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9,782,121 | 1. An apparatus for providing a supply of continuous positive airway pressure to an airway of a patient at a desired treatment pressure, the apparatus comprising: a flow generator adapted to provide a supply of continuous positive airway pressure, the flow generator adapted to couple with an air delivery tube coupled with a patient interface configured to sealingly engaged with a face of the patient; a means for determining respiratory air flow and pressure in the patient interface; a means for measuring a patient impedance of the airway during a period of a breathing cycle when an apnea is not occurring; and a controller to control operation of the flow generator based on the determined respiratory air flow and pressure, the controller configured in use to detect the occurrence of an apnea and to determine patency of the airway of the patient during the apnea by performing: | 1,475 |
9,059,080 | 1. A method of fabricating a device structure using a semiconductor-on-insulator wafer that includes a semiconductor layer, a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, and an insulator layer between the semiconductor layer and the semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: forming a first trench extending from a top surface of the semiconductor layer through the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer into the semiconductor substrate; at least partially filling the first trench with a first sacrificial plug composed of a doped material containing a dopant having a second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate that is opposite to the first conductivity type; transporting a concentration of a dopant outwardly from the doped material of the first sacrificial plug and into the semiconductor substrate surrounding the first trench to define a first doped region of the second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate; forming a first contact extending from the top surface through the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer to a portion of the semiconductor substrate outside of the first doped region; and forming a second contact extending from the top surface through the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer to the portion of the semiconductor substrate. | 4,893 |
9,798,991 | 1. A revenue and productivity optimization system comprising: a service request device with a bell button that generates service request data and prompts a service performer to approach the service request device when the bell button is pressed, wherein the service request device is connected to a service request data and sensor data transceiver unit for transmission of the service request data and sensor data to a computer server; an environmental sensor that measures ambient temperature, humidity, noise levels, brightness, or ambient gas compositions near the service request device and generate the sensor data, wherein the environmental sensor is connected to or incorporated in the service request device; a service request reception device that alerts the service performer when the bell button is pressed from the service request device; the computer server with a CPU and a memory unit connected to the service request data and sensor data transceiver unit, which is connected to the service request device and the service request reception device; a first set of relational data that tracks time elapsed between a first service request bell press from the service request device and a confirmatory signal of successful service fulfillment from the service request reception device; a second set of relational data that tracks a number of repeated service request bell presses, a time interval between each of the repeated service request bell presses from the service request device, and the confirmatory signal of successful service fulfillment from the service request reception device; a revenue and productivity optimization analysis module executed on the CPU and the memory unit of the computer server, wherein the revenue and productivity optimization analysis module determines an optimal range or threshold for an environmental variable for increasing sales revenue or productivity of an organization by correlating the sensor data from the environmental sensor with the first set of relational data and the second set of relational data; a revenue and productivity optimization recommendation module executed on the CPU and the memory unit of the computer server, wherein the revenue and productivity optimization recommendation module generates computerized recommendations of the optimal range or threshold for the environmental variable based on outputs from the revenue and productivity optimization analysis module; and an optimization recommendation and alert communication module executed on the CPU and the memory unit of the computer server, wherein the optimization recommendation and alert communication module transmits the computerized recommendations of the optimal range or threshold for the environmental variable to a supervising entity. | 3,199 |
8,986,993 | 1. A method of treating a myelodysplastic syndrome in a mammal in need thereof that comprises internally administering to the animal an effective amount of Compound 15, which has the formula: where R5 is —CH or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 5,504 |
9,515,359 | 1. An air-conditioning controlling apparatus for a battery pack, comprising: a battery case, accommodating a battery cell therein, the battery case having a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion; a circulation route, one end of which being connected to the first connecting portion and another end of which being connected to the second connecting portion, to allow air in the battery case to recirculate; a heat removal unit, provided in the circulation route outside the battery case, that cools and dehumidifies air in the batter case upon cooling the battery cell; and a direction controller that controls an air flow in the circulation route in a first direction when the heat removal unit is operated to cool the air, and controls the air flow in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, when the heat removal unit is operated to dehumidify the air. | 46,793 |
9,334,881 | 1. An industrial vehicle comprising: an engine that is a driving source; a hydraulically-operated device that is operated by oil pressure; a hydraulic pump that is driven by the engine and supplies hydraulic oil to the hydraulically-operated device; hydraulic piping that connects the hydraulic pump and the hydraulically-operated device; discharge piping that branches from the hydraulic piping and is connected to a tank; a switching valve that is provided in the discharge piping and is capable of switching opening or closing of the discharge piping; a control device that closes the discharge piping by controlling the switching valve in a case where a rotation speed of the engine is larger than a predetermined value, and opens the discharge piping by controlling the switching valve in a case where the rotation speed of the engine is less than or equal to a predetermined value; a valve that adjusts the flow rate of the hydraulic oil which is discharged from the discharge piping to the tank, on the basis of the pressure or the flow rate of the hydraulic oil which flows from the hydraulic pump into the hydraulic piping; and bypass piping that connects a position further to the upstream side than the switching valve in the discharge piping and a position further to the downstream side than a branching position of the discharge piping in the hydraulic piping, wherein the valve is provided at the branching position and distributes the hydraulic oil flowing from the hydraulic pump into the hydraulic piping, thereby making a preset flow rate of hydraulic oil flow to a side of the hydraulically-operated device and a remaining hydraulic oil flow to the discharge piping. | 26,530 |
9,419,947 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, instructions from a first device for capturing a scheduled transmission, wherein the scheduled transmission comprises encrypted content; based on the instructions, capturing first encrypted content, wherein the first encrypted content is received from a second device via a network; sending the first encrypted content to a decryption device to be decrypted, wherein the decryption device is remotely located from the computing device; retrieving first decrypted content from the decryption device, wherein the first decrypted content comprises a decrypted representation of the first encrypted content; and verifying the scheduled transmission by comparing the first decrypted content to expected content. | 9,106 |
8,468,251 | 1. A method for managing requests for computing resources, the method comprising: dynamically throttling requests for computing resources generated by one or more tenants within a multi-tenant system, the requests being directed to a computing resource, the requests of a tenant being selectively throttled based upon a comparison of a utilization metric and priority for the tenant and automatically updating the utilization metric for the tenant by continually calculating, for a given time span, the utilization metric by multiplying an aggregate number of read requests for the tenant over the time span by an average read latency relative to the computing resource, plus the product of a number of write requests and an average write latency relative to the computing resource, | 3,490 |
9,382,668 | 1. Railway maintenance machine for track levelling, alignment, compaction and stabilisation while advancing along a track, the machine comprising: a chassis; a ground-penetrating radar placed to capture a degree of compaction of an area of ballast bed below said ground-penetrating radar; a lifting unit configured to position and pack the track into a required position, the lifting unit comprising a lifting and alignment trolley equipped with rollers, the rollers latching onto a railhead through the use of a series of actuations, the trolley having displacement wheels under the lifting and alignment trolley, which wheels allow displacement of the lifting and alignment trolley along the rails in the longitudinal direction of the track; a first series of actuators being articulated and connected to fixed points on the chassis and on the lifting and alignment trolley, the actuators configured to move the track into a required position in both a vertical and horizontal direction in respect of a track transversal plane; a compacting trolley equipped with wedge-shaped bodies; a second series of actuators, articulated to fixed points of the chassis and of the compacting trolley, the actuators of said second series configured to displace the wedge-shaped bodies over the ballast bed and also to apply a vertical load to the ballast bed; a vertical load actuator situated on a frame of the compacting trolley, the vertical load actuator comprising eccentric rotary bodies configured to generate an oscillating component in the vertical load applied to the ballast bed; a third series of actuators configured for relative longitudinal movement between the lifting and alignment trolley and the compacting trolley; a fourth series of actuators configured for relative longitudinal movement between the additional lifting unit and the chassis; a stabilising unit equipped with stabilising trolleys to settle the track into the required position, said stabilising trolleys respectively comprising a frame equipped with rollers that latch onto rails through the use of a series of actuators; a measurement arrangement to measure geometric parameters of the track, comprising five measuring trolleys a first at a front of the machine and in front of the ground-penetrating radar; a second between the lifting and alignment trolley and the compacting trolley; a third between the two trolleys of the stabilising unit; a fourth behind the stabilising trolley and in front of a rear bogie; and a fifth being situated behind the rear bogie. | 233 |
9,492,854 | 1. A food waste management system, comprising: a tank having an internal chamber for containing food waste and sufficient water for fully submersing said food waste; a water supply system for supplying water to said internal chamber; a gas supply system for supplying a desired gas to said internal chamber; a filtration and discharge system for filtering and discharging water and food waste from said internal chamber; a grinder system for grinding said food waste, said grinder system being disposed in said internal chamber and capable of being fully submersed in said water; a circulation system, disposed in said internal chamber, for circulating water and food waste; and a control system configured to control operation of said food waste management system by controlling operation of the water supply system, the gas supply system, the filtration and discharge system, the grinder system and the circulation system responsive to a sensed condition and/or a time period. | 47,383 |
