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9,304,646 | 1. A computer-implemented method of rendering content, comprising: initiating a session with an electronic marketplace, the electronic marketplace offering a plurality of items for consumption; enabling a first user and a second user to join the session, the first user joining via a first computing device that includes a first browser application and the second user joining via a second computing device that includes a second browser application; receiving a first set of position data and a first set of image data from a first gesture system associated with the first user of the first computing device, the first set of image data including a view of a current orientation of the first user and the first set of position data corresponding to features of the first user at the current orientation; receiving a second set of position data and a second set of image data from a second gesture system associated with the second user of the second computing device, the second set of image data including a view of a current orientation of the second user and the second set of position data corresponding to features of the second user at the current orientation; displaying a first Web page for the session using the first browser application executing on the first computing device, the first Web page including a first view of the first user using the first set of image data and a second view of the second user using the second set of image data, the first view being contained in a first gesture module on the first Web page and the second view being contained in a second gesture module on the first Web page, the first view including a representation of the current orientation of the first user and the second view including a representation of the current orientation of the second user, the first Web page including a first set of a plurality of user-selectable objects positioned outside of the first gesture module and the second gesture module, one of the plurality of user-selectable objects of the first set corresponding to a wearable item; analyzing the first set of position data to determine a first user motion configured to cause the wearable item to be displayed on a second Web page, the second Web page including the first view of the first user using the first set of image data and the second view of the second user using the second set of image data, the first view being contained in a third gesture module on the second Web page and the second view being contained in a fourth gesture module on the second Web page; analyzing the second set image data to determine a three-dimensional model that approximates a shape of the second user; and displaying, on the second gesture module and the fourth gesture module of the second Web page, the representation of the wearable item to appear to be worn by the second user based at least in part on the current orientation of the second user, the second Web page including a second set of a plurality of user-selectable objects, the second set of the plurality of user-selectable objects being displayed outside the third gesture module and the fourth gesture module, at least one user-selectable object of the second set of the plurality of user-selectable objects being different from each user-selectable object of the first set of the user-selectable objects. | 2,993 |
9,057,483 | 1. An apparatus consisting of: a pressure container having an interior cavity fabricated from a cavity material and an outer surface spaced away from said interior cavity; a cryogenic gas in said interior cavity, external components outside of said pressure container; an internally threaded opening in said pressure container connecting said interior cavity to said external components, said opening having an end interfacing with said outer surface of said pressure container; and an insert threaded into said opening; a weld proximate said end of said internally threaded opening extending circumferentially around said insert, said weld located between said outer surface of said pressure container and said insert providing a seal between said outer surface of said pressure container and said insert; an inlet port tube connecting the external components with said interior cavity; an inlet port tube opening in said insert with said inlet port tube positioned in said inlet port tube opening; a circumferential inlet port tube weld connecting said inlet port tube to said insert that provides a seal between said inlet port tube and said insert; an outlet port tube connecting said interior cavity with the external components; an outlet port tube opening in said insert with said outlet port tube positioned in said outlet port tube opening; and a circumferential outlet port tube weld connecting said outlet port tube to said insert that provides a seal between said outlet port tube and said insert; wherein said circumferential inlet port tube weld is directly exposed to said cryogenic gas in said interior cavity and said circumferential outlet port tube weld is directly exposed to said cryogenic gas in said interior cavity. | 26,128 |
8,984,491 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code for providing a test enabled web browser, said computer readable medium comprising: computer program code for providing web browsing capabilities; and computer program code for testing capabilities of a website hosted by a server and accessible to a computer via a network, wherein the computer program code for testing capabilities of the website includes at least computer program code configured to have a synchronization check in a test script for testing at least one web page of the website, and to automatically synchronize playback of the test script using at least the synchronization check to maintain the test enabled browser's state by means of the synchronization check in the test script to a Document Object Model (DOM) associated with the at least one web page of the website, wherein the synchronization check operates, when executed, to: find a current index of at least one DOM element of the at least one web page based on a specified property name and/or property value; determine whether a property name and/or value is present in the at least one DOM element of the at least one web page having the current index; and after the current index is found and the property name and/or value is determined to be present, wait for the property name and/or value in the at least one DOM element of the at least one web page having the current index to be a particular name and/or value, and wherein the computer program code configured to have the synchronization check is a separate programmatic process from the at least one web page of the website being tested. | 28,660 |
9,581,134 | 1. A manufacturing method of a wind turbine, the method comprising: a cutting step of cutting a base blade at m cutting planes into (m+1) sections where m is an even number, the m cutting planes being at different positions in a blade length direction; and a joining step of joining (m/2+1) sections of the (m+1) sections together to obtain a wind turbine blade which is shorter than the base blade, the (m/2+1) sections including a blade-root section which is closest to a blade root and a blade-tip section which is closest to a blade tip, the blade-root and blade-tip sections being non-adjacent to each other. | 30,772 |
9,076,810 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a trench in substrate, and filling said trench with dielectric material to form trench isolation surrounding and abutting a perimeter of a collector in said substrate; forming a base on said collector; forming an emitter in said base; removing all or a portion of said dielectric material from said trench; and forming a dielectric capping layer on exposed regions of said substrate, said base and said emitter and over said trench, said capping layer sealing an upper region of said trench and forming a void around said perimeter of said collector. | 7,289 |
8,529,128 | 1. A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising: movement assisting means, for assisting manual movement of a device which is employed to perform radiation imaging, by urging the device; an operating portion that enables operation of a movement of the device, which is assisted by the movement assisting means; detecting means, for detecting external forces which are applied to the operating portion, and outputs signals indicating intensities and directions of the external forces; control means, for controlling the movement assisting means to assist movement of the device in the directions of the external forces indicated by the signals output from the detecting means, and for controlling the movement assisting means to not assist manual movement of the device when the values of the signals are included within a dead zone range; judging means, for judging whether the operating portion is being operated based on a state of change of the signals regardless of the intensities of the values of the signals; and correcting means, for performing corrections such that the values of signals, which are obtained while it is judged that the operating portion is not being operated, are included in the dead zone range with respect to control exerted by the control means. | 17,535 |
9,209,463 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly comprising inner stacked electrodes and at least one outermost electrode positioned on at least one end of the inner stacked electrodes; an electrolyte solution and a case configured to house the electrode assembly; wherein the at least one outermost electrode comprises a porous inactive material on only one side of the outermost electrode; wherein the porous inactive material consists essentially of a porous organic material that does not cause an electrochemical reaction, and wherein the porous inactive material contacts the electrolyte solution and is configured to supply the electrolyte solution to the battery when the electrode shrinks or expands. | 5,938 |
9,765,082 | 1. A cocrystal of tiotropium bromide and lactose. | 41,978 |
9,471,640 | 1. A computer implemented method for conversion of units of measure during data stream processing, the method comprising: receiving one or more input streams to be processed by a query, wherein the query defines one or more expected input stream types for the one or more input streams; pre-processing the one or more input streams to match the one or more expected input stream types, wherein the pre-processing comprises: processing the pre-processed one or more input streams according to the query to generate a result output stream; post-processing the result output stream to match an expected output stream type defined by the query; and generating an output stream with the expected output stream type. | 22,454 |
8,607,782 | 1. A solar reflector comprising: a support structure; a first end form member attached to said support structure having a first periphery and a second form member attached substantially parallel to the first form member having a second periphery; a tensioned membrane having a reflective surface, said tensioned membrane having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, wherein the first edge is attached to the first periphery and the second edge is attached to the second periphery; a first bearing edge comprising a first bearing edge plate pressed into the membrane. | 40,808 |
9,069,603 | 1. A transactional memory comprising: a memory that stores a table including a plurality of meter pairs, each meter pair including a long term credit value and a short term credit value; means for receiving an Atomic Metering Command (AMC) and in response performing an AMC operation such that the transactional memory does not fetch instructions, wherein a memory address is included in the AMC, wherein the memory address is used to read a word out of the memory, and wherein the word includes the long term credit value and the short term credit value; and means for subtracting an input value from the long term credit value and the short term credit value, thereby generating a pair of decremented credit values. | 21,698 |
