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9,059,380 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a plurality of solid-state transducers in a device substrate; forming a plurality of recesses in a carrier substrate; bonding the carrier substrate to the device substrate with a discontinuous bond, wherein the discontinuous bond comprises bonding material between individual solid-state transducers and a blind end of corresponding individual recesses; and at least restricting the bonding material from flowing across the carrier substrate by confining the bonding material to the plurality of recesses. | 27,307 |
9,423,808 | 1. A method of converting DC to DC signals, the method comprising: averaging a voltage of a switching node in a DC to DC converter to generate a representation of a boundary voltage; and switching the switching node between a first voltage level and a second voltage level based at least in part upon the representation of the boundary voltage, wherein the switching node is switched at a substantially constant frequency, wherein the DC to DC converter comprises a boost converter and said boundary voltage comprises an input voltage and the switching node comprises a node between a first switch to an output node and a second switch to ground, and wherein said switching the switching node comprises turning the first and second switches on and off; further comprising: charging an energy storage device during an off-time and discharging the energy storage device during an on-time, wherein the energy storage device is charged with a current that is proportional to a combination of an output voltage and a voltage difference between the switching node and the output voltage; terminating the charging when the voltage level of the energy storage device reaches the averaged voltage of the switching node; and comparing the representation of the input voltage with a voltage level of the energy storage device, wherein the switching node is switched when a result of the comparing changes state. | 49,626 |
9,665,022 | 1. A method of producing an electrophotographic toner, comprising the steps of: forming a colorant dispersion liquid that contains colorant particles having an average particle diameter of 6 μm or greater; forming a first resin dispersion liquid that contains resin particles; forming a first wax dispersion liquid that contains wax particles; adding, in a first aggregation, the first resin dispersion liquid and the first wax dispersion liquid to the colorant dispersion liquid; adding, in a second aggregation after the first aggregation, a second resin dispersion liquid that contains resin particles; and adding, in the second aggregation, a second wax dispersion liquid that contains wax particles, wherein the amount of the wax added in the second aggregation is 90% by mass or more of the total amount of the wax that is added. | 45,110 |
8,771,843 | 1. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1): wherein E wherein H | 42,510 |
9,165,320 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a request for recipes from a user device; receiving, over a network, a picture of one or more food items that are not needed for an order associated with the request for recipes, the picture captured by a camera module associated with the user device, the user device in communication with the computer system via the network; fragmenting, by the computer system, the picture into plurality of portions and processing each portion of the plurality of portions to identify the one or more food items included in the picture; providing, over the network, a listing of recipes for presentation to the user device, wherein a recipe included in the listing of recipes references, as an ingredient, at least one of the one or more food items identified in the picture; receiving, from the user device, a selection of at least one recipe from the listing; identifying, by the computer system, a set of catalog items, wherein each catalog item in the set of catalog items is needed to complete the at least one recipe; automatically adding, by the computer system, the set of catalog items to a virtual shopping cart associated with a user that does not include the one or more food items identified in the picture, wherein at least one catalog item in the set of catalog items is a non-food item; providing, over the network, the virtual shopping cart to the user device, wherein the virtual shopping cart includes purchase information for each catalog item in the virtual shopping cart; and creating, by the computer system, the order for the set of catalog items, the set of catalog items being based at least in part on a first catalog item that the user has previously purchased. | 43,119 |
8,904,283 | 1. An Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) system configured to generate an AFP document for output, the system comprising: an AFP application generator configured to add an AFP component to the AFP document, and to identify a meta-data object (MDO) for the AFP component; wherein the AFP application generator is further configured to insert a Map Data Resource (MDR) structured field corresponding to the AFP component into the AFP document, wherein the MDR specifies the name of the MDO associating the MDO with a specified scope of objects in the AFP component and further includes a processing mode field indicating whether the MDO is descriptive and does not affect the presentation of the AFP component on an output device or indicating whether the MDO is operational and does affect the presentation of the AFP component on the output device; and an output device configured to determine that the processing mode field, wherein if the MDO is descriptive, then the MDO is ignored, and if the MDO is operational, then at least one of the following is performed: | 26,630 |
9,766,745 | 1. A touch sensitive panel comprising: a first voltage line driven at a first phase; a second voltage line driven at a second phase that is different than the first phase; a first and second drive region coupled to the first voltage line; and a sense region disposed between the first and second drive regions along a first direction; wherein the first voltage line and the second voltage line cross the sense region; each of the first and second drive regions comprising a first plurality of display pixels having pixel electrodes and common electrodes, the common electrodes receiving a stimulation voltage along the first voltage line during a touch sensing mode of operation; the sense region comprising a second plurality of display pixels having pixel electrodes and common electrodes, the common electrodes of the sense region connected to touch sensing circuitry during the touch sensing mode of operation; the pixel electrodes of the first and second drive region and the sense region receiving a data signal during a display mode of operation; and wherein the first and second phases of the first and second voltage lines reduce static capacitance in the sense region as compared to a configuration in which the second voltage lines are not utilized. | 1,673 |
9,570,717 | 1. A method for producing an organic light-emitting device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, the method comprising: positioning a light-emitting layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a host material, a red-light-emitting dopant and a blue-light-emitting dopant, and wherein the red-light-emitting dopant has a first functional group for transferring the dopant toward the first electrode; and forming the light-emitting layer by a coating method. | 4,241 |
8,649,045 | 1. An information processing apparatus that acquires image data from an image supply apparatus, and that transfers the acquired image data to an application, comprising: a selection unit configured to select a transfer mode when transferring the image data to the application; a first transfer control unit configured to transfer the image data to the application according to a TWAIN standard; a second transfer control unit configured to transfer an image file created based on the image data while maintaining a compression format or a non-compression format, to the application; and a transfer control unit configured to control the transfer using at least one of the first transfer control unit and the second transfer control unit based on the transfer mode selected by the selection unit, wherein the TWAIN standard has a plurality of transfer methods, the application transmits a data transfer request containing information designating any one of the plurality of transfer methods defined in the TWAIN standard, the transfer control unit controls the transfer based on the transfer mode selected by the selection unit and the transfer method designated by the application, the TWAIN standard has a memory transfer method that converts image data that is to be transferred into a non-compression format and transfers the image data, in a case where the image data is compressed, the transfer mode has a file creation mode that transfers an image file created based on the image data to the application, and the transfer control unit controls the transfer using the second transfer control unit, and gives a response to the data transfer request using the first transfer control unit, in a case where the application designates the memory transfer method, and where the selection unit selects the file creation mode. | 10,728 |
9,579,269 | 1. An oral care composition comprising arginine in free or salt form, wherein the arginine compound is present in an amount within the range of from 0.6% to 1% by weight, a mucoadhesive polymer which is a polyvinylmethylether/maleic anhydride (PVME/MA) copolymer, a pyrophosphate compound comprising tetrasodium pyrophosphate and tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, a zinc salt comprising zinc citrate; and wherein the oral care composition is abrasive free. | 4,573 |
9,068,728 | 1. A lighting device, comprising: a main body having an illuminant portion defined at one side thereof and a light emitting diode disposed at the illuminant portion of the main body; and a lens assembly mounted to the illuminant portion of the main body, the lens assembly having a fog lens, an inner ring and an outer ring, the fog lens pivotally connected to the illuminant portion of the main body and corresponding to the light emitting diode, the inner ring attached to the illuminant portion of the main body and configured to drive the fog lens to rotate relative to the illuminant portion, the outer ring mounted around the inner ring and configured to drive the inner ring to rotate; wherein the fog lens is pivotable between a first position in which the fog lens substantially covers the light emitting diode to form a fog light and a second position in which the fog lens uncovers the light emitting diode. | 5,936 |
8,620,194 | 1. A developing device for housing developer having carrier and toner, and for developing a latent image formed on an image support unit, the developing device comprising: a plurality of transport members for longitudinally transporting the developer housed in the device to form a circulation route; a supply member for supplying new carrier into the device; and a discharge port provided on a developer transport part, wherein one of the transport members has a screw part formed on a spindle part, and comprises, in a part thereof in the longitudinal direction, a region in which the screw part is not formed, and the discharge port is arranged at a position facing the region, wherein a longitudinal length of an opening of the discharge port is smaller than a longitudinal length of the region, wherein the opening of the discharge port is within the region, wherein the region has a middle which divides the region into an upstream portion and a downstream portion relative to a developer conveying direction, and wherein a larger portion of the opening of the discharge port is within the upstream portion of the region than is within the downstream portion. | 18,356 |
8,899,128 | 1. A steering device comprising: an inner column; an outer column that includes a left-right pair of outer column half bodies having holding surface portions formed on respective inner surface sides thereof, the two holding surface portions constituting a holding inner peripheral surface for holding an outer peripheral surface of the inner column; a pivot bracket in which hanging side portions are formed on either width direction side of a pivot upper portion; a fixing bracket provided with fixing side portions on either width direction side; and a clamping tool, wherein respective width direction outside surfaces of the two outer column half bodies are sandwiched between the two hanging side portions of the pivot bracket, and the two fixing side portions of the fixing bracket are connected such that the two width direction outside surfaces of the two outer column half bodies can be clamped and released by the clamping tool, and wherein each of the hanging side portions comprises a pivot side portion and a rear extension side portion that projects to a rear side from the pivot side portion, the outside surfaces of the two outer column half bodies each include an upper portion contact surface formed in a position corresponding to a diametrical center of the held inner column so as to extend in an axial direction, and a lower portion contact surface formed below the upper portion contact surface, the two upper portion contact surfaces are sandwiched fixedly between the two rear extension side portions of the pivot bracket, the two rear extension side portions are sandwiched between the two fixing side portions of the fixing bracket, and the two fixing side portions are connected to the two lower portion contact surfaces such that the two lower portion contact surfaces can be clamped and released via the clamping tool. | 13,198 |