9,519,112 | 1. An optical fiber connector for positioning a plurality of optical fibers, comprising: a main body defining a first assembling recess and a plurality of positioning grooves in a first bottom surface of the first assembling recess, each positioning groove comprising two opposite sidewalls and a second bottom surface; and a pressing block engaged with the first assembling recess, the pressing block comprising a pressing surface attached on the first bottom surface of the first assembling recess, an end of each optical fiber being received into a corresponding one of the positioning grooves and positioned by the sidewalls, the second bottom surface, and the pressing surface of the corresponding positioning groove; wherein the main body comprises a plurality of lens portions corresponding to the optical fibers in position, and each optical fiber is optically aligned with a corresponding one of the lens portions; wherein the main body comprises a positioning portion and an extending portion connected to the positioning portion, the first assembling recess is defined in the positioning portion, ends of the optical fibers pass through the extending portion and respectively positioned in the first positioning grooves; wherein the positioning portion comprises a first surface and a second surface substantially perpendicular to the first surface, the first assembling recess is defined in the first surface, and the lens portions are formed on the second surface. | 19,433 |
8,522,835 | 1. A hydrogen supply system comprising: a first hydrogen reservoir for containing hydrogen in a first form; a converter adapted to convert the first form of hydrogen to hydrogen gas, wherein the converter includes a hydrolysis reactor, a galvanic cell, or a heater; a second hydrogen reservoir wherein the second hydrogen reservoir includes a hydrogen occluding material; a hydrogen transfer interface that is in fluid communication with the second hydrogen reservoir and includes a portable device fluidic coupling; and a portable electronic device removably attached to the portable device fluidic coupling, wherein the portable electronic device includes a hydrogen storing material within a fuel reservoir and wherein the system is adapted to fill the fuel reservoir with hydrogen gas from the second hydrogen reservoir and wherein the hydrogen transfer interface includes a thermally-conductive pathway between the hydrogen occluding material of the second reservoir and the hydrogen storing material in the hydrogen storing reservoir of the portable device; and wherein the system is devoid of compressors for compressing hydrogen. | 7,830 |
9,847,794 | 1. A transmitting apparatus comprising: an encoder configured to encode input bits to generate parity bits based on a low density parity check (LDPC) code according to a code rate of 13/15 and a code length of 16200; an interleaver configured to interleave the parity bits, split a codeword comprising the input bits and the interleaved parity bits into a plurality of bit groups, and interleave the plurality of bit groups to provide an interleaved codeword; and a mapper configured to map bits of the interleaved codeword onto constellation points for quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), wherein the plurality of bit groups are interleaved based on a following equation: where X wherein the π(j) is defined as follows: | 21,313 |
9,164,558 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a powered device, a classification voltage from a network device; sending a first current indicative of a first classification resistance to the network device when no accessories are connected to the powered device; and sending a second current indicative of a second classification resistance to the network device when at least one accessory is connected to the powered device, wherein the first classification resistance is not responsive to a second classification resistor and the second classification resistance is responsive to the second classification resistor, the second classification resistor being isolated from circuitry of the at least one accessory, wherein the at least one accessory is electrically coupled to the powered device through a classification path electrically connected to the second classification resistor and a functional path electrically connected to the circuitry of the at least one accessory and electrically isolated from the second classification resistor. | 44,592 |
8,644,775 | 1. A transmission apparatus comprising: a case that includes at least first, second, and third stages, each of the stages having at least one slot, each slot allowing free insertion and removal of a board; at least a first control board; at least one first communication unit that is connected with the first control board and performs radio communication; and at least one second communication unit that is connected with the first control board and performs communication that is faster than the radio communication, wherein: the first control board is mounted in the slot of the first stage; the first communication unit is mounted in the slot of the second stage, and the second stage is provided on one side of the first stage; the second communication unit is mounted in the slot of the third stage, and the third stage is provided on a side opposite to the first communication unit with respect to the first stage; and the second communication unit is arranged adjacent to the first control board. | 29,327 |
8,603,225 | 1. A porous metal-organic framework material comprising a bidentate organic compound bound by coordination to a metal ion, wherein the metal ion is Al wherein said metal-organic frameworks materal is prepared by reacting a reaction mixture comprising an aluminum compound, 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid or one of its salts and an organic solvent comprising N,N-dimethylformamide at temperatures in the range from 100° C. to 200° C. by stirring, wherein the sum of the fractions of the aluminum compound and the 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid or one of its salts is less than 20% by weight based on the total weight of the reaction mixture, a X-ray diffractogram (XRD) of the framework material has a first reflection in the range from 6.5°<2Θ<7.5° and a second reflection in the range from 13.8 °<2Θ<15.0°, the area of the first reflection is greatest in relation to the area of all reflections in the range from 2°<2Θ<70°, the area of the second reflection is second greatest, and the sum of the areas of the first and second reflections is at least 50% of the total area of all reflections in the range from 2°<2Θ<70° and wherein the framework material, as powder, has a specific surface area of at least 1,000 m | 20,634 |
9,487,793 | 1. A method of increasing oil content and/or seed yield of a plant, comprising: (a) introducing into the plant an exogenous polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide set forth by SEQ ID NO: 329 or a homologous polypeptide which comprises conservative amino acid substitution(s) with respect to the amino acid sequence set forth by SEQ ID NO: 329, and which exhibits at least 93% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth by SEQ ID NO: 329, and; (b) selecting plants resultant of step (a) for increased oil content and/or increased seed yield as compared to a non-transformed plant of the same species which is grown under the same growth conditions, thereby increasing the oil content and/or the seed yield of the plant. | 17,068 |
8,465,478 | 1. A system for reducing eye-to-eye and surgeon-to-surgeon variability in performing procedures to create cuts in a capsule of a lens of an eye, the system comprising: a laser for producing a laser beam; an optical path for directing the laser beam from the laser to a lens of an eye; and a control system for at least directing the laser beam in a predetermined jigsaw capsulotomy pattern comprising a plurality of laser shots positioned in x, y and z directions as they are directed toward the lens of the eye, wherein the predetermined jigsaw capsulotomy pattern is formed by directing the plurality of shots along a planar pattern contained in an x-y plane, and performing, for each x-y position of the planar pattern, a series of tightly spaced full wave sweeps in the z-direction. | 31,746 |
8,989,595 | 1. A method for mitigating optical signal-to-noise ratio degradation in an optical network, comprising: identifying an optical signal transmission path carrying an optical channel over the optical network, wherein the optical signal transmission path comprises N number of network nodes; determining an increase in optical power (ΔP) for the optical channel corresponding to a decrease in an optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) for the optical channel, the decrease in the optical signal-to-noise ratio being a result of polarization dependent loss (PDL) along the optical signal transmission path; calculating a node power increase (ΔP sending instructions to at least some of the N number of network nodes to adjust an in-line power level for the optical channel by the node power increase (ΔP wherein the optical channel has a dual polarization. | 29,411 |
8,720,223 | 1. A food storage system, comprising: a main bowl defining a first user accessible food receiving cavity; a main lid detachably engaged with the main bowl and having a surface defining an opening a secondary bowl detachably engaged with the surface of the main lid and extending through the opening into the first user accessible food receiving cavity, the secondary bowl defining a second user accessible food receiving cavity; a spout in communication with the second food receiving cavity; and a movable closure element adapted to seal the spout. | 33,757 |
8,720,198 | 1. A method for generating electrical energy using a thermal cycle of a working gas, the method comprising: using the motions of a first piston in a cylinder and a second piston in the cylinder, the cylinder containing the working gas performing the thermal cycle, to electromagnetically induce current in an electrical circuit coupled to the cylinder, the electrical circuit comprising an electronic power converter; using compression and expansion of the working gas between the first piston and the second piston to perform the thermal cycle; using the electrical circuit to store the electrical energy, produced by the current induced in the electrical circuit, in an electrical storage device; using the electrical energy stored in the electrical storage device to electromagnetically provide motive force to the first piston and the second piston; using the electronic power converter to perform closed-loop electronic control of the motions of the first piston and the second piston; the cyclically using the electrical circuit to store the electrical energy and using the stored energy to provide motive force to the first piston and the second piston effecting a net positive average power transfer into the electrical storage device over the course of the thermal cycle; the working gas receiving heat from an external heat source thermally coupled to the cylinder through at least one heat transfer zone of the cylinder; and using at least one of the following: (i) a thermal shade attached to the first piston or the second piston to insulate non-working gas within the cylinder; (ii) a paddle attached to the first piston or the second piston to create turbulence in the working gas; (iii) an external flow return to flow non-working gas between a first end zone and a second end zone of the cylinder; and (iv) a common centering shaft around which the first piston and the second piston are mounted. | 49,739 |
