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9,801,398 | 1. A method for improving the nutritional value of or increasing digestible and/or soluble protein in an animal feed, comprising adding a polypeptide having protease activity to the feed, wherein the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 5. | 16,876 |
9,843,497 | 1. A method for long-term storage of cross-domain path information, wherein the method is applied on a stateless path computation element (PCE) and comprises: sending, by a path head node, path request information comprising the path head node and a path tail node to a second PCE corresponding to a second domain where the path tail node is located via a first PCE corresponding to a first domain, to enable the first PCE to compute an intra-domain path of the first domain and generate a first PATH-KEY corresponding to the intra-domain path of the first domain, compute a path from the path head node to the path tail node according to path response information returned by the second PCE and comprising a second PATH-KEY corresponding to an intra-domain path of the second domain, and send information of the path from the path head node to the path tail node to the path head node; sending, by the path head node to the first PCE, query information for querying intra-domain path information of the first domain corresponding to the first PATH-KEY, generating, according to a query result returned by the first PCE, a third PATH-KEY having a first unique identifier and corresponding to the intra-domain path information of the first domain, and storing the third PATH-KEY; sending, by the path head node, to a head node in the second domain an inter-domain path establishment signalling comprising the third PATH-KEY and the second PATH-KEY, to enable the head node in the second domain to send, to the second PCE, query information for querying intra-domain path information of the second domain corresponding to the second PATH-KEY, generate, according to a query result returned by the second PCE, a fourth PATH-KEY having a second unique identifier and corresponding to the intra-domain path information of the second domain, and store the fourth PATH-KEY; and modifying, by the path head node, the information of the path from the path head node to the path tail node according to a reverse signalling returned by the path tail node and comprising the third PATH-KEY and the fourth PATH-KEY. | 26,249 |
9,646,907 | 1. A mold package comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface; a wiring part disposed on the first surface of the substrate and protruded from the first surface of the substrate; a molding resin disposed on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the molding resin partially seals the first surface of the substrate and partially seals the wiring part, the molding resin includes an end disposed on the wiring part and intersects with the wiring part, and the end of the molding resin is disposed at a periphery portion of the molding resin so that a portion of the wiring part is exposed from the molding resin and a remaining portion of the wiring part is sealed by the molding resin; and a resin film disposed between the first surface of the substrate and the end of the molding resin, wherein the resin film seals the wiring part and a portion of the first surface of the substrate which is adjacent to the wiring part, the resin film extends from an inner side of the end of the molding resin to an outer side of the end of the molding resin, the resin film includes a first portion disposed at the inner side of the molding resin and a second portion disposed at the outer side of the molding resin, the second portion is seamlessly integrated with the first portion, the first portion of the resin film has an upper surface and the second portion of the resin film has an upper surface, the upper surface of the second portion is lower than the upper surface of the first portion by providing a rising portion between the second portion and the first portion, and the upper surface of the second portion has less uneven portions that are caused by the wiring part compared with the upper surface of the first portion. | 11,746 |
8,372,325 | 1. A method of manufacturing a shape memory polymer endolumenal prosthesis comprising the steps of: synthesizing poly(glycerol sebacate-co-terephthalate) via a polycondensation reaction method, said reaction method comprising the steps of preparing a reaction mixture, introducing a catalyst, and heating for at least twelve hours following the introduction of a catalyst; curing said poly(glycerol sebacate-co-terephthalate); and forming a generally tubular endolumenal prosthesis from said poly(glycerol sebacate-co-terephthalate). | 41,810 |
9,246,199 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a plurality of battery cells arranged side-by-side; a lead plate electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells; a protection circuit module electrically connected with the lead plate; and a temperature sensor electrically connected with the protection circuit module to measure the temperature of the plurality of battery cells, wherein each of the plurality of conductive lead plates comprises a plurality of levels that are arranged in substantially parallel planes interconnected by an interconnecting level that extends between the substantially parallel planes and wherein each of the plurality of lead plates has a hole formed in the interconnecting level into which the temperature sensor is inserted, for fixing the position of the temperature sensor, wherein the lead plate comprises a plurality of conductive plates electrically connecting two of the plurality of battery cells that are positioned side-by-side and an insulation film enclosing and connecting the plurality of conductive plates and wherein each of the plurality of conductive plates comprises a welding portion exposed from the insulation film so as to be electrically connected with an electrode terminal of one of the plurality of battery cells, the welding portion including one pair of welding terminals spaced apart from each other, and wherein each of the plurality of conductive plate comprises a bypass portion which bypasses the one pair of welding terminals and electrically connects the one pair of welding terminals. | 49,459 |
9,144,025 | 1. A method of transitioning wireless communication modes in a wireless communication with a node, the method comprising: determining a threshold number of packets or frames to be transmitted to the node; and facilitating a transition between a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode and a single-input-single-output (SISO) mode based on at least the determined threshold number of packets or frames to be transmitted to the node. | 33,689 |
9,793,734 | 1. A system for monitoring an energy storage system composed of cells connected in series, comprising: a plurality of monitors arranged in a chain for monitoring and controlling conditions of the cells, and a controller coupled to the chain of monitors for receiving monitored data produced by the monitors and transferred over the chain in a first direction, the controller being responsive to the monitored data by producing control data transferred over the chain of the monitors in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the control data including address information identifying a cell to be controlled, a monitor of the plurality of monitors being configured for monitoring conditions of multiple serially connected cells and being associated with multiple switches respectively coupled to the multiple monitored cells to control conditions of the monitored cells, the monitor being responsive to the control data by controlling a switch corresponding to the cell identified in the address information to perform an operation in connection with the identified cell. | 32,042 |
9,221,897 | 1. A composition comprising an antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, comprising the CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 sequences of the heavy and light chain variable region sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 348 and 349, respectively, wherein the composition is in lyophilized form. | 49,412 |
9,165,198 | 1. A method for identifying a first vehicle during vehicle-to-vehicle communication, comprising: receiving vehicle data from the first vehicle the vehicle data comprising information which relates to an optical property of the first vehicle which can be detected from outside the first vehicle, the optical property comprising a reflection value relating to a reflectance of an outer surface of the first vehicle, the vehicle data being received at a receiving device of a second vehicle; acquiring environment data of the first vehicle using an environment sensor of the second vehicle; and identifying the first vehicle with a computing device of the second vehicle, which is coupled to the receiving device and to the environment sensor, using the vehicle data and the environment data, the first vehicle being identified by checking the optical property by a checking device of the second vehicle using the environment data. | 966 |
8,872,784 | 1. An input method in an electronic apparatus, the method comprising: displaying a virtual keypad having at least one key area to which a plurality of characters are allocated; displaying a plurality of areas when a touch is detected on the at least one key area; detecting whether the touch includes a drag; and inputting, after the drag is detected, a character mapped to an area corresponding to a point where the drag is released. | 39,351 |
8,929,789 | 1. A fixing device comprising: a rotatable, endless, flexible fixing member to heat and fuse a toner image by rotating in a first direction; a drive transmission device configured to generate a first driving force to rotate the flexible fixing member in a first direction and to generate a second driving force to rotate the flexible fixing member a second direction opposite the first direction; a pressing roller disposed opposite the fixing member; a contact member firmly disposed on an inner circumferential surface side of the fixing member to contact and press the fixing member against the pressing roller to form a nip on the outer circumferential surface of the fixing member; a support member to reinforce the contact member against the pressing member to reduce deformation of the contact member; and a heating device extending along the fixing member at a location other than the nip on an inner circumferential surface side of the fixing member to generate heat, wherein the drive transmission device is configured to apply the first driving force to the fixing member such that a downstream portion of the fixing member from the nip separates from the heating device via a gap of a prescribed size while an upstream portion of the fixing member from the nip contacts the heating device with a prescribed pressure during rotation of the fixing member in the first direction, and the drive transmission device is configured to apply the second driving force to the fixing member after the fixing member stops rotating in the first direction such that said upstream portion of the fixing member separates from the heating device by a prescribed distance. | 0 |
8,487,942 | 1. A system for processing an action script for a graphical image for visual display, the system comprising: a network input and output interface to receive data; a first memory to store data; a frame buffer to store pixel data; and a plurality of processors to parse the action script into a plurality of descriptive elements and a corresponding plurality of variable length operand data sets, the plurality of descriptive elements specifying the graphical image in a non-pixel-by-pixel form; to directly convert each descriptive element of the plurality of descriptive elements of the action script into a corresponding operational code of a plurality of operational codes, each corresponding operational code comprising at least one graphical primitive instruction for native execution by at least one processor of the plurality of processors or comprising a memory pointer to an address in the first memory having a sequence of graphical primitive instructions for native execution by at the least one processor of the plurality of processors; to directly convert each variable length operand data set of the corresponding plurality of variable length operand data sets into one or more control words and store the one or more control words in the first memory, each control word comprising operand data and one or more control bits in predetermined fields for the native execution of the one or more graphical primitive instructions by the at least one processor of the plurality of processors; at least one processor of the plurality of processors to directly execute the one or more graphical primitive instructions using the one or more control words to generate pixel data for the graphical image, and to transfer the pixel data to the frame buffer. | 24,521 |
