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8,941,364 | 1. An on-demand electric power system for providing electrical power in remote locations, comprising: an engine-generator; a control switch electrically connected said engine-generator to control electrical power from said engine-generator to an electric load; a sensor for detecting a condition; and a control unit in communication with said engine-generator, said control switch and said sensor, wherein said control unit controls the operation of said engine-generator, wherein said control unit is adapted to activate said engine-generator based on said condition, wherein said control unit is adapted to deactivate said engine-generator based on said condition; wherein said engine-generator is initially deactivated and wherein said control switch is initially open to prevent electrical power being provided to the electric load; wherein when said condition requires electrical power to the electric load, said control unit first activates said engine-generator and then closes said control switch after a delay time; wherein said delay time is greater than 5 seconds. | 42,076 |
9,304,328 | 1. A method for fabricating a label for a embedding in a secondary object, the method comprising the steps of: depositing a photaligning release material onto a substrate; aligning the photaligning release material with a linearly polarized light to create a homogenous background on the substrate; arranging a mask on a predetermined position in front of the substrate; exposing the homogenous background on the substrate to interfering light beams of orthogonal polarization states through the mask; coating the substrate with a reactive liquid crystal film; polymerizing the reactive liquid crystal film; releasing the polymerized liquid crystal polymer film from the substrate; and transferring at least a portion of the released film to the secondary object. | 35,056 |
9,032,727 | 1. A system comprising: a turbine housing that defines a turbine wheel space, an exhaust chamber in fluid communication with the turbine wheel space and a control shaft bore that extends from the exhaust chamber to an ambient environment at an outer surface of the turbine housing; a turbine wheel disposed at least in part in the turbine wheel space wherein the turbine wheel comprises a rotational axis; a blunt body positioned an axial distance from the turbine wheel in an exhaust environment that is in fluid communication with the turbine wheel space wherein the blunt body comprises an opening in fluid communication with the exhaust environment and a lumen in fluid communication with the opening; and a suction conduit connected for fluid communication between the control shaft bore of the turbine housing and the lumen of the blunt body. | 49,826 |
9,092,387 | 1. A non-volatile memory, comprising: a memory array; a control coupled to the memory array and configured to receive requests from a memory controller outside said non-volatile memory to access the memory array, the control further configured to initiate one or more of a plurality of transactions with the memory controller, wherein the plurality of transactions comprises an alert to the memory controller without being prompted by the memory controller or an external device and a request to memory controller for the memory controller to allow the control to directly initiate a transaction with the external device, wherein the transaction is a request for security information, and wherein the control is further configured to provide a status request to the memory controller to determine if the memory controller has information that will not be used for a period of time, and based on the memory controller having information that will not be used for a period of time, the control performs maintenance activities on the memory array. | 36,676 |
9,659,073 | 1. A method comprising: loading, from an online transaction processing (OLTP) system, a plurality of records, each of the records of the plurality of records identifies a parent-child relationship between two components in a hierarchy; after loading the plurality of records from the OLTP system, storing the plurality of records in a data warehouse that is separate from the OLTP system; after storing the plurality of records in the data warehouse, generating, at the data warehouse, a first set of strings based upon hierarchy data for the hierarchy stored in the plurality of records at the data warehouse by applying a recursive function to the plurality of records, the first set of strings representing hierarchical paths in the hierarchy, each string in the first set of strings comprising one or more components in the hierarchy and wherein the one or more components in the string are arranged in an order indicative of a hierarchical path represented by the string; filtering the first set of strings to create a second set of strings, at the data warehouse, so that strings of the first set of strings that trace a path from a root of the hierarchy to a leaf of the hierarchy are selected to create the second set of strings, wherein the second set of strings have fewer than all strings from the first set of strings in order to perform hierarchical flattening of the plurality of records; creating, in the data warehouse, a particular record for each string in the second set of strings; and querying the data warehouse for the particular record for a string in the second set of strings. | 10,477 |
8,622,191 | 1. A coin detection device for determining a size of a coin and a size of at least one aperture hole in the coin while the coin is traveling along a coin track, the device comprising a first inductive sensor array positioned along the coin track, a first optical sensor array positioned along the coin track, a processing circuit connected to the optical and inductive sensor arrays, each of the optical and inductive sensor arrays providing an output signal to the processing circuit and the processing circuit determining a size of the coin and a size of at least one aperture hole in the coin based upon output signal from each of the optical and inductive sensor arrays; wherein the processing circuit is adapted to determine the validity of the coin by calculating the size of the coin and also calculating the size of the aperture hole; and wherein the size of the coin is a size of a chord of the coin, the size of said aperture hole is a size of a chord of the aperture hole and a mathematical operation is a ratio of the chord of the coin and the chord of the hole. | 28,812 |
8,666,417 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a handover request message including target cell timing offset information at a potential target cell base station, the potential target cell base station having a physical cell identifier; comparing, at the potential target base station, the received target cell timing offset information with stored timing offset information at the potential target cell base station; and sending a handover request accept message when the received target cell timing offset information is similar to the stored timing offset information, wherein the method further comprises: determining that timing offset information is not stored at the potential target cell base station; sending an additional cell identifier request message when the timing offset information is not stored at the potential target cell base station; receiving an additional cell identifier in response to sending the additional cell identifier request message; determining that the received additional cell identifier is equal to an additional cell identifier if the potential target cell base station; and storing the received target cell timing offset information at the potential target cell base station when the received additional cell identifier is equal to the additional cell identifier of the potential target cell base station. | 40,172 |
8,919,169 | 1. A method of stamping a sheet metal component, comprising: forming a steel sheet in a stamping press to include an indentation extending from a first surface of the sheet toward a second opposite surface of the sheet and extending about a periphery of the first surface; and separating a first portion of the sheet from a second portion of the sheet in a trimming press, wherein the separating occurs by shearing through the remaining sheet material located at the indentation previously formed; wherein the forming step includes defining the indentation to have a cross section including angled, substantially planar surfaces, and wherein a first angled surface of the angled surfaces extends at forty-five degrees to a line perpendicular to the first surface and a second angled surface of the angled surfaces extends at an angle from the line perpendicular to the first surface ranging from forty-five to sixty degrees, and wherein a minimum sheet thickness is defined between the indentation and the second opposite surface. | 18,943 |
8,644,115 | 1. A hydrophone comprising: a sensor comprising a sensing part comprising a piezoelectric element and a pressure balancing part; a printed circuit board (PCB) that is electrically connected to the sensor; a case that houses the sensor and the PCB and that has an opening at one side thereof; an elastic membrane that covers the opening of the case; and a signal line that is electrically connected to the PCB and extended to the outside of the case, wherein: the pressure balancing part comprises a diaphragm of a thin film and a support that supports the diaphragm, a pressure balancing hole is formed at one side of the pressure balancing part, and at the inside of the pressure balancing part, a channel that is connected to the pressure balancing hole is formed, the PCB partitions the inside of the case into a first space at which the sensing part of the sensor is disposed and a second space to which the signal line is connected, a compressible gas is filled in the channel, and a first incompressible fluid is filled at the first space, and a second incompressible fluid is filled at the second space, and wherein the first incompressible fluid is a liquid and surrounds the diaphragm and the support at least a portion where the pressure balancing hole is formed, and the first incompressible fluid is allowed to be injected into the pressure balancing hole to form an interface with the compressible gas while the first incompressible fluid presses the diaphragm. | 45,538 |
9,311,285 | 1. A method of curating chat transcripts into webpages, the method comprising: automatically generating a transcript of a chat, the chat being a synchronous online dialog between two or more humans, the chat transcript being separate from the chat itself; selecting the chat transcript for curation; curating the chat transcript by adding inline preferable information to the chat transcript and/or deleting non-preferable information from the chat transcript; automatically generating a static new webpage separate from the chat itself that includes: automatically publishing the static new webpage separately from the chat itself and in a location to be indexed by an indexing service. | 32,223 |
8,969,986 | 1. An array of photodetectors responsive to incident light comprising: a. a substrate formed of a material which is transparent to said incident light which, in use, impinges a first major surface of said substrate; b. each photodetector in said array comprising: (1) a plurality of multiple discrete regions of a first optical absorber material, each discrete region having a geometric shape which it shares in common with the other discrete regions of the first optical absorber material, the common geometric shape having sloping sidewalls which angle towards a tip of said common geometric shape, said plurality of multiple discrete regions of the first optical absorber material being disposed on or adjacent a second major surface of said substrate; and (2) a separate metal reflector and contact layer which contacts or adjoins the tips of the multiple discrete regions of the first optical absorber material, said separate metal reflector and contact layer contacting or adjoining the tips of the multiple discrete regions of the first optical absorber material with a portion of the separate metal reflector and contact layer being spaced away from the multiple discrete regions and thereby defining one or more voids between adjacent ones of the multiple discrete regions, the one or more voids having an optical refractive index which is lower than an optical refractive index of the first optical absorber material. | 6,099 |
9,422,908 | 1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising: an electronic control unit configured to perform control of setting a start mode of an internal combustion engine, which generates a motive power applied to a driving wheel of a vehicle, during running of the vehicle with consumption of fuel in the internal combustion engine stopped, wherein | 9,632 |