8,447,732 | 1. A method for deduplication in a network storage environment, comprising: for files distributively stored across a network spanning multiple geographic regions, determining via a computer processor, a location constraint status specified by a compliance agreement for each of the files, wherein location constraint statuses include a geographic location of persistent residency and no geographic residency restriction; selecting a file from the files in the network and identifying corresponding redundant files, the selected file and the corresponding redundant files representing a set; determining the location constraint status for each of the files in the set; and for the files in the set having a location constraint status specifying a geographic location of persistent residency, retaining via the computer processor, a master copy at the respective geographic location of persistent residency, and removing the corresponding redundant files from the network. | 3,109 |
9,204,484 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform the following: communicate with a network via a cell created and controlled by a relay node, wherein the relay node conveys data from the apparatus to the network; receive from the relay node backhaul transmission parameters required to receive a backhaul transmission sent by a base station of the network to the relay node, and to decode at least one data packet comprised in the backhaul transmission and designated for the apparatus; receive directly the backhaul transmission sent by the base station of the network, wherein the backhaul transmission is intended for the relay node and not for the apparatus; and decode the at least one data packet from the backhaul transmission. | 47,145 |
8,981,592 | 1. A transformer control device based on a three-dimensional zone diagram policy, comprising: a current input, a voltage input, a channel selector, a rectifier, a single-chip microcomputer, a data memory, an interrupt processor, a data buffer, and a keyboard display chip, wherein the transformer control device further comprises a first latch and a second latch, an output terminal of the current input is connected with a first input terminal of the channel selector, an output terminal of the voltage input is connected with a second input terminal of the channel selector, an output terminal of the channel selector is connected with an input terminal of the rectifier, an output terminal of the rectifier is connected with an input terminal of the first latch, an output terminal of the first latch is connected with an input terminal of the single-chip microcomputer, an input/output terminal of the single-chip microcomputer is connected with an input/output terminal of the second latch, an output terminal of the single-chip microcomputer is connected with a first input terminal of the data memory, an first output terminal of the second latch is connected with a second input terminal of the data memory, a second output terminal of the second latch is connected with an input terminal of the data buffer, a third output terminal of the second latch is connected with an input terminal of the keyboard display chip, and a fourth output terminal of the second latch is connected with an input/output terminal of the interrupt processor. | 21,953 |
8,352,721 | 1. A method for booting an operating system utilizing a firmware in a computer system, the method comprising: installing a service option read-only memory (ROM) in a memory of the computer system, wherein the service option ROM includes program code for booting an operating system utilizing the firmware; retrieving a boot loader driver for the operating system from the firmware, wherein the boot loader driver is associated with an operating system boot loader stored in the firmware; adding identifying information for the boot loader driver to a list of initial program load (IPL) devices; displaying the list of available IPL devices with the identifying information for the boot loader driver; receiving a selection of the boot loader driver; copying the boot loader driver to the memory of the computer system; and executing the operating system boot loader. | 45,712 |
8,658,888 | 1. A structure comprising a surface of an incident light side of a transparent base material covered by water-and-oil-shedding transparent fine particles that are bound and fixed to the surface of said transparent base material, wherein a part of the surface of said transparent fine particles is bound to a first silane film compound, which has a first functional group at one end and is bound to the surface of said transparent fine particles at the other end; a part of the surface of said transparent base material is bound to a second silane film compound, which has a second functional group at one end and is bound to the surface of said transparent base material at the other end, wherein either said first or second functional group is an epoxy group, and the other is an amino or imino group; and said transparent fine particles are bound and fixed to the surface of said transparent base material by a covalent bond formed by a reaction between said first functional group and said second functional group, and wherein the structure is a solar energy utilization device; and wherein said transparent fine particles cover the surface of said transparent base material with a single layer. | 38,048 |
9,091,550 | 1. An apparatus for placing shellfish traps comprising: a GPS antenna that receives GPS information, the GPS antenna being connected to a microprocessor; a trap counter that records the number of shellfish traps launched from a fishing vessel that is incremented for every shellfish trap that is launched from the fishing vessel, the trap counter being connected to the microprocessor; the trap counter also recording the number of shellfish traps retrieved from a fishery; a control unit that displays information to a user, the control unit being connected to the microprocessor; wherein the microprocessor receives the GPS information from the GPS antenna; parses the GPS information to determine latitude, longitude and velocity of the fishing vessel, the latitude and longitude of the fishing vessel being considered its present position; calculates the distance to the next shellfish trap launch position by comparing the fishing vessel's present position to a shellfish trap distance interval and subtracting the two values, the resultant being the distance to the next shellfish trap launch position; displays the distance to the next shellfish trap launch position to the user on a distance to launch display; wherein an increase distance control and a decrease distance control allows the user to increase or decrease the spacing between shellfish trap launch positions; the microprocessor adding the distance increased by the user using the increase distance control or subtracting the distance decreased by the user using the decrease distance control from the distance to the next shellfish trap launch position to determine a new next shellfish trap launch position; and wherein the control unit displays the number of shellfish traps launched from the fishing vessel and the distance to the new next shellfish trap launch position after increasing or decreasing the distance to the next shellfish trap launch position if the user has increased or decreased the spacing between shellfish trap launch positions. | 27,337 |
9,562,147 | 1. A transparent polyamide resin composition comprising: a transparent polyamide resin which is a copolymer of an alicyclic diamine and a dicarboxylic acid and which has a refractive index of 1.500 to 1.550; and a transparent crosslinking auxiliary having a refractive index of 1.500 to 1.550, wherein the amount of the crosslinking auxiliary added is 13 to 26 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the transparent polyamide resin, and the crosslinking auxiliary is dispersed, as phases with a diameter of 350 nm or less, in the transparent polyamide resin. | 49,319 |
8,608,261 | 1. A sliding drawer assembly, comprising: a cabinet frame; a drawer slideably coupled to said cabinet frame, said drawer having a front wall, back wall and spaced apart side walls; a drawer handle pivotally connected to each sidewall of said sidewalls; receiving means on said drawer handle for receiving at least a portion of a catch member; and a catch member pivotally connected to a sidewall of said sidewalls independently of said drawer handle and releasably engageable with said cabinet frame, at least a portion of said catch member received within said receiving means such that movement of said drawer handle effects movement of said catch member for releasable engagement with said cabinet frame, wherein said drawer handle is weighted to bias said catch member in an upwardly directed position to engage said cabinet frame. | 13,073 |
8,746,518 | 1. A spacer for spacing a spare wheel assembly from a floor of a vehicle compartment, the spacer comprising: an annular body including a substantially flat upper surface for facing toward the spare wheel assembly, a lower surface for facing toward the floor and away from the spare wheel assembly, a peripheral edge and an inner edge; an outer flange extending upwardly from the upper surface and having a free end spaced from the upper surface and configured to contact a wheel rim of the spare wheel assembly; and an inner flange offset radially inwardly from the outer flange and extending upwardly from the upper surface and angled from the upper surface radially toward the peripheral edge, the inner flange being configured to contact the wheel rim of the spare wheel assembly offset from where the outer flange is configured to contact the wheel rim, wherein the annular body includes an aperture extending through the annular body from the upper surface through to the lower surface and substantially radially aligned with and disposed between the inner flange and the outer flange. | 9,702 |
8,966,965 | 1. A device for use in an exhaust conduit coupled downstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit, the device comprising: a mounting attachment coupled to the exhaust conduit downstream of the SCR unit; and a mixing structure coupled to the mounting attachment and configured to interfere with exhaust flow in the exhaust conduit, wherein, the SCR unit, the device, and a NOx sensor are consecutively mounted in the downstream flow of exhaust absent any other intervening structures in the exhaust conduit. | 40,711 |
8,696,349 | 1. A method for the combustion of a fuel using an oxygenated gas, in which a jet of fuel and at least two jets of oxygen-rich oxygenated gas are injected, the first jet of oxygen-rich oxygenated gas, called the primary jet, being injected so as to be in contact with the jet of fuel and so as to generate incomplete first combustion, the gases output by this first combustion still including at least one portion of the fuel, and the second jet of oxygen-rich oxygenated gas being injected at a distance l 1 from the jet of fuel so as to combust with a first portion of the fuel present in the gases output by the first combustion, wherein: an oxygen-lean oxygenated gas is injected at a distance l the area of the cross section of the injection orifice for the oxygen-lean oxygenated gas is between 4 and 100 times the area of the injection cross section for the second jet of oxygen-rich oxygenated gas; and l | 37,999 |
8,750,920 | 1. A handheld device comprising: a communication module configured to, in response to the handheld device being located in a first geographic region, (i) establish communication with a first service provider located in the first geographic region, and (ii) order a service from the first service provider; a memory configured to store data relating to the service ordered from the first service provider; and a search engine configured to, in response to the handheld device being located in a second geographic region, based on the data relating to the service ordered from the first service provider stored in the memory, search for a second service provider in the second geographic region offering a particular service, wherein the particular service offered by the second service provide is similar to the service provided by the first service provider. | 23,235 |
9,351,143 | 1. A method for peer-to-peer (P2P) networking operable by an originating user equipment (UE), facilitated by a wireless wide area network, comprising: transmitting a request for P2P service discovery and group formation assistance to a discovery server via a serving node over an air-interface channel; receiving scoped information from the discovery server for participating in a P2P direct communication session, wherein the scoped information identifies a subset of a plurality of UEs that are appropriate for service discovery; selecting a packet delivery network gateway based on information received from the discovery server during the P2P service discovery; establishing a new Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearer or using an existing EPS bearer to communicate with a terminating UE based on whether the originating UE and the terminating UE are serviced by a same eNodeB; and establishing, via the selected packet delivery network gateway, the P2P direct communication session with the terminating UE based at least in part on the received scoped information. | 46,736 |