9,488,341 | 1. A phosphor device for converting pump light into converted light comprising: a container, in which container phosphor particles are movable by a pressure fluid, and an illumination region, configured to illuminate the phosphor particles, which are moved by pressure fluid, using pump light, as a result of which illumination converted light is emitted, wherein: the container is at least partially tubular and delimits a channel, in which channel the phosphor particles are movable by the pressure fluid as a particle beam, a flow cross section of the particle beam in the illumination region is constricted in relation to the particle beam in an upstream channel region, and the phosphor device further comprises a nozzle, wherein the nozzle: (a) opens with an outlet opening into the illumination region, and (b) adjoins the upstream channel region. | 41,643 |
8,760,050 | 1. An energy switch assembly, comprising: a probe assembly comprising a probe having an end portion; and a drive assembly adapted to be removably coupled to the probe assembly, said drive assembly being operable to move the probe to position the end portion to modulate energy levels of electron beams; wherein the drive assembly is operable to place the end portion of the probe at a first end location to modulate the electron beams to a first energy level, a second end location to modulate the electron beams to a second energy level, the first and second end locations defining a travel range of the end portion of the probe; and wherein the drive assembly comprises a servo motor controllable by a computer and is further operable to continuously place the end portion of the probe at additional locations between the first and second end locations and wherein the probe is further maintained at the additional locations to modulate the electron beams to additional energy levels. | 6,697 |
8,862,187 | 1. A method operable in a mobile communication terminal for managing a battery usage in the mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: determining whether a function profile setting is set, the function profile setting including an operational setting for selected ones of a plurality of hardware elements within the mobile terminal, the plurality of hardware elements comprising at least one of a brightness level of a display, a clock frequency of a clock generator, an on/off condition of a local area wireless communication protocol, an on/off condition of a Hard Disc Drive, or a brightness condition of a key pad; selecting, if the function profile setting is set, a specific function and executing the function according to the set function profile, wherein the selected ones of the plurality of hardware elements within the mobile terminal are set to the operational settings associated with the selected function profile settings, wherein the operational settings are set to optimize operation of the selected function by selectively blocking power supply to the hardware elements in the selected function according to the function profile, and wherein the specific function is one of a phone function, a texting function, a music playing function, a video playing function and a gaming function. | 48,276 |
9,243,276 | 1. A glucose measurement system comprising: a biosensor having a plurality of electrodes with a reagent disposed thereon; and a meter including: a microcontroller coupled to a power source, memory and the plurality of electrodes of the biosensor and in which the microcontroller is configured to: apply a signal to at least two electrodes of the plurality of electrodes after application of a fluid sample proximate the at least two electrodes to start a test measurement sequence for an electrochemical reaction of the glucose in the fluid sample with the reagent; obtain a first estimate representative of the glucose in the fluid sample from respective output signals from one of the at least two electrodes at a plurality of selected time intervals from the start of the test measurement sequence; wherein the first estimate from the output signal of the one electrode out of the at least two electrodes is taken at time intervals at about 1.5 seconds, 1 seconds, 1.7 seconds, 1.2 seconds, and 0.7 seconds from the start of the test measurement sequence; obtain a second estimate representative of the glucose in the fluid sample from respective output signals from a other electrode of the at least two electrodes at a plurality of selected time intervals from the start of the test measurement sequence; wherein the second estimate from the output signal of the other electrode out of the at least two electrodes is taken at time intervals at about 4.4 seconds, 1.2 seconds, 2.5 seconds, 3.7 seconds, and 3.4 seconds from the start of the test measurement sequence; obtain a third estimate representative of the glucose in the fluid sample from a combination of the respective output signals from the at least two electrodes of the plurality of electrodes at the plurality of specific time intervals from the start of the test measurement sequence; and determine a final glucose value of the fluid sample from a median of all the estimates of the glucose in the fluid sample. | 16,739 |
9,111,021 | 1. A bio-medical unit for implanting into a body, the bio-medical unit comprises: a power harvesting module operable to generate a power supply voltage from a modulated magnetic resonance imaging signal; an electromagnetic communication module powered by the power supply voltage and operable to: a processing module operable to: a function module operable to: | 249 |
8,823,269 | 1. An LED device with shared voltage-limiting unit and individual voltage-equalizing resistance, comprising: a plurality of light-emitting units, each of the light-emitting units comprising a plurality of LEDs connected in series and in a same polarity; each of the LEDs having a corresponding voltage-equalizing resistance connected in parallel at ends of the LED; and a shared voltage-limiting unit connected in parallel at two ends of two or more than two series-connected LEDs in the same polarity, the voltage-limiting unit including a semiconductor unit having a resistance that is rapidly reduced when subject to overvoltage and the voltage-equalizing resistance including a resistive component; a plurality of light-emitting unit sets, each of the light-emitting unit sets comprising a plurality of said light emitting units connected in a series or series-parallel manner and in a same polarity; wherein at least two series-connected LED sets in the same polarity are parallel connected with a shared voltage-limiting unit at two ends thereof, the voltage-limiting unit includes a semiconductor unit having a resistance that is rapidly reduced when subject to overvoltage; wherein at least two of the light-emitting units are series connected in the reverse polarity; and wherein the two ends of same-polarity series light-emitting unit sets of different polarity sides, which are series connected in the reverse polarity, are respectively parallel connected with a diode in the reverse polarity. | 45,543 |
9,709,771 | 1. A solar concentrator alignment device, comprising: an aperture for receiving a concentrated solar light beam; a thermally conductive plate parallel to and adjacent the aperture; and a plurality of thermal sensors in contact with the thermally conductive plate, the plurality of thermal sensors being separated from each other at positions surrounding the aperture, wherein the concentrated solar light beam generates an aligned output signal from the plurality of thermal sensors when aligned to the aperture, and the concentrated solar light beam generates a misaligned output signal from the plurality of thermal sensors when misaligned to the aperture, wherein the thermally conductive plate comprises eight fins disposed in pairs extending outwardly from the aperture, each pair of fins having a thermal sensor disposed between them. | 833 |
9,284,935 | 1. A warm-up apparatus for a vehicle including a system which charges a battery by using an external power supply, the warm-up apparatus comprising: a heater for warming up, mounted in the vehicle, and configured to produce heat by receiving electric power from the external power supply; a current detector configured to determine an allowable current value that can be supplied to the vehicle by the external power supply and differs depending upon a specification of a charging equipment, based on a stored value which is stored in advance; a voltage detector configured to detect an output voltage value of the external power supply; and a resistance changer configured to change an electric resistance value of the heater based on the allowable current value detected by the current detector and the output voltage value detected by the voltage detector. | 42,249 |
8,773,994 | 1. A method for signaling a transmission mode in a wireless communication network, comprising: selecting from a predefined set of signature sequences a signature sequence corresponding to the transmission mode; forming, for each antenna in the transmitting device, a synchronization field by repeating the selected signature sequence a predefined number of times to result in a short training sequence, wherein the synchronization field is included in a preamble; and transmitting, from each antenna in the transmitting device, a data frame that comprises the preamble. | 23,721 |
8,531,767 | 1. A zoom lens comprises sequentially from an object side: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein zoom is performed by moving the second lens group and the third lens group along an optical axis, the fourth lens group consists of, sequentially from the object side, a front group having a positive refractive power, an intermediate group consisting of only a cemented lens formed by a positive lens and a negative lens or a cemented lens formed by a negative lens and a positive lens and having an overall refractive power that is negative, and a rear group having a positive refractive power, blur is corrected by moving the intermediate group in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the optical axis, and a conditional expression (1)1.85<|Ft×F4M/(F4F×F4R)|<4 is satisfied, where Ft represents overall optical system focal length, at a telephoto edge, in an infinity focus state, F4F represents the focal length of the front group of the fourth lens group, F4M represents the focal length of the intermediate group of the fourth lens group, and F4R represents the focal length of the rear group of the fourth lens group. | 2,566 |
8,887,489 | 1. A chevron ( 20 . 1 , 20 . 2 , 20 . 3 ) which is positioned at the periphery of an outlet orifice ( 5 , 11 ) for the jet ( 7 , 9 ) from a turbojet engine nozzle ( 4 , 10 ) for the purposes of attenuating the noise of said jet and the shape of which is delimited: by two at least approximately rectilinear lateral sides ( by a transverse line ( wherein said transverse line ( wherein the lateral sides ( wherein said rounded lateral protrusions ( wherein no portion of the transverse line extends from the two lateral protrusions toward the nozzle as far as do the rectilinear lateral sides, and wherein the transverse line and the intermediate recess are asymmetrical about the median longitudinal axis. | 43,353 |
8,373,998 | 1. A printed circuit board assembly for use in a power meter, comprising: a main printed circuit board; at least one high-value precision resistor disposed on the main printed circuit board and electrically coupled to a corresponding input to the power meter, the input carrying a current or a voltage being measured by the power meter; and a printed circuit board (PCB) shield assembly having a conductive layer disposed within an electrically insulating dielectric substrate, at least a portion of the PCB shield assembly being secured to the main printed circuit board such that the resistor is arranged between two surfaces of the PCB shield assembly such that a distance between the resistor and each of the two surfaces is less than a longest dimension of the resistor. | 18,626 |
8,916,358 | 1. A method of producing a product of a biosynthetic pathway of interest, the method comprising: (i) growing genetically modified bacterial cells that comprise nucleic acids that encode: (ii) lysing at least a portion of the bacterial cells to produce a lysate, thereby bringing the site-specific protease into contact with the targeted enzyme to cleave and inactivate or reduce the activity of the targeted enzyme; (iii) adding substrate to the lysate; and (iv) incubating the lysate and substrate, thereby producing the product of the biosynthetic pathway of interest. | 15,177 |
9,561,790 | 1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising: an internal combustion engine; a chargeable/dischargeable power storage device; a rotating electric machine generating a traveling drive force by receiving supply of electric power from said power storage device; and a control device configured to select one of a CD (Charge Depleting) mode in which an SOC of said power storage device is consumed and a CS (Charge Sustaining) mode in which said SOC is controlled to close to a target value, wherein said CS mode includes a first CS mode selected based on an operation of a switch by a driver, and a second CS mode selected when said SOC decreases to a predetermined amount, when said first CS mode is selected, said control device starts to control said SOC to close to the target value set by referring to said SOC at a point when said first CS mode is selected by the driver operating the switch, when the CS mode is selected, the control device controls a charge/discharge amount for the power storage device based on the SOC, and the control device sets the charge/discharge amount so that the SOC closes to the target value faster in the first CS mode than in the second CS mode. | 35,908 |