9,610,996 | 1. A bicycle comprising: a frame; a seat post removably engaged with the frame; a light source supported by the seat post; a power source supported by the seat post; a switch disposed between the light source and the power source; and a sensor supported by the seat post and configured to detect engagement of the seat post and the frame. | 34,901 |
9,277,696 | 1. A process for providing a recirculating continuous horizontal flow of fluid in a hydroponic system comprising steps of: (a) applying negative pressure to a fluid in a horizontal outlet pipe of an end growing unit of a plurality of growing units connected in a series to withdraw said fluid out of said end growing unit, said hydroponic system having at least one inter-unit pipe connecting adjacent growing units in said series, wherein the withdrawal of said fluid lowers the fluid level in said end growing unit causing fluid to be drawn by gravity flow from an at least one other growing unit in said series through said at least one inter-unit pipe and from a fluid source connected to said plurality of growing units by a horizontal delivery pipe; and (b) returning said fluid withdrawn from said end growing unit to the fluid source through a fluid return system to facilitate said recirculating continuous horizontal flow, wherein said at least one inter-unit pipe, said outlet pipe and said horizontal delivery pipe are on a same horizontal plane. | 19,920 |
8,343,676 | 1. A fuel cell vehicle, comprising: a fuel cell for generating electric power by being supplied with a reactive gas; an electric storage device; a first power supply line connected to said fuel cell; a second power supply line connected to said electric storage device; a main DC-to-DC converter for performing bidirectional voltage conversion between said first power supply line and said second power supply line; an electric motor to propel the vehicle and a first electric accessory connected to said first power supply line being supplied with electric power from said first power supply line without traversing the main DC/DC converter; and a second electric accessory having at least a portion connected to said second power supply line through an auxiliary DC-to-DC converter for being supplied with electric power from said second power supply line, wherein another portion of said second electric accessory is connected to said first power supply line through the main DC-to-DC converter, and wherein a first end of the second power supply line is connected to the electric storage device and a second end of the second power supply line is connected to the auxiliary DC-to-DC converter. | 9,045 |
8,846,043 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier, and an isolated monoclonal antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof that immunospecifically binds to an epitope on a 161P2F10B protein comprising residue 122 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, wherein said antibody is conjugated to a cytotoxic agent and an additional chemotherapeutic agent. | 13,166 |
9,038,589 | 1. A control module ( 4 ) of a micro-hybrid system ( 1 ), comprising a reversible rotary electrical machine ( 2 ) connected to a thermal engine ( 9 ) of a motor vehicle, the control module comprising: means for con trolling a step of pre-fluxing of a rotor of the reversible rotary electric machine when the control module receives an instruction to start the thermal engine via the reversible rotary electrical machine, means for measuring a speed of the rotor (N means for demanding stoppage of the pre-fluxing step when the speed of the rotor is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold value (N | 29,071 |
8,440,318 | 1. An article comprising a water-soluble substrate: a. made of polymeric materials selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyalkylene oxides, acrylamide, acrylic acid, cellulose, cellulose ethers, cellulose esters, cellulose amides, polyvinyl acetates, polycarboxylic acids and salts, polyaminoacids, polyamides, polyacrylamide, copolymers of maleic/acrylic acids, polysaccharides, natural gums, polyacrylates and water-soluble acrylate copolymers, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, dextrin, ethylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, maltodextrin, polymethacrylates, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), and mixtures thereof; and b. comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to said first surface, said first surface forming an outside surface of said article and wherein at least a portion of said first surface is wetted and; and c. having a water-solubility of at least 50 weight %; wherein a coating having a solubility less than 50 weight % is applied as a solution to said first surface, such that said coating covers at least 95% of said first surface; wherein the elongation ratio of said coating to said water-soluble substrate is from about 1 to 10; and further wherein the water-soluble substrate has a thickness between the first surface and the second surface of from about 10 micrometers to about 250 micrometers; and wherein the article is in the form of a multi-compartment water-soluble pouch that substantially dissolves in water. | 11,324 |
8,380,927 | 1. A controller supporting at least two different memory system configurations, including a first configuration in which one memory is used for memory access, and a second configuration in which two memories are used for memory access, the controller comprising: a first mode of operation, supporting the first memory system configuration, where the controller is configured to perform memory access with the one memory; a second mode of operation, supporting the second memory system configuration, where the controller is configured to perform memory access with the two memories; and logic to configure data width of each of the two memories in the second mode to be a limited subset of data width used in the first mode. | 46,126 |
9,665,081 | 1. A system for an intelligent electric power utilization of a park, comprising an acquisition system, a data processing system, an application system and a service system, wherein the acquisition system, the data processing system and the application system are all connected to an external system through the service system; the application system comprises an intelligent interaction application subsystem, an electric power utilization monitoring application subsystem, an energy efficiency analysis application subsystem, an orderly electric power utilization application subsystem, a system security application subsystem and a man-machine interaction interface; wherein the acquisition system is configured to acquire electric power data on an enterprise side; the data processing system is configured to process the electric power data and store the processed electric power data; and the man-machine interaction interface is configured to, in the case that the man-machine interaction interface receives a business processing request for an intelligent interaction, an electric power utilization monitoring, an energy efficiency analysis, an orderly electric power utilization or a system safety, call an application subsystem corresponding to the business processing request, wherein the application subsystem analyzes the electric power data to obtain a corresponding application strategy and the application strategy is displayed on a terminal. | 28,031 |
9,054,581 | 1. A switched mode power supply controller comprising: a monitoring circuit adapted to monitor a rate of change of a voltage at an input and to monitor a drop in voltage at the input from a peak value, wherein the controller is adapted to generate a signal for closing a switch when the monitored rate of change falls below a first predetermined threshold and the monitored drop in voltage exceeds a second predetermined threshold. | 17,443 |
9,096,284 | 1. A traction enhancement device for a snowmobile, the device comprising: a stud plate with a central opening and a plurality of side openings; a central mounting stud extending through the central opening in the stud plate, the central mounting stud including a shaft portion extending through the stud plate and a flange portion on an opposite side of the stud plate; a plurality of side studs, each stud positioned in one of the plurality of side openings and extending from the stud plate, the side studs being separate from and not integrally formed with the stud plate, and the side studs and the central mounting stud being generally linearly arranged; wherein the stud plate is configured to mount to a single opening in a snowmobile track with the central mounting stud extending through the track and the side studs not extending through the track and wherein the side studs and the central mounting stud extend generally the same height above the stud plate when the stud plate is mounted to the snowmobile track. | 15,736 |
8,943,664 | 1. A manufacturing method for T-shaped stringers comprising a stringer web and a stringer foot with an angle different from 90° between the web and the foot, the method comprising: a first step of hot-forming a carbon fiber laminate in order to achieve semi-stringers with an “L” shaped cross-section; a second step of placing together two hot-formed “L” shaped semi-stringers in order to form a “T” shaped stringer; a third step of placing the “T” shaped stringer inside an invar alloy angle leaving a gap between the stringer web and the invar alloy angle; a fourth step of moving a heating device over the surface of the stringer foot and sliding a roller over said surface of the stringer foot; a fifth step of co-bonding the resulting “T” shaped stringer on a cured skin with an adhesive line between the stringer and the cured skin; and, a sixth step of curing the obtained “T” shaped stringer. | 36,448 |
9,637,734 | 1. A method of preparing a conditionally active enzyme, the method comprising the steps of: i. evolving DNA which encodes a wild-type mammalian enzyme using one or more evolutionary techniques to create mutant DNAs; ii. expressing the mutant DNAs to obtain at least one mutant enzyme which exhibits both: (a) a decrease in activity in an assay at a normal physiological condition that is within a normal range of the physiological condition at a site of administration of the conditionally active protein to a subject, or at a tissue or organ at a site of action of the conditionally active protein of a subject, when compared to the activity of the wild-type mammalian enzyme in the assay at the same normal physiological condition, and (b) an increase in activity in an assay under an aberrant condition that deviates from the normal range of the physiological condition at the site of administration of the conditionally active protein, or at the tissue or organ at the site of action of the conditionally active protein, when compared to the activity of the wild-type mammalian enzyme at the same aberrant condition; and iii. selecting the conditionally active enzyme from the at least one mutant enzyme which exhibits both: (a) the decrease in the activity in the assay at the normal physiological condition when compared to the activity of the wild-type mammalian enzyme in the assay at the same normal physiological condition, and (b) the increase in the activity in the assay under the aberrant condition when compared to the activity of the wild-type mammalian enzyme in the assay at the same aberrant condition; and wherein the normal physiological condition and aberrant condition are the same condition selected from the group consisting of temperature, pH, osmotic pressure, osmolality, oxidation and electrolyte concentration. | 25,926 |