8,697,360 | 1. A method for determining a susceptibility to prostate cancer in a human individual, the method comprising: analyzing a nucleic acid sample obtained from the human individual to determine the presence or absence of allele G of polymorphic marker rs10896450, detecting the presence of allele G of polymorphic marker rs10896450 in the sample, and determining an increased susceptibility to prostate cancer in the human individual by calculating a risk score for the individual which is the product of the risk values for a plurality of factors, wherein one of the factors is a relative risk (RR) or odds ratio of at least 1.1 attributed to the presence of allele G of polymorphic marker rs10896450 in the nucleic acid sample of the individual, wherein the determining is performed using an apparatus comprising: a computer readable memory; a processor; and a routine stored on the computer readable memory; wherein the routine is adapted to be executed on the processor to analyze genotype data with respect to at least polymorphic marker rs10896450, and generate an output based on the genotype data, wherein the output comprises a risk score for the human individual with respect to prostate cancer. | 29,712 |
9,438,288 | 1. A system, comprising: a first port configured to receive a transmit signal; a second port configured to transmit the transmit signal; a first transmit path configured to transmit a first portion of the transmit signal from the first port to the second port and comprising a first transmit amplifier followed by a first frequency filter; and a second transmit path configured to transmit a second portion of the transmit signal from the first port to the second port and comprising a second transmit amplifier followed by a second frequency filter, wherein the first and second frequency filters have substantially the same phase responses and amplitude responses as each other. | 32,459 |
9,079,647 | 1. A personal flotation vest, comprising: at least one front panel configured to fit on the front of the torso of a person; at least one rear panel configured to fit on the rear of the torso of the person and being connected to the front panel; vest shoulders connected to a top of the front panel and a top of the rear panel and being configured to extend over each of the shoulders of the person to support the front and rear panels on the person; the front panel, the rear panel and the vest shoulders being configured to expose and not restrain the arms of the person when the vest is worn, the front panel including: the rear panel including; | 14,881 |
9,656,126 | 1. A golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the paint film is formed from a curing type paint composition including: a base material containing a polyrotaxane, a curing agent containing a polyisocyanate, and a modified silicone including a polydimethylsiloxane-polycaprolactone block copolymer; and wherein the polyrotaxane comprises a cyclodextrin, a linear molecule included in a the cyclodextrin cycle structure in a manner of piercing through the cyclic structure of the cyclodextrin, the linear molecule has blocking groups located at both ends of the linear molecule to prevent disassociation of the cyclodextrin, and at least a portion of cyclodextrin hydroxyl groups is modified with a caprolactone chain via —O—C | 48,400 |
9,485,923 | 1. An irrigation drip emitter for attachment to only a portion of an inner circumference of an inner surface of an irrigation drip line tube comprising: a discrete elastomeric emitter body integrally defining: an inlet on a first side of the body for receiving pressurized fluid from a fluid supply source; an outlet on a second side of the body for discharging the fluid from the body; a pressure reducing flow channel extending between the inlet and the outlet for reducing a pressure and flow of fluid received at the inlet and discharged through the outlet, the pressure reducing flow channel defined by at least one inner wall and further comprising: | 18,617 |
9,645,711 | 1. Electronic equipment comprising: a display device disposed on a front surface of a housing; a storage medium for storing image sequence information of plural images of a predetermined sequence; a display control unit for display control of displaying said image sequence information on said display device; a contact surface portion, disposed on at least one side surface of said housing, and tangible externally; a touch sensor for detecting rubbing movement in contact with said contact surface portion, to output contact information; a lateral recess formed in said at least one side surface, said contact surface portion and said touch sensor being disposed at said lateral recess; an information processing device, connected between said storage medium and said display control unit, provided with said contact information, for processing said image sequence information according to a direction of said rubbing movement for forward or backward page turning of said plural images, wherein said at least one side surface includes right and left side surfaces and wherein said touch sensor is constituted by a right side touch sensor disposed in said right side surface and a left side touch sensor disposed in said left side surface; wherein the electronic equipment is configured to perform functions of, wherein said contact surface portion includes a first contact area, and the electronic equipment includes a second contact area separate from said contact surface portion, said second contact area including an upper inclined surface and a lower inclined surface, said upper and lower inclined surfaces being separate from the first contact area and disposed on opposite sides of said first contact area, wherein said information processing device, in case said first contact area is rubbed, processes said image sequence information in a mode for displaying said images by one image, and in case said second contact area is contacted, processes said image sequence information in a mode for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images among said images, wherein said right and left side touch sensors are constituted by one electrically conductive sheet in a flexible form, and wherein the contact surface portion includes touch bar devices that extend in a longitudinal direction, are arranged in a thickness direction, and are separated by a space therebetween. | 10,321 |
9,212,092 | 1. A cement consisting of: a Portland cement clinker; and a supplementary cementitious material, consisting of: wherein only the clay material has been heat treated. | 30,849 |
9,637,069 | 1. A portable device comprising: a license plate frame structure, a plurality of openings being formed in the license plate frame structure, the plurality of openings comprising first and second open spaces disposed at top and bottom positions, respectively, of the license plate frame structure, and the plurality of openings further comprising a third open space disposed between the first and second open spaces; a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the license plate frame structure such that first, second and third portions of the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, are visible through the first, second and third open spaces, respectively; a strap attached to the license plate frame structure; a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device; and a Secure Digital Card interface coupled to the control circuitry; wherein a pedestal is formed at a back and lower portion of the license plate frame structure, wherein the license plate frame structure has a front structure and a back structure, the front structure being secured to the back structure by a number of screws, and wherein, when a surface of the compact image display device is illuminated, the first, second and third open spaces are sized and positioned to collectively expose a portion of the illuminated surface. | 48,289 |
8,730,856 | 1. A wireless communication system, comprising: a control apparatus having a wireless communication coverage; a first mobile communication apparatus being in a standby period compliant with a wireless communication protocol; and a second mobile communication apparatus being in an active period compliant with the wireless communication protocol to establish a communication link with the control apparatus, wherein the first and second mobile communication apparatuses are within the wireless communication coverage of the control apparatus, the first mobile communication apparatus communicating through the second mobile communication apparatus with the control apparatus via a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication mechanism, and wherein lengths of standby periods of the first and second mobile communication apparatuses are adjusted by the control apparatus according to a distribution of active periods of the first and second mobile communication apparatuses. | 35,969 |
9,309,264 | 1. A method for cooling porous metal-organic framework materials, the method comprising: (a) applying an electric field or an electromagnetic field to the porous metal-organic framework materials containing an adsorbate such that the adsorbate is released from the porous metal-organic framework materials, wherein the porous metal-organic framework materials contain the at least one organic compound is a polar compound. | 39,871 |
8,818,452 | 1. A mobile phone having a non-telephone function, which is a different function from a telephone function, in addition to the telephone function, comprising: a timer operable to count time; a non-telephone function unit operable to execute the non-telephone function, the non-telephone function comprising a function of illuminating a backlight provided to the mobile phone; a non-telephone function stop unit operable to cause the timer to operate during execution of the non-telephone function, and automatically stop the execution of the non-telephone function when the timer indicates an elapse of a predetermined time period; a telephone unit operable to execute the telephone function; and a reset unit operable, if the timer is being operated in response to the execution of the non-telephone function, to reset the timer to an initial state when an operation for ending a telephone call is received, wherein when the timer is reset to the initial state, the timer starts to measure the predetermined time period, and the non-telephone function stop unit stops the execution of the non-telephone function at the elapse of the predetermined time period from when the operation for ending the telephone call is received. | 3,737 |
9,249,402 | 1. A process for the production of cellulases and hemicellulases with a strain of a filamentous fungus in a stirred and aerated bioreactor, comprising: producing cellulases and hemicellulases with a strain of a filamentous fungus in a stirred and aerated bioreactor in at least two phases: | 13,679 |
9,247,382 | 1. A method for collecting data associated with determining a position of user equipment (UE) comprising: transmitting, by a serving eNodeB, positioning scheduling information to said UE, wherein said positioning scheduling information is used by said UE to transmit at least one positioning signal; transmitting, by said serving eNB, said positioning scheduling information to a first set of cooperating eNBs, wherein said positioning scheduling information is used by said first set of cooperating eNBs to mitigate interference associated with and identify said at least one positioning signal, said first set of cooperating eNBs comprising a minimum number of cooperating eNBs needed to receive said at least one positioning signal and to provide sufficient information to said serving eNB to determine the position of the UE; receiving, by said serving eNB, said at least one positioning signal; and receiving, by said serving eNB, information associated with reception of said at least one positioning signal by at least one eNB in said first set of eNBs. | 23,232 |
9,409,116 | 1. A porous polymer network comprising a moiety of Formula (A) wherein T is —C, —Si, —Ge, —Sn, —P,—B, —N, —C R | 33,113 |