8,904,861 | 1. A method for the manufacture of at least one measuring tube for a measuring device with at least one measuring transducer for registering at least one measured value of at least one process variable, wherein the measuring transducer is connectable with the first measuring tube at a first interface of the measuring tube, the method comprising the step of: producing at least one necked out portion of the measuring tube with the first interface of a predetermined shape and size by means of deforming the measuring tube. | 17,237 |
9,466,852 | 1. A proton conductor, comprising: an electrolytic layer having first and second main surfaces; and a plurality of catalyst particles; wherein: the first main surface of the electrolytic layer includes a flat portion and a plurality of recessed portions; the plurality of catalyst particles are respectively located in the plurality of recessed portions; the flat portion of the first main surface and parts of surfaces of the plurality of catalyst particles exposed from the plurality of recessed portions form a third main surface; the electrolytic layer is formed of a single crystal of a perovskite-type oxide having a proton conductivity; the plurality of catalyst particles are formed of a single crystal of a noble metal material; and the perovskite-type oxide of the electrolytic layer has a crystal orientation that matches a crystal orientation of the noble metal, wherein a stress of the electrolytic layer is a compressive stress, and is greater than or equal to 250 MPa and less than or equal to 1.0 GPa. | 45,511 |
9,573,646 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a bicycle frame defining a bore; a bicycle seat assembly including a post received in the bore; and an indicating unit configured to indicate a first position of the post along the bore for a first user and a second position of the post along the bore for a second user; an identification unit configured to identify the first user and the second user; and a computing device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instruction such that the processor is programmed to instruct the indicating unit to indicate the first position when the identification unit identifies the first user and to instruct the indicating unit to indicate the second position when the identification unit identifies the second user. | 22,060 |
9,074,453 | 1. A method for fracturing a formation comprising the steps of: placing a conduit into a non-cemented well bore, said conduit comprises a plurality of radially extendable members, each with a passageway extending radial to the conduit and axial to the extendable member, blocking at least a portion of the passageway of each extendable member with a degradable plug; extending at least one of said plurality of extendable members from said conduit, wherein at least a portion of a leading end of said at least one extendable member engages a portion of a surrounding formation; delivering pressurized fluid to the passageway of said at least one extendable member to push at least a portion of said degradable plug onto said surrounding formation; and fracturing said surrounding formation with pressurized fluid delivered through the passageway of said at least one extendable member. | 8,022 |
8,508,205 | 1. A DC-to-DC buck converter, comprising: an inductor coupled between an input terminal and one end of a capacitor to conduct an inductor current to the capacitor to produce an output voltage across the capacitor and provide a varying range of load current; a first switch connecting the input terminal to a voltage source; a second switch connecting the input terminal to ground; the first switch and the second switch comprising a switch selected from an IGBT, MESFET, MOSFET, or a bipolar transistor; a control circuit controlling the first and second switches and opening both the first and second switches together in order to reduce an increase in the output voltage caused by a substantial reduction in the load current; wherein, in normal operation, the control circuit provides a normal operating sequence to alternatively connect the input terminal to either the voltage source or to ground in response to the output voltage to provide the varying range of load current; and a bypass circuit connected across the second switch, wherein the bypass circuit comprises a regular diode and a zener diode, wherein an anode of the zener diode is connected to input terminal, a cathode of the zener diode is connected to a cathode of the regular diode, and an anode of the regular diode is connected to ground, and wherein the regular diode is reverse biased during the normal operating sequence and forward biased when the input terminal exhibits a negative voltage while current through the inductor is adjusting to the substantial reduction in the load current. | 48,381 |
9,169,531 | 1. A recycling method for aluminum dust collection and aluminum metal smelting slag, comprising steps of: (a) processing an aluminum dross into a plurality of dross pellets; (b) screening the plurality of dross pellets to have a particle diameter of larger than 200 meshes and smaller than 400 meshes; (c) mixing the dross pellets in the step (b) with an aqueous solution of a binder to form a raw material; (d) pressure molding the raw material to form a raw refractory material; and (e) sintering the raw refractory material at a work temperature of from 1050° C., and 1450° C., and reducing the temperature of the sintered refractory material to form a refractory material, wherein the step (b) further comprises a step (b1) of performing a nitrogen-containing examination process and maintaining dross pellets having a nitrogen content containing amount of between 4,400 ppm and 7,000 ppm. | 16,475 |
9,002,618 | 1. A variable valve timing control apparatus for an engine comprising: a variable valve timing device to change valve timing of an intake valve or an exhaust valve by changing a rotation phase of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft, the rotation phase of the camshaft being defined as a variable cam timing (VCT) phase; a valve timing controller to control the variable valve timing device in a manner that an actual VCT phase coincides with a target VCT phase; means for learning a reference phase when the target VCT phase is set into a predetermined phase corresponding to the reference phase; means for determining whether there is a learning requirement of the reference phase; and means for enlarging an engine operation area where the target VCT phase is set into the reference phase by shifting the target VCT phase to the reference phase in an area where the target VCT phase is close to the reference phase when the determining means determine that there is the learning requirement of the reference phase; wherein the determining means whether there is the learning requirement of the reference phase based on a learning state of the reference phase. | 3,637 |
8,711,279 | 1. An electronic camera comprising: an imaging part for capturing an image of a subject; a monitor with a screen for displaying the image obtained through the imaging part; and a touch panel arranged over the monitor, wherein the screen includes an area that displays the image and the screen includes an area that does not display the image, at least a portion of the area that does not display the image being covered and hidden by a hand gripping the electronic camera when the imaging part is faced at an object; wherein an operational button is displayed on the area that does not display the image on the monitor where the image is not displayed, in a recording mode, the monitor thereby providing an operational part operable via the touch panel; and wherein a release button is provided on the ceiling part of the electronic camera, and the area that does not display the image corresponds to an area of the screen where the image will not be displayed and where the thumb on a hand of a photographer might cover when the photographer holds the electronic camera by putting the index finger of the hand on the release button on the ceiling part of the electronic camera in order to operate the release button when in the recording mode, wherein at least a side of the screen corresponding to the hand comprises the area that does not display the image, and wherein in the recording mode the area that displays the image is determined based on a location on the screen where the thumb of the photographer is placed on the touch panel. | 10,421 |
8,731,131 | 1. A method of reducing corrosion of a material constituting a nuclear reactor structure comprising: applying a substance capable of generating an excitation current and a noble metal to a surface of a material constituting a nuclear reactor structure in advance; and controlling a concentration of oxidizing chemical species and a concentration of reducing chemical species in a nuclear reactor water so that a molar ratio of H wherein the concentration of oxidizing chemical species and the concentration of reducing chemical species in the nuclear reactor water are controlled so that the molar ratio of H | 44,498 |
9,560,558 | 1. A User Equipment (UE) comprising a processor and transceiver configured to: determine whether a broadcast paging message in a Licensed Shared Access (LSA) frequency band instructing the UE to move to a primary Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequency band from the LSA frequency band has been received from Evolved Node B (eNB) associated with the primary LTE frequency band; after a determination that the broadcast paging message has been received from the eNB, determine whether a system information broadcast has been received from the eNB, the system formation broadcast comprising primary LTE frequency band information; after a determination that the system information broadcast has been received from the eNB, extract handover parameters from the received system information broadcast for moving to the primary LTE frequency band; and stop communication on the LSA frequency band and synchronize communications with the eNB after extraction of the handover parameters. | 10,304 |
9,465,456 | 1. A method for reducing wobble in a calculated position of a stylus, the method comprising: determining a first position estimate along an axis of a touch sensor panel using a first position calculation; determining a second position estimate along the axis of the touch sensor panel using a second position calculation; calculating a ratio of a second largest amplitude signal and a third largest amplitude signal; assigning weighting to the first and second calculated position estimates based on a proximity of the stylus to an electrode receiving a largest amplitude signal, wherein full weight is assigned to the first position estimate and zero weight is assigned to the second position estimate when the ratio of the second largest amplitude signal and the third largest amplitude signal is within a threshold value of unity; determining the calculated position of the stylus based on a weighted combination of the first and second position estimates; and updating a user interface according to the calculated position, wherein the user interface is displayed on a display device coupled to the touch sensor panel. | 46,257 |
9,007,380 | 1. A computer-implemented method for animating a static structure rendered in a virtual three-dimensional environment comprising: accessing, by at least one computer processor, mesh data associated with the static structure, wherein the mesh data describes primitives used to render the static structure in the three-dimensional environment, and wherein the mesh data is provided by a geographic information server; rendering, by at least one computer processor, the static structure in the three-dimensional environment such that the mesh data associated with the static structure is used to represent the static structure in the three-dimensional environment; determining, by at least one computer processor, whether the at least one computer processor is configured to process animation data included with the mesh data provided by the geographic information server such that animation data is ignored when it is determined that the at least one processor is not configured to process animation data; and when it is determined that the at least one processor is configured to process animation data; accessing, by at least one computer processor, animation data associated with the static structure, the animation data including a transform that identifies an animation that is applied to a group of primitives, wherein the transform includes at least a motion type and a description of the group of primitives from the mesh data that the motion type is applied to; and animating, by at least one computer processor, the group of primitives such that the motion type is applied to the primitives. | 12,938 |
