugated diene and a constituent unit represented by the following formula (I): wherein X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 each independently represent a group represented by the formula (Ia) below, a hydroxyl group, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, and at least one of the X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 is a hydroxyl group or a group represented by the formula (Ia): wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a C 1-6 hydrocarbyl group, a C 1-6 substituted hydrocarbyl group, a silyl group, or a substituted silyl group, and the R 1 and R 2 may be bonded to each other to form a cyclic structure together with the nitrogen atom, at least one terminal of the conjugated diene polymer being modified by a compound containing a group represented by the following foiinula (II): wherein m represents an integer of 1 to 11; and A represents a functional group containing a nitrogen atom. | 43,896 |
9,698,702 | 1. A switching power supply with an input terminal and an output terminal, comprising: a power stage circuit coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal; a current sensor coupled to sense the power stage circuit, and to provide a current sensing value; a current monitor coupled to the current sensor to provide a sensing value corresponding to the current sensing value; a gain module coupled to the current monitor to provide a gain value, and to provide a first feedback value from the sensing value through the gain value; a voltage divider circuit coupled to the output terminal to provide a second feedback value by voltage-dividing an output voltage of the output terminal; a feedback circuit coupled to the current monitor and the voltage divider circuit to provide a feedback signal based on a summed feedback value, wherein the summed feedback value is a sum of the first feedback value and the second feedback value; and a switching power controller coupled between the feedback circuit and the power stage circuit to control power conversion of the power stage circuit based on the feedback signal. | 28,718 |
9,792,628 | 1. A method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising: identifying a result to provide to a communication device, the result including unformatted advertising content provided by an advertiser for presentation to a user of the communication device; identifying a plurality of stored presentation formats that are eligible for use in presenting the result, wherein each stored presentation format specifies: retrieving a predetermined presentation percentage for each of the plurality of stored presentation formats presented to the user; identifying a predetermined character string within the unformatted advertising content; mapping a classification of the predetermined character string to a particular presentation format of the plurality of stored presentation formats; increasing the presentation percentage associated with the particular presentation format of the plurality of stored presentation formats based on user preference data that indicates a preference of the user for the particular presentation format; selecting, from the plurality of stored presentation formats, the particular presentation format to use for presenting the result based on the mapping of the classification of the character string to the particular presentation format, the information relating to the communication device, and the increased percentage associated with the particular presentation format based on the user preference data that indicates the preference of the user for the particular presentation format; preparing the result for presentation by the communication device by adding the advertising content of the result to the one or more document component areas of the particular presentation format; and providing the prepared result for presentation in the particular presentation format for display by the communication device, the communication device executing the action corresponding to the particular presentation format in response to user interaction with the prepared result. | 87 |
8,987,210 | 1. An isolated chemokine-immunoglobulin fusion polypeptide, comprising: a CCL25 chemokine moiety and an immunoglobulin moiety comprising a constant region of a human immunoglobulin or a functional variant thereof, wherein the chemokine-immunoglobulin fusion polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:65 and SEQ ID NO:66. | 25,004 |
8,539,981 | 1. Fluid flow regulator ( 1 ) of the passive type having a fluid inlet adapted to be connected to a fluid reservoir and a fluid outlet ( 13 ) adapted to be connected to a delivery location, said regulator comprising a rigid substrate ( said membrane ( | 14,974 |
9,551,334 | 1. A control valve for a variable capacity compressor, the control valve comprising: a valve body externally comprising a crank-chamber port communicating with the crank chamber, a discharge port communicating with the discharge chamber, and a suction port communicating with the suction chamber, and internally comprising a control channel formed such that the crank-chamber port and the discharge port communicate with each other, and a first bleeding channel formed such that the crank-chamber port and the suction port communicate with each other; an operating unit provided inside the valve body and comprising a second bleeding channel communicating from a center area to a side surface of the operating unit, wherein the operating unit comprises: a plunger slidably combined to one end of a needle, a feed valve unit combined to the plunger to open or close the control channel by interworking and moving with the plunger, and comprising the second bleeding channel penetrating through an axial center area from an inlet hole formed at one end of the feed valve unit to communicate with an outlet hole formed at the outer circumferential side surface and communicate with the first bleeding channel, and a bleeding valve unit provided in the feed valve unit and adjusting opening and closing of the second bleeding channel; and a driving unit provided inside the valve body and reciprocally moving the operating unit according to a current applied from an external source, wherein the driving unit comprises: the needle disposed in the valve body, and a solenoid provided at the valve body to apply an operating force for reciprocally moving the operating unit, wherein when the variable capacity compressor is in a normal state, the control channel is opened and the first and second bleeding channels are closed, and thus the refrigerant in the discharge chamber flows through the control channel and enters the crank chamber, and when a pressure in the suction chamber is increased or the pressure of the crank chamber is in an abnormally high bleeding state, the operating unit is moved to close the control channel and the first and second bleeding channels are communicated with each other and opened, and thus the refrigerant in the crank chamber flows through the first and second bleeding channels and enters the suction chamber, thereby lowering the pressure in the crank chamber. | 14,070 |
9,104,500 | 1. A method of scheduling and synchronizing a plurality of jobs for execution by a plurality of processing threads in a multi-processor system, comprising: maintaining a list of jobs awaiting execution and counts of current numbers of the jobs on the list, of suspended jobs and of executing jobs; assigning jobs on the list of jobs to available threads among the plurality of processing threads for execution; upon an executing parent hob having dependencies spawning one or more child jobs corresponding to said dependencies, suspending execution of said parent job, updating said list with said child jobs, and incrementing a child jobs count associated with said parent job with a number of the child jobs spawned, said suspending, said incrementing and said updating said list with said child jobs being performed by atomic operations without use of locks; decrementing said child jobs count upon each child job completing execution, said decrementing being performed by atomic operations without the use of locks, and resuming execution of said suspended parent job in response to said child jobs count associated with said parent job becoming zero, wherein said resuming execution of said parent job comprises adding said parent job to the list of jobs, and retrieving said parent job from said list for execution by a thread; and updating said list and said counts in response to jobs on the list being assigned, suspended jobs resuming execution and executing jobs being completed, said assigning, maintaining and updating being performed by atomic operations without the use of locks. | 25,694 |