9,294,148 | 1. A power line communication (PLC) system comprising: a power supply circuit including: at least one load circuit connected to the output terminal of the power supply circuit; a PLC transmitter arranged to modulate an output current from the output terminal of the power supply circuit; and a PLC receiver in said at least one load circuit, wherein the controller is arranged to switch the converters with interleaved switching pulse signals; wherein the PLC transmitter is arranged to modulate the output current by switching the controller between at least two modes of operation that differ from one another in at least one of phase relations and pulse shapes of the switching pulse signals, thereby changing a ripple frequency spectrum of the output current in such a way that a suppression amount of a predetermined frequency component in the ripple frequency spectrum is changed depending upon the mode of operation; and wherein the PLC receiver is arranged to detect said predetermined frequency component. | 43,653 |
8,693,871 | 1. A method for wavelength assignment in an optical network where each wavelength is represented as a copy of a graph that represents a physical topology of the optical network comprising: packing lightpaths of a wavelength of the optical network using a minimum number of copies of the graph by removing arcs between nodes, in a particular lightpath route, from the graph in constant time, wherein lightpaths arc-disjointly routed in a same copy of the graph are assigned a same wavelength; representing the graph according to an n×n distance matrix in which each entry is a value of a shortest path between two corresponding nodes in the graph, and wherein removing arcs comprises: updating the graph and the n×n distance matrix to reflect a respective arc removal. | 42,141 |
8,381,512 | 1. A method for reducing NOx emissions in an exhaust gas feedstream output from an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: equipping the engine with an exhaust aftertreatment system including a catalytic device fluidly serially connected upstream of an ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device, the ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device including catalytic material comprising a base metal; monitoring a temperature of the ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device; forbidding operation of the engine at a lean of stoichiometry air/fuel ratio and a rich of stoichiometry air/fuel ratio when a temperature of the ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device is not within a predetermined operating range defined by a lower temperature limit and an upper temperature limit; only when the temperature of the ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device is within the predetermined operating range defined by the lower temperature limit and the upper temperature limit, modulating the engine to generate an engine-out exhaust gas feedstream including nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen that converts to ammonia on the catalytic device, wherein modulating the engine comprises operating the engine at one of a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio and a rich of stoichiometry air/fuel ratio; storing the ammonia on the ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device; and reducing NOx emissions in the exhaust gas feedstream in the ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device using the stored ammonia. | 259 |
9,531,285 | 1. A power system comprising: an electronic device; a power supply device comprising: a converter having a main power output for outputting a main voltage and a standby power output for outputting a standby voltage, wherein the standby power output is electrically connected to the electronic device; and a controller electrically connected to the converter; a power-managing module communicating with the electronic device and the power supply device, the power managing module comprising: a switch arranged between the main power output and the electronic device and electrically connected to the main power output and the electronic device; and a power manager electrically connected to the electronic device, the switch, and the controller; wherein when the electronic device is in a standby operation mode, the power manager makes the switch turn off to stop conducting the main voltage to the electronic device. | 38,077 |
8,493,223 | 1. A method of monitoring personnel operating at workplaces within confined spaces accessible via workplace access openings, the method comprising: for each workplace access opening, providing a selectively configurable mobile workplace module comprising a video registration device producing video data, an audio interface for emitting and receiving audio data, a gas sensor to produce gas sensor data and an isolation transformer supplying low voltage electrical power; mounting a workplace module adjacent to each workplace and at least partially within the confined spaces wherein the gas sensor is provided outside the confined space and gas from the workplace is transported to the gas sensor; providing a monitoring unit outside the workplaces and confined spaces, the monitoring unit comprising a display for displaying video data from the workplace modules, an audio interface for emitting and receiving audio data and a gas data receiver for receiving gas sensor data; connecting the workplace modules for signal transfer of data collected at each workplace to a transmitting station; transmitting data from the transmitting station to the monitoring unit; and monitoring at the monitoring unit the operation of personnel at the workplaces. | 41,914 |
9,837,137 | 1. A device comprising: a plurality of terminals supplied with command information from an outside of the device, the command information comprising a plurality of bits respectively corresponding to the plurality of terminals, and the plurality of bits being configured to take a plurality of combinations in a logic level to designate a plurality of commands; and an internal circuit coupled to the plurality of terminals to receive the command information, the internal circuit being configured to perform a first operation responsive to a first one of the plurality of combinations in the logic level when the internal circuit is in a first mode and to perform a second operation responsive to the first one of the plurality of combinations in the logic level when the internal circuit is in a second mode, the first operation being different from the second operation, and the first mode being different from the second mode. | 19,265 |
9,765,806 | 1. A quick disconnect device configured to detachably mechanically capture a ball of a ball-and-stem structure, the quick disconnect device comprising: a back plate; a front plate, the front plate defining an opening; an intermediate plate positioned between said front plate and said back plate, the intermediate plate defining: (i) a vertical chamber aligned with the front plate opening and comprising an upper ball-receiving chamber and a lower ball recess; and (ii) a horizontal chamber intersecting the vertical chamber and comprising a ball-locking member channel on a first side of the vertical chamber, and a biasing guide channel on a second side of the vertical chamber;and a ball-locking member positioned within said horizontal chamber, the ball-locking member comprising a base having a user actuation portion disposed at one end and a protrusion extending from an opposing end thereof, the protrusion comprising an angled ball-receiving guide surface facing the upper ball-receiving chamber and the first side of the vertical chamber and configured to receive a ball from the upper ball-receiving chamber, the user actuation portion and the protrusion defining a channel therebetween configured to enable the ball to pass therethrough into the lower ball recess, and further comprising, on a surface opposing the ball-receiving guide surface, a ball recess closure surface facing the lower ball recess; wherein said ball-locking member is configured to move within said horizontal chamber between: (i) an unlocked position in which the ball recess closure surface is positioned at least partially within the biasing guide channel, thereby allowing the ball to enter or withdraw from the ball recess; and (ii) a locked position in which the ball recess closure surface covers at least most of the lower ball recess and prevents the ball from leaving the lower ball recess; wherein said ball-locking member is biased against the unlocked position by a bias member located within the biasing guide channel; and wherein said ball-locking member is moved into said unlocked position by applying a force on the user actuation portion or on the angled ball-receiving guide surface of the ball-locking member to move the ball-locking member within the horizontal chamber against its bias. | 44,623 |
9,853,016 | 1. A method for manufacturing a stacked semiconductor package, the method comprising: providing an integrated circuit (“IC”) package substrate comprising a plurality of conductive contacts formed on a surface of the IC package substrate, wherein the plurality of conductive contacts further comprise a plurality of data I/O contacts and a plurality of ground (“GND”) contacts, wherein only two GND contacts of the plurality of GND contacts are surrounded by the data I/O contacts associated with respective ones of the first and second subsets of the plurality conductive contacts; physically coupling an stack of memory dies to a top surface of the IC package substrate in an arrow-shaped stack; electrically coupling bond pads provided on exposed surfaces of the memory dies in a first half of the arrow-shaped stack to contacts of the IC package substrate associated with a first communications channel; and electrically coupling bond pads provided on exposed surfaces of the memory dies in a second half of the arrow-shaped stack to contacts of the IC package substrate associated with a second communications channel. | 19,534 |
8,728,337 | 1. A method of processing a substrate comprising: placing the substrate in a process space delimited by a movable wall; introducing a process gas or vapour into the process space; carrying out a process on the substrate in the process space using the process gas or vapor; and removing gas or vapour from the process space, and wherein at least one of the introducing and the step of removing of the gas or vapour is effected at least in part by moving the movable wall to change the volume of the process space and thereby draw the process gas or vapour into the process chamber or expel gas or vapour from the process chamber, wherein the process gas or vapor is introduced into the process space a number of discrete times, gas or vapour is removed from the process space a number of discrete times each occurring after the process gas or vapour has been introduced into the process chamber, whereby the introducing and removing of the gas or vapour are sequentially repeated, and the introducing of the process gas or vapour and the removing of the gas or vapor are effected at least in part by moving the movable wall to sequentially and repeatedly increase and decrease the volume of the process space. | 9,113 |
9,046,180 | 1. A weir-type diaphragm valve, comprising: a valve body configured with a fluid channel and a weir having a weir sealing portion; and a diaphragm configured with two or more diaphragm portions, including the two or more diaphragm portions being configured with different characteristics based at least partly on different material stresses associated with different functionality that each portion is configured to perform when the weir-type diaphragm valve is closed and opened, including where the diaphragm weir sealing portion has a first physical characteristic based upon the inflection with lower stress on each respective side of the weir related to the pair of studs pushing and pulling the weir sealing portion to and from the weir in order to close and open the weir-type diaphragm valve, and including where the center flexing portion has a second physical characteristic based upon the convex and concave flexing extremes off the weir related to mechanical cycling of the center flexing portion when opening and closing the weir-type diaphragm valve. | 40 |
9,732,725 | 1. An automatic height adjusting paddle wheel comprising: a. a housing, where the housing includes a pair of side portions; b. a paddle wheel positioned along a shaft within the housing; c. a pair of hoists attached to the shaft on each side of the paddle wheel, where each hoists includes a cable coupled to a top portion of the housing, where the pair of hoists are supported with a support beam which extends from the top of the housing to the bottom of the side portion; d. a means to detect a water level fastened to the cable within the hoists, where the means to detect the water level activate the hoists to lift the shaft as the water level raises and lowers in turn raising and lowering the paddle wheel, wherein the means to detect a water level is attached at one end of the cable and an anchor is attached at an opposing end of the cable; e. a generator at each end of the shaft, where the generator produces electric power as the paddle wheel rotates within the water; f. a platform within a middle portion of the housing, where the platform extends along the entire length of the housing between the pair of side portions and above the paddle wheel, wherein the platform enables access to the paddle wheel; and g. a hoist lifting mechanism positioned along the top edges and side portions of the housing and includes a set of rollers atop the housing, which assists in movement of the cable associated with each hoist. | 48,550 |
