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8,660,322 | 1. A computer-implemented passive continuous authentication method, comprising the steps of: registering at least one facial image of a user into a user image database; iteratively determining, during the registering step, a set of weighting masks associated with the user's at least one facial image stored in the user image database, the weighting masks being optimized by applying an interactive artificial bee colony optimization procedure to raw data of the user's at least one facial image stored in the user image database, the interactive artificial bee colony optimization procedure having a fitness function that seeks to minimize within cluster distances and between cluster distances of the raw facial image data during the optimization procedure, the iteratively determining step continuing until a stopping criterion is reached; allowing a registered user in the user image database to log into and use a computing resource; continuously authenticating, in real time, captured image frames in the vicinity of the computing resource against the user's registered at least one facial image in the image database, the continuously authenticating step including: determining Eigenface values associated with the real-time captured image frames; applying the optimized weighting masks to the Eigenface values, thereby providing processed real-time captured image frames; and comparing the processed captured image frames to the user's registered at least one image; continuing to allow use of the computing resource so long as there is a match between the processed captured image frames and the user's registered at least one facial image in the image database; and disallowing use of the computing resource when there is a mismatch between the processed captured image frames and the user's registered at least one facial image in the image database. | 38,783 |
9,628,755 | 1. A method for automatically tracking movement of a user participating in a video chat application executing in a computing device, the method comprising: receiving a capture frame comprising one or more depth images of a capture area from a depth camera connected to a computing device, the one or more depth images comprising pixels for one or more objects where each pixel has a depth value representing a distance to the one or more objects in the capture area from the depth camera; determining if the capture frame includes a user in a first location in the capture area by analyzing edges of the capture frame by comparing the depth values associated with adjacent pixels of the capture frame; identifying a sub-frame of pixels in the capture frame, the sub-frame of pixels including a position of a head, neck and shoulders of the user in the capture frame; displaying the sub-frame of pixels including only the position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user to a remote user at a remote computing system; automatically tracking the position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user to a next location within the capture area; identifying a next sub-frame of pixels, the next sub-frame of pixels including a position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user in the next location, wherein the next sub-frame of pixels is included in a next capture frame of the capture area; displaying the next sub-frame of pixels to the remote user in the remote computing system; detecting and identifying more than one user in the capture area; identifying individual sub-frames and next sub-frames of pixels for each of the more than one user, each of the individual sub-frames and next sub-frames including only the position of the head, neck and shoulders; and automatically adjusting the individual sub-frames of pixels or the individual next sub-frame of pixels to include the head, neck and shoulders of each of the users and displaying the individual sub-frame of pixels or the individual next sub-frame of pixels to the remote user, wherein each of the more than one user in the capture area is at a different location within the capture area. | 9,888 |
8,846,227 | 1. A cooling/heating element for a rechargeable battery, the cooling/heating element comprising: a cooling area having a first boundary which physically contacts a first cell of the rechargeable battery, and a second boundary which physically contacts a second cell of the rechargeable battery, wherein the cooling/heating element is arranged in a stack and each cooling/heating element having at least one of an inlet and an outlet which interacts with at least one of an inlet and an outlet of an adjacent cooling/heating element in the stack, wherein the first and second boundaries are elastically connected to each other for movement relative thereto; and a flow diaphragm at the edge of the cooling area, the flow diaphragm configured to restrict flow of a cooling/heating medium through the inlet as a distance between the first boundary and the second boundary increases. | 16,633 |
8,362,691 | 1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising: an anode, a cathode disposed facing the anode, and an organic layer that is sandwiched between the anode and the cathode and that includes at least a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer comprises a light emitting compound that is a hole transporting compound, a host material having electron transportability and an electrically inert material, and the concentration of the light emitting compound that is a hole transporting compound gradually increases overall from a cathode side toward an anode side in the light emitting layer. | 36,777 |
8,662,478 | 1. A perimeter boundary for a campground area adjacent to a recreational vehicle having retractable stairs having at least two treads with a front edge and a rear edge having open riser areas intermediate the at least two treads wherein the retractable stairs extend outwards from the recreational vehicle and towards the ground, comprising: a plurality of perimeter panels each being generally rectangular in shape, said plurality of panels each including a multitude of pickets, said pickets being generally flat and oriented in a parallel manner, said plurality of panels further including at least two horizontal support rails, said at least two horizontal support rails being secured to said multitude of pickets, said at least two horizontal support rails being generally perpendicular with said multitude of pickets; a stair panel including first and second vertical support members proximate opposing ends of said stair panel, a plurality of pickets intermediate said first and second vertical support members, and a horizontal support rail that is perpendicular to the plurality of pickets and said vertical support members and secured thereto, said pickets of said stair panel having a vertical height that is less than that of said vertical support members so as to define a void and to be placed generally underneath the retractable stairs, wherein said stair panel is operable to substantially cover a void between the retractable stairs of the recreational camper and the ground; a plurality of connection stakes, each connection stake being securable between respective adjacent side edges of one of said perimeter panels and an adjacent said perimeter panel or said stair panel to releasably secure said plurality of perimeter panels and said stair panel to the ground; and a riser panel having at least one horizontal rail and a plurality of pickets secured thereto, said riser panel being releasably securable within said void in said stair panel to the retractable stairs proximate the rear edge of the at least two treads using fasteners, said riser panel operable to substantially cover open riser areas intermediate the at least two treads of the staircase. | 44,424 |
9,437,861 | 1. A lithium-ion secondary battery, comprising: a case made from a conductive material; a cell received in the case, the cell having two main surfaces and two lateral sides; a cap assembly mounted to the case in a sealing way and equipped with electrode posts electrically connected to the cell, the electrode posts being a positive electrode post and a negative electrode post; and an electrolyte injected in the case; at least one adapter member, the each adapter member being made from a conductive material, and the each adapter member comprising: an insulative film located between the case and the cell and surrounding the at least one adapter member, wherein the pair of contact portions each define a surface that is perpendicular to the two lateral sides of the cell and parallel to the two main surfaces of the cell, each contact portion is provided with protruded portions distributed along an edge of the contact portion and protruding out of the corresponding surface defined by the contact portion, the protruded portions of the pair of contact portions are configured to point in two opposite directions towards the case such that the protruded portions puncture the insulative film to contact with the case to realize the short-circuit between the positive electrode post and the negative electrode post when the case is crushed under the external force. | 19,871 |
9,837,821 | 1. A method of allocating energy storage between a utility provider and a customer, the method comprising: providing a power management system at a site of a customer of a utility provider, the power management system including a system controller and an energy storage device connected to a utility network of the utility provider, the system controller being configured to manage the charge and discharge actions of the energy storage device; allocating a first portion of energy stored in the energy storage device for use by the utility provider upon discharge of the first portion of energy into the utility network and allocating a second portion of energy stored in the energy storage device for use by the customer, wherein the first and second portions of energy are allocated by at least one of physically partitioning, electrically partitioning, or virtually partitioning the first and second portions of energy from each other; providing direct control to the utility provider over the dispatch of the first portion of energy into the utility network by granting control over the system controller to the utility provider; providing an incentive to the customer to reserve the first portion of energy stored in the energy storage device for use by the utility provider without transferring the first portion of energy to the utility provider; compensating a party other than the customer as a result of the party other than the customer allocating the second portion of energy for the use of the customer independent of the utility provider. | 16,410 |
8,448,106 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: accessing, via a computer system, a dataflow graph that represents an expression, wherein each variable and operator in said expression is represented by a node in said dataflow graph; performing a cost analysis of computing sub-expressions of said expression, said sub-expressions corresponding to subsets of said dataflow graph; splitting said dataflow graph into a plurality of dataflow graphs based on a respective cost for each of said sub-expressions; and determining a plurality of finite state machines corresponding to said plurality of dataflow graphs. | 48,696 |
8,370,490 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying instructions executed by a processor to perform a method for service creation and mapping between at least two support systems, the method steps comprising: provisioning a service based on a service requirement and a plurality of available data centers; collecting a value of the service requirement and a cost associated with the service; comparing the service requirement to resource types of a plurality of data centers and resource availability of the plurality of data centers to determine a plurality of valid data centers among the plurality of data centers, the plurality of valid data centers having respective resource type and a respective resource availability matching all the service requirements; and selecting a valid data center from among the plurality of valid data centers with a minimum cost for service placement and provisioning. | 663 |
9,019,682 | 1. A discharge apparatus for a wind turbine to enable electric charge to be discharged between a first and a second part of the wind turbine, the first and second parts being rotatable relative to each other, the discharge apparatus comprising: a charge transfer unit electrically connected to the first part, and an electrically conductive slideway electrically connected to the second part, and rotatable relative to the charge transfer unit; the charge transfer unit comprising: the spark-gap electrode and the slideway thereby forming a spark gap with a spark-gap width controlled by the sliding member due to its elastic bias towards the slideway, wherein discharging is enabled by sparks bridging the spark gap, whereas the first and second parts are electrically isolated from each other in the absence of a spark. | 27,406 |