9,452,982 | 1. A method of providing a product with a cooling effect when applied to the mouth to give a cooling sensation, comprising the incorporation into the product of at least one compound of the formula I in which m is 2; X, Y and Z are H; R R wherein the at least one compound of formula I is isointensive to 2 ppm menthol at a concentration of 0.004 ppm to 0.05 ppm, and wherein the product that is applied to the mouth is selected from the group consisting of foodstuffs, tobacco products, beverages, confectionaries, dentifrices, and mouthwashes. | 31,565 |
9,303,886 | 1. A backlight module, comprising a light source arranged at a light-incident side of a display panel to provide light for the display panel, and a hollow humidifying container arranged at the back of the light source. | 21,066 |
8,443,108 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, from an external party, a request for rules regarding how a plurality of different categories of data content of a mobile device should be backed up or restored, wherein said rules are included in a list formatted in extensible markup language (XML), wherein said list has a document type definition structure that includes the plurality of different categories of the data content, wherein said list also accommodates additions for additional categories of the data content, and wherein said list provides backup rules that are followed in each of the plurality of different categories respectively; providing an exchange protocol capability object from the mobile device to the external party in response to the request for rules, wherein said capability object comprises a link located in an extension element of the capability object, wherein said link is configured for activation by said external party, and wherein said extension links to a location of a backup description XML object, said backup description XML object comprising said list of rules; activating said link in the extension of the capability object by the external party; providing from the mobile device said list of rules to said external party in response to activation of said link by said external party, and providing from the mobile device said data content to be backed up, or accepting said data content to be restored, according to said rules, wherein said rules for backing up and restoring the plurality of different categories of data content are rules for both the external party and also for other parties including the mobile device itself, and including all backup devices that interact with the mobile device; wherein the capability object is used by the external party and by other backup devices that interact with the mobile device, in order to access said list that includes said rules, and wherein said backup devices include repositories for backing up different respective categories of data. | 1,372 |
8,932,374 | 1. A method for production of hydrogen from biomass, wherein said method comprises the stages of drying of the biomass and gasification of the biomass, the gasification including pyrolysis of the biomass, wherein coked fuel is formed by pyrolysis of the biomass, characterised by the further stages of subjecting outgoing gases from the gasification stage to a first heat exchange, the outgoing gases including carbon dioxide, nitrogen and steam, wherein the outgoing gases are cooled, water is evaporated in an evaporation stage by means of the caloric content of the outgoing gases, steam is subjected to heat exchange wherein steam is heated, steam is reduced to a synthesis gas consisting of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, this reduction occurs by reaction with the coked fuel, and the synthesis gas is subjected to gas separation to obtain pure hydrogen. | 20,782 |
9,316,122 | 1. A steam cycle system comprising: a boiler comprising a superheat section, a reheat section, and an economizer section, wherein the boiler is configured to receive a feedwater stream; a sensor for measuring temperature in the superheat section; a steam turbine system comprising a high pressure turbine and a lower pressure turbine, wherein the steam turbine system is configured to receive steam generated by the boiler; a condenser configured to receive at least a portion of the outlet steam from the steam turbine system and output the feedwater stream; a high pressure feedwater heat exchanger configured to receive at least a portion of the feedwater stream, allow for an energy exchange between the portion of the feedwater stream and a steam stream, and output the portion of the feedwater stream to the boiler; a steam extraction line configured to provide a steam flow from an outlet of the high pressure turbine to the high pressure feedwater heat exchanger; and a feedwater temperature control device configured to control the temperature of the feedwater stream by modulating the energy transfer in the high pressure feedwater heat exchanger between the steam flow provided through the steam extraction line and the portion of the feedwater received by the high pressure feedwater heat exchanger, the feedwater temperature control device being configured to change the energy available in the high pressure feedwater heat exchanger from the steam flow while maintaining steam flow to the high pressure feedwater heat exchanger; wherein modulating the energy transfer in the high pressure feedwater heat exchanger comprises controlling feedwater stream temperature based on the temperature measured in the superheat section by the sensor. | 9,793 |
8,421,898 | 1. A method for detecting and showing quality of a preview picture in an electronic imaging device, which is applied to the electronic imaging device comprising at least an image capture unit, an image detecting and processing unit, a LCD screen, a control unit, an operation unit and a storage memory, wherein the image capture unit acquires light originating from a subject, transforms the light into digital data of a picture and then outputs the digital data to the image detecting and processing unit, the image detecting and processing unit transforms the digital data into a preview picture for displaying the preview picture on the LCD screen, the control unit is a central processor for performing arithmetic operation and control operation of the electronic imaging device, and the operation unit serves as a user interface including at least a shutter button for operating the electronic imaging device to take the preview picture and store the preview picture in the storage memory as a stored picture, the method enabling the control unit to execute the steps of: determining whether the electronic imaging device is operated in a preview mode or a file mode; enabling the image detecting and processing unit to detect at least four features of the preview picture before the shutter button is fully depressed or released when it is determined that the electronic imaging device is operated in a preview mode, wherein the features of the preview picture are shaking, exposure, backlight and white balance, and intensity of the feature of shaking or backlight of the preview picture detected by the image detecting and processing unit is defined and configured by the corresponding graphical indicator and ranges from 0 to 100, and wherein 100 represents that the preview picture is in a worst status, and 0 represents that the preview picture is in a normal status; reading the features of the preview picture received from the image detecting and processing unit; determining whether each of the features of the preview picture is normal or not; and enabling the image detecting and processing unit to display the preview picture and at least one of four graphical indicators on the LCD screen when it is determined that the feature corresponding to the graphical indicator is not in a normal status, wherein the graphical indicator corresponding to the feature of exposure, backlight or white balance of the preview picture is displayed on the LCD screen when the control unit determines that the feature of shaking of the preview picture is in a normal status. | 14,991 |