9,072,295 | 1. A herbicidal composition comprising: (i) a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibiting herbicide selected from the group consisting flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, butafenacil and a diphenyl ether selected from the group consisting of acifluorfen, fomesafen, lactofen and oxyfluorfen; or an agronomically acceptable salt of said herbicide; and (ii) a safener of Formula (II); or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compound, wherein:— R R | 24,301 |
8,810,643 | 1. An image capturing apparatus having a plurality of shooting modes comprising: a plurality of operation members which include a least a mode selecting button, a power button and a shutter button, wherein the mode selecting button, the power button and the shutter button are separate buttons; and a mode changing unit which sets one of the plurality of shooting modes, including at least a normal mode, an underwater mode and a beach mode, wherein the underwater mode and the beach mode share a pre-determined relationship to each other and are modes which are used with installing the image capturing apparatus in a waterproof case, wherein the mode selecting button is a button for instructing the mode setting by the mode changing unit and is not operable in a case where the image capturing apparatus is installed in the waterproof case, and in a case where one of the underwater mode and the beach mode is set, the mode changing unit changes the mode to another one of the underwater mode and the beach mode in response to an operation that the power button and the shutter button are both operated by a user at the same time. | 6,487 |
8,507,638 | 1. A polyester composition comprising at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (b) a glycol component comprising: wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %; wherein the inherent viscosity of said polyester is from 0.35 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g/100 ml at 25° C.; wherein said polyester has a Tg of 85 to 115° C. | 49,957 |
8,606,606 | 1. A text translation workflow system for managing translations of edits to text elements in a body of text content, the body of text content being maintained in memory containing at least a plurality of first language text elements and versions of at least some of the plurality of first language text elements translated into at least one other language, the memory being editable by a plurality of text providers, the system comprising: non-transitory computer readable memory storing a potential translation item queue comprising one or more translation item entries, each translation item entry corresponding to a text change made by a text provider to a first language text element in the body of text content; one or more adapters configured to receive text edit information corresponding to a text edit of a respective first language text element of the body of text content, the one or more adapters configured to automatically generate a corresponding translation item entry and to store the corresponding translation item entry in the potential translation item queue; submission tools presented on a display and providing input controls configured to allow one or more human translation item reviewers to select and review at least a portion of the translation item entries in the potential translation item queue and to allow the one or more human translation item reviewers to create one or more translation groups, each translation group comprising one or more of the reviewed translation item entries to be processed together by a single human translator; and translation tools presented on a display and providing input controls configured to allow one or more human translators to select a translation group for translation, select a translation item entry within the selected group, generate a translation of the edited first language text element associated with the selected translation item entry, and save the translation of the selected edited first language text element in the memory. | 18,368 |
9,845,892 | 1. A multiple action forced fluid evacuation system comprising: a reservoir for receiving a working fluid therein from a supply source; a shutoff valve provided in the reservoir; an outer rigid conduit having one end connected to the shutoff valve, and an opposite end connected to a receiver, the outer rigid conduit being in fluid communication with a fluid source supplying pressurized gas; an inner flexible conduit for conducting the working fluid therethrough, the inner flexible conduit having one end in fluid communication with the reservoir, and an opposite end connected to and in fluid communication with the receiver, the inner flexible conduit being disposed within the outer rigid conduit and being subjected to the pressurized gas in surrounding relationship therewith; a processing module for at least controlling the pressurized gas to the outer rigid conduit, the processing module being operatively connected to the outer rigid conduit and the inner flexible conduit; and a nozzle having one end in fluid communication with the supply source of the working fluid, and an opposite end removably coupled to and in fluid communication with the receiver, the nozzle being configured to transmit signals to the processing module, and to be responsive to an actuation of the shutoff valve, wherein the nozzle normally enables flow of the working fluid through the inner flexible conduit to the reservoir when the nozzle is connected to the receiver until the working fluid in the reservoir activates the shutoff valve causing the nozzle to cease flow of the working fluid from the supply source thereof leaving a portion of the working fluid trapped in the receiver and the inner flexible conduit, and wherein removal of the nozzle from the receiver actuates the processing module and causes the portion of the working fluid trapped in the inner flexible conduit and the receiver to be completely and sequentially evacuated into the reservoir. | 33,799 |
9,261,654 | 1. A molded plastic fiber optic adapter plate assembly, comprising: a first adapter plate comprising a plurality of integrated fiber optic adapter subassemblies aligned and formed on a planar face of the first adapter plate, wherein the first adapter plate is a molded plastic adapter plate; and a second adapter plate comprising a plurality of attachment structures and a corresponding plurality of integrated fiber optic adapter subassemblies aligned and formed on a flat surface of the second adapter plate, wherein an integrated fiber optic adapter subassembly from the plurality of integrated fiber optic adapter subassemblies and the corresponding plurality of integrated fiber optic adapter subassemblies is configured to accept a pair of fiber optic cables, and wherein the first adapter plate comprises: a first attachment mechanism on another planar face of the first adapter plate adapted to align and attach the second adapter plate, wherein the first adapter plate is larger than the second adapter plate and the second adapter plate is configured to fit within a recessed portion of the first adapter plate via the first attachment mechanism; and a second attachment mechanism adapted to attach the first adapter plate to an enclosure. | 3,538 |
8,900,417 | 1. A method for purifying 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, (1) the purification method comprising the step of subjecting a mixture comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride to extractive distillation in a distillation column A using an extractant, thereby obtaining a fraction I that contains 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and has a lower ratio of hydrogen fluoride to 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene than the mixture, while obtaining a fraction II that contains hydrogen fluoride and has a lower ratio of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene to hydrogen fluoride than the mixture; (2) the extractant comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of: (i) alcohols represented by ROH, wherein R is a C (ii) ethers represented by ROR′, wherein R and R′ are the same or different, and each is a C (iii) fluorinated alcohols represented by RfOH, wherein Rf is a C (iv) ketones represented by RCOR′, wherein R and R′ are the same or different, and each is a C (v) esters represented by RCOOR′, wherein R and R′ are the same or different, and each is a C (vi) polyols represented by R(OH) (vii) ethylene glycols represented by R | 13,585 |
8,536,113 | 1. An isolated peptide comprising the sequence DPCTWEVWGRECLQ (SEQ. ID. No.55). | 12,326 |
8,813,305 | 1. A hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a main housing defining an interior; (b) a handle disposed on the main housing whereby a user can carry the surface cleaning apparatus; (c) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (d) a suction motor positioned within the interior of the main housing and in the air flow path, the suction motor positioned within a motor housing; and (e) at least one cyclone chamber positioned within the interior of the main housing and in the air flow passage and an associated dirt collection chamber provided as a volume within the interior of the main housing, the dirt collection chamber being exterior to the cyclone chamber and extending at least partially along the length of the cyclone chamber, wherein at least a portion of the dirt collection chamber is positioned between the cyclone chamber and the suction motor and the dirt collection chamber has a non-circular cross section, wherein the dirt collection chamber is bounded by an outer wall and a portion of the outer wall forms part of the main housing. | 8,230 |
9,404,199 | 1. A method for producing a polyurethane elastic yarn, said method comprising: polymerizing (i) a polymer diol and diisocyanate and a low molecular weight diamine, selected from the group consisting of ethylenediamine; 1,2-propanediamine; 1,3-propanediamine; hexamethylenediamine; p-phenylenediamine; p-xylylenediamine; m-xylylenediamine; p,p′-methylenediamine; 1,3-cyclohexyldiamine; hexahydrometaphenylenediamine; 2-methylpentamethylenediamine; and bis(4-aminophenyl)phosphine oxide, or (ii) a polymer diol and diisocyanate and a low molecular weight diol, to prepare a polyurethane, and dissolving said polyurethane in a solvent to prepare a polymer solution; separately dissolving at least one additive selected from (A), (B) and (C) below in a solvent to prepare an additive-containing solution: adding to said polymer solution said additive-containing solution to prepare a spinning solution; and spinning said spinning solution to produce the desired polyurethane elastic yarn, wherein said at least one additive is present in the range of about 0.5 wt % to about 15 wt % with respect to the total weight of the polyurethane elastic yarn. | 16,924 |
8,780,961 | 1. A host device, comprising: a memory; a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to transmit and receive data to and from one or more wireless devices that are associated with the host device; and a processor that manages an operating state of a first wireless device using the RF transceiver based on instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: | 7,135 |
9,852,623 | 1. A method for controlling a parking lot sensor for scanning a parking space for a vehicle, the method comprising: determining an activity of vehicles in a parking lot; determining a scanning frequency based on the activity; and controlling, as a function of the scanning frequency, the sensor for performing a scan. | 123 |
9,522,602 | 1. A vehicle that can travel using at least one of a motive power of an engine and an electric power of a driving battery, comprising: an auxiliary battery to store electric power for operating an auxiliary load of the vehicle; and an electronic control unit including a central processing unit and memory for performing operational processing to control the vehicle, the electronic control unit configured to: execute a first charging control, when the vehicle is in a state incapable of traveling, to charge said auxiliary battery with said driving battery's electric power, execute a second charging control to charge said driving battery with electric power generated using the motive power of said engine, when a user requests to extend a permissible unattended period of time, wherein said permissible unattended period of time being a period of time for which the vehicle, when the vehicle is left unattended in said state incapable of traveling, is configured to maintain, by executing said first charging control, a state allowing said auxiliary battery to be used to supply said auxiliary load with electric power. | 32,205 |