9,758,308 | 1. An article transport facility comprising: a plurality of article transport vehicles that travel along a travel path in only one direction to transport an article; and a transport control apparatus that controls each of the article transport vehicles, wherein the travel path includes a control target path that is located within a control area that is a predetermined area, and an ordinary path that is located outside the control area, wherein the transport control apparatus controls the entrance of the article transport vehicles into the control area such that an intra-area number that is the number of article transport vehicles that are present on the control target path in one control area is no greater than a predetermined control number, the article transport facility further comprising: wherein the position detection apparatus detects the respective positions of the article transport vehicles with an accuracy with which a plurality of positions in the control area are distinguishable, and wherein the transport control apparatus acquires positional information that indicates the position of each article transport vehicle from the position detection apparatus, and permits a number of article transport vehicles, the number being greater than the control number, to enter the control area if a predetermined permission condition is satisfied, based on the positional information. | 36,487 |
9,751,686 | 1. A containment tube comprising: a sintered tube comprising silicon carbide; a generally constant diameter along an axial length of the sintered tube; and a plug comprising silicon carbide, wherein the plug is sinter-bonded to the sintered tube, wherein the sintered tube is sealed. | 18,271 |
9,726,870 | 1. A catadioptric projection objective for microlithography for imaging an object field in an object plane onto an image field in an image plane when the object field is illuminated with radiation, comprising: a first partial objective for imaging the object field onto a first real intermediate image; a second partial objective for imaging the first intermediate image onto a second real intermediate image, wherein the second partial objective is a catadioptric partial objective having exactly one concave mirror and having at least one lens; a third partial objective for imaging the second intermediate image onto the image field, the third partial objective comprising an aperture; and a first folding mirror for deflecting the radiation from the object plane toward the concave mirror and a second folding mirror for deflecting the radiation from the concave mirror toward the image plane; wherein the catadioptric projection objective is an immersion projection objective in which during operation an immersion liquid is situated between a last lens surface and the image plane, and at least one surface of the at least one lens in the second partial objective has an antireflection coating comprising at least six layers. | 25,061 |
8,504,190 | 1. Apparatus for automated storage, inventory management and discharge of treated sewage sludge to trucks, comprising a programmable logic computer (PLC) and: (a) at least one bin for receiving, storing and discharging sewage sludge into the bed of at least one truck to be disposed therebeneath; (b) at least one conveyor associated with the at least one bin, for delivering sewage sludge to the at least one bin, including conveyor activation means therefore in communication with the PLC; (c) a discharge opening for discharging sludge at the bottom of the at least one bin, with an openable and closable discharge gate at a bottom of the at least one bin, including gate activation means therefore in communication with the PLC; (d) weight responsive load cell means associated with and supporting said at least one bin and sewage sludge disposed therein, for sensing the weight of said at least one bin and sewage sludge disposed therein and communicating the same to the PLC; and (e) location sensing means for sensing the location of a truck bed, with said sensing means being in communication with the PLC; wherein said at least one bin includes a plurality of bins, and including a separate conveyor for delivering sewage sludge to each said bin, a separate discharge gate at the bottom of each said bin and a separate weight responsive load cell means for each said bin. | 34,212 |
9,743,179 | 1. A method comprising: determining a spatial image of a sound field received by two or more microphone signals, the determining the spatial image of the sound field comprising measuring an energy level of each of the two or more microphone signals, where each of the two or more microphone signals is from a corresponding one of two or more microphones; detecting structured noise content in at least one of the two or more microphone signals; and generating two or more output signals with a circuit by combining at least a portion of a first signal of the two or more microphone signals with a second signal of the two or more microphone signals responsive to the detected structured noise content in the at least one of the two or more microphone signals, where the generating the two or more output signals comprises causing a ratio of energy levels between two of the two or more output signals to match a ratio of the energy levels between two of the two or more microphone signals. | 17,411 |
9,351,374 | 1. A photo-controlled light, comprising: an electrical power input port configured to receive electrical power; a light emitting unit that is connected to the electrical power input port; and a photosensitive timer module that connects the light emitting unit to the electrical power input port, wherein the photosensitive timer module includes: a photosensitive switch unit including a photosensitive element that is configured to detect a light level that satisfies a luminosity threshold value; and a timing switch unit coupled to the photosensitive switch unit that is configured to only connect the electrical power input port to the light emitting unit for a conduction time frame responsive to the photosensitive switch unit detecting that the light level is less than the luminosity threshold value so that the photosensitive timer module transmits electricity during the conduction time frame when the luminosity detected by the photosensitive element is less than the luminosity threshold value, wherein the timing switch unit is configured to operate in a plurality of modes including an unlimited time mode and at least one limited time mode, and wherein the timing switch unit further includes a time-setting element positioned on an outer surface of the photo-controlled light that is configured to allow a user to select one of the plurality of modes of the timing switch unit. | 43,585 |
9,115,438 | 1. A method of producing a self-supporting composite element consisting of an electronically conductive nonporous substrate which bears, on at least one of its faces, a coating consisting of nanowires of a metallic material, wherein a precursor of each constituent of the metallic material constituting the nanowires is a precursor of a metal or metals M, the method comprising: carrying out an electrodeposition operation on said electronically conductive nonporous substrate through a plane porous membrane, and then dissolving the plane porous membrane, wherein the electrodeposition operation is implemented in an electrochemical cell connected to a controlled voltage and/or current source, said electrochemical cell comprising: a cathode consisting of the electronically conductive nonporous substrate to be coated, and connected to the negative terminal of said source, wherein the cathode consists of a metal or metals M′, in which M′ is identical to the metal or metals M of the precursor for the nanowires; one or more anodes, each connected to the positive terminal of said source; an electrolyte comprising a solution of the precursor of each constituent of the metallic material, said solution optionally containing an ionically conductive salt; a plane porous membrane placed on a single face or on each face of the cathode; and a spacer element between each plane porous membrane and the one or more anode that is adjacent it, wherein each spacer element covers the entire surface of the anode to which it is adjacent; and wherein the electrochemical cell is previously prepared by: stacking and holding in contact with one another by pressure the cathode, the plane porous membrane(s), the spacer element(s) and the anode(s), to provide an assembly capable of forming the composite element with the nanowire coating on either one face or both faces of the cathode, and immersing said assembly in the electrolyte prior to the step of carrying out the electrodeposition operation. | 6,853 |
9,474,099 | 1. A method for controlling a contactless communications link existing between first and second contactless connectors, the method implemented in the first contactless connector, the method comprising; controlling operation of the contactless communications link, wherein the contactless communications link is actively and bi-directionally conveying contactless signals between the first and second contactless connectors, wherein the contactless signal transmitted by the first contactless connector is characterized by a power level; receiving connection strength telemetry indicative of the power level of the contactless signals being received by the second contactless connector; adjusting the power level of the contactless signals transmitted by the first connector based on the received connection strength telemetry using a first power level to establish the communications link; and after the communications link is established, adjusting the power level to one of a second power and a third power level, wherein the second power level is lower than the first power level and the third power level is greater than the first power level. | 9,139 |
9,380,722 | 1. A computing assembly comprising: an enclosure body having opposite first and second planar surfaces; one or more storage bays operably coupled with the enclosure body, the one or more storage bays pivoting relative to the enclosure body to protrude outward from the first planar surface of the enclosure body, wherein the one or more storage bays pivot relative to the enclosure body about an axis located inside the enclosure body; one or more computing node devices at least partially disposed within the enclosure body, the one or more computing node devices including one or more circuits; and one or more memory devices disposed within the one or more storage bays. | 15,587 |
9,203,422 | 1. An event-driven analog-digital converter comprising: a driver amplifier; comparators; an analog up and down counter; an integrator; and a Gray-code counter for providing a continuous-in-time and discrete-in-amplitude output, | 12,310 |
9,524,373 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of patient findings for a patient being diagnosed in a physical computing device having a representation of a set of candidate diseases, wherein each said patient finding in said plurality is representative of clinical or laboratory information gathered about said patient, and wherein said patient findings comprise genetic sequencing information associated with said patient comprising identification of one or more genetic variants, and for each of said one or more genetic variants, a measure of zygosity for said patient, wherein for each of said one or more genetic variants, a severity score is provided in said plurality of patient findings or said computing device generates said severity score; (b) using said computing device to generate estimated probabilities of said candidate diseases using said plurality of patient findings and said severity scores for each of said one or more genetic variants; (c) generating the pertinence of said plurality of patient findings; and (d) outputting a candidate disease list capable of being displayed and ranked by highest said estimated probabilities and outputting a patient finding list capable of being displayed and ranked by pertinence. | 12,422 |
9,722,122 | 1. A two-junction tandem solar cell comprising: a monolithic first cell comprising a substrate with a bandgap of about 1.1 eV and a first charge-doped p-n junction between a GaP window layer and a BSR layer of GaP:B:Bi; and a monolithic second cell adjacent to the first cell, the second cell comprising GaP that is isoelectronically co-doped with an acceptor element and a deep donor element to have an effective bandgap of about 1.75 eV and a second charge-doped p-n junction. | 18,430 |
8,766,548 | 1. An illumination device comprising: a full wave rectifier for converting an alternating current (AC) supply into a direct current (DC); a current limiting diode (CLD) module coupled in series to an output of the full wave rectifier, the CLD module comprising one CLD; and a light emitting diode (LED) module directly coupled in series to an output of the CLD module and an output of the full wave rectifier, the LED module comprising a plurality of LEDs; wherein a pulsed (DC) forward current having a truncated waveform is supplied to the LED module. | 29,588 |
