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9,787,245 | 1. A machine learning apparatus for learning (i) a power failure detection level, which is a value of a power supply voltage defined as a criterion for determination as to whether power failure has occurred on an AC power supply side of a motor control apparatus, and (ii) a power failure detection time, which is a time for which the power supply voltage on the AC power supply side of the motor control apparatus has been lower than the power failure detection level, in the motor control apparatus which converts AC power supplied from the AC power supply side into DC power, outputs the DC power to a DC link, further converts the DC power into AC power for driving a motor, and supplies the AC power to the motor, the machine learning apparatus comprising: | 13,139 |
9,174,148 | 1. A cover arrangement for a launder channel of a clarifier tank, said clarifier tank having a tank wall, a launder channel and a weir wall, said cover arrangement comprising: at least one mounting section attachable to the clarifier tank near the launder channel; and a plurality of cover panel members, each panel member having a horizontal planar surface and two perpendicular stiffening flanges located on opposing lateral edges of said surface extending downwardly at a substantially 90 degree angle, said stiffening flanges of said cover panel members forming planar surfaces for facing opposing stiffening flanges on adjacent cover panel members in a substantially parallel manner, where each of said cover panel members further includes a light seal either one of attached to or attached near one of said stiffening flanges, wherein said cover arrangement includes arranging said plurality of cover panels around the clarifier tank over said launder channel such that said light seal attached to or near one of said planar surfaces facing opposing stiffening flanges of a said stiffening flange of a first panel member among said plurality of panel members abuts against a planar surfaces of a stiffening flange of an adjacent second panel member among said plurality of panel members. | 4,899 |
9,228,486 | 1. A method of controlling an engine having an engine controller including executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the method comprising: determining whether condensate forming conditions are present at a charge air cooler; and responsive to condensate forming conditions being present, adjusting a degree of opening of a secondary throttle positioned downstream of a compressor and upstream of the charge air cooler via electronic throttle control responsive to condensate forming conditions at the charge air cooler. | 21,942 |
9,553,754 | 1. A method for reducing distortion of satellite signals modulated using amplitude phase shift keying (APSK), the method performed by a receiver and comprising: receiving, from a satellite, a signal including APSK-modulated symbols mapped to a constellation including a plurality of points arranged in an inner circle and in an outer circle; determining, based on the received APSK-modulated symbols, a ratio between a radius of the inner circle of the constellation and a radius of the outer circle of the constellation; generating a correction signal based, at least in part, on a comparison between the determined ratio and a reference ratio; and compensating for distortion of the received signal based, at least in part, on the correction signal. | 36,716 |
9,194,987 | 1. An optical element, comprising: a substrate made of sapphire; and a film covered on the substrate and configured for increasing reflectivity of ultraviolet lights and filtering the ultraviolet lights; the film comprising a plurality of high refractive index layers and a plurality of low refractive index layers alternately stacked on the substrate, wherein the film is stacked by a first layer to a forty fourth layer in an order facing away from the substrate, the high refractive index layers are the odd number layers, the low refractive index layers are the even number layers, thicknesses of the first through forty fourth layers are about 14 nm, 38 nm, 17 nm, 16 nm, 20 nm, 41 nm, 21 nm, 37 nm, 17 nm, 39 nm, 25 nm, 45 nm, 19 nm, 35 nm, 19 nm, 34 nm, 10 nm, 20 nm, 19 nm, 31 nm, 15 nm, 32 nm, 35 nm, 42 nm, 28 nm, 43 nm, 15 nm, 28 nm, 35 nm, 44 nm, 27 nm, 74 nm, 29 nm, 57 nm, 26 nm, 69 nm, 36 nm, 35 nm, 43 nm, 39 nm, 39 nm, 30 nm, 22 nm, 84 nm, respectively, and the error of the thickness of each layer is ±3 nm. | 4,225 |
8,942,871 | 1. A control method for releasing water to the atmosphere, said method comprising the steps of: providing a vehicle having fuel cells; operating the fuel cells with an operation module; releasing at least part of water, which is produced by the fuel cells, in the form of steam, together with exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cells, from outer surface of said vehicle to the atmosphere with a release module; and controlling said operation module to calculate a water release amount (Qw | 9,707 |
9,371,489 | 1. A method for extracting a hydrocarbon-containing substance from a substrate, comprising contacting the substrate with an aqueous composition under conditions effective for extracting at least some of the hydrocarbon-containing substance from the substrate, wherein the aqueous composition comprises: a mixture obtained by (a) allowing water, plant material and an inorganic base to (i) stir at about 10 ° C. to about 100 ° C. for about 2 hours to about 4 hours or (ii) stand at about 10 ° C. to about 100 ° C. for about 10 minutes to about 8 hours, and (b) removing undissolved solids from the mixture; 0% to about 10 wt % of an alcohol; about 0.5 wt % to about 15 wt % of a base; 0% to about 10 wt % of a salt; 0% to about 10 wt % of an acid; 0% to about 10 wt % of an additive; and about 10 wt % to about 95 wt % of water; wherein the aqueous composition has a pH of about 13; the amount of plant material is about 1 wt % to about 50 wt % of the aqueous composition; and the plant material is hemp seed, soybean, or combinations thereof. | 37,374 |
8,937,827 | 1. A method for extracting power from an electric power source, wherein the power source has operating conditions that vary as a function of at least one uncontrollable quantity, wherein for each value of the uncontrollable quantity the power source presents a characteristic curve of the supplied power as a function of a value of a controlled quantity, and wherein each characteristic curve has a maximum for an optimal value the controlled quantity, the method comprising: generating a regulation signal; causing a periodic variation of the controlled quantity around an actual value of the controlled quantity and consequently a periodic variation in the power supplied by the power source by introducing in the regulation signal a disturbance having at least one periodic component; calculating a correlation between the periodic power variation and the periodic variation of the controlled quantity, the correlation providing a positive or negative correlation sign indicating whether the actual value of the controlled quantity is greater than or lower than the optimal value; and using the correlation sign to adjust the regulation signal such that the value of the controlled quantity is automatically increased if the actual value of the controlled quantity is lower than the optimal value or decreased if the actual value of the controlled quantity is greater than the optimal value. | 35,484 |
8,738,743 | 1. A method of distributing a non-live content stream in a network, the method comprising: transmitting, using a processing device, an initial meta-file in response to receiving a request for a non-live content stream, the initial meta-file identifying a division of the non-live content stream into a plurality of blocks, the initial meta-file identifying a plurality of available sources for delivery of the plurality of blocks, the plurality of available sources including a first multicast source server and a second multicast source server, the initial meta-file assigning a first portion of the plurality of blocks for delivery using the first multicast source server, the initial meta-file assigning a second portion of the plurality of blocks for delivery using the second multicast source server; transmitting, using the processing device, the first portion of the plurality of blocks using the first multicast source server; and transmitting, using the processing device, the second portion of the plurality of blocks using the second multicast source server, the first and second portions corresponding to distinct non-overlapping portions of the non-live content stream. | 13,892 |
8,497,650 | 1. A fan delay control circuit, comprising: a fan connector electrically connected to a fan of an electronic device comprising a housing enclosure; a power supplying module electrically connected to the fan connector, wherein the power supplying module comprises a first terminal electrically connected to a fan power source, a second terminal electrically connected to a first stand-by power source, and a third terminal electrically connected to the fan connector, the power supplying module supplies power from the fan power source to the fan via the fan connector when the electronic device is powered on, and boosts the first stand-by power source and supplies the boosted power source to the fan via the fan connector when the electronic device is powered off; and a rotational controlling module comprising a first voltage buffer and a square wave generation circuit that is electrically connected to the fan connector via the first voltage buffer, wherein when the electronic device is powered off, the square wave generation circuit generates a square-wave signal to control rotational speed of the fan. | 40,775 |
9,709,520 | 1. A method for electrochemical measurement of an analyte concentration in vivo, comprising: providing a fuel cell comprising an enzyme layer, an anode and a cathode; at least partially implanting the fuel cell in a user so that a bodily fluid having the analyte contacts the enzyme layer; catalytically converting the analyte to be measured with an enzyme contained in the enzyme layer, wherein the catalytic conversion generates a fuel for the fuel cell which is oxidized on the anode and is reduced on the cathode; generating an electrical voltage between the anode and the cathode, said voltage corresponding to the concentration of the analyte; and determining the analyte concentration as a function of the electrical voltage. | 48,440 |
9,802,153 | 1. A system for sulphur-assisted carbon capture and utilization, the system comprising: a sulphur depolarized electrolyser (SDE) for receiving electricity, H a decomposition reactor for receiving and decomposing the H a sulphur submerged combustor for converting the SO a sulphur power plant for combusting S wherein the hydrogen is delivered to a carbon capture and utilization facility. | 24,237 |
8,753,999 | 1. A catalyst for selective oxidation of hydrocarbon relative to carbon monoxide, wherein the catalyst is a mixed oxide based on the metals cerium, titanium, and chromium, and wherein the catalyst comprises a precious metal in an amount of 0.005 to 0.5 wt % based on a total weight of the mixed oxide. | 15,316 |
9,806,440 | 1. A terminal block, comprising: an insulator housing; at least two busbars; and at least four connection elements arranged one above the other so as to form at least two connection levels in the insulator housing, wherein each connection level includes: wherein the busbar receiving chambers are formed open on a first side of the insulator housing for installation of the busbars in the busbar receiving chambers, wherein the conductor connection chambers are formed open on a second side of the insulator housing for installation of the connection elements in the conductor connection chambers, wherein the first side of the insulator housing is formed perpendicular to the second side of the insulator housing, in such a way that a busbar installation insertion direction for inserting one of the busbars into the respective busbar receiving chamber is formed perpendicular to a connection element installation insertion direction for inserting one of the connection elements into the respective conductor connection chambers, wherein at least one of the connection elements includes a busbar contact element configured to contact the connection element using at least one busbar, wherein the busbar contact element is in the form of a fork contact, an insulation displacement contact, or a pierce contact, wherein at least one of the busbar receiving chambers includes a busbar positioning element, and wherein the busbar positioning element includes a guide configured to cooperate with at least one busbar contact element of at least one connection element. | 24,671 |