8,557,395 | 1. A heat insulator that is used to insulate heat a catalytic converter or a muffler of a vehicle and that includes plural convex portions formed thereon, the plural convex portions being embossed on a metal plate, each one of the convex portions being formed in a hexagonal shape in a plan view, wherein a longitudinal section thereof, which includes vertices forming opposing corners of the hexagonal shape, has a circular arc shape, and wherein the convex portions are formed so that a convex height to a convex width is in the range of from 12% to 20%, the convex width being in the range of from 10 mm to 16 mm, and a distance between the convex portions being up to 75% of a base width, which base width is the sum of one-half of said distance between the convex portions and the convex width, the convex portions being arranged so that a flat plate portion between the convex portions does not remain in a linear shape. | 25,282 |
8,528,029 | 1. A method of providing media program information, comprising: providing package information describing a package of media presentations associated with a billing and customer service (BCS) provider and an indication of whether the package has an OPEN or CLOSED state, the OPEN state indicating that the package is open for additional subscriptions regardless of a subscriber's device type, and the CLOSED state indicating that the package is closed to additional subscriptions regardless of the subscriber's device type but that the media presentations of the package are provided to devices that are associated with the BCS provider through a subscription agreement regardless of a type of the devices; and transmitting the package information and the indication of whether the package has the OPEN or CLOSED state to one of the devices that is associated with the BCS provider through the subscription agreement, wherein the one of the devices is configured to display the media presentations of the package. | 42,302 |
9,550,257 | 1. A milling method for machining metallic member using lathing and milling, comprising: (1) providing a machine comprising a machine support, a worktable, a moving device, a lathe feeding mechanism, and a milling feeding mechanism, wherein the worktable is positioned on the machine support; the moving device is slidably assembled to the machine support along a first direction and located above the worktable, the lathe feeding mechanism and the milling feeding mechanism are slidably assembled to the moving device along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the lathe feeding mechanism comprises at least one feeding assembly and a lathe tool connected to the at least one feeding assembly, the at least one feeding assembly is configured for driving the lathe tool to move along a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second direction reciprocally, the milling feeding mechanism comprises a milling cutter and is configured for driving the milling cutter to move along the third direction, the worktable comprises a first rotating member and a second rotating member, the first rotating member is mounted on the machine support, the second rotating member is mounted on the first rotating member, the second rotating member is capable of rotating the metallic member along the third direction, thereby cooperates with the lathe tool; (2) positioning a metallic member on the worktable, the metallic member comprising a top portion and a peripheral sidewall extending from a peripheral edge of the top portion, the peripheral sidewall comprising an end edge away from the top portion; (3) applying the worktable to rotate with the metallic member; (4) controlling the lathe tool to move backwards and forwards toward the metallic member to machine the top portion of the metallic member circumferentially; (5) moving the lathe tool by the moving device along a predetermined path relative to the worktable to machine curved surfaces of the top portion of the metallic member; (6) holding the metallic member to stop rotate, and moving the lathe tool away from the metallic member; (7) driving the milling cutter to rotate and contact the peripheral sidewall of the metallic member; (8) moving the milling cutter along a predetermined path, simultaneously controlling a feed of the milling cutter relative to the metallic member; and (9) applying the worktable to rotate the metallic member to enable the end edge of the peripheral sidewall to face the milling cutter, and chamfering the end edge by the milling cutter along a predetermined path, simultaneously controlling a feed of the milling cutter relative to the metallic member. | 12,978 |
8,574,815 | 1. An imaging medium comprising a single layer of a polymer film, the single layer of film comprising: polymer chains which can be unzipped upon stimulation; and nano-scale dimensioned patterns in the film, wherein the polymer chains comprise copolymers derived from two or more monomers, one of the monomers being a dialdehyde compound, and wherein the nano-scale dimensioned patterns are obtained according to a method comprising stimulating the film with a nano-scale dimensioned probe for selectively triggering an unzipping reaction of the polymer chains of the film to provide the nano-scale dimensioned patterns, wherein the polymer chains are configured to produce volatiles upon the stimulation to define the nano-scale dimensioned patterns. | 13,621 |
9,619,014 | 1. A method for managing power to components of a computing device, the method comprising: scheduling, with a driver on the computing device, one or more activity times that indicate when the driver will be active; storing the one or more activity times that indicate when the driver will be active; receiving a request to suspend a system of the computing device; retrieving the stored one or more activity times to identify when the driver will be active; determining whether any of the one or more activity times is scheduled to occur within a suspend time window, wherein the suspend time window is a time it takes the system to be suspended once suspension of the system has been initiated; initiating, if the driver will not be active during the suspend time window, suspension of the system; mapping each of a plurality of interrupt types to related drivers; storing the mapping on the computing device; receiving a particular interrupt type; accessing the stored mapping to identify particular drivers that are related to the interrupt type; and resuming only the related drivers while maintaining other drivers suspended. | 48,449 |
9,165,375 | 1. A method for automatically determining field of view overlap among multiple cameras as a function of the temporal overlap of object tracks, the method comprising: determining values of similarity for potential pairings of each of a plurality of object tracks of movements of objects over time through a field-of-view of a first camera with each of a plurality of object tracks of movements of objects over time through a field-of-view of a second camera; assigning into pairs each of the object tracks within the first camera field-of-view to ones each of the object tracks within the second camera field-of-view that each have a highest determined similarity value of the similarity values determined for their respective potential pairings; determining that the assigned object track pairs correspond to overlapping portions of the fields-of-view of the first and second paired cameras if portions of each of the assigned object track pairs have a temporally overlapping period of time; determining scene entry points on each of the tracks of the assigned object track pairs corresponding to the overlapping fields-of-view portions within their fields-of-view as locations of the object on the each of said tracks at a beginning of the temporally overlapping period of time; determining scene exit points on each of tracks of the assigned object track pairs corresponding to the overlapping fields-of-view portions within their fields-of-view as locations of the object on the each of said tracks at an ending of the temporally overlapping period of time; and defining boundary lines for the overlapping fields-of-view portions within their corresponding first and second camera fields-of-view as a function of the determined entry and exit points in their respective fields-of-view. | 40,977 |
9,210,635 | 1. A radio base station to which a radio terminal is connected, comprising: a receiver that receives a handover request that is transmitted by another radio base station, for a radio terminal connected to the another radio base station to perform handover to the radio base station; a transmitter that transmits a response to the handover request to the another radio base station; and a control unit that controls a response to the handover request, wherein the handover request includes first information indicating a fulfillment level of throughput actually measured when the radio terminal connected to the another radio base station executes an application, divided by throughput required for the radio terminal to execute the application, and the control unit controls the response to the handover request, in accordance with the first information included in the handover request. | 40,936 |
9,661,674 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more processors configured to couple to: wherein the apparatus is configured to: | 28,193 |
9,641,063 | 1. A power factor corrector (PFC) for a predetermined electrical load, the PFC comprising: a boost or a Flyback converter for generating a controlled input current; a programmable controller for implementing a reference current signal for the boost or the Flyback converter, wherein the reference current signal is defined by a pre-settable phase shift and a blanking interval; and a current regulator for generating a desired PFC current in response to a load current associated with the predetermined electrical load, an input voltage associated with the boost or the Flyback converter, and the reference current signal, wherein the controlled input current is based at least partially on the desired PFC current, and further wherein a change in a load output power is fed back to the controller as a load feedback signal. | 43,459 |
8,387,688 | 1. A method of infusing molten wax into a desired volume of a subterranean formation to make said desired volume substantially impermeable comprising: forming at least one pathway from the surface to at least one point in the desired volume of the subterranean formation; heating said desired volume of the subterranean formation to a temperature above the melting point of the molten wax; and injecting a material consisting essentially of molten wax into the pathway, wherein the wax flows into and permeates the formation pores and micropores within the desired volume; wherein the molten wax subsequently hardens and renders said desired volume substantially impermeable. | 40,390 |
8,957,593 | 1. A method for operating a plasma lamp apparatus, the method comprising: supplying RF power to a bulb of a plasma lamp, the bulb comprising a gaseous fill material, the RF power comprising a first pulse width modulation (PWM) waveform and a second PWM waveform, the first PWM waveform being characterized by a first duty cycle, a first frequency, and a first duration, the second PWM waveform being characterized by a second duty cycle, a second frequency, and a second duration, wherein the RF power comprises an Nth pulse width modulation waveforms, where N is an integer greater than 2, the Nth PWM waveform being characterized by an Nth duty cycle, an Nth frequency, and an Nth duration; wherein the Nth PWM waveform can be different from the other waveforms; and switching the RF power from the first PWM waveform to the second PWM waveform to cause change in a plasma discharge from the bulb from a first arc mode to a second arc mode. | 42,657 |
9,234,334 | 1. A pressure tank assembly including a tank having a side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall; an expansible bladder in the tank; a valve in the bladder extending out of said top wall for admitting or discharging air from said bladder; an inlet in the tank for introducing water into the tank; a tubular ring in the tank midway between said top and bottom walls and extending around the bladder for receiving water from said inlet, a plurality of outlet orifices in the bottom of said ring for discharging water into the tank; a first outlet in the top wall of the tank for discharging water from the tank for use; a second outlet in the bottom wall of the tank for discharging sediment from the tank; and a cage above said second outlet connected to a bottom end of said bladder for maintaining the bladder in a fixed position above the bottom wall and permitting the escape of water-borne sediment from the tank via said second outlet. | 10,204 |