9,573,201 | 1. A drilling system for performing a drilling operation, comprising a body member, a cutting head at the front end of the body member having cutting edges formed thereon to drill a hole in a workpiece, the body member having a central hollow region, and the body member having an outside diameter, the hollow region extending through the body member to the cutting head with at least one opening in the body member adjacent the cutting head, a coolant adapter to provide a coolant fluid through first and second sealed channels on the outside diameter of the body member exterior to the central hollow region, the channels formed by a coolant containment system mated to the exterior of the body to create the first and second sealed channels, the first and second channels providing a, controlled flow of a coolant fluid to the area of the at least one cutting edge, and the containment system further providing one or more air intake channels, and a vacuum source connected to the central hollow region to apply vacuum pressure through the at least one opening and hollow region. | 23,817 |
8,617,062 | 1. A surgical dilator, comprising: an outer tubular member having a vertical slot running along a vertical axis from a distal end of said outer tubular member to a proximal end of said outer tubular member, wherein said outer tubular member includes a head portion having a vertical groove transitioning downwardly from an upper surface of said head portion to a predetermined depth in said head portion; and an inner tubular member sized and configured to be received within an interior of said outer tubular member, wherein said inner tubular member includes an upper portion having a generally semi-circular cross-sectional shape along a horizontal axis transitioning to a lower portion having a tubular shape with a slot therein, wherein said inner tubular member is operable to be movably positioned in a first position in which said upper portion and said lower portion close said vertical slot in said outer tubular member, a second position in which said lower portion closes said vertical slot, and a third position in which said vertical slot is exposed, and wherein said head portion includes an internal circumferential groove connected with said vertical groove. | 20,129 |
8,643,253 | 1. A device comprising a piezoelectric ultracapacitive stack wherein said stack includes a first ultracapacitor electrically connected to a second ultracapacitor so that the respective outputs of said ultracapacitors are combined, and wherein each of said first and second ultracapacitors includes a piezoelectric core having a first surface opposite a first electrode and a second surface opposite a second electrode, and wherein said first surface is coupled to said second electrode. | 16,519 |
9,020,260 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a selection-range setting unit for defining a predetermined range in an obtained image; an outline extracting unit for extracting outlines of images falling within the predetermined range defined by the selecting range setting unit; a closed-line judging unit for determining whether a closed line is found among the extracted outlines; and a picture converting unit for, when the closed-line judging unit determines that the closed line is found, converting an image surrounded by the closed line into a painterly rendering image, wherein, when the closed-line judging unit determines that no closed line is found among the extracted outlines, the predetermined range is enlarged, and the outline extracting unit extracts outlines of images falling within the enlarged range. | 18,890 |
8,850,994 | 1. A system, comprising: a turbomachine skid, comprising: | 47,738 |
8,629,629 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a fixed frequency average current mode control (FFACMC) circuit coupled to an input interface having an input signal to the FFACMC circuit; and a programmable reference in the FFACMC circuit; the FFACMC circuit controls a switch relative to a voltage on the input signal and is programmable such that a voltage level sag on the input signal relative to a reference voltage results in a power factor correction (PFC) applied to an output voltage of the circuit. | 17,333 |
8,461,755 | 1. A light source for illumination comprising: a mount substrate including a metal substrate and a ceramic layer that coats the metal substrate; a light-emitting element mounted on the mount substrate; and a wavelength converting member operable to convert, wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting element, wherein the ceramic layer contains light-transmissive ceramic particles or highly reflective ceramic particles, the metal substrate and the ceramic layer are bonded with each other without an adhesive therebetween by inter-atomic force between metal atoms of the metal substrate and the ceramic particles of the ceramic layer, the ceramic layer has grooves for dividing the ceramic layer into a plurality of areas and adjacent areas of the ceramic layer are separated from each other by a groove formed therebetween. | 5,713 |
9,726,462 | 1. A method for local stabilization of a radiation spot on a remote target object, wherein the radiation spot is formed by a high energy laser beam that is aimed at the target object by a high energy radiation emitter, the method comprising: illuminating the target object by an illumination beam that is aimed at the target object by an illumination device; receiving, by an image acquisition device, radiation reflected by the target object that is illuminated by the illumination beam, wherein the radiation reflected by the target object to the image acquisition device passes through the same optical path as the high energy laser beam; performing an image processing by analyzing and comparing an image of the illuminated target object or part of the illuminated target object acquired by the image acquisition device to at least one image of the illuminated target object or part of the illuminated target object produced at a prior point in time or to an image stored in an object database; determining a correction signal, based on said comparing, with which an optical correction device arranged in the optical path passed through by both the high energy laser beam and the reflected radiation is actuated; providing a result of said comparing to a filter device and to a fine tracking controller; producing a filter correction signal by the filter device; producing a controller correction signal by the fine tracking controller; and forming the correction signal from the filter correction signal and the controller correction signal. | 37,962 |
8,464,010 | 1. A method for ensuring periodic data backup control in a virtualized storage system having a point-in-time copy function operable to copy first data into a cascade and comprising steps of: creating an incremental map of production data using storage from a physical storage associated with a target virtual disk; selecting, by a storage targeting component, the target virtual disk for one of a full copy or an incremental copy of the first data; triggering, by a periodic backup component, a periodic point-in-time copy of the first data to a virtual disk in the cascade; testing, by a testing component, a status of the full copy, the incremental copy and the periodic point-in-time copy; and responsive to the status, splitting, by a cascade splitting component, the cascade to remove a dependency relationship of at least one of the full copy, the incremental copy and the periodic point-in-time copy on the first data, and to insert a second target virtual disk between the first data and the full copy, the incremental copy, and the periodic point-in-time copy, wherein: | 41,943 |
8,519,974 | 1. A touch sensing device, comprising a deformable cover layer; a plurality of capacitive touch sensitive electrode elements arranged in an electrode element layer below said cover layer; and a plurality of pressure sensitive elements each being spatially separated from each other and being coupled to an associated capacitive touch sensitive electrode element of said electrode element layer, wherein one of said plurality of pressure sensitive elements and the associated capacitive touch sensitive electrode element are respectively arranged so that when a current to or from said capacitive touch sensitive electrode element is passed through said pressure sensitive element, the voltage across said pressure sensitive element changes in response to a pressure exerted upon said cover layer above said capacitive touch sensitive electrode element; and wherein the touch sensing device is configured to individually read out pairs made of respective pressure elements and the associated capacitive touch sensitive electrode element to perform three-dimensional multi-touch sensing to respectively determine a pressure exerted onto the deformable cover layer at each one of multiple locations on the deformable cover layer that are touched simultaneously. | 27,871 |
8,484,932 | 1. A method for establishing a vacuum in a container, the container comprising an exhaust through hole defined on a top of the container, comprising: providing the container, a sealing cover, and a layer of a connecting material located on a periphery of a lower side of the sealing cover, wherein the connecting material has a lower melting-point than that of the sealing cover; arranging one or more supporting elements on and in contact with the container at the periphery of the exhaust through hole to support the sealing cover and space the sealing cover from the exhaust through hole above the exhaust through hole; creating vacuum in the container; melting the connecting material and the one or more supporting elements; covering the exhaust through hole via the sealing cover; and cooling down the melted connecting material and the one or more supporting elements to provide a seal between the container and the sealing cover. | 22,883 |
9,297,026 | 1. A method of producing a product comprising culturing a recombinant carboxydotrophic acetogenic microorganism in the presence of a gaseous substrate to produce at least one product, wherein the microorganism comprises at least one genetic modification that disrupts the expression and/or activity of an enzyme in the 2,3-butanediol biosynthesis pathway selected from the group consisting of (i) an enzyme capable of converting pyruvate to acetolactate, (ii) an enzyme capable of converting acetolactate to acetoin, and (iii) an enzyme capable of converting acetoin to 2,3-butanediol. | 24,994 |
9,418,680 | 1. A method for detecting voice activity in an audio signal, the method comprising: receiving a frame of an input audio signal, the input audio signal having an sample rate; dividing the frame into a plurality of subbands based on the sample rate, the plurality of subbands including at least a lowest subband and a highest subband; filtering the lowest subband with a moving average filter to reduce an energy of the lowest subband; estimating a noise level for each of the plurality of subbands; calculating a signal to noise ratio value for each of the plurality of subbands; and determining a speech activity level of the frame based on an average of the calculated signal to noise ratio values and a weighted average of an energy of each of the plurality of subbands, wherein the method is performed on one or more computing devices. | 42,528 |
9,564,883 | 1. A timing-failure-predicting integrated circuit comprising: a toggling pattern generator that generates a toggle pattern having a high density of transitions; a plurality of toggling functional critical paths that receives the toggle pattern generated by the toggling pattern generator; a plurality of toggling functional critical path timing sensors, each receiving an output of a toggling functional critical path in the plurality of toggling functional critical paths; a plurality of fail signals generated by the plurality of toggling functional critical path timing sensors, wherein a fail signal is generated when a delay through a toggling functional critical path exceeds a timing requirement; and a VDD adjustment controller that receives the fail signals generated by the plurality of toggling functional critical path timing sensors, the VDD adjustment controller causing a power-supply voltage to the plurality of toggling functional critical paths and to the plurality of toggling functional critical path timing sensors to be increased when the fail signal is received, the VDD adjustment controller causing the power-supply voltage to be reduced when no fail signal is received for a period of time, wherein the power-supply voltage is adjusted to compensate for timing failures detected through the toggling functional critical paths. | 36,884 |
8,473,179 | 1. An engine control system comprising: a desired manifold absolute pressure (MAP) module that determines a desired MAP for operation of an engine in one of a cylinder deactivation mode and a low-lift mode based on a difference between a desired vacuum and an air pressure upstream of a throttle valve; a MAP to torque module that determines a desired torque output of the engine for operation in the one of the cylinder deactivation mode and the low-lift mode based on the desired MAP; a threshold determination module that determines an entry torque based on the desired torque output; and a fuel economy (FE) mode module that selectively triggers operation in the one of the cylinder deactivation mode and the low-lift mode based on a comparison of the entry torque and a torque request. | 12,315 |