8,440,733 | 1. A semiconductor component comprising: a substrate at least partly provided with a layer of polymer foam; a semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate; and a housing which at least partially surrounds the semiconductor chip and covers at least portions of the substrate, wherein the layer of polymer foam is disposed on the substrate at boundary surfaces between the substrate and the housing, and wherein material of the housing is disposed within pores in the polymer form to anchor the housing thereto. | 28,946 |
9,374,783 | 1. User equipment (UE) configured for enhanced discontinuous reception (DRX) operation in which the UE is configurable to be served by multiple serving cells, the UE comprising hardware processing circuitry include transceiver circuitry configured to: receive first DRX parameters for DRX operations for serving cells of a first set, the first DRX parameters indicating identical DRX operations for the serving cells of the first set including a first active time; receive second DRX parameters for DRX operations for serving cells of a second set, the second DRX parameters indicating at least a second active time that is common for all serving cells of the second set; monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of at least one of the serving cells of the first set during the first active time; monitor a PDCCH of at least one of the serving cells of the second set during the second active; wherein the hardware processing circuitry is configured to process resource blocks received from a first enhanced node B (eNB) and resource blocks received from a second eNB in accordance with a carrier aggregation (CA) technique when the active times are synchronized, wherein the serving cells of the first set are associated with the first eNB and the serving cells of the second set are associated with the second eNB; wherein the multiple serving cells include a primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCell), wherein the UE is further configured to monitor the PDCCH in different subframes for the serving cells associated with each of the eNBs to receive the DRX parameters. | 39,569 |
9,578,674 | 1. A method implemented by a mobile device comprising one or more wireless radio systems, the method comprising: maintaining a wake-up timer that expires after a wake-up interval; adjusting a length of the wake-up interval based on one or more factors; and, when the wake-up timer expires, turning on at least a first one of the one or more wireless radio systems, and using the first wireless radio system to perform a scan of the environment to identify one or more access points, wherein adjusting the length of the wake-up interval based on one or more factors comprises shortening the wake-up interval during a time period associated with a past history of communication using the first wireless radio system. | 19,498 |
8,635,158 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: accumulating money to facilitate impulse saving as opposed to impulse spending by executing instructions partially resident on a student loan administrative server connected to a network, using an administrative processor and an administrative data storage and partially resident on a client device having a client processor and a client data storage of a student loan holder with student loans accessible through the network by: a. executing computer instructions in the client device to log into a student loan administrative server connected via the network; b. executing computer instructions in the client device for the student loan holder to log in to the software program product which is partially resident in a computing cloud, or in the student loan administrative server not in the computing cloud, or combinations thereof; and partially resident on the client device using: a preexisting social media identifier and a preexisting social media password or a preexisting third party site identifier and a preexisting third party password; c. executing computer instructions in the client device for the student loan holder to use a link to a social media service associated with the preexisting social media identifier and the preexisting social media password via the network or executing computer instructions in the client device for the student loan holder to use a link to a third party service associated with the preexisting third party site identifier and the preexisting third party password via the network; d. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage to either link to the social media service or the third party service and import a student loan holder profile therefrom into the software program product or executing computer instructions in the client device for the student loan holder to create the student loan holder profile for transmission to the student loan administrative server; e. executing computer instructions in the client device for the student loan holder to create a login with a student identifier and a new password; f. executing computer instructions in the client device for the student loan holder to create an account for accumulating money and link the account for accumulating money to the student loan holder profile, wherein the student loan holder profile is stored in the client device application, a cloud data storage, or combinations thereof; g. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage to receive financial information from the student loan holder in the student loan holder profile and linking the account for accumulating money to a financial account; h. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage or the client device for the student loan holder to transfer money from the financial account into the account for accumulating money at the time a non-spending decision is made; i. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage or the client device for the student loan holder to insert at least one monetary goal into the student loan holder profile that specifies an amount of money to be accumulated by a certain date in the account for accumulating money; j. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage to compute and present on the client device a monetary amount to be accumulated in the account for accumulating money per unit of time in order to reach the monetary goal, executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage to recalculate and present on the client device the monetary amount needing to be accumulated per unit of time in the account for accumulating money as cash is deposited in the account for accumulating money in order to reach the monetary goal; and k. executing computer instructions in the client device to electronically make or receive money deposits into the account for accumulating money at the time a non-spending decision is made or a monetary goal is achieved from sources comprising: l. executing computer instructions in the client device to receive and store the information associated with purchases of products or services from the debit card account, the credit card account, or combinations thereof; using the information associated with purchases of products or services to form a purchasing pattern; m. saving the purchasing pattern in the student loan holder profile, and presenting the purchasing pattern to the client device; n. comparing current purchases of products or services made using the debit card account, the credit card account, or combinations thereof to previous purchases of products or services in the purchasing pattern using a predefined window of time; o. executing computer instructions in the client device to compute an amount of money saved by the student loan holder p. executing computer instructions in the cloud data storage or the administrative data storage of the client device to generate a bill paying prompt displayed via the client device comprising at least one of: transferring the computed amount of money at the time the non-spending decision or bill-paying occurs into the account for accumulating money wherein the non-spending decision is an action performed by the student loan holder to change a purchasing behavior in response to a context of a presented prompt; q. executing computer instructions in the cloud data storage or the administrative data storage to present progress in saving cash towards the monetary goal as a digital graphical display, a pie chart, a bar graph, a chart, a table, a graph, a visual display of a monetary goal indicator, or combinations thereof; r. executing computer instructions in the cloud data storage or the administrative data storage to provide a notification to the client device when, during a predefined time period, the account for accumulating money has not received cash deposits sufficient to accumulate the monetary amount of the monetary goal to be accumulated by a certain date; and s. executing computer instructions in the cloud data storage or the administrative data storage for the student loan holder to request a comparison of the student loan holder's progress towards the student loan holder's monetary goal to other student loan holders' progress towards their monetary goal or a plurality of monetary goals, and present the comparison to the client device. | 33,080 |
8,749,940 | 1. An electrical circuit arrangement, comprising: an electronic component which includes a housing and an integrated protective device which responds in the event of a thermal overload and which interrupts a current flow through the electronic component, wherein the protective device has an electrical terminal which is configured to be selectively brought under spring pretension by intrinsic resilience and assumes a mounting position in the pretensioned state and assumes a current interrupting position in the untensioned state; and a circuit substrate which includes at least one electrical contact point; wherein a first end of the electrical terminal of the protective device is connected to a first area of the housing, and wherein a second end of the electrical terminal of the protective device, in the mounting position, is connected to the electrical contact point with the aid of a thermally detachable electrical connection, and wherein a second area of the housing is fixedly attached to the circuit substrate and is not thermally detachable from the circuit substrate. | 4,834 |
8,795,560 | 1. A method of forming a soft lithographic mold including at least one feature having a characteristic length in a range from 0.1 μm to 1 μm by forming a pattern representative of said at least one feature on a first side of an elastomer, the second side of the elastomer being impregnated with a fibrous material; the pattern consisting essentially of a curable elastomeric silicone composition formed using a de-volatilized polymer and at least one de-volatilized cross-linker, and optionally at least one inhibitor and at least one catalyst; the fibrous material being degassed by subjecting it to vacuum at a temperature that is between about 23° C. to 60° C. for a period of time sufficient to remove entrapped air embedded therein. | 4,213 |
8,588,051 | 1. A method for limiting crosstalk between modems connected to a set of communication lines, where there is a first group of modems including at least one modem connected to a first communication line, and the modems of the first group support vectoring, and a second group of modems including at least one modem connected to a second communication line, and the modems of the second group do not support vectoring, the method being performed in a device for providing access to a data communication network and comprising: investigating an expected value of an element in a synchronization interval to be received by a modem in the second group via the second communication line in the set of communication lines, investigating a value of an element of at least one data sequence assigned to the second communication line, comparing the expected value and the value with each other, selecting the element for transmission if the value of the element corresponds to the expected value, and transmitting the selected element on the second communication line together with corresponding elements of a number of pilot sequences on communication lines leading to the first group of modems. | 15,556 |
8,617,793 | 1. A waterless planographic printing plate precursor having, on a substrate, at least a photosensitive layer or heat sensitive layer and a silicone rubber layer, which is a waterless planographic printing plate precursor characterized in that a color pigment and a pigment dispersant are contained in said silicone rubber layer, wherein said pigment dispersant contains an amine-based pigment dispersant as described in formulae (3): wherein R | 36,268 |