9,484,606 | 1. A method for recycling an electrode material for an energy storage device, the method comprising: obtaining a quantity of spent lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) electrode material; reacting the spent NMC electrode material with an aqueous lithium solution in an autoclave while heating the spent NMC electrode material and the aqueous lithium solution to form a hydrothermally reacted spent NMC electrode material; removing the hydrothermally reacted spent NMC electrode material from the aqueous lithium solution; and sintering the hydrothermally reacted spent NMC material to form a recycled NMC electrode material having a specific capacity of 120 mAh/g or greater, wherein the recycled NMC electrode material has a greater lithium concentration than the spent NMC electrode material. | 5,142 |
8,678,770 | 1. A wind turbine rotor blade, comprising: a root; a tip point; a shoulder; a maximum chord interval defined as a radial interval over which a blade chord is no less than 95% of a shoulder chord and extends over at least 15% of an entire blade length; a root interval that has a concave hyperbolic chord distribution and extends from the root to the maximum chord interval; and an outer blade interval that has a concave hyperbolic chord distribution and extends from the maximum chord interval to the tip point, wherein the maximum chord interval has a chord distribution that is constant except for a transition from the root interval to the maximum chord interval and except for a transition from the maximum chord interval to the outer blade interval. | 12,437 |
9,727,115 | 1. A device comprising: a battery; a wireless transceiver; a plurality of sensors configured to generate information, wherein a sound sensor generates sound information and a vibration sensor generates vibration information; a processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions; a memory configured to store said instructions as received from a remote device, wherein (a) said instructions received from said remote device when executed are configured to select one of a plurality of modes of operation based on said information, (b) said plurality of modes of operation comprise (i) a low-power mode of operation in which said device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and said device has less than full functionality and (ii) a high-power mode of operation in which said device consumes more than said pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and said device has more functionality than in said low-power mode, (c) said selection of one of said plurality of modes of operation based on said information comprises the steps of (i) monitoring said vibration information from said vibration sensor and (ii) determining whether said vibration information from said sensors crosses a variable threshold value and (d) said instructions received from said remote device when executed are further configured to (i) operate said device in said high-power mode and (ii) perform an activation and deactivation of said sound sensor in response to said vibration information crossing said variable threshold value; and an energy collector configured to provide a variable amount of power to said battery, wherein said processor is further configured to analyze a performance of said enemy collector to adaptively-determined said variable amount of power generated by said enemy collector. | 16,675 |
8,701,681 | 1. A cigarette wrapper paper comprising: a cellulosic component; and a filler comprising an oxyhydroxide compound, wherein the oxyhydroxide compound is represented by MOOH where M is a metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals, rare earth metals, and mixtures thereof, wherein during combustion of the cigarette wrapper paper, said oxyhydroxide compound is capable of decomposing to form at least one product capable of acting as an oxidant for conversion of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and/or as a catalyst for conversion of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, and wherein the oxyhydroxide compound has a loading of 20 wt. % to 60 wt. %, based on weight of the paper prior to; wherein the loading is calculated either by the amount of oxyhydroxide compound or the product formed from the decomposition of the oxyhydroxide compound combustion. | 15,739 |
8,960,001 | 1. A system comprising: a substrate; a first mass elastically coupled to the substrate; a second mass elastically coupled to the first mass; a driving device coupled to the first mass, the driving device configured to move the first mass with a driving movement in a first operating mode and a second operating mode, the driving device including: | 19,539 |
8,371,893 | 1. A method for operating and controlling a driven output device provided in an articulated character head, mobile prop, puppet, or other object worn or carried by a live actor or performer, comprising: providing a control system wearable by the performer, the control system including at least one driver for the output device, a show control module, a wireless transceiver, memory, and power source; storing a set of commands for the output device in the memory; receiving a synchronization signal with the wireless transceiver from a wayside controller; and operating the control module to process the synchronization signal, to retrieve the set of commands from the control system memory, and to signal the driver to drive the output device based on the set of commands, wherein the operating of the control module further comprises driving the output device based on a set of tuning parameters defining operation of the output device, wherein the output device comprises a motor driven actuator including a rotary motor with a modular hard stop element and soft offsets defining a distance from each of the hard stops, and wherein the tuning parameters include the soft offsets defining a range of motion for the motor driven actuator. | 11,574 |
8,652,243 | 1. A gas filtration apparatus, comprising: a gas suction unit configured to transmit a first gas flow which includes a polluted gas and external air to a first pipeline; the first pipeline configured to the second pipeline bundle configured to a purifying tank configured to contain first water for purifying a gas released from a plurality of filters; the plurality of filters a gas outlet configured to wherein the each of the plurality of the filters comprises: a filter case configured to receive and trap one gas flow among the divided gas flows transmitted from the second pipeline bundle; a filter fan a fan motor configured to generate a power to rotate the filter fan; and a fan shaft configured to transmit the power from the fan motor to the filter fan. | 12,523 |
9,383,812 | 1. A processor comprising: a plurality of power domains including a first power domain for a first processor component and a second power domain for a second processor component; and streamlining circuitry to: | 48,103 |