9,016,896 | 1. An obstruction lighting system, comprising: a printed wiring board having a generally planar surface; a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted to the planar surface of the printed wiring board, a central light emitting axis of the light emitting diodes being oriented generally perpendicularly away from the planar surface; a reflector coupled to the printed wiring board, the reflector having a first side, a second, opposing side, and an outer surface extending between the first and second sides, the outer surface having the shape of a rotated conic section, the first side of the reflector facing toward the printed wiring board and the second side of the reflector facing away from the printed wiring board, the outer surface of the reflector having an optical axis generally perpendicular to the central light emitting axis of the light emitting diodes; and an auxiliary lighting assembly proximate the second side of the reflector, the auxiliary lighting assembly being configured with an infrared light source such that at least a portion of the infrared light emitted from the obstruction lighting system is generally perpendicular to the printed wiring board. | 19,735 |
8,501,414 | 1. A method for detecting at least one type of bacterial contamination in a physiological sample comprising human cells said method comprising the steps of i) extracting bacterial DNA from said physiological sample, ii) amplifying said bacterial DNA by real-time PCR using an oligonucleotide primer pair, said oligonucleotide primer pair consisting of an oligonucleotide comprising at least 10 consecutive bases of SEQ ID NO:1 and an oligonucleotide comprising at least 10 consecutive bases of SEQ ID NO:2, thereby producing amplified bacterial DNA, and hybridizing said amplified bacterial DNA with at least two oligonucleotide hybridization probes, wherein one of said at least two oligonucleotide hybridization probes comprises at least 10 consecutive bases of SEQ ID NO:5 and is marked with fluorescein at the 3′ terminus, and at least one of said at least two oligonucleotide hybridization probes is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:6-SEQ ID NO:11 and is marked with a fluorescent dye at the 5′ terminus and iii) evaluating the amplified bacterial DNA from step ii) by means of fusion curve analysis, thus detecting if present at least one type of bacterial contamination in said physiological sample; and wherein said method further comprises detecting at least one internal control, wherein nucleic acid for said at least one internal control is added to the bacterial DNA after said extracting step (i), and said nucleic acid for said at least one internal control is co-amplified with the bacterial DNA in step (ii); and wherein said nucleic acid of said at least one internal control is is co-amplified in step (ii) with an oligonucleotide primer pair, said oligonucleotide primer pair comprising an oligonucleotide comprising at least 10 consecutive bases of SEQ ID NO:3 and an oligonucleotide comprising at least 10 consecutive bases of SEQ ID NO:4. | 17,269 |
8,690,379 | 1. A light, comprising: a cuboidal housing assembly including at least one chamber therein; and at least one battery disposed within the at least one chamber and operably coupled to at least one switch, and to an LED disposed within the housing assembly at a location isolated from the at least one chamber and positioned to emit light transversely through an opening in a face of the cuboidal housing; wherein the at least one switch comprises a proximity switch selectively actuable by placing an actuation element into proximity therewith; and wherein the actuation element is carried by a rod slidably received in a bore within the housing assembly and longitudinally movable between a position wherein the actuation element is out of proximity to the at least one switch and a position wherein the actuation element is in proximity to the at least one switch. | 15,051 |
9,043,978 | 1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety XBP09006, representative seed of said soybean variety XBP09006 having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121675. | 14,630 |
9,543,228 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an active element configured to be formed on the semiconductor substrate; and a multi-layer wiring structure configured to be formed on the semiconductor substrate; wherein a heat dissipation structure is provided in the multi-layer wiring structure, an upper end of the heat dissipation structure forms an external connection pad to be connected with an external wiring board, and a lower end of the heat dissipation structure makes contact with a surface of the semiconductor substrate outside of an element forming region for the active element, wherein the multi-layer wiring structure includes a plurality of interlayer insulating films stacked one over another and a plurality of wiring layers, each of the wiring layers includes both a pad and a plurality of via plugs extending downwards from the wiring layer pad as part of the heat dissipation structure making the contact outside the element forming region, and the plurality of via plugs of each of the wiring layers are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix form in a plan view, and wherein the pad of each of the wiring layers has a plurality of openings formed therethrough, and the openings of the pad in a given one of the wiring layers are situated directly above the openings of the pad in another one of the wiring layers. | 881 |
8,942,112 | 1. A method for reducing Internet Protocol (IP) mobility overhead, comprising: receiving option information from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server as part of an IP address assignment procedure, the option information identifying IP address ranges, subnets, and next-hop IP gateways for each service to which a device has access; deciding whether IP mobility services are needed based on the option information; invoking IP mobility services in a wireline access network for the device requesting an IP address only if IP mobility services are needed; obtaining the IP address for the device based on the option information; and conducting a communication flow associated with the device between a wireless network and the wireline access network. | 15,688 |
8,632,370 | 1. An amphibious vehicle comprising: a hull ( an aquatic propulsion mechanism; and a terrestrial propulsion mechanism ( such that, in the folded-back position, said suspension arms ( characterized in that each of said covers is integrally formed as a single piece with a respective suspension arm. | 6,746 |
9,678,561 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a first processor configured to control operation of a predetermined controlled unit; a second processor configured to control operation of units of the information processing apparatus other than the predetermined controlled unit; and a power supply unit configured to supply power from a power source to the first and second processors; and a sub controller configured to control supply of power from the power supply unit to the first processor and the second processor: wherein the sub controller is configured to determine whether an authentication device is currently connected to the information processing apparatus when an authentication request is received at the sub controller and to activate operation of the first processor and the first processor performs control for displaying a warning message when the authentication device is not connected to the information processing apparatus. | 24,989 |
9,088,942 | 1. A method in a wireless communication receiver of frequency offset estimation, said method comprising: receiving a portion of a data block transmitted from a wireless communication transmitter; detecting, based on the received portion, that the data block comprises an empty paging block; terminating the reception of the data block responsive to the detection of the empty paging block; regenerating the data block based on the received portion; and performing frequency offset estimation using the regenerated data block. | 41,176 |
9,214,097 | 1. A method for creating a directory of road sections of a digital road map portion for a navigation system, wherein the directory receives a data structure of an ordered N-tree, in which the road sections are stored in nodes, the method comprising: a) assigning a geographic location to each of the road sections; b) assigning an orientation to each of the road sections; c) defining a search tree condition for the road map portion, wherein: d) selecting one of the road sections; e) searching for the selected road section in the tree, wherein the search ends at a terminal node having at most N−1 subtrees, none of which contains the selected road section; f) appending the selected road section as a leaf to the terminal node according to the search tree condition; g) repeating steps d) through f) until each road section has been selected precisely once; and h) storing the directory on a data carrier. | 49,460 |
9,080,938 | 1. A method for detecting an anode pressure sensor failure in a fuel cell system comprising: using a controller to perform the steps of: setting an initial minimum anode pressure sensor value and an initial maximum anode pressure sensor value; determining a desired time interval for sampling anode pressure measurements and a total number of samples of anode pressure measurements to be collected by the controller from an anode pressure sensor; replacing the initial minimum anode pressure sensor value with a measured minimum anode pressure value if the measured minimum anode pressure is less than the initial minimum anode pressure; replacing the initial maximum anode pressure sensor value with a measured maximum anode pressure value if the measured maximum anode pressure is greater than the initial maximum anode pressure; comparing a pressure difference between the initial or replaced minimum anode pressure value and the initial or replaced maximum, anode pressure value to a predetermined pressure difference threshold; and setting a pressure sensor fault if the pressure difference between the initial or replaced minimum anode pressure and the initial or maximum anode pressure is less than the predetermined pressure difference threshold for a predetermined number of pressure samples. | 7,935 |
9,741,509 | 1. An input component assembly comprising: a slide button subassembly comprising: a slide switch subassembly comprising a switch that is configured to be moved along a switch path when the slide button subassembly slides, relative to the housing of the electronic device, along a button path perpendicular to the axial direction. | 8,291 |
8,966,291 | 1. A method of communicating data between electronic units, the method comprising: operating a transform selector to select a data transform in a plurality of data transforms based on a destination of data at a first electronics unit, each data transform associated with at least one encoding; operating the transform selector to transform the data according to the at least one encoding associated with the selected data transform and based on a set of attributes of the data to form transformed data; and operating the first electronics unit to transmit the transformed data on a plurality of bus conductors from the first electronics unit to the destination. | 35,369 |
8,435,686 | 1. A control method of a fuel cell that generates electric power by reaction of hydrogen gas and oxidant gas comprising steps of: detecting a temperature of the fuel cell; setting a voltage threshold value to limit output of the fuel cell based on the temperature detected; and limiting the output of the fuel cell in a case where generated voltage by the fuel cell is lower than the voltage threshold value, wherein the fuel cell generates electric power at 0° C. or lower, wherein in the setting step the voltage threshold value is decreased as the temperature of the fuel cell increases when the temperature is lower than 0° C. , and is set to a constant value when the temperature is equal to or higher than 0° C. | 20,907 |
9,357,765 | 1. A method of preparing a heparin-bulking agent composition, the method comprising: providing a heparin component and at least one bulking agent; dissolving the heparin component and the at least one bulking agent in a solution to form a heparin-bulking agent formulation; drying the heparin-bulking agent formulation to form a heparin-bulking agent composition having a solid mass, the heparin component comprising about 3% to about 40% by weight of the solid mass and intermixed with the bulking agent comprising about 60% to about 97% by weight of the solid mass; and grinding the solid mass of the heparin-bulking agent composition to a particulate size having an X | 9,224 |