8,609,814 | 1. A composition for use as a human blood substitute, wherein said composition a modified porphyrin-based oxygen-carrying protein and a reductant in a physiologically acceptable carrier, said protein in an unmodified state comprising a low affinity site of electron transfer between the reductant and a ferryl haem iron, wherein said modified protein comprises a modification to enhance or introduce a high affinity electron transfer pathway between the reductant and a ferryl haem iron via one or more amino acids, wherein said protein in an unmodified state is a member of the mammalian haemoglobin beta chain superfamily comprising Phe at the C7 position and the modified protein is a member of the mammalian haemoglobin beta chain superfamily, comprising a modification which is a Phe>Tyr substitution at the C7 position. | 26,284 |
9,091,238 | 1. A gaseous fuel injector, comprising: an actuator; a working volume reservoir adjustable between a first volume and a second volume smaller than the first volume; a combustion chamber valve in communication with the working volume reservoir and movable between a closed configuration when the working volume reservoir comprises the first volume and an open configuration when the working volume reservoir comprises the second volume; and a motion transfer system in operable connection with the actuator, the motion transfer system including— a plurality of pistons in communication with the working volume reservoir and configured to adjust the working volume reservoir from the first volume to the second volume, wherein the plurality of pistons includes a first piston and a second piston and a portion of the working volume reservoir is positioned between a bottom of the first piston and a top of the second piston; and a system of bellows and fluid passageways in connection with the working volume reservoir and configured to restore the working volume reservoir from second volume to the first volume, wherein the system of bellows and fluid passageways includes an upper bellows and a lower bellows, wherein the upper bellows is attached to the first piston and an upper portion of a housing and the lower bellows is attached to the second piston and a lower portion of the housing, and wherein the system of bellows and fluid passageways includes at least a first passageway for transferring working fluid in an upward direction from the lower bellows to the upper bellows for reloading the working fluid into the working volume reservoir. | 47,109 |
9,077,051 | 1. A system for electrochemically removing a lead sulfate layer which is responsible for deterioration of storage capacity of a lead acid battery, the system comprising wherein a high-frequency alternating current at a frequency of dielectric loss associated with heat generated by dielectric loss is outputted to positive and negative electrodes of the lead acid battery to selectively decompose the lead sulfate layer, and the frequency of the high-frequency alternating current is operated at a frequency band of lead sulfate dielectric loss from 1 MHz to 100 MHz. | 12,742 |
9,123,959 | 1. An active material for use in a battery electrode, comprising: a compound represented by the formula (I): where 1.6≦x≦2.2, 0≦a<1.5, 0≦b<0.5, and −2<<2, and wherein the compound is characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction pattern as measured using Cu K | 17,424 |
9,783,690 | 1. An ink composition comprising: a. water; b. a water dispersible resin; c. a colorant; d. a water soluble resin, the water soluble resin comprising a water soluble backbone and a stabilizing group, | 43,954 |
9,246,176 | 1. A method for forming catalytic nanoparticles, the method comprising: forming core-shell catalytic nanoparticles having a palladium core enclosed by a platinum shell; and increasing a percentage of surface area of the core-shell catalytic nanoparticles covered by the platinum shell by further processing the core-shell catalytic nanoparticles, wherein increasing the percentage of surface area of the core-shell catalytic nanoparticles covered by the platinum shell comprises A) or B): A) storing the core-shell catalytic nanoparticles in a hydrogen environment to absorb hydrogen into the palladium core; and B) subjecting the core-shell catalytic nanoparticles to potential cycling before incorporating the core-shell catalytic nanoparticles into a catalyst layer of an electrochemical cell. | 20,200 |
8,409,162 | 1. A prefastened disposable absorbent article having opposed longitudinal side edges, opposed lateral end edges, a first waist region, a second waist region and a crotch region which extends between and connects the first waist region and the second waist region, the disposable absorbent article comprising: an inner surface; an outer surface; an absorbent assembly; a pair of first fasteners, at least a portion of each first fastener being situated inboard from each longitudinal side edge in, and on the outer surface of, the first waist region, each first fastener being adapted to engage at least a portion of the inner surface of the second waist region, each first fastener comprising a resilient hook material; and a disposal fastener, at least a portion of the disposal fastener being situated inboard from the longitudinal side edge in, and on the inner surface of, the second waist region, the disposal fastener adapted to engage at least a portion of the outer surface, the disposal fastener comprising a resilient hook material, wherein the disposal fastener contacts at least a portion of one of the first fasteners when the absorbent article is prefastened and wherein each disposal fastener has a length-to-width ratio of about 2 or less and each first fastener has a length-to-width ratio of about 5 or greater. | 33,677 |
9,121,591 | 1. A lighting device, comprising: a light holder component comprising a wireless power supply module, the wireless power supply module comprising a first magnetic element; and a light source component comprising a wireless electric receiving module and at least one light source, the wireless electric receiving module comprising a second magnetic element, the light source being electrically connected to the wireless electric receiving module, a magnet of the first magnetic element and a magnet of the second magnetic element are physically attached to each other so that the second magnetic element is attracted to the first magnetic element to cause the light source component to dispose on the light holder component. | 26,768 |
9,001,002 | 1. An electronic device enclosure for an electronic device, comprising: a glass cover for an outer surface for the electronic device enclosure; at least one peripheral metal antenna formed adjacent to a periphery of the glass cover; and a peripheral side protective member for the glass cover, wherein the peripheral side protective member comprises polymer and is formed adjacent to the periphery of the glass cover and over at least a portion of the at least one peripheral metal antenna, the peripheral side protective member is molded about the periphery of the glass cover and molded over at least a portion of the at least one peripheral metal antenna, the portion of the at least one peripheral metal antenna is completely surrounded by and in direct contact with the peripheral side protective member, and the at least one peripheral metal antenna is embedded within the peripheral side protective member. | 19,675 |
9,517,088 | 1. A bone anchoring nail comprising: a shaft with a free end, a head opposite to the free end of the shaft along a longitudinal axis of the shaft, the head having a substantially U-shaped recess forming two legs for accommodation of a rod-shaped element between the two legs, each of the legs extending in a direction away from the free end of the shaft to a free end of the respective leg, a locking element configured to secure to the head to lock a rod-shaped element in the U-shaped recess, a longitudinal bore extending into the shaft and opening towards at least one of the head and the free end of the shaft, the shaft comprising a shaft section having a first end and a second end that are spaced apart along the longitudinal axis, the first end closer to the head than the second end, wherein the shaft section comprises a plurality of openings extending through a wall of the shaft and being in communication with the bore, wherein the shaft tapers from the shaft section toward the free end of the shaft, and an entire exterior surface of the shaft is threadless from the first end of the shaft section to the free end of the shaft, and wherein the shaft has a spherical segment-shaped end section and the head is a separate part which is provided with a seat for pivotably holding the end section. | 36,849 |
8,615,367 | 1. A method of employing numerical encoding of particles in a bioassay, comprising: providing uniquely color encoded groups of particles having ligands attached to said particles wherein each group of particles comprises two or more subtypes of particles having different ligands attached to said two or more subtypes of particles; wherein the number of each subtype of particles provided has a unique decomposition into one or more summands, such that no partial sum of one or more summands can be obtained in any other way of combining summands, and no summand is itself the sum of two or more of the other summands; conducting an assay by contacting the groups of particles with a sample comprising analytes; determining, for each group of particles, the number of particles generating a positive assay signal, indicating reaction between a ligand and an analyte; comparing, for each group of particles, said number of particles generating a positive assay signal with the number of particles of each subtype; and determining, for each group of particles, the analytes present in the sample based on said comparing step. | 46,362 |
8,429,015 | 1. A computer implemented method for varying the amount of received advertising content, the method comprising: providing a portion of a plurality of levels of advertising to a user, wherein the portion of the plurality of levels indicates an amount of advertising content to be received by the user; responsive to receiving a user input selecting the portion of the plurality of levels, inserting, by the computer, the amount of advertising content into a media content to form a modified media content, wherein the amount of advertising content corresponds to the portion of the plurality of levels selected by the user, wherein the user dynamically selects the portion of the plurality of levels as the media content is transmitted to the user, and wherein the advertising content is prorated, by the computer, based on the amount of time remaining within the media segment when the portion of the plurality of levels is dynamically selected; and transmitting the modified media content to the user. | 13,069 |
8,977,261 | 1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: activating a first module for communicating with a first radio access technology (RAT), while a second module for communicating with a second RAT is de-activated; registering at least a first mobile identifier of a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and second mobile identifier of a second SIM with the first RAT using the first module when a user equipment (UE) is in an idle mode; initiating a call with the first mobile identifier using the first module such that the UE transitions from the idle mode to a connected mode; activating the second module in response to the call initiation; and registering the second mobile identifier with the second RAT using the second module while maintaining the call with the first mobile identifier using the first module. | 32,721 |
8,848,440 | 1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising: a memory cell array including memory cell transistors configured to store information in accordance with n (n is an integer larger than 2) threshold voltage levels; and a control circuit configured to control the memory cell array, wherein in a write operation, the control circuit shifts a threshold voltage level of a write target memory cell transistor to a base threshold level of the n threshold levels, except for a threshold level having a highest voltage and a threshold level having a lowest voltage, and then shifts the threshold level of the write target memory cell transistor from the base threshold level to one of the n threshold levels. | 19,713 |