8,967,129 | 1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: an engine block having at least one cylinder bore; a cylinder head having a flame deck surface disposed at one end of the cylinder bore; a piston connected to a rotatable crankshaft and configured to reciprocate within the cylinder bore, the piston having a piston crown portion facing the flame deck surface such that a combustion chamber is defined within the cylinder bore and between the piston crown and the flame deck surface; a fuel injector having a nozzle tip disposed in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, the nozzle tip having a plurality of nozzle openings configured to inject a plurality of fuel jets into the combustion chamber, each of the plurality of fuel jets travelling along a respective fuel jet centerline; a plurality of ducts defined in the combustion chamber between the piston crown and the flame deck surface, each duct having a generally rectangular cross section, and extending in a radial direction relative to the cylinder bore substantially along a segment of a respective fuel jet centerline. | 38,348 |
8,386,069 | 1. A method for synchronizing a pickup of a multi-axis handling device, comprising: providing a pickup of a multi-axis handling device and a conveyor device; synchronizing the pickup along a computationally-determined polynomial path of at least a 3rd order between a starting point and a destination point, wherein the polynomial path is a polynomial path of the 5th order; moving the conveyor device; picking up an object and carrying along the object by the conveyor device and/or putting the object down onto the conveyor device, defining the polynomial path via the starting point, the destination point, via a respective tangent vector in the starting and destination point and via a respective curvature vector in the starting and destination point; allocating a direction pointing to the destination point to the starting point tangent vector during the synchronization of the pickup from a standstill; and allocating a null vector to the starting point curvature vector. | 34,136 |
9,013,696 | 1. A light quality evaluating device, comprising: a light receiving unit, being used for receiving a light signal emitted from an external light source; a first process unit, being coupled to the light receiving unit, wherein the first process unit has a black body radiation spectrum transforming module for processing the light signal to a spectrum data, so as to transform a color temperature data obtained from the spectrum data into a luminance spectrum of blackbody radiation; a memory unit, being coupled to the first process unit for storing the spectrum data, the color temperature data and the luminance spectrum of blackbody radiation; a second process unit, being coupled to the first process unit and having a luminance spectrum transforming module and a spectrum comparing module, wherein after the second process unit accesses the spectrum data from the memory unit, the luminance spectrum transforming module would transform the spectrum data into a luminance spectrum of light; therefore, the spectrum comparing module is able to calculate an index of spectral resemblance with respect to the black body radiation (SR a display unit, being coupled to the second unit for displaying the index of spectral resemblance with respect to the black body radiation (SR a power management unit, being coupled to the light receiving unit, the first process unit, the second process unit, and the display unit for supplying electricity energy to the light receiving unit, the first process unit, the second process unit, and the display unit. | 13,126 |
8,702,388 | 1. A method of calibrating one or more load sensors of a blade of a wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine comprises: a main generator; a power electronic converter connected with the main generator; a rotor operationally connected with the main generator and carrying the blade; wherein the method comprises: acting on the power electronic converter to operate the main generator as a motor to set the blade in at least two predetermined conditions comprising a first position such that the blade has a substantially horizontal position and a second position resulting from rotating the rotor substantially 180 degrees with respect to the first position; measuring loads in the predetermined conditions using the blade load sensors; and calibrating the blade load sensors taking into account the measured loads, comprising comparing measured loads in the first position with measured loads in the second position. | 48,913 |
9,416,388 | 1. A method for producing disulfide bond containing recombinant eukaryotic or prokaryotic proteins in gram negative bacterial cells, said method comprising the step of expressing in the cytoplasm of the bacterial cell a eukaryotic or a prokaryotic protein of interest that naturally contains two or more disulfide bonds; an inverted VKOR (Vitamin K Oxidoreductase) transmembrane enzyme or an inverted DsbB transmembrane enzyme capable of catalysing process of native disulphide bond formation by catalysing reaction Dithiol+Quinone→Disulfide+Quinol, said inverted transmembrane enzyme having an active site comprising at least four cysteine residues located toward the bacterial cytoplasm, and said inverted transmembrane enzyme being obtained by removing or adding one or more cytoplasmic lysine and/or arginine residues from naturally occurring VKOR or DsbB proteins, wherein the removal or addition of one or more lysine and/or arginine residues changes the charge distribution of the transmembrane enzyme thereby causing inversion of the enzyme topology such that the cysteines of the active site locate toward the bacterial cytoplasm; wherein the DsbB enzyme has PFAM Accession number PF02600 and VKOR has PFAM Accession number PF07884; and a cytoplasmic DsbA being capable of providing electrons to the active site(s) of the inverted VKOR, or the inverted DsbB, | 21,768 |
8,949,601 | 1. A communication system, comprising: a sender node; a recipient node; and a plurality of control entities in communication with the sender node and the recipient node; wherein the sender node is adapted to generate an electronic message to be transmitted to the recipient node and to send a sending information message to one of the control entities indicating that the electronic message is transmitted to the recipient node; wherein the recipient unit node is adapted to receive the electronic message and to send a receipt information message to the control node, the receipt information message indicating that a user of the recipient node has received the electronic message; wherein the sender node is adapted to generate the electronic message as an encrypted electronic message by encrypting electronic data; wherein a first control entity is communicatively coupled to the sender node in a manner that a transmission of a sender message from the sender node to the first control entity is indicative of an identity of the sender node; wherein the sender message includes decryption key information; wherein a second control entity is communicatively coupled to the first control entity; wherein the first control entity is adapted to forward the sender message to the second control entity in a manner that the second control entity is not aware of the identity of the sender node; wherein a third control entity is communicatively coupled to the recipient node in a manner that a transmission of a recipient message between the recipient node and the third control entity is indicative of an identity of the recipient node; wherein the recipient message comprises a decryption key adapted to decrypt the encrypted electronic message; wherein the third control entity is communicatively coupled to the second control entity; wherein the third control entity is adapted to exchange data with the second control entity in a manner that the second control entity is not aware of the identity of the recipient node; wherein the second control entity is a clearing server adapted to manage a decryption key transaction in an anonymous way; and wherein the first control entity is a provider-server and the third control entity is a provider-server. | 35,760 |
8,814,986 | 1. A method of selectively adsorbing a working fluid on a solid adsorbent using direct heating and cooling of a solid adsorbent, comprising: (a) supplying a feed comprising a working fluid and a liquid phase heating/cooling fluid to a coated adsorbent comprising a solid adsorbent substrate having an applied surface layer which (i) extends at least partially over the surface of the adsorbent, (ii) is permeable to the working fluid to permit the working fluid to penetrate the surface layer and adsorb onto the solid adsorbent and (iii) which prevents interaction between the heating/cooling fluid, to effect direct heat transfer between the heating/cooling fluid and the solid adsorbent, (b) reversibly adsorbing working fluid on the solid adsorbent. | 2,756 |
8,690,408 | 1. A method, comprising: injecting incoming light into a waveguide; frustrating total internal reflectance of the incoming light in the waveguide; directing the incoming light in a first direction onto an array of picture elements; reflecting the incoming light from the array of picture elements through the waveguide to create a reflected light traveling in a second direction; and controlling the array of picture elements to create an image, the reflected light presenting to a viewer the image created by the array of picture elements. | 26,129 |
9,327,358 | 1. A method for processing a gear, comprising processes of: arranging a work rotatably supported about a work axis and a cutter rotatably supported about a cutter axis such that the work axis and the cutter axis are offset from one another; synchronously rotating the work and the cutter at a predetermined ratio of an angular velocity; operating a first cutting process setting the cutter axis at a first posture wherein a tooth trace direction of a gear-shaped first cutter portion arranged at a first end of the cutter is along a tooth trace direction of the work, setting a first cutting direction wherein the first cutter portion is arranged at a downstream in a moving direction of the cutter in a direction along the work axis, starting the cutting of the work by moving the cutter in the first cutting direction while maintaining a cutting depth of the work, the cutting depth attained by using the first cutter portion, at a setting value, and reducing the cutting depth of the work before the first cutter portion reaches an end portion of a cutting area in the first cutting direction in the process of the cutting of the work; and operating a second cutting process synchronously rotating the work and the cutter in a reverse direction of rotational directions of the work and the cutter in the first cutting process after the first cutting process, setting the cutter axis at a second posture wherein the tooth trace direction of a gear-shaped second cutter portion arranged at a second end of the cutter is along the tooth trace direction of the work, maintaining the cutting depth of the work, the cutting depth attained by using the second cutter portion, at the setting value, and cutting the end portion of the cutting area by moving the cutter in a second cutting direction, a reverse direction of the first cutting direction. | 31,978 |
