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9,448,271 | 1. A diagnostic method for a system comprising a variable frequency drive, a motor structured to drive a mechanical load, a connector electrically coupling the variable frequency drive and the motor, and a controller structured to control operation of the variable frequency drive, the variable frequency drive including an inrush relay and a power factor correction (PFC) circuit operatively coupled with a DC bus and an inverter operatively coupled with the DC bus and the motor, the method comprising: performing a first procedure with the controller including first evaluating a voltage of the DC bus after closing the inrush relay and activating the PFC circuit and setting a value of a first diagnostic code based upon the first evaluating; performing a second procedure with the controller including sequentially turning on each one of a plurality of switches of the inverter while concurrently turning off each other switch of the inverter; performing a third procedure with the controller including injecting a current to one of the plurality of switches of the inverter which is turned on, second evaluating a current of at least one phase of the motor, and setting a value of at least one additional diagnostic code based upon the second evaluating; outputting first diagnostic information indicating a malfunction of the variable frequency drive if the value of a first diagnostic code indicates an error; and outputting second diagnostic information indicating a malfunction of the motor or the connector if the value of the at least one additional diagnostic code indicates an error. | 23,122 |
9,777,961 | 1. A method for producing liquid CO 2 product out of combustion flue gas, the method comprising: partially condensing the flue gas in sequence through at least two separation stages to form a two phase mixture of an off gas to be vented and a liquid CO separating the off gas to be vented from the liquid CO wherein the off gas to be vented and the liquid CO wherein the expanded liquid CO wherein the liquid CO wherein gaseous CO wherein the pressure of the remainder of the liquid CO wherein the gaseous CO | 35,585 |
9,531,551 | 1. An apparatus comprising: one or more dual-role Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) port units, each PoE port unit being selectively configurable to switch between (i) a PoE Power Source Equipment (PSE) port unit to provide power to a device connected to the PoE port unit, and (ii) a PoE Powered Device (PD) port unit to sink power from the connected device, wherein each PoE port unit includes: a port to mate with a network cable; a bi-directional power converter to selectively convert power in either a first direction to provide converted power to the port when the PoE port unit is configured to operate as the PSE port unit, or in a second direction to convert power received from the port when the PoE port unit is configured to operate as the PD port unit; and a dual-role PoE controller to selectively perform either PSE operations or PD operations, and, if the controller is required to reverse roles thereof, execute, in accordance with a Link Layer Data Protocol (LLDP), a PoE role-reversal protocol with a connected device in which the controller is configured to: | 44,157 |
9,082,992 | 1. A hybrid organic solar cell with perovskite structure as absorption material, comprising: a conductive substrate, a hole transport layer, an active layer, a hole blocking layer and a negative electrode in turn, wherein the active layer comprises: a light absorption layer made of perovskite structure as absorption material represented by the following equation (I): wherein n represents an integer of 1 to 9; X represents lead (Pb), tin (Sn) or germanium (Ge); and Y represents at least one of iodine (I), bromine (Br) and chlorine (Cl); and an electron acceptor layer made of at least one type of fullerene (C wherein the light absorption layer of the active layer is in contacted with the hole transport layer, the electron acceptor layer is in contacted with the hole blocking layer, and a planar heterojunction (PHJ) is formed between the light absorption layer and the electron acceptor layer. | 37,096 |
8,808,592 | 1. A method for shredding portions of bituminous material in a solid state into recyclable granules in the solid state, wherein the recyclable granules have dimensions that are smaller than dimensions of said portions of bituminous material, the method comprising: pushing said portions of bituminous material into a perforated tubular body comprising a perforated cylindrical liner having a longitudinal axis, in such a way as to force the bituminous material by compression to come out through the holes of said perforated tubular body so as to obtain a plurality of substantially filiform extruded portions of said bituminous material; and cutting said extruded portions coming out of said holes of said perforated tubular body in such a way as to obtain granules having dimensions smaller than the dimensions of said portions of bituminous material; compressing said portions in such a way as to obtain a compact agglomerate set substantially sharing said longitudinal axis; compressing said portions into a variable-volume chamber, which comprises two side walls set parallel to said longitudinal axis, at a distance from and facing one another; and displacing one of said walls towards the other side wall along an axis substantially transverse to said longitudinal axis. | 20,161 |
9,040,128 | 1. A method of photoplating a metal contact onto an exposed semiconductor surface of a cathode of a photovoltaic device, the method comprising: a) immersing the exposed semiconductor surface of the cathode of the photovoltaic device in a solution of metal ions, the metal ions being a species which is to be plated onto the exposed semiconductor surface of the cathode of the photovoltaic device; b) illuminating the photovoltaic device, using a light source of time varying intensity, to cause plating onto the exposed semiconductor surface of the cathode of the photovoltaic device whereby nett plating is faster in a direction normal to the surface of the cathode than in a direction in a plane of the surface of the cathode. | 27,809 |
8,396,586 | 1. A method of processing documents, comprising: receiving a plurality of stacks in an input receptacle of a document processing device, each stack including a batch of documents and a separator card associated with the batch of documents; transporting via a transport mechanism the batches of documents, one document at a time, and the associated separator cards past one or more sensors of the document processing device; detecting characteristic information associated with each document, and determining whether a particular document meets or fails to meet at least one criterion; providing a signal indicative of a separator card being transported past the one or more sensors; directing to at least one first output receptacle each document that fails to meet the at least one criterion; directing to at least one second output receptacle each document that meets the at least one criterion; directing a separator card to the at least one second output receptacle if at least one document in the associated batch of documents meets the at least one criterion; and directing a separator card to at least one third output receptacle if all documents in the associated batch of documents fail to meet the at least one criterion. | 40,061 |
9,577,715 | 1. A resonance-type non-contact power supply system comprising: power supply equipment including a power source section and a primary resonance coil configured to be supplied with power from the power source section; and power receiving equipment including a secondary resonance coil configured to receive power from the primary resonance coil by magnetic field resonance and a load configured to be supplied with power received at the secondary resonance coil, wherein the primary resonance coil, the secondary resonance coil, and the load constitute a resonant system, wherein within a predetermined range of frequencies, at least one combination of two frequencies of the power source section is determined, at which input impedances of the resonant become equal, the at least one combination including the frequencies which are defined f the output frequencies f the load includes a rectifier and a battery, wherein real parts of the input impedances Z when the condition Z R | 12,566 |
8,607,555 | 1. A mixing element for arrangement in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a grid which includes a plurality of rows parallel to each other; and a plurality of deflector elements which project from the grid and are inclined in relation to a grid plane normal, and wherein all deflector elements in one row are inclined in the same direction and wherein the plurality of rows includes at least two first rows with the deflector elements of at least two immediately adjacent first rows being inclined in the same direction, and wherein deflector elements of rows adjacent to the at least two first rows are inclined in an opposite direction to those of the at least two first rows. | 32,129 |
9,145,834 | 1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a compressor, a combustor and an exhaust turbine each coaxially and serially coupled by a drive shaft having a rotational axis; an engine casing of varying diameters circumferentially enveloping the compressor, the combustor and the exhaust turbine and having a waist located between the compressor and the combustor; an accessory gear box (AGB) attached to the engine casing near the waist, the AGB comprising a plurality of gears rotating about a plurality of parallel axes, each of the parallel axes extending in a direction that is substantially perpendicular relative to the rotational axis of the drive shaft, each of the gears arranged in the AGB to form a single row within the AGB, the single row extending along an axis substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the drive shaft; and a tower shaft that couples one of the plurality of gears to the drive shaft, the tower shaft having a longitudinal axis that is transverse to the rotational axis of the drive shaft and the plurality of axes of the plurality of gears. | 20,581 |
9,231,276 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution, comprising: (1) an electrolyte; and (2) a nonaqueous solvent which dissolves the electrolyte, wherein the nonaqueous solvent comprises, based on a total weight of the solvent: | 144 |
9,631,603 | 1. A windmill comprising: an airfoil [ a left partial cylindrical void [ a right partial cylindrical void [ a left turbine [ a right turbine [ a center evacuation channel [ a super low pressure chamber [ | 24,786 |
9,194,611 | 1. A ballast tile system for supporting photovoltaic modules, the system comprising: at least one fiber-reinforced concrete ballast tile including: | 38,210 |
9,449,824 | 1. A method of producing patterned doping on a semiconductor comprising: selecting a semiconductor substrate for a solar cell; depositing of a polymeric material on said semiconductor substrate, wherein said polymeric material prevents the deposition of a barrier material; depositing the barrier material on said semiconductor substrate utilizing liquid phase deposition (LPD), wherein the LPD deposits a barrier layer of said barrier material in at least one first region on said semiconductor substrate without said polymeric material, and said polymeric material prevents the barrier material from being deposited in at least one second region on said semiconductor substrate; and diffusing a dopant into the semiconductor substrate to form an emitter of the solar cell, wherein the diffusion of said dopant is impeded by said barrier material of said at least one first region, diffusing the dopant creates a surface of the semiconductor substrate with at least one first doped region below the at least one second region and at least one second region below the barrier layer that has lower doping than the at least one first surface region, wherein the diffusion of the dopant also comprises the steps of | 20,959 |