9,510,325 | 1. A channel selection method performed by a coordinator device in a personal area network having a plurality of devices, comprising: randomly selecting a number (m) of channels from a preset channel page according to a preset algorithm, wherein 1≦m≦16; determining, by the coordinator device, from a channel queue consisting of the m channels, a working channel and a spare channel that meet a preset condition, wherein the channel queue is obtained by arranging the m channels according to channel numbers of the m channels, and the spare channel is a channel, in the channel queue, behind the working channel; scanning, by the coordinator device, when a number (n) of first superframes are sent through the working channel, the working channel of the first superframes and the spare channel of the first superframes in an inactive period of each of the n first superframes according to a preset first scan duration, to acquire energy levels of the working channel of the n first superframes and energy levels of the spare channel of the n first superframes, wherein n is a positive integer; and determining, by the coordinator device, in an inactive period of the last one of the n first superframes, a working channel for sending a second superframe and a spare channel of the second superframe according to the energy levels of the working channel of the n first superframes and the energy levels of the spare channel of the n first superframes. | 15,734 |
8,848,091 | 1. A method for acquiring a compressed representation of an image or a video sequence from an incident light field from inner products, the method comprising the steps of: computing inner products between the incident light field and a series of spatial patterns, wherein said computing the inner products comprises: (a) modulating the incident light field by the series of spatial patterns with a modulator in order to produce a modulated light field, wherein said modulating comprises applying the spatial patterns to the incident light field successively in time and the series of spatial patterns is configured to maximize similarity overall between successive ones of the spatial patterns; (b) optically concentrating the modulated light field to form a concentrated light field having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the modulated light field; and (c) obtaining measurements of intensity of the concentrated light field over time using a sensor, wherein the measurements represent the inner products between the incident light field and the series of spatial patterns, wherein the measurements comprise the compressed representation of the image or video sequence. | 927 |
8,619,566 | 1. A method of scheduling transmission of traffic in a wireless mesh network comprising n nodes, said method comprising: forming an n×n rate matrix, wherein entries of said n×n matrix define the bandwidth of links between said n nodes; forming a representation of a sequence of permutation matrices whose sum equals at least said rate matrix, from said rate matrix, wherein each of said permutation matrices represent radio links between said n nodes, and wherein said sequence of permutation matrices defines a sequence of radio links to provide the bandwidth of links between said n nodes; forming a representation of a sequence of partial permutation matrices, wherein each of said permutation matrices can be decomposed into groups of partial permutation matrices in said sequence of partial permutation matrices, each one of said partial permutation matrices in a group representing non-interfering radio links between said n nodes; in each timeslot, configuring said n nodes for radio transmission and reception in accordance with at least one of said partial permutation matrices in each group of partial permutation matrices to transmit traffic between said n nodes. | 25,985 |
9,774,835 | 1. An image projection system comprising: a plurality of image projection apparatuses including a first image projection apparatus and a second image projection apparatus; a plurality of sensors, each of which is arranged on one of at least two outer surfaces of a housing of the first image projection apparatus and detects whether the second image projection apparatus is in contact with or adjacent to the one of the outer surfaces of the first image projection apparatus; processing circuitry configured to | 45,876 |
8,518,487 | 1. A method of forming an organic film, comprising: providing an evaporation apparatus, the evaporation apparatus comprising: a gas storage chamber; a first evaporator, connected with the gas storage chamber through a first pipe, wherein the first pipe has a first valve; a pressure gauge, connected with the gas storage chamber through a second pipe; a pyrolysis chamber, connected with the gas storage chamber through a third pipe, wherein the third pipe has a second valve, wherein the first evaporator is connected with the pyrolysis chamber through the gas storage chamber, and the gas storage chamber is disposed between the first evaporator and the pyrolysis chamber; and a deposition chamber, connected with the pyrolysis chamber through a fourth pipe; placing a first organic material in the first evaporator, and turning off the second valve and turning on the first valve; performing a first evaporation process to the first organic material in the first evaporator, so as to form a first organic gas, wherein the first organic gas is passed into the gas storage chamber through the first pipe and stored in the gas storage chamber; when a pressure of the first organic gas stored in the gas storage chamber reaches a predetermined value, that is, the amount of the first organic gas is equal to a specific value, turning off the first valve and turning on the second valve for passing the first organic gas into the pyrolysis chamber through the third pipe; pyrolyzing the first organic gas in the pyrolysis chamber to form a first organic monomer; and delivering the first organic monomer to the deposition chamber through the fourth pipe for deposition, so as to form a first organic film. | 27,995 |
9,264,604 | 1. An optical instrument having a lens group capable of moving in an optical axis direction, comprising: a control section for driving the lens group in the optical axis direction, a first position detection section for detecting an absolute position of the lens group in the optical axis direction, a second position detection section for detecting a relative position of the lens group in the optical axis direction, and a storage section for storing first data corresponding to output of the second position detection section corresponding to a specified position of the lens group, and second data corresponding to a target position to which the lens group is to be moved, wherein the control section drives the lens group and acquires output of the second position detection section, at a point in time when a specified variation has occurred in the output of the first position detection section corresponding to the specified position, as third data, calculates a stop target position based on the first data and the third data and executes a stop operation for the lens group to stop the lens group, and corrects outputs of the second position detection section in a state where the lens group has been stopped, based on the second data that has been stored in the storage section, and the stop target position. | 40,288 |
9,242,784 | 1. A metering and mixing device for a multi-component substance, comprising: at least two associated cartridge accommodating devices for accommodating replaceable cartridges having individual substance components; a discharging device for discharging the substance components from cartridges through component outlets by means of discharging pistons that plunge into the cartridge accommodating device or cartridges; and a mixing device, which is connected to the component outlets, for mixing the discharge substance components, and outputting them in a mixed state, wherein: at least one of the discharging pistons has a thread such that the discharging piston will be driven forward by the thread when the discharging piston is rotated relative to the cartridge accommodating device. | 40,088 |
9,660,537 | 1. A method of converting power received from an input source at an input voltage via a transformer for delivery via an output at an output voltage to a load, where the load may vary over a normal operating range, comprising: using an input circuit having a plurality of primary switches to drive a primary winding of the transformer with power received from the input source; using output circuitry having a plurality of secondary switches for rectifying power received from a secondary winding of the transformer to conduct current from the secondary winding to the output; operating the primary switches in a series of converter operating cycles, each converter operating cycle characterized by (a) two power transfer phases of essentially equal duration during which (i) one or more of the primary switches are ON, (ii) a primary winding of the transformer is driven with power received from the input, (iii) a magnetizing current flows through the primary winding and increases in magnitude, and (iv) power is transferred between the input and the output via the transformer; and (b) a clamp phase during which a winding of the transformer is clamped, the clamp phase being characterized by (i) essentially zero voltage across the clamped winding and (ii) an average value of current flowing in the clamped winding, the average value of current having a polarity, wherein the average is taken over the duration of the clamp phase, and the polarity is the same as a polarity of an average value of current flowing in the clamped winding during the power transfer phase immediately preceding the clamp phase, and (iii) essentially zero current is conducted between the secondary winding and the output. | 4,760 |
8,848,154 | 1. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising: preparing an intermediate product where a pair of inorganic substrates which faces each other in an opposed manner is provided and a sealed space is formed by an organic sealing member between the pair of inorganic substrates; and cutting the pair of inorganic substrates outside the sealed space, wherein a circuit for an image display is formed on at least one of opposedly facing surfaces of the pair of inorganic substrates in the sealed space, the intermediate product includes a flow passage which is defined by a surface of at least one of the pair of inorganic substrates and the organic sealing member outside the sealed space, and the step of cutting the pair of inorganic substrates includes forming a groove by allowing an etchant for an inorganic material to flow into the flow passage and by etching the surface of at least one of the pair of inorganic substrates along the flow passage. | 45,567 |
8,885,328 | 1. A power transfer arrangement comprising: a base member having a back wall defining first and second ends; an intermediate wall engaged with the base member at a location between the first and second ends of the back wall; an enclosure arrangement engaged with the base member and with the intermediate wall, wherein the enclosure arrangement cooperates with the base member to define an interior, and wherein the intermediate wall is configured to separate the interior into a first interior section and a second interior section; and power transfer components disposed in the first interior section and carried by the base member, the power transfer components being accessible through the enclosure arrangement when the enclosure arrangement is engaged with the base, the power transfer components comprising: wherein when the enclosure arrangement is removed from the base member and the intermediate wall, the at least one breaker remains mounted to the at least one bus bar, the plurality of electrical components remain secured to the at least one bracket, and the at least one bus bar and the at least one bracket remain secured to the base member. | 40,647 |
8,931,722 | 1. A horizontal grinder, comprising a grinding chamber, a crown gear attached to the grinding chamber and a device for driving the crown gear, characterized in that the drive device is a drive device for the crown gear, of the type comprising a reduction transmission which is provided: with a drive shaft adapted so as to be connected to a motor, at least one output pinion, said or each output pinion being adapted so as to mesh with the crown gear and be driven by the drive shaft, and; with a casing, and in that the reduction transmission comprises at least two output pinions; wherein the reduction transmission forms at least one group of pinions, each group consisting of two output pinions, wherein the reduction transmission comprises at least one downstream reduction stage and each group of pinions is driven by a downstream reduction stage; wherein at least one or each downstream reduction stage comprises: a downstream toothed wheel per output pinion of the group of pinions, and a single downstream pinion meshing with each downstream toothed wheel of the downstream reduction stage; and wherein the downstream pinion is mounted with radial mobility relatively to the axes of rotation of the downstream toothed wheels; wherein the reduction transmission comprises at least one upstream reduction stage driven by the drive shaft, the upstream reduction stage being adapted so as to drive a downstream reduction stage; and wherein the upstream reduction stage and the downstream reduction stage are connected through an elongated shaft and the downstream pinion is mounted through a link having two ball joint centers to the upstream reduction stage. | 3,953 |