8,675,304 | 1. A motor comprising: a stationary portion including a stator; and a rotating portion including a rotor magnet, and rotatably supported by the stationary portion through a lubricating oil; wherein the stationary portion includes: the rotating portion includes: the sleeve portion includes: where σ1 is a density of the sleeve portion, V | 3,159 |
9,137,407 | 1. A power supply apparatus comprising: a wireless power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to a device located within a power supply area; an acquiring unit configured to acquire device information from a device located within a communication area; and a display unit configured to display, based on the device information acquired by the acquiring unit, a status screen indicating a status of the device located within the communication area, wherein a changing object for changing the power supply area is displayed on the status screen. | 25,981 |
8,467,159 | 1. A relay control apparatus for controlling turn-off of a relay operative to connect an electric drive unit with a battery pack for supplying electrical power to the electric drive unit, the apparatus comprising: a current sensor for measuring and outputting a residual current flowing between the battery pack and the electric drive unit; and a controller for receiving a situation requiring turn-off of the relay, receiving the measured residual current value, comparing the measured residual current value with a reference value for the residual current, and controlling to maintain the ON-state of the relay or to turn off the relay on the basis of the comparison results, wherein if the measured residual current value is smaller than the reference value, the controller turns off the relay, and if the measured residual current value is larger than the reference value, the controller maintains the ON-state of the relay. | 2,468 |
8,802,247 | 1. A perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising: a soft magnetic underlayer, an intermediate layer, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer which are laminated, in order, on a substrate, wherein said soft magnetic underlayer has an upper soft magnetic layer having a first soft magnetic layer, and a second soft magnetic layer below and in direct contact with the first soft magnetic layer, wherein said soft magnetic underlayer has a lower soft magnetic layer having a third soft magnetic layer, and a fourth soft magnetic layer disposed below and directly adjacent said third magnetic layer, wherein said soft magnetic underlayer has a non-magnetic layer formed between said upper soft magnetic layer and said lower soft magnetic layer, wherein said second soft magnetic layer and said third soft magnetic layer are antiferromagnetically coupled to each other, said first soft magnetic layer being composed of an amorphous alloy containing 85 at. % or less of Co and 15 at. % or more of a non-magnetic material; and said second and third soft magnetic layers being composed of an alloy containing more than 85 at. % of Co and 15 at.% or less of a non-magnetic material, wherein said first and fourth soft magnetic layers are each Co—Ta—Zr—Cr, wherein said second and third soft magnetic layers are Co—Ta—Zr, wherein a ratio of magnetic moments of the upper and lower soft magnetic layers are about equal wherein the thickness of said first soft magnetic layer is 15 nm or more, wherein the thickness of said second soft magnetic layer is 5 nm or more. | 23,555 |
8,700,141 | 1. A system for monitoring brain electrical activity of a patient, comprising: a set of electrodes; at least one auditory stimulus generator; a detection system operatively connected to the set of electrodes and configured to receive electrical signals detected by the electrodes after production of an auditory stimulus by the stimulus generator, the electrical signals representing the patient's auditory evoked response, and to transmit the electrical signals to a signal processor; and the signal processor configured to: | 34,103 |
8,635,003 | 1. A control system for an engine, the control system comprising: a control module; a resistor connected in series between the control module and a non-contact position sensor, wherein the control module selectively detects a fault of the non-contact position sensor based on a voltage drop across the resistor; and a bypass module connected in parallel across the resistor, wherein: | 28,524 |
9,752,301 | 1. A method for cutting a narrow trench in a surface using a rotatable blade moveably attached to a frame and disposed within a cavity defined by a hood assembly, the hood assembly comprising a surface engaging member, the method comprising: adjusting the blade relative to the surface engaging member to achieve a desired trench depth; rotating the blade to cut a trench; positioning the surface engaging member on the surface adjacent the blade; and applying a downpressure greater than the weight of the hood assembly to the surface bordering the trench at the surface engaging member. | 24,926 |
9,103,112 | 1. A mounting adapter for attaching an object to a generally flat surface comprising: an anchor plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a plurality of first apertures extending through the upper and lower surfaces, each first aperture being configured to receive a first elongated fastener having a length sufficient to extend through and securely fasten the anchor plate over the generally flat surface, and a plurality of second apertures extending at least through the upper surface; a cover plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the cover plate being positioned over the upper surface of the anchor plate and having a plurality of third apertures extending through the upper and lower surfaces of the cover plate, the plurality of third apertures corresponding to and being positioned in alignment with the plurality of second apertures, the cover plate being configured to extend over each of the plurality of first apertures of the anchor plate; and a second fastener configured to extend through each the third aperture and securely engage with a corresponding one of the plurality of second apertures of the anchor plate for securely mounting the cover plate over the anchor plate; wherein the cover plate further includes one or more fourth apertures formed in at least the upper surface of the cover plate, each fourth aperture being configured to receive a corresponding third fastener for securing the object to the mounting adapter. | 14,512 |
9,500,685 | 1. A method for handling resonances in a resonance handling device of a power transmission system, the method comprising: in the resonance handling device: | 5,659 |
8,807,235 | 1. A soil treating system comprising: a movement assembly having a front end and a back end; a shearing assembly mounted on the front end of the movement assembly, the shearing assembly comprising: a leveling assembly mounted on the back end of the movement assembly. | 41,600 |
8,458,383 | 1. Stacked protocol interface circuitry for a programmable integrated circuit device having a programmable logic portion, wherein: said stacked protocol interface circuitry is hard logic on said programmable integrated circuit device that is separate from, and connected to, said programmable logic portion of said programmable integrated circuit device; said stacked protocol interface circuitry comprises: a protocol stack module, implemented in hard logic, including a plurality of stages for respective protocol layers progressing from a stack input to a stack output, each said layer stage having a layer stage input and a layer stage output, a respective selectable bypass at said layer stage input of each of at least one of said layer stages, and programmable selection circuitry coupled to the respective selectable bypass; and signals arriving at said layer stage input are selectably directed to one of (a) said respective layer stage, and (b) said respective bypass. | 47,085 |
9,597,365 | 1. A method for whitening skin or moisturizing skin of a subject in need thereof, comprising: administering an effective amount of a ginseng berry extract to the subject in need of whitening of skin or moisturization of skin, wherein the ginseng berry extract is an ethanol extract of ginseng berries. | 48,273 |
9,738,271 | 1. A method comprising: in response to a request to increase braking force, by a controller | 10,004 |
9,334,206 | 1. A separation process which comprises: providing to a distillation column a first composition comprising adding HF to said first composition in an amount effective to form a second composition comprising HF-azeotropes, said HF-azeotropes comprising an HF-azeotrope of 1233xf and at least one HF-azeotrope of at least one of the organics; and separating the HF azeotropes from the second composition. | 28,752 |
8,512,840 | 1. A fuser member comprising: a substrate layer comprising a thermoplastic polyimide/polybenzimidazole blend, wherein the substrate layer has Young's modulus of greater than 4000 MPa and a onset decomposition temperature of greater than 400° C.; an intermediate layer disposed on the substrate layer; and a release layer disposed on the intermediate layer. | 30,928 |
9,113,544 | 1. A method for producing a neutral molecular hydrogen flux directed to a substrate surface, comprising the steps of: a) forming a plasma and extracting from said plasma a flux of protons having energies in a range from about 50 eV to about 1 keV; thereafter b) directing said flux of protons into a chamber and introducing molecules of hydrogen into the chamber; c) imparting kinetic energy to said molecules of hydrogen by colliding the protons from said flux of protons with the molecules of hydrogen to produce energetic hydrogen molecules; and d) producing a high flux of neutral molecular hydrogen, greater than the flux of protons, having kinetic energies in a range from about 1 eV to about 100 eV by cascading collisions between said energetic hydrogen molecules and other hydrogen molecules resulting in all directional scattering of the energetic hydrogen molecules; and e) directing the high flux of neutral molecular hydrogen towards the surface. | 36,738 |
9,453,861 | 1. A solar photovoltaic (“PV”) monitoring system comprising: a plurality of solar PV inverters for converting solar power to ac mains power, each solar PV inverter comprising: a gateway comprising a wireless transceiver for receiving said monitoring data and for transmitting said control data; and a wireless repeater for wirelessly relaying said monitoring data from the plurality of solar PV inverters to the gateway and for wirelessly relaying said control data from the gateway to the plurality of solar PV inverters, the wireless repeater comprising: | 31,710 |
9,272,780 | 1. An autopilot system for a helicopter, said autopilot system comprising: an inner loop that is configured at least for providing a true attitude estimate for the flight of the helicopter including a given level of redundancy applied to the inner loop; and an outer, autopilot loop that is configured for providing at least one navigation function with respect to the flight of the helicopter including a different level of redundancy than the inner loop. | 38,965 |
9,746,548 | 1. A multi-beam LIDAR optical system comprising: a plurality of single mode optical fibers configured to transmit and receive light beams; and a plurality of lenses configured to collimate and focus the light beams between the plurality of single mode optical fibers and an entrance pupil of the system; wherein the system is configured to transmit and receive the light beams over an angular field of view of at least 5°, and wherein a ratio of a focal length of the system to a diameter of the entrance pupil is in a range of 3.5-5. | 40,204 |