8,783,624 | 1. An aerodynamic body, comprising: a perforated panel skin of the aerodynamic body, the perforated panel skin comprising an inner surface and an outer surface; and at least one hollow member coupled to the inner surface and operable to stiffen the perforated panel skin and passively suction air from the outer surface and through the perforated panel skin to provide suctioned air and direct the suctioned air to a passive aft-facing vent directly vented to an interior of the aerodynamic body, the at least one hollow member comprising a corrugated wave shape with ridges thereof detached from the perforated panel skin and the passive aft-facing vent at one end and oriented in a substantially chord-wise direction relative to an airflow over the aerodynamic body, the passive aft-facing vent directly vented to the interior of the aerodynamic body outside the at least one hollow member. | 4,054 |
9,660,149 | 1. A europium-manganese-activated alkaline earth magnesium silicate phosphor comprising a composition represented by the following chemical formula: wherein x, y, z, and ω are respectively coefficients satisfying 0.1<x<1, 0<y<0.5, 0<z<0.1, y>z, and 0.01<ω<0.2, and being capable of emitting luminescent components of three colors of blue, green and red. | 15,893 |
9,557,328 | 1. A sensor device for detecting the presence of a target molecule in a stationary sample, the sensor device comprising: a measurement sensor including a first moiety including a measurement region of a substrate including a first moiety, which is a paratope, which selectively binds to an epitope of the target molecule including a further epitope, which can bind with a paratope present on a first further moiety comprising a detectable label, wherein an amount of the first further moiety binding to the first moiety is related to an amount of the target molecule present in said sample, the measurement sensor being configured to generate a first detection signal in response to detection of the detectable label in the first further moiety bound to the first moiety; and a reference sensor including a reference region of the substrate including a second moiety which selectively binds to a second further moiety including a further detectable label, the reference sensor being configured to generate a second detection signal in response to detection of the further detectable label in the second further moiety bound to the second moiety; a signal processor configured to: during operation of the sensor device, determine whether the second detection signal falls within a signal value window corresponding to a predefined amount of the second further moiety binding to the second moiety; and in response to the second detection signal falling outside the signal value window, generating a failure signal indicative of any of completion failure of the assay, insufficient fluid added to the test, incorrect preparation of the actuation protocol of the assay, lack of magnetic particles in the cartridge, failure of dry agents to disperse, unusually high clusters of magnetic particles, extensive reagent degradation, integrated reagent deterioration, or a damaged assay cartridge; and a speaker or display which issues an audible or visible output in response to the failure signal. | 13,093 |
9,663,711 | 1. A light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element comprising: an electroluminescent layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the electroluminescent layer comprises a first compound and a second compound, wherein the first compound is a phosphorescent iridium metal complex including a-diazine skeleton, wherein the phosphorescent iridium metal complex has a LUMO level of greater than or equal to −3.5 eV and less than or equal to −2.5 eV, and wherein the second compound is an organic compound including a pyrimidine skeleton. | 5,425 |
8,578,859 | 1. An apparatus for accessing items, comprising: a reversible drive that includes a guide conduit a drive cart connected to the drive cable, including a tow cart connected to the drive cart by a tow cable, including | 4,477 |
9,423,937 | 1. A method for controlling operation of display screens of a vehicle, comprising, processing, by a computer of the vehicle, first graphical content to be rendered in a dashboard display screen that is located in front of a steering wheel of the vehicle; processing, by the computer of the vehicle, second graphical content to be rendered on a second display screen that is separate from the dashboard display screen; detecting, by the computer of the vehicle, user input to interact with the second graphical content when rendered on the second display screen; determining, by the computer of the vehicle, that the user input to interact with the second graphical content exceeds a level of interactivity that is predetermined to cause distraction while the vehicle is being driven; processing, by the computer of the vehicle, instructions to automatically move at least one item of the second graphical content rendered in the second display screen to being rendered in the dashboard display screen when the user input is determined to exceed the level of interactivity while the vehicle is being driven; and associating biometrics to a profile of a user account that is provided access to the vehicle, the biometrics used to identify configuration settings of the first graphical content to be rendered in the dashboard display screen or the second graphical content to be rendered on the second display screen; wherein the biometrics include one or more of image data of a driver's face, image data of a passenger's face, a fingerprint, a retina scan, a signature, a voice/audio signature, a gesture, a user input, a login, a key, a paring device, or combinations of two or more thereof. | 5,518 |
8,840,955 | 1. A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, comprising producing a medium with an uneven pattern comprising magnetic recording elements which protrude and depressed portions between the protruding magnetic recording elements, comprising: treating surfaces of the depressed portions and the protruding magnetic recording elements such that they differ in wettability, and then filling the depressed portions with a filler which does not adhere to the protruding magnetic recording elements. | 44,814 |
8,961,977 | 1. A modified polypeptide comprising: β-strand domain sequences A, B, C, D, E, F, and G of a wild-type mammalian Fn3 domain of fibronectin with loop region sequences AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, and FG linked between adjacent β-strand domain sequences; and optionally, an N-terminal tail of at least 2 amino acids, a C-terminal tail of at least 2 amino acids, or both; wherein at least one loop region sequence is selected from the BC and/or FG loop regions and comprises a modified amino acid sequence which varies from the wild-type sequence by deletion, insertion, or replacement of at least two amino acids from a different loop region in the wild-type mammalian Fn3 domain of fibronectin, resulting in a recombinant, modified Fn3 domain, wherein the modified amino acid sequence of the at least one recombinant, modified BC and/or FG loop region sequence comprises SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:147, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ ID NO:149, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ ID NO:151, SEQ ID NO:152, SEQ ID NO:153, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:156, SEQ ID NO:157, SEQ ID NO:158, SEQ ID NO:159, SEQ ID NO:160, SEQ ID NO:161, SEQ ID NO:162, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:164, SEQ ID NO:165, SEQ ID NO:166, SEQ ID NO:167, SEQ ID NO:168, SEQ ID NO:117, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ ID NO:119, SEQ ID NO:120, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID NO:122, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID NO:124, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:126, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:128, or SEQ ID NO:129. | 2,876 |
9,035,608 | 1. An electric motor assembly comprising: a multi-phase electric motor including stator coils permanently connected to a neutral point; a battery of accumulators; an inverter configured to convert direct current of the battery into multi-phase alternating current adapted to supply the motor; and a connection housing comprising plugs allowing connection of the motor phases to the housing, the battery phases, and at least five connections to the inverter, the housing further comprising a group of contacts allowing the housing to be connected to a single-phase mains system, and comprising a group of contacts allowing the housing to be connected to a multi-phase mains system, the housing further comprising a group of switches according to a position of which the system comprising the housing, the battery, the inverter, and the motor connected solely by its phases, alternatively allows the motor to be supplied from the battery, the battery to be recharged directly from a single-phase mains system, and the battery to be recharged from a multi-phase mains system. | 7,733 |
8,375,642 | 1. A protective shelter, comprising: an enclosure having at least a floor, at least one sidewall coupled to the floor, a door, and a roof coupled to the at least one sidewall, wherein the roof includes an aperture located proximate the shelter's point of minimum static air pressure during a high-velocity wind event; one or more members that elevate the floor above a substrate, wherein when the protective shelter is deployed on the substrate a substantially enclosed sub-floor region is formed that is bounded by the protective shelter and the substrate; an air duct providing airflow communication between the substantially enclosed sub-floor region and an exterior region of the enclosure via the aperture; and a subfloor below and spaced from the floor of the enclosure; and a ballast disposed between the subfloor and floor. | 32,319 |
8,892,928 | 1. A method, comprising: establishing a communication link between a host system executing an Always-On-Always-Connected (AOAC) application and a remote application server associated with said AOAC application; receiving an indication to transition a host system from a first power state to a low-power state; initiating the generation of a plurality of keep-alive messages associated with said AOAC application; generating a general keep-alive message and a list of security tokens; transitioning said host system from said first power state to said low-power state; assembling said general keep-alive message with a respective one of said security tokens from said list to generate said keep-alive message after said host system transitions to said low-power state; and periodically transmitting said keep-alive messages from circuitry to said remote application server while said host system is in said low-power state, said keep-alive messages configured to maintain connectivity and presence of said AOAC application with said remote application server while said host system is in said low-power state. | 2,877 |
9,087,581 | 1. A cross point variable resistance nonvolatile memory device comprising a cross point memory cell array including memory cells each including (i) a variable resistance element that reversibly changes at least between a first resistance state and a second resistance state when voltages having different polarities are applied to the variable resistance element and (ii) a bidirectional current steering element that is connected in series with the variable resistance element and has nonlinear current-voltage characteristics, the memory cells being placed at respective cross points of M (M is an integer) bit lines extending in a Y direction and N (N is an integer where M>N) word lines extending in an X direction three-dimensionally crossing the Y direction, wherein the memory cell array includes first memory cells for data storage, and second memory cells that are connected to one of the N word lines that is connected to the first memory cells, the cross point variable resistance nonvolatile memory device further comprises: a word line selection circuit that selects, for the memory cell array, one of the N word lines as a selected word line; a first bit line selection circuit that selects one of the M bit lines of the first memory cells as a first selected bit line; a second bit line selection circuit that selects, among the M bit lines, A (A is an integer larger than or equal to 1) bit line or lines connected to the second memory cells connected to the selected word line, as at least one second selected bit line; a word line write circuit that supplies, to a memory cell selected from among the first memory cells and the second memory cells through the selected word line, (i) a first voltage or a first current, to write to the memory cell by changing the memory cell to the first resistance state, and (ii) a second voltage or a second current, to write to the memory cell by changing the memory cell to the second resistance state; a first bit line write circuit that supplies, to a memory cell selected from among the first memory cells through the first selected bit line selected by the first bit line selection circuit, (i) a third voltage or a third current, to write to the memory cell by changing the memory cell to the first resistance state, and (ii) a fourth voltage or a fourth current, to write to the memory cell by changing the memory cell to the second resistance state; and a second bit line write circuit that supplies, to a memory cell selected from among the second memory cells through the at least one second selected bit line selected by the second bit line selection circuit, (i) the third voltage or the third current, to write to the memory cell by changing the memory cell to the first resistance state, and (ii) the fourth voltage or the fourth current, to write to the memory cell by changing the memory cell to the second resistance state, when the memory cell selected from among the first memory cells is written to by changing the memory cell to the first resistance state, the word line write circuit supplies the first voltage or the first current to the selected word line, the first bit line write circuit supplies the third voltage or the third current to the first selected bit line of the first memory cells, and the second bit line write circuit supplies the third voltage or the third current to the A second selected bit line or lines of the second memory cells, when the memory cell selected from among the first memory cells is written to by changing the memory cell to the second resistance state, the word line write circuit supplies the second voltage or the second current to the selected word line, the first bit line write circuit supplies the fourth voltage or the fourth current to the first selected bit line of the first memory cells, and the second bit line write circuit supplies the fourth voltage or the fourth current to the A second selected bit lines of the second memory cells, and when writing to the memory cell array, the cross point variable resistance nonvolatile memory device always simultaneously writes to (1+A) memory cells connected to the same word line. | 39,686 |