8,798,824 | 1. A ship maneuvering control method of optimizing a route of a ship, comprising the steps of: designing a planned route for sailing from a starting point to a destination based on meteorological marine phenomena prediction information and a performance information for the ship: acquiring actually encountered marine phenomenon information and marine phenomenon statistical information by measuring, on the ship, marine phenomena that the ship encounters during sail: acquiring estimated encounter marine phenomenon information based on the actually encountered marine phenomenon information and the marine phenomenon statistical information, the estimated encounter marine phenomenon information being information from a first time that is a current time until a second time that is a near-future time in a route surrounding marine area; acquiring operation performance information by measuring, on the ship, an operation performance of the ship during the sail; and designing a short-term planned route using a computer based on the planned route, the estimated encounter marine phenomenon information, the operation performance information, and a hull motion model of the ship, wherein the short-term planned route is a route from a start position that is a ship position at the first time up to an end position that is the ship position at the second time and by which a value of a first evaluation function becomes an optimal value, wherein the first evaluation function contains: a safety index when the ship sails along the short-term planned route, and wherein the step of designing the short-term planned comprises: | 8,200 |
9,767,695 | 1. A blind spot detection system for a vehicle comprising: an external rearview device including a substrate having an at least partially transmissive portion; a removable imaging device comprising a rounded sleeve; and a carrier plate comprising: wherein the removable imaging device is supported by the carrier plate and is positioned behind the carrier plate and the at least partially transmissive portion; wherein the rounded sleeve of the removable imaging device is configured to rotateably engage with the collar of the mechanical fastener and the rounded receiving aperture of the carrier plate; and wherein the removable imaging device includes a field of view that extends through the substrate at an angle away from the vehicle in a direction of a vehicle blind spot. | 5,210 |
8,945,674 | 1. A method for forming a protective coating containing aluminium and zirconium on a surface of a metal part, the method comprising: placing the part, a cement made of aluminium alloy, and granules of ZrOCl applying a treatment temperature to the chamber to form an atmosphere comprising an active gas which reacts with the cement to form a gaseous aluminium halide, which decomposes in contact with the part depositing metallic aluminium thereon, the active gas comprising ZrOCl wherein during the treatment, the part, the cement, and the ZrOCl wherein a concentration of Zr deposited on the metal part is controlled by adjustment of a quantity of the ZrOCl | 40,866 |
9,172,109 | 1. An electrode assembly comprising: a first electrode plate comprising a first active material portion on which a first active material is coated and a first non-coating portion that has two edges on which the first active material is not coated between the two edges of the non-coating portion; a second electrode plate comprising a second active material portion on which a second active material is coated and a second non-coating portion that has two edges on which the second active material is not coated between the two edges of the non-coating portion; a separator interposed between the first and second electrode plates wherein the first and second electrode plates are positioned so that the first edge of the first electrode plate is positioned adjacent the first edge of the second electrode plate and the second edge of the first electrode plate is positioned adjacent the second edge of the second electrode plate; and first and second electrode tabs respectively coupled to the first and second non-coating portions so that the first electrode tab extends outward from the first edge of the first non-coating portion of the first electrode plate in a first direction and so that the second electrode tab extends outward from the second edge of the second non-coating portion of the second electrode plate in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and wherein a portion of the first and second electrode tabs at which the first or second electrode tab contacts the first or second non-coating portion is chamfered, wherein portions of the first and second non-coating portions are opposite to each other and overlap each other, the chamfered portions of the first and second electrode tabs being positioned adjacent each other and contoured so that the combined thickness of the overlapped non-coating portions having the coupled first and second electrode tabs is substantially the same from the first edge to the second edge, and the electrode assembly is formed by winding the first and second electrode plates from the portion at which the first and second non-coating portions face each other and wherein the first and second electrode tabs are arranged so that the thicknesses of the first electrode tab on the first electrode plate and the second electrode tab on the second electrode plate are substantially equal to each other between the first and second edges of the first and second electrode tabs. | 4,907 |
8,381,853 | 1. A electric vehicle comprising: a drive wheel which is driven by a traction electric motor; a brake command device which can be operated by a driver; a brake releasing unit which is driven by supply of electricity; a brake shaft which can be rotated in two directions, wherein the brake shaft is rotatable in a brake realizing direction which is one of the two directions by an operation of the brake command device, and rotatable in a brake releasing direction which is the other one of the two directions by driving of the brake releasing unit; a friction plate which is operatively connected to the traction electric motor and which is frictionally braked when the brake shaft is rotated in the brake realizing direction; and a braking spring which applies an elastic force to the brake shaft in a direction to rotate the brake shaft in the brake realizing direction, wherein the brake releasing unit comprises: a brake releasing motor which is driven by supply of electricity; a displacement member which is displaced by driving of the brake releasing motor; and a displacement permitting spring provided between the displacement member and the brake shaft, and which permits an elastic relative displacement between the displacement member and the brake shaft and applies an elastic force to the brake shaft in a direction to maintain a relative position between the brake shaft and the displacement permitting spring, and the brake releasing motor rotates the brake shaft against the elastic force of the braking spring in the brake releasing direction through the displacement member and the displacement permitting spring. | 25,424 |
9,794,206 | 1. A computer-implemented method of managing the display of messages on a screen of a computing device, the method comprising: at the computing device having one or more processors and memory for storing program modules to be executed by the processors: | 49,329 |
8,875,363 | 1. A method of making a dielectric, the method comprising: forming a first dielectric layer over a metal foil by physical vapor deposition, wherein the first dielectric layer includes at least one of barium titanate or barium strontium titanate; forming a dielectric precursor layer by chemical solution deposition over the first dielectric layer; heating the dielectric precursor layer at a first temperature; heating the metal foil, the first dielectric layer, and the dielectric precursor layer in a low oxygen partial pressure environment at a second temperature greater than the first temperature to form a fired dielectric on the metal foil, wherein the fired dielectric includes at least one of crystalline barium titanate or crystalline barium strontium titanate; and after said heating the metal foil, the first dielectric layer, and the dielectric precursor layer, re-oxygenating the fired dielectric in an environment having a higher partial pressure of oxygen than the low oxygen partial pressure environment. | 32,486 |
8,988,846 | 1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a housing formed from electrically conductive material; a moisture flow inhibiting seal comprising an electrically conductive pathway in contact with the electrically conductive material of the housing; and an external feature configured to receive a user input, the external feature being connected to an internal switch displaced from the external feature by way of an electrically conductive arm that fits through the moisture flow inhibiting seal, wherein a grounding pathway is formed between the electrically conductive arm, the electrically conductive pathway of the moisture flow inhibiting seal and the electrically conductive material of the housing, the grounding pathway allowing a quantity of charge deposited at the external feature to flow directly to the electrically conductive material of the housing, thereby bypassing the internal switch. | 39,079 |
9,184,393 | 1. A composition containing a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2), and a fullerene derivative having a fullerene skeleton with a carbon number of 70 or more: wherein in the formulae (1) and (2), Q, R, R 1 and R 2 each independently denote a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 20, an alkoxy group with a carbon number of 1 to 20, or an optionally substituted aryl group with a carbon number of 6 to 60, wherein, a part or all of hydrogen atoms in the alkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 20, the alkoxy group with a carbon number of 1 to 20, and the optionally substituted aryl group with a carbon number of 6 to 60 may be substituted with fluorine atoms, R 1 and R 2 may be bonded together to form a ring, and Q's and R's may be the same or different; and the fullerene derivative having a fullerene skeleton with a carbon number of 70 or more is selected from the group consisting of the following formulae: where A denotes a fullerene skeleton with a carbon number of 70 or more and in a fullerene derivative represented by each of the formulae, two adjacent carbon atoms in the fullerene skeleton form a cyclopropane ring or a pyrrolidine ring together with atoms in an additional group. | 2,460 |
9,534,502 | 1. A system, comprising: a steam turbine; and a face seal of the steam turbine, comprising: a rotor ring coupled to a rotor of the steam turbine; and a stator ring coupled to a stationary housing of the steam turbine, wherein the stator ring is circumferentially split into a plurality of circumferential segments with one or more bearing elements disposed between each of the plurality of circumferential segments, wherein the one or more bearing elements are configured to enable relative axial movement of the plurality of segments relative to one another, wherein the plurality of circumferential segments comprises a first circumferential segment and a second circumferential segment, and the first and second circumferential segments cooperatively form the stator ring via overlapping joint interfaces having the one or more bearing elements. | 18,732 |
9,203,614 | 1. A method for protecting data security, comprising: receiving, by a key management center, original data M sent by a first terminal for storage at a server; encrypting, by the key management center, the original data M with a key K by using an exchangeable encryption algorithm E to obtain encrypted data C uploading, by the key management center, the encrypted data C receiving, by the key management center, a request sent by a second terminal for the original data M; obtaining, by the key management center, the encrypted data C encrypting, by the key management center, the encrypted data C decrypting, by the key management center, the first intermediate encrypted data C sending, by the key management center, the encrypted data C E(K | 25,027 |