9,445,358 | 1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a processor having a memory, the processor for performing: wireless communication with a base station accommodated in a first communication network by receiving an identifier of the base station which identifier is transmitted intermittently by the base station; wireless communication to access an access point accommodated in a second communication network by detecting information transmitted by the access point, the access point covering a range smaller than a range of the base station; a calculation, when access to the access point is performed after a detection of the identifier, of a length of time from the detection of the identifier to start of the access, and stores the calculated length of time in association with the detected identifier; and searching for the access information when a reference time determined based on a length of time associated with the identifier has passed a time when the identifier is detected, in a case that the identifier detected by the first communication unit is stored. | 49,056 |
8,758,762 | 1. A virus-like particle of rotavirus comprising: (i) polypeptides of VP2, VP4 and VP6 of rotavirus; and (ii) a rotavirus antigen complex in which hepatitis A virus domain 2 (D2; SEQ ID NO:2) or domain 3 (D3; SEQ ID NO:3) and rotavirus VP7 (SEQ ID NO:1) are linked. | 5,512 |
9,031,724 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: a motor unit configured to drive a wheel; an ECU which is an electronic control unit configured to perform general control of the vehicle; an inverter unit, the inverter unit including: a target value generator configured to generate a target value, the target value indicating a rotational frequency of the motor unit that is the latest as of when the motor control circuitry is caused to switch from torque control to rotational frequency control, wherein the rotational frequency controller is configured to perform feedback control of rotational frequency based on a deviation between the target value and a detection value as derived from a sensor configured to determine rotational frequency of the motor unit. | 43,066 |
8,726,817 | 1. A table comprising: a foldable table top comprising a first section and a second section, the first section and the second section movable about an axis of rotation between an unfolded position and a folded position, the first and second sections generally aligned in the same plane in the unfolded position, the first and second sections generally disposed adjacent and parallel to each other in the folded position; an inner surface of the first section of the table top; an inner surface of the second section of the table top, the inner surface of the first section of the table top and the inner surface of the second section of the table top being disposed at least adjacent when the table top is in the unfolded position; a projection extending from the first section of the table top; a recess in the second section of the table top, the projection being at least partially disposed in the recess when the table top is in the unfolded position; a receiving portion at least partially disposed in an outer surface of the projection; a cross member disposed at least proximate and movable relative to a lower surface of the table top, the cross member movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the cross member disposed in the receiving portion of the projection when the table top is in the unfolded position and the cross member is in the locked position, the cross member spaced apart from the receiving portion of the projection when the table top is in the unlocked position; and one or more support members connected to the table top, the support members movable between a use position in which the support members support the table top and a collapsed position in which the support members are disposed at least proximate the table top; wherein the table top is locked in the unfolded position when the cross member is disposed in the receiving portion of the projection and in the locked position. | 33,955 |
8,564,869 | 1. A device based on a whispering gallery mode optical resonator, comprising: a laser that produces continuous wave (CW) laser light at a laser frequency; an optical resonator structured to include different poled electro-optic domains and to support whispering gallery modes circulating in the optical resonator to effectuate a single sideband (SSB) on only one side of the laser frequency without having a mirror image sideband on the other side of the laser frequency; an evanescent optical coupler located to couple the laser light from the laser into the optical resonator; electrodes formed on the optical resonator to include at least one DC bias electrode to receive a DC bias voltage and at lease one RF electrode to receive an RF signal to produce the optical single sideband (SSB); and a bias control circuit coupled to the DC bias electrode to apply and adjust the DC bias voltage to tune a frequency spacing between the optical single sideband and the laser frequency. | 14,464 |
9,127,244 | 1. A renewable energy system, comprising a digester assembly that includes: first and second deformable tubes each having an outer diameter and including an input region, an output region, and a digestion region therebetween, wherein the digestion region is configured to receive the liquid waste via the input region and to anaerobically digest liquid waste with microorganisms to supply renewable byproducts, and an outer tube configured to be installed below grade and to substantially contain the first and second deformable tubes, wherein the outer tube has an inner diameter that is less than the sum of the outer diameters of the first and second deformable tubes, and wherein the inner diameter of the outer tube is the selected such that when the liquid waste is received into the second deformable tube via the corresponding input region, fluid pressure in the second deformable tube expands the second deformable tube and compresses the first deformable tube between the second deformable tube and the outer tube to force liquid in the digestion region of the first deformable tube downstream toward the corresponding output region. | 20,899 |
8,533,153 | 1. A time-stamp oriented system associated with a home energy gateway (HEG) comprising: a plurality of data entry blocks, each data entry block corresponding to a time interval; and an internal database timing device configured to synchronize with an external real-time server, maintain accurate time in a database and re-synchronize with the external real-time server in the event of a loss of synchronization, wherein the timing device of said home energy gateway is configured to add time-stamped data entries to said database; and wherein the home energy gateway is configured to; process data indicating a loss of synchronization with the external real-time server; add at least one additional data entry to the database following a last data entry just prior to the loss of synchronization; re-synchronize the internal clock with the external real-time server; update the internal clock with real-time from the external real-time server; determine a time-corrected data entry block for data entries to the database following the re-synchronization; and shift the at least one additional data entry added to the database after the loss of synchronization by a number of data entry blocks to a data entry block just prior to a position of the time-corrected data entry block, wherein a gap in data entry between a position of the last data entry just prior to the loss of synchronization and a position of a next data entry after shifting of the at least one additional data entry identifies a period of lost time during a power failure. | 14,811 |