9,013,720 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, into a computerized device from a user, user irritation level feedback caused by user wait time for a printing apparatus to operate during user interaction with said printing apparatus to measure user annoyance levels related to said user wait time; automatically recording said user annoyance levels as related to said user wait time into memory of said computerized device; automatically calculating user annoyance curves based on said annoyance levels and said user wait time using said computerized device, each of said user annoyance curves comprising a plot of said user annoyance levels over said user wait time; automatically determining a performance characteristic level for said printing apparatus that will maintain user annoyance below a predetermined standard using said annoyance curves, using said computerized device; and automatically setting components of said printing apparatus to operate so as to achieve said performance characteristic level, using said computerized device. | 38,247 |
9,400,142 | 1. A heat exchanger plate possessing a lengthwise extent and comprising: a heat transfer surface having a corrugated pattern with a plurality of ridges and valleys; an open adiabatic distribution area positioned between a first port hole and the heat transfer surface; a closed adiabatic area positioned between a second port hole and the heat transfer surface; wherein the open adiabatic distribution area comprises a diagonal open side distribution support section positioned between a diagonal open groove and the heat transfer surface, and a diagonal open side adiabatic support section positioned between the open diagonal groove and the first port hole; wherein the closed adiabatic area comprises a diagonal closed side distribution support section positioned between a diagonal closed groove and the heat transfer surface, and a diagonal closed side adiabatic support section positioned between the closed diagonal groove and the second port hole; the heat exchanger plate further comprising a transfer path between the diagonal open side distribution support section and the heat transfer surface, and a bypass path between the diagonal closed side distribution support section and the heat transfer surface, the transfer and bypass paths delimiting the heat transfer surface; wherein the bypass path possesses a width greater than a width of the transfer path; wherein the heat exchanger plate possesses a longitudinal axis along the lengthwise extent of the heat exchanger plate that divides the heat exchanger plate into a first half and a second half, the bypass path being located in the first half of the heat exchanger plate, and the transfer path being located in the second half of the heat exchanger plate; the bypass path arranged to feed fluid from the open adiabatic distribution area directly to the heat transfer surface within the first half of the heat transfer plate; the transfer path arranged to feed fluid from the open adiabatic distribution area directly to the heat transfer surface within the second half of the heat transfer plate; wherein the heat exchanger plate is a first heat exchanger plate configured to be stacked with a second heat exchanger plate possessing a bypass path and a transfer path, the bypass path of the second heat exchanger plate being wider than the transfer path of the second heat exchanger plate; and the bypass path and the transfer path of the first heat exchanger plate being located such that when the first heat exchanger plate is stacked with the second heat exchanger plate, the bypass path of the first heat exchanger plate extends along the transfer path of the second heat exchanger plate, the transfer path of the first heat exchanger plate extends along the bypass path of the second heat exchanger plate, and the greater width of the bypass path of the first heat exchanger plate relative to the transfer path of the second heat exchanger plate creates a bypass passage between the bypass path of the first heat exchanger plate and the transfer path of the second heat exchanger plate so that fluid enters a heat transfer passage between the heat transfer surface of the first heat exchanger plate and the heat transfer surface of the second heat exchanger plate from the bypass passage with a pressure drop that is lower than if the bypass and transfer paths possessed equal widths. | 10,318 |
9,183,341 | 1. A system, comprising a memory element configured to store a graphical IC layout comprising a memory circuit having layout features comprising a plurality of word lines and a plurality of Y-control lines; a pre-coloring element configured to pre-color one or more of the plurality of word lines and Y-control lines to indicate that pre-colored word lines and Y-control lines are formed on a same mask of a multiple mask set used for a multiple patterning lithography process; a decomposition element configured to assign different colors to un-colored layout features of the memory circuit that are not colored by the pre-coloring element, to indicate that different colored layout features are formed on different masks of the multiple mask set; and wherein the pre-coloring element is configured to pre-color the plurality of word lines and Y-control lines after the decomposition element assigns different colors to un-colored layout features. | 28,607 |
9,459,633 | 1. A method for managing distribution of workloads in a computing environment, comprising: receiving, by a thermal workload distribution controller, for each of a plurality of thermal controlled areas, at least one current thermal measurement, at least one requested thermal temperature, and a thermal output from at least one separate thermostat node from among a plurality of thermostat nodes via a network; selecting, by the thermal workload distribution controller, a particular thermal controlled area from among the plurality of thermal controlled areas that is most optimal to receive additional heat, wherein: distributing, by the thermal workload distribution controller, at least one workload, from among a plurality of workloads distributed by the thermal workload distribution controller across a plurality of server nodes each associated with one from among the plurality of thermal controlled areas, to at least one server node associated with the particular thermal controlled area from among the plurality of server nodes, wherein the heat dissipated by the at least one server node from executing the workload affects a thermal environment of the particular thermal controlled area; receiving, by each separate thermal controller separately associated with at least one server node from among the plurality of server nodes, for a separate thermal controlled area from among the plurality of thermal controlled areas, at least one current thermal measurement, at least one requested thermal temperature, and a thermal output from the at least one separate thermostat node from among the plurality of thermostat nodes via a network; comparing, by each separate thermal controller, the at least one requested thermal temperature with the at least one current thermal measurement; in response to determining the at least one requested thermal temperature is greater than the at least one current thermal measurement, voting, by each separate thermal controller, to increase a processor frequency and voltage on the at least one server node, to unthrottle memory on the at least one server node, and to reduce the fan speed for the at least one server node; in response to determining the at least one requested thermal temperature is equal to the at least one current thermal measurement: in response to determining the at least one requested thermal temperature is less than the at least one current thermal measurement, voting, by each separate thermal controller, to reduce the processor frequency and voltage on the at least one server node and to increase the fan speed for the at least one server node. | 7,589 |
8,866,127 | 1. A nitride semiconductor light-emitting element, comprising an active layer including a well layer and a barrier layer that is arranged on the well layer, the active layer having a growing plane which is a non-polar plane, wherein the well layer includes In, the barrier layer includes an Si-doped layer, a concentration of Si at one interface of the barrier layer on a growing direction side is either zero or lower than a concentration of Si in the Si-doped layer, the Si-doped layer is located within a range corresponding to not more than 50% of the thickness of the barrier layer as measured from an interface between the barrier layer and the well layer, the Si-doped layer has a thickness of not more than 0.8 nm, and the Si-doped layer has an Si composition ratio of less than 0.1%. | 15,473 |
9,275,798 | 1. A method for manufacturing a double layer capacitor device comprising the steps of: preparing a pair of metal materials each comprising a first metal and a second metal; removing the first metal from at least one of the pair of metal materials in an etching material to form a porous structure; providing an electrolyte between the pair of metal materials; wherein a surface area per volume of the porous structure is greater than or equal to 100 m | 29,924 |
9,024,200 | 1. An array type multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic body having a plurality of dielectric layers stacked in a length direction; a first capacitor part including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both side surfaces of the ceramic body, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; a second capacitor part disposed to be spaced apart from the first capacitor part in the length direction and including a plurality of third and fourth internal electrodes alternately exposed through both side surfaces of the ceramic body, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; a first external electrode formed on one side surface of the ceramic body and connected to exposed one end portions of the first and second internal electrodes; a second external electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the first external electrode in the length direction, formed on one side surface of the ceramic body, and connected to exposed one end portions of the third and fourth internal electrodes; and a third external electrode formed on the other side surface of the ceramic body and connecting the exposed other end portions of the first and second internal electrodes and the exposed other end portions of the third and fourth internal electrodes, to each other in series. | 2,567 |
9,791,984 | 1. A sensor-equipped display device, comprising: a display panel including a display area in which unit pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels including a plurality of subpixels corresponding to different colors; and a detection electrode including conductive line fragments arranged on a detection surface which is parallel to the display area, the detection electrode configured to detect a contact or approach of an object to the detection surface, wherein the detection electrode includes an electrode pattern formed of the line fragments on a grid defined by first lines extending parallel to each other within the detection surface and second lines extending parallel to each other within the detection surface, the first lines and the second lines crossing each other to form intersections, and the line fragments selectively arranged between intersections adjacent to each other in the grid, a first extending direction of the first lines is tilted with respect to a first direction by an angle θ the first direction is a direction in which, amongst the plurality of subpixels, subpixels having maximum luminosity for humans are aligned on the display area, each unit pixel has a first unit length d the angles θ the angles φ | 12,128 |