8,790,864 | 1. A method of tailoring the shape of a plurality of relief printing dots created in a photosensitive printing blank during a platemaking process, said photosensitive printing blank comprising at least one photocurable layer disposed on a backing layer, the method comprising the steps of: a) selectively exposing the at least one photocurable layer to a source of actinic radiation to selectively crosslink and cure the at least one photocurable layer; and b) developing the exposed at least one photocurable layer of photosensitive printing blank to reveal a relief image therein, said relief image comprising the plurality of relief printing dots; wherein the source of actinic radiation comprises an array of UV LED light assemblies, the array of UV LED light assemblies comprising at least two rows of UV LED lights, wherein the use of the array of UV LED light assemblies produces relief printing dots having at least one geometric characteristic selected from the group consisting of a desired planarity of a top surface of the relief printing dots, a desired shoulder angle of the relief printing dots and a desired edge sharpness of the relief printing dots, wherein each UV LED light in the first row of UV LED lights has the same peak wavelength and wherein each UV LED light in the second row of UV LED lights has the same peak wavelength and wherein the peak wavelength of the UV LED lights in the first row of UV LED lights and the peak wavelength of the UV LED lights in the second row of UV LED lights are different. | 41,754 |
8,393,259 | 1. A cartridge gas selector mechanism for a firearm barrel of a selected length having a bore extending therethrough; a gas block mounted to said firearm barrel and defining a cartridge gas passage; said firearm barrel defining primary and secondary cartridge gas ports located intermediate said selected length of said firearm barrel and communicating said bore with said cartridge gas passage, said primary cartridge gas port being open at all times; and a selector valve member being movable within said gas block between an open condition permitting flow of cartridge gas from said bore through said secondary cartridge gas port to said cartridge gas passage and a closed condition blocking flow of cartridge gas from said bore through said secondary cartridge gas port to said cartridge gas passage. | 27,198 |
9,266,439 | 1. A multi-voltage on-board power supply system for a motor vehicle having a hybrid or electric drive, comprising a dc-dc converter, by means of which a high voltage level having a higher direct-current voltage different from ground and at least a first energy storage device is connected to a low voltage level having a lower voltage different from ground and at least a second energy storage device, wherein the multi-voltage on-board power supply system comprises: a charging interface for charging external devices; at least one converter phase of the dc-dc converter that can be disconnected from the low voltage level and instead connected to the charging interface; and a third energy storage device that can be connected to the charging interface in order to supply the third energy storage device in the connected state and permit a charging of the third energy storage device by the energy flow from the first energy storage device to the third energy storage device, wherein a connection of the third energy storage device to the charging interface can be detected and, as a result of this detection, the disconnecting of the low voltage level and the connecting to the charging interface can be automatically controlled. | 10,480 |
8,390,115 | 1. A wiring board comprising: a substrate; a wiring layer that is formed on a surface of the substrate and has a predetermined wiring pattern; a connection terminal that is formed on part of the wiring layer and electrically connected to a bump electrode of a integrated circuit chip; a mount region that is disposed on the surface of the substrate and where the integrated circuit chip is mounted; and an insulation layer that protects the wiring layer which is so formed on the surface of the substrate as to surround an outer circumference of the mount region; wherein part of the insulation layer is disposed inside the mount region; and a thickness of the insulation layer is larger than a thickness of the bump electrode of the integrated circuit chip. | 11,608 |
9,091,622 | 1. A method of creating a check plug of known permeability comprising: creating a cylinder with a diameter D with an impermeable matrix; creating a channel in the cylinder by: wherein the channel has a known diameter d of less than 50 microns; and calculating the permeability through the check plug by the equation wherein n is the number of channels. | 4,404 |
8,987,784 | 1. A III-nitride semiconductor device comprising: a III-nitride heterojunction including a first III-nitride body situated over a second III-nitride body to form a two-dimensional electron gas; a dielectric body situated over said III-nitride heterojunction and comprising a first dielectric layer of a first dielectric material and a second dielectric layer of a second dielectric material different than said first dielectric material; first and second ohmic electrodes extending through said dielectric body to contact said III-nitride heterojunction; a gate dielectric situated between said III-nitride heterojunction and said dielectric body including said first dielectric layer and said second dielectric layer, said gate dielectric extending from said first ohmic electrode to said second ohmic electrode; a gate well being of a first width defined by said first dielectric layer, and being of a second width defined by said second dielectric layer, said second width being greater than said first width; a gate arrangement situated in said gate well and comprising a gate electrode integrated with a field plate. | 13,553 |
9,667,146 | 1. A method comprising: detecting that a switching regulator is transitioning to a continuous mode of operation to provide current to a load connected to an output of the switching regulator, the current provided by a transistor of the switching regulator that is operably connected between a power source and the load; increasing, in response to the transition to the continuous mode of operation, a predefined current limit of current-limit circuitry interposed between the power source and the transistor effective to enable the transistor to draw an amount of input current that exceeds the predefined current limit; and permitting, for a predetermined number of operating cycles, the switching regulator to operate with the increased current limit effective to provide, via the transistor, the current to the load more quickly. | 13,282 |
9,735,575 | 1. A power management system comprising; a plurality of lower power management apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of lower power management apparatuses is associated with one of a plurality of consumers; and an upper power management apparatus that manages the plurality of lower power management apparatuses, wherein the upper power management apparatus, in response to a power curtailment signal transmitted from a power company that manages a power grid, transmits, to each of the plurality of lower power management apparatuses, a notification request for an amount of power that can be reduced from current power consumed by loads connected to each of the plurality of lower power management apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of lower power management apparatuses, in response to the notification request, transmits, to the upper power management apparatus, reducible power information including the amount of power that can be reduced from the current power related to at least one category out of a plurality of categories of loads, and wherein the upper power management apparatus, in response to the power curtailment signal and the reducible power information, transmits, to each of the plurality of lower power management apparatuses power reduction information including an amount of power that should be reduced in each consumer. | 39,428 |
8,978,640 | 1. A superheated steam tower, comprising a heliostats; a receiver including a first subpanel and a second subpanel positioned adjacent to one another and connected in series; | 15,137 |
9,236,377 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first transistor, a first terminal of the first transistor being electrically connected to a first wiring and a second terminal of the first transistor being electrically connected to a second wiring; a second transistor, a gate of the second transistor being electrically connected to a sixth wiring, a first terminal of the second transistor being electrically connected to the sixth wiring, and a second terminal of the second transistor being electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor; a third transistor, a gate of the third transistor being electrically connected to a fourth wiring, a first terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to a third wiring, and a second terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to the second wiring; a fourth transistor, a gate of the fourth transistor being electrically connected to a fifth wiring, a first terminal of the fourth transistor being electrically connected to the third wiring, and a second terminal of the fourth transistor being electrically connected to the second wiring; and a fifth transistor, a gate of the fifth transistor being electrically connected to the fifth wiring, a first terminal of the fifth transistor being electrically connected to the third wiring, and a second terminal of the fifth transistor being electrically connected to the gate of the first transistor, wherein a channel width of the second transistor is larger than a channel width of the fifth transistor, wherein a channel width of the fourth transistor is larger than a channel width of the fifth transistor, and wherein a channel width of the first transistor is larger than a sum of a channel width of the third transistor and the channel width of the fourth transistor. | 44,352 |
8,564,992 | 1. A power factor correction device including a coil and a switching element, and a control unit for controlling ON/OFF of the switching element, comprising: an input voltage detection unit for detecting an input voltage of the power factor correction device; an output voltage detection unit for detecting an output voltage; and a coil current detection unit for detecting a coil current that is generated in the coil pursuant to the ON/OFF operation of the switching element, wherein the control unit predicts an OFF time of the switching element of each switching cycle for controlling the switching element in a critical mode based on a voltage value of the input voltage detected with the input voltage detection unit, a voltage value of the output voltage detected with the output voltage detection unit, and a current value of the coil current detected with the coil current detection unit, and controls the ON/OFF of the switching element based on the prediction result, and wherein the control unit predicts an OFF time T | 17,115 |
9,406,924 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate having a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material on a surface of a positive electrode substrate; a nonaqueous electrolyte; an outer body storing the electrode assembly and the nonaqueous electrolyte; a positive electrode external terminal; a negative electrode external terminal; and a current interruption mechanism being provided on at least one of a conductive pathway between the positive electrode plate and the positive electrode external terminal and a conductive pathway between the negative electrode plate and the negative electrode external terminal, the current interruption mechanism interrupting the conductive pathway with an increase in pressure in the outer body; wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an overcharge inhibitor, the positive electrode active material layer has a specific surface area of 1.3 m a quotient of a total surface area of the positive electrode active material layer (m | 4,483 |