8,469,778 | 1. An insert-roller system for a roller-type peeler comprising: a holddown including: an insert roller made of a wear-resistant material and having a bore at one end bounded by a bore wall for receiving the pin of the holddown; wherein the pin is made of a different material from the insert roller and serves as a bearing surface against the bore wall as the insert roller rotates on the pin. | 25,724 |
8,985,962 | 1. Stirrer organ ( 1 ) in composite construction comprised of a metallic part ( 4 ) and a hybrid casting ( 9 ), with the hybrid casting ( 9 ) being fixed to the metallic part ( 4 ) by means of at least one anchoring element which forms at least one back-cutting in the hybrid casting ( 9 ), wherein the anchoring element is provided with a perforated plate ( 5 ) which is spot-wise fastened to the metallic part ( 4 ) and which is arranged at least partly at a small distance to the surface of the metallic part ( 4 ) so as to configure the at least one back-cutting. | 16,797 |
9,484,474 | 1. A method of forming electrical contacts on a diamond substrate, comprising: producing a plasma ball using a microwave plasma source in the presence of a mixture of gases which include a source of a first p-type dopant or a first n-type dopant; disposing the plasma ball at a first distance from the diamond substrate, the diamond substrate maintained at a first temperature; maintaining the plasma ball at the first distance from the substrate for a first time; disposing an ultrananocrystalline diamond film on the diamond substrate, the ultrananocrystalline diamond film doped with at least one of a second p-type dopant and a second n-type dopant; and patterning the ultrananocrystalline film to define ultrananocrystalline diamond electrical contacts on the diamond substrate. | 13,340 |
8,956,759 | 1. A 3V class spinel oxide having the composition Li 1+x [M y Mn (2−y) ]O 4 (0≦x≦0.1, 0.01≦y≦0.5, and M is Ni or Mg) as a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the spinel oxide is composed of spherical secondary particles having a particle diameter of 5˜20 μm obtained from aggregation of primary particles having a particle diameter of 10˜50 nm. | 35,422 |
9,640,236 | 1. A memory system, comprising: a first memory module and a second memory module coupled to a same memory channel for sharing the memory channel; each of the first memory module and the second memory module, comprising: wherein a memory chip of the first memory module and a memory chip of the second memory module are commonly coupled to receive an N-bit rank select signal of the plurality of rank select signals for sharing the memory channel; wherein a first portion of the N-bit rank select signal is for a front/reverse-side select signal; wherein a second portion of the N-bit rank select signal is for a local-chip select signal; and wherein a third portion of the N-bit rank select signal is for a die select signal. | 46,547 |
8,501,073 | 1. A device for injecting under an elevated pressure a resin into at least one fibre layer of a fibre-reinforced hollow product to be manufactured, comprising: a mould having a mould cavity that is surrounded by a mould wall for abutment of the fibre-reinforced hollow product thereagainst in a closed condition of the mould, a rigid part of the mould wall being movable with respect to another part of the mould wall in the closed condition of the mould to ensure a continued abutment of the movable part of the mould wall with the fibre-reinforced hollow product when shrinkage of the resin caused by curing thereof takes place subsequent to the injection process; and a pressure unit for pressing the movable part of the mould wall against the fibre reinforced hollow product upon shrinkage of the resin, wherein the mould includes an inner mould to be positioned in a cavity of the fibre-reinforced hollow product and an outer mould to be positioned on an outer side of the product, and at least a rigid part of the inner mould is movable in the closed condition of the mould, wherein a mould wall of the inner mould comprises rigid mould wall segments interconnected by a flexible material, wherein the pressure unit comprises a pressure chamber on a side of the movable part of the mould wall remote from the fibre-reinforced hollow product for pressing the movable part of the mould wall against the fibre-reinforced hollow product upon shrinkage of the resin under the influence of the pressure that prevails within the pressure chamber, and wherein the pressure chamber at least substantially adjoins the entire circumference of the inner mould. | 10,878 |
9,650,589 | 1. An additive package comprising a multifunctional additive macromolecule comprising: a plurality of lubricant nanoparticles having an open-ended architecture; and an organic medium intercalated in the nanoparticles; and wherein at least a portion of the nanoparticles have an average particle dimension of less than or equal to about 500 nm. | 18,547 |
9,223,374 | 1. A power sourcing equipment (PSE) chip comprising a first register, wherein the PSE chip is configured to: control at least one powering channel of the PSE chip according to a value stored in the first register, wherein the value stored in the first register comprises at least one control bit, and wherein each of the at least one control bit corresponds to one of the at least one powering channel of the PSE chip; change, in response to a first instruction, the value stored in the first register to a first data byte in the first instruction, wherein the first instruction is a write instruction, wherein the first instruction comprises a first slave address, a first command byte, and the first data byte, wherein the first slave address is an address of the PSE chip, and wherein a value of the first command byte is an address of the first register; and change, in response to a second instruction, the value stored in the first register to a calculated value, wherein the second instruction is a write instruction, wherein the second instruction comprises a second slave address, the first command byte, and a second data byte, wherein the second slave address is a virtual address of a virtual powering group, and wherein the calculated value is a result obtained by calculation according to the second data byte in the second instruction and a channel indication value that is of the virtual powering group and stored in the PSE chip, wherein the channel indication value of the virtual powering group comprises at least one used bit, wherein each of the at least one used bit corresponds to one of the at least one powering channel of the PSE chip, and wherein a value of each of the at least one used bit indicates whether a corresponding powering channel is added to the virtual powering group. | 8,669 |
9,026,643 | 1. A contents' relationship visualizing apparatus comprising: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor programmed via the instructions to: | 19,825 |
9,544,002 | 1. A wireless communication device, comprising: an amplification structure including a first amplification element and a second amplification element; a processor coupled to provide a control signal to the amplification structure, the control signal to adjust an amount of signal amplification provided by at least one of the first and second amplification elements; a receiving structure coupled to the amplification structure, the receiving structure to receive at least one antenna signal provided by an antenna and to provide feedback information to influence the control signal; further comprising at least one phase modification device coupled to the amplification structure, the at least one phase modification device to receive a frequency signal and to offset a phase associated with the frequency signal to provide a phase modified frequency signal to the amplification structure; and wherein the at least one phase modification device is a plurality of phase modification devices, each of the plurality of phase modification devices to receive the frequency signal and to offset the phase associated with the frequency signal to provide the phase modified frequency signal to the amplification structure. | 24 |
9,027,801 | 1. An elongate feeder element ( 20 ; 40 ) for use in metal casting, said feeder element ( 20 ; 40 ) having a length, a width and a height, said feeder element ( 20 ; 40 ) comprising: an A end and an opposite B end measured along the height, and a C end and an opposite D end measured along the length, said A end for mounting on a mould pattern or swing plate and said opposite B end for receiving a feeder sleeve; and a bore between the A and B ends defined by a sidewall comprising a stepped collapsible portion; said feeder element being compressible in use whereby to reduce the distance between the A and B ends; wherein said sidewall has a first sidewall region ( characterised in that said bore has an axis that is offset from the centre of the feeder element along the length towards the C end and said second sidewall region ( | 47,619 |
9,499,277 | 1. A rotary- or fixed-wing aircraft comprising one or a plurality of rotors and/or one or a plurality of airscrews, the one or more rotors and/or the one or more airscrews being caused to rotate at a variable or constant speed by a shaft, said aircraft comprising an electromagnetic transmission unit configured to ensure the propulsion and/or the lifting of the said aircraft by causing said shaft to rotate characterized by the fact that: | 40,313 |
9,422,954 | 1. An active roughness actuator comprising: a surface having plurality of apertures; a compliant layer disposed on the surface such that the compliant layer covers the plurality of apertures; a chamber having a fluid therein, the chamber being in fluid communication with the compliant layer via the apertures; a piezoelectric surface mechanically coupled to the chamber; and a plurality of dimples in the compliant layer, each dimple located proximate to one aperture of the plurality of apertures, wherein the piezoelectric surface is oscillated to displace the fluid in the chamber to control the at least one dimple to oscillate at a specified frequency to control the active roughness of the actuator, and wherein the chamber is fluidly coupled to the plurality of apertures via a corresponding plurality of tubes, and each of the plurality of tubes have a different length selected to control a phase lag between the plurality of apertures. | 25,140 |
9,482,507 | 1. A method of blasting rock at an underground blast site, the method comprising the steps of: a) drilling boreholes in a rock mass; b) loading each borehole with at least one charge of explosive material; c) placing at least one detonator in operative association with each charge, each detonator being part of a discrete group of detonators and plural detonators placed in a single borehole being part of different groups; d) conducting a sequence of at least two initiation events to blast the rock mass, each initiation event being a discrete user-controlled initiation event, in one of the at least two initiation events only the charges associated with a first group of detonators being initiated, by sending firing signals to only the first group of detonators and in a subsequent one of the at least two initiation events only the charges associated with a second group of detonators being initiated by sending firing signals to only the second group of detonators; wherein the one initiation event creates a stranded portion of the rock mass that has been drilled and charged in steps a), b) and c) and said stranded portion of the rock mass is blasted in at least the subsequent initiation event without personnel accessing said stranded portion between the one and the subsequent initiation events. | 19,441 |