8,490,214 | 1. A face armor assembly for attachment to a stiff helmet shell, the face armor assembly comprising: a concave, rearwardly opening front band, the band having a first end and a second end; a strap which extends between the first end and the second end of the front band, the strap and the band defining an encircling loop configured to encircle the helmet shell; a first side element fixed to the front band; and a second side element fixed to the front band, and spaced from the first side element to be positioned opposite the first side element, to be positioned to protect portions of a face of a person wearing a helmet to which the face armor assembly is mounted, wherein both the first side element and the second side element are comprised of a vertical segment which extends downwardly from the front band, and a horizontal segment which extends downwardly and frontwardly from the vertical segment, the horizontal segments positioned to extend below the level of the nose of a wearer of the face armor assembly, and the horizontal segments being comprised of a ballistic material selected from the group consisting of: fabric of aramid fibers, fabric of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, and rigid plates of metal. | 11,734 |
8,977,875 | 1. A power supplying control apparatus comprising: a transition unit configured to cause a control apparatus to transition to one of a power supplied state that causes power to be supplied and a power shutoff state that shuts off the supplying of power, the control apparatus including: a determining unit configured to determine a transition target of the transition unit in accordance with a first time period and a second time period, the first time period having a length of time beyond which no further memory space is available from the second memory, and thus being determined by the transmission and reception speed of the information to the communication line network and the storage capacity of the second memory, the second time period being so long as to enable the information stored on the second memory in the power shutoff state to be stored on the first memory via the first memory control unit. | 31,065 |
9,582,763 | 1. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising: a. automatically analyzing target information; b. automatically fact checking, with the device, the target information by comparing the target information with source information to generate a result, wherein comparing includes at least one of: c. automatically presenting a status of the target information in real-time based on the result of the comparison of the target information with the source information, wherein searching for the exact match begins searching the source information located in a designated fact checking database, then goes to a broader set of source information, and repeatedly goes to broader sets of source information until a broadest source information set has been exhausted; wherein utilizing pattern matching begins utilizing the source information located in the designated fact checking database, then goes to the broader set of source information, and repeatedly goes to broader sets of source information until the broadest source information set has been exhausted; and wherein the natural language search begins searching the source information located in the designated fact checking database, then goes to the broader set of source information, and repeatedly goes to broader sets of source information until the broadest source information set has been exhausted. | 40,345 |
9,437,823 | 1. A production device for graphene thin film, comprising: a deposition plate in contact with a substrate at an obtuse or acute angle, wherein the substrate is coated with a graphene oxide solution; a reciprocating linear motion device connected to the deposition plate to put the deposition plate into reciprocating linear motion; a holder for supporting the deposition plate; an angle adjusting device for rotatably supporting the holder, for adjusting an angle between the substrate and the deposition plate, and for maintaining the adjusted angle; a support fixture for supporting the substrate; a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of the support fixture to adjust an angle between the substrate and the deposition plate; a heating device installed in the support fixture to heat the substrate; a temperature adjusting device for adjusting a heating temperature of the heating device; an injecting device for injecting the graphene oxide solution; and an injection tube connected to the injecting device, wherein the holder comprises a body; a groove formed in a side of the body to receive an end portion of the deposition plate; connecting members respectively extending from both end portions of the body; and an axis receiving hole respectively formed in the connecting members, wherein the reciprocating linear motion device comprises an axis receiving hole, an end portion of the reciprocating linear motion device is inserted between the connecting members of the holder, so that the axis receiving hole of the holder is aligned with the axis receiving hole of the reciprocating linear motion device, wherein the angle adjusting device comprises a rotating axis respectively inserted into the axis receiving hole of the holder and the axis receiving hole of the reciprocating linear motion device; and a fixing member engaging with the rotating axis to fix the holder and the reciprocating linear motion device, wherein the rotating axis and the fixing member are screw-coupled, wherein the deposition plate comprises a fixing member for fixing the injection tube. | 9,010 |
8,569,696 | 1. A system comprising: a source of narrow bandwidth electromagnetic radiation having a specified wavelength; an array of photonic band gap material cells positioned to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the source, each cell having a photonic band gap material with an absorption edge at about the emission frequency of the source of electromagnetic radiation; an optical assembly arranged to direct electromagnetic radiation from a field of view onto the photonic band gap array and thereby shift the absorption edge of the cells illuminated by the electromagnetic radiation from the field of view; and a focal plane array positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from the photonic band gap array and to detect electromagnetic radiation with the specified wavelength, wherein the photonic band gap material has a lattice structure that expands approximately 0.25% per 10 C temperature rise, resulting in an approximately 4 to 10 decibel change in the transmission of the electromagnetic radiation. | 18,594 |
8,938,631 | 1. In a multiprocessor computer system having two or more processors operatively coupled to one or more memory devices and implementing a read-copy update (RCU) subsystem, a method for determining if a processor may be placed in a low power state, comprising: performing a first predictive query of said RCU subsystem to request permission for one of said processors to enter said low power state; if said permission is denied, refraining from placing said processor in said low power state; if said permission is granted, placing said processor in said low power state for a non-fixed duration; and regardless whether said permission is denied or granted, performing a second confirming query of said RCU subsystem to redetermine whether it is permissible for said processor to be in said low power state. | 38,811 |
8,640,188 | 1. A method for providing group policy configuration in a communications network, the method comprising: at a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node: | 46,226 |
9,118,387 | 1. A method for transmitting pilot references from a plurality of transmission sources, the method comprising: generating at a first transmission source of the plurality of transmission sources a first pilot burst; transmitting the first pilot burst during a time period during which no user data is transmitted by the plurality of transmission sources, the transmission of the first pilot burst being synchronized with a common system time reference, and wherein the time period of the transmission of the first pilot burst at least partially overlaps with a transmission time period of a second pilot burst from a second transmission source of the plurality of transmission sources; receiving a connection request from an access terminal based on link conditions between the plurality of transmission sources and the access terminal, the connection request comprising a requested data rate for transmissions to the access terminal, the requested data rate representing a maximum data rate for the transmissions to the access terminal; and transmitting user data to the access terminal at the requested data rate. | 26,858 |
9,233,494 | 1. An injection-molded control button, comprising: a first section having a visible surface; a second section corresponding to a side part of the injection-molded control button; wherein the second section includes an imprint in a first surface of the second section corresponding to at least a portion of an injection site associated with an injection mold; wherein the first and the second sections are connected as one integral piece at least along a line-shaped connecting section; wherein the first section extends at least substantially in a first plane, the second section extends at least substantially in a second plane and the first and second planes are at an angle to each other; wherein the second section includes a raised portion extending from a first point opposite at least a portion of the imprint to a second point at the connection of the first and second section; and wherein a width of the raised portion increases in size from the first point to the second point. | 30,178 |
9,050,318 | 1. A method for reducing the incidence of a bleeding episode in a human subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject multiple doses of a long-acting Factor VIII (FVIII) polypeptide at a dosing interval of 3 to 7 days between two doses of the long-acting FVIII polypeptide, wherein the therapeutic dose is about 25 IU/kg to about 65 IU/kg, wherein the long-acting FVIII polypeptide is an FVIIIFc monomer dimer hybrid-comprising a FVIII portion and two Fc portions, wherein one of the Fc portions is fused to the C-terminus of the light chain of the FVIII portion. | 30,419 |
9,531,246 | 1. A fluid-driven electricity generator comprising: a stator assembly; wherein the stator assembly comprises: a rotor assembly, wherein the rotor assembly comprises: a nosecone assembly, wherein the nosecone assembly comprises: | 29,194 |
9,038,759 | 1. A hybrid work vehicle comprising: an engine; a hydraulic pump which is driven by the engine; a work device which is disposed in the front of the vehicle and performs work using the hydraulic pump as a drive source; a motor/generator which generates electric power by use of torque of the engine; a center joint at which the hybrid work vehicle bends while being steered; and a travel drive device which causes the vehicle to travel by rotating and driving wheels on a front side of the hybrid work vehicle and wheels on a rear side of the hybrid work vehicle by use of the electric power generated by the motor/generator, the travel drive device comprising a plurality of electric motors, and a propeller shaft which is linked with the plurality of electric motors and transmits motive power from the plurality of electric motors to the wheels; wherein: the wheels on the front side of the hybrid work vehicle are connected to the propeller shaft via a front side differential gear; the wheels on the rear side of the hybrid work vehicle are connected to the propeller shaft via a rear side differential gear; at least one of the plurality of electric motors is disposed on a front side of the center joint and at least one of the plurality of electric motors is disposed on a rear side of the center joint with the center joint being disposed between the at least one of the plurality of electric motors disposed on the front side of the center joint and the at least one of the plurality of electric motors disposed on a rear side of the center joint; the at least one of the plurality of electric motors disposed on the front side of the center joint is linked with the propeller shaft at a position between the front side differential gear and the center joint; and the at least one of the plurality of electric motors disposed on a rear side of the center joint is linked with the propeller shaft at a position between the rear side differential gear and the center joint. | 36,969 |