9,089,814 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with computer-executable instructions to cause a processor to execute a method for controlling a dehumidifier having an air mover and a moisture removal device, the method comprising: operating the air mover at a first speed to direct airflow into thermal contact with the moisture removal device while ambient air surrounding the dehumidifier is at a first ambient condition that includes a first humidity, wherein airflow through the dehumidifier has a first dwell time at the moisture removal device with the air mover operating at the first speed; receiving, from a portable sensor that is movable relative to the dehumidifier, an indication of a change from the first ambient condition to a second ambient condition, wherein the second condition includes a second humidity less than the first humidity and below a threshold humidity value; and in response to the change indication, automatically operating the air mover at a second non-zero speed that is slower than the first speed to increase the first dwell time of airflow at the moisture removal device to a second dwell time. | 48,282 |
9,345,210 | 1. A plant of soybean variety 01045963, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-122409. | 36,024 |
9,779,688 | 1. A method for editing visual content displayed on a reference display by anchoring visual adaptation, the reference display being situated in a reference display area and having associated therewith a display surround, the display surround being an area outside the reference display area and surrounding the reference display, the method comprising: determining a first characteristic for the display surround; presenting, on the display surround, at least one anchor pattern having a second characteristic; and editing the visual content during the presenting by using the visual difference between the first characteristic and the second characteristic; wherein the presenting is configured for the at least one anchor pattern to be perceptible for a first range of human visual adaption and imperceptible for a second range of human visual adaption, and wherein: the editing includes at least one of mastering and color grading; and the at least one anchor pattern includes a Gabor pattern. | 2,475 |
8,486,617 | 1. A process for making freeze-dried platelets, said process comprising: incubating isolated platelets in the presence of at least one saccharide under the following conditions: a temperature of from 20° C. to 42° C. for about 10 minutes to about 180 minutes, adding to the platelets at least one cryoprotectant, and lyophilizing the platelets, wherein the process does not include isolating the platelets between the incubating and adding steps, and wherein the process does not include exposing the platelets to a platelet activation inhibitor. | 26,829 |
8,561,395 | 1. An exhaust treatment system including an emissions treatment device having an upstream end and a downstream end for treating exhaust emitted from an internal combustion engine, the system comprising: a frame adapted to support first and second portions of the exhaust treatment system, the first and second portions of the system being spaced apart from one another, the emissions treatment device interconnecting the first and second portions, being in receipt of exhaust from the first portion and providing treated exhaust to the second portion; a first bracket fixed to the frame and including a protrusion; and a second bracket permanently fixed to the emissions treatment device and including a receptacle, wherein the protrusion is positioned within the receptacle when the emissions treatment device is properly positioned and wherein the protrusion interferes with one of the second bracket and the emissions treatment device to preclude assembly when the emissions treatment device is improperly positioned. | 12,677 |
9,309,286 | 1. A peptide comprising a transduction domain and a domain that blocks an autoinhibitory domain of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Activated Protein Kinase 2 (MK2), wherein the amino acid sequence of said peptide is at least 90% identical to YARAAARQARAHPRNPARRTPGTRRGAPAA (SEQ ID NO:8), YARKARRQARRHPRNPARRTPGTRRGAPAA (SEQ ID NO:9), YGRKKRRQRHPRNPARRTPGTRRGAPAA (SEQ ID NO:10), YGRKKRRQRRRHPRNPARRTPGTRRGAPAA (SEQ ID NO:11), GRKKRRQRRRPPQCHPRNPARRTPGTRRGAPAA (SEQ ID NO:12), or RRRRRRRRRHPRNPARRTPGTRRGAPAA (SEQ ID NO:13). | 1,929 |
8,853,886 | 1. A energy generation system, comprising: one or more strings of variable energy collectors; one or more string converters managed by a first controller to combine voltage outputs of the one or more strings of variable energy collectors into an energy output stream; a bus configured to route the energy output stream; a static inverter to which the bus routes the energy output stream, the static inverter comprising: a second controller configured to receive measurements of voltage phase on a grid and control timing of the switches in accordance with the measurements of the voltage phase. | 11,537 |
9,502,993 | 1. A method of forming a transducer comprising the acts of: forming a structural bottom plate from a first sheet of metal material; forming a structural top plate from a second sheet of metal material; forming a middle portion comprising a mid-upper element and a central element, including the acts of: coupling the combined frame to the top plate such that a first capacitance is provided between the combined mass and the top plate; and coupling the combined frame to the bottom plate such that a second capacitance is provided between the combined mass and the bottom plate. | 42,513 |
9,292,356 | 1. A computing device comprising, one or more computing components comprising a plurality of processing units; and one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the one or more computing components, the one or more memory devices storing; second processing frequency data comprising a ramp-up frequency, the ramp-up frequency comprising a frequency for application to any online processing unit when a measured processing load of the any online processing unit is greater than a second ramp-up processing load threshold but less than the first ramp-up processing load threshold, wherein the second ramp-up processing threshold is a predetermined percentage of the maximum processing load of one of the processing units and is less than the first ramp-up processor load threshold. | 10,097 |
9,225,138 | 1. A laser light source comprising: a seed light source; a fiber laser for amplifying pulsed seed light emitted from the seed light source; a collimator lens for collimating laser light emitted from the fiber laser; an isolator having an entrance end face for the laser light collimated by the collimator lens to enter and an exit end face for the laser light to exit, the isolator comprising a Faraday rotation crystal having a positive thermooptic constant, which is arranged between the entrance end face and the exit end face; and a nonlinear optical crystal having a negative thermooptic constant, which is arranged on an optical path of the laser light propagating between the collimator lens and the isolator or on an optical path of the laser light emitted from the exit end face of the isolator, the nonlinear optical crystal having a first end face for the laser light to enter and a second end face for the laser light to exit, the second end face being opposed to the first end face, wherein the nonlinear optical crystal is arranged so that an angle between a first propagation axis of the laser light incident to the first end face of the nonlinear optical crystal and a normal to the first end face is larger than 0° and less than 90° and so that a second propagation axis of the laser light propagating in the nonlinear optical crystal is parallel to an optic axis of the nonlinear optical crystal. | 34,151 |
9,738,600 | 1. A compound according to Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein A R R R R the sulfonyl group with R the remaining R R | 34,305 |
9,040,034 | 1. A drug composition, comprising: about 4 wt.% to about 10 wt.% of a gel-forming block copolymer; a solvent; and about 0.0001 wt.% to about 10 wt.% of a drug; wherein the gel-forming block copolymer has a structure in accordance with formula (1): wherein and wherein weight percent (wt.%) is based on total weight of the drug composition, the drug composition is a gel formed by noncovalent interactions of polymer chains of the block copolymer in the solvent, and the drug is contained in the gel. | 26,383 |
9,370,778 | 1. A method comprising: adjusting the moisture content of an eggshell by subjecting said eggshell to heat at a temperature of 77 degrees Celsius or less, said eggshell comprising a shell and a membrane; subjecting said eggshell to forces generated by dynamic airflow, said dynamic airflow breaking said shell such that said shell detaches from said membrane, resulting in shell particles and membrane fragments. | 11,842 |
8,736,218 | 1. A power supply device for an electric vehicle intended to supply power from a direct current power source to a main motor and an auxiliary motor, the power supply device for an electric vehicle comprising: a main circuit having a DC-DC converter that allows a direct current voltage of the power source to be stepped up and a main inverter that drives the main motor using an output from the DC-DC converter; an auxiliary circuit having an auxiliary inverter that drives the auxiliary motor, a first electrical circuit that is connected to the main circuit on a primary side of the DC-DC converter, a second electrical circuit that is connected to the main circuit on a secondary side of the DC-DC converter, a connection circuit that is configured to be capable of selecting one of the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit as a path for supplying the direct current voltage to the auxiliary inverter; and a control device that controls the connection circuit when the main motor is in power running operation so that the first electrical circuit is selected by the connection circuit when a required voltage of the auxiliary inverter is lower than the direct current voltage of the power source while the second electrical circuit is selected by the connection circuit when the required voltage of the auxiliary inverter is equal to or higher than the direct current voltage of the power source. | 19,781 |
8,492,904 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first wiring on the semiconductor substrate; a second wiring that crosses the first wiring at a cross portion; a protective film on the semiconductor substrate covering at least a part of the first wiring under the second wiring in the cross portion; an insulator film in an island shape on the protective film under the second wiring in the cross portion between edges of the protective film and covering the first wiring in the cross portion; and a gas-filled space between said insulator film and said second wiring in the cross portion, wherein the second wiring crosses an edge of the insulator film and contacts an upper surface of the protective film. | 15,456 |
8,596,083 | 1. A zone-control unit for use in a climate control system, the zone-control unit comprising: a thermal transfer assembly having a supply port and a return port; an inlet piping assembly for supplying fluid to the thermal transfer assembly, the inlet piping assembly having a first passage coupled with the thermal transfer assembly supply port and a second passage coupleable with an upstream fluid source; an outlet piping assembly for receiving fluid from the thermal transfer assembly, the outlet piping assembly having a first passage coupled with the thermal transfer assembly return port and a second passage coupleable with a downstream fluid destination; a bracket that maintains the inlet piping assembly and the outlet piping assembly in relative positions appropriate for use in the climate control system; a first seal comprising a member selected from the group consisting of a cap, a heat spun seal, and a stop valve, the first seal creating a seal by closing the second passage of the inlet piping assembly; a second seal comprising a member selected from the group consisting of a cap, a heat spun seal, and a stop valve, the second seal creating a seal by closing the second passage of the outlet piping assembly; and a pressure gauge, wherein a specified quality assurance amount of pressure is present within the thermal transfer assembly, the inlet piping assembly, and the outlet piping assembly, and wherein the pressure gauge is configured to measure and display the specified quality assurance amount of pressure. | 7,857 |
9,413,852 | 1. An industrial device, comprising: a memory that stores executable components; a processor operatively coupled to the memory that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising: | 44,856 |