9,265,437 | 1. A T-wave alternans (TWA) measuring electrocardiograph comprising: a transformation coefficient storing section configured to store a transformation coefficient for deriving a Frank's vector electrocardiogram; an electrocardiograph controlling section configured to produce a scalar electrocardiogram from electrocardiographic signals of measurement electrodes adapted to be attached to a subject, and configured to derive the Frank's vector electrocardiogram from the scalar electrocardiogram by using the transformation coefficient; and a TWA measuring section configured to measure a presence of TWA based on the derived Frank's vector electrocardiogram, wherein the transformation coefficient storing section comprises: | 11,314 |
9,291,798 | 1. An imaging lens for a solid-state image sensor in which elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens with positive refractive power having convex surfaces on the object side and the image side; a second lens with negative refractive power having a concave surface on the image side and a convex surface on the object side; a third lens with positive refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a convex surface on the object side; a fourth lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on the image side; a fifth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface on the image side; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power having a concave surface on the image side, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens has an aspheric shape with a pole-change point in a position off an optical axis. | 37,684 |
8,771,954 | 1. A method for determining a profile of clonotypes of recombined DNA sequences in T-cells and/or B-cells comprising: (a) obtaining a sample from a subject comprising T-cells and/or B-cells; (b) spatially isolating individual molecules of recombined DNA sequences from said cells on a solid surface; (c) sequencing said spatially isolated individual molecules of recombined DNA sequences to provide at least 1000 sequence reads each comprising at least 30 bp so that different clonotypes of said sample are determined from such sequence reads with a confidence of at least 99.9 percent; and (d) determining levels of different clonotypes from said sample to generate said profile of clonotypes of recombined DNA sequences. | 9,305 |
8,423,751 | 1. A microprocessor, comprising: an instruction set architecture, comprising a call instruction type, a return instruction type, and other instruction types, wherein the instruction set architecture imposes a restraint upon the program such that for each executed instruction of the return instruction type, the program must previously have executed a corresponding instruction of the call instruction type; execution units, configured to correctly execute program instructions of the other instruction types; a call/return stack, having a plurality of entries arranged in a last-in-first-out manner, wherein the call/return stack is architectural state of the microprocessor that is not modifiable by program instructions of the other instruction types, wherein the call/return stack is architectural state of the microprocessor that is indirectly modifiable by program instructions of the call and return instruction types; and a fetch unit, configured to fetch program instructions and to send the program instructions of the other instruction types to the execution units to be correctly executed, and configured to correctly execute program instructions of the call and return instruction types without sending the program instructions of the call and return instruction types to the execution units to be correctly executed. | 9,953 |
8,396,931 | 1. A media player comprising: a hardware processor; input logic configured to receive a media storage medium that includes a media selection; connectivity logic configured to associate delivery logic of the media player with master control logic; and messaging logic configured to deliver a message to another media player during delivery of the media selection, wherein the message includes at least an audio message, wherein a representation associated with the message is incorporated into the media selection in a communication shell, and wherein one or more promotional materials are included in the communication shell along with the representation associated with the message; wherein the delivery logic is configured to communicate synchronization data related to the media selection to the master control logic, wherein the synchronization data includes an identifier of the media selection and a location designator indicative of a portion of the media selection that is being delivered at a point in time, and wherein the delivery logic is configured to at least temporarily permit the master control logic to control delivery of the media selection. | 14,039 |
8,971,007 | 1. A system for conditioning a three phase alternating current electric power, including a first phase, a second phase, a third phase, and a neutral line, supplied to a load, the system comprising: a plurality of first surge arresters configured to minimize an amount by which the voltage between two phases and the neutral line exceeds a rated value, each first surge arrester including a first terminal connected to the first phase, a second terminal connected to the second phase, and a third terminal connected to the neutral line; a plurality of second surge arresters configured to minimize an amount by which the voltage between two phases and the neutral line exceeds the rated value, each second surge arrester including a first terminal connected to the second phase, a second terminal connected to the third phase, and a third terminal connected to the neutral line; a plurality of third surge arresters configured to minimize an amount by which the voltage between two phases and the neutral line exceeds the rated value, each third surge arrester including a first terminal connected to the first phase, a second terminal connected to the third phase, and a third terminal connected to the neutral line; and a plurality of capacitors configured to minimize an amount by which the voltage between two phases falls below the rated value and including a first capacitor with a first terminal connected to the first phase and a second terminal connected to the second phase, a second capacitor with a first terminal connected to the second phase and a second terminal connected to the third phase, and a third capacitor with a first terminal connected to the first phase and a second terminal connected to the third phase. | 4,379 |
9,461,299 | 1. A transition metal oxide containing solid solution lithium, the transition metal oxide comprising: a transition metal oxide containing lithium being represented by a chemical formula: where Li is lithium, Ni is nickel, Co is cobalt, Mn is manganese, O is oxygen, a, b, c and d satisfy relationships: 0<a<1.4; 0≦b<1.4; 0<c<1.4; 0.1<d≦0.4; a+b+c+d=1.5; and 1.1≦a+b+c<1.4, wherein the transition metal oxide containing lithium includes: a layered structure region; and a region changed to a spinel structure by being subjected to charge or charge/discharge in a predetermined potential range, when a ratio of an entire change from Li wherein a BET specific surface area of the transition metal oxide containing lithium is 1 m a pore volume in the transition metal oxide containing lithium, the pore volume being measured by nitrogen, is 0.025 cm wherein a median diameter (D50) of the transition metal oxide containing lithium is less than 15 μm, and the transition metal oxide containing lithium includes particles with a particle diameter of less than 1 μm. | 5,699 |