9,708,960 | 1. A method for diagnosing and conditioning a system of a vehicle, comprising: immobilizing the vehicle in a controlled environment; removing a production engine calibration program from an electronic control unit of the internal combustion engine system; uploading a diagnostic engine calibration program to the electronic control unit; running the diagnostic engine calibration program while the vehicle is immobilized in the controlled environment without user intervention, the diagnostic engine calibration including a plurality of diagnostic processes for operating an immobilized vehicle, wherein the plurality of diagnostic processes includes a high NOx sensor rationality test that includes disabling a DEF dosing event, providing an amount of engine out NOx at or above a predefined high NOx concentration threshold, operating an engine at or above a high speed threshold, determining a NOx concentration across a SCR system, and comparing the determined NOx concentration against a predetermined fault threshold to diagnose a NOx sensor; removing the diagnostic engine calibration program from the electronic control unit after completion of the plurality of diagnostic processes; and uploading the production engine calibration program to the electronic control unit; wherein one or more of the plurality of diagnostic processes cause the internal combustion engine system to operate outside of one or more calibration parameters. | 43,161 |
8,443,629 | 1. A method for manufacturing an ultra-thin glass substrate, the method comprising: a feeding step of feeding a preform for a glass substrate, previously wound on a cylindrical first winding roll, to a production line by unwinding the preform from the cylindrical first winding roll; a heating step of heating the preform fed from the feeding step to a temperature around a softening point thereof; and a drawing step of drawing the preform that has softened in the heating step to form an ultra-thin glass substrate. | 9,742 |
9,573,984 | 1. A chimeric molecule of a ficolin-associated polypeptide comprising: a) a human ficolin-associated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and b) an inhibitor of complement activation; wherein said chimeric molecule inhibits complement activation. | 7,082 |
8,926,946 | 1. A delivery composition for delivery of an agent into a cell, the composition comprising: a) a targeting moiety comprising a peptide or protein having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 18, and SEQ ID NO: 19; and an agent; or b) a nucleic acid having a sequence encoding a targeting moiety having a sequence B selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 18, and SEQ ID NO: 19; and a second nucleic acid having a sequence encoding an agent, wherein the targeting moiety recognizes and binds to a target on the cell, and is effective to deliver the agent into the cell. | 39,733 |
9,750,111 | 1. Integrated control circuit for an operating circuit for lighting means, the integrated control circuit having: at least one output for supplying a signal controlling a switch of the operating circuit, in particular controlling directly or indirectly a dimming level of a lighting means, and a common input arranged for being supplied with an electrical signal indicative of a combination of a temperature indicating signal and a presence indicating signal, wherein the electrical signal is voltage or current, the integrated control circuit being designed to adjust the switch control signal as a function of the electrical signal at the common input, wherein the integrated control circuit is configured to evaluate a value of the electrical signal received at the common input, when, or as long as the value of the electrical signal exceeds or falls below a specific threshold value, or when, and as long as the value of the electrical signal exceeds or falls below the specific threshold value, wherein the value of the electrical signal is a value of the voltage or a value of the current. | 15,393 |
8,742,321 | 1. An origin location detection circuit in an encoder, the encoder including a scale on which an origin pattern indicating an origin is provided and a detection head relatively displaceable with respect to the scale, the origin location detection circuit comprising: a comparator configured to generate an origin signal indicating a location of the origin from an output voltage signal, which is output from a detector of the detection head and has been affected by the origin pattern; a DC voltage detection circuit comprising a low-pass filter, the low-pass filter comprising a resistor directly coupled to the detector, the resistor allowing the output voltage signal to pass, the DC voltage detection circuit configured to smooth the output voltage signal; and a differential amplifier circuit configured to perform differential amplification of the output voltage signal and a DC voltage signal output from the DC voltage detection circuit, wherein the comparator is further configured to receive a differential amplifier signal of the differential amplifier circuit. | 23,571 |
8,453,675 | 1. A rotary union, comprising: a housing having a bore in fluid communication with a media channel opening and a control chamber disposed around the bore and being fluidly isolated from the media channel opening; a non-rotating seal member slidably disposed within the bore in the housing and having a media channel that is fluidly open to the media channel opening through the bore; a first sliding seal disposed around the non-rotating seal member and disposed to seal the control chamber from the atmosphere; two additional sliding seals disposed around the non-rotating seal member adjacent one another, the two additional seals disposed between the control chamber and the media channel opening as a pair to seal the control chamber from the media channel; wherein the non-rotating seal member is arranged and configured to extend relative to the housing when a fluid under pressure is present in the control chamber such that the non-rotating seal member engages a rotating seal member and forms a mechanical face seal therewith while the rotating seal member is rotating. | 8,685 |
8,708,074 | 1. A drive system for a vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, the drive system comprising: a rear drive assembly having a first pair of axles extending from opposite sides of the vehicle, each axle of the first pair of axles drivingly engaged to one of the pair of rear wheels; a prime mover drivingly engaged to the rear drive assembly; a power source disposed on the vehicle; a front drive assembly in selective electrical communication with the power source and having a second pair of axles extending from opposite sides of the vehicle, wherein each axle of the second pair of axles is drivingly engaged to one of the pair of front wheels and has a pivotable segment along its length; a steering mechanism in communication with the pivotable segment of each of the second pair of axles; an accelerator mechanism in communication with the rear drive assembly and the front drive assembly; a selector switch, wherein the selector switch has a first position which prevents electrical communication between the front drive assembly and the power source, and a second position which places the front drive assembly in electrical communication with the power source; wherein the rear drive assembly can power the vehicle when the selector switch is in the first position, and both the rear drive assembly and the front drive assembly can power the vehicle when the selector switch is in the second position, and wherein the rear drive assembly comprises a first drive apparatus and a second drive apparatus, each drive apparatus drivingly engaged to the prime mover and having one axle of the first pair of axles. | 5,004 |
8,753,066 | 1. A tank-to-tank penstock electric generator system, comprising: a water storage tank having a storage tank lower end with a water release port; a water receiving tank below the level of said water storage tank having a receiving tank upper end with a water receiving opening; a water wheel rotatably mounted on a water wheel mounting structure and having a water wheel rotational axis positioned substantially below the level of said water release port and extending above the level of said water receiving opening such that water falls from the water release port onto said water wheel and the weight of the water rotates said water wheel; an electric generator having a generator rotor drivably connected to said water wheel through a drivable connection, such that rotation of the water wheel rotates said generator rotor; and a water pump in fluid communication with said water storage tank and with a water source for delivering water into said water storage tank; wherein said water pump is electrically powered, additionally comprising a float ball in said water receiving tank and mounted on a ball lever operationally connected to an electric switch which completes a circuit to and thus activates said water pump when water in said water receiving tank rises one of: to and above a certain pre-set level; such that water flows out of said water storage tank through said water release port, impinges on said water wheel a distance from said water wheel rotational axis and flows over and off said water wheel and into said water receiving tank through said water receiving opening, thereby rotating said water wheel and said generator rotor and generating electricity. | 714 |
8,626,865 | 1. A method, comprising: executing, by a computing device, a first and a second web application within a web browser, the first web application being associated with a first domain, the second web application being associated with a second domain that is different from the first domain; caching, by a shared worker application associated with the first domain and executing on the computing device, information received from the first domain; and in response to a request from the second web application for the cached information and in response to determining that web applications associated with the second domain are allowed to securely communicate with web applications associated with the first domain, providing, by the shared worker application, the cached information to the second web application, wherein determining that web applications associated with the second domain are allowed to securely communicate with web applications associated with the first domain comprises: | 49,651 |
8,952,647 | 1. A switching control apparatus of a two-phase switched reluctance motor, comprising: a rectifying unit rectifying commercial power; and an active converter including a pair of common switches having two phase windings of the two-phase SRM commonly connected to a contact therebetween, a first phase switch and a first current feedback diode bridge-connected to the pair of common switches at any one of the two phase windings and connected in series with each other, a second phase switch and a second current feedback diode bridged-connected to the pair of common switches at the other of the two phase windings and connected in series with each other, and a plurality of current feedback diodes each connected to the switches and operated in a plurality of operation modes to supply the power provided from the rectifying unit to the two-phase SRM, thereby driving the two-phase SMR; wherein: the active converter is configured to be changed from a first operation mode, in which a voltage is applied to at least one of said windings to excite one of said windings, to a second operation mode, in which residual current is circulated in said one of said windings, according to a predetermined scheme; and said predetermined scheme comprises one of: controlling the active converter in the first operation mode to excite said one of said windings, switching from said first mode to said second mode and controlling the active converter in the second operation mode until current induced to said one of said windings is converged to zero; and controlling the active converter in the first operation mode for a first time period, then switching from the first operation mode to the second operation mode for a second time period, then switching from the second operation mode to the first operation mode for a third time period, said third time period being shorter than said first time period, the switching from said first operation mode to the second operation mode for a fourth time period, said fourth time period being longer than said second time period. | 22,256 |
9,801,002 | 1. A method at a node hosting a Services Capability Layer, SCL, within a Machine-to-Machine, M2M, domain, said method providing for unique identification of application instances within the M2M domain and comprising: obtaining an application identifier for an application instance, in association with registration of the application instance at the SCL; generating an application instance identifier that is globally unique within the M2M domain, based on the received application identifier, an SCL identifier predefined for identifying the SCL within the M2M domain, and a random value; binding the application instance identifier to the application instance at the SCL; and identifying the application instance within the M2M domain via the application instance identifier. | 3,595 |