8,503,814 | 1. A method for determining control parameters for image enhancement, the method comprising acts of: receiving a plurality of image frames; calculating an adaptive threshold value based on a dynamic range of a current image frame of the plurality of image frames and a dynamic range of a plurality of previous image frames prior to the current image frame; determining whether a pixel slope distribution of a pixel window of image data of the current image frame exceeds the adaptive threshold value; determining, responsive to a determination that the pixel slope distribution exceeds the adaptive threshold value, a spectrum estimation coefficient for the current image frame based on spectral components of the pixel slope distribution; and determining one or more control parameters for enhancement of the image data of the current image frame based on the spectrum estimation coefficient, the one or more control parameters relating to filtering parameters for adaptive enhancement of the image data of the current frame. | 913 |
8,726,670 | 1. A gas turbine engine augmentor comprising: an inter-liner cavity including an axially extending annular gap separating augmentor and tailpipe liners, a purge flow cavity radially outwardly open to and in fluid communication with a fan bypass duct and radially inwardly open to and in fluid communication with the inter-liner cavity, an ejector having an ejector nozzle positioned and aimed to direct an ejector nozzle flow from inside the ejector nozzle across the inter-liner cavity, the ejector nozzle having a nozzle flowpath therein and extending and converging aftwardly between an ejector nozzle inlet to an ejector nozzle outlet, the ejector nozzle inlet open to and in fluid communication with an ejector plenum, the purge flow cavity bifurcated into forward and aft purge flow cavities open to and in fluid communication with the fan bypass duct, the ejector plenum located radially inwardly of and in fluid communication with the forward purge flow cavity, the aft purge flow cavity located radially outwardly of and in fluid communication with the inter-liner cavity, a U-shaped wall formed at an aft or downstream end of a bifurcating duct wall bifurcating the annular bypass duct into annular radially outer and inner fan ducts, the U-shaped wall bifurcating the purge flow cavity into the forward and aft purge flow cavities, and the forward and aft purge flow cavities open to and in fluid communication with the outer fan duct of the fan bypass duct. | 44,009 |
8,698,271 | 1. A method of fabricating a germanium photodetector, the method comprising: forming an amorphous germanium layer on a silicon substrate at a first temperature; crystallizing the amorphous germanium layer while heating from the first temperature to a second temperature; and forming a germanium epitaxial layer on the crystallized germanium layer, wherein impurity atoms are doped in situ during the forming of the amorphous germanium layer. | 1,847 |
9,442,583 | 1. An optical mouse apparatus, comprising: a light source circuit, arranged for generating and emitting an optical signal, wherein the optical signal is emitted upon a surface and then forms an optical reflected signal; a sensing circuit, arranged for estimating an image displacement of the optical mouse apparatus according to the optical reflected signal; and a processing circuit, coupled to the light source circuit and the sensing circuit, the processing circuit arranged for generating and outputting a control signal to a host terminal according to the image displacement outputted by the sensing circuit; wherein the sensing circuit is further arranged for detecting at least one of a moving speed and a displacement direction of the image displacement of the optical mouse apparatus to dynamically determine whether to compress data of the image displacement outputted to the processing circuit for reducing a data amount read by the processing circuit; the data of the image displacement is composed of a low-byte data and a high-byte data; when the sensing circuit detects that the moving speed is lower than a threshold, the sensing circuit generates a corresponding detection result, generates a compressed data by compressing the data of the image displacement outputted to the processing circuit according to the corresponding detection result, and outputs the corresponding detection result for notifying the processing circuit to receive and read the compressed data; the data amount read by the processing circuit is reduced by the sensing circuit by discarding or ignoring the high-byte data for compressing the data of the image displacement, where the high-byte data is not outputted to the processing circuit. | 40,264 |
9,186,328 | 1. A method for treating pain comprising administering a solid oral unit dose of a pharmaceutical composition containing 18 mg of diclofenac acid to a subject, wherein the D(90) of the diclofenac acid, on a particle volume basis, is less than 5000 nm, and wherein the unit dose, when tested in vitro by USP Apparatus I (Basket) method of U.S. Pharmacopoeia at 100 rpm, at 37° C. in 900 ml of 0.05% sodium lauryl sulfate in citric acid solution buffered to pH 5.75, has a dissolution rate of diclofenac acid such that 94%, by weight, is released by 75 minutes. | 40,138 |
9,789,586 | 1. A grit recycling system, comprising: a first stage, the first stage including a first apparatus adapted to coarsely separate reusable grit from waste material, the first stage including an inlet, a first outlet for the coarsely separated reusable grit, and a second outlet for the waste material, the first stage including a screened auger including a screen having holes sized to allow the coarsely separated reusable grit to pass through the holes and into the first outlet while the waste material moves laterally toward the second outlet; and a second stage positioned adjacent the first stage such that the coarsely separated reusable grit from the first outlet of the first stage is automatically input to the second stage, the second stage including a second apparatus adapted to finely separate the reusable grit from the waste material, a third outlet for the finely separated reusable grit, and a fourth outlet for the waste material. | 24,909 |
8,897,389 | 1. A radio transmission apparatus comprising: a coding unit configured to code one form of control data using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for a data channel and an offset value, the offset value being set for said one form of the control data; and a radio transmitting unit configured to transmit data in the data channel and said one form of the control data coded with a coding rate according to said one form of the control data. | 49,564 |
8,523,587 | 1. A connector, comprising: a first terminal housing for housing a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned; a second terminal housing for housing a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned; a plurality of insulating members that are aligned and housed in the first terminal housing; a laminated structure that the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals are alternately arranged so that one surface of the plurality of first connecting terminals faces one surface of the plurality of second connecting terminals to form pairs and to form a plurality of contact points sandwiched between the plurality of insulating members when the first terminal housing is fitted to the second terminal housing; a connecting member for collectively fixing and electrically connecting the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at each contact point by pressing one of the plurality of insulating members adjacent to the connecting member; and an insulating member assembly comprising the plurality of insulating members connected to each other and assembled such that the plurality of insulating members are each restricted from moving in a fitting direction thereof, and moving in a width direction perpendicular to a lamination direction of the laminated structure and to the fitting direction by the connection of the plurality of insulating members wherein one of a plurality of first insulating members comprises two connecting parts extending from both end portions thereof in a width direction thereof toward an adjacent one of the plurality of first insulating members or a second insulating member to which the one of the plurality of first insulating members is opposite interposed by one of a plurality of first connecting terminals on which the one of the plurality of first insulating members is provided, and wherein the plurality of first insulating members or the second insulating member comprises connecting grooves for receiving the connecting parts to be slidable in the lamination direction on both opposite sides thereof. | 1,323 |
9,702,476 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a valve assembly, including: the tube includes a lower wall portion formed as part of the tube at a distal end of the tube, the lower wall portion having an outwardly facing concave surface with a contour that matches a contour of at least a portion of an outer surface of the first valve member such that the at least a portion of the outer surface of the first valve member is received in the concave surface of the lower wall portion, the hermetic weld connecting the lower wall portion and the first valve member along an interface between the outwardly facing concave surface of the lower wall portion and the first valve member, the lower wall portion sealing the distal end of the tube so as to prevent fluid in the tube from contacting an upper portion of the first valve member and a second portion of the heat affected zone covered by the outwardly facing concave surface of the lower wall portion and not covered by the coating; and the tube further includes a plurality of exit apertures so as to define a fluid flow path of the valve assembly which passes through an internal cavity defined by the tube, exits the tube through the exit apertures, passes around the first valve member and exits the valve assembly between a space between the first valve member and the second valve member. | 30,890 |
9,454,798 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing, by a device, an image in a first frame within a first layout, the image having region data associated therewith, wherein the region data indicates a portion of the image that is visible within at least the first frame based on a first adjustment; receiving, by the device, a request to display the image in a second frame of a second layout, the second frame being different than the first frame; adjusting, by the device, in accordance with at least the region data associated with the image, the image for display in the second frame such that the portion of the image visible within at least the first frame is visible within the second frame; and providing, by the device, the adjusted image in the second frame such that the portion of the image is visible within the second frame in accordance with at least the region data. | 30,394 |
8,388,850 | 1. A water treatment system, comprising: a UV treatment section for applying UV light to the water, wherein the UV treatment section comprises a tray for flow of water in a first direction from an input end to an output end, the tray having sides extending in the first direction, and wherein there are a plurality of elongate UV lights are disposed above a water receiving portion of the tray and extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction across the tray so as to extend to proximate the sides; and a plurality of plates, each plate being disposed in the second direction in the tray and centered below a corresponding one of the UV lights, and each plate having a plurality of perforations there across, wherein the perforations are configured to create turbulent flow to slow flow at the perforations at locations in the tray closest to each of the UV lights where light from the UV lights is at its strongest, the plates extending across the tray to the sides. | 1,014 |
9,545,599 | 1. Apparatus for extracting a gaseous component from a gas stream containing condensable hydrocarbons, the apparatus comprising three distinct modules connected in series, each module comprising a plurality of hollow polymeric fibers, wherein a first module comprises fibers made of a polymeric membrane which is useful for removal of water vapor from a gas stream, and which is of lesser effectiveness in removing components other than water vapor, wherein a second module comprises fibers made of a polymeric membrane selected such that it removes some, but not all, of carbon dioxide in a gas stream, and wherein a third module comprises fibers made of a polymeric membrane selected such that it removes carbon dioxide and removes heavy hydrocarbons, defined as C5 and heavier, from a gas stream, wherein the polymeric membrane of the third module has a selectivity for carbon dioxide which is less than a selectivity for carbon dioxide of the polymeric membrane of the second module. | 40,489 |