9,210,768 | 1. A lighting system comprising: a first luminaire including a first light source configured to emit white light from a front facing surface of the lighting system wherein the resultant white light simulates at least one of an intensity, color and/or color temperature of sunlight; a second luminaire including a second light source configured to emit colored light from a rear facing surface of the lighting system and producing a wash of emitted colored light on a surface to which the lighting system is mounted and wherein the resultant mixed colored light simulates at least one of an intensity, color, and/or temperature of the sky; and lighting controller circuitry operatively coupled with the first light source and the second light source wherein the light emitted by the first luminaire and by the second luminaire is tuned to adjust at least one of an intensity, color and/or color temperature to simulate changes in the sunlight and the sky over a period of daytime. | 40,632 |
8,780,032 | 1. A display panel comprising: an array substrate including gate lines and source lines, a gate driving part outputting gate signals to the gate line, and first and second clock lines connected to the gate driving part to respectively transmitting first and second clock signals to the gate driving part, the first and second clock lines connected to the gate driving part having substantially the same length; and an opposite substrate combined with the array substrate and including a common electrode layer, wherein a first time constant of the first clock signal and a second time constant of the second clock signal are substantially the same, and wherein the first clock signal and the second clock signal are transmitted to the same gate driving part. | 26,507 |
9,299,943 | 1. A method for manufacturing a sealed body, comprising the steps of: providing a first glass sheet and a second glass sheet over a first substrate so that the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet do not overlap with each other; applying a frit paste including a glass frit and a binder so that a layer of the frit paste is in contact with a first side surface of the first glass sheet and a side surface of the second glass sheet; forming a glass layer by heating the layer of the frit paste to remove the binder from the layer of the frit paste; bonding a second substrate and the first substrate in a position in which the second substrate is in contact with a top surface of the first glass sheet, a top surface of the second glass sheet, and a top surface of the glass layer such that the second substrate does not overlap a part of the top surface of the first glass sheet; and irradiating in the position the first glass sheet, the second glass sheet, and the glass layer with laser light, wherein irradiating the first glass sheet with the laser light is conducted by oblique irradiation such that a second side surface of the first glass sheet and the part of the top surface of the first glass sheet are irradiated with the laser light. | 46,723 |
9,746,900 | 1. A method for redundant data object storage, comprising: monitoring respective access to at least two copies of a data object stored among a plurality of information handling systems communicatively coupled together; determining a frequency of access for each copy of the data object based on the monitoring; including the data object in a first set if the frequency of access is below a predetermined frequency threshold, otherwise including the data object in a second set; for data objects stored on a first information handling system in the plurality of information handling systems, determining a ratio of a first size of the first set to a second size of the second set; and setting, by a microcontroller of a processor of the first information handling system, a reduced-power mode for the first information handling system based on the determined ratio. | 47,942 |
9,235,824 | 1. A system for tracking electronic devices and accessories, comprising: a plurality of coded stickers adapted to be affixed to an electronic device or an accessory to said electronic device, each of said stickers comprising a scannable code; and a processor or microprocessor coupled to a memory, wherein the processor or microprocessor is programmed to track said electronic device and accessories by: receiving scanned code information from a scanned coded sticker affixed to said electronic device or accessory from an input device; receiving identification data for said electronic device or accessory; and storing said scannable code information and identification data on a computer storage medium; wherein said scannable codes are not pre-associated with a particular electronic device or accessory. | 33,548 |
8,512,214 | 1. A method for folding sheets of a medium, the method comprising: rotating a cam mechanism through a first period of rotation to cause a crease blade to move in a contact direction to create a crease in the sheets by pushing the sheets between a pair of first rolls, and rotating the cam mechanism through a second period of rotation to cause the crease blade to move in a retracting direction away from the sheets and cause a lever to move first and second scissor arms such that the pair of first rolls is separated and a pair of second rolls is separated, wherein one of the second rolls is movable by the second scissor arm, wherein lever pivots the first scissor arm about a pivot shaft that is attached to the frame, and the lever pivots the second scissor arm about the pivot shaft. | 40,367 |
9,722,113 | 1. A multilayer stack comprising: a. a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a non-crystalline, amorphous, or polycrystalline material; b. a first layer of an active material having a first lattice structure with a first lattice spacing defined by a first interatomic periodic spacing; and c. a buffer layer positioned between the substrate and the first layer of active material, wherein the buffer layer comprises a tetradymite compound having a second lattice structure with a second lattice spacing defined by a second interatomic periodic spacing that is varied, matched or tuned with respect to the first interatomic periodic spacing of the first lattice structure, wherein the tetradymite compound is: a ternary tetradymite compound selected from the group consisting of Bi a quaternary tetradymite compound selected from the group consisting of (Bi combinations of the ternary and the quaternary tetradymite compounds. | 8,799 |
9,648,113 | 1. A client device for location specific event broadcasting, the client device comprising: a processor; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed with the processor, cause the client device to, at least: | 2,978 |
8,968,958 | 1. A fuel cell system, comprising: a plurality of vertical fuel cell columns, each fuel cell column comprising at least one fuel cell stack, wherein the at least one fuel cell stack comprises a plurality of horizontal fuel cells stacked vertically; a voltage lead jumper which electrically connects top ends of adjacent two of the plurality of vertical fuel cell columns such that the adjacent two vertical fuel cell columns form a column pair in which the columns are electrically connected in series; and an electrical output located on a bottom end of each of the adjacent two vertical fuel cell columns, wherein the electrical outputs comprise current collection rods which extend through a bottom surface of the system and are electrically connected to a power conditioning module or device; wherein each of the plurality of vertical fuel cell columns comprises a plurality of fuel cell stacks, wherein a first fuel cell stack in a first fuel cell column is separated from an adjacent second fuel cell stack in the first fuel cell column by an anode feed/return assembly; wherein the plurality of vertical fuel cell columns comprise solid oxide fuel cell columns and the solid oxide fuel cell columns and the voltage lead jumper are enclosed in a housing; and wherein the voltage lead jumper comprises a flexible, thermally and electrically insulating sleeve enclosing a metal or metal alloy wire and the flexible, thermally and electrically insulating sleeve comprises a plurality of hollow ceramic cylinders which enclose the metal or metal alloy wire and each of the plurality of hollow ceramic cylinders can move with respect to an adjacent one of the plurality of hollow ceramic cylinders to provide flexibility to the sleeve. | 2,413 |