9,762,077 | 1. Method for managing the charging of a rechargeable battery using a voltage control or using an intensity control comprising a plurality of branches connected in series, each branch comprising a plurality of electrochemical elements connected in parallel, each electrochemical element having a charging profile comprising at least one plateau zone directly followed by a sloping zone in which the voltage variation as a function of the state of charge in the plateau zone is on average at least ten times slower than the voltage variation in the sloping zone, said method comprising the following steps: a) providing characteristic data of the electrochemical elements, the characteristic data comprising at least: b) real-time measurement of the voltage at the terminals of each branch of electrochemical elements connected in parallel; c) real-time measurement of the temperature of the rechargeable battery; d) real-time evaluation of a control voltage equal to the sum of the mean value of the voltage in the plateau zone and the product of the value of the internal resistance of an electrochemical element and the value of the predetermined maximum charging current allowed as a function of the measured temperature; and in the case of an intensity control: e1) real-time evaluation of the maximum voltage of the electrochemical elements of the battery defined as being the maximum of the measured voltages at the terminals of each branch; e2) real-time evaluation of a threshold maximum instantaneous charging current passing through the electrochemical elements connected in parallel as a function of the evaluated control voltage, by regulating the threshold maximum instantaneous charging current so that the maximum voltage of the electrochemical elements is equal to the evaluated control voltage; e3) real-time determination of a maximum instantaneous charging current to be applied to the electrochemical elements, in which the maximum instantaneous charging current is equal to the minimum between the evaluated threshold maximum instantaneous charging current and the product of the number of electrochemical elements per branch and the predetermined maximum allowed charging current; and e4) real-time transmission of the value of the determined maximum instantaneous charging current to a charger regulator integrated in the battery so as to power the electrochemical elements of the battery with an intensity less than or equal to the maximum of the determined maximum instantaneous charging current; and in the case of a voltage control: f) real-time transmission of the value of the evaluated control voltage to a charger regulator integrated in the battery so as to power the electrochemical elements of the battery. | 45,943 |
8,936,462 | 1. A multi-operation wafer baking system, comprising: a chassis; a wafer loading device, which is mounted on the chassis for moving a wafer with respect to the chassis; a cruciform transportation device, which is mounted on the chassis for receiving a wafer from the wafer loading device and comprises a base, an elevation platform, and a rotation platform, the base being mounted on the chassis, the elevation platform being mounted on the base in a vertically movable manner, the rotation platform being mounted on the elevation platform in a rotatable manner, the rotation platform comprising at least four carrier arms mounted thereon to project radially outward from the rotation platform for carrying wafers; an annular baking device, which is mounted on the chassis to oppose the cruciform transportation device and comprises a central turn table, a plurality of wafer racks, and a plurality of baking tray assemblies, the central turn table being rotatably mounted on the chassis, the plurality of wafer racks being radially oriented and circumferentially arranged along a circumference of the central turn table for picking up wafers transported by the cruciform transportation device, the plurality of baking tray assemblies being mounted on the chassis and positioned outside and circumferentially surrounding the central turn table and the wafer racks, each of the baking tray assemblies functioning to receive a wafer supplied from a corresponding one of the wafer racks for performing a baking operation on the wafer, wherein the baking tray assemblies are isolated from each other and are set at different baking temperatures so that the wafer is sequentially conveyed through the baking tray assemblies and the baking operation of the wafer is carried out in compliance with a baking temperature variation mode determined by the different baking temperatures of the baking tray assemblies; and an unloading device, which is mounted on the chassis for receiving a baked wafer from the cruciform transportation device; wherein the rotation platform of the cruciform transportation device sequentially performs upward movement, rotation, and downward movement for picking up, moving, and positioning wafers; wherein the cruciform transportation device is locate at 6-o'clock direction of the annular baking device and the four carrier arms are pre-located at 6-o'clock, 9-o'clock, 12-o'clock, and 3-o'clock directions of the rotation platform, and wherein the carrier arm that is originally located at the 12-o'clock direction is moved upward to pick up a baked wafer from the wafer rack at 6-o'clock direction, rotated to 3-o'clock direction, and then moved downward to transfer the baked wafer to the unloading device; the wafer that is originally located at 9-o'clock direction is moved upward and rotated to the 12-o'clock direction to be located above the 6-o'clock-direction wafer rack, and is then moved downward to transfer the wafer to the wafer rack; and the carrier arm that is originally located at 6-o'clock direction is moved upward to pick up a wafer from the wafer loading device, and then rotated to 9-o'clock direction and downward moved; wherein each of the wafer racks comprises a fixing mount, a driving device, and two pick-up arms, the fixing mount being fixed on the central turn table, the driving device being mounted on the fixing mount, the two pick-up arms being mounted on the fixing mount in a manner that each is rotatable about an axis and is coupled to the driving device, whereby the two pick-up arms are rotatable in a symmetric manner to selectively reach horizontal positions for carrying a wafer thereon or to reach vertical positions for releasing and positioning the wafer, the axes about which the pick-up arms are rotatable being spaced from each other in such a way that when the pick-up arms are in the vertical positions, a distance is defined between the pick-up arms and is sufficiently large to allow the wafer to pass through the distance between the pick-up arms and is thus released; wherein each of the pick-up arms of each of the wafer racks forms a plurality of receiving slots, the receiving slots of the pick-up arms corresponding to each other and being of arc shapes so that when pick-up arms are at the horizontal positions, the corresponding ones of the arc shapes of the receiving slots collectively forming a circular recess, the circular recesses formed by arc shapes of the plurality of receiving slots having different sizes for snugly receiving wafers of different sizes therein; wherein each of the baking tray assemblies comprises a seat, a baking tray, and a plurality of ejection pins, the seat being mounted on the chassis, the baking tray being mounted on the seat, the plurality of ejection pins being arranged on the baking tray in a vertically extendible manner for selectively extending beyond the baking tray to raise a wafer or retracting back into the baking tray for lowering and positioning a wafer on a surface of the baking tray; wherein the number of the baking tray assemblies is less than that of the wafer racks by at least one, so that two of the baking tray assemblies that are adjacent to each other form a hand-over space therebetween for hand-over of wafer between the cruciform transportation device and a corresponding one of the wafer racks; wherein the number of the baking tray assemblies is less than that of the wafer racks by at least two, whereby a hand-over space is formed between two adjacent ones of the baking tray assemblies and a buffering space is formed between two other ones of the baking tray assemblies that are adjacent to each other for eliminating a possible abrupt change of temperature for baking wafers; wherein the baking tray of each of the baking tray assemblies comprises at least one group of raising blocks arranged thereon for supporting a wafer above the baking tray in a floating manner; wherein the wafer loading device comprises at least one wafer carriage case, a belt conveyor device, and a lateral transportation device, the wafer carriage case being mounted on the chassis in a releasable manner and being located at 9-o'clock direction of the cruciform transportation device, the wafer carriage case forming a plurality of wafer compartments for respectively receiving therein wafers, the belt conveyor device being mounted on the chassis between the wafer carriage case and the cruciform transportation device for conveying wafers of the wafer carriage case, the lateral transportation device comprising a slide support, a slide member, and an extendible arm the slide support being fixedly mounted on the chassis and located at 6-o'clock direction of the cruciform transportation device, the slide support comprising a slide rail mounted thereon, the slide member being mounted on the slide rail of the slide support in a laterally slidable manner, the slide member comprising an extension driving assembly mounted thereon, the extendible arm being mounted to the extension driving assembly and being extendable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the slide support in order to transfer a wafer to a 6-o'clock-direction carrier arm of the cruciform transportation device; and wherein the unloading device comprises a wafer carriage case and a belt conveyor device, the wafer carriage case being mounted on the chassis in a releasable manner and located at 3-o'clock direction of the cruciform transportation device, the belt conveyor device being mounted on the chassis between the cruciform transportation device and the wafer carriage case. | 5,740 |
9,819,326 | 1. A wireless power transmitter for controlling impedance, comprising: a transmit circuit configured to i) wirelessly transmit power to a plurality of receivers, each having a load resistance, within a charging region of the transmit circuit, the plurality of receivers having a first total impedance presented to the transmit circuit and ii) determine a target total impedance that is different from the first total impedance; and a controller configured to request each receiver of the plurality of receivers to adjust its load resistance to a value that achieves the target total impedance determined by the transmit circuit. | 9,678 |
8,389,832 | 1. An accessory for an inflatable balloon, comprising: an inflatable balloon having a stem; an accessory affixable to the stem of the balloon comprising: | 12,623 |
9,800,620 | 1. A method for delivering telephone access, the method comprising: receiving a user logon at a server system, the server system configured to selectively provide user access to one or more of a plurality of services in response to the user logon including a remote desktop and telephone access; receiving, at the server system, a telephone access request originating from a user operating a client device; determining, by the server system, a telephone number assigned to the user operating the client device associated with the user logon; retrieving, by the server system based on the telephone number, softphone configuration data from a telephony service, wherein a softphone is a virtual or physical end user telephony device, and wherein the softphone configuration data, in response to activation of a softphone associated with the client device by a user operating the client device, enables the softphone to register itself, and the telephone number, with the telephony service, wherein registering with the telephony service indicates to the telephony service that the smartphone is ready and authorized to consume telecommunications functions with respect to the telephone number including providing a data connection between the softphone and the telephony service to send and receive calls using the telephone number; and transmitting, by the server system, the softphone configuration data to the client device, wherein the server system is part of a cloud-based server platform configured to deliver the remote desktop for a cloud-based virtual machine to the user, and wherein the softphone configuration data is transmitted to the client device without transmitting the remote desktop together with the softphone configuration data to the user such that the client device provides telephone access independent of the remote desktop. | 36,649 |
9,685,473 | 1. A 4-color pixel image sensor having a visible color noise reduction function in a near infrared ray (NIR) pixel, comprising: an active pixel region having a plurality of photodiodes, a plurality of first metal layers, a plurality of color filters, a first NIR pixel and a micro-lens, which are stacked, wherein the plurality of photodiodes are arranged in series and the plurality of color filters are formed to be adjacent to each other in series; an NIR optical black pixel region having a plurality of photodiodes and a second NIR pixel, which are stacked, wherein the plurality of photodiodes are arranged in series; and a visible optical black pixel region having a plurality of photodiodes, a second metal layer, a plurality of color filters and a micro-lens, which are stacked, wherein the plurality of photodiodes are arranged in series, and the plurality of color filters are formed to be adjacent to each other in series, wherein the active pixel region, the NIR, optical black pixel region and the visible optical black pixel region are arranged on a same substrate in series. | 42,232 |