9,330,227 | 1. A testbench system stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for testing operation of a device under test, the testbench system comprising: a plurality of agents coupled with the device under test, wherein one or more of the plurality of agents are configured to output one or more transactions to the device under test and a different one or more of the plurality of agents are configured to input one or more device responses to the transactions from the device under test; and a dispatcher including an agent table and coupled with a reference model, a scoreboard and the plurality of agents, wherein the dispatcher is configured to: | 3,860 |
8,781,961 | 1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a prepaid account holder using biometric information and providing a draft to a recipient in a foreign currency, the method comprising: (a) receiving over a network at a prepaid account provider node, a login request from a prepaid account owner node operated by the prepaid account holder, wherein said prepaid account provider node comprises a server having a network interface, a central processing unit, and a computer memory, wherein said login request comprises a two factor verification process including receiving biometric information and a pass code from the prepaid account holder, wherein said prepaid account owner node comprises a computer having a network interface, a central processing unit, and a computer memory, and wherein the prepaid account holder has previously purchased a prepaid card thereby creating a prepaid card account containing funds in the domestic currency; (b) verifying, by said prepaid account provider node, the identity of said prepaid account holder, wherein said verifying step includes executing on the central processing unit of said prepaid account provider node one or more instructions stored in the computer memory of said prepaid account provider node, and wherein said verifying step includes comparing the biometric information received in step (a) with biometric information stored in the computer memory of said prepaid account provider node; (c) transmitting, by said prepaid account provider node, home web page data over said network to the prepaid account owner node, wherein said home web page data comprises a list of prior transactions for said prepaid card account and a list of actions that may be performed by said prepaid account holder, said list of actions including activating a prepaid card, viewing a statement of activity, viewing a prepaid card account balance, or exchanging currencies; (d) receiving over the network at the prepaid account provider node, a payment request from the prepaid account owner node for a draft payment to the recipient in the foreign currency, wherein the name and address of the recipient were previously stored in the memory of the prepaid account provider node, wherein the payment request includes a threshold rate for currency exchange, and wherein the payment request does not contain the name or address of the recipient; (e) transmitting, by said prepaid account provider node, a currency exchange request over said network to a currency exchanger node, wherein the currency exchange request includes the identities of the domestic currency and the foreign currency and a request amount in said domestic currency or said foreign currency, and wherein the currency exchanger node comprises a server having a network interface, a central processing unit, and a computer memory; (f) receiving over the network at the prepaid account provider node, a currency exchange rate from the currency exchanger node, wherein said currency exchange rate includes a delivery charge fee; (g) comparing, by said prepaid account provider node, the currency exchange rate to the threshold rate; (h) if said comparing of step (g) indicates that said currency exchange rate is worse than said threshold rate, transmitting, by said prepaid account provider node, a message over said network to said prepaid account owner node indicating that the currency exchange rate is worse than the threshold rate and that no currency transaction has taken place; (i) if said comparing of step (g) indicates that said currency exchange rate is equal to or better than said threshold rate, verifying, by said prepaid account provider node, that the prepaid card account contains sufficient funds to cover the payment request using the currency exchange rate; (j) if the verification of step (i) confirms that the prepaid card account contains sufficient funds to cover the payment request using the currency exchange rate, performing the steps comprising: (k) if the verification of step (i) indicates that the prepaid card account does not contain sufficient funds to cover the payment request using the currency exchange rate, transmitting, by said prepaid account provider node, a message over said network to said prepaid account owner node indicating that the prepaid card account lacks sufficient funds to cover the payment request and that no currency transaction has taken place; wherein the prepaid account provider node, the currency exchanger node, and the prepaid account owner node do not perform any risk management calculations. | 38,165 |
8,962,971 | 1. A process for manufacturing a solar module, comprising: providing a polyester substrate comprising polymers selected from the group consisting of polyC providing a protective layer comprising a fluoropolymer with a tensile modulus of greater than 150 Kpsi; adhering the protective layer to the first surface of the polyester substrate with an adhesive; applying a primer layer on the second surface of the polyester substrate, wherein the primer layer is less than 0.99 micron thick; extruding a bonding layer over the primer layer on the second surface of the polyester substrate, said bonding layer comprising a copolymer of ethylene and one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of C providing one or more solar cells that are encapsulated with a polymeric encapsulant material; and positioning the bonding layer against the polymeric encapsulant material and applying heat and pressure to the bonding layer and the polymeric encapsulant material so as to bond the polyester substrate to the polymeric encapsulant material, wherein the peeling strength between said polyester substrate and said bonding layer is at least 10 N/cm and wherein the peeling strength between the bonding layer and the encapsulant material is at least 48 N/cm. | 5,175 |
8,480,970 | 1. An analytical pretreatment device, comprising a supporting material, m inlet ports as fluid injection ports, n outlet ports as fluid outlet port, hollow filaments that do not leak fluid communicating between the inlet ports and the outlet ports, wherein the number of hollow filaments is equal to the equation m×n, and a plurality of filler cartridges, wherein each of the n outlet ports are connected to a respective filler cartridge, wherein, m is a natural number of two or more; and n is a natural number of two or more, and wherein at least one hollow filament is placed in such a manner that it crosses at least one other hollow filament, wherein the supporting material comprises a first supporting material and a second supporting material, wherein the hollow filaments are placed longitudinally between the first supporting material and the second supporting material with the second supporting material formed over the first supporting material and the hollow filaments thereon, and further comprising a fixing layer formed on the hollow filament-sided surface of at least one of the first supporting material and the second supporting material for holding the hollow filaments. | 47,196 |
9,647,286 | 1. A method for producing a purified carbon dioxide product suitable for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and surplus electricity from a vaporous hydrocarbon feed using a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system, the method comprising the steps of: introducing the vaporous hydrocarbon feed into the SOFC system; introducing steam into a pre-reformer of the SOFC system; and operating the SOFC system such that a desulfurized process gas forms and passes into the pre-reformer; a reformed process gas forms in the pre-reformer by converting non-methane alkanes in the desulfurized process gas into methane and carbon oxides in the presence of a pre-reforming catalyst; the reformed process gas passes from the pre-reformer into a solid oxide fuel cell; gas egressing from an anode side of the solid oxide fuel cell is improved by a water-gas shift reactor coupled to the anode side of the solid oxide fuel cell to receive anode off-gas as a feed, and configured to increase the percent composition of carbon dioxide in the gas egressing from the solid oxide fuel cell; and the purified carbon dioxide product and surplus electricity are produced; where the anode side receives methane-rich reformed process gas as a feed directly from the pre-reformer, the solid oxide fuel cell operable to produce electricity through internal reforming, where the SOFC system is operable to both receive the vaporous hydrocarbon feed and produce the desulfurized process gas, the purified carbon dioxide product and surplus electricity, and where the SOFC system includes the pre-reformer that fluidly couples directly to the anode side of the solid oxide fuel cell and is operable to both receive the desulfurized process gas and convert the non-methane alkanes using steam in the presence of an active metal pre-reforming catalyst into methane and carbon oxides, and the solid oxide fuel cell that is operable to produce electricity. | 12,931 |
8,580,462 | 1. An electrode catalyst material comprising: carbon nano-fibers of which each contains an interior area whose depth from the surface of the fiber is 20% or more of the radius of the fiber; and catalyst particles and proton conductors carried on the surfaces and in the insides of the interior area of the carbon nano-fibers. | 16,937 |
9,365,922 | 1. A method of producing a formed article having a gas barrier layer, the method comprising: implanting ions into a polysilane compound-containing layer containing 50 wt % or more of a polysilane compound of a formed article by a plasma ion implantation method to form the formed article having the gas barrier layer wherein said gas barrier layer is formed by said plasma ion implantation, wherein the formed article prior to said plasma ion implantation includes the polysilane compound-containing layer in its surface, wherein the gas barrier layer includes an area (A) where an oxygen atom content rate gradually decreases, and where a carbon atom content rate gradually increases in a depth direction from a surface, wherein the ions are obtained by ionizing at least one as selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitrogen, argon, helium, neon, xenon, krypton, a silicon compound, and a hydrocarbon. | 40,665 |
8,563,127 | 1. A bodily fluid-absorbing article comprising a liquid-permeable sheet, a liquid-impermeable sheet, and an absorbent composite between said two sheets, wherein the absorbent composite comprises a base material and water-absorbent resin particles, and wherein the following conditions are fulfilled: the weight ratio of water-absorbent resin relative to the total weight of the base material and water-absorbent resin is 65 to 99 wt %; the water-absorbent resin particles adhering directly to the base material constitute 50 wt % or more of the total water-absorbent resin particles; the average absorption capacity of the water-absorbent resin particles is greater than 50 g/g; the surface strength of the water-absorbent resin particles before being adhered to the base material is 0.1 to 5.5 N; and the amount of residual monomers in the water-absorbent resin is 200 ppm or less. | 43,310 |
9,795,566 | 1. A compound represented by the following General Formula (1): in Formula (1), Z is an imidazolyl group which may have a substituent, L X is an oxygen atom or a group represented by the following Formula (2), * is a position of bonding, n is an integer of 2 to 4, m is an integer of 1 to 20, L Y is a group represented by the following Formula (3), R R R | 40,581 |