9,378,651 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: initiating playback of an audio book using a user device; receiving a pause request as input to the user device, the pause request received at an input time index during playback of the audio book; retrieving a subset of candidate pause points, each candidate pause point comprising (1) a time index within the audio book that corresponds to a break point located within an eBook corresponding to the audio book, and (2) a type score based on a type of the break point as it appears in the eBook, the subset of candidate pause points comprising candidate pause points corresponding to break points of different types; responsive to receiving the pause request, selecting one of the candidate pause points from the subset based on the time indices and the type scores of the candidate pause points, the time index of the selected candidate pause point determining a pause time index when playback is to be paused; and pausing the playback at the pause time index. | 44,677 |
9,722,253 | 1. An electrochemical device comprising a cathode, an anode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the cathode and/or the anode is an electrode comprising a coating layer formed partially or totally on a surface thereof, the coating layer comprising: a reduced form of a first acrylate compound having one or two acryl groups; and a reduced form of a second acrylate compound having three or more acryl groups, wherein the coating layer is formed on the electrode upon first charge or during subsequent charge/discharge cycles, the electrochemical device containing the non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising the first acrylate compound having one or two acryl groups; the second acrylate compound having three or more acryl groups; an electrolyte salt; and an organic solvent, wherein each of the first acrylate compound and the second acrylate compound is present in an amount of 0.01-10 wt % in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution; and wherein the first acrylate compound and the second acrylate compound are present in a weight ratio of 1:10-10:1. | 14,419 |
9,837,374 | 1. A method of manufacturing a device, comprising: a step of activating a surface of a first substrate and a surface of a second substrate by using a FAB gun; a step of attaching a plurality of metals to the surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate by sputtering a metal releasing member containing the plurality of metals by using the FAB gun and causing the metal releasing member to release the plurality of metals; a step of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to each other at room temperature by bringing a first surface activated of the first substrate and a second surface activated of the second substrate into contact with each other; and a step of performing heating after the bonding of the first substrate and the second substrate, the heating being performed at a temperature higher than an agglomeration start temperature of the plurality of metals and elements constituting the first substrate or the second substrate, wherein, in the step of attaching the plurality of metals, an exposed area of the metal releasing member is adjusted and an existing density of the plurality of metals present at a bonding surface of the first substrate and the second substrate is adjusted to 1×10 | 35,566 |
8,602,681 | 1. A modular storm water infiltration apparatus for directing water into an adjacent soil column, comprising: a plurality of infiltration chambers each having a substantially planar, substantially rectangular bottom panel and a peripheral wall having a plurality of substantially planar, substantially rectangular wall portions that each extend upward from an outer periphery of the bottom panel to an upper edge of the peripheral wall, such that the bottom panel and the peripheral wall cooperate to define a thin-walled, substantially hollow, substantially rigid, substantially rectangular structure having an interior for storing water, the peripheral wall of each infiltration chamber having at least one infiltration aperture formed therethrough for communicating water laterally into the soil column, each infiltration chamber having at least one rib extending upward from the bottom panel thereof to divide the interior into a plurality of hollow sections to control lateral disbursement of water within each infiltration chamber, and each section having a plurality of drain apertures positioned therein and extending through the bottom panel for communicating water downwardly out of each section of the infiltration chamber, wherein the infiltration chambers are configured to be stacked vertically with respect to one another. | 41,090 |
9,789,634 | 1. A sheet press molding method, comprising: a process of forming a molded product having one or more flow channels to which a recess and protrusion pattern is transferred, by pressurizing a sheet-shaped material including a resin composition and 60 vol. % to 95 vol. % of a filler using a pair of molds, at least one of which has a predetermined recess and protrusion pattern composed of one or more recessed portions and one or more protruding portions, wherein the pair of molds have a first mold and a second mold, the first mold includes a channel pattern having one or more protruding portions disposed on the position corresponding to the flow channels, a dummy pattern having one or more dummy protruding portions, and one or more recessed portions which is formed between the protruding portions of the channel pattern, the dummy protruding portions, and the side surfaces of the inside of the first mold, the dummy protruding portions are separated from the protruding portions of the channel pattern by the recessed portions, and the total volume of the protruding portions of the channel pattern and the dummy protruding portions is same as the total volume of the recessed portions, wherein the total volume of the recessed portions refers to the volume of the recessed portions between an imaginary surface along the top surface of the first mold and the bottom of the recessed portions. | 34,852 |
9,624,883 | 1. Apparatus for closed loop operation of a solenoid-activated actuator, comprising: an external control module and a power source electrically operatively coupled to an activation controller of the actuator, the external control module and the power source located externally to the actuator; an activation controller including a control module and an actuator driver integrated within a body of the actuator, the activation controller configured to communicate with the external control module and receive electrical power from the power source; and at least one sensor device integrated within the body of the actuator and electrically operatively coupled to the activation controller, the at least one sensor device configured to measure one or more parameters during operation of the actuator that are provided as feedback to the activation controller. | 49,823 |
8,622,861 | 1. A hybrid drive unit for a hybrid vehicle comprising: an electric drive machine for delivering an electromotive drive power; a combustion engine drive machine for delivering a combustion engine drive power; and a transmission comprising a combined clutch-and-gear assembly; wherein the transmission comprises (a) a planetary gear train comprising a sun wheel, a planet carrier, and a hollow wheel; (b) at least a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio; and (c) a first clutch comprising a first clutch device arranged in the sun wheel, wherein in both first gear ratio and second gear ratio, the electromotive drive power and combustion engine drive power are both introduced at the sun wheel, and wherein the combusion engine drive power is introduced into the sun wheel through positive engangement of the first clutch device. | 2,801 |
8,828,217 | 1. A method for making a diesel fuel product, comprising: contacting a feedstock with a hydrotreating catalyst in a plurality of hydrotreating stages under effective hydrotreating conditions, each hydrotreating stage having a continuous gas phase environment, at least a portion of the feedstock being comprised of a biocomponent feed, the feedstock having an oxygen content of at least about 1 wt % and a sulfur content of at least about 500 wppm, the feedstock having a first stoichiometric hydrogen need for said hydrotreating; prior to or during contact of the feedstock with at least one additional hydrotreating stage, mixing the feedstock with a recycled product stream into which hydrogen is at least partially dissolved, the at least one additional hydrotreating stage being downstream from at least one of the plurality of hydrotreating stages; mixing the effluent from the plurality of hydrotreating stages with a second recycled product stream into which hydrogen is at least partially dissolved; separating the effluent from the plurality of hydrotreating stages into a gas phase effluent portion and a liquid phase effluent portion; and contacting the liquid phase effluent portion with a catalyst in a hydroprocessing stage having a continuous liquid phase environment under effective hydroprocessing conditions to form a diesel fuel product, the liquid phase effluent portion having a second stoichiometric hydrogen need for said hydroprocessing stage, the diesel fuel product being substantially deoxygenated and having a sulfur content of about 100 wppm or less, wherein the total treat gas rate of hydrogen relative to the feed is less than about 1.2 times the combined first and second stoichiometric hydrogen needs, and wherein the total hydrogen treat gas rate is about 750 scf/bbl (about 130 Nm | 3,333 |
9,242,321 | 1. A device for mounting plates on a motor vehicle, comprising: an elongated mounting strip with a center portion, a first end and a second end, wherein the center portion has a vehicle side and an outward side and a center hole for attaching the strip to a vehicle or vehicle mounting structure, further wherein the first end is flexibly attached to the center portion, and the second end is flexibly attached to the center portion; a post extending from one side of the first end of the strip; and a receiving slot or hole in the second end of the strip; wherein the first end can be bent to meet the center portion so the post extends outward opposite the vehicle side, and the second end can be bent to be fastened on the post; further wherein the first end locks into the center portion. | 18,219 |
9,195,576 | 1. A memory architecture comprising: a non-volatile, application memory block having first application code for application functions capable of being called by a first application; a non-volatile, launcher memory block having second application code for application functions capable of being called by a second application, the second application code being launcher code that is operable to initialize the first application code; a non-volatile, shared memory block having shared code for shared functions; and fixed memory locations dedicated within the shared memory block to store shared function pointers; and volatile memory storing callback pointers, at least one associated with each one of the shared functions, wherein the callback pointers point to callback function code stored within the non-volatile, application memory block having first application code when the first application is executing and to callback function code stored within the non-volatile, launcher memory block having second application code when the second application is executing. | 29,205 |
9,316,161 | 1. A method, comprising: during a first high pressure fuel pump operating mode, regulating a first fuel rail pressure via a first pressure relief valve; and during a second high pressure fuel pump operating mode, regulating a second fuel rail pressure via a second pressure relief valve that is in parallel with the first pressure relief valve and separated by a solenoid valve to direct fuel backflow to the first or second pressure relief valve, wherein a fuel rail pressure sensor is not provided on a direct injection fuel rail fluidly coupled to a high pressure fuel pump. | 675 |