9,495,462 | 1. A method for re-ranking search results, comprising: receiving search results that are ranked; and applying a ranking rule to the search results that re-ranks the search results, wherein the ranking rule is defined by user input and includes user-input specified parameters that influence how a result within the search results is re-ranked using statistical information calculated based on the search results, wherein the statistical information comprises at least one statistical value calculated based on rank values of a plurality of the search results, wherein the ranking rule includes a multiplier value that is multiplied against at least one of: a maximum rank value of the rank values minus a minimum rank value of the rank values; a rank value of the ranks values minus the minimum rank value of the rank values; an average rank value of the rank values; and a standard deviation of the rank values. | 44,864 |
9,464,566 | 1. A plural blade rotary engine comprising: an engine housing having an engine wall with an outer surface and a curved inner surface around hollow cavity within said engine housing; a substance intake through said engine wall; a substance output through said engine wall; said hollow cavity having a central longitudinal axis; a rotor shaft located in said hollow cavity along said central longitudinal axis that extends partially outside of said engine housing to make connection with an external gear assembly; said rotor shaft being rotatable about said central longitudinal axis; a rotor blade within said hollow cavity attached to said rotor shaft; a blocker blade providing synchronous momentary motions with respect to the rotation of the rotor blade, in connection with said external gear assembly; said blocker blade being moveable by said external gear assembly into and out of a stationary blocking position within said hollow cavity in synchronicity with the rotation of said rotor shaft; an oil collection blade attached to a front surface of said rotor blade; a lubricator attached to a distal end of said rotor blade; an oil collection opening in said engine wall; an oil collection valve connected to said oil collection opening; a laminated lubricating portion of said curved inner surface; an oil reservoir in said engine wall in connection with said laminated lubricating portion; and an oil dispensing valve connected to said oil reservoir. | 10,239 |
8,981,601 | 1. A method of operating a remotely-controlled switching device of an energy management system, the switching device being mounted in series on a local electrically powered circuit on which are also mounted in series a load and an electronic thermostat, the method including: generating a first pulsed signal for controlling the switching device, the switching device opening and closing the circuit in response to the first signal, the circuit being opened to prevent the load from operating and being closed when operation of the load is allowed; and generating a second pulsed signal for controlling the switching device at least when the circuit is opened by the switching device in response to the first signal, the second signal causing the switching device to temporarily close the opened circuit at given intervals for keeping an internal circuitry of the electronic thermostat energized while still substantially preventing the load from operating. | 36,001 |
9,225,527 | 1. A storage device for storing data, the storage device comprising: a secure storage drive including a flash memory storage area; a first portion of firmware instructions pertaining to access to the secure storage drive, the first portion of firmware instructions having access to unhide information stored on the secure storage drive, the unhide information pertaining to unhiding the secure storage drive; a second portion of firmware instructions pertaining to access to the flash memory storage area; and a data access controller configured to utilize the first and second portions of firmware instructions to control access to the secure storage drive and the flash memory storage area; wherein the first portion of firmware instructions comprise instructions that initiate execution upon connection of the secure storage drive to a computer device, and prevent completion of an enumeration process of the secure storage drive with the computer device unless the computer device provides proper authentication information upon a start of the enumeration process of the secure storage drive with the computer device, the proper authentication information corresponding to the unhide information, and wherein upon receipt of the proper authentication information, the first portion of firmware instructions allows completion of the enumeration process of the secure storage drive with the computer device and allow the second portion of firmware instructions to control access requests from the computer device to the flash memory storage area. | 6,039 |
9,355,035 | 1. A memory controller comprising: a virtual write queue containing writeback instructions for selected cache lines of a cache memory to be written to a system memory device wherein the cache memory logically organizes the cache lines into sets according to different congruence classes; and a cache cleaner which determines when a number of the sets containing at least one modified cache line is greater than a first predetermined threshold, and responsively elevates a priority of the writeback instructions; and after elevating the priority of the writeback instructions, further determines that a second number of the sets containing at least one modified cache line is less than a second predetermined threshold, and responsively lowers the priority of the writeback instructions. | 40,009 |
9,213,245 | 1. An optical system, comprising: a multi facet mirror comprising: wherein: | 41,985 |
9,071,930 | 1. A method of performing a location update, the method comprising: receiving, by a mobile station, information related to a first paging group and a second paging group assigned for the mobile station, from at least one base station, starting, by the mobile station, a timer when the mobile station leaves the first paging group but stays within the second paging group; determining, by the mobile station, whether the mobile station is within the first paging group or the second paging group, before an expiration of the timer; and performing, by the mobile station, a location update before the expiration of the timer if the mobile station is determined to be not within the first paging group and the second paging group. | 3,452 |
8,568,503 | 1. A vent filter comprising: an adhesive layer having a through-hole at least in one area; a path flow member provided with a path flow in communication with the through-hole of the adhesive layer; and a air-permeable membrane covering the flow path member and flow path and part of the adhesive layer, wherein the flow path extends between and provides for air flow therethrough between the through-hole of the adhesive layer and the air-permeable membrane, and wherein a peripheral portion of the air-permeable membrane is fixed to a side of the adhesive layer so that the flow path member is held within a hollow portion formed between the adhesive layer and the air permeable membrane and is thereby enclosed on said side of the adhesive layer. | 15,404 |
8,989,007 | 1. A method performed at a relay device of an access network, comprising: establishing, by said relay device, multiple connections for a bearer between said relay device and a core network device of a core network via multiple access devices of said access network, said multiple connections including multiple links between said core network device and said multiple access devices, said multiple connections further including multiple links directly established at the same time between said relay device and each said multiple access devices, and a single link between said relay device and a user equipment within said access network, wherein at least one air interface technology is used for communications within said access network and no other links exist in the access network from the user equipment for the bearer, acquiring resource information of said multiple access devices, said resource information indicating resource availability and resource assignment of said multiple access devices for said multiple connections, where acquiring also acquires radio configuration information, and processing data between said user equipment and said core network device via said multiple connections in accordance with said resource information. | 25,930 |
9,309,170 | 1. A process for the conversion of a hydrocarbon feed mixture comprising a major concentration of nonequilibrium C 8 aromatics and a minor concentration of nonaromatics by contacting the mixture with a dual-catalyst system comprising a first catalyst consisting of a tungsten component and a second catalyst comprising from about 0.01 to about 0.2 mass-% on an elemental basis of at least one platinum-group metal component at hydrocarbon-conversion conditions comprising a temperature of about 300° to about 550° C., a pressure of about 100 kPa to 5 MPa and a liquid hourly space velocity of about 0.5 to 50 hr −1 with respect to the dual-catalyst system to obtain a converted product comprising a reduced concentration of ethylbenzene and a reduced concentration of nonaromatics than in the feed mixture. | 25,157 |
8,511,132 | 1. A bending press for producing a workpiece comprising: a) a machine frame comprising linear guides; b) a support bearing device; c) at least one drive device secured to the support bearing device; d) a bench beam equipped with a first bending tool disposed in a stationary arrangement on the machine frame; and e) a pressing beam equipped with weakened zones and a second bending tool displaceable relative to the bench beam in the linear guides of the machine frame via the at least one drive device; wherein the support bearing device comprises at least one mounting plate; wherein said at least one mounting plate comprises a mounting ring for the at least one drive device and orifices or peripheral recesses surrounding some regions of the mounting ring; and wherein the workpiece is bent between the bench beam and the pressing beam. | 2,776 |
9,248,249 | 1. A tracheal intubation system comprising: a tracheal tube comprising a tubular body having an open distal end configured to allow airflow to and from a patient at a point of care, and a suction lumen disposed in a wall of the tubular body; an evacuation conduit configured to receive aspirated secretions from the suction lumen at a plurality of time points; a plurality of collection wells coupled to the evacuation conduit, wherein a predetermined volume of the aspirated secretions from individual time points is configured to be directed towards respective individual collection wells of the plurality of collection wells; a secretion reservoir coupled to the plurality of collection wells, wherein the secretion reservoir is configured to receive a remaining volume of the aspirated secretions from the individual time points, such that only a portion of the aspirated secretions from an individual time point is directed towards a respective individual collection well; an analysis device at the point of care that in operation analyzes a plurality of aspirated secretion samples from the respective individual collection wells, each individual sample of the plurality of aspirated secretion samples corresponding to the aspirated secretions received by the evacuation conduit at each of the plurality of time points; and a purging system configured to purge the evacuation conduit and the suction lumen of residual secretions between each of the plurality of time points. | 39,926 |
9,770,848 | 1. A method for manufacturing a low density inorganic powder insulator containing expanded perlite by a mixer, comprising: a first step of manufacturing the inorganic powder by fragmenting expanded perlite and dispersing particulate synthetic silica in fragments of the expanded perlite; and a second step of manufacturing the insulator by compression-molding the inorganic powder to uniformly discharge air in the inorganic powder. | 29,953 |