9,697,916 | 1. A diagnostic system for performing diagnostics on rod position indication (RPI) coils of a digital rod position indication system (DRPI) of a nuclear reactor, the DRPI system having a plurality of detector coils for monitoring the position of a control rod, the plurality of detector coils being energized by an operating power source of the DRPI system at an operational frequency when the nuclear reactor is operating such that during operation of the nuclear reactor each detector coil generates an electronic signal having identifiable characteristics based on the operational frequency, said diagnostic system comprising: a data acquisition unit having a number of analog inputs configured to respectively connect to outputs of the plurality of detector coils to monitor electrical signals from the plurality of detector coils, the data acquisition unit having RPI coil diagnostic electronics configured to sample the electronic signals generated from each detector coil to create sampled data indicative of the electrical signals output from the plurality of detector coils while the nuclear reactor is operating, the number of the analog inputs being equal to the number of detector coils in the DRPI system and an additional analog input to receive a reference signal; a processing unit in electrical communication with said data acquisition unit, the processing unit being configured to receive sampled data from the data acquisition unit corresponding to each detector coil, said processing unit having a calculator to calculate a value of at least one identifiable characteristic of a particular detector coil independently from other detector coils, and a comparator to compare a calculated value of the at least one identifiable characteristic to a reference value corresponding to the particular detector coil without influence from calculated values of other detector coils to indicate the health of the particular detector coil while the nuclear reactor is operating; and an interface unit configured to transmit the sampled data from the data acquisition unit to the processing unit in real time during normal operation of the nuclear reactor, wherein the identifiable characteristics include a combination of impedance and at least one of resistance and inductance. | 14,480 |
9,510,103 | 1. A microelectromechanical apparatus for generating a sound, the microelectromechanical apparatus comprising: an array of moving elements, each of the moving elements coupled to a mechanical support by at least one flexure which is associated with at least one piezoelectric member which is operable to be strained by an electrical field applied to the piezoelectric member, thereby flexing the flexure to which the piezoelectric member is coupled; an electrical wiring connected together in a passive matrix of a group of electrodes, each of the electrodes in the group of electrodes disposed in a row/column address location, wherein each electrode out of the group of electrodes is coupled to at least one of the piezoelectric members; wherein the electrical wiring is operable to concurrently transfer different sequences of electric potentials to different piezoelectric members, thereby controllably inducing movement of moving elements of the array for creating the sound; and a motion restriction mechanism for maintaining a maximal motion distance for each of the moving elements when being actuated via the corresponding flexure and piezoelectric member, the motion restriction mechanism comprising an array of mechanical stoppers associated with the respective array of moving elements, such that each of a plurality of the moving elements is operative to be constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis and is held against the mechanical stopper when the electric field applied to the respective piezoelectric member coupled to the respective moving element exceeds a threshold value. | 45,935 |
8,618,821 | 1. A device for detecting a thinning down of a substrate of an integrated circuit chip, comprising, in an active area of the substrate, bar-shaped diffused resistors connected as a Wheatstone bridge, wherein: first opposite resistors of the bridge are oriented along a first direction; second opposite resistors of the bridge are oriented along a second direction; and said first and second directions are such that the thinning down of the substrate causes a variation of an imbalance value of the bridge, wherein the second opposite resistors vary in response to thinning of the substrate and the first opposite resistors are substantially unchanged in response to the thinning of the substrate and wherein an imbalance in the bridge is indicative of the thinning of the substrate. | 35,841 |
9,617,459 | 1. A parenchymal cellulose composition, comprising a particulate cellulose material comprising, by dry weight of the particulate cellulose material, (i) at least 70% cellulose, (ii) less than 10% pectin and (iii) at least 5% hemicellulose, wherein the particulate material has a volume-weighted median major particle dimension within the range of 25-75 μm, wherein at least 90%, on a volume basis, of the particles have a diameter less than 120 μm, as measured by laser light diffractometry. | 37,926 |
8,539,192 | 1. A system for storing data in memory: at least one multistage application configured to generate intermediate data in a generating stage of the application and consume the intermediate data in a subsequent consuming stage of the application; a runtime profiler configured to monitor the application's execution and dynamically allocate memory to the application from an in-memory data grid; and a pre-profiler configured to generate, prior to execution of the multistage application, an initial profile received by the runtime profiler, the initial profile providing an estimated allocation of memory needed from the in-memory data grid to store intermediate data for the multistage application. | 31,483 |
8,822,668 | 1. A nucleic acid-lipid particle comprising: (a) a nucleic acid; (b) a cationic lipid comprising from 50 mol % to 65 mol % of the total lipid present in the particle; (c) a non-cationic lipid comprising up to 49.5 mol % of the total lipid present in the particle and comprising a mixture of a phospholipid and cholesterol or a derivative thereof, wherein the cholesterol or derivative thereof comprises from 30 mol % to 40 mol % of the total lipid present in the particle; and (d) a conjugated lipid that inhibits aggregation of particles comprising from 0.5 mol % to 2 mol % of the total lipid present in the particle. | 26,475 |
8,597,155 | 1. A planetary gearing, comprising: at least one drive shaft; an output shaft; a sun wheel; a ring gear; planet wheels assigned to the planetary gear train, each in direct engagement with both the sun wheel and the ring gear; and a gear casing, wherein the planetary gear train includes a planet wheel arm immovably arranged in a casing, integrally formed with the casing, wherein said planet wheel arm and said gear casing each define bearing bores for supporting the planet wheels therebetween, and further wherein the planet wheel arm defines a central bearing bore for supporting the sun wheel. | 22,718 |
9,545,916 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a power generator configured to receive and output power; a planetary gear including three rotary elements, the three rotary elements being connected respectively to an output shaft of the internal combustion engine, a rotary shaft of the power generator, and a drive shaft coupled to an axle; a motor configured to i) receive power from the drive shaft and ii) output power to the drive shaft; a drive circuit configured to drive the power generator and the motor; a battery; a buck-boost converter including a switching element, a diode, and a reactor, the buck-boost converter being connected to a low voltage power line on the battery side and a high voltage power line on the drive circuit side by switching the switching element, the buck-boost converter being configured to step up power on the low voltage power line and supply the stepped-up power to the high voltage power line, and the buck-boost converter being configured to step down power on the high voltage power line and supply the stepped-down power to the low voltage power line; and at least one electronic control unit configured to i) control the buck-boost converter such that a voltage of the high voltage power line reaches a voltage that is a) equal to or smaller than an upper limit voltage and b) is based on a torque command applied to the power generator and the motor, ii) control the internal combustion engine, the power generator, and the motor such that a required torque corresponding to a request from a driver is output and used to run the hybrid vehicle, iii) limit the upper limit voltage to a braking limit when a rotation speed of the power generator is lower than a predetermined rotation speed during regenerative braking in the hybrid vehicle, and iv) relax the limit on the upper limit voltage in comparison with the braking limit when the rotation speed of the power generator equals or exceeds the predetermined rotation speed during regenerative braking in the hybrid vehicle. | 12,647 |
8,992,667 | 1. An air cleaner for providing combustion air to a forced induction device located upstream of an internal combustion engine, the air cleaner comprising: a housing defining a flowpath therethrough from upstream to downstream; a first chamber defined by the housing that receives intake air through a first port; a second chamber defined by the housing that receives intake air from the first chamber and receives refined crankcase blowby gas from a crankcase ventilation unit through a second port, wherein the crankcase ventilation unit separates oil from an unrefined blowby gas with an air-oil separator; a third chamber downstream of the second chamber that receives a mixture of the intake air and the refined crankcase blowby gas from the second chamber and discharges the mixture through a third port to the forced induction device; a primary filter element that filters the intake air as it passes from the first chamber to the second chamber; and a secondary filter element that filters the mixture as it passes from the second chamber to the third chamber. | 16,308 |
9,091,968 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image support that supports a toner image; a transfer member adapted to sandwich a transfer material between the transfer member and the image support; a voltage application unit that applies a transfer bias voltage to the transfer member; a current detecting unit that detects a first transfer current flowing from the voltage application unit through a leading section of the transfer material after transfer processing on the transfer material starts; a control unit that sets an upper limit of transfer current based on a value of the first transfer current detected by the current detecting unit, and thereafter further acquires a second transfer current value from the current detecting unit to control the transfer bias voltage generated by the voltage application unit, such that the second transfer current value during the transfer processing does not exceed the upper limit; and a separation and discharge unit that is provided downstream from the transfer member and that removes static electricity from the transfer material subjected to the transfer processing; wherein the leading section of the transfer material is defined by a range from (i) a leading edge of the transfer material to (ii) a point on the transfer material subjected to the transfer processing before the leading edge of the transfer material subjected to the transfer processing reaches the separation and discharge unit. | 29,874 |
9,046,656 | 1. A multilayer optical film comprising a) at least one first optical layer consisting of a birefringent polyethylene naphthalate thermoplastic polymer, comprising at least 95 mol % of naphthalate subunits, based on a 100 mol % carboxylate subunits and greater than 95% of ethylene glycol subunits, based on 100% glycol subunits, the first optical layer having an in-plane birefringence of at least 0.15 at 632.8 nm; and (b) at least one second optical layer having an in-plane birefringence of less than 0.040 at 632.8 nm; wherein the second optical layer consists of a copolymerized blend consisting of 40 to 60 mol % of the birefringent polyethylene naphthalate thermoplastic polymer of the first layer and a polyethylene terephthalate thermoplastic polymer comprising at least 95 mol % of terephthalate subunits, based on a 100 mol % carboxylate subunits and greater than 95% of ethylene glycol subunits, based on 100% glycol subunits. | 36,885 |