8,874,011 | 1. A developer container, comprising: a developer containing member that contains developer and that includes a side wall; an opening part through which the developer is externally supplied; and a pressure absorbing mechanism that is formed by an elastic member, which is a separate body from the developer containing member, and that is attached to an external surface of the side wall of the developer containing member, wherein the pressure absorbing mechanism is configured to deform in an inward direction toward the developer containing member when an external force is applied to the developer containing member. | 1,455 |
8,754,208 | 1. A method of preparing a cyclic monomer, comprising: forming a first mixture comprising a bis(pentafluorophenyl)carbonate, a catalyst, and a precursor compound of the general formula (1): wherein each X group independently represents OH, NHR″, NH 2 , or SH; n is 0 to 6; each R′ independently represents a hydrogen, a halide, an alkyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbons, an ester group comprising 1 to 20 carbons, an amide group comprising 1 to 20 carbons, an aryl group comprising 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkoxy group comprising 1 to 20 carbons; and each R″ independently represents an alkyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbons or an aryl group comprising 1 to 20 carbons; and agitating the first mixture at a temperature effective to form a second mixture comprising the cyclic monomer, the cyclic monomer selected from the group consisting of a cyclic carbonate, a cyclic carbamate, a cyclic urea, a cyclic thiocarbonate, a cyclic thiocarbamate, and a cyclic dithiocarbonate. | 7,188 |
8,580,845 | 1. A compound having the formula: wherein each R wherein each L is, independent of the other, alkyl oxycarbonyl, carboxy or salt thereof, halocarbonyl, alkyl thiocarbonyl, hydroxy, amino, substituted amino, carbamoyl, substituted carbamoyl, azido, isocyano, thioisocyanato, sulfanyl, disulfanyl, halide, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, acylamino, alkenyl, alkynyl, or anhydride group, wherein each L is attached to the compound directly or wherein each L is attached to the compound by a spacer of from 1-20 atoms in length. | 34,677 |
9,675,761 | 1. A drug delivery system, comprising: a first reservoir unit comprising: a second reservoir unit comprising: a main unit comprising: wherein the drug expelling structure has a first state in which an increment corresponds to a first amount of angular displacement of the dose setting member corresponding to a first volume of drug, wherein the drug expelling structure has a second state in which an increment corresponds to a second amount of angular displacement of the dose setting member corresponding to a second volume of drug, wherein the first amount of angular displacement is different from the second amount of angular displacement, and wherein the drug expelling structure is set in the first state by structure of the first identifier when a first reservoir unit is mounted, and the drug expelling structure is set in the second state by structure of the second identifier when a second reservoir unit is mounted. | 13,292 |
9,527,583 | 1. An aircraft landing gear, including: a wheel rotatable about an axle; a motor; and a bi-directional clutch operable to connect the wheel with the motor, the bi-directional clutch comprising a ring-shaped overrunning track connected to the wheel, a ring-shaped drive track connected to the motor and concentrically aligned with the overrunning track, and a plurality of movable elements retained between the overrunning track and the drive track, the movable elements being movable between: a driven configuration in which the movable elements prevent relative rotation between the drive track and the overrunning track to thereby permit the wheel to be driven by the motor; and an overrunning configuration in which the movable elements permit relative rotation between the drive track and the overrunning track to thereby disconnect the wheel from the motor; wherein the drive track is positioned radially outwardly from the overrunning track. | 19,017 |
9,293,636 | 1. A method of removing excess solder from an area on a surface of a substrate, using a machine comprising an X-Y translation stage, the method comprising: identifying a first area from which excess solder needs to be removed; pre-heating the substrate to a first temperature; pre-heating the first area and the excess solder on the first area, but not the entire substrate, to a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature; heating a vacuum nozzle having a tip to a third temperature that is greater than the first temperature and the second temperature and is equal to or greater than a melting temperature of the solder; applying a vacuum to the vacuum nozzle; positioning the tip of the vacuum nozzle at substantially the surface of the substrate; and scanning the first area on the substrate to remove the excess solder. | 12,810 |
9,189,407 | 1. A method of pre-fetching, comprising: determining, by a pre-fetch module of a storage system, to fetch a certain data portion that was requested by a host computer coupled to the storage system, from a data storage device of the storage system to a cache memory of the storage system; wherein the certain data portion belongs to a certain statistical segment that belongs to at least one logical volume; determining, by a pre-fetch module of the storage system, to pre-fetch at least one additional data portion that was not requested by the host computer, to the cache memory based upon input/output (I/O) activity statistics associated with the certain statistical segment; wherein the I/O activity statistics associated with the certain statistical segment comprises timing information related to I/O activities associated with the certain statistical segment; wherein one or more additional data portions of the at least one additional data portion belong to an additional statistical segment that differs from the certain statistical segment; wherein I/O activity statistics associated with the additional statistical segment comprises timing information related to I/O activities associated with the additional statistical segment; wherein the I/O activity statistics associated with the certain statistical segment is represented by an activity vector of the certain statistical segment; wherein the I/O activity statistics associated with the additional statistical segment is represented by an activity vector of the additional statistical segment; wherein a distance between the activity vector of the certain statistical segment and the activity vector of the additional statistical segment is less than a similarity threshold; fetching the certain data portion; and pre-fetching the at least one additional data portion if it is determined to pre-fetch the at least one additional data portions. | 9,319 |
9,520,805 | 1. A method for controlling a three-phase inverter that is connected to a DC power source having a high voltage DC terminal, a middle voltage DC terminal, and a low voltage DC terminal, wherein the three-phase inverter has a plurality of output terminals and includes three three-level inverters that are connected to the DC power source in parallel with one another and that have semiconductor switching elements, at least one of the semiconductor switching elements being connected between the high voltage DC terminal and one of the output terminals of the three-phase inverter, at least one of the semiconductor switching elements being connected between the middle voltage DC terminal and said one of the output terminals, and at least one of the semiconductor switching elements being connected between the low voltage DC terminal and said one of the output terminals, wherein the method makes the switching elements in the three-level inverters turn on and off on the basis of output voltage commands during a sequence of time periods to thereby generate three-phase AC voltages at the output terminals of the three-phase inverter, the method comprising: (A) obtaining on-time ratios for the semiconductor switching elements in each of the three-level inverters on the basis of the output voltage commands; (B) dividing the output voltage commands during a time period into a plurality of sections, wherein the time period is defined as a duration of one alternating current cycle of the output voltage commands; and (C) during each of the sections of the output voltage commands, | 6,574 |