9,462,694 | 1. A spacer layer for a semiconductor device, the spacer layer comprising a reclaimed semiconductor die cut from a semiconductor wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor die, the spacer layer comprising: a first major surface; a second major surface opposite the first major surface; and one of an aperture and a notch formed through the spacer layer between the first and second major surfaces; wherein a material from which the spacer layer is formed is from a group consisting of a monocrystalline semiconductor element or compound and a polycrystalline semiconductor element or compound. | 21,973 |
8,513,045 | 1. A method of removing material from a solar cell being fabricated, the method comprising: firing a single pulse laser beam from a single pulse laser source; splitting the single pulse laser beam into a first laser beam and a second laser beam; directing the first laser beam along a first optical path; directing the second laser beam along a second optical path, the second optical path being longer than the first optical path; recombining the first laser beam and the second laser beam into a multi-pulse laser beam comprising a first laser pulse and a second laser pulse, the first and second laser pulses being separated by a laser pulse delay time; and impinging the multi-pulse laser beam on a material of a solar cell to remove portions of the material. | 20,380 |
9,735,690 | 1. A power supply, comprising: a switching network; an LLC resonant tank coupled to the switching network; a rectifier coupled to the LLC resonant tank; and a control circuit coupled to the switching network and to the rectifier, wherein the control circuit is configured to modify an operating frequency of the switching network to reduce a line frequency ripple at an output of the rectifier, wherein the control circuit includes a feedback network comprising: | 15,307 |
9,342,217 | 1. A computer-implemented method for browsing hierarchically structured data, comprising: displaying on a display a first-level circular user interface object with at least one first-level selector object, wherein the first-level circular user interface object is a first graphical user interface object with a first circular form, wherein the at least one first-level data object represents a first level of the hierarchically structured data, wherein the first-level circular user interface object has an outer circular edge with a first diameter, wherein the first diameter is equal to an initial diameter; and responsive to receiving a first selection of one of the at least one first-level selector object and by operation of a computer: | 15,807 |
8,715,700 | 1. An oil-in-water emulsion comprising a contiguous external aqueous phase and droplets consisting of an internal oil phase suspended in the contiguous external phase, which emulsion comprises an alpha-hydroxy acid at a concentration of at least 8.0% w/w, wherein the oil phase of the emulsion comprises a polar emollient and an emulsifier, wherein at least 80% w/w of the constituents of the oil phase of the emulsion, based on the relative amounts of each constituent as used to formulate the emulsion, are polar. | 30,324 |
8,977,874 | 1. A method for managing battery load in a portable computing device (“PCD”), the method comprising: tracking an active load on a battery in the PCD, wherein the active load is associated with one or more active power consuming components within the PCD; monitoring a state of health of the battery, wherein the state of health is quantified by one or more measurements associated with the battery; storing data in a battery load database that identifies the one or more active power consuming components, the state of health quantified by the one or more measurements associated with the battery, a pre-defined battery load state, and historical power consumption levels mapped to particular use cases; recognizing a call for additional load on the battery, wherein the call for additional load is associated with a request for functionality of the PCD that requires activation of an inactive component within the PCD; calculating a future active load on the battery that would result from accepting the call for additional load by querying the battery load database; and responding to the call for additional load on the battery based on an analysis of an impact that the future active load would have on the state of health of the battery stored in the battery load database and on the pre-defined battery load state stored in the battery load database compared with the future active load, wherein responding to the call for additional load further comprises reducing power to one or more of the active power consuming components within the PCD identified as thermal aggressors, the PCD includes a plurality of cores and responding to the call for additional load further comprises reallocating at least one processing load among at least some of the plurality of cores. | 2,056 |
9,770,490 | 1. A method of preventing and/or treating high altitude syndrome (HAS) and/or hypoxic conditions comprising orally administering an enteric-coated capsule to a subject in need thereof, wherein said enteric-coated capsule is configured to deliver the hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier in a controlled release manner to a target site along the intestinal tract of the subject, wherein said delivering to the target site along the intestinal tract is pH-dependent, and wherein said enteric-coated capsule comprises a plurality of polyacrylic resin coated gelatin capsules filled with a lyophilized form of the hemoglobin based oxygen carrier a cryoprotectant, and one or more stabilizer and intestinal absorption enhancer, wherein said one or more stabilizer and intestinal absorption enhancer comprises at least a substance selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene-20-sorbitan monooleate and poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) tri-block copolymer. | 16,144 |
9,352,193 | 1. A method of making a golf ball, comprising a solid core of at least one layer and cover of at least one layer, comprising the steps of: a) preparing a blend comprising cycloalkene rubber and polyamide, the cycloalkene rubber having a trans-content of about 55% or greater and a melting point of 30° C. or greater; b) adding an acid copolymer resin to the blend, the resin comprising a copolymer of α-olefin, C c) adding a sufficient amount of cation source in-situ to the blend to neutralize the acid copolymer resin so that greater than 100% of the acid moieties in the resin are neutralized thereby forming an ionomeric resin and a blend composition comprising; i) about 10 to about 65 weight percent of the cycloalkene rubber; ii) about 30 to about 80 weight percent of the ionomeric resin; and iii) about 5 to about 40 weight percent of the polyamide; and d) forming a solid core comprising the blend composition. | 18,341 |
8,455,081 | 1. A flexible preformed sheet comprising: at least two mono-layers, each mono-layer containing a fibrous network with fibres having a tensile strength of at least about 1.2 GPa and a tensile modulus of at least 40 GPa and a binder, and a separating film on at least one outer surface of the preformed sheet, wherein the separating film is substantially free of voids or porosity and has an area density of between 1 and 5 g/m the preformed sheet is sufficiently flexible for incorporation into clothing to be worn by a person in need of ballistic protection. | 3,963 |
8,762,590 | 1. A communication system for a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) channel of a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) communication interface being switchable between an active condition and a standby condition, said system comprising: a communication module for receiving messages from said CEC channel, said communication module including a timer, a processing unit for processing said received messages, and an oscillator separate from said timer for driving said communication module and providing a clock signal to said timer, wherein said system is configured for: when said interface is in said active condition: when said interface is in said standby condition: | 3,619 |
9,616,912 | 1. A stroller apparatus comprising: a front and a rear leg; a side handrail respectively connected pivotally with the front and rear legs; a handle pivotally connected with the side handrail; a seat support frame located below the side handrail and pivotally connected with the front leg and the handle; wherein the side handrail has a first rear portion adjacent to the handle that is configured to detachably assemble with a first seat, and the seat support frame has a second rear portion below the first rear portion and adjacent to the handle that is configured to detachably assemble with a second seat at a position below the first seat, the side handrail and the seat support frame respectively providing at least partial support for the first and second seat placed in respective contact therewith, and any of the first and second seat when installed being substantially adjacent to the handle and facing rearward; and a third seat assembled with the seat support frame for receiving a second child facing forward in front of the first and second seats. | 3,113 |
9,044,869 | 1. An electric circular saw, comprising a housing; a switch trigger arranged on the housing; a switch controlling rod for limiting the travel range of the switch trigger, wherein the switch controlling rod is pivotally mounted to the inner wall of the housing through a pin shaft, a stopping member for limiting the travel range of the switch trigger is arranged between the switch controlling rod and the switch trigger, and the rotation of the switch controlling rod forces the stopping member to get out of the travel range of the switch trigger so as to control the operation of the switch trigger, the switch controlling rod further comprises an elastic member for causing the switch controlling rod to force the stopping member to restore towards the switch trigger, and the switch controlling rod is more connected with a pushing button protruding out from the housing in a normal state; a base plate; a depth support arranged on the base plate; a first connecting rod for limiting the travel range of the depth support; a rotary plate arranged in the housing, the rotary plate comprising a first convex portion protruding outwards from a side of the rotary plate for driving the first connecting rod, and a second convex portion protruding outwards from the side of the rotary plate in the front of the first convex portion in a first direction for limiting the switch controlling rod, and the moving distance between the first convex portion and the first connecting rod being larger than or equal to that between the second portion and the switch controlling rod. | 44,751 |
9,029,684 | 1. A hybrid solar receiver designed for concentrating solar systems for simultaneously generating electricity and heat, comprising: an array of photovoltaic cells for converting light concentrated on the array of photovoltaic cells into electricity, the array of photovoltaic cells having a front face, for receiving the light, and a rear face located opposite the front face; a heat pipe having an evaporation area including a channel for accommodating flow of a liquid coolant and for discharging heat accumulated at the array of photovoltaic cells via the liquid coolant, the rear face of the array of photovoltaic cells substantially conforming to a shape of an outer surface of the evaporation area and extending along a majority of a diameter of the evaporation area, the heat pipe having a dissipation area for dissipating heat absorbed by the array of photovoltaic cells; a dual-function interface layer in contact with the rear face of the array of photovoltaic cells and in contact with the evaporation area of said heat pipe, the dual-function interface layer providing electrical insulation between the array of photovoltaic cells and the heat pipe, and transfer of heat accumulated by the array of photovoltaic cells to the liquid coolant of the heat pipe; an encapsulation layer coating a surface of the array of photovoltaic cells; and a transparent plate located on the encapsulation layer. | 13,668 |