8,733,501 | 1. A method for producing an acoustic treatment panel, the method comprising: assembling first and second plates, at least one of which is deformed so as to separate the plates locally to form a plurality of cavities of a cellular structure between the first and second plates, said cavities being delimited by a plurality of facets and a plurality of partitions formed by at least one of the deformed plates, producing at least one opening on the facets of one of the first and second plates, pressing an acoustically resistive plate against the surface of the cellular structure including the openings; forming the first and second plates so as to form first and second cellular half-structures each with a set of co-planar facets separated by a grid of grooves, the first and second cellular half-structures having identical grids of grooves, and assembling the first and second cellular half-structures by pressing the ends of the grooves of the first and second half-structures against each other. | 16,426 |
8,412,643 | 1. An apparatus for determining incentives for green transactions, the apparatus comprising: a processor; a computer readable storage medium comprising: a bundling module configured to determine a plurality of green incentives that apply to a mortgagee for an identified property, the identified property comprising a new building, the plurality of green incentives being from a group of green incentives, the mortgagee owning the identified property; an analysis module configured to quantify a plurality of respective values of the plurality of green incentives from the group of green incentives; the bundling module further configured to bundle the respective values that have been quantified according to the mortgagee; and an execution module configured to interface with a mortgagor to automatically apply at least a portion of the bundled respective values as one or more monetary credits to repayment of a mortgage loan for the new building on behalf of the mortgagee, the mortgage loan held by the mortgagor; wherein the bundling module, the analysis module, and the execution module are executed by the processor. | 15,359 |
8,421,433 | 1. A bandgap voltage reference comprising: a plurality of cascaded PTAT voltage circuits and a plurality of first current sources, each circuit having first through fourth transistors of the same conductivity type, each having an emitter, a base and a collector, the base of the first transistor being connected to a common connection of the emitter of the second transistor and the collector of the fourth transistor, the base of the fourth transistor being connected to a common connection of the emitter of the third transistor and the collector of the first transistor, the collector of the third transistor being connected to a common connection of the bases of the third and second transistors and to a respective first current source; circuitry for providing current to the collectors of the second transistors; the emitter area of the third transistor being larger than the emitter area of the first transistor, and the emitter area of the fourth transistor being larger than the emitter area of the second transistor; a plurality of second current sources; the emitter of the first transistor of the first cascaded PTAT voltage circuit being connected to a power supply connection, the emitter of the fourth transistor of the last cascaded PTAT voltage circuit being coupled to the power supply connection through a last of the plurality of the second current sources and to provide a PTAT output voltage; the emitter of the fourth transistors in all except the last cascaded PTAT voltage circuit being directly connected to the power supply connection through a respective one of the second current sources and to the emitter of the first transistor of the next of the cascaded PTAT voltage circuits. | 48,001 |
9,660,406 | 1. A universal push-in wire connector for forming an electrical connection with a plurality of electrical wires comprising: a housing having an open front end and a closed back end with a chamber therebetween; a first axial wire passage in the open front end of said housing in communication with the chamber and a second axial wire passage in the open front end of said housing in communication with the chamber, said first axial wire passage having a first wire port for axial insertion of an electrical wire therein and said second axial wire passage having a second wire port for axial insertion of a further electrical wire therein with said first axial wire passage and said second axial wire passage located in a side by side condition in said housing; a first resilient conductor having a wire engaging edge for electrically engaging of a wire axially inserted into the first wire port and a second resilient conductor having a wire engaging edge for electrically engaging of a wire axially inserted into the second wire port with the first resilient conductor and the second resilient conductor located in the chamber in the housing; a bus strip located in said chamber, said bus strip electrically connecting said first resilient conductor to the second resilient conductor so that a wire engagement of the first resilient conductor and a further wire engagement with the second electrical wire connector bring the first electrical wire and the second electrical wire into electrical communication with each other; and an electrically insulated collar having a first end secured to said housing with said electrically insulated collar spaced from and simultaneously encompassing both the first wire port and the second wire port, said collar cantilevered outward from an end of the housing containing the first wire port and the second wire port to enable on-the-go wire access to said first wire port and said second wire port while inhibiting electrical contact between a wire in either said first wire port or said second wire port and an environment external to said electrical insulated collar. | 47,225 |
8,360,915 | 1. An axle comprising: a crown wheel receiving portion with a pinion side and an opposite side; a first crown wheel bowl, wherein the opposite side of the crown wheel receiving portion is defined by the first crown wheel bowl for receiving a part of a crown wheel, and the first crown wheel bowl has a peripheral edge; a second crown wheel bowl for receiving the part of the crown wheel, wherein the second crown wheel bowl is nested with the first crown wheel bowl and attached to the first crown wheel bowl at the peripheral edge to define a lubricant reservoir; and wherein the lubricant reservoir has an inlet defined by the combination of the second crown wheel bowl and a scoop that faces away from an axis of rotation of the crown wheel. | 24,691 |
9,303,230 | 1. A sliding member for sliding with a mating member having a ferrite phase at least on a surface thereof, the sliding member comprising: a coating layer comprising a binder resin, molybdenum disulfide, and hard substance particles which have an average particle diameter that is 0.5 to 10 times as large as a surface arithmetic average roughness Ra of a sliding surface of the mating member, wherein the hard substance particles have a massive form, and wherein the massive form is an irregular form that does not substantially contain projections equal to or smaller than 90°, and excludes forms such as spherical and acute angle forms that can be formed by processing. | 37,805 |
8,763,396 | 1. A control apparatus of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a supercharging system including a first supercharger and a second supercharger each of which is driven by an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; and at least one changeover valve which is placed in at least one of an intake passage and an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and which changes a supercharging mode associated with the supercharging system among a plurality of supercharging modes including a single supercharging mode for performing supercharging only with the first supercharger and a twin supercharging mode for performing supercharging with both the first and second superchargers, in accordance with an opening/closing state, said control apparatus comprising: a first controlling device which is configured to control the changeover valve at the time of engine stop of the internal combustion engine such that the opening/closing state is an opening/closing state corresponding to a supercharging mode which is different from a supercharging mode to be selected at the start of the internal combustion engine and which is to be selected in an operating area on a higher-load side than at the start from among the plurality of supercharging modes; and a second controlling device which is configured to control the changeover valve at the start of the internal combustion engine such that the opening/closing state is an opening/closing state corresponding to the supercharging mode to be selected at the start. | 33,660 |
9,376,200 | 1. An aircraft comprising: a piece of cockpit equipment; and a nose cone backplate separating a non-pressurized radome zone from a pressurized zone, the nose cone backplate comprising: | 12,558 |
9,182,150 | 1. A cable support structure comprising a cable structure which comprises latitudinal cables extending between two sides of an enclosure of a roof, panels or solar modules being arranged in a row on the latitudinal cables forming an array, the array being supported and anchored by the cable structure, the cable structure in turn being supported by sides of the enclosure in such a way that weight of the array and force loads on the array are completely or partially distributed on the sides of the enclosure, said cable structure having only latitudinal cables extending between the two sides of the enclosure. | 32,726 |
8,455,721 | 1. A seed of soybean cultivar 99401805, representative sample seed of said cultivar is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11093. | 45,000 |
9,375,646 | 1. A skydiving simulator, the skydiving simulator comprising: a fan operatively coupled with a motor; and a recirculating wind tunnel having a flight chamber, a plurality of diffusers, a plurality of expanding corners, and a return, wherein the plurality of expanding corners comprises a first expanding corner and a second expanding corner, each of said first expanding corner and second expanding corner comprising an inlet having an inlet cross sectional area defining an inlet plane and an outlet having an outlet cross sectional area defining an outlet plane, the inlet plane being substantially perpendicular to the outlet plane, wherein the ratio of the inlet cross sectional area to the outlet cross sectional area defines an expansion ratio that is greater than one; and wherein the return is configured to have disposed therein the fan. | 39,814 |
9,077,003 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell which generates electrical power after allowing an anode and a cathode to respectively receive a reactant gas; a plurality of sensors configured to measure a distribution of electrical current density on a power generation plane of the fuel cell by measuring currents at a plurality of places along the power generation plane; a diagnostic check controller configured to locate a peak position that exhibits the highest value within the distribution of electrical current density on the power generation plane, detect a change in the peak position of electrical current density on the power generation plane, and diagnose an internal dryness of the fuel cell in accordance with the change in the peak position of electrical current density on the power generation plane; and a controller configured to control operating conditions of the fuel cell based on a diagnostic result by the diagnostic check controller. | 9,216 |
8,498,136 | 1. An AC-DC converter comprising: a rectifier connected to an AC power supply via a reactor; a plurality of capacitors connected in series across output terminals of the rectifier; a first bidirectional switch having one end connected to one input terminal of the rectifier and another end connected to a connecting point between a plurality of capacitors; a second bidirectional switch having one end connected to the other input terminal of the rectifier and another end connected to the other end of the first bidirectional switch; a normally closed third bidirectional switch inserted between the connecting point of the other end between the first and second bidirectional switches and a connecting point between the plurality of capacitors; and control means for actuating the first and second bidirectional switches during a half cycle of the AC power supply so as to control a voltage input to the rectifier to obtain a desired value of an output voltage. | 15,024 |
8,510,639 | 1. A method for decoding multi-dimensional encoded data, the method comprising: receiving a set of multi-dimensional encoded data encoding each input bit in a set of input bits by multiple different component codes in multiple different encoding dimensions, the multi-dimensional data potentially having errors; using a map to locate each set of intersection bits that encode the same input bit by multiple unsolved component codes; decoding the unsolved component codes using one or a plurality of tested error correction hypotheses that yields a decoding success, each hypothesis correcting a different set of intersection bits for a different input bit. | 31,010 |