9,428,403 | 1. A method for substantially increasing the efficiency of the distillation of ocean and brackish water by continuously reusing heat energy to reduce overall energy requirements, comprising the steps of: a. installing a second wall around a desalination system comprised of basic assemblies including an evaporation chamber, a vapor transfer assembly, and a condensing chamber; b. maintaining a low partial vacuum in the space between the second wall and the basic assemblies; c. partially or totally filling the space between the second wall and the basic assemblies with an insulation material for structural support; d. feeding heated input sea water into the evaporation chamber through a plurality of spray nozzles, wherein the heated input sea water comes from an external water heater source; e. transforming the heated input sea water into droplet-mist that flash vaporize into a density-saturated vapor through use of the plurality of spray nozzles; f. maintaining the evaporation chamber under partial vacuum, generated by a vacuum pump assembly, so that the pressure in the evaporation chamber is well below the saturation vapor pressure over the range of input water temperature; g. removing solids that remain from the droplet-mist that flash vaporize in the evaporation chamber and fall and collect at the bottom of the evaporation chamber; h. preventing the fine droplet-mist from entering the vapor transfer assembly by way of a demister; i. transferring the density-saturated vapor between the evaporation chamber to the vacuum pump assembly by way of the vapor transfer assembly, wherein the density-saturated vapor is drawn through the demister by the vacuum pump assembly; j. transforming the density-saturated vapor into a vapor-liquid state and moving the vapor-liquid into a heat exchanger by mounting the condensing chamber below the vacuum pump assembly so that the discharge output of the vacuum pump assembly provides a pressure increase within the condensing chamber that forces the density-saturated vapor into a vapor-liquid state and further forces it into heat exchanger; k. condensing the liquid-vapor into pure liquid water by continually cooling the heat-exchanger with intake sea water that is distributed by a ratio valve through an intake channel into a heat-exchanger port; and l. transferring the intake sea water, now heated by the heat-of-condensation of vapor-liquid, from a heat-exchanger exit through a vacuum insulated channel to the external water heater source to be fed back into the evaporation chamber, m. distributing intake sea water from the ratio valve through a first bottom chamber port into cooling coils to cool the solids that collect at the bottom of the evacuation chamber; and n. transferring the intake sea water, now heated by the solids, from the cooling coils to the external water heater source by way of a second bottom chamber port and a vacuum insulated channel leading to the external water heater source. | 10,653 |
9,071,593 | 1. A method for providing access to private digital content, owned by an owner and installed on a content server, to a digital media player (DMP) which is capable of rendering said digital content but not capable of generating authentication information, comprising the steps of: sending DMP specific information from the DMP to a digital media controller (DMC); receiving authentication information generated by the DMC from said DMP credentials, said authentication information required for gaining authorized access to private digital content on said content server; using said authentication information by said DMP to request a first token from the content server; using the first token to request approval for access to the private digital content from the owner; sending the first token and the DMP specific information to the DMC for the generation of second authentication information; using the second authentication to request a second token from the content server; and using the second token to access the private digital content from the content server. | 3,716 |
9,255,187 | 1. A method of drying hydrolytic lignin using a drying apparatus comprising: pre-drying a hydrolytic lignin within a tube dryer using a first heat-transfer medium to produce a pre-dried hydrolytic lignin, wherein the first heat-transfer medium consists of flue gas, and drying the pre-dried hydrolytic lignin within a drying and grinding mechanism using a second heat-transfer medium to produce a dried hydrolytic lignin, wherein the second heat-transfer medium is different than the first heat-transfer medium and wherein the second heat-transfer medium includes ambient air. | 29,286 |
9,638,464 | 1. A dual tumble dryer unit comprising: a housing that includes a top, a bottom, first and second opposing end walls and first and second opposing side walls that cooperate to define a housing interior, wherein the housing includes a divider that extends between the first and second side walls and divides the housing interior into first and second sections, a first dryer assembly positioned in the first section, wherein the first dryer assembly includes a first basket positioned to rotate about a first horizontal axis, a first blower disposed in the first section and positioned to blow air on the first basket, and a first ramp positioned to direct air from the first blower onto the first basket, and a second dryer assembly positioned in the second section, wherein the second dryer assembly includes a second basket positioned to rotate about a second horizontal axis, a second blower disposed in the second section and positioned to blow air on the second basket, and a second ramp positioned to direct air from the second blower onto the second basket, wherein a first drying path is defined between a first entry opening defined in the first side wall, the first basket and a first exit opening defined in the second side wall, wherein a second drying path is defined between a second entry opening defined in the first side wall, the second basket and a second exit opening defined in the second side wall, wherein the first blower is configured to blow air in a first direction, wherein the second blower is configured to blow air in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is opposite the second direction. | 18,115 |
9,318,643 | 1. A fabrication method for an inverted solar cell, comprising: (1) providing a growth substrate; (2) depositing a SiO (3) forming a sacrificial layer with epitaxial growth over the patterned substrate, wherein the sacrificial layer surrounds the entire SiO (4) forming a buffer layer over the sacrificial layer via epitaxial growth; (5) forming a semiconductor material layer sequence of the inverted solar cell over the buffer layer with epitaxial growth; (6) bonding the semiconductor material layer sequence of the inverted solar cell with a supporting substrate; (7) selectively etching the SiO (8) selectively etching the sacrificial layer by wet etching to lift off the growth substrate. | 30,418 |
8,964,185 | 1. A fiber laser gas detection system with a double wavelength combination using reference cavity compensation, said system comprising an optical fiber laser emitting beams having first wavelength and second wavelength respectively, which consists of a laser diode pump source, a first wavelength division multiplexer, an active optical fiber, a first fiber bragg grating and a second fiber bragg grating connected successively, said first wavelength is different from said second wavelength, and said first wavelength is the same as the characteristic absorption spectral lines of the gas to be detected; an optical isolator coupling connected with said first wavelength division multiplexer, said optical isolator is used to prevent reverse light from transmitting in said active optical fiber; a coupler connected with said optical isolator for dividing the laser light after being synthesized by said first wavelength division multiplexer into a first and second outputs according a certain power ratio; a reference gas chamber, which is filled with reference gas of the a known concentration and of the same composition as that of the gas to be detected, and receives the first output beam from said coupler and make it pass through the reference gas; a detection gas chamber, which is filled with the gas to be detected, and receives the second output beam from said coupler and make it pass through the gas to be detected; a second wavelength division multiplexer connected with said reference gas chamber, for dividing the beam passing through the reference gas chamber into beams having said first wavelength and said second wavelength; a third wavelength division multiplexer connected with said detecting gas chamber, for dividing the beam passing through the detecting gas chamber into beams having said first wavelength and said second wavelength; a first photodetector connected to said second wavelength division multiplexer for receiving the divided beam having the first wavelength to generate a first light intensity signal; a second photodetector connected to said second wavelength division multiplexer for receiving the divided beam having the second wavelength to generate a second light intensity signal; a third photodetector connected to said third wavelength division multiplexer for receiving the divided beam having the first wavelength to generate a third light intensity signal; a fourth photodetector connected to said third wavelength division multiplexer for receiving the divided beam having the second wavelength to generate a fourth light intensity signal; and a feedback control unit for receiving and comparing said first, second, third and fourth light intensity signals, and converting the comparison result into a feedback signal to adjust said pump source and said first fiber bragg grating. | 25,544 |
9,077,394 | 1. A method for generating radio frequency (RF) signals, the method comprising: collecting and storing radiance energy, from a radiated body, using an array of quantum systems that comprises a layer of charge transport material sandwiched between first and second layers of conductive film; and striking a photoconductive layer adjacent to the first and second layers of conductive film of the array of quantum systems using a laser, from a laser generator, to establish current flow according to a diode associated with the photoconductive layer and the first and second layers of conductive film and to produce RF signals at a predetermined frequency. | 15,315 |
9,156,867 | 1. A method for treating a viral infection comprising administering an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing, to a subject in need thereof, wherein the viral infection is selected from the group consisting of a human papilloma viral infection selected from the group consisting of a HPV 11 infection, a HPV 16 infection and a HPV 18 infection, human HIV viral infection, hepatitis B viral infection, vaccinia viral infection, an adenovirus viral infection, a cytomegalovirus viral infection, herpes simplex virus 1 infection, herpes simplex virus 2 infection, BK viral infection and JC viral infection. | 22,550 |
8,965,484 | 1. A method for displaying image data for a myocardium of a heart, said method comprising: acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) projection dataset using a Computed Tomography (CT) imaging system; performing a segmentation of the 3D projection dataset to identify a plurality of voxels representing heart cavity voxels; performing a segmentation of the heart cavity voxels to identify a plurality of voxels representing myocardium voxels; grouping the myocardium voxels into viable clusters and potential non-viable clusters based on a density of the myocardium voxels; re-grouping each of the potential non-viable clusters into the viable clusters or non-viable clusters based on locations of the myocardium voxels included in the potential non-viable clusters with respect to the endocardium; and generating a 3D image of the myocardium using the viable clusters and the non-viable clusters. | 46,801 |
9,281,011 | 1. An encoding system, comprising: live multimedia content storage configured to store live multimedia content, where the live multimedia content comprises audio data and video data, where the audio data comprises a plurality of audio data samples where each of the plurality of audio samples has an audio data sample duration and the video data comprises a plurality of video frames; a processor; and a multimedia encoder; wherein the multimedia encoder directs the processor to: | 44,802 |
9,261,491 | 1. A urea solution quality determining method, comprising: sensing an increase in a urea solution in a urea tank; determining whether an exhaust amount of nitrogen oxide in an exhaust gas is stable; determining whether the urea solution is supplied based on the sensed increase in the urea solution; pumping the urea solution from a test chamber formed below a charging hole of the urea tank to an injector through a test line connected to the test chamber and not in fluidic communicated with the urea tank, if it is determined that the urea solution is supplied and the exhaust amount of the nitrogen oxide is stable; determining a reduction rate of a selective catalyst reduction unit while the urea solution is injected from the test chamber; generating a warning signal if the determined reduction rate of the selective catalyst reduction unit is less than or equal to a set value; and pumping the urea solution from the urea tank to the injector through a main line connected to the urea tank if the determined reduction rate of the selective catalyst reduction unit is higher than the set value, wherein a switch valve is mounted between the test line and the main line and is configured to supply the urea solution of the urea tank or the test chamber to the injector by operation of the switch valve, and wherein, in the generating of the warning signal lights a warning lamp is lighted in accordance with the warning signal or an output of an engine is forcibly reduced. | 28,727 |