8,733,426 | 1. A heat dissipation device for transferring heat generated by a heat-producing element to a heat-dissipating element, comprising: a graphene plate, in the form of relatively thin structure, having a first dissipation portion and a second dissipation portion extending from said first dissipation portion; a main casing, generally a planar structure, enclosing said graphene plate therein, and having a first dissipation opening exposing said first dissipation portion of said graphene plate; and a supporting plate extending integrally from said main casing in order to support said second dissipation portion of said graphene plate; wherein, during assembly, the heat-producing element is inserted through said first dissipation opening in order to mount the same on said first dissipation portion of said graphene plate while the heat-dissipating element is mounted on said second dissipation portion of said graphene plate; wherein said graphene plate has top and bottom surfaces, said top surface of said first dissipation portion of said graphene plate being exposed from said first dissipation opening of said main casing while the heat producing element is mounted on said top surface of said first dissipation portion; said graphene plate further has a third dissipation portion extending from said first dissipation portion, said main casing further having a second dissipation opening exposing said third dissipation portion of said graphene plate; and said main casing further has a third dissipation opening exposing said bottom surface of said third dissipation portion while said top surface of said third dissipation portion is exposed from said second dissipation opening. | 29,074 |
9,433,057 | 1. A dual color series-wired LED light string comprising: a plurality of LED housings each containing a pair of LEDs connected in anti-parallel configuration, a current limiting resistor disposed in series with the plurality of LEDs to control the current in the light string, wherein the current limiting resistor is shunted by a diode, and a protective resistive component connected across each pair of anti-parallel LEDs to protect each LED of the pair from reverse voltage breakdown damage in the event of a failure of the other LED in the housing. | 11,147 |
8,858,867 | 1. A ladle metallurgy furnace comprising: a. a ladle in the form of a vessel for containing a molten material, said ladle having an open top, b. a ladle metallurgy furnace roof positioned over the open top of the ladle; wherein the ladle metallurgy furnace roof includes: c. electrodes extending through the ladle metallurgy furnace roof opening and being received in the ladle, wherein the internal surface structure comprises a plurality of metal plates adjoined in direct contact at an interior side to form the substantially smooth exterior surface, wherein at least two of the plurality of metal plates are adjoined in direct metal-to-metal contact at least by a weld between the at least two of the plurality of metal plates at an interior side of the at least two of the plurality of metal plates, and wherein the at least two of the plurality of metal plates each defines a portion of multiple adjacent coolant channels. | 45,548 |
9,318,766 | 1. A unit cell of a solid oxide fuel cell comprising: an anode supporter formed of a mixture of Nickel(II) oxide (NiO) and Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ); an anode reaction layer formed of a mixture of Cerium Scandia Stabilized Zirconia (CeScSZ) and NiO; an electrolyte formed of CeScSZ; and a cathode formed of a mixture of Lanthanum strontium cobalt (LSM) and CeScSZ. | 21,502 |
8,517,081 | 1. A transmission assembly for a roller blind having a blind cloth device with a blind cloth, a lower bar mounted on a lower side of the blind cloth, a connecting cord connected securely to the lower bar and a lift cord connected to the lower bar and the transmission assembly comprising: a mounting frame being hollow and having two open ends and a bottom being adapted to connect with a blind cloth device; at least one winding device mounted in the mounting frame and each one of the at least one winding device having a roller rotatably mounted in the mounting frame, securely connected to the winding jacket of the at least one winding device, being adapted to the blind cloth of the blind cloth device and having; a coil spring mounted securely in the roller and having a spring axle mounted in the coil spring between the ends of the coil spring and having an inner end and an outer end; a turning element connected to the inner end of the spring axle and having a torsional spring mounted securely in the mounting end of the turning element; a major damper connected securely to the inner end of the coil spring that is securely mounted in the roller, the major damper connected securely to the torsional spring and having a positioning device mounted securely in the roller, rotatably abutting the outer end of the spring axle and having a rail mount mounted in the rotating mount and having a positioning ball rotatably mounted between the ball channel of the rotating mount and the rails of the rail mount between the inner guiding protrusions, the outer guiding protrusions, the first guiding blocks and the second guiding blocks. | 13,838 |
8,632,927 | 1. A direct fuel cell comprising: a cathode comprising electroactive catalyst material; and an anode assembly comprising an anode having a porous layer and electroactive catalyst material in the porous layer, electrode characteristics of the anode assembly selected so that fuel supplied to the anode is reacted within the anode so that cross-over from the anode to the cathode does not have more than a 10% negative effect on voltage or a 25 mV voltage loss when at peak power and steady state conditions; the anode and cathode each having a first major surface facing each other in non-electrical contact and without a microporous separator or ion exchange membrane therebetween, and the fuel being supplied to the anode is in a fuel and electrolyte solution; and wherein the cathode catalyst comprises a platinum group metal. | 45,326 |
8,458,722 | 1. A method of thread selection for context switching on a plurality of compute nodes, the method comprising: executing, by a compute node of the plurality of compute nodes, an application using a plurality of threads of execution, including executing one or more of the threads of execution; predefining power characteristics for each of the plurality of threads of execution for the application; selecting, by the compute node from a plurality of available threads of execution for the application, a next thread of execution in dependence upon power characteristics for each of the available threads by determining a current power mode for the compute node while executing a current thread of the application, and selecting, from the available threads of execution, the next thread of execution having predefined power characteristics that are consistent with the current power mode; determining, by the compute node, whether a criteria for a thread context switch is satisfied; and performing, by the compute node, the thread context switch if the criteria for a thread context switch are satisfied, including executing the next thread of execution. | 12,914 |
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