8,798,900 | 1. A charge point notification system comprising: a center device including: an in-vehicle device disposed in the electric vehicle and providing information of a charge point to a user of the electric vehicle, the in-vehicle device including: the energy determination unit determines the required energy based on the node information of the road map information and the vehicle information of the electric vehicle when the electric vehicle is positioned in proximity to the node that has the node information, the determination unit determines whether the nearby charge point is reachable by the electric vehicle based on a comparison between (i) the required energy determined by the energy determination unit and (ii) a remaining energy of the electric vehicle, which is an amount of energy that is available for driving the electric vehicle, and the notification determination unit determines not to generate the notification of the determination result when the remaining energy is greater than the required energy by an energy difference that is equal to or greater than a first threshold, and determines to generate the notification of the determination results when the remaining energy is greater than the required energy by the energy difference that is less than the first threshold and is equal to or greater than a second threshold and when a reachable nearby charge point exists within a first distance range from the electric vehicle, the second threshold is less than the first threshold. | 36,333 |
8,611,327 | 1. A method of policing bandwidth usage in a home network, the network comprising a sending node, a receiving node and a network controller, wherein the sending node is connected to the receiving node, the method comprising: computing a policing window; computing a credit parameter; initializing a usage parameter at the beginning of the policing window; updating the usage parameter during the policing window; sending a reservation request when the usage parameter is less than or equal to the credit parameter, wherein the reservation request is sent by the sending node to the network controller; and sending an opportunistic reservation request when the usage parameter is greater than the credit parameter, wherein the opportunistic reservation request is sent by the sending node to the network controller. | 47,933 |
9,028,200 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a shaft defining an axis of rotation; an outer turbine rotor including an outer set of blades; an inner turbine rotor having an inner set of blades interspersed with the outer set of blades, the inner turbine rotor configured to rotate in an opposite direction about the axis of rotation from the outer turbine rotor; and a splitter gear system coupling the inner and outer turbine rotors to the shaft and configured to rotate the inner set of blades at a faster speed than the outer set of blades. | 42,797 |
8,994,300 | 1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of three or more battery cells that are stacked at spacings; and a plurality of separators that are each arranged between adjacent battery cells of the three of more battery cells and that each keep the spacing between the adjacent battery cells, wherein the plurality of separators include: the plurality of first separators and the plurality of second separators are arranged to keep one of the odd-numbered spacing and the even-numbered spacing from one end side of the plurality of battery cells larger than the other spacing, the first separators and the second separators being arranged alternately. | 19,047 |
9,448,572 | 1. A voltage adjusting circuit comprising: a voltage regulator module (VRM) comprising an input terminal configured for receiving a first voltage, an output terminal connected to a liquid crystal display (LCD), and a control terminal; a control chip comprising a plurality of sensor terminals connected to the LCD to sense currents of the LCD, and a slave terminal connected to the control terminal of the VRM to output a control signal to the VRM, the VRM outputting working voltages to the LCD according to the control signal; a platform controller hub (PCH) comprising a plurality of input output pins; a basic input-output system (BIOS) coupled to the PCH for controlling output signals of the input output pins of the PCH according to a rated voltage of the LCD; and a plurality of switching units, wherein each of the switching units comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, the first terminals of the plurality of switching units are respectively coupled to the plurality of sensor terminals of the control chip, the second terminal of the plurality of switching units are grounded through a first resistor, and the control terminals of the plurality of switching units are respectively coupled to the input/output pins of the PCH. | 3,946 |
9,483,391 | 1. A method executed by a processor, comprising: monitoring the execution of at least a portion of a software application; collecting subroutine call information regarding a plurality of subroutine calls included in the portion of the software application; selecting one or more of the plurality of subroutine calls for detailed data recording; maintaining an array of one or more subroutine call elements, each subroutine call element being associated with a respective subroutine call, the maintaining including: selecting at least one subroutine call element from the array of one or more subroutine call elements; removing the at least one selected subroutine call element from the array of one or more subroutine call elements; and generating a subroutine call tree based on the array of one or more subroutine call elements, the generating including omitting the subroutine call associated with the removed at least one selected subroutine call element from the subroutine call tree. | 9,371 |
8,638,783 | 1. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a protocol stack for a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express™ (PCIe™) communication protocol, the protocol stack having a transaction layer and a link layer; a first physical (PHY) unit coupled to the protocol stack to provide communication between the IC and a device coupled to the IC via a physical link, the first PHY unit of a low power communication protocol and including a physical unit circuit according to the low power communication protocol and a logical layer to interface the protocol stack to the physical unit circuit, the logical layer including a link training state machine to perform link training of the physical link and a mapping logic to map first special symbols of the PCIe™ communication protocol to second special symbols of the low power communication protocol; and a second PHY unit separate from the first PHY unit to provide communication between the IC and the device via a sideband channel separate from the physical link, wherein the link training state machine is to configure the physical link responsive to receipt of a presence signal in the second PHY unit from the device. | 20,736 |
8,801,362 | 1. A fluid turbine comprising: a shroud formed from at least one shroud segment having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an interior surface, and an exterior surface, the at least one shroud segment including a hard shell member and a membrane; wherein the leading edge, the trailing edge, and the interior surface of the shroud segment are formed from the hard shell member, the hard shell member including: wherein the exterior surface of the shroud segment is formed from the membrane. | 18,615 |
8,905,256 | 1. A container which contains contents therein, the container being formed from a resin-coated metal sheet, said resin-coated metal sheet comprising resin layers formed on both surfaces thereof, the resin layers comprising a first polyester as a main component and a fatty acid amide, wherein a resin layer covering an inner surface of the container has an interfacial free energy with water of 30 mN/m or more, wherein said contents contain fat and an oil film is formed at an interface between said resin layer covering the inner surface of the container and said contents. | 14,686 |
8,739,907 | 1. A combination of a vehicle chassis and a battery pack for a vehicle that is at least partly driven by an electric motor, the combination comprising: a vehicle chassis including a floor pan, a first rail and a second rail, wherein the first and second rails extend longitudinally and are spaced apart laterally from each other, wherein each of the rails has a bottom, an inboard side and an outboard side; and a battery pack, including a plurality of cells supported by a housing, wherein the battery pack is generally rectangular and is mounted to the bottom of each of the first and second rails at a plurality of lower points that are longitudinally spaced apart, wherein the battery pack has a first lateral side and a second lateral side which support the inboard sides of the first and second rails against laterally inwardly directed forces, and wherein the battery pack has a top that is mounted to the floorpan at a plurality of upper points that are longitudinally spaced apart. | 27,655 |
9,721,917 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor chip having: wherein the area of said uppermost surface of said multilayered interconnect overlapping said inductor does not include any pads for physically contacting external electrode terminals, and wherein an entire overlapping area of an upper side of said semiconductor substrate that overlaps said inductor does not include any circuit elements between the upper side of the semiconductor substrate and the inductor. | 43,810 |
9,154,693 | 1. A photographing control apparatus for controlling a shooting direction of a camera comprising: a deriving unit configured to derive a parameter for deriving an image for displaying from the camera; and a determining unit configured to determine, based on the parameter derived by the deriving unit, as to whether the shooting direction of the camera is controlled or not, according to a designation of a position, in a display area, in which the image captured by the camera is displayed. | 1,343 |
8,751,183 | 1. Automatic test equipment (ATE) for testing integrated circuit (IC) devices, comprising: a load board attached to a test head for mounting at least one IC device under test (DUT) via a socket on said load board; a tester module including: | 11,287 |
9,453,572 | 1. An electro-mechanical drive system, comprising: a stationary member; an input member extending along an input axis; a compound planetary gear arrangement operatively coupled to the input member such that torque is transmitted from the input member to the compound planetary gear arrangement; a first electric motor-generator operatively coupled to the compound planetary gear arrangement such that torque is transmitted between the first electric motor-generator and the compound planetary gear arrangement, wherein the first electric motor-generator includes a first rotor shaft extending along the input axis; a second electric motor-generator operatively coupled to the compound planetary gear arrangement such that torque is transmitted between the second electric motor-generator and the compound planetary gear arrangement, wherein the second electric motor-generator includes a second rotor shaft extending along a rotor axis, the rotor axis is parallel to the input axis, the rotor axis is spaced apart from the input axis along a radial direction, the radial direction is perpendicular to an axial direction, and the rotor axis and the input axis are parallel to the axial direction; a transfer gear set extending along a transfer gear axis, wherein the transfer gear set is operatively coupled between the second electric motor-generator and the compound planetary gear arrangement such that torque is transmitted between the second electric motor-generator and the compound planetary gear arrangement through the transfer gear set; a plurality of bearings including: wherein at least two of the plurality of bearings are aligned with each along a bearing axis, and the bearing axis is perpendicular to the input axis; and wherein the transfer gear axis is spaced apart from the input axis along the radial direction. | 34,590 |
9,551,136 | 1. A multiple flow faucet with passages comprising: at least one base part that is configured to be installed on a mounting element; a pivoting spout rotatably attached to the at least one base part; a cold water line extending into the at least one base part; a filtered water line having at least two disconnected water line sections, the filtered water line having at least one liquid-tight, rotatable disconnection point at opposing ends of the at least two disconnected water line sections, wherein the disconnection point comprises a pivoting nipple that is rotatable and a fixed nipple that is stationary, the pivoting nipple being disposed concentrically inside of the fixed nipple. | 22,335 |