9,038,974 | 1. A connecting structure received in a main device for connecting an auxiliary apparatus, the main device comprising a bottom board and a sidewall substantially perpendicularly connected to the bottom board, the main device defining an opening on the sidewall, the connecting structure comprising: a retracting part formed on the bottom board and close to the sidewall; and a clamping part pivotablly mounted on the bottom board and pivotally connected to the retracting part; wherein the retracting part drives the clamping part to extend out of the main device via the opening defined on the sidewall for connecting the auxiliary apparatus when the auxiliary apparatus is mounted on the main device; the retracting part retracts the clamping part into the main device when the auxiliary apparatus is unmounted from the main device, the auxiliary apparatus comprises a pair of hooks formed on an outer sidewall of the auxiliary apparatus, and the clamping part engages with an engaging structure for connecting the auxiliary apparatus. | 11,390 |
9,125,411 | 1. A composition comprising metaflumizone and a UV absorber comprising a sulfonic acid group wherein the E isomer of metaflumizone is present in an amount to at least 90 wt. %, based on the total amount of the E and Z isomers of metaflumizone, wherein the UV absorber is a sulfonic acid derivative of benzophenone having a solubility in water at 20° C. of at least 5.0 g/l; and wherein the UV absorber is present in an amount that is sufficient to effectively reduce the E/Z isomerization of metaflumizone. | 31,938 |
8,647,482 | 1. An electrochemical-catalytic converter, which is used to control exhaust emission, comprising: at least one cell module further including a cathode compartment, an anode compartment, a membrane-electrode assembly and a heating unit, the membrane-electrode assembly being interposed between the cathode compartment and the anode compartment, the heating unit being embedded in the cell module and interposed between the anode compartment and the membrane-electrode assembly, the cathode compartment including an oxidation catalyst; a reducing gas input unit and a reducing gas output unit respectively coupled to two sides of the anode compartment to function as a reducing gas input terminal and a reducing gas output terminal of the cell module for operating; a reducing gas circulating pump respectively coupled to the reducing gas input unit and the reducing gas output unit to perform closed circulation of reducing gas; and an exhaust gas input unit and an exhaust gas output unit respectively coupled to two sides of the cathode compartment to function as an exhaust gas input terminal and an exhaust gas output terminal of the cell module for treating exhaust gas; wherein the heating unit heats the membrane-electrode assembly to a working temperature to generate an electromotive force in the membrane-electrode assembly, and wherein nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas are decomposed to form nitrogen in the membrane-electrode assembly, and wherein carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter in the exhaust gas are catalyzed to form carbon dioxide and water by the oxidation catalyst, whereby the exhaust gas is decontaminated. | 49,681 |
8,961,368 | 1. A method for a boosted engine, comprising: during a deceleration event while engine cylinder fuel injection is deactivated, while the engine is spinning, and while cylinder valves are still active, selectively downshifting a transmission from a first, higher gear to a second, lower gear to increase engine speed and increase engine airflow in response to a condensate level in a charge air cooler. | 23,774 |
8,520,365 | 1. A supercapacitor electrode, comprising: an ECS material, a highly-structured DLS material; and a less-structured DLS material, wherein the less-structured DLS material forms an electrically conductive pathway between the ECS material and the highly-structured DLS material. | 45,888 |
8,627,137 | 1. A method, comprising: detecting, in a network device having one or more network interfaces, a data plane critical fault condition associated with a data plane, wherein a corresponding control plane to the data plane is not experiencing a critical fault condition; determining whether the detected data plane critical fault condition is one of either an interface based critical fault condition for one or more particular network interfaces of the network device or a network device based critical fault condition; in response to the data plane critical fault condition being the network device based critical fault condition, activating and advertising an increased and expensive usable metric for each network interface of the network device; and in response to the data plane critical fault condition being the interface based critical fault condition: | 8,811 |
9,803,011 | 1. An antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds to hepcidin (Hep) or a hepcidin peptide, wherein the antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, comprises a heavy chain CDR1 encoded by SEQ ID NO: 57, a heavy CDR2 encoded by SEQ ID NO: 60, a heavy chain CDR3 encoded by SEQ ID NO: 63, a light chain CDR1 encoded by SEQ ID NO: 66, a light CDR2 encoded by SEQ ID NO: 69, and a light chain CDR3 encoded by SEQ ID NO: 72. | 39,678 |
8,379,258 | 1. An information processing apparatus which provides a print service that transmits, in response to receiving a print request from a user, a print job corresponding to the print request to a printer, in a system operating under a Web environment in which the information processing apparatus, which provides the service by operating a Web server, and a client apparatus, which is provided with the service by operating a Web browser, are connected via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a print job history in which a status of the print job corresponding to the print request and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for browsing a page describing information about the print job are corresponded with a user ID of a user who requests the print service; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a print job history having a user ID matching to a user ID of a user who sends a request for browsing a print job history, from print job histories stored in the storage unit, when the Web server receives the request for browsing from the user of the client apparatus via the Web browser; a creation unit configured to create, as distribution information, a file for distributing update information, including a summary for notifying the status of the print job and a URL for browsing information about the print job, based on the print job history acquired by the acquisition unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit, as the distribution information, the file created by the creation unit to the Web browser; a determination unit configured to determine, in response to an access from the client apparatus which receives the distribution information and displays the summary according to the URL included in the distribution information, whether the URL used on the access accords with a URL of the latest print job history among the print job history, stored in the storage unit, corresponding to the print job; and a return unit configured, when the determination unit determines that the URL used on the access accords with the URL of the latest print job history, to return a page corresponding to the URL used on the access to the client apparatus, and when the determination unit determines that the URL used on the access does not accord with the URL of the latest print job history, to return the URL of the latest print job history information to the client apparatus. | 26,546 |
9,420,641 | 1. A microwave heating apparatus comprising: a cavity arranged to receive a load; at least one microwave generator configured to feed a plurality of microwaves into the cavity; at least one image-capturing device; and a control unit adapted to: obtain load volume information of the load within the cavity based on information recorded by the image-capturing device about at least one portion of the load, wherein the control is adapted to convert the information recorded by the image-capturing device into a plurality of two-dimensional silhouette images of the load and combine the plurality of two-dimensional silhouette images of the load to determine the load volume information; obtain load density information using at least one of a user input and information recorded by the image-capturing device about at least one portion of the load; determine load mass information based upon the load volume information and the load density information; determine a heating pattern based upon the load mass information; and control the at least one microwave generator to provide the heating pattern within the cavity. | 34,686 |
9,081,659 | 1. A controlling method for connector, wherein the connector comprises a squelch detector, the controlling method comprising: receiving a first signal stream under a condition that the squelch detector is turned-off; determining whether the first signal stream comprises a burst signal under a first operating frequency; if the first signal stream comprises the burst signal, turning on the squelch detector and determining whether a second signal stream is a waking signal by the squelch detector under a second operating frequency, wherein the second signal stream is received after receiving the first signal stream and the second operating frequency is greater than the first operating frequency; and if the second signal stream is the waking signal, changing an operating state of the connector to an active state. | 36,382 |
9,041,310 | 1. A load driving apparatus, comprising: a power conversion circuit, receiving a DC input voltage, and providing a DC output voltage to a light emitting diode (LED) string in response to a gate pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal; a complex function circuit, serially connected with the LED string, and providing a short-protection mechanism; and a control chip, coupled to the power conversion circuit and the complex function circuit, wherein the control chip is configured to: generate the gate PWM signal to control operation of the power conversion circuit; and control, when the LED string is short-circuited, the complex function circuit to activate the short-protection mechanism, so as to protect the load driving apparatus from being damaged; wherein the control chip has a chip enable pin, the complex function circuit is a short-protection circuit, and when the LED string is short-circuited, the complex function circuit activates the short-protection mechanism to provide a shutdown signal to the chip enable pin, when the LED string is short-circuited, the control chip is shut down in response to the shutdown signal from the short-protection circuit, the short-protection circuit comprises: a first switch transistor, having a drain coupled to a cathode of the LED string, having a source for providing a feedback voltage related to a current flowing through the LED string, and having a gate coupled to the chip enable pin; a second current sense resistor, coupled between the source of the first switch transistor and the ground potential; a first resistor, having a first end coupled to the drain of the first switch transistor; a second switch transistor, having a gate coupled to a second end of the first resistor, having a drain coupled to the gate of the first switch transistor for providing the shutdown signal, and having a source coupled to the ground potential; a second resistor, coupled between the drain of the second switch transistor and the ground potential; a capacitor, coupled between the gate of the second switch transistor and the ground potential; a diode, connected with the capacitor in parallel; and a third resistor, connected with the diode in parallel. | 13,614 |
8,695,539 | 1. A water heater comprising: combustion means that combusts fuel and generates exhaust; heat exchange means that exchanges heat of the exhaust for supplied water; bypassing means that makes the supplied water flow to an outlet of the heat exchange means; exchanged heat temperature detection means that detects temperature of the supplied water after heat exchange; flow rate adjustment means that adjusts a volume of the supplied water flowing into the bypassing means and the heat exchange means; and a control unit that controls the flow rate adjustment means so as to make a predetermined volume of the supplied water or over flow to the heat exchange means. | 21,835 |