8,828,072 | 1. An extendable flushing system for use with a medical device having an elongate shaft with a lumen extending therethrough, the extendable flushing system comprising: flexible tubing having an extended configuration and a compressed configuration, a first tubing end and a second tubing end; a flush port having a first lumen operably connected to the first tubing end and an opening configured to receive fluid therethrough; a shuttle assembly operably connected to the second tubing end forming a fluid flow path with the flush port and the shuttle assembly, the shuttle assembly configured to be fluidly connected to an elongate shaft lumen and the shuttle assembly movably positionable relative to the flush port and configured to move the flexible tubing between the compressed configuration and the extended configuration; an outer sheath operably connected to the flush port and the shuttle assembly and movably positionable with the shuttle assembly; and an inner catheter coaxially extendable through a lumen of the outer sheath, the shuttle assembly and the outer sheath longitudinally movable relative to the inner catheter. | 42,385 |
9,623,958 | 1. A method for controlling an aircraft propeller system during thrust reversal, wherein the propeller system includes at least two power plants, each power plant having a variable-pitch propeller and an engine for the propeller to drive the same, the method for controlling an aircraft propeller system comprising the steps of: checking whether each power plant is ready for a transition to negative pitch, and informing a flight control system of a detected positive readiness condition of any one of the at least two power plants; receiving a thrust reversal order in the flight control system; checking, in the flight control system, the readiness condition of the at least two power plants for the transition to negative pitch, and controlling the propellers transition to negative pitch from the flight control system, when the at least two power plants are ready for the transition to negative pitch, the flight control system instruct the aircraft propeller system to reverse thrust, wherein the aircraft propeller system includes a power plant control system for each power plant, and wherein data is exchanged between each power plant control system and the flight control system, for instructing the aircraft propeller system to reverse thrust, and wherein the flight control system simultaneously sends a reverse thrust instruction to both power plants control systems. | 7,011 |
9,770,970 | 1. A cooling device for a hybrid module of a motor vehicle, comprising: a housing; a driveshaft arranged within said housing; a rotor non-rotatably secured to said driveshaft; a stator secured to said housing; at least one fluid channel, at least in part, radially arranged between the stator and the housing; a clutch arranged to engage or disengage said driveshaft, said clutch being integral with said rotor; and, a fluid transport device arranged on said driveshaft to transport a first fluid to said clutch. | 38,402 |
9,115,693 | 1. A device for establishing admittance and transport of cargo to and from a wind turbine construction above ground level, comprising a part that can be raised and lowered relative to the wind turbine construction, at least two synchronously driven winches located at ground level in a side-by-side relationship, a plurality snatch blocks matched to the numbers of winches, the snatch blocks being attachable to a section of the wind turbine construction above ground level in a side-by-side relationship, cables or wires running between the winches and the snatch blocks, and a number of travelling crabs matched to the number of winches, each of said travelling crabs comprising at least one first upper wheel and at least one second lower wheel, wherein the travelling crabs are guided on the wires running between the winches and the snatch blocks, wherein said part is displaceable with the travelling crabs upwards or downwards by said wires, and wherein the wires run directly from at least an outermost of the snatch blocks to said travelling crabs and then directly from the travelling crabs to the synchronous driven winches, wherein the snatch blocks are multi-cut, and wherein the at least one first upper wheel of the travelling crabs is multi-cut and cooperates with said multi-cut snatch blocks. | 37,614 |
9,385,395 | 1. A method of forming a battery stack comprising a plurality of stacked prismatic cell layers, comprising: rotating a rotary disc from a first position to a plurality of stacking stations, collecting a first cut prismatic cell layer or a first continuous separator layer onto the rotary disc to form a first battery stack; collecting the first cut prismatic cell layer, the first continuous separator layer, a second cut prismatic cell layer, or a second continuous separator layer onto the first battery stack to form a second battery stack; collecting the first cut prismatic cell layer, the first continuous separator layer, the second cut prismatic cell layer, or the second continuous separator layer onto the second battery stack to form a third battery stack, rotating the rotary disc in the single direction such that the third battery stack is transported to or past the first position. | 7,320 |
8,592,677 | 1. A substrate comprising: a semiconductor layer; a plurality of dielectric layers disposed on one side of the semiconductor layer, which defines a plurality of unit cells; a plurality of auxiliary layers disposed on the one side of the semiconductor layer; and a photoactive layer disposed between the dielectric layers, covering the plurality of auxiliary layers and comprising a compound of a Group III element and a Group V element, wherein each unit cell includes an auxiliary layer of the plurality of auxiliary layers, and a thickness of each auxiliary layer of the plurality of auxiliary layers is less than a thickness of each dielectric layer of the plurality of dielectric layers. | 10,394 |
8,989,773 | 1. A method comprising: on a first device executing a first instance of a location application, receiving first location data describing a path traveled by the first device, the first location data received from a location system of the first device, and the first location data including a plurality of locations of the first device; receiving destination data describing a destination specified by a user of the first device; receiving a request for a second device to receive the first location data describing the bath traveled by the first device; receiving second location data indicating a location of the second device, the second location data enabling the display, on a user interface of the first device, of the location of the second device; after the location of the second device has been displayed on the user interface of the first device, receiving an authorization to transmit the first location data to the second device, the authorization being based on data specified by the user of the first device; and transmitting the location data and destination data in a form usable to enable a user interface of a second instance of a location application executing on a second device to indicate the path traveled by the first device and to indicate directions to the destination specified by the user of the first device. | 29,303 |
9,077,839 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a wide IO memory device stacked on an SoC die that includes a CPU; a loading unit configured to load a specified application from among a plurality of applications for executing separate functions, to a plurality of memories included in the wide IO memory device, excluding a memory positioned above a circuit on the SoC die relating to the function executed by the application; a temperature acquisition unit configured to, upon the execution of the application loaded by the loading unit being instructed, acquire temperature information of the plurality of memories included in the wide IO memory device; and a control unit configured to perform control so as to execute the application loaded to a memory having a lower temperature acquired by the temperature acquisition unit. | 31,650 |
8,622,545 | 1. A method of making a pair of spectacle lenses, the pair of spectacle lenses including a left lens and a right lens, each of the left and right lenses including a front curve radius, a centre thickness, an index of refraction and a material, comprising: inputting wearer metrics, frame metrics and a lens class; determining the left lens front curve radius and the right lens front curve radius in which there is a substantially linear relationship between the rate of change of lateral vergence and degree of ocular rotation; adjusting the left lens front curve radius and the right lens front curve radius, the left lens centre thickness and the right lens centre thickness such that the lateral inter-ocular static magnification target value is between about −3% and about +3% in a lateral plane and the stimulus to near vergence is within the wearer's vergence limits, wherein the lateral inter-ocular static magnification target value is the difference between the static magnification of the left lens in a lateral (horizontal) plane of the wearer's eyes expressed as a percentage amount and the static magnification of the right lens in a lateral (horizontal) plane of the wearer's eyes expressed as a percentage amount; determining a left lens index of refraction and a right lens index of refraction; determining a left lens material and a right lens material; machining the left lens using the left lens front curve radius, left lens centre thickness, left lens index of refraction and left lens material and machining the right lens using the right lens front curve radius, right lens centre thickness, right lens index of refraction and right lens material. | 24,715 |
9,242,921 | 1. A process for producing an aromatic carboxylic acid, which comprises oxygen-oxidizing an aromatic compound having an alkyl group and/or an alkylene group as a substrate in the presence of a catalyst and a transition metal co-catalyst to produce the aromatic carboxylic acid corresponding to the aromatic compound, the catalyst comprising a nitrogen atom-containing cyclic compound containing a skeleton represented by the following formula (1) as a constituent element of the cyclic ring: wherein X represents an oxygen atom or an —OR group (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a protecting group for a hydroxyl group), and a double line consisting of a solid line and a broken line and connecting “N” and “X” represents a single bond or a double bond, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out with feeding a mixture of the catalyst and at least one member selected from the group consisting of a reaction intermediate obtainable by the oxidation reaction of the substrate, and a reaction product obtainable by the oxidation reaction of the substrate successively or continuously to the oxidation reaction system, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the absence of a reaction solvent, and wherein the reaction intermediate and the reaction product comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl compound corresponding to the aromatic compound, water, and an aromatic carboxylic acid, wherein the mixture comprising the catalyst and at least water among the reaction intermediate and the reaction product is fed to the oxidation reaction system, wherein the water produced by the reaction is not classified as the reaction solvent and the water fed to the oxidation reaction system is separately provided, and wherein the mixture contains the catalyst in an amount of 0.0001 to 0.5 mol % relative to the substrate and is fed to the oxidation reaction system. | 43,763 |