9,515,218 | 1. A photovoltaic device operable to convert light to electricity, comprising a substrate, a plurality of structures essentially perpendicular to the substrate, one or more recesses between the structures, each recess having a sidewall and a bottom wall, a planar reflective layer disposed on the bottom wall of each recess, a coupling layer and a cladding layer, wherein the structures comprise a single crystalline semiconductor material and wherein the sidewall of each recess is free of the planar reflective layer; wherein the structures have an overhanging portion along an entire contour of a top surface of the structures; wherein the coupling layer is disposed only directly above the cladding layer above the top surface in the direction of layer stacking; wherein the coupling layer is a different material distinct from the cladding layer. | 17,989 |
8,671,871 | 1. A temperature-activatable time-temperature indicator comprising an optically readable, thermally sensitive indicator element, the indicator element being thermally inactive below a base temperature and being thermally responsive at or above an activation temperature to record irreversibly with respect to time cumulative ambient temperature exposure of the time-temperature indicator to temperatures above the activation temperature, the activation temperature being in the range of from about −10° C. to about 50° C. and being equal to or greater than the base temperature, and including an optically detectable indicator material, wherein the indicator material comprises a synthetic polymeric material having a molecular weight of at least about 2,000 Da and a viscosity at, or near, the activation temperature, when the indicator material is liquid, of at least about 50 cP, and wherein the time-temperature indicator is configured to be associated with a host product to monitor the historical exposure of the host product to ambient temperatures. | 3,114 |
8,448,569 | 1. A milk treatment system comprising: an ultraviolet milk treatment device having an inlet and an outlet; a milk heat exchanger; and a controller in communication with the heat exchanger to control heat exchanger treatment temperature to treat milk without reaching pasteurizing temperatures of 145° F. | 34,985 |
8,496,234 | 1. A method for reducing thermodynamic irreversibilities in a combined heat and mass transfer device, the method comprising: directing a flow of a carrier-gas mixture through a fluid flow path in a combined heat and mass transfer device, the device operating at a pressure below atmospheric pressure; transferring heat and mass from or to the carrier-gas mixture by a direct or indirect interaction with a liquid composition that includes a vaporizable component in a liquid state to substantially change the content of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture via evaporation of the vaporizable component from the liquid composition or via condensation of the vaporizable component from the carrier-gas mixture, producing a flow of carrier-gas mixture having a concentration of the vaporizable component that differs from the concentration of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture before the heat and mass transfer process; varying the mass flow rate of at least one of (a) the carrier-gas mixture by extracting or injecting the carrier-gas mixture from at least one intermediate location in the fluid flow path in the combined heat and mass transfer device and (b) the liquid composition by extracting or injecting the liquid composition from at least one intermediate location in the fluid flow path in the heat and mass transfer device; and regulating the flow of the carrier-gas mixture or the liquid composition in the combined heat and mass transfer device to reduce the average local enthalpy pinch in the device. | 7,983 |
8,951,447 | 1. A solar cell comprising an optically pumped semiconductor that is configured to generate electricity when being irradiated with light, wherein the optically pumped semiconductor is a semiconductor of a perovskite oxide, wherein the optically pumped semiconductor has a composition represented by a general formula: BaZr | 28,164 |
8,580,682 | 1. A method comprising: providing a substrate having a major surface; forming a dielectric layer over the major surface; forming a first opening in the substrate; forming a second opening in the dielectric layer, wherein the first and the second openings are aligned along a common axis orthogonal to the major surface and have different horizontal dimensions; after the step of forming the first opening and before the step of forming the second opening, forming a dielectric liner on surfaces of the substrate exposed to the first opening; filling the first and the second openings with a metallic material, wherein the metallic material is continuous; and performing a planarization on the metallic material to remove excess portions of the metallic material above a top surface of the dielectric layer, wherein remaining portions of the metallic material form a through-substrate via (TSV) in the first opening, and a first metal pad in the second opening. | 17,536 |
9,721,606 | 1. A magnetic tape, which comprises a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on one surface of a nonmagnetic support, and comprises a backcoat layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder on the other surface of the nonmagnetic support, wherein the magnetic layer comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide; the backcoat layer has a thickness of less than or equal to 0.30 μm and comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide; a C—H derived carbon, C, concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio in a C1s spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy conducted at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape, referred to as a magnetic layer side C—H derived C concentration, is greater than or equal to 45 atom %; and a C—H derived carbon, C, concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio in a C1s spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy conducted at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface on the backcoat layer side of the magnetic tape, referred to as a backcoat layer side C—H derived C concentration, is greater than or equal to 35 atom %. | 21,922 |
8,949,469 | 1. Method for synchronizing one or more software programs from a first device to a second device, comprising the steps of: creating an application profile comprising a license indicator for indicating and identifying a software program requiring a license, the application profile indicating the software program on the first device and on a software program node; providing the application profile to a synchronization manager; the synchronization manager identifying both the software program and the software program node according to the application profile; responsive to the identification of the software program requiring a license, the synchronization manager: authenticating a user of the second device as being the same as a user of the first device; and transferring the software program requiring a license to the second device in response to the user of the second device being authenticated. | 33,445 |
8,900,158 | 1. An information processing device comprising: a first storage section configured to store in advance range of percentages with respect to a maximum heart rate reserve and suitable as aerobic exercise, and exercise intensity expressed in METs for each range of percentage; a second storage section configured to, in response to acquisition of an age and a resting pulse rate of a user, associate and store, with the exercise intensity, range of pulse rates obtained by multiplying the maximum heart rate reserve determined based on the age and the resting pulse rate of the user by an upper limit and a lower limit defining the range of percentages; an exercise intensity acquiring section that, in response to reception of a current pulse rate of the user inputted from a sensor, compares the current pulse rate with the range of pulse rates in the second storage section, and obtains the exercise intensity associated with the range of pulse rates in the second storage section to which range of pulse rate the current pulse rate belongs; and a notification processing section that produces notifying content for the user based on the obtained exercise intensity. | 29,080 |
9,507,218 | 1. A display panel, comprising: a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines located on a first side of the first substrate close to the liquid crystal layer, the plurality of data lines intersecting with the plurality of scan lines to form a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprises a pixel area, a switch element located near an intersection of one of the data lines and one of the scan lines, and a pixel electrode located in the pixel area and electrically connected to the switch element; a common electrode located on the first side of the first substrate; and a plurality of dummy electrodes, wherein the common electrode comprises: a plurality of first common electrodes superposing the plurality of data lines or the plurality of scan lines, the plurality of first common electrodes having a same first width; and a plurality of second common electrodes overlapping with the pixel area, the plurality of second common electrodes having a same second width identical with the first width; and a plurality of third common electrodes overlapping with the pixel area. | 36,978 |
8,789,638 | 1. A wirelessly controllable, electrically driven, foldable four wheeled, multi-portioned frame arrangement, articulable into and from a load carryable cart assembly system, the cart assembly system carryable by a human when the cart assembly is in a folded configuration the cart assembly comprising: an elongated lower base frame arrangement having a freewheeling pair of wheels on a first half-end thereof, and a pair of individually empowered individually computer controlled forward and reversibly rotable drive wheels on a second half-end thereof; a plurality of pivotable frame portions consisting of a “U” shaped upper handle and a pair of parallel mid-frame members extending upwardly from a pair of upwardly extending curved side bar members comprising the second half end, and wherein the first half end and the second half end of the lower base frame arrangement is foldable about a generally centrally located collapse pivot arrangement therebetween, and wherein the plurality of pivotable frame portions are pivotally connected to and foldable about one another and are hingedly attached to a transversely arranged, carry-handle-pivot-axis immovably arranged between the upper ends of the pair of curved side bar members which extend immovably upwardly from the second half end of the lower base frame arrangement, to permit the cart assembly to be folded into a compact hand-carryable configuration, carryable by the intermediately located transversely -disposed immovable carry-handle pivot axis; and wherein the cart assembly system includes a wireless user-tracking arrangement thereon, and wherein the wireless user-tracking arrangement has a sensor on an end of each of a pair of “L” shaped brackets, each attached to one of the parallel mid frame members, and which sensors send and receive signals so as to electronically instruct an onboard central processing unit computer to individually control the individually empowered drive wheels as to both a common or an opposite rotational direction and rotational speed from one another, to permit the cart assembly to track, sharply turn, and otherwise promptly follow movement or instructions of a system's user. | 20,093 |