9,376,291 | 1. Crane apparatus for lifting a load from a base region of a tower to an elevated region of the tower, the crane apparatus comprising crane-lifting means for lifting the crane apparatus to a crane mounting position on the tower using one or more crane-lifting cables supported at the elevated region of the tower, two boom arms adapted to be displaced outward from the elevated region of the tower, a distal region of each boom arm being provided with cable supporting means for supporting one or more load-lifting cables, a boom support frame for supporting the boom arms such that the boom arms can be arranged on either side of the tower during said lifting of the crane apparatus to the crane mounting position, or such that the boom arms can be arranged on either side of the load during the lifting of the load, the boom support frame-comprising two jib-frames linked by at least one cross-member, said jib-frames and said at least one cross-member being arranged such that the crane apparatus can be assembled straddling the tower with one said jib-frame on either side of the tower, load-lifting means supported at the distal region of one or both boom arms, said load-lifting means being for lifting the load to the elevated region using the one or more load-lifting cables, and separation adjusting means for varying a separation distance between said two jib-frames as the crane apparatus travels up or down the tower. | 44,957 |
9,318,762 | 1. A fuel cell electro-catalyst composition comprising a proton- and electron-conducting polymer having at least one heteroatom per backbone monomer unit thereof and a plurality of neutral transition metal atoms covalently bonded to at least a portion of said heteroatoms; wherein said proton- and electron-conducting polymer is selected from the group consisting of sulfonated bi-cyclic polymers, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof, wherein said proton- and electron-conducting polymer has an electronic conductivity no less than 10 | 36,376 |
9,417,945 | 1. A method, in a Not AND (NAND) flash memory device, for providing hybrid error correction management, the method comprising: providing a Not AND (NAND) flash memory module and a node controller coupled to the NAND flash memory module in the NAND flash memory device; providing a hardware logic implemented error correction code (ECC) engine associated with the node controller; configuring the node controller to determine whether an error count is less than or equal to a first threshold number of error bits and, in response to the error count being less than or equal to the first threshold number of error bits, performing correction of the error bits by the hardware logic implemented ECC engine associated with the node controller, wherein the hardware logic implemented ECC engine is provided in a read engine of the node controller of the NAND flash memory device, wherein the read engine outputs either corrected data packets or uncorrected data packets to a multiplexer of a node controller interface of the NAND flash memory device based on whether or not the error count is equal to or less than the first threshold number of error bits, wherein the first threshold number of error bits is a dynamically determined value during runtime operation of the NAND flash memo device, and wherein the first threshold number of error bits is set to a value via hardware implemented setting logic in the node controller, and wherein the first threshold number of error bits is set to the value via the hardware implemented setting logic in the node controller based on a determined type of workload being executed by a host system to which the NAND flash memory device is coupled and a detected latency in error correction operations; and configuring the node controller to forward uncorrected data packets to a software logic implemented ECC engine in a host system via interface logic, in response to the error count being greater than the first threshold number of error bits. | 5,194 |
9,196,328 | 1. A semiconductor memory apparatus comprising: a command processing block configured to generate a voltage generation start signal, a first write control signal, a second write control signal, a read signal, and an operation signal in response to a first control signal and a second control signal in a write operation; and a memory control block configured to electrically couple a memory block, which stores data, to a sense amplifier or apply a predetermined voltage to the memory block in response to the voltage generation start signal, the first write control signal, the second write control signal, the read signal, and the operation signal. | 42,529 |
9,371,770 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an internal combustion engine designed to provide a Post (compression) Sequenced Fuel Injection (Post SFI) Leaschauer Combustion Process (LCP), said internal combustion engine including: a main piston housed in a main cylinder; a main axle shaft; said apparatus configured to enable air to fill said main cylinder prior to compression of said main cylinder; means for providing Specific Extreme Air Pressure (EAP) compressed air in said cylinder housing said main piston; means for providing Processed Pre-Mist Fuel (PMF); means for injecting the processed pre-mist fuel into the specific Extreme Air Pressure (EAP) compressed air in said main cylinder during a restricted defined window close to UDP of the main cylinder, where pressure and heat are at peak values, with a strictly defined phase; whereby said fuel injection moment is accurately controlled and timed to provide Post SFI and to thereby enable extreme high compression combustion (Extreme Pressure Detonation EPD) without risk of pre-detonation; and wherein said engine is enabled to utilize low-octane fuel without pre-detonation. | 38,675 |
9,250,692 | 1. A method comprising: providing, in a data processing device comprising a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a capability to interface a microprocessor with the GPU; communicatively interfacing a sensor with the microprocessor; obtaining data related to an operating environment external to the data processing device through the sensor; determining, through the microprocessor, personalization required of a computing environment of the data processing device with respect to a user thereof based on the data related to the operating environment external to the data processing device; and utilizing the GPU solely to effect the personalization required of the computing environment of the data processing device with respect to the user determined through the microprocessor to reduce power consumption through the data processing device. | 7,678 |
9,605,589 | 1. A method for adjusting a barometric cell comprising: coupling the barometric cell to a controller via an actuating rod, wherein the actuating rod is movably mounted on a charger in any desired position; applying a freely selectable, non-predetermined pressure to the barometric cell to bring the actuating rod into contact with a stop; adjusting the barometric cell until a sensor registers a predefined value; and fixing the barometric cell on the charger. | 32,988 |
8,474,647 | 1. A liner for a composite reinforced high pressure gas tank comprising: a metal tube that is seamless and integrally formed as a single unitary base piece, comprising: a seamless top metal end cap integrally formed as a first single unitary overlay piece, said top metal end cap comprising an inner surface and an outer surface with solid metal therebetween, wherein the entire inner surface is in direct contact with the top end, wherein the top metal end cap overlays the top transition zone and a top portion of said cylindrical sidewall; and, a seamless bottom metal end cap integrally formed as a second single unitary overlay piece, said bottom metal end cap overlays the bottom end and a bottom portion of said cylindrical sidewall. | 4,690 |
9,060,370 | 1. A base station which is a first base station of a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system, the first base station comprising: a transmission unit which transmits, when a mobile station performs a handover from the first base station to a second base station, information to the second base station, wherein the information comprises first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration information and time that the mobile station stays in RRC Connected state at the first base station; and a reception unit which receives, from the second base station, second DRX configuration information in response to receiving the first DRX configuration information at the second base station from the first base station. | 17,861 |
8,382,201 | 1. A protective cover, comprising: a substantially planar flexible body having a top surface and a bottom surface, said substantially planar flexible body comprising a body section and at least one extension member having a thin portion and a wide portion, wherein one end of said thin portion is directly permanently coupled with and extends from the perimeter of said body section, and wherein the opposing end of said thin portion is coupled with said wide portion; a first set of complementary fastening components coupled with the bottom surface of said at least one extension member; and a second set of complementary fastening components coupled with the top surface of said body section; wherein each member of said first set of complementary fastening components is configured to selectively mate with one or more members of said second set of complementary fastening components, and said at least one extension member is positioned such that when each member of said first set of complementary fastening components on the bottom surface of said at least one extension member is coupled with a member of said second set of complementary fastening components on the top surface of said body section, said body section and said at least one extension member together form a substantially bucket shaped configuration. | 47,460 |
9,505,476 | 1. A motorized watercraft comprises: a floating board; a control unit; a propulsion system; a power source; a plurality of conduit stringers; the floating board comprises a hull, a deck, a fore end, and an aft end; the fore end and the aft end being positioned opposite to each other across the floating board; the deck being connected adjacent and along the hull; the control unit being mounted adjacent to the deck, opposite to the hull; the propulsion system being mounted adjacent to the hull, opposite to the deck; the propulsion system being positioned adjacent to the aft end; the power source being electrically connected to the control unit; the control unit being electrically connected to the propulsion system; the plurality of conduit stringers being integrated into the floating board; the plurality of conduit stringers traversing from the fore end to the aft end; and the plurality of conduit stringers being distributed across the floating board. | 13,750 |
9,410,710 | 1. A purified air discharge device, comprising a push hood comprising an air flow discharge surface discharging a uniform purified air flow, wherein the push hood is provided with a lateral air discharger for creating a purified air flow that collides against a surrounding wall that is formed as the push hood is installed and that is situated close along the circumferential direction of the air flow discharge surface of the push hood, and the purified air flow discharged from the lateral air discharger collides against the surrounding wall to create a collided air flow, and the created collided air flow is directed toward the front side and the rear side of the push hood for preventing ambient air at the rear side of the push hood from entering an area between the lateral air discharger and the surrounding wall. | 34,189 |
8,595,931 | 1. A lift system for a wind turbine, the lift system comprising: a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending in a generally span-wise direction between a tip and a root; and, a lift device comprising a sling and a quick release device, the sling formed from a generally flexible material and coupled to the rotor blade and comprising a first end and a second end spaced apart by an intermediate portion, the second end releasably joined to the first end by the quick release device, the quick release device operable to release the second end from the first end to uncouple the sling from the rotor blade. | 3,780 |
9,374,952 | 1. A rotatable vertical growing system for generating rotational flow, movement and pressure in a growth fluid, the rotatable vertical growing system comprising: an aquaponic vessel configured to contain a growth fluid and at least one aquatic animal; at least one hydroponic growing container configured to contain at least one plant, wherein the growth fluid is configured to circulate between the aquaponic vessel and the at least one hydroponic growing container; a base portion comprising a base support bracket disposed to position said base portion in a generally concentric area of the aquaponic vessel such that the base portion is rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation with respect to the aquaponic vessel and configured to rotatably engage the growth fluid, the rotation of the base portion configured to produce/generate rotational flow/movement of the growth fluid, such that the rotational flow/movement of the growth fluid by the base portion is configured to at least partially increase a flow rate of the growth fluid, and further configured to at least partially aerate the growth fluid, the base portion further configured to join with the at least one hydroponic growing container, the rotation of the base portion further configured to selectively expose the at least one plant to light; and an external fluid configured to discharge into the aquaponic vessel, the discharge configured to generate a pressure in the growth fluid, the pressure configured to at least partially increase the flow rate of the growth fluid, the pressure further configured to at least partially aerate the growth fluid, the pressure further configured to actuate rotation of the base portion. | 7,194 |