8,725,340 | 1. A controller for driving a motor in a motor driven vehicle, the controller comprising: a detection part that detects a start signal or stop signal for regeneration control from a rider; a control coefficient computing part that identifies, as a first vehicle speed, the speed of the vehicle when the detection part detects the start signal for regeneration control, the control coefficient computing part assigning a prescribed value to a control coefficient that determines a value of a control parameter that controls the motor relative to a target value of the control parameter, the target value being a value of the control parameter at which the motor achieves a desired power generation efficiency, the control coefficient computing part increasing the control coefficient if a current vehicle speed becomes faster than the first vehicle speed and decreasing the control coefficient if the current vehicle speed becomes slower than the first vehicle speed, the control coefficient computing part continuing the increasing and decreasing until the detection part detects the stop signal for regeneration control; and a control part that derives a value of the control parameter in accordance with the target value of the control parameter and the control coefficient computed by the control coefficient computing part, the control part forwarding the derived value of the control parameter to the motor to control driving of the motor. | 40,105 |
9,817,380 | 1. A system comprising: a site-based computing device having: wherein the computer processor is configured to store signaling protocols for a multitude of different irrigation controllers, further wherein the computer processor is configured to recognize a type of the irrigation controller at the site from the multitude of different irrigation controllers by causing the irrigation controller at the site to output information and then comparing that information to the stored signaling protocols. | 43,468 |
8,465,734 | 1. A modified methioninase protein wherein said modification comprises at least one first polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer coupled to at least one amino group of said methioninase and at least one second PEG polymer coupled to a carboxyl group of said methioninase through a polyamine linker, wherein one amino group of said polyamine linker forms an amide with said carboxyl group of the methioninase and at least one additional amino group is coupled to said second PEG polymer. | 42,698 |
9,090,382 | 1. A thermoformed article having two or more parts, a first part being formed from a first thermoplastic material and a second part being formed from a second thermoplastic material, the first and second materials being mutually incompatible, wherein the first part comprises an orifice and the second part comprises a panel formed to cover the orifice, such that in use, the panel can be removed to reveal the orifice and cannot be replaced, wherein the orifice forms a panel-receiving orifice extending through the first part, wherein the panel-receiving orifice is shaped and positioned to receive the panel, the panel fluidly blocking passage through the panel-receiving orifice, wherein the first part further comprises a top plate, the panel-receiving orifice extending through a thickness of the top plate, the top plate defining a perimeter of the panel-receiving orifice and a height of panel-receiving orifice side walls, and wherein one or more outer bottom surfaces of the panel are flush with a top surface of the top plate when the panel is received in the panel-receiving orifice. | 9,294 |
9,343,717 | 1. A method for producing battery modules or battery systems having a plurality of battery cells, comprising: interconnecting battery cells of the plurality of battery cells with cell connectors to form one of a battery module architecture and a battery system architecture; fitting terminals to one of the battery module and the battery system; and packaging all of the battery cells in a common plastic sheath by encapsulating injection-molding, so that the battery cells and cell connectors are surrounded substantially completely by the plastic sheath, while the terminals remain accessible from outside the plastic sheath, wherein the plastic sheath formed by encapsulating injection molding comprises a plastic material and a filler admixed into the plastic material, the filler including at least one of boron nitride (BN), aluminum nitride (AIN), aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and beryllium oxide (BeO), and wherein at least one of the battery cells is individually enclosed by at least one of individually sealing with plastic, individually welding in film and individually surrounding by Al foil before interconnecting with cell connectors. | 47,975 |
9,234,321 | 1. A method of waterproofing a deck joint of a bridge, the method comprising: applying a bridge deck waterproof membrane over a portion of the top surface of at least two girders which define a deck joint; applying an adhesive layer over a portion of the waterproof membrane; installing a flexible sealing member, wherein the flexible sealing member comprises two flange portions, wherein installing a flexible sealing member comprises placing each flange portion on the adhesive layer on each girder, such that each flange portion bonds to each girder; installing a ballast protection plate spanning the deck joint; and installing a pair of locating devices to retain the ballast protection plate from falling into the deck joint, wherein each locating device is installed on the top surface of each girder. | 33,920 |
9,487,206 | 1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine having a variable valve lift device that varies an actuation characteristic of an intake valve, and a rotating electric machine generating braking force for the hybrid vehicle through performing electric power regeneration, the control device comprising: a controller operatively connected to the variable valve lift device, the controller configured to: perform regenerative control to perform the electric power regeneration; and control the variable valve lift device to limit an upper limit of at least one of an amount of lifting the intake valve and a working angle on the intake valve that is applied when the regenerative control is performed to be lower than an upper limit of at least one of the amount of lifting and the working angle that is applied when the regenerative control is not performed. | 35,862 |
8,378,452 | 1. A wafer level package having a cylindrical capacitor, comprising: a wafer chip including a bonding pad formed thereon and an insulating layer formed thereon and exposing the bonding pad; a redistribution layer connected to the bonding pad and extending to one side of the insulating layer; a cylindrical outer electrode connected to the redistribution layer and having a center opening therein; a cylindrical inner electrode formed in the center opening of the outer electrode so as to be separated from the outer electrode; a dielectric layer formed between the outer electrode and the inner electrode; and a resin sealing portion formed on the insulating layer to cover the redistribution layer, the inner electrode, the outer electrode and the dielectric layer and having a first recess for exposing an upper surface of the inner electrode. | 26,278 |
9,385,975 | 1. A method for context based routing of messages, comprising: receiving a message for routing by a message switch implemented in a hardware processor; parsing the message to identify a topic and a data payload of the message; identifying a topic queue to which to route the message based on the topic and the data payload; routing the message to the topic queue; executing automatically a template integration process subscribing to the topic queue, in response to the message being routed to the topic queue, the template integration process invoking an application service with a request comprising data extracted from the message; receiving by the template integration process a result from the application service; and processing the result and placing the result to a destination point. | 28,777 |
8,951,672 | 1. An anode comprising: an anode current collector; an anode active material layer provided on the anode current collector, and a plurality of anode active material particles comprising the anode active material layer, the anode active material particles having a gap in-between adjacent anode active material particles, | 19,855 |
9,300,132 | 1. A power generation system, comprising: at least one generator, each said generator having at least two sets of stator windings; an active rectifier comprising power cell based modular converters associated with each set of said stator windings, with each set said windings being connected to an AC voltage side of said associated active rectifier and each said active rectifier having a positive DC voltage output and a negative DC voltage output, wherein said negative DC voltage output of one of said active rectifiers is connected to said positive DC voltage output of another of said active rectifiers; a medium voltage DC (MVDC) collection network comprising positive pole cables and negative pole cables, wherein each said positive pole cable is connected to said positive DC voltage output of a first active rectifier and each said negative pole cable is connected to said negative DC voltage output of a last active rectifier; and a substation receiving said negative and positive pole cables of said MVDC collection network wherein said substation comprises a plurality of DC/AC converters connected to said positive and negative pole cables of the said MVDC collection network, and said plurality of DC/AC converters converting direct current generated by said at least one generator to alternating current for further transformation and transmission of electricity generated by said at least one generator. | 23,570 |
8,466,636 | 1. An excavator drive system, comprising: a first motor for powering an excavator bucket; a second motor for powering an excavator propulsion system; a power source for the motors; a first non-volatile bi-state switch, having a motorized electromagnetic actuator for selectively coupling and decoupling the first motor to the power source; a second non-volatile bi-state switch, having a motorized electromagnetic actuator for selectively coupling and decoupling the second motor to the power source; at least one relay device for controlling energization of electromagnetic actuators, electrically coupled to at least one of the respective electromagnetic actuators; and a controller electrically coupled to and in communication with the at least one relay device, transmitting control signals thereto for selective coupling of one of the motors to the power source while decoupling the other motor from the power source. | 14,877 |
9,822,048 | 1. A method of extending the catalyst life of a hydrogenolysis catalyst activity in the presence of biomass and aqueous solution comprising: (i) providing lignocellulosic biomass solids and aqueous solution in a hydrothermal digestion unit in the presence of a digestive solvent, and a supported hydrogenolysis catalyst containing (a) sulfur, (b) Mo or W, and (c) Co, Ni or mixture thereof, incorporated into a solid metal oxide support; (ii) heating the lignocellulosic biomass solids in the hydrothermal digestion unit to a temperature in the range of 180° C. to less than 300° C. in the presence of digestive solvent, hydrogen, and in the range of 0.15 wt. % to 12.5 wt. %, based on catalyst, of H 2 S or H 2 S source at least partially soluble in aqueous solution, and the supported hydrogenolysis catalyst thereby forming a product solution containing plurality of oxygenated hydrocarbons, said hydrothermal digestion unit maintaining protective sulfur concentration. | 45,429 |
8,852,169 | 1. A suction device comprising: a rigid hollow tube; the rigid hollow tube having a first end for connecting to a suction source; | 9,153 |