8,725,400 | 1. A method of determining a position of a target, comprising: establishing a position of a targeting instrument relative to a friendly asset, and communicating the position of the friendly asset to the targeting instrument, the targeting instrument located less than approximately ten yards from the friendly asset; receiving a signal from the friendly asset at first and second locations associated with the targeting instrument, the distance between the first and second locations of a fixed and known length; determining an orientation of the targeting instrument relative to the friendly asset based on when the signal is received at the first and second locations; comparing the position of the targeting instrument relative to the friendly asset with the orientation of the targeting instrument relative to the friendly asset to thereby determine the orientation of the target relative to the targeting instrument; determining a distance from the targeting instrument to the target; and establishing an absolute position of the target based on | 23,684 |
9,771,818 | 1. A turbine seal system comprising: an annular structural frame; a circumferential ring joined to the annular structural frame, the circumferential ring comprising: a fairing disposed within the annular structural frame and engaged with the circumferential stop to limit circumferential rotation of the fairing with respect to the annular structural frame, wherein the fairing includes lugs extending axially so as to be interposed with the slots; and a seal extending between the fairing and the circumferential ring to engage the seal land. | 22,986 |
9,773,646 | 1. A plasma ion source comprising: a gas introduction chamber, into which raw gas is introduced; a plasma generation chamber connected to the gas introduction chamber and made of a dielectric material; a coil wound along an outer circumference of the plasma generation chamber and to which high-frequency power is applied; an envelope surrounding the gas introduction chamber, the plasma generation chamber and the coil; a liquid chamber configured between an outer wall of the gas introduction chamber and an inner wall of the envelope and between an outer wall of the plasma generation chamber and the inner wall of the envelope; and insulating liquid filled inside the liquid chamber to immerse the coil and having a dielectric strength voltage relatively greater than that of the envelope and the same dielectric dissipation factor as the plasma generation chamber. | 15,427 |
9,816,743 | 1. An electric motor drive device configured to control drive of an electric motor, comprising: a converter configured to convert an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply into a DC voltage; an inverter configured to convert the DC voltage converted by the converter into an output voltage being an AC so as to apply the output voltage to the electric motor; a voltage detector configured to detect a value of the DC voltage applied to the inverter; and a drive controller configured to control an operation of the inverter, the drive controller including the inverter controller being configured as one of configurations including | 29,368 |
8,373,296 | 1. An integrated lunar tide electric generator and floating retail structures system comprising: at least one stabilizing column having a first end secured to an underwater surface and a second end extending away from a water surface; a platform, configured to float at least partially above the water surface, the platform coupled to the at least one stabilizing column, the platform configured to change its position relative to the at least one stabilizing column in response to tidal variations and having retail structures thereon; an electric generating system attached to the platform, the electrical generating system configured to convert changes of position of the platform in relation to the at least one stabilizing column to electrical energy; and one or more gears attached to the at least one stabilizing column and coupled to the electrical generating system. | 34,228 |
8,626,054 | 1. A computer-implemented method for annotating an essay, comprising: identifying by a processing system a sentence of the essay; identifying by the processing system a plurality of features associated with said sentence; determining by the processing system a probability of said sentence being a discourse element by a statistical evaluation that includes mapping the plurality of features to a model, said model having been generated by a machine learning application trained based on at least one annotated essay, wherein said mapping comprises extracting a pattern from the sentence based on the plurality of features and based on the training of the machine learning application; and annotating by the processing system said essay based on said probability, wherein said discourse element is at least one of: a title, a background, a thesis statement, a main point, support, and conclusion. | 37,141 |
8,835,212 | 1. A method for the development of superstrate thin film photovoltaic devices of CdTe comprising: forming a front contact layer above a substrate, the substrate operable to allow at least some electromagnetic radiation in the visible light spectrum to pass through it; forming a buffer layer above the front contact layer; forming a CdTe absorber layer above the buffer layer; forming a back contact interface layer on the CdTe absorber layer; and forming a back contact top layer on the back contact interface layer; wherein at least two of the steps of forming a back contact interface layer, forming a buffer layer, or forming a CdTe absorber layer are performed using combinatorial processing; wherein the combinatorial processing is conducted in a vacuum environment: wherein the at least two of the steps of forming the buffer layer, forming the CdTe absorber layer, and forming the back contact interface layer using combinatorial processing comprises using PVD to deposit material on site-isolated regions of the substrate and varying process parameters for the PVD among the site-isolated regions: and wherein the process parameters comprise material composition, power, pressure, target to substrate distance, and atomic ratio. | 32,684 |
9,554,449 | 1. A method, comprising: detecting, with a first device, presence of at least a portion of a body of a user within an interior space of a portable enclosure; illuminating, with a second device, the interior space of the portable enclosure, based at least in part on detection of the presence of the at least a portion of the body of the user within the interior space of the portable enclosure. | 17,593 |
8,363,431 | 1. An oscillator with time-variant frequency deviation for a power supply, the oscillator comprising: a signal generator for generating a ramp signal according to a clock signal; and a comparing unit coupled to the signal generator, comprising: | 13,354 |
8,892,002 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main casing; a holder movable in a horizontal direction between an internal position within the main casing and an external position outside of the main casing, the holder having a first opening extending in the horizontal direction; an endless belt disposed above the holder that is in the internal position; a drum unit configured to be held by the holder and being movable in a vertical direction with respect to the holder, the drum unit including a photosensitive drum having an axis extending in an axial direction, a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the axial direction; and a particular pressure member positioned in confrontation with the drum unit and urging the first end portion upward through the first opening to permit the photosensitive drum to be in contact with the endless belt when the holder is in the internal position, wherein the drum unit includes a plurality of drum units juxtaposedly arrayed with each other in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, each of the plurality of drum units including a photosensitive drum of a plurality of photosensitive drums having an axis extending in an axial direction, a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the axial direction, wherein the particular pressure member includes a plurality of particular pressure members each provided for each of the plurality of photosensitive drums and configured to urge upward the first end portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of photosensitive drums to permit the corresponding one of the photosensitive drums to be in contact with the endless belt when the holder is in the internal position, and wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises | 10,364 |
9,821,561 | 1. A liquid supply set configured and arranged to supply liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus through a liquid supply apparatus, the liquid supply apparatus including a liquid introduction portion and a movable support portion, which includes a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion, and an electrical connection portion, the liquid supply set comprising: a liquid containing body that is configured to be detachably attached to the liquid supply apparatus, the liquid containing body including a liquid containing portion configured to contain the liquid, a liquid guiding portion that is provided in the liquid containing portion and is configured to guide the liquid in the liquid containing portion to the outside thereof, and a first engaging portion configured to engage with the first engaged portion of the liquid supply apparatus; and an electrical contact unit independent of the liquid containing body, the electrical contact unit including an electrical contact portion configured to come into contact with the electrical connection portion provided in the liquid supply apparatus, a holding portion configured to hold the electrical contact portion, and a second engaging portion that is provided in the holding portion and is configured to engage with the second engaged portion in the liquid supply apparatus, wherein, in a state in which the first engaging portion of the liquid containing body is engaged with the first engaged portion, the movable support portion is displaced from a removed position in which the liquid guiding portion and the liquid introduction portion are separated from each other to a connected position at which the liquid guiding portion and the liquid introduction portion are connected to each other, and in a state in which the second engaging portion of the electrical contact unit is engaged with the second engaged portion, the electrical contact portion comes into contact with the electrical connection portion in the connected position, and is separated from the electrical connection portion in the removed position. | 2,249 |
8,768,500 | 1. An apparatus facilitating design, manufacturing, and other processes comprising: a processor; a memory; a software application, physically stored in a computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions operable to cause the processor and the apparatus to: | 36,420 |
9,023,736 | 1. A solar cell module manufacturing apparatus comprising: a stage configured to suction a plurality of elongated solar cells that is arranged to form a solar cell module such that edge portions in longer sides of each of adjacent pairs of the cells vertically overlap with each other; a holding member configured to releasably hold a portion of a solar cell to be placed on the stage; a moving mechanism configured to move the holding member forward and backward with respect to the stage in a movement direction of the holding member corresponding to a longer direction of the cell, the moving mechanism being further configured to move the holding member backward in a state that an end portion in a front side of the cell held by the holding member that has been moved forward is suctioned on the stage, and then the portion of the cell is released by the holding member; and a pushing member configured to move over the cell such that the pushing member pushes a lift portion of the cell down to the stage while the holding member moves backward. | 11,097 |