8,362,957 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first antenna element; a second antenna element; a ground plane element coupled to at least one of the first and second antenna elements; a first transmission line, formed by a first conductor and the ground plane element, arranged to affect a first maximum of current density produced in the ground plane element by the first antenna element; a second transmission line arranged to affect a second maximum of current density produced in the ground plane element by the second antenna element; | 499 |
8,654,538 | 1. A wiring board, comprising: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the first substrate having a penetrating hole penetrating through the first substrate; a built-up layer formed on the first surface of the first substrate and comprising a plurality of interlayer resin insulation layers and a plurality of wiring layers, the built-up layer having an opening portion communicated with the penetrating hole of the first substrate and opened to an outermost surface of the built-up layer on an opposite side of the first substrate; an interposer accommodated in the opening portion of the built-up layer and comprising a second substrate and a wiring layer formed on the second substrate, the wiring layer of the interposer comprising a plurality of conductive circuits configured to be connected to a plurality of semiconductor elements; a filler filling the opening portion of the built-up layer such that the interposer is held in the opening portion of the built-up layer; a plurality of first mounting pads formed on the first substrate and positioned to mount the semiconductor elements; and a plurality of second mounting pads formed on the interposer and positioned to mount the semiconductor elements and electrically connect the semiconductor elements to the conductive circuits in the interposer, wherein the opening portion of the built-up layer has a tapered portion tapering toward the outermost surface of the built-up layer, the plurality of wiring layers in the built-up layer comprises a plurality of conductive circuits, the plurality of conductive circuits in the built-up layer is electrically connected to the semiconductor elements via the first mounting pads, and the second mounting pads have a pitch which is set smaller than a pitch of the first mounting pads. | 34,845 |
9,334,011 | 1. A bicycle assembly comprising: a main frame comprising a seat tube, a head tube and a top tube connecting the seat tube and the head tube; a sub-frame configured to rotate with respect to the main frame; a shock absorber having a first eyelet connected to the main frame defining a front pivot, the shock absorber configured to regulate the relationship between the main frame and the sub-frame; and an extension body coupled to the shock absorber, the extension body establishing a rear pivot of the shock absorber; wherein when the bicycle assembly is unloaded and the shock absorber is in a fully extended position the shock absorber and extension body have a combined length that is selectable between a first length and a second length greater than the first length; wherein a first end of the extension body receives a second eyelet of the shock absorber within the extension body and the axis of the center of the second eyelet is at least about 15 degrees offset from the axis of the center of the first eyelet, such that the extension body forms a rigid, non-rotating connection with the second eyelet. | 48,733 |
9,155,154 | 1. An operating device for driving a multicolored light source comprising: a touch-sensitive operating element configured to be operated by a touch of a user, the touch-sensitive operating element having an operating surface embodied as a smooth area that has no identifications; a proximity switch configured to switch on the touch-sensitive operating element when the user approaches the touch-sensitive operating element; and a control device configured to control a multicolored light source with a predetermined number of colors and brightness levels, wherein the touch-sensitive operating element is configured to select a color and a brightness from the predetermined number of colors and brightness levels depending on the touch of the user. | 42,191 |
9,548,151 | 1. A magnetic field generator (G 1 , G 2 , G 3 , G 4 , G 5 , G 6 , G 7 , G 8 , G 9 ) for a magnetocaloric thermal device (A T ) with a rotary structure, the magnetic field generator (G 1 , G 2 , G 3 , G 4 , G 5 , G 6 , G 7 , G 8 , G 9 ) comprising: first (S each magnetizing structure (S wherein the first (A the active side (F the induction vectors of the first (A | 32,378 |
8,420,927 | 1. A solar cell, comprising: a substrate of a first conductive type; an emitter layer of a second conductive type positioned at a light receiving surface of the substrate; a plurality of first electrodes that are positioned on the emitter layer and are directly contacting the emitter layer; and at least one first current collector that is positioned on the emitter layer in a direction crossing the plurality of first electrodes, and are directly contacting the emitter layer, wherein each first electrode including a lower layer and an upper layer positioned on the lower layer, wherein a thickness of each first electrode is greater than a thickness of the at least one first current collector, a connection portion of the upper layer of each first electrode and each first current collector includes a first inclined surface having a first inclined angle and a second inclined surface facing the first inclined surface and having a second inclined angle different from the first inclined angle, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface connecting a top surface of the upper layer and a top surface of each first current collector, each of the first and second inclined surfaces is inclinedly formed towards the top surface of the at least one first current collector, a thickness of each connection portion is thinner than the thickness of the first electrode, and wherein a distance measured on a vector normal between a top surface of the emitter layer and the top surface of the upper layer is larger than a distance measured on a vector normal between the top surface of the emitter layer and the top surface of the at least one first current collector. | 16,182 |
8,613,655 | 1. A computer-implemented method to provide group play with multiple game devices, the method comprising: under the control of a group play coordinator computer system configured with executable instructions, | 6,275 |
8,526,470 | 1. A method performed by a test system coupled to a network under test, comprising: emulating a plurality of users, each emulated user (EU) executing an EU activity, wherein reporting a result of emulating the plurality of users. | 38,709 |
9,774,057 | 1. A mixture, comprising: an aprotic organic solvent or an aprotic organic solvent mixture; at least one compound selected from the group consisting of formula (I) and formula (II) from 0 to 30 ppm of water; optionally an additive; and a lithium salt, wherein the aprotic organic solvent or the aprotic organic solvent mixture is liquid at room temperature; R R R R X is independently selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, N—R R R n is an integer from 1 to 3. | 31,666 |
8,554,141 | 1. A method for communication, the method comprising: in a receiving Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device: receiving an advertisement packet from an advertising BLE device; filtering said advertisement packet utilizing hardware of said receiving BLE device to determine whether said advertising BLE device is known to said receiving BLE device; and if said advertising BLE device is not known to said receiving BLE device, filtering said received advertisement packet from said advertising BLE device utilizing firmware of said receiving BLE device to determine whether said advertising BLE device is known to said receiving BLE device. | 17,223 |
9,333,726 | 1. A colored three-dimensional object that resembles an actual recognizable object having corresponding structures created by the process comprising: providing a two-dimensional square white paper napkin having edges, a front side, and a back side; applying a color pattern having colors and designs on said front side so that said color pattern is registered with said edges to create a colored two-dimensional napkin bearing said color pattern; wherein said color pattern creates said colored three-dimensional object that resembles said actual recognizable object when said colors and said designs are matched onto said corresponding structures when said napkin is folded using a known napkin fold for said actual recognizable object; whereby when said two-dimensional napkin bearing said color pattern is folded using said known napkin fold, said colored three-dimensional object that resembles said actual recognizable object, with said colors and said designs matched on said corresponding structures, is created and can be viewed and is recognizable from more than one elevational or perspective view. | 1,945 |
9,328,049 | 1. A hydrocarbon conversion process, comprising: (a) providing a first mixture comprising ≧1.0 wt. % hydrocarbon and ≧1.0 wt. % oxygenate, the weight percents being based on the weight of the first mixture, wherein the oxygenate comprises water obtained from step (d); (b) exposing the first mixture to a temperature ≧700° C. under pyrolysis conditions to produce a second mixture, wherein (i) the second mixture comprises ≧1.0 wt. % acetylene based on the weight of the second mixture and (ii) ≧95.0 wt. % of the second mixture's acetylene, based on the weight of the second mixture's acetylene, is produced by conversion of at least a portion of the first mixture's hydrocarbon; (c) converting ≧10.0 wt. % of the second mixture's acetylene to cyclooctatetraene, based on the weight of the second mixture's acetylene, in the presence of a catalyst comprising nickel in order to produce a third mixture, the third mixture comprising at least a portion the cyclooctatetraene produced by the acetylene conversion; and (d) converting ≧5.0 wt. % of the third mixture's cyclooctatetraene to water and phthalic acids, based on the weight of the third mixture's cyclooctatetraene. | 15,388 |
8,403,448 | 1. A medium transport device comprising: a sensor unit having a plurality of sensors, the senor unit provided in a transport path of a print recording medium to detect a transport timing of the print recording medium; a timing data collection unit that receives an output from the sensor unit and samples the output at a sampling interval as timing data; and a sampling resolution changing unit that changes the sampling interval, wherein | 27,271 |
9,464,837 | 1. A method of controlling an air conditioning (A/C) compressor in a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system having an evaporator including a phase change material, the method comprising the steps of: measuring an evaporator output air temperature (EOAT); determining a state of charge (SoC) value based on the EOAT; determining an upper limit value and a lower limit value for the SoC; initiating operation of the A/C compressor when the SoC value is less than or equal to the lower limit value; and discontinuing operation of the A/C compressor when the SoC value is greater than or equal to the upper limit value. | 24,171 |
9,506,395 | 1. A cooling system for a supercharged internal combustion engine, comprising: a charge air cooling circuit, in which a low-temperature coolant circulates and which has a low-temperature charge air cooler for cooling charge air and a low-temperature coolant cooler for cooling the low-temperature coolant, a refrigerant circuit, in which a refrigerant circulates and which has a vaporiser for vaporising the refrigerant and a condenser for condensing the refrigerant, a coupling heat exchanger for a fluidically separated, heat-transmitting coupling of the charge air cooling circuit with the refrigerant circuit, the coupling heat exchanger being arranged in a vaporiser bypass of the refrigerant circuit thereby bypassing the vaporiser and arranged in a coupling branch of the charge air cooling circuit, wherein the coupling branch branches off via a branching-off point from a feed of the charge air cooling circuit leading from the low-temperature coolant cooler to the low-temperature charge air cooler. | 13,703 |