9,574,783 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a radiating panel mountable to one or more of a surface and a building such that the radiating panel is directed towards a night sky and cooled due to radiation heat loss from the radiating panel to the night sky, and air proximal to the radiating panel is cooled by transferring heat to the radiating panel which radiates the heat via the radiation heat loss, the radiating panel being sloped such that ambient air proximal a non-perforated upper portion of an outer surface of the radiating panel flows along the non-perforated upper portion of the outer surface towards a lower portion of the outer surface of the radiating panel as the ambient air cools, the ambient air being further cooled due to further contact with the radiating panel as the ambient air flows towards the lower portion; a plurality of air openings in the lower portion of the outer surface of the radiating panel, for the ambient air cooled by the radiating panel to pass there through as the ambient air flows along the outer surface; and, an air collection space defined at least in part by the radiating panel for receiving cooled ambient air passing through the plurality of air openings, the air collection space connectable to a passageway for drawing the cooled ambient air for use in a cooling procedure. | 19,948 |
9,032,679 | 1. A roof panel comprising: a roof panel core, wherein the roof panel core comprises an insulating structural block; a coating covering a portion of the roof panel core, wherein the coating comprises: and a fluid channel embedded in the second coating. | 8,322 |
8,844,351 | 1. A fluid sensing pad, comprising: a first electrode having a first trace area; a second electrode disposed in a spaced relationship to the first electrode and at least partially surrounding the first electrode, the second electrode having a second trace area substantially equal to the first trace area; a first gain tuning component electrically coupled to the first electrode; a second gain tuning component electrically coupled to the second electrode; an active electrical component electrically coupled to both first and second electrodes; and an interconnect pattern electrically coupling the first electrode, the second electrode, and the active electrical component. | 17,839 |
8,490,304 | 1. A loader coupler comprising: a body comprising: (i) a left portion located between a centerline and a left lateral side of the body; and, (ii) a right portion located between said centerline and a right lateral side of said body; left and right laterally spaced-apart inner rib mounts located respectively on said left and right lateral portions of said body; left and right inner locking regions aligned with the left and right inner rib mounts, respectively; left and right laterally spaced-apart outer rib mounts located respectively on said left and right lateral portions of said body; left and right outer locking regions aligned with the left and right outer rib mounts, respectively; a first hydraulically actuated lock system comprising left and right first lock plungers that move along a first plunger axis between locked and unlocked positions; and, a second hydraulically actuated lock system comprising left and right second lock plungers that move along a second plunger axis between locked and unlocked positions, wherein said second plunger axis is parallel to and spaced-apart from said first plunger axis; wherein: said left and right first lock plungers extend into said left and right inner locking regions when located in their locked positions; said left and right first lock plungers are at least partially withdrawn from said left and right inner locking regions when located in their unlocked positions; said left and right second lock plungers extend into said left and right outer locking regions when located in their locked positions; and, said left and right second lock plungers are at least partially withdrawn from said left and right outer locking regions when located in their unlocked positions. | 1,279 |
8,475,783 | 1. A device for generating carbon dioxide as an attractant for biting arthropods in combination with a trap, comprising: a. a reaction chamber charged with an aqueous acid solution when in use; b. a gas outlet from the reaction chamber connecting between the reaction chamber and the trap; c. a feeder reservoir containing a powder when in use, said powder comprising a bicarbonate salt; and d. means for controllably adding the powder from the feeder reservoir to the reaction chamber; whereby carbon dioxide is generated in the reaction chamber, passed through the outlet and into the trap. | 22,087 |
9,273,598 | 1. An electric supercharging apparatus, which is configured to rotate an electric motor that comprises a rotor shaft rotatably supported in a motor housing to which a motor coil and a stator are fixed, so as to drive and supercharge a compressor connected to one end of the rotor shaft, the electric supercharging apparatus comprising: a gas supply port and a gas discharge port which are provided in the motor housing; a first cooling passage which connects the gas supply port and the gas discharge port in the motor housing and which is formed in the stator along the motor coil in an outer periphery of the motor coil; a second cooling passage which connects the gas supply port to the gas discharge port in the motor housing and which is formed along the rotor shaft between the rotor shaft and the motor coil; a controller controlling an opening degree of a control valve positioned in the intake passage connecting the gas discharge port to the inlet port of the compressor to adjust a gas flow rate passing through the intake passage. | 17,091 |
8,655,339 | 1. A method, comprising: configuring a service processor for installation in wireless communications device, the service processor comprising one or more device agents for at least assisting in implementing at least a first service policy and a second service policy, at least one of the one or more device agents comprising software or firmware, the wireless communications device capable of accessing one or more data services over a first wireless network and over a second wireless network, the service processor configured to: detect that the wireless communications device is connected to the first wireless network, apply the first service policy in response to detecting that the wireless communications device is connected to the first wireless network, the first service policy for at least assisting in controlling usage of the first wireless network associated with a first service activity of the wireless communications device, detect that the wireless communications device is connected to the second wireless network, and apply the second service policy in response to detecting that the wireless communications device is connected to the second wireless network; and installing the service processor in the wireless communications device. | 25,120 |
8,560,281 | 1. A method for generating interfaces configured to receive patient variable data to be processed by mathematical health outcome prediction models, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, an identification of a first plurality of mathematical health outcome prediction models; accessing the first plurality of mathematical health outcome prediction models; dynamically generating, by the computer system, an interface based at least in part on respective definitions of the first plurality of mathematical health outcome prediction models, wherein the dynamically generated interface is configured to request patient information corresponding to patient variables of the first plurality of mathematical health outcome prediction models, wherein the dynamically generated interface is configured by the computer system to reduce redundancy in the requested information at least in part by identifying one or more variables that may be shared among the first plurality of mathematical health outcome prediction models based at least in part upon the respective definitions of the first plurality of mathematical health outcome prediction models. | 46,270 |
8,548,751 | 1. A system for measuring a deflection from a normal position of an essentially longitudinal hollow component of a wind power installation, comprising: a) at least one distance sensor within the hollow component disposed in a first position for contact-free, directed distance measurement in the direction of a second position located within the hollow component and longitudinally spaced from the first position along a longitudinal axis of the hollow component so that the second position is longitudinally spaced in a longitudinal measurement direction from the first position; b) at least one measurement target disposed at the second position and scanned by the at least one distance sensor, with a target surface that extends in a measurement area transversely to a reference plane, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal measurement direction of the at least one distance sensor, viewed in either direction; and c) a computer unit for evaluating the distances determined by the at least one distance sensor to the target surface and defining a deflection of the hollow component from the normal position in any case with respect to the directional components of the directions, in which the target surface runs transverse to the reference plane, from these data. | 9,946 |
9,576,306 | 1. A smart vehicle comprising: an antenna positioned at a distance that is closer to a driver seat of the smart vehicle than a passenger seat of the smart vehicle; at least one processor; and a device memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including: | 2,433 |
9,518,346 | 1. A sewing machine comprising: a zigzag motion mechanism for causing a zigzag needle motion, an operating apparatus operated by an operator for controlling a zigzag width of a zigzag needle motion by the zigzag motion mechanism, an operation detecting apparatus for detecting an operation of the operating apparatus and an amount of the operation thereof, a zigzag width range setting apparatus for setting a range of zigzag widths that can be operated by the operating apparatus, and a zigzag needle motion controller for controlling the zigzag motion mechanism when the operation of the operating apparatus is detected by the operation detecting apparatus, and causing the zigzag motion mechanism to perform the zigzag needle motion in accordance with the amount of operation of said operation apparatus and within the zigzag width range set by the zigzag width range setting apparatus, wherein said zigzag width range setting apparatus is configured to set a zigzag width range within a range of zigzag widths that can be performed by said zigzag motion mechanism, and is configured to set any value of the zigzag width within said zigzag width range as a value to be used when said operating apparatus is not actuated. | 14,710 |
9,670,630 | 1. A self-propelled building machine, comprising: a machine frame; at least one left-hand running gear and at least one right-hand running gear relative to a direction of working, the running gears configured to support the machine frame from a ground surface; at least one working roller provided on the machine frame and configured to engage and work the ground surface; an adjustable support system including left and right adjustable supports configured to raise and lower each of the left-hand and right-hand running gears, respectively, relative to the machine frame, to adjust a milling depth of the working roller; a sensor system configured to detect a sudden step increase in a height of the ground surface as the building machine moves from a previously cut section across the sudden step increase and up onto to a previously uncut section of an area of the ground surface to be worked, the sudden step increase extending transverse to the direction of working, and to generate a control signal indicative of the presence of the step increase in height of the ground surface; and a control unit configured to receive the control signal from the sensor system and to activate the adjustable support system to raise the running gears in response to the control signal, the control unit having a control mode in which the control unit is configured such that as the building machine moves from the previously cut section to the previously uncut section, the working roller is maintained at an elevation of the previously cut section by increasing the milling depth from zero to a predetermined milling depth value equal to a previously determined height of the previously uncut section relative to the previously cut section so that the previously uncut section is cut down to the same elevation as the previously cut section. | 37,814 |