9,627,632 | 1. An uncharged compound of the formula (1) containing a substructure M(L) wherein the symbols and indices used have the following meanings: Cy4 and Cy5 are identical or different on each occurrence selected such that they form an aliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system; X is identical or different on each occurrence C(R R Z is C; M is Zr, Hf, Mo, W, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pt, Cu, Ag or Au; R is identical or different on each occurrence and is in each case H, D, F, CN, a straight-chain alkyl or alkoxy group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl or alkoxy group having from 3 to 40 carbon atoms or an alkenyl or alkynyl group having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, where in each case one or more non-adjacent CH R n is 1, 2 or 3; wherein the ligands L′ and L″ in the formula (1) are identical or different and are monodentate, bidentate or tridentate chelating ligands, which can also bind to the ligand L; m and o are identical or different on each occurrence and are in each case 0, 1 or 2; and n+m+o=2 or 3; with the proviso that when n=1 and L is part of a tetradentate ligand then the tetradentate ligand has no M-C bond; and furthermore with the proviso that compounds of the following formula are excluded from the invention: where R and m have the same meanings as specified above and furthermore: M Y Y L′″ is a ligand. | 17,688 |
8,789,804 | 1. An apparatus for adjusting a seat height of a vehicle, comprising: a height adjusting lever ( a height adjusting cable ( a rotor connected with the height adjusting cable ( wherein the height adjusting lever ( | 40,840 |
8,513,894 | 1. A light emitting device controller circuit with dimming function adjustable by AC signal, comprising a controller which controls an operation of at least one power transistor to convert an input voltage to an output voltage to be supplied to a light emitting device, characterized in that the controller comprises a dimming circuit for controlling a current flowing through the light emitting device, the dimming circuit comprising: a signal conversion circuit receiving a phase-cut semi-sinusoidal signal having a turn ON angle and converting the signal to a DC signal; an average circuit obtaining an average of the DC signal level, the average being a function of the turn ON angle irrespective of amplitude of the phase-cut semi-sinusoidal signal having the turn ON angle, whereby different amplitudes with the same turn ON angle result in the same average; and a current control circuit for controlling the current flowing through the light emitting device according to the average of the DC signal level. | 10,549 |
9,206,963 | 1. An aroma-diffusing night lamp assembly, comprising: a body electrically connectable to a power supply outlet for power input, said body comprising a coupling socket located at a top side thereof; a lamp bulb inserted into said coupling socket and electrically connected to said body; a lampshade connected to said coupling socket to surround said lamp bulb, said lampshade comprising a top opening located at a top side thereof, and a bottom coupling hole located at a bottom wall thereof and coupled to said coupling socket; and an aroma capsule comprising an aromatic substance positioned in the top opening of said lampshade and heatable by said radiating heat energy from said lamp bulb to release an aromatic smell; wherein said body is made in the form of an electrical plug and pivotally coupled with said coupling socket in such a manner that said electrical plug is rotatable relative to said coupling socket and selectively positioned in one of a series of angular positions to fit different installation requirements, and wherein said lampshade comprises at least one slot cut through the bottom wall thereof and radially extended from said bottom coupling hole; said coupling socket comprises at least one retaining rod radially extended from an outer perimeter thereof at a top side and insertable through said at least one insertion slot of said lampshade and stoppable at a top side of the bottom wall of said lampshade upon a rotary motion of said lampshade relative to said coupling socket and a locating flange extending around the outer perimeter of said coupling socket at a bottom side and stoppable; said body further comprises a screw holder protruded from the periphery thereof and a screw mounted at said screw holder and rotatable into one said insertion slot of said lampshade to lock said lampshade to said coupling socket. | 35,725 |
9,118,500 | 1. A method for fragmenting a data packet, the method comprising: identifying a number of subscriber line pairs available for transmitting the data packet; determining a maximum fragmentation size for the data packet based at least in part on the number of subscriber line pairs available for transmitting the data packet; determining a cost function for identifying a minimum fragment size for transmission on one or more of the subscriber line pairs available for transmitting the data packet, wherein the cost function is proportional to an end-of-fragment arrival time at a far end of each subscriber line pair available for transmitting the data packet; and fragmenting the data packet into fragments based on the maximum fragmentation size. | 18,343 |
9,242,649 | 1. A vehicle control system, that is applied to a vehicle having a clutch device adapted to selectively connect and disconnect a power transmission route between a prime mover and drive wheels, and that is configured to disconnect the power transmission route during running to allow the vehicle to coast, comprising: a controller that is configured to: detect a vehicle speed; execute a coasting control when an operating amount of an accelerator is reduced to be smaller than a predetermined value during running, by bringing the clutch device into disengagement to disconnect the power transmission route so as to allow the vehicle to coast; update the vehicle speed to the lowest vehicle speed during execution of the coasting control; and terminate the coasting control by bringing the clutch device into engagement to connect the power transmission route, when a difference between a current vehicle speed and the latest lowest vehicle speed exceeds a predetermined value. | 19,204 |
9,181,573 | 1. A method for the production of a polypeptide of interest by a eukaryotic host cell, which method comprises modifying a value of a set of relevant protein features in an amino acid backbone of the polypeptide to fall within an optimal range or to become closer to an optimal value for one or more protein features in the eukaryotic host, wherein said protein features are properties that can be calculated from the protein amino acid sequence and DNA sequence, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a sequence for the polypeptide of interest, (ii) determining an optimal range and an optimal value for one or more protein features in the eukaryotic host, (iii) determining a set of relevant protein features in the eukaryotic host, which features will improve secretion of the polypeptide by the eukaryotic host if one or more of said relevant features is modified in the amino acid backbone of the polypeptide of interest, and (iv) modifying the sequence for the polypeptide of interest such that the value of the relevant protein features falls within the optimal range or closer to the optimal value as determined in (i), and (v) producing the modified polypeptide by the eukaryotic host cell, wherein said method improves the secretion of said polypeptide of interest, wherein the specificity and/or specific activity of the polypeptide after said modifying substantially remains the same as before improvement of the secretion, wherein (i) and (ii) may be performed in any order, wherein the relevant set of protein features is determined by: | 28,477 |
8,567,090 | 1. A method of treating hot, humid waste air from heated laundry machines, comprising: providing a heat exchanger ( directing still hot, humid waste air through the heat exchanger ( allowing condensate to form in the heat exchanger ( allowing the condensate, which forms on the outer walls of the heat exchanger plates ( collecting the condensate, which rinses off the accompanying substances from the outer walls of the heat exchanger plates ( | 11,603 |
8,579,898 | 1. A bone plate for reducing a fracture between an epiphysis and a diaphysis of a bone, the plate comprising: an outer part unitarily formed with a fan-shaped outer end formed with a plurality of outer holes and an inner end extending along a longitudinal axis from the outer end, the outer part being adapted to be screwed through the outer holes to the epiphysis; a bar-shaped inner part having an outer end juxtaposed with the inner end of the outer part and a plurality of inner holes formed inwardly of the outer end thereof, the inner part being adapted to be screwed through the inner holes to the diaphysis, the outer end of the inner part having a throughgoing slot positioned over an extension of the inner end of the outer part, the throughgoing slot having a longest dimension in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, the extension projecting under the outer end of the inner part and including a circular screw seat on an end thereof; a pivot between the inner end of the outer part and the outer end of the inner part and defining a pivot axis; formations juxtaposed with the pivot and lockable together in each of a plurality of angularly offset fixed positions of the inner and outer parts; means for pressing the formations together and thereby locking the inner and outer parts at various angles relative to each other in each of the positions; and a screw having a shaft seated in the screw seat and a head engaging the outer end of the inner part, the screw shaft and the screw seat being dimensioned for engagement with each other around entire circumferences thereof; wherein the throughgoing slot is sized to permit engagement of the screw with the outer part through the throughgoing slot during relative pivoting of the outer and inner parts. | 14,513 |
9,756,619 | 1. A method for, at a user equipment (UE), transmitting acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring a primary carrier and at least two secondary carriers; receiving at least two physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signals on the at least two secondary carriers, wherein each of the at least two PDCCH signals on the at least two secondary carriers includes resource allocation information and a transmit power control (TPC) field; receiving data as indicated by the resource allocation information in each of the at least two PDCCH signals on the at least two secondary carriers; and transmitting ACK/NACK information for the data via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), wherein a value of the TPC field in each of the at least two PDCCH signals on the at least two secondary carriers identifies the PUCCH resource as an allocated PUCCH resource for transmitting the ACK/NACK information, and wherein the value of the TPC field in each of the at least two PDCCH signals on the at least two secondary carriers is the same. | 21,767 |
8,672,690 | 1. An electronic connector comprising: a plurality of pairs of terminal parts for transmitting an electric signal; and a grounding part shaped like a plate and connected to have a ground potential, wherein the pairs of terminal parts are arranged substantially in parallel to a surface of the grounding part, each of the terminal parts being arranged substantially in parallel to the surface of the grounding part and including a terminal connecting part formed at an end of the terminal part so as to be connected to a terminal of another electronic connector, the terminal connecting parts of the same pair among the pairs of terminal parts being a pair of the terminal connecting parts and being arranged substantially in parallel to the surface of the grounding part, the grounding part has protrusions, which protrude from the surface of the grounding part and substantially in a vertical direction relative to the surface of the grounding part, each of the protrusions is provided on a side of one of the terminal connecting parts of the pair of terminal connecting parts, and the pair of terminal connecting parts is interposed between two protrusions among the protrusions, the two protrusions being adjacent on the surface of the grounding part. | 23,149 |