8,773,232 | 1. A high-frequency transformer comprising: a laminated body including a plurality of base material layers that are laminated on one another; and a primary coil and a secondary coil including at least portions thereof that are embedded in the laminated body; wherein the primary coil includes an odd-numbered coil conductor pattern whose coil aperture that includes a first axis, and an even-numbered coil conductor pattern that is series-connected to the odd-numbered coil conductor pattern of the primary coil and whose coil aperture includes a second axis that is parallel or approximately parallel to the first axis of the primary coil; the secondary coil includes an odd-numbered coil conductor pattern whose coil aperture includes the second axis and which is disposed adjacent to the odd-numbered coil conductor pattern of the primary coil, and an even-numbered coil conductor pattern which is series-connected to the odd-numbered coil conductor pattern of the secondary coil, whose coil aperture includes the first axis, and which is disposed adjacent to the even-numbered coil conductor pattern of the primary coil; the odd-numbered coil conductor pattern of the primary coil, the even-numbered coil conductor pattern of the primary coil, the odd-numbered coil conductor pattern of the secondary coil, and the even-numbered coil conductor pattern of the secondary coil are wound such that when currents flow through the primary coil and the secondary coil, directions of a magnetic field occurring in the first axis and a magnetic field occurring in the second axis are opposite to each other; the high-frequency transformer is configured to perform impedance conversion on a circuit connected to the primary coil and a circuit connected to the secondary coil; and the primary coil includes a different number of turns than the secondary coil. | 9,539 |
8,567,528 | 1. Apparatus for drilling a borehole while rotating a drill string in a first rotational direction, comprising: a drill bit; a first drilling motor assembly for rotating said drill bit in said first rotational direction at a first rotational speed; a second drilling motor assembly connected between said first drilling motor assembly and said drill string for rotating said first drilling motor assembly in a second rotational direction at a second rotational speed; and a control assembly for controlling the second rotational speed relative to said rotating drill string, comprising: | 15,079 |
8,354,005 | 1. A method for the continuous microwave pyrolysis of waste materials or other raw materials, comprising the steps of: a. inserting one or more waste containers containing waste material into a closed airtight outer housing through a first airlock, b. continuously transporting the waste material in continuous path on a circulating conveyor system in the form of a rotating carousel within the closed airtight outer housing, c. applying microwave energy to the waste material as it transported on the conveyor system at fixed heating stations, d. recovering solid matter and/or extracting liquid from within the closed airtight housing after the application of microwave energy through a second airlock, e. recovering gas from the airtight outer housing. | 42,189 |
9,683,280 | 1. An alloy for use in components in contact with liquid fluorides, consisting essentially of, in terms of weight percent: Cr: 6 to 8.5, Mo: 5.5 to 13.5, W: 0.4 to 7.5, Ti: 1 to 2, Mn: 0.7 to 0.85, Al: 0.05 to 0.3, Co: 0 to 0.1, C: 0.08 to 0.5, Ta: 1 to 5, Nb: 1 to 4, Hf: 1 to 3, Fe: ≦0.01, Ni: balance, with Al+Ti≦2.3 wt. %; and said alloy being characterized by i) at alloy temperatures of 850° C., a yield strength of at least 36 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 40 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 72.1 hours, and a corrosion rate of 8×10 ii) at alloy temperatures of 850° C., a matrix consisting of γ and 4.0 to 10 wt. % total precipitates, said total precipitates consisting of at least one M iii) said alloy possessing an Mo Equivalent of no less than 5, wherein, and iv) said alloy having a corrosion susceptibility index, CSI, of no less than about 0.1 and no more than about 0.2, wherein | 7,949 |
8,812,486 | 1. A method for selecting an optimal query plan for the execution of a database query, said method comprising: a. comparing a first query plan chosen by a query optimizer to at least one structurally equivalent query plan, said comparison made with respect to cost as a function of input row, outer cardinality, said first query plan formulated based on a graph of query plan operators connected by directed edges, with each edge d providing a set of rows to an operator o in a given query plan; b. developing a robustness measure for each of said first query plan and at least one structurally equivalent query plan, said robustness measured by the probability that each of said first query plan and at least one structurally equivalent query plans is least-cost with respect to cost determined by a database query execution cost model, and said robustness measure for a query operator and a query plan being proportional to a size of a corresponding validity range, with a larger validity range for a query operator or plan indicating a proportionally larger margin of allowable error in cardinality estimation prior to a query plan being deemed sub-optimal, said validity range for each said edge d defined by an upper and lower bound on a cardinality of rows flowing through operator o, such that when said cardinality of rows flowing through operator o falls outside said upper and lower bounds, a given plan becomes sub-optimal; c. selectively choosing either of: said first query plan or one of said at least one structurally equivalent query plans, based on a comparison of said developed robustness measures; d. executing a database query based on said selected query plan in step c, and wherein said developed robustness measure for said chosen query plan is greater in value than each of said developed robustness measures for each of said first query plan and at least one structurally equivalent query plans not chosen in said choosing step. | 33,422 |
8,934,518 | 1. A communication method for transmitting meta-data through a meta-carrier signal, the method comprising: encoding meta-data configured for use by an earth station to identify at least one repeating relay using an encoder, the meta-data comprising information that identifies or describes a repeating relay or one or more transponders of the repeating relay to which a spread meta-carrier signal is to be transmitted, the information comprising at least one of a name of a repeating relay, a name of a transponder, a transponder center frequency, a transponder polarization, and an ephemeris; modulating, using a modulator, the encoded meta-data signal; spreading, using a spreader, the modulated meta-carrier such that the spread meta-carrier signal results; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the spread meta-carrier signal to the repeating relay wherein the spread meta-carrier signal is transmitted over at least a portion of the bandwidth of the repeating relay without reserving the at least a portion of the bandwidth solely for transmitting the spread meta-carrier signal and at a signal power level that is embedded into the noise floor of the repeating relay. | 44,347 |
9,327,514 | 1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising: an inkjet head having a nozzle discharging ink; a first tank arranged at a position higher than the inkjet head and storing the ink; a second tank arranged at a position lower than the inkjet head and storing the ink; a circulation path for circulating the ink among the first tank, the inkjet head, and the second tank; a positive-pressure applying portion for applying a positive pressure to one tank of the first and second tanks; a negative-pressure applying portion for applying a negative pressure to the other tank of the first and second tanks; a control unit for a common air chamber connected to an air layer on ink in the first tank and an air layer on ink in the second tank through an air channel; a first valve which is closed when being electrified and is open when being non-electrified and opens/closes the air channel between the first tank and the common air chamber; a second valve which is open when being electrified and is closed when being non-electrified and opens/closes the air channel between the second tank and the common air chamber; and a third valve which is closed when being electrified and opened when being non-electrified and switches the second tank between a state shut off from the atmospheric air and a state open to the atmospheric air, wherein a nozzle pressure of the inkjet head becomes a meniscus breaking pressure or less when being non-electrified, and the air channel connecting the common air chamber to the air layer in the first tank and the air layer in the second tank is different than the circulating path that circulates the ink between the first tank, the inkjet head and the second tank. | 28,438 |
9,517,819 | 1. An apparatus for walking and resting upon water, the apparatus comprising: two inflatable pontoons each having a top and bottom surface with respective holes in the top surface for a footwell; forward and rearward platform supports that expand and contract when in use so as to accommodate variable spacing between the pontoons while connecting the pontoons together; a platform including a top, and bottom, so as to allow a user to sit on the top of the platform; wherein each platform support further comprises a neck, the bottom of the platform comprising corresponding holes into which the necks of the platform supports are received so as to hold down and secure the platform to the platform support while allowing the platform to ride freely above the platform supports as each neck rotates freely within the corresponding hole in the bottom of the platform. | 44,375 |
9,194,048 | 1. An electrochemical device comprising an electrolyte membrane, a first catalyst and an anode current collector stacked on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, a second catalyst and a cathode current collector stacked on an opposite surface of the electrolyte membrane, a first separator stacked on the anode current collector, the first separator having a planar contact surface, a first flow path, for supplying water, formed between the anode current collector and the first separator, a second separator stacked on the cathode current collector, the second separator having a planar contact surface, and a second flow path, for collecting hydrogen generated by an electrolysis of the water, formed between the cathode current collector and the second separator, a pressure of the hydrogen being higher than a pressure of the water, wherein a load applying mechanism for pressing the cathode current collector onto the electrolyte membrane is interposed between the cathode current collector and the second separator, the anode current collector and the cathode current collector have different stack areas on the electrolyte membrane, and the anode current collector is fitted into an inner periphery of a frame member, and the anode current collector is thicker than the frame member so that an anode current collector surface stacked on the electrolyte membrane uniformly protrudes from the frame member and the first separator toward the electrolyte membrane. | 32,507 |
8,940,461 | 1. A method of fabricating a membrane electrode assembly comprising: depositing a layer of electrode ink on a decal substrate; placing the decal substrate on one side of a porous graphite plate; partially drying the electrode ink by applying a vacuum to one side of said porous graphite plate until no visible liquid remains on the surface to form an electrode layer that has a uniform thickness of at least about 120 microns thick without using extra additives; and hot pressing the partially dried electrode layer to a membrane to form the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) wherein said MEA is free of mudcracking. | 44,190 |
8,876,918 | 1. A wax composition comprising: from 5 wt % to 95 wt % of at least one non-hydrogenated epoxy product selected from the group consisting of epoxides of vegetable oils, epoxides of fatty acid esters, epoxides of tall oil fatty acid esters, chemically modified derivatives of non-hydrogenated epoxy products, and mixtures thereof; and from 5 wt % to 95 wt % of at least one wax component selected from the group consisting of paraffin waxes, hydrogenated tallow and fats, waxes of fully hydrogenated vegetable oils and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, fatty acids, polyol fatty acid partial esters, products of trans-esterification of fully and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, products of trans-esterification of polyol fatty acid partial esters, and mixtures thereof. | 37,756 |
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