8,888,824 | 1. A bone fixation assembly for treating a fracture of a bone site, the assembly comprising: a bone plate having an interior surface configured to contact bone and an exterior surface, the bone plate comprising: wherein the one or more polyaxial openings each comprises an inner surface having a plurality of fins protruding from the inner surface. | 35,149 |
8,608,440 | 1. A system controlling blade pitch of a propeller of a turboshaft engine for an aircraft, comprising: a substantially annular first track configured to be connected to at least one propeller blade, and of which its rotation is configured to provide for setting of incidence of the blade, the first track including at least one notch delimited by two surfaces; a second substantially annular track, concentric to the first track; an actuating member that actuates the first track, substantially annular, arranged between the first and second tracks and concentric to the second tracks, the actuating member including at least one recessed angular portion delimited by two surfaces at a distance from one another; and at least one locking member provided between the first and second tracks, housed in the recessed angular portion of the actuating member, and in the notch of the first track, the locking member to occupy, during operation of the turboshaft engine: | 42,334 |
9,145,803 | 1. A pre-ignition fuel treatment system for an engine that combusts a fuel to produce power and an exhaust gas, and having a reactor that passes a stream that includes at least some of the exhaust gas past a stream of the fuel, the system comprising: a first structure comprising a first housing that entrains the fuel stream to travel to the engine; and a second structure comprising a second housing with an inner wall having coherent surface features that entrains the exhaust gas stream to travel in a coherent-structured turbulence, wherein at least a portion of the first housing is disposed within a portion of the second housing, wherein a wall of the first housing is composed of a material that allows at least a portion of the exhaust gas stream in the second housing to travel through the wall to the first housing, and wherein the coherent surface features on the inner wall of the second housing have sizes that are substantially large enough to be identified by naked eyes and comprise a pattern of features selected from the group consisting of bumps, dimples, cavities, ridges, grooves, and wedges. | 10,718 |
9,350,783 | 1. A fluctuation absorbing device comprising: a buffer for temporarily storing packets; a pulse generating section for generating a pulse at a same interval as a transmitting interval of the packets; a fluctuation time derivation section for deriving, by a CPU, a fluctuation time of delay of the packets based on the pulse; a maximum fluctuation time estimate section for estimating, by the CPU, a maximum fluctuation time based on a plurality of fluctuation times derived in the fluctuation time derivation section; and a setting section for setting, by the CPU, data storage capacity of the buffer based on the maximum fluctuation time, wherein the data storage capacity is configured to handle unexpected fluctuation of delay time. | 15,333 |
8,481,000 | 1. A process for the production of homogenous single phase thickened beverages suitable for consumption by a person suffering from dysphagia, the process comprising connecting a source of thickener concentrate to a dispensing machine that is capable of dispensing non-thickened beverages. | 28,695 |
8,695,574 | 1. An intake manifold having an integrated charge air cooler, comprising: an inlet; an outlet; and a housing having a first housing part and a second housing part connected thereto, wherein charge air flows into the housing via the inlet and flows out of the housing via the outlet, wherein the charge air cooler is arranged in the housing and the charge air passes through the charge air cooler on the way from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the charge air cooler is fully enclosed by the housing except for feed-throughs for passage of a coolant and the charge air cooler is elastically supported with respect to the housing, and wherein the support takes place via at least one elastic support member that is arranged on a header of the charge air cooler, such that the at least one elastic support member directly contacts the header. | 18,450 |
8,591,014 | 1. Fluidic interface for a fluid ejection device, the fluidic interface comprising: a single cast integrally molded part, comprising: | 37,996 |
9,734,332 | 1. A method for behavior profiling for malware detection, comprising: applying, via executable instructions stored in memory and executed by one or more processors coupled to a computer network, a domain specific language to a target accessible via the computer network, the domain specific language utilized to detect malware associated with the target, the domain specific language having a set of rules which includes: detecting a set of temporal sequences and temporal events of the target; determining a presence of one or more markers within the set of temporal sequences and temporal events that are indicative of the malware; and identifying the target as being associated with the malware based on the presence of the one or more markers. | 14,162 |
9,022,822 | 1. An amphibious vehicle comprising: a vehicle hull having a pair of track assemblies, each said track assembly being movable between a raised resting position and a lowered operative position; at least one internal combustion engine mounted in said vehicle hull coupled to a marine transmission driving a water jet drive attached to said vehicle hull for propelling said vehicle hull through water when both said track assemblies are in a raised resting position; an electric generator coupled to and driven by said at least one internal combustion engine; a pair of electric motors powered by said electric generator, one said electric motor coupled to each said track assembly for driving the track assembly to propel said vehicle hull on land when said track assemblies are in a lowered operative position; a disk brake coupled to each said track assembly for selectively braking each said track assembly for braking and steering said vehicle hull; and an electric motor control for remotely controlling each said electric motor to selectively drive each track assembly for propelling and steering said vehicle hull; whereby said amphibious vehicle is propelled in water by said water jet drive powered by said at least one internal combustion engine and propelled on land by said pair of track assemblies coupled to said electric motors and powered by said electric generator. | 9,614 |
8,485,291 | 1. A passenger vehicle comprising: a self frequency ramping alternating current drive system to propel said vehicle from a predetermined speed to over seventy miles an hour; a hydraulic drive system to start and propel said vehicle to said predetermined speed; a power storage system to provide direct current to said hydraulic drive system and said alternating current drive system; a fuel consuming constant power source system to provide energy to said alternating current drive system, said hydraulic drive system and said power storage system; means for selectively activating said hydraulic drive system and said alternating current drive system; whereby neither said hydraulic drive system nor said frequency ramping alternating current drive system require a transmission or a differential to propel said vehicle. | 30,435 |
8,485,483 | 1. A solar panel support formed of a single integral one piece molded plastic body; and compromising a bottom wall; two side walls; front and back walls, said bottom, side, front, and back walls defining a hollow open topped box-like shape, wherein the front wall is lower than the back wall and the back wall is higher than the front wall; upper side edges on said side walls sloping from the back wall down to the front wall; a ledge extending out from said bottom, side, front, and back walls; an upstanding flange around said ledge defining a generally L-shape in section; a plurality of removable access portions in each said side wall, opening said removable access portions enabling passing of electrical services there through; a plurality of generally wedge shaped depressions in said back wall; a plurality of generally wedge shaped depressions in said front wall; a rectangular depression in each said side wall surrounding said removable portions; a generally right angular abutment formed at a junction between each of said side walls and said back wall and said front wall; a plurality of generally circular depression formations in said bottom wall; a first pair of generally parallel depressions running from back to front of said bottom wall, intermediate said side walls; and a second pair of generally parallel depressions running between said first pair of parallel depressions, defining a generally rectangular shape in plan. | 24,734 |
8,647,904 | 1. A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming an AlNO buffer layer containing at least aluminum, nitrogen, and oxygen on a substrate; and forming a nitride semiconductor layer on said AlNO buffer layer, wherein, in the step of forming said AlNO buffer layer, said AlNO buffer layer is formed by a reactive sputtering method using aluminum as a target in an atmosphere to and from which nitrogen gas and oxygen gas are continuously introduced and exhausted, and said atmosphere is an atmosphere in which a ratio of a flow rate of said oxygen gas to a sum of a flow rate of said nitrogen gas and the flow rate of said oxygen gas is not more than 0.5%. | 47,062 |
9,254,594 | 1. A multilayer laminated material comprising: (a) a top layer of glass, wherein the top layer of glass forms a first outer layer; (b) a fibrous intermediate layer of thermoplastic polymer arranged in contact with the top layer of glass, wherein the fibrous intermediate layer comprises a solvent-free adhesive material which is liquid under the action of heat but normally solid; (c) an intermediate layer comprising an elastomer which, wherein the elastomer comprises a mix of: (d) a lower substrate layer of a plastic, a metal or a combination of plastic and metal, wherein the intermediate layer is arranged on top of the lower substrate. | 80 |
8,798,156 | 1. A method for a moving picture coding system to decode a bi-predictive image block by using a first reference picture and a second reference picture, comprising: obtaining, by the moving picture coding system, a type of the first reference picture; determining, by the moving picture coding system, motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block based on the type of the first reference picture, the type being one of a long-term type and a short-term type, the type characterizing a temporal distance of the first reference picture with respect to the bi-predictive block, the determining step determining the motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block according to a first set of expressions if the first reference picture is of the short-term type and the determining step determining the motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block according to a second set of expressions if the first reference picture is of the long-term type, the second set of expressions being different than the first set of expressions; and decoding, by the moving picture coding system, the bi-predictive image block based on the determined motion vectors. | 37,928 |
8,649,928 | 1. An interlock for a plug-in vehicle, comprising: a cord set indicator; an electronic control unit coupled to a powertrain of the vehicle and the cord set indicator and configured to disable the powertrain when the cord set indicator indicates that a charging cord is attached and the vehicle is deactivated, and to prevent disabling of the powertrain after the vehicle has been activated when the cord set indicator indicates that a charging cord is attached. | 10,467 |
8,950,202 | 1. A heat pump system comprising: a refrigerant circuit including a controller configured to control said refrigerant circuit said controller being further configured to control said refrigerant circuit to perform refrigerant recovery control in which | 31,265 |
9,458,755 | 1. A radiant heat discharge arrangement configured to be used with an internal combustion engine including an outlet manifold, the radiant heat discharge arrangement comprising: a cover configured to cover the outlet manifold of the internal combustion engine with a clearance between the cover and the outlet manifold, the cover including: an air duct having at least one air inlet fluidly connected to the at least one outlet opening of the cover and an air outlet; and a fan fluidly connected to the air outlet. | 14,358 |
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