9,576,574 | 1. A method of operating a digital assistant, comprising: at a device having one or more processors and memory: | 37,260 |
9,269,015 | 1. An image search system comprising: an image database storing a plurality of reference images, the reference images having reference image salient parameters; and an image processor coupled with the image database and configured to: receive an input image captured by a mobile device; decompose the input image into input image salient parameters; recognize at least one classification associated with the input image based on a comparison of the input image salient parameters to the reference image salient parameters; identify content related to the at least one classification; and cause the content, via a network address, to be returned to a second mobile device. | 513 |
8,786,907 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store correction values for respective pixels in a main scanning direction of a scanning line, the correction values being required to correct a misregistration of an image to be formed by a light beam, which is caused by deviation of the scanning line of a light beam used to scan a surface of a photosensitive member from an ideal position on the surface of the photosensitive member; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not image data to be corrected using the correction values includes a specific pattern; a modification unit configured to modify, when the determination unit determines that the image data includes the specific pattern, correction values corresponding to pixels including the specific pattern, of the correction values stored in the storage unit using any of a plurality of different predetermined modification values; and a correction unit configured to correct the image data for respective pixels using the correction values stored in the storage unit or the correction values modified by the modification unit. | 15,242 |
8,564,664 | 1. A method of monitoring traffic of a plurality of motor vehicles, each of the plurality of motor vehicles having an on-board computer, the on-board computers receiving motor vehicle position data of associated ones of the plurality of motor vehicles, the method comprising: emitting by an emitter a signal adapted to be received by the on-board computer of the at least one of the motor vehicles, the signal including at least one traffic parameter, the emitter having an associated monitored geographic zone; detecting that at least one of the motor vehicles is about to enter the monitored geographic zone; sending by a warning module mounted in the at least one of the motor vehicles and operatively connected to the on-board computer of the at least one of the motor vehicles a warning to the at least one of the motor vehicle as a result of detecting that the at least one of the motor vehicles is about to enter the monitored geographic zone; detecting that the at least one of the motor vehicles entered the monitored geographic zone; sending by the emitter the signal to the on-board computer of the at least one of the motor vehicles as a result of detecting that the at least one of the motor vehicles entered the monitored geographic zone; and determining if an infraction has occurred based on the at least one traffic parameter. | 2,933 |
9,024,589 | 1. A charge/discharge control method for an alkaline storage battery, the method comprising: obtaining in advance a coefficient representing characteristics of a memory effect of the alkaline storage battery; causing the alkaline storage battery to perform a charge/discharge between a lower-limit depth-of-charge, of which a depth-of-charge is set within a range of 10% to 30%, and an upper-limit depth-of-charge, of which a depth-of-charge is set within a range of 70% to 90%; calculating an additional charge electricity quantity based on the coefficient, the upper-limit depth-of-charge, and a predetermined reference time; measuring a charging/discharging time during which the alkaline storage battery performs the charge/discharge; and performing a charge of the alkaline storage battery with the calculated additional charge electricity quantity added to the upper-limit depth-of-charge, each time when the measured charging/discharging time reaches the reference time. | 28,353 |
9,164,808 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first server, a performance indicator associated with a first virtual machine, determining, by the first server, whether the performance indicator satisfies a first threshold that indicates the first virtual machine is overloaded; sending, by the first server, an instruction to a second server to generate a second virtual machine based on determining that the first virtual machine is overloaded and not substantially overloaded, instructing, by the first server and based on determining the first virtual machine is overloaded and not substantially overloaded, the second virtual machine to communicate with the client device to reduce network load associated with the first virtual machine, determining, by the first server, whether the performance indicator satisfies a second threshold that indicates the first virtual machine is substantially overloaded, sending, by the first server, an instruction to the second server to cause the first virtual machine to shut down based on determining the first virtual machine is substantially overloaded; sending, by the first server, an instruction to the second server to generate a third virtual machine based on determining that the first virtual machine is substantially overloaded, instructing, by the first server, the third virtual machine to communicate with the client device on behalf of the first virtual machine. | 15,513 |
9,347,323 | 1. An airfoil for a turbine engine comprising: pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip, wherein the airfoil has a relationship between a total chord length and a span position corresponding to a curve having an increasing total chord length from the 0% span position to a first peak, the first peak occurs in the range of 45-65% span position, the curve either remains constant or has a decreasing total chord length from the first peak toward the 100% span position, wherein the total chord length at the 0% span position in the range of 8.2-10.5 inches (20.8-26.7 cm), wherein the total chord length includes a maximum differential between the maximum and minimum chord lengths along the entire span in the range of 3.0-4.0 inches (7.6-10.2 cm). | 42,116 |
8,546,615 | 1. A solid racemic dapoxetine. | 5,836 |
8,571,926 | 1. A method comprising: receiving information at a host server computer about a first reward program created by a first merchant, wherein the first reward program provides for a first reward when a first product is purchased from the first merchant; receiving information at the host server computer about a second reward program created by a second merchant, wherein the second reward program provides a second reward when a second product different from the first product is purchased from the second merchant; and using the host server computer, providing for a combination reward program that is linked to the first reward program and the second reward program and that provides a combination reward that is based on the purchase of at least the first product and the second product, wherein the combination reward is given to a consumer in addition to the first reward and the second reward if the consumer purchases the first product and the second product. | 40,912 |
8,779,690 | 1. A direct current light emitting device control circuit with a dimming function, comprising: at least one power switch; a switch control circuit controlling the power switch to convert an input voltage to an output current which is supplied to at least one direct current light emitting device; a feedback circuit generating a feedback signal according to a signal related to the output current; and a dimming circuit coupled to the feedback circuit, the dimming circuit adjusting the feedback signal to generate an adjusted feedback signal, wherein the dimming circuit includes an adjustable gain amplifier having an input coupled to the feedback signal and an output coupled to the switch control circuit, wherein the switch control circuit receives the adjusted feedback signal and controls the power switch according to the adjusted feedback signal whereby the output current supplied to the direct current light emitting device is adjusted to achieve the dimming function. | 683 |
8,604,404 | 1. A method of adjusting a position of a single solar cell, the method comprising: detecting a first temperature at a first location of the solar cell; detecting a second temperature at a second location of the solar cell, the second location spaced apart from the first location; comparing the first temperature and second temperature; and adjusting the position of the solar cell in response to comparing the first and second temperatures; wherein comparing the first and second temperatures comprises determining a difference between the first and second temperatures, wherein adjusting the position of the solar cell comprises turning the solar cell so as to adjust the difference between the first and second temperatures to a predetermined value, and wherein adjusting the position of the solar cell comprises turning the solar cell so as to increase the difference between the first and second temperatures. | 20,779 |
8,450,168 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a barrier layer on an insulator layer of a CMOS structure; forming a top plate and a bottom plate over the barrier layer; forming a ferro-electric material between the top plate and the bottom plate; forming a first encapsulating layer over the top plate, the bottom plate, and the ferro-electric material; etching a portion of the first encapsulating layer and a portion of the bottom plate; forming a second encapsulating layer on the first encapsulating layer and any exposed surfaces of the barrier layer and the bottom plate that become exposed when the first encapsulating layer is etched; and forming at least one first contact to the top plate through the first encapsulating layer and the second encapsulating layer and at least one second contact to the bottom plate through the second encapsulating layer, wherein at least the first contact to the top plate and a third contact to the CMOS structure are in electrical connection through a common wire; and the at least one first contact to the top plate is a first metal and the third contact to the CMOS structure is a second metal, different from the first metal. | 23,902 |
8,643,363 | 1. A method of generating, with a processor, a segmented image of a subject based on a number of magnetic resonance (MR) images of the subject, the method comprising: generating values on an absolute scale of at least two parameters indicative of tissue type in the number of MR images for each pixel/voxel of the number of MR images, wherein the absolute-scale values are independent of MR scanner settings, and segmenting the generated absolute-scale values of the pixels/voxels in the number of MR images according to tissue type; and generating, by the processor, the segmented image of the subject, in a viewable form, based on the segmented absolute-scale values. | 1,046 |
9,502,739 | 1. A battery pack module comprising: a housing comprising a plurality of slots; a plurality of battery packs inserted into the housing and electrically connected to one another, each battery pack comprising: | 14,328 |
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