9,042,079 | 1. A ceramic electronic component comprising; a chip component of approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape having a first terminal electrode formed so that it wraps around a part of side faces from a first end face, and a second terminal electrode formed so that it wraps around other part of said side faces from a second end face opposing said first end face, a first metal terminal portion having a first flat plate portion facing said first end face, at least a pair of first fitting arm portions connected to said first flat plate portion, formed with a first engagement projection engaging with a first wraparound portion which is a part of said first terminal electrode and positioned at said side face of said chip component, and a pair of said first fitting arm portions holding said first wraparound portion in between, and a first mounting portion connected to said first flat plate portion and extending approximately parallel to either one of said side face by taking predetermined space in between said chip component, and a second metal terminal portion having a second flat plate portion facing said second end face, at least a pair of second fitting arm portions connected to said second flat plate portion, formed with a second engagement projection engaging with a second wraparound portion which is a part of said second terminal electrode and positioned at said side face of said chip component, and a pair of said second fitting arm portions holding said second wraparound portion in between, and a second mounting portion connected to said second flat plate portion and extending approximately parallel to either one of said side face by taking predetermined space in between said chip component. | 20,606 |
8,861,299 | 1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit connected to the memory cell array by way of a plurality of input/output lines; a clock generation circuit that supplies an internal clock signal to the peripheral circuit; and a power supply circuit that supplies an operation voltage to the memory cell array and the peripheral circuit during normal operation mode, and that stops the supply of the operation voltage to the memory cell array without stopping the supply of the operation voltage to the peripheral circuit during deep power down mode in which the clock generation by the clock generation circuit is stopped. | 12,933 |
8,492,471 | 1. A thermal coating, comprising: 35 wt. % titanium dioxide; 30 wt. % perlite, wherein the perlite is a diffractive material; at least one polymer selected from a vinyl acrylic copolymer and an acrylic latex polymer; 5 wt. % water; and 27 to 30 wt. % remaining liquids, wherein the polymer is present as an emulsion, and wherein the thermal coating has a solids content of from 1 wt. % to 95.5 wt. %. | 4,349 |
8,961,499 | 1. A surgical instrument ( 1 ) comprising: an elongated arm ( a drive shaft ( a distal tool ( wherein the pivot joint structure comprises a plurality of linking elements mounted in series, with two adjacent linking elements including a limited pivot joint, and the universal joint structure comprises a plurality of Cardan joints ( | 31,030 |
8,834,861 | 1. An amphiphilic block copolymer, comprising: a hydrophilic poly(alkylene oxide) block; and a biodegradable hydrophobic block comprising a first repeat unit of formula (3): wherein i) t and t′ are integers independently having a value of 0 to 6 wherein t′ and t cannot both be zero, ii) each Q 1 is a monovalent radical independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halides, alkyl groups comprising 1 to 30 carbons, and aryl groups comprising 6 to 30 carbon atoms, iii) L′ is a divalent linking group comprising one or more carbons, iv) S′ is a steroidal group. | 12,499 |
9,712,001 | 1. A power reception apparatus comprising: a load configured to use electrical power; and a power reception coil configured to wirelessly receive transmissions of the electrical power from a power transmission apparatus, the power reception apparatus is configured to send a threshold Q-value to the power transmission apparatus in response to receiving one of the transmissions from the power transmission apparatus, wherein the threshold Q-value is a Q-value of the power reception coil that is measurable when no foreign matter is near the power reception coil, the power reception apparatus is configured to store the threshold Q-value prior to receiving the transmissions from the power transmission apparatus. | 35,519 |
9,600,262 | 1. A method of sharing system resources comprising: receiving a request for resources; determining whether provisioning a virtual machine (VM) for said request is provisioned from a VM image with any pending updates; determining whether to update said VM image by determining an urgency and complexity of updating said VM image and marking said updates as routine or targeted; provisioning said VM with said any pending updates applied; providing an alert indicating that an updated said VM was provisioned; and returning to receiving requests. | 21,468 |
8,734,578 | 1. An indoor dust collecting system comprising: an air conditioner, comprising: a dust collector that collects by suction dust moving in an air current in the space and discharges air into the space to generate a second air current; wherein the wind direction control is controlled so that the first air current is directed in a path from the indoor unit toward the dust collector, the path including the detected location of the moving body in the space. | 49,496 |
9,309,933 | 1. A transaxle unit of a powertrain for a hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine, a generator, and a motor, the transaxle unit separately transmitting power from the engine and power from the motor to an output shaft of driving wheels and transmitting the power from the engine to the generator, the powertrain comprising: a clutch disposed in a power transmission path from the engine to the output shaft in the transaxle unit, the clutch connecting or disconnecting the power from the engine; and a pump disposed coaxially with a rotary shaft of the clutch on a side of the transaxle unit, the pump generating hydraulic pressure for the clutch with the power from the output shaft, wherein the generator has a rotary shaft disposed horizontally apart from the output shaft, and the motor has a rotary shaft disposed vertically apart from the output shaft. | 13,489 |
8,704,210 | 1. An electrical device comprising: nanoparticles including a tuned number of grain boundaries, defining a junction of the electrical device; and a source configured to apply a stimulus to the junction to cause a tuning of a state of distribution about the junction. | 34,625 |
9,118,069 | 1. A battery cell assembly comprising: a first battery cell including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a main body with an active material configured to generate power from an electrochemical reaction; and a second battery cell including a first terminal, a second terminal extending in a single direction from the second battery cell, and a main body with an active material configured to generate power from an electrochemical reaction, the first battery cell disposed adjacent the second battery cell; wherein the first terminal of the first battery cell includes an integrated busbar, the integrated busbar comprising: | 23,499 |
8,770,943 | 1. An axial flow fan comprising: an impeller including a hub having an annular peripheral wall portion, and a plurality of blades each having a base portion which is integrally fixed to an outer wall of the peripheral wall portion of the hub, extending from the outer wall of the peripheral wall portion outwardly in a radial direction of the peripheral wall portion, and disposed at an interval in a circumferential direction of the peripheral wall portion; a housing having a cylindrical air channel in which the impeller rotates; and a motor fixed to the housing and including a rotary shaft having a front end portion to which the impeller is fixed and a rear end portion, wherein assuming that an imaginary line passing one end of the base portion of the blade positioned on the rear end portion side of the rotary shaft and extending in parallel to an axial line of the rotary shaft and along an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion, the base portion of the blade is inclined in a direction from the one end of the base portion to the other end thereof so as to be gradually away from the imaginary line in a rotation direction of the impeller, and is curved so as to be convex in a direction opposite to the rotation direction; each blade has a curved portion formed in the vicinity of a radially outer end portion positioned opposite to the base portion in the radial direction, the curved portion being convex in the rotation direction, being concave in the direction opposite to the rotation direction; the curved portion extends along the radially outer end portion from a rear end edge of the blade to the vicinity of a front end edge of the blade, the rear end edge being positioned on a side where the one end of the base portion is positioned and extending in the radial direction, the front end edge of the blade being positioned on a side where the other end of the base portion is positioned and extending in the radial direction; the width of the curved portion as measured in the radial direction and the depth of a concave portion formed in the curved portion are determined to gradually decrease in a direction from the rear end edge toward the front end edge of the blade; and wherein each blade has a first and a second outer surface portion that are positioned on opposite sides of the curved portion in the radial direction such that said first outer surface portion is radially outside said curved portion and said second outer surface portion is radially inside said curved portion, and wherein said first and second outer surface portions are on a same curved surface that is convex in the direction opposite to the rotation direction such that said first outer surface portion exists on an extension of said second outer surface portion. | 27,161 |
9,328,007 | 1. A biogenic flocculant composition for CEPT sludge conditioning comprising a) a first flocculant component which comprises at least one acidophilic auto-trophic iron-oxidizing bacterium and at least one species of acid tolerant organotrophic microbes which are grown in medium containing iron (II) salt as an energy substrate or an organic waste hydrolyzate as a growth medium; b) a second flocculant component which comprises a consortium of sulfur oxidizing bacterium in a mineral medium or in sludge filtrate with sulfur as an energy substrate, at concentrations of 0.1% to 1% (v/v); and c) a third flocculant component which comprises an organotrophic consortium comprising at least three different organotrophic microbes using sludge or food waste hydrolyzate as a cultivation medium. | 34,966 |
9,139,717 | 1. A modified ground tire rubber based additive, comprising: 30-99 weight percent of ground tire rubber; 0.9-69.9 weight percent of a mixture of waste water-based paint and a material selected from a group consisting of a gelling clay, a reactive agent, a plastomer, a handling and agglomerating agent other than waste water-based paint and mixtures thereof; and 0.1-5 weight percent compatibilizer. | 19,697 |
9,415,851 | 1. A rudder propeller comprising an underwater transmission having planetary gearing; the planetary gearing including: a sun gear ( a supply conduit ( a control unit adapted to adjust a flow of the lubricant through the supply conduit ( | 11,640 |
9,209,755 | 1. An operational amplifying device with auto-adjustment output impedance, comprising: an operational amplifier having an output connected to its inverting input, and a non-inverting input for receiving an input signal; a first signal path having one end connected to the output of the operational amplifier and the other end connected to a first output node; a second signal path having one end connected to the output of the operational amplifier and the other end connected to the first output node; and a third signal path having one end connected to the output of the operational amplifier and the other end connected to the first output node, wherein the first signal path is normally on, the second signal path and the third signal path are normally off, the first signal path has high impedance, and each of the second signal path and the third signal path has low impedance; and wherein the second signal path is turned on to produce the low impedance between the output of the operational amplifier and the first output node when the input signal is at a rising edge. | 43,377 |
8,547,870 | 1. A method comprising: detecting, at a communication device of a wireless communication network, a request message and a corresponding response message exchanged between a master access point of the wireless communication network and a target access point of the wireless communication network; determining, at the communication device, time difference of arrival (TDOA) information based, at least in part, on the request message and the corresponding response message exchanged between the master access point and the target access point; receiving, from the master access point, an indication of round-trip time (RTT) measurement information determined by the master access point based, at least in part, on the request message and the corresponding response message exchanged between the master access point and the target access point; and calculating position information associated with the communication device based, at least in part, on the TDOA information and the RTT measurement information. | 801 |
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