9,574,588 | 1. An array of photovoltaic modules, comprising: (a) a first four-sided photovoltaic module; (b) a second four-sided photovoltaic module, wherein the first and second photovoltaic modules have side grooves extending therealong; (c) a coupling having a center body portion and first and second rotating locking portions extending from opposite sides of the center body portion and rotatable about a common axis passing through the center body portion, wherein the first rotating locking portion of the coupling connects to a first side of the first photovoltaic module, and the second rotating locking portion of the coupling connects to a first side of the second photovoltaic module, wherein the rotating locking portions are received into the side grooves of the photovoltaic modules, (d) a leveling foot, | 36,953 |
8,624,548 | 1. A moving object comprising: an antenna circuit configured to generate a first electric signal and a second electric signal from a first radio wave and a second radio wave sequentially transmitted from a power feeding device, respectively; a signal processing circuit configured to extract data on a positional relationship between the antenna circuit and the power feeding device, using the first electric signal; a secondary battery configured to store electric energy using the second electric signal; an electric motor configured to receive the electric energy from the secondary battery; an oscillator circuit configured to generate a signal having a certain frequency; and a modulation circuit configured to apply a voltage to the antenna circuit in accordance with a start signal and the signal having the certain frequency, wherein the start signal is generated in the signal processing circuit. | 30,695 |
8,714,194 | 1. A fuel pump for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), comprising, a main bracket that is mounted at a fuel tank; an integrated bracket that an end thereof is fixed to the main bracket, the other end thereof is extended to an inner side of the fuel tank, and the whole of the bracket is integrally formed; and a pump unit that is fixed to the other end of the integrated bracket with a space therebetween so as to pump liquefied fuel to an engine, wherein a multi valve set penetrates the main bracket and is coupled thereto, the multi valve set including: wherein a spare separator is fixed on a spare bracket and a spare pipe is inserted into the spare separator. | 22,816 |
8,427,052 | 1. A metal halide lamp comprising: a ceramic discharge vessel enclosing a discharge space; electrodes located at least partially in the discharge space; and a salt filling in the discharge space, where the salt filling comprises calcium iodide and thallium iodide, and substantially no sodium iodide, and further comprises mercury iodide so that a saturated red rendering R*9 of light output of the lamp is at least 200. | 18,209 |
9,044,072 | 1. A hiking staff kit, comprising: a hiking staff comprising one or more staff sections each comprising a hollow interior, an upper end cap removably coupled with an upper open end of said hiking staff, and a lower end cap removably coupled with a lower open end of said hiking staff; a knife configured to fit within at least one said hollow interior; a flashlight configured to fit within at least one said hollow interior; a sleeping bag configured to be collapsible down to a size such that said sleeping bag fits within at least one said hollow interior; a rope configured to be collapsible down to a size such that said rope fits within at least one said hollow interior; a first aid kit configured to fit within at least one said hollow interior; a tent configured to be collapsible down to a size such that said tent fits within at least one said hollow interior; and a ring saw configured to fit within at least one said hollow interior. | 33,356 |
8,471,082 | 1. A process for the production of ethylene, the process comprising: feeding hydrogen, a heavy solvent, a light solvent, and acetylene to a catalytic distillation reactor system comprising at least one reaction zone comprising a hydrogenation catalyst; concurrently in the catalytic distillation reactor system: recovering the light fraction from the catalytic distillation reactor system as a first overheads fraction; recovering the heavy fraction from the catalytic distillation reactor system as a first bottoms fraction; condensing at least a portion of the first overheads fraction to form a vapor fraction comprising ethylene and a liquid fraction comprising the light solvent; returning at least a portion of the liquid fraction to the catalytic distillation reactor system as a reflux; and returning at least a portion of the heavy fraction to the catalytic distillation reactor system at a location above the at least one reaction zone, wherein the heavy solvent comprises at least one of cyclohexane, propionitrile, methylcyclohexane, furfural, ethylamine, dimethylformamide, cyclic organic carbonate esters, and dimethylacetamide. | 39,792 |
8,695,984 | 1. A gaming system comprising: at least one processor; at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: | 34,076 |
9,187,341 | 1. A portable solar-thermal device for production of freshwater from sewage water or salt water, the device comprising a closed fluid circuit made of pipe or hose elements connected to a sewage water supply and a fresh water runoff, with the fluid circuit having a tilted heating section aligned mainly normally to the sun irradiation for heating and vaporization of the sewage water, followed by a mainly vertically aligned condensation section for condensation of the fresh water and heating of the sewage water, and a storage section formed as base area for the condensed fresh water, wherein the heating section of the fluid circuit has a solar collector for focussing the thermal energy of sun irradiation on a vaporization area inside the heating section with the collector, and wherein that solar collector has at least one absorber wing in thermal contact to the vaporization area of the heating section. | 37,972 |
9,570,918 | 1. A device capable of wirelessly receiving power from a power station in a wireless power transfer environment, the device comprising: a wireless power transfer module configured to receive wireless power transfer signals and a distribution instruction from the power station; a power distribution module configured to selectively route power from one or more power sources to one or more power sinks; and a manager module configured to control the power distribution module based on the distribution instruction. | 854 |
9,797,725 | 1. An apparatus and method for enhancing navigation using fluctuations in a magnetic field of a location comprising: measuring and mapping the magnetic field of the location; and determining where there are a plurality of paths within the location that present a similar or identical set of changes in the magnetic field when traversed; and placing one or more magnetized materials within the location to alter the nature of the magnetic field, in order to ensure that the plurality of paths present a different set of changes in the magnetic field when traversed; and producing and storing on a database server an updated mapping of the magnetic field of the location for retrieval by a navigation device measuring variations in the magnetic field of the location while or after the navigation device traverses a path within the location. | 2,051 |
9,726,618 | 1. A sensing system comprising: a material comprising a matrix and a plurality of non-insulating particles substantially equally spaced within the matrix such that the composite material has coherent electrical periodicity in at least one dimension resulting in periodic conductivity or a periodic dielectric constant, wherein the non-insulating particles do not have microwave resonance and are purely reflective; and a receiver arranged to receive a source RF signal from an RF source for interrogating the material and a returned RF signal wherein the returned RF signal is reflected from the non-insulating particles to produce the returned RF signal; wherein interrogating the material comprises exciting the material into an electromagnetic field mode to generate an evanescent surface field profile at the surface of the material and coupling the source RF signal to the generated evanescent surface field profile, thereby achieving efficient energy transfer to the material; wherein a change in the position of one or more of the non-insulating particles causes the returned RF signal to change, such that a change in the crystallinity of the material is determined from the returned RF signal. | 20,760 |
9,263,757 | 1. A cross-linked ionomer comprising at least two highly basic ionomers cross-linked together, each of the highly basic ionomers independently comprising: wherein | 16,199 |
8,801,269 | 1. A device for displaying at least one magnitude on an oscillating weight for a self-winding timepiece movement, said device comprising one said oscillating weight and a means of displaying said at least one magnitude by comparison to a complementary display means which is integral with said oscillating weight, wherein said display means pivots coaxially to said oscillating weight, wherein said display means is subject to a general pivoting motion resulting from the combination of a first pivoting motion synchronous with that of said oscillating weight, and a second pivoting motion resulting from said display means being pivoted by said movement relative to said complementary display means. | 39,685 |
8,726,040 | 1. A method for concealing information, comprising: performing by a computing device which is operatively coupled to a memory having first memory addresses and second memory addresses: | 39,461 |
8,791,598 | 1. A control system for a solar panel, the control system comprising: a plurality of control elements to individually connect to a corresponding segment of a plurality of segments of the solar panel, each segment (i) comprising a plurality of solar cells, and (ii) corresponding to only a portion of the solar panel; a regulator comprising a plurality of storage elements that are individually connected to a corresponding control element; and a control logic that is coupled to the plurality of control elements and the regulator, the control logic to (i) individually signal one or more of the plurality of control elements in order to cause the one or more signaled control elements to either switch-off or after performance output, and (ii) individually signal one or more of the plurality of storage elements in order to cause the one or more signaled storage elements to adjust an amount of charge stored in the one or more signaled storage elements. | 46,782 |
9,163,610 | 1. A method of dynamic control of a variable speed wind turbine generator for desired power production during deviations in power grid frequency, wherein the generator is connected to a power grid and is coupled to a controller configured to control a speed of the generator, the method comprising: determining, based on a measured grid frequency, a grid frequency deviation; selecting, via the controller and based on the grid frequency deviation, a set of generator speed limits from: controlling, via the controller, the speed of the generator within the selected set of generator speed limits. | 8,372 |
9,538,844 | 1. A slide assembly comprising: a rail defining a longitudinal direction and having an elongate body, the elongate body having an installation hole, wherein the rail is displaceable in the longitudinal direction; and at least one positioning device having a support member and a fixing member, the support member having a head portion, a body portion, and a neck portion extending therebetween, the neck portion being different in surface contour from the body portion, the neck portion fitted through the installation hole and extending beyond the installation hole in a transverse direction, wherein the fixing member is releasably coupled to the body portion of the support member, and the support member and the fixing member being biased between the rail by a resilient member interfacing between the rail and the neck portion, whereby the support member and the fixing member are transversely displaceable relative to the rail; wherein the neck portion of the support member has a length larger than a depth of the installation hole. | 9,289 |