9,813,453 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for managing access to a particular electronic document, the computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors, causes: a device management system receiving, from a client device a request to access a particular electronic document, user identification information, and device identification information; determining, from the user identification information and device identification information that a user of the client device is a registered owner of the client device; determining, from a plurality of policies, one or more policies that apply to the particular electronic document, wherein the one or more policies specify one or more download and processing restrictions to be enforced with respect to the particular electronic document at client devices; in response to determining the one or more policies that specify the one or more download and processing restrictions to be enforced with respect to the particular electronic document at client devices: in response to determining that the user of the client device is authorized to download the particular electronic document: | 27,192 |
9,343,732 | 1. An electrode active material comprising: a core comprising at least one of a metal and a metal oxide which enable intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions; a crystalline carbon thin film that is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the core; and the electrode active material has a nano-structure, wherein the core comprises pores and a skeleton that forms a wall between adjacent pores, the electrode active material has a bimodal pore size distribution, the crystalline carbon thin film is formed on an exposed surface of the core and an inner wall of the pore by forming a carbon-based moiety represented by Formula 2 below and converting the carbon-based moiety into the crystalline carbon thin film having a thickness of 2 nanometers or less, wherein the metal comprises at least one of tin (Sn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), and bismuth (Bi), and the metal oxide comprises at least one of tin oxide, iron oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, zinc oxide, manganese oxide, molybdenum oxide, and bismuth oxide: wherein ring A is benzene, naphthalene, phenalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, triphenylene, pyrene, chrysene, naphthacene, picene, perylene, pentaphene, hexacene, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, quinoline, phthalazine, quinoxaline, quinazoline, cinnoline, phenanthridine, phenanthroline, or phenazine; b is an integer of 1 to 5; and * denotes a binding site with the surface of the core. | 4,736 |
8,808,897 | 1. An electrode structure of a vanadium redox flow battery, comprising: a proton-exchange membrane; two graphite papers, sandwiching the proton-exchange membrane between them; two pads, each pad has a single hole or a plurality of holes, the two pads sandwiching the two graphite papers in such a manner that the single hole or the holes of each pad are covered by the two graphite papers; two graphite felt units, having a multistrip structure; and two graphite polar plates, sandwiching the two pads, each graphite polar plate having one or a plurality of flow channels with a grooved structure on a surface thereof, each graphite felt unit having the multistrip structure being embedded in the flow channels of one of the graphite polar plates, and the two graphite felt units being covered by the two graphite papers, wherein the flow channels are served to allow a first electrolyte and a second electrolyte having vanadium ions in different oxidation states to flow through, and by the electrochemical reactions of the vanadium ions in the first electrolyte and the second electrolyte, an electrical energy is generated and is output to the external load, or the external electrical energy is converted into chemical energy stored in the vanadium ions. | 44,809 |
9,837,852 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a front-lit reflective electronic display screen, comprising in order from an exterior surface of the device: a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) proximate to a first edge of the first light guide, the plurality of LEDs arranged to inject light having visible wavelengths into the first light guide to illuminate the reflective electronic display; a photovoltaic cell arranged along a second edge of the first light guide, wherein a light absorbing surface of the photovoltaic cell is oriented perpendicular to an exposed face of the display screen, the photovoltaic cell configured to: a battery that powers the computing device; and a battery charge controller configured to charge the battery using the electrical power from the photovoltaic cell. | 13,537 |
9,582,792 | 1. A computer-implemented fuel dispensing system to facilitate use of a mobile device to purchase and dispense fuel from a dispensing site having an electronic point-of-sale system that mediates operation of at least one fuel dispensing pump using funds administered by a financial processing computer network, comprising: a site connector computer programmed to administer a site database and to provide a site connector interface adapted to be coupled securely to the point-of-sale system of at least one site each of a plurality of geographically disparate dispensing sites; the site connector computer being programmed to define in said site database a data structure that stores site-specific information about the dispensing sites including the site location and pump identifying information from which the number of pumps at each dispensing site may be ascertained; the site connector computer being programmed to communicate with the electronic point-of-sale system and populate a record in said site database according to said data structure using information obtained from said at least one site dispensing sites; and a mobile app server computer programmed to support Internet communication with the mobile device and also to communicate securely with the financial processing computer network; the mobile app server computer being further programmed to communicate with the site connector computer to thereby communicate queries to and receive information from the site database; the mobile app server computer being further programmed to ascertain a site location from the mobile device upon user interaction via the mobile device and to use said site location to issue a query to the site database to acquire the pump identifying information from the site database; the mobile app server computer being further programmed to communicate the pump identifying information to the mobile device for use in making a pump selection based on the pump identifying information; the mobile app server computer being further programmed to receive from the mobile device a pump selection identifier and to issue a fuel purchase instruction that includes the pump selection identifier to the financial processing computer network. | 28,366 |
8,948,347 | 1. A method for checking the connection of a supply voltage from a subscriber line interface circuit to a subscriber access line which has a plurality of wires for connection of at least one subscriber to at least one communication network, comprising, without decoupling the subscriber access line from the communication network and without generating a call signal on the subscriber access line: connecting an impedance between two wires of the subscriber access line; switching the subscriber access line to a call pause mode in which only a direct-current component of a ringing voltage is applied to the subscriber access line; determining at least one electrical property, wherein the electrical property is selected from the group consisting of a current flowing in the wires of the subscriber access line and a voltage between one of the wires and ground; checking whether or not the supply voltage is present on the subscriber access line; and verifying whether or not the subscriber line interface circuit is fundamentally able to feed a pre-determined current to the subscriber line. | 31,907 |
8,505,473 | 1. A ground engaging apparatus comprising: a. a toolbar, wherein said toolbar is adapted to be coupled to a motive source; b. a paired single disc opener unit affixed to said toolbar, wherein said paired single disc opener unit comprises: c. a down pressure system coupled to said set of four-bar parallel linkage; wherein said down pressure system is defined as being selected from a group consisting of springs, pneumatic devices, and hydraulic devices; d. a seed delivery assembly positioned above said support frame; e. a left opener disc seed delivery tube coupled to said seed delivery assembly; f. a right opener disc seed delivery tube coupled to said seed delivery assembly; g. a closing wheel mounting arm mounted to said support frame behind said left opener disc and said right opener disc; h. a plurality of closing wheels rotatably mounted to said closing wheel mounting arm; i. a depth regulating member rotatably mounted to said support frame; j. a right row cleaner arm mounted to said support frame; k. a first row cleaning wheel rotatably mounted to said right row cleaner arm; l. a left row cleaner arm mounted to said support frame; m. a second row cleaning wheel rotatably mounted to said left row cleaner arm. | 31,324 |
9,005,556 | 1. A method for separating hafnium tetrachloride and zirconium tetrachloride, from a mixture of Zr tetrachloride/aromatic compound and Hf tetrachloride/aromatic compound complexes, comprising: carrying out liquid-liquid extraction to separate hafnium tetrachloride and zirconium tetrachloride from a mixture of Zr tetrachloride/aromatic compound and Hf tetrachloride/aromatic compound complexes, with a Zr/Hf enrichment of at least 100/1 (expressed by mass), using an ionic liquid, the melting point of which is below 100° C., with a non-nucleophilic anion, under anhydrous conditions. | 21,870 |
8,905,284 | 1. A fastener supply assembly for a fastener driving tool, comprising: an outlet passage arranged to expel fasteners from the assembly to a workpiece during use; a magazine comprising a plurality of supply channels arranged to hold fasteners and supply them to the outlet passage; and a channel selector having an opening, wherein the channel selector is arranged to selectively connect, via the opening, the outlet passage with each respective supply channel of the magazine, by rotational movement of the channel selector relative to the magazine and about a longitudinal axis of the outlet passage. | 48,302 |