8,948,551 | 1. An optical waveguide, comprising: a plurality of linear cores arranged in a plane in a form of a monolayer core, including a combination of cores not parallel to one another in the plane, and made of a material having a refractive index n a clad surrounding the plurality of cores, arranged to form interfaces in accordance with the relationship with the plurality of cores, and made of a material having a refractive index n core intersection spaces formed by the plurality of cores intersecting each other and made of a material having a refractive index n wherein a difference among the refractive indices is set as follows: n a lid made of the material having the refractive index n a refractive index ratio n | 21,659 |
9,450,225 | 1. A cover for a battery wiring module, the battery wiring module including: the cover of the battery wiring module comprising: | 21,514 |
8,532,716 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a power amplifier module for receiving and distributing electric power; a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) being coupled to the power amplifier module; a SIM electric power supply for receiving electric power and outputting it to the SIM in which the SIM electric power supply comprises: a controller for communicating with the SIM and providing user functions, said controller receiving electric power output from the power amplifier module; a charging unit coupled to the SIM electric power supply, said charging unit for storing a predetermined amount of electric power output received by the SIM electric power supply, and for providing at least a portion of the stored electric power to the SIM according to a state of the switch, wherein the charging unit is coupled in parallel to the switch; and a radio frequency (RF) communication unit for establishing a communication channel with one or more base stations, wherein the controller is configured to control time points for turning on and off the switch via the sensitivity of a signal received by the RF communication unit. | 31,829 |
9,802,612 | 1. A vehicle engine activation control system comprising: a starter connected to a battery; an idle stop control unit configured to automatically stop an engine and automatically reactivate the engine by the starter; an input unit configured to generate an operation request in response to input received from a driver; an electric parking brake device including an electric motor connected to the battery, wherein the electric motor starts driving in response to the operation request; and a mediating unit configured to prohibit the reactivation of the engine by the idle stop control unit, when the electric motor is in a driving state in response to the operation request being a predetermined operation request, wherein the predetermined operation request includes at least one of: (i) a pressurizing request for requesting, in a release state of the electric parking brake device, a pressurize state of the electric parking brake device in which a braking force is applied on a wheel, and (ii) a release request for requesting, in the pressurize state of the electric parking vehicle, for the release state of the electric parking brake device in which the braking force applied on the wheel is released. | 46,391 |
9,105,924 | 1. A positive active material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising a lithium transition metal composite oxide having an α-NaFeO 2 -type crystal structure and represented by the composition formula of Li 1+α Me 1−α O 2 (Me is a transition metal including Co, Ni and Mn and α>0), wherein the positive active material contains Na in an amount of 900 ppm or more and 16000 ppm or less, or K in an amount of 1200 ppm or more and 18000 ppm or less, a pore size of the positive active material which shows a maximum differential pore volume is in a range of 30 to 40 nm, and the positive active material has a peak differential pore volume of 0.85 mm 3 /(g·nm) or more. | 20,558 |
8,769,844 | 1. An automatic lacing system for an article of footwear, comprising: a sole including a cavity; a motor disposed in the cavity; the motor including a driveshaft; the driveshaft including at least one gear; at least one belt engaged with the at least one gear at an intermediate portion of the belt; a yoke member connected to the at least one belt at an attachment portion of the at least one belt; a plurality of straps attached to the yoke member, the plurality of straps being configured to adjust an upper of the article of footwear, wherein the plurality of straps are configured to automatically move between a closed position and a loosened position in response to activating the motor; and at least one sensor configured to determine when the automatic lacing system should be controlled to activate the motor to move the plurality of straps between the closed position and the loosened position. | 7,475 |
9,132,331 | 1. A method for detecting a high quality impact sound generated by a striking object impacting a projectile at a target point, the method comprising: deploying a plurality of microphones, wherein each microphone in the plurality of microphones is positioned a known distance from any other microphone in the plurality of microphones, and wherein each microphone in the plurality of microphones is focused on the target point; receiving the impact sound at one or more of the microphones in the microphone array so that one or more of the microphones generates an impact signal; communicating the impact signal to an analysis module; analyzing the impact signal to determine the quality of the impact sound; and providing recommendations based upon the quality of the impact sound. | 32,775 |
9,438,976 | 1. A multifunctional LED lighting device, comprising: an LED power supply unit configured to supply power to an LED lighting unit and drive the multifunctional LED device; a wireless transceiver configured to receive and send audio signals and control signals from and to a smart terminal; a control unit configured to receive from and send signals to the wireless transceiver, to process audio signals and control signals, and to control other components of the multifunctional LED device; a speaker configured to play audio signals; an audio power amplifier configured to receive processed audio signals from the control unit and to drive the speaker; and an LED lighting unit configured to emit light according to control signals received from the control unit and provide an indoor lighting; wherein the control unit is further configured to control the LED lighting unit to brighten or dim the indoor lighting according to a control signal. | 19,747 |
8,867,449 | 1. A method for transmitting a protocol data unit (PDU) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: segmenting a first PDU to form one or more second PDUs if the first PDU does not fit within a PDU size indicated by a lower layer; and transmitting the one or more second PDUs to a receiving side, wherein segmenting the first PDU comprises: mapping only a data field of the first PDU to a data field of the one or more second PDUs; and setting a header of each of the one or more second PDUs, and wherein the header of each of the one or more second PDUs includes a field indicating a sequence number of the first PDU. | 39,077 |
9,139,495 | 1. A process for producing 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, the process comprising: i. charging 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane to a reaction vessel, where said step of charging 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane may include simultaneously charging carbon tetrachloride to the reaction vessel; ii. charging chlorine to the reaction vessel; and iii. catalyzing within the reaction vessel at least two reactions, where a first reaction includes the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane to an intermediate trichloropropene, and where a second reaction includes an addition reaction between the intermediate trichloropropene and chlorine to produce the 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, where said process is devoid of any intermediate isolation or purification of the intermediate trichloropropene within the reaction vessel, and where said step of catalyzing dehydrochlorinates the 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane to intermediate trichloropropene and adds chlorine to the intermediate trichloropropene at a rate sufficient to provide a weight ratio of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane to intermediate trichloropropene of at least 1.5:1. | 23,847 |
9,811,148 | 1. A cache memory system responsive to access requests, each access request having a corresponding request memory address, said cache memory system operable on an operation pipeline having plural stages, comprising: a cache memory operable to store data in a plurality of locations defined by a plurality of addresses and divided into a plurality of cache ways, said cache memory including a data memory array storing data and a tag memory array storing a predetermined number of most significant address bits of memory addresses of data stored in said data memory array in corresponding cache lines, said data memory array having plural cache lines grouped into plural individually powered groups, each individually powered group of cache lines receiving one of a first voltage enabling data access and a second voltage lower than said first voltage enabling data retention but not data access and said tag memory array receiving said first voltage; a set decoder receiving said request memory address of an access request, said set decoder operable to a tag comparator receiving said request memory of said access request and connected to said tag memory array, said tag comparator operable to | 26,262 |
8,930,961 | 1. A method for executing software utilizing shared memory space comprising: concurrently executing a first code segment and a second code segment; determining that a third code segment comprises a label indicating that the third code segment is unsynchronized; in response to determining that the third code segment comprises the label indicating that the third code segment is unsynchronized, committing changes made to a shared memory by the first code segment and the second code segment; and executing the third code segment. | 4,431 |
8,966,897 | 1. An internal combustion engine ( 1 ) comprising: an air intake section ( an exhaust section ( at least one exhaust-gas turbocharger ( a controllable bypass arrangement ( | 23,351 |
9,558,275 | 1. A computer system, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors, and that configure the computer system to provide an action frame utilizing functionality from a plurality of different network-connected computer-executable applications, including computer-executable instructions that configure the computer system to perform at least the following: identify a plurality of different network-connected computer-executable applications that are accessible to the computer system; generate an action catalog identifying, for each of the plurality of different computer-executable applications, one or more corresponding actions, including, for at least a particular computer-executable application of the plurality of different computer-executable applications: based at least on having generated the action catalog, generate an action frame for each of the one or more actions, each action frame identifying how to invoke a fillable form at a corresponding computer-executable application to carry out a corresponding action, including, for the at least one particular action: subsequent to generating the action frame, identify a user intent to perform the least one particular action; based at least on identifying the user intent to perform the at least one particular action, identify the particular action frame; and based at least on identifying the particular action frame, invoke the least one execution endpoint over a network using at least one user-supplied value for at least one of the one or more parameters as input to the at least one fillable form. | 18,754 |