9,108,637 | 1. A method for controlling a friction clutch of a hybrid drivetrain of a motor vehicle having a combustion engine, which is coupled by means of a freewheel to a transmission input shaft of a transmission to transmit engine torque, the method comprising the following steps: transmitting drag torque from the input shaft to the friction clutch; transmitting starting torque from an electric machine to the friction clutch; transmitting, via the friction clutch, a summed torque, formed of the starting torque and the drag torque, to the combustion engine for starting the combustion engine by means of the electric machine; and, slipping the friction clutch to limit the summed torque present at the friction clutch to a predefined transmission torque which can be transmitted via the friction clutch. | 31,683 |
8,704,021 | 1. A process for converting olefins to larger compounds comprising: passing C separating the C separating the C feeding C | 40,179 |
9,134,688 | 1. A process cartridge comprising: (i) a photosensitive drum; (ii) a developing roller configured and positioned (a) to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on said photosensitive drum and (b) to be rotatable about an axis thereof; (iii) a coupling member provided adjacent to one axial end of said developing roller, said coupling member including: (iv) a holding portion configured and positioned (a) to rotatably hold said driving portion and (b) to be movable in a direction crossing the axis of said developing roller together with said driving portion; (v) an urging portion configured and positioned to urge said driving portion in a direction crossing the axis of said developing roller through said holding portion; (vi) a stopping portion configured and positioned to stop said holding portion that is urged by said urging portion; and (vii) a regulating portion provided at each side of said holding portion and configured to regulate movement of said holding portion in directions along the axis of said developing roller. | 19,848 |
9,317,038 | 1. A coverage robot comprising: a body; a wheeled-drive that maneuvers the body over a surface according to drive commands from a controller in communication with the drive; a first stasis sensor carried on the body, and responsive to surface-relative movement of the body, the first stasis sensor comprising: a second stasis sensor carried separately on the body from the first stasis sensor, and responsive to surface-relative movement of the body, wherein the controller is configured to: | 3,875 |
8,573,195 | 1. A smart device for absorbing solar energy and controlling sunlight admission comprising: a pair of transparent plates; a fixed outer frame supporting the transparent plates, configured to be mounted on an outside of a building; a moving inner frame supporting the transparent plates being an inner frame attached to the fixed outer frame by a flexible membrane, the inner frame configured to be placed inside the building; a channel surrounding the inner frame and which is filled with a liquid; a reservoir connected to the channel by means of a tube that goes through a retaining valve which allows under vacuum a compensation of a liquid column pressure on a base of the transparent plates and; a valve which allows changing thickness of the liquid, thus regulating sunlight admission, the valve being installed in a tube that connects a liquid reservoir to a vacuum system, and the valve provides a connection between the reservoir and the channel; a circulation pump, activated by a switch, that functions when the transparent plates are spaced apart by the liquid, ensuring a cooling process and thermal energy absorption for the window and making the liquid circulate through a heat exchanger; wherein a darkening regulation is carried out simultaneously by valve control which enables air flow into the reservoir through the tube and through the valve which allows a laminar flow of the liquid between the transparent plates, and wherein liquid removal from the channel into a gap between the transparent plates, whose distance is variable and/or adjustable, is made simultaneously through a perimeter of the inner frame. | 21,443 |
9,198,147 | 1. A method comprising: at a terrestrial broadcast station, receiving a GPS signal; the terrestrial broadcast station generating a frequency shift keying (FSK) timing signal comprising timing information, wherein the FSK timing signal is phase-locked to the GPS signal; the terrestrial broadcast station modulating the FSK timing signal onto a subcarrier signal; and the terrestrial broadcast station transmitting a terrestrial broadcast signal that includes the subcarrier signal, thereby providing the timing information for use by the base station to determine a time-of-flight delay between the broadcast station and the base station, wherein the base station uses the timing information provided by the FSK timing signal and the time-of-flight delay to determine timing with which to transmit data frames for frame-start synchronization and wherein the timing information provided by the FSK timing signal provides for (i) detection of transitions in the FSK timing signal by the base station, and (ii) transmission of data from the base station with a timing that is based at least in part on when the transitions in the FSK timing signal occur. | 26,556 |
8,439,022 | 1. A deaerating device for a supercharged internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, for removing blow-by gas from a crankcase of the internal combustion engine, comprising: a first line, which is selectively connected to the crankcase at one end and which is selectively connected at the other end to a fresh gas line of the internal combustion engine downstream from a supercharging device of the internal combustion engine, and which contains a deaerating valve that is designed so that it limits a volume flow leading to the fresh gas line to a predetermined target value beyond a predetermined limit value of a pressure difference applied thereto; and a second line which is selectively connected to the fresh gas line at one end upstream from the supercharging device and which is connected to the first line at the other end between the crankcase and the deaerating valve and which contains a throttle device that is designed so that it adjusts a volume flow leading to the first line at a predetermined target value, when the applied pressure difference reaches a predetermined value. | 29,489 |
9,214,891 | 1. A solar panel clamp assembly comprising: a base comprising: a clamp attachable to the base, the clamp comprising: | 30,121 |
9,506,910 | 1. A urine component analysis device for determining a concentration ratio between two specific components in total urine excreted by a subject in one day, the device comprising: a sensor section that comes into contact with urine excreted by the subject and is configured to acquire data about concentrations of a first specific component and a second specific component; a correlation storage section comprising a non-transitory memory which stores data indicating a correlation between a concentration ratio between the first specific component and the second specific component in one urine excreted by a human and a concentration ratio between the first specific component and the second specific component in total urine in one day when all the urine excreted by the human in the one day is gathered into one volume; a data input section which inputs data acquired by the sensor and indicating a concentration ratio between the first specific component and the second specific component in one urine excreted by the subject; a calculation section comprising a processor that is programmed with instructions for carrying out the instructions to determine a concentration ratio between the first specific component and the second specific component in total urine in one day when all the urine excreted by the subject in the one day is gathered into one volume, by performing conversion using the correlation stored in the non-transitory memory of the correlation storage section, based on the concentration ratio between the first specific component and the second specific component in the one urine of the subject obtained via the data input section; and a housing including at least the correlation storage section, the data input section and the calculation section, wherein the sensor section is attached to the housing so as to be projected outside from the housing. | 35,310 |
8,594,587 | 1. A transmitter and receiver apparatus, comprising: a first assembly plate and a second assembly plate, wherein the first and second assembly plates comprise isolation and filtering components formed within them, wherein the first assembly plate and the second assembly plate fixedly attach to one another in a manner forming an integral transmit-receive isolation and filtering assembly; a low noise block converter; a polarizer that converts linearly polarized signals into circularly polarized signals or vice versa; and a first housing component and a second housing component, wherein the transmit-receive isolation and filtering assembly, the low noise block converter and the polarizer mount within the first and second housing components, wherein the first and second housing components fixedly attach together to form a hermetically sealed housing assembly with the transmit-receive isolation and filtering assembly, the low noise block converter and the polarizer being housed therein. | 37,018 |
9,735,296 | 1. A semiconductor light receiving device, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor fine line waveguide provided on the substrate; and a light receiving circuit configured to be provided on the substrate and absorb light propagating through the semiconductor fine line waveguide, wherein the light receiving circuit includes: a p type first semiconductor layer; a number of second semiconductor mesa structures provided on the p type first semiconductor layer in such a manner that an n type second semiconductor layer is provided on top of an i type second semiconductor layer; a p side electrode connected to the p type first semiconductor layer in a location between the second semiconductor mesa structures; and an n side electrode connected to the n type second semiconductor layer, the refractive index and the optical absorption coefficient of the second semiconductor layers are greater than the refractive index and the optical absorption coefficient of the first semiconductor layer, a positive bias power supply is connected to the n side electrode, and a signal line is connected to the p side electrode. | 49,506 |
9,147,848 | 1. A compound for use in solar cell application having a structure of Formula V: | 18,129 |
9,434,423 | 1. A fastening assembly, comprising: a vehicle frame for at least one component part to be fastened to said vehicle frame, said vehicle frame having first and second internal surfaces and a first closed cross-sectional profile; at least one carrier having an opening for carrying a fastening device, said at least one carrier extending from said first internal surface to at least said second internal surface, said at least one carrier extending through and beyond the component part, and said at least one carrier having a closed second cross-sectional profile; a fastening element passing through said at least one carrier element, said fastening element crushing said at least one carrier element and forcing a contact surface of the component part tightly against said frame; said vehicle frame and said at least one carrier having at least one of a watertight or gastight connection for sealing said first cross-sectional profile and an interior of said vehicle frame to an outside of said vehicle frame. | 33,350 |
8,669,372 | 1. A process for preparing a compound of formula (I) in which comprising reacting a compound of formula (VI) in which R is R with an inorganic thiosulphate in a solvent or solvent mixture, wherein between 1.3 and 1.6 moles of thiosulphate are used per mole of dichloromaleimide of formula (VI). | 362 |
8,364,480 | 1. A method of detecting echo in the coded domain, the method comprising: computing cepstral coefficients directly from coded parameters of a coded near end signal and coded far end signals by transforming line spectral pairs into cepstral coefficients; determining whether an echo is present in the coded near end signal based on a plurality of similarity values computed using the computed cepstral coefficients; and setting an echo presence flag in an event echo is determined to be present in the near end signal. | 36,136 |
8,663,364 | 1. A method of obtaining carbon dioxide from a CO 2 -containing gas mixture, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining a CO cooling the gas mixture in a heat exchanger to a temperature from 5° C. to about −60° C.; flowing the cooled gas mixture into a gas separation membrane module to produce a carbon dioxide-rich permeate and a carbon dioxide-lean non-permeate; expanding the carbon dioxide-lean stream to produce a cold carbon dioxide-lean stream; compressing the carbon dioxide-rich permeate; partially condensing the compressed carbon dioxide-rich permeate via cooling in the heat exchanger; separating the partially condensed compressed carbon dioxide-rich permeate into a CO providing cold energy to the heat exchanger with the CO warming the expanded CO combining the warmed expanded CO | 4,503 |
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