9,003,499 | 1. A system for conveying a plurality of event information associated with a corresponding plurality of events that occur based on satisfactions of a corresponding plurality of specified event conditions related to locations of a corresponding plurality of mobile objects having a corresponding plurality of mobile object identification codes, wherein each mobile object is associated with at least one location information source that provides a corresponding location information over a wireless network, said system comprising: one or more computer servers configured to create a plurality of information-sharing environments, said plurality of information-sharing environments providing user interfaces for a plurality of authorized users over a network of computing devices, said plurality of authorized users being associated with a corresponding plurality of authorized user identification codes, wherein said plurality of information-sharing environments are configurable based on varying levels of administrator privileges, said varying levels of administrator privilege comprising a first level of administrator privilege associated with a network administrator and a second level of administrator privileges associated with said plurality of authorized users, said first level of administrator privilege being used in a first information-sharing environment to allow for configuring a plurality of event information-sharing environments within said first information-sharing environment independent of one another, wherein said plurality of event information-sharing environments are configurable based on said second levels of administrator privileges for specifying the plurality of specified event conditions; one or more access control systems that are configured to communicates with said one or more computer servers to control access to the plurality of information sharing environments, wherein access control to the plurality of information sharing environments is based on access control codes requiring multiple levels of access control comprising a first level of access control and a second levels of access control, wherein access to said first information sharing environment is controlled under the first level of access control based on access control codes associated with the plurality of authorized user identification codes, wherein access to said event information sharing environments is controlled under the second level of access control to access the plurality of specified event conditions independent of each other based on a corresponding plurality of event information access codes that are associated with the plurality of authorized user identification codes; and an administrator system in communication with said one or more computer servers adapted to configure a corresponding plurality of access privileges for the plurality of authorized users that specify the specified event conditions based on the plurality of event information access codes, wherein conveyance of the plurality of event information is managed based on the plurality of access privileges. | 49,247 |
9,181,878 | 1. An operations support system for an engine, comprising: a diagnostic engine model unit configured to receive engine data from the engine and to generate diagnostics data based on the engine data; an engine-specific model unit coupled to the diagnostic engine model unit and configured to receive the diagnostics data from the diagnostic engine model unit and to generate engine diagnostic scalars using an engine-specific thermodynamic model, the thermodynamic model being based on component maps associated with the engine; an emissions calculation unit coupled to the engine-specific model unit and configured to calculate emissions information for the engine based on the engine diagnostic scalars; and a graphical user interface coupled to the emissions calculation unit and configured to display the emissions information. | 25,074 |
9,535,927 | 1. A method comprising the following steps: (a) constructing a boundary for a geospatial feature or entity comprising a set of contextual square quadrangles, and (b) displaying to a user the boundary on a visual display device and/or saving the boundary to a storage medium, wherein each quadrangle of the set of quadrangles has a confidence value, wherein each contextual square quadrangle of the set of contextual square quadrangles has a contextual geohash code ID, wherein each contextual geohash code ID has a length, and wherein each contextual square quadrangle of the set of contextual square quadrangles has a precision value based on the length of a contextual geohash code ID for the contextual square quadrangle. | 15,656 |
9,189,058 | 1. A storage system that functions as one or more logical volumes, comprising: a control unit; and a plurality of storage units daisy-chained to the control unit; wherein the control unit includes a memory that stores information that indicates allocation status of the plurality of storage units to a logical volume, an access request responding unit that controls at least one storage unit among the plurality of storage units in response to a request for access to a logical volume from a host device, and a power saving controller that identifies an unused storage unit being unallocated to any logical volume among the plurality of storage units on the basis of the allocation status information, determines whether an in-use storage unit is subsequently connected to the identified unused storage unit and, based on the determination, performs power saving control on the identified unused storage unit. | 23,558 |
9,613,091 | 1. A method for providing an answer to an input question containing at least one time-sensitive word or at least one time-sensitive phrase using natural language processing (NLP), the method comprising: creating and maintaining an online T-Word Dictionary, wherein creating and maintaining the online T-Word Dictionary comprises: receiving the input question, wherein the input question is entered by a user via a graphical user interface associated with a first computer; performing natural language processing (NLP) analysis on the input question to extract a required value phrase; forming at least one mathematical equation based on the extracted required value phrase, wherein forming the at least one mathematical equation comprises: determining the answer to the input question in natural language based on the solved at least one mathematical equation, wherein the determining comprises the first computer interacting with an on-line question-answer system to search an internet, a plurality of online data repositories, a plurality of online databases, and a plurality of online corpuses according to the value associated with the identified at least one time-sensitive word or the at least one time-sensitive phrase at the particular point in time; and narrating the answer to the input question in natural language based on the solved at least one mathematical equation. | 35,257 |
9,394,646 | 1. A carbon-fiber reinforced plastic, comprising: a polymeric matrix; at least one carbon fiber in the polymeric matrix wherein the carbon fiber comprises an exterior surface; and an energetic polymer interface located between the exterior surface of the carbon fiber and the polymeric matrix, wherein the energetic polymer interface is covalently coupled to the exterior surface of the carbon fiber. | 37,358 |
9,781,255 | 1. A method of authenticating call origination, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a call origination message from a communication network, wherein the call origination message comprises an automatic number identification (ANI) storing a phone number, and wherein the computer system is associated with a called number in the call origination message; determining, by the computer system, that the phone number is not associated with an originator of the call origination message; responsive to determining that the phone number is not associated with the originator of the call origination message, dropping, by the computer system, the call origination message and not answering an associated call, whereby a called party associated with the called number reduces its vulnerability to call origination spoofing; receiving, by the computer system, a second call origination message from the communication network, wherein the second call origination message comprises an ANI storing a second phone number and the called number associated with the computer system; responsive to receiving the second call origination message, transmitting, by the computer system, a call origination authentication request message to the communication network, wherein the call origination authentication request message comprises the second phone number and the called number; determining, by a communication network server system, that a second UE associated with the second phone number is off-hook and that the second UE is connected to the called number; responsive to determining that the second UE associated with the second phone number is off-hook and connected to the called number, determining, by the communication network server system, a call verification status; encrypting, by the communication network server system, the call verification status using a secret key known to an enterprise call center; transmitting, by the communication network server system, a call origination authentication response message comprising the encrypted call verification status to the enterprise call center; receiving, by the computer system, the call origination authentication response message from the communication network comprising the encrypted call verification status; decrypting, by the computer system, the encrypted call verification status, wherein the decrypted call verification status comprises one or more of a tenure of a subscriber account associated with the second phone number, a stolen status of the second UE associated with the second phone number, a status of a recent swapping of the second UE or swapping of the association of the second phone number and the second UE, and a status of voicemail forwarding active; based on the decrypted call verification status, determining, by the computer system, that the second phone number is associated with the second UE; and based on the decrypted call verification status, connecting a call associated with the second call origination message to the enterprise call center associated with the called number. | 9,232 |
8,597,458 | 1. A manufacturing method for a composite sheet formed by sandwiching an absorbent body that absorbs liquid between a first sheet and a second sheet, comprising: conveying the first sheet with abutting a mold member on a surface of the mold member, the first sheet being continuous in a first direction, the mold member including a mold formed on the surface in a depressed shape and moving along the first direction perpendicular to a width direction of the surface; forming the absorbent body using a procedure in which a liquid-absorbent particle falls towards the first sheet abutting the surface and the liquid-absorbent particle is deposited on a corresponding portion of the first sheet to the mold by suction from a suction hole of the mold; and joining the second sheet and the first sheet with placing the second sheet over the first sheet, the first sheet having the absorbent body that is deposited thereon, the second sheet being continuously transported in the first direction, wherein in the forming, a plurality of slope members having a slope is included in an up-and-down direction, a height of an upstream end of the slope and a height of a downstream end of the slope are different in the first direction, while the liquid-absorbent particle successively slides a slope of the plurality of slope members, the liquid-absorbent particle is distributed in the width direction and falls on the first sheet located on the mold member, at least one slope member of the plurality of slope members makes the liquid-absorbent particle reverse its sliding direction and slide, the liquid-absorbent particle falling from a slope member adjacent above the one slope member, wherein in the forming, a box member that forms a partitioned space together with the surface is included, the plurality of slope members are housed in the box member, a discharging member that discharges the liquid-absorbent particles is housed in the box member above the plurality of slope members, and the plurality of slope members each have opposite ends in the width direction that are fixed on walls of the box member. | 8,125 |
9,828,894 | 1. An exhaust manifold, comprising: a main housing; a plurality of exhaust gas inlet ducts, each exhaust gas inlet duct extending fluidly between a duct inlet and a duct outlet positioned downstream thereof, each exhaust gas inlet duct extending away from the main housing, each exhaust gas inlet duct comprising a mounting flange configured to mount to an internal combustion engine; an exhaust gas passage disposed in the main housing and extending fluidly between an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet positioned downstream thereof, the exhaust gas passage configured to allow exhaust gas, from the engine, to pass therethrough; an exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) passage disposed in the main housing and extending fluidly between an EGR inlet and an EGR outlet positioned downstream thereof, the EGR inlet being defined by the exhaust gas passage, the EGR passage configured to allow a recirculated portion of the exhaust gas to pass therethrough and back to an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas outlet being positioned only downstream of the engine and configured to allow an entire remaining portion of the exhaust gas to pass therethrough and out of the engine; and a coolant passage disposed in the main housing and extending fluidly between a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet positioned downstream thereof, the coolant passage configured to cool the exhaust gas passage and the EGR passage via a coolant, the exhaust gas passage configured to cool the exhaust gas, the EGR passage configured to cool the recirculated portion of the exhaust gas. | 29,710 |