9,666,375 | 1. A voltage smoothing circuit for smoothing a voltage, the circuit comprising: a first multilayer capacitor and a second multilayer capacitor connected to the first multilayer capacitor; and a regulator which includes an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal being electrically connected to the second multilayer capacitor, the output terminal being electrically connected to the first multilayer capacitor; wherein the regulator calculates a first voltage which is applied to the first multilayer capacitor based on a second voltage which is applied to the input terminal, and outputs the first voltage from the output terminal such that a potential difference which is applied to the first multilayer capacitor decreases when a potential difference which is applied to the second multilayer capacitor increases, and the potential difference which is applied to the first multilayer capacitor increases when the potential difference which is applied to the second multilayer capacitor decreases. | 45,726 |
9,160,666 | 1. A method implemented in a network device in a service network, the network device to execute a packet processing element (PPE) of a plurality of PPEs, where each PPE in the plurality of PPEs executes a stage of packet processing for the service network, where the plurality of PPEs are connected to one another by a plurality of switch fabrics, the PPE to self-select a subset of a set of equivalent service chains to service, each service chain defining a subset and sequence of the plurality of PPEs, the PPE to self-select the subset of equivalent service chains to process based upon knowledge of the plurality of PPEs servicing that stage of the set of service chains such that there is spreading of load across all available PPEs in that stage, there is no single point of failure and minimal reassignment of PPEs for a set of equivalent data flows traversing the plurality of PPEs of the service network from changes in topology of the plurality of PPEs in the service network, the method comprising: detecting a change in the topology of the plurality of PPEs; generating a next load balancing (LB) table to adjust service chain routes for the changed topology, the generating using a shared transform algorithm to replace a current LB table, the next LB table and the current LB table identifying next hops for all service chains in the service network; sharing the current LB table and the next LB table with the plurality of PPEs in the service network; transitioning the PPE to the next LB table by replacing the current LB table; and programming an upstream switch fabric to forward to the PPE a specific subset of frames selected by the PPE for processing according to the next LB table. | 28,740 |
8,769,994 | 1. An annealing apparatus for a float glass, which continuously anneals a glass ribbon molded in a float bath, the annealing apparatus comprising: a lehr housing which comprises an inlet and an outlet for the glass ribbon; a plurality of lehr rolls rotatably installed to both side walls of the lehr housing in a width direction, wherein each of the lehr rolls has a rotary shaft, two ends of which outwardly protrude in a predetermined length through the side walls; and labyrinth seals installed around the two ends of the rotary shaft and outside of the sidewalls to prevent sulfurous acid gas supplied into the lehr housing from discharging out. | 29,922 |
9,734,224 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: for a source table in a first computing device comprised in a computing infrastructure system, the source table comprising a plurality of rows, each row of the plurality of rows associated with a checkpoint number, determining, based upon a first checkpoint number associated with the source table and checkpoint numbers associated with the plurality of rows in the source table, a set of one or more rows of the source table that have changed since when the source table was last synchronized with a corresponding target table; determining a first run number associated with the source table, the first run number indicative of a number of data synchronization runs performed for the source table; determining a second run number for the source table based at least in part on determining that the set of one or more rows of the source table have changed; associating, by the first device, the second run number with the source table instead of the first run number; and transferring, by the first device, the set of one or more rows to a target table in a second computing device and associating each row of the set of one or more rows in the target table with the second run number. | 17,927 |
9,214,502 | 1. A method, comprising: applying a bias voltage to a device comprising an anode, a cathode, an IR sensitizing material layer, and a charge multiplication layer (CML), wherein the CML separates the IR sensitizing material layer from the cathode or the anode; and exposing the device to infrared radiation such that a current flows between the anode and the cathode. | 24,866 |
8,568,206 | 1. An abrasive article comprising: an abrasive body comprising abrasive grains contained within a bond material, wherein the abrasive body comprises: | 25,156 |
9,113,403 | 1. A method for a user equipment (UE), comprising: determining, at the UE, that a first Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) network is not preferred for voice service based on receiving a response message to a NAS message via the first E-UTRA network, wherein the response message to the Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message comprises an indication that no voice service is available; storing, at the UE, an identification of a first public land mobile network (PLMN) in a list of non-preferred PLMNs, wherein the first PLMN is associated with the first E-UTRA network that is not preferred for voice service, and the list of non-preferred PLMNs includes identifications for PLMNs where no voice services are available; and avoiding, at the UE, selecting of a second E-UTRA network in response to an identification of the second E-UTRA network matching an identification in the list of non-preferred PLMNs. | 10,102 |
9,639,295 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a command phase of a write command, comprising the command phase and a data transfer phase, from a host at a splitter at a production site in a replication environment; splitting the command phase of the write command asynchronously to a replication appliance at a replication site in the replication environment without first processing the command phase of the write command at a storage array at the production site; and processing the write command asynchronously at the storage array at the production site in parallel with the replication appliance at the replication site, wherein said splitting further comprises: receiving a first acknowledgment from the replication appliance at the replication site in response to the command phase of the write command split asynchronously to the replication appliance at the replication site; and sending a second acknowledgement from the storage array at the production site to the host in response to the command phase of the write command received from the host. | 2,335 |
8,828,628 | 1. A method for optical proximity correction (OPC) comprising: inputting an input pattern; determining a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots that can approximately form a target pattern on a reticle, wherein the target pattern is an OPC-compensated version of the input pattern; simulating a reticle pattern that will be produced on the reticle from the plurality of VSB shots; and calculating a substrate image which will be formed on a substrate using an optical lithographic process with the simulated reticle pattern, wherein the simulating and the calculating are performed on a computing hardware device. | 25,578 |
9,728,657 | 1. A photodetector comprising: a substrate; a first doped region in an upper portion of the substrate; a second doped region having a ring structure, wherein the second doped region is provided in the substrate, surrounds the first doped region, and is horizontally spaced apart from the first doped region; an optical absorption layer on the first doped region, the optical absorption layer absorbing photons to generate an electrical signal; a contact layer on the optical absorption layer; a first electrode on the contact layer; and a second electrode on the second doped region, wherein the first doped region has a first conductive type and directly contacts the optical absorption layer, and the second doped region has a second conductive type, wherein top surfaces of the first and second doped regions and the substrate are coplanar with each other, and wherein a magnitude of the electrical signal is amplified under the first doped region. | 31,472 |
9,193,362 | 1. A consist power system, comprising: a main engine located onboard a locomotive of a consist; a main generator driven by the main engine to produce a main supply of electric power; a traction motor configured to receive the main supply of electric power and propel the locomotive; an auxiliary engine located onboard a tender car towed by the locomotive; an auxiliary generator driven by the auxiliary engine to generate an auxiliary supply of power directed to the locomotive; and a switch mounted on the locomotive, the switch being configured to operate alternatively between three options of: | 15,156 |
9,194,607 | 1. A stationary solar concentrating collector comprising: a) a linear frame; b) a linear fin-type absorber; c) a plurality of individual linear prisms, each said prism fixed about its longitudinal axis, each prism in transverse cross section having three sides, said sides including an inlet surface, a bottom surface and an outlet end, said prism outlet end extending from said inlet surface to said bottom surface, the bottom surface and the inlet surface converging to a prism pointed end, said pointed end cantilevered over the inlet surface and outlet end of a lower neighbor prism to provide full light collection coverage, the outlet end formed to include a comb of total internal reflection surfaces for straightening extreme rays that would otherwise be lost, said comb surfaces oriented substantially parallel to the bottom surface, whereby light within the prism acceptance angle enters the inlet surface, reflects at the bottom surface, reflects at the inlet surface, reflects at a comb surface and exits the prism outlet end, the light traveling in a comb-limited delivery angle to said absorber; d) a plurality of linear reflectors, each said reflector disposed adjacent the bottom surface of each prism; e) a linear collector bottom reflector. | 10,172 |
8,769,782 | 1. A resin molded parts lock mechanism for locking two resin molded parts together, the resin molded parts lock mechanism comprising: a lock hole formed in one resin molded part; and a lock arm formed as a cantilever-shaped arm on the other resin molded part and adapted to be inserted into the lock hole from an entrance towards a deeper side thereof so as to be locked in the lock hole by making use of flexure thereof, and comprising: a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion, the first projecting portion being provided, of inner wall surfaces, facing each other, of the lock hole which follow an inserting direction of the lock arm and face in flexing directions of the lock arm, on a first inner wall surface in a position lying close to the entrance so as to project therefrom, the second projecting portion being provided on a second inner wall surface in a position lying deeper than the first projecting portion so as to project therefrom; and a permanent locking projection provided on a first side surface of the lock arm in a position lying at a distal end in the inserting direction of the lock arm into the lock hole to face the second projecting portion so as to project therefrom, the permanent locking projection being adapted to ride over the second projecting portion as a result of the lock arm flexing in association with an inserting operation of the lock arm into the lock hole and then to be brought into engagement with the second projecting portion in a position where the permanent locking projection has ridden over the second projecting portion to thereby prevent the lock arm from being dislodged from the lock hole, wherein when the permanent locking projection is in engagement with the second projecting portion, the first projecting portion presses against a second side surface of the lock arm which lies opposite to the first side surface to thereby impart a reaction force directed towards the second projecting portion to the lock arm, the lock arm being flexed in the permanent locking position. | 14,273 |
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