9,488,388 | 1. A method for efficiently operating a geothermal heat pump system by dynamically optimizing the Coefficient of Performance (“COP”) of the system, the geothermal heat pump system comprising a heat pump and an earth flow loop in fluid flow and heat exchange connection with the heat pump; the earth flow loop including an earth flow loop circulator, a temperature sensor at each flow connection between the heat pump and the earth flow loop, and a flow sensor in the earth flow loop, each of the sensors providing a signal output; a watt transducer operably connected to the earth loop circulator and to the heat pump, the watt transducer providing a signal output representing the power provided to each of the earth loop circulator and the heat pump; and a data receiver-and-controller operably connected to the sensors and watt transducer to receive the signal outputs containing the temperature, flow and power usage data, and to provide control to the earth loop circulator in accordance with an algorithm for the data receiver-and-controller providing for iterative calculations for dynamically optimizing COP; the method comprising: and continually calculating the COP of the system consisting of the earth loop plus the heat pump loop, when the heat pump is in the cooling mode, in accordance with the following equation: wherein incrementally reducing the earth loop circulator speed and recalculating the system COP whether in heating or in cooling mode; if the system COP is higher than before the immediately preceding circulator speed reduction, repeat the incremental reduction of the earth loop circulator speed, each time recalculating the new system COP; if an incremental reduction in earth loop circulator speed results in a reduction in system COP as compared to before the immediately preceding circulator speed reduction, incrementally increasing the earth loop circulator speed and recalculating the system COP; the data receiver-and-controller continually carrying out these iterative calculations and speed changes so as to continuously change the earth loop circulator speed in the direction that continually maximizes the system COP thus accounting for any dynamic change in required heat pump output or change in the temperature in the earthloop. | 23,076 |
9,221,017 | 1. An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a particulate filter that is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; a first selective reduction-type NOx catalyst that is provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the particulate filter; a second selective reduction-type NOx catalyst that is provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the first selective reduction-type NOx catalyst; a urea addition unit that is provided in the exhaust passage between the particulate filter and the first selective reduction-type NOx catalyst to add urea into exhaust gas; and a PM sensor that is provided in the exhaust passage between the first selective reduction-type NOx catalyst and the second selective reduction-type NOx catalyst to detect an amount of a particulate matter in exhaust gas. | 43,079 |
9,826,458 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a first portion comprising, a first battery, a central processing unit (CPU), and a memory; and a second portion communicatively coupled to the first portion, the second portion comprising a second battery, a microcontroller, a memory, and at least one wireless communication interface; wherein the first battery powers the second portion in response to depletion of the second battery. | 29,642 |
8,694,444 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an electronic data processing device configured to perform a multi-task machine learning method to generate a multi-task (MT) predictor for a set of N classification tasks where N is greater than or equal to two, the machine learning method including: | 47,218 |
9,850,028 | 1. A stackable container, comprising: (a) a body forming a storage cavity and including a base portion, a barrel portion and a threaded neck portion, the neck portion extending from a barrel shoulder surface; (b) a cap formed for threaded engagement with the neck portion and having a vaulted interior forming a cap clearance surface, and a top portion formed with a frustrum-shaped depression for registered engagement with the base portion of a counterpart of the body, the cap further comprising: (c) a stop structure for preventing rotation of the cap relative to the body beyond a predetermined threaded engagement, comprising: | 46,706 |
8,823,527 | 1. A method for automatically monitoring consciousness of a person and triggering an alarm if the monitored person is not in a state of full consciousness; the method comprising the steps: monitoring at least one aspect of active behavior of the person; detecting at least one environmental stimulus; analyzing whether the monitored active behavior of the person in response to detecting the at least one environmental stimulus responds with an expected behavior for a state of full consciousness or not; triggering an alarm if the analysis results in that the monitored active behavior does not correspond to the expected behavior. | 26,725 |
8,544,209 | 1. A window lifter assembly for a motor vehicle with a cable for transmitting a driving force produced by a window lifter drive to a window pane to be adjusted, a carrier, which is coupled to the cable and to which the window pane is to be fixed so that the window pane is connected to the cable via the carrier, and a guide frame being spaced from the carrier for guiding the window pane along an adjustment path defined by the guide frame, wherein along said adjustment path the window pane is moved together with the carrier if a driving force is applied to the window pane via the cable and the carrier, wherein a movement along the adjustment path is forced on the carrier directly by the window pane being guided on the guide frame without the carrier engaging in addition to its connection to the cable, in a guiding device continuing along the adjustment path; wherein the window lifter assembly comprises a holder located outside of the adjustment path of the window pane, on which the carrier can be arranged in an assembly position before the carrier is fixed to the window pane, wherein an extension protrudes from the carrier into the adjustment path for capturing the window pane, when the carrier is in its assembly position on the holder, and wherein after capturing the window pane on the extension, the carrier and the window pane are movable with respect to each other in a direction having a directional component substantially perpendicular to the adjustment path from the assembly position into a functional position being different from the assembly position, in which said carrier is fixed to the window pane. | 27,463 |
8,521,307 | 1. An MRI-compatible medical implantable lead being adapted to be implanted into a human or animal body for monitoring and/or controlling of an organ inside the body, comprising: a lead body; a rotatable control member in a proximal end of the lead body; a tubular torque transferring member connected to the rotatable control member; a combined fixation structure and electrode member formed as a helix arranged in a distal end of the lead body to be rotatable in relation to the lead body and extendable out from the distal end of the lead body by rotation of the tubular torque transferring member, and which is configured to fix the distal end of the lead body to the organ by being screwed into the tissue by rotation of the control member and the tubular torque transferring member; a connector in the proximal end of the lead body; a stationary electrically conducting coil, which is separate from the tubular torque transferring member, the stationary electrically conducting coil comprising one or more individual wires each comprising an electrically conducting wire core and a surrounding electrically insulating layer; at least one helically wound wire electrically connecting the stationary electrically conducting coil and the helix to enable transfers of electrical signals between the electrically conducting coil and the helix irrespective of the rotational position of the helix wherein the connector is electrically coupled to helix by the stationary coil and the helically wound wire and wherein the tubular torque transfer member is electrically isolated from the helix; a non-rotating coupling formed of electrically conducting material, the non rotating coupling being electrically coupled to the stationary electrically conducting coil; and a shaft having an electrically conductor distal end electrically coupled to the helix, the shaft being configured to mechanically interconnect the helix and the tubular torque transferring member, wherein the non-rotating coupling includes a bore configured to receive the shaft and wherein the at least one helically wound wire electrically connects the non-rotating coupling and an electrically conducting distal part of the shaft. | 16,817 |
8,430,956 | 1. A lime slurry comprising: from about 45 to about 70 weight percent lime material; from about 55 to about 30 weight percent water; sucrose in an amount sufficient to prevent the temperature from exceeding about 120° F. while maintaining the a flow time of 2 minutes through the API Marsh funnel of 32 ounces of lime material slurry; a thixotropic agent in an amount sufficient to achieve the flow time of 2 minutes through the API Marsh funnel of 32 ounces of lime material slurry; micro-stabilized pockets of air; wherein the slurry is adapted to be mixed into a substrate to form a stabilized substrate. | 18,461 |
8,973,112 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: generating, by one or more processing devices, a first normalized security list of first user identifications, wherein the first user identifications identify users within a network; generating, by one or more processing devices, a second normalized security list of second user identifications, wherein the second user identifications identify users within the network and further wherein one or more of the second user identifications identify the same users as one or more of the first user identifications; comparing, by one or more processing devices, the first normalized security list with the second normalized security list; equalizing, by one or more processing devices, the first normalized security list based on the second normalized security list and equalizing the second normalized security list based on the first security list, the equalizing comprising: performing, by one or more processing devices, an audit of user identifications within the network by processing the first equalized normalized security list and the second equalized normalized security list and generating audit results based on the processing, wherein the audited user identifications comprise the first user identifications and the second user identifications; outputting the audit results to an output device, as a web page, wherein the output audit results comprise for each of the audited user identifications: a network element (NE) identification, a status, a NE privilege, a request management system (RMS) privilege, and a last login; and performing a comparison between the NE privilege and the RMS privilege to determine issues and/or discrepancies in access control for one or more of the audited user identifications associated with the output results. | 40,846 |
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