8,774,096 | 1. A method comprising: in a first device of a network: | 8,594 |
9,054,399 | 1. A vehicle battery cooling device comprising: a battery case that contains a battery for generating a high voltage and disposed in a space between a pair of right and left side panels at a rear side of a vehicle; a cooling fan disposed at a location overlapping the battery case in a vertical direction of the vehicle and configured to send cooling air to the battery case; and a duct placed in a space between the battery case and the side panels in a width direction of the vehicle so as to communicate the cooling fan and the battery case with each other, wherein the duct is fastened to the battery case via a bracket, the bracket has an inner space having a U-shaped cross section, and the duct is disposed inside the inner space, and with the duct being disposed inside the bracket and includes a side duct portion, a predetermined gap is formed between a front side wall of the side duct portion and a front side wall of the bracket, opposing the front side wall of the duct in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a predetermined gap is also formed between a rear side wall of the side duct portion and a rear side wall of the bracket, opposing to the rear side wall of the duct in the vehicle longitudinal direction. | 8,960 |
8,366,823 | 1. A method of making a lightweight cement having increased compressive strength and water durability comprising mixing: water, cementitious reactive powder comprising: about 1.5 to 6 parts by weight of an alkali metal salt of citric acid as a set accelerator per 100 parts by weight said cementitious reactive power, up to 1.0 part of a secondary inorganic set accelerator, and lightweight aggregate selected from the group consisting of blast furnace slag, volcanic tuff, pumice, expanded clay, shale, and perlite, hollow ceramic spheres, hollow plastic spheres, expanded plastic beads and mixtures thereof; wherein the weight ratio of water to cementitious reactive powder is about 0.17 to 0.35:1.0, wherein the formed mixture has a compressive strength measured after 3 hours of between 2000 psi to 5000 psi (13.8 MPa to 34.5 MPa); and wherein setting of the cementitious material is achieved within 4 to 6 minutes of mixing of the composition without addition of a setting retarder. | 35,183 |
8,710,198 | 1. A 5″-N-alkoxycarbonyl derivative of caprazene, which is the compound represented by the following formula (Ia): wherein Me stands for methyl group, and A is an N-alkoxycarbonyl group. | 18,091 |
8,371,122 | 1. A geothermal power generation system, comprising: a geothermal fluid source capable of producing a fluid comprising steam and at least one non-condensable gas; a first separator in fluid communication with the geothermal fluid source, the first separator having a high pressure steam outlet and a liquid fraction outlet, the first separator being capable of producing from the fluid a high pressure steam outflow through the high pressure steam outlet and a liquid fraction outflow through the liquid fraction outlet; a high pressure turbine in fluid communication with the high pressure steam outlet, the high pressure turbine being coupled to a first power generator; a high pressure condenser in fluid communication with the high pressure turbine, the high pressure condenser being capable of condensing steam to form a condensate, separating the at least one non-condensable gas from the condensate and venting the non-condensable gas through an NCG outlet; a low pressure separator in fluid communication with the liquid fraction outlet of the first separator, the low pressure separator being capable of separating steam from the liquid fraction outflow and providing low pressure steam through a low pressure steam conduit; a low pressure turbine in fluid communication with the low pressure steam conduit, the low pressure turbine being coupled to a second power generator; a main condenser in fluid communication with the low pressure turbine; a second low pressure separator; and a flash valve in fluid communication with both the second low pressure separator and the high pressure condenser in a manner that allows condensate to flow from the high pressure condenser through the flash valve to form low pressure steam and a liquid fraction, the steam being separated from the liquid fraction using the second low pressure separator. | 5,126 |
8,846,259 | 1. A method of controlling output of a fuel cell system including a fuel cell and a load, comprising the steps of: setting different allowable changes per unit time in an electrical power output range of the fuel cell in both a first output range of the fuel cell and a second output range of the fuel cell, the second output range being lower in electrical power output than the first output range; setting the allowable change per unit time in the electrical power output of the fuel cell in the second output range so as to be smaller than the allowable change per unit time in the electrical power output of the fuel cell in the first output range; determining a change per unit time in the electrical power output of the fuel cell in the second output range based on an output current and an output voltage of the fuel cell; and setting the allowable change per unit time in the electrical power output of the fuel cell in the second output range so as to be smaller as the output current of the fuel cell becomes smaller and as the output voltage of the fuel cell becomes smaller. | 23,368 |
8,932,591 | 1. A liquid aqueous pharmaceutical formulation having a pH of about 4.5 to about 6, comprising an isolated human IgG1 anti-human Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (hTNFα) antibody, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, at a concentration of 35-115 mg/ml, a polyol, a surfactant, and a buffer system comprising citrate and phosphate, wherein the antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, comprises a light chain variable region comprising a CDR1 domain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:7; a CDR2 domain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:5; and a CDR3 domain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3; and a heavy chain variable region comprising a CDR1 domain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8; a CDR2 domain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6; and a CDR3 domain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4. | 30,507 |
9,794,462 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a fixture adapted to accommodate a camera having imaging optics that define an optical axis, the fixture comprising: one or more arrays of side-emitting illumination light sources positioned on the outside surface of at least one spaced-apart circuit board, the one or more arrays of side-emitting illumination light sources positioned to direct light in the direction of the optical axis toward a plane intersected by the optical axis when the camera is present. | 14,988 |
8,469,403 | 1. A device for mounting and connecting at least one sanitary installation pipe ( 5 ) provided behind a wall ( 4 ), comprising: at least one connecting element ( at least one housing ( | 41,287 |
8,877,250 | 1. A hollow nano-particle comprising: a crosslinked shell having an inner and an outer portion, the outer portion comprising a polymerized conjugated diene block or a crosslinked polymerized conjugated diene block; and a void core, in which the diameter of the void core is in a range of from about 1 nm to less than 500 nm; wherein the hollow nano-particle has a diameter in a range of from about 5 nm to about 500 nm. | 43,190 |
8,646,037 | 1. An automated system comprising an Identity Rating website, comprising: an Identity Rating website homepage through which a plurality of users each respectively login through a secure login, a set of data stored for each user of the plurality of users, after having been received from the user, including at least name data, where the name data is locked-down; a badge-generator which, after the user has completed an Identity Rating testing process administered by the Identity Rating website, generates an IDrating badge specific to the user; a portal through which is received an indication by the logged-in user of at least one external website, including a specific URL for a specific web page of the external website, on which the user is posting the user's badge and where a counterparty will be able to view and click-on the user's badge; a processor that, upon receiving a click-through by the counterparty on the user's badge on the external website, in real time generates an IDrating record customized to the user and displays the IDrating record to the counterparty. | 33,233 |
9,616,229 | 1. A method of reducing a perception of pain, the method comprising the steps of: inserting a single contact electrode in-vivo a therapeutically effective distance from a target efferent nerve fiber: electrically stimulating through the electrode the target efferent nerve fiber to generate an action potential in the target efferent nerve fiber while avoiding generation of action potentials in a non-target nerve fiber. | 20,563 |
8,841,275 | 1. A compound represented by formula I: or a stereoisomer, a salt, a metabolite, or a deuteride thereof, wherein 1) R 2) R 3) R 4) Y is selected from the group consisting of 5) X is selected from the group consisting of 6) is a four- or five-membered ring selected from the group consisting of radicals a-o represented by the following structures where * represents the point of attachment to the 2′-carbon and where a) A is selected from the group consisting of b) D is selected from the group consisting of c) R 7) B is selected from among B2, and B3 represented by the following structures: where for B2, a) R where for B3 m is 0 or 1, and ---- is a single or double bond a) when m is 0, ----- is a double-bond and R b) when m is 1, ----- is a single-bond c) independent of the value of m, each bonding pair, W and where R | 34,544 |
8,784,546 | 1. A W/O emulsion ink composition for a writing tool, comprising: an oil component; and an aqueous component dispersed in the oil component; wherein the oil component includes a fluorescent coloring agent, and the aqueous component includes a fluorescent whitening agent and water. | 47,384 |
8,701,152 | 1. A system comprising: an input interface; output interfaces to individual communication channels; and logic in communication with the input interface and the output interfaces, the logic configured to: distribute the communication frames across the communication channels in the bonded channel group. | 26,092 |
8,673,028 | 1. A method of producing a biodiesel from a wet biomass, the method comprising: providing the wet biomass comprising water and biomass solids; heating the wet biomass at a first temperature and a first pressure for a time period ranging from 10 to 480 minutes to form an aqueous solution and a solid agglomerate containing a hydrolyzed lipid component, wherein the first temperature ranges from 150 to 300° C., with the proviso that at least a portion of the water present in the wet biomass is in a liquid phase throughout the step of heating to form the aqueous solution and the solid agglomerate, and that the first temperature and first pressure are below super-critical conditions for water; and transesterifying the hydrolyzed lipid component to form biodiesel. | 3,649 |
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