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9,557,923 | 1. An apparatus for migrating data in a tiered storage architecture, the apparatus comprising: at least one processor; at least one memory device coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the instructions causing the at least one processor to: | 30,176 |
8,686,237 | 1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety XB38AR12, representative seed of said soybean variety XB38AR12 having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120564. | 20,058 |
8,999,570 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a bare cell having a can that receives an electrode assembly, wherein the can of the bare cell also has a pair of first side portions opposite to each other, a pair of second side portions opposite to each other, and a pair of plane portions opposite to each other, the second side portions and the plane portions being connected to ends of the first side portions; a protection circuit module electrically connected to the bare cell; an inner frame provided between the bare cell and the protection circuit module, the inner frame having at least a pair of ribs opposite to each other while extending over a part of the plane portions of the can of the bare cell wherein the inner frame covers at least a portion of one of the first side portions of the can of the bare cell and at least a portion of the second side portions of the can of the bare cell and wherein the ribs extend over the part of the plane portions of the can of the bare cell adjacent the one of the first side portions so as to directly contact the plane portions of the can and the second side portions of the can of the bare cell; and an outer frame for accommodating the bare cell, the protection circuit module and the inner frame, the outer frame being formed so that the pair of plane portions of the bare cell are exposed and so that the outer frame overlies the inner frame over at least a portion of the second side portions of the bare cell wherein at least one of the pair of ribs of the inner frame extending over the part of the plane portion defines at least one protrusion that extends outward from the plane of the plane portion of the cells and wherein the outer frame defines an edge with at least one opening formed so as to extend from the edge and so as to be parallel to the plane of the plane portions of the bare cell and wherein the at least one protrusion is positioned within the at least one opening in the outer frame. | 41,001 |
8,406,953 | 1. A control apparatus for an electric vehicle, comprising: a first inverter that supplies electric power to a motor that drives a vehicle; a second inverter that supplies electric power to a load mounted in the vehicle; a power storage unit that supplies electric power to the first and second inverters; and a load control unit that selectively operates an air conditioner, a ventilator, and an air blower that are included in the load so as to maintain an in-vehicle temperature environment, in accordance with a power storage amount in the power storage unit or a condition amount and a predetermined setting value thereof, wherein the setting value consists of a first setting value and a second setting value that is smaller than the first setting value; and wherein, in the case where the power storage amount becomes smaller than the first setting value, the air conditioner is slightly operated, and in the case where the power storage amount becomes smaller than the second setting value, the air conditioner is stopped, and at least one of the ventilator and the air blower is operated. | 20,100 |
8,906,797 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor assembly, comprising: forming an attachment area and a non-attachment area on a lead finger of a lead frame, the attachment area being more wettable to a solder ball than the non-attachment area during reflow, and wherein the attachment area having an area comprising silver, and the non-attachment area having an area comprising copper oxide; contacting a solder ball carried by a semiconductor die with the attachment area of the lead finger; reflowing the solder ball while the solder ball is in contact with the attachment area of the lead finger; and controllably collapsing the solder ball to establish an electrical connection between the semiconductor die and the lead finger of the lead frame; and wherein controllably collapsing includes: | 28,778 |
9,278,553 | 1. A recording apparatus comprising: a body; a medium storage section storing a medium that is stored inside the body; a feeding unit which delivers the medium from the medium storage section and has an oscillation member oscillating around a rotation shaft and a feeding roller which is rotatably installed in a front end portion of the oscillation member; a recording unit which performs recording on the medium delivered from the medium storage section; a discharging unit which discharges a recorded medium on which the recording is performed by the recording unit; and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium discharged by the discharging unit, and is separate from the medium storage section such that the medium receiving tray is configured to be movable independently of the medium storage section, wherein the medium receiving tray is positioned above the medium storage section, wherein the medium receiving tray is displaced between the storage position and a protrusion position in which the medium receiving tray is protruded from the body of the recording apparatus and receives the medium, by sliding in a medium discharging direction, wherein the medium receiving tray has a notch section that is provided at an upstream end of the medium receiving tray, wherein the rotation shaft of the feeding unit is positioned higher than the medium receiving tray, and wherein the notch section can be overlapped with a portion of the feeding unit in the movable direction when the medium receiving tray is stored inside the body. | 25,114 |
9,378,530 | 1. A smart socket for automatically switching between electricity utilization modes, comprising: a timing unit for obtaining current time data; a power receiving/output unit connected to a power storage device and an external power supply device respectively, wherein the power receiving/output unit can receive and output electricity transmitted from the external power supply device or the power storage device; an electricity quantity monitoring unit electrically connected to the power receiving/output unit, wherein the electricity quantity monitoring unit can receive the electricity output by the power receiving/output unit and can detect a value of power flowing through the electricity quantity monitoring unit (hereinafter the power value); a home appliance power supply unit connected to a power transmission part of an electronic device to transmit the electricity to the electronic device; an electricity selling power supply unit electrically connected to an electricity purchaser circuit to transmit the electricity to the electricity purchaser circuit; a switching unit respectively electrically connected to the electricity quantity monitoring unit, the home appliance power supply unit, and the electricity selling power supply unit, wherein the switching unit is set with a home appliance mode, a power storage mode, and an electricity selling mode so that, when the switching unit is switched to the home appliance mode, the electricity quantity monitoring unit is in conduction with the home appliance power supply unit so as for the electricity quantity monitoring unit to transmit the electricity to the home appliance power supply unit; when the switching unit is switched to the electricity selling mode, the electricity quantity monitoring unit is in conduction with the electricity selling power supply unit so as for the electricity quantity monitoring unit to transmit the electricity to the electricity selling power supply unit; and when the switching unit is switched to the power storage mode, the electricity quantity monitoring unit is not in conduction with the home appliance power supply unit or the electricity selling power supply unit but enables the power storage device and the external power supply device to form a loop through which the electricity transmitted from the external power supply device is stored in the power storage device; and a processing unit electrically connected to the timing unit, the electricity quantity monitoring unit, and the switching unit, wherein the processing unit can switch the switching unit between the modes according to the current time data transmitted from the timing unit and/or the power value detected by the electricity quantity monitoring unit. | 8,089 |
9,100,047 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a circuit board; a power distribution network disposed on the circuit board and having an impedance characteristic that varies with frequency; a signal distribution network disposed on the circuit board; an integrated circuit to receive operating power from the power distribution network and place a data signal onto the signal distribution network; and at least one element coupled to or included in the integrated circuit, the element to determine whether the data signal is a problematic data signal based on whether a phase angle or a power spectral density of the data signal exceeds a specified threshold at a given frequency, alter the data signal to a substitute data signal if the data signal is determined to be problematic, and cause the substitute data signal to be issued onto the signal distribution network instead of the problematic data signal. | 1,424 |
8,439,689 | 1. A sheet connector, comprising: a substrate part the substrate part including: wherein: | 4,958 |
8,361,295 | 1. Method for producing metallic formed articles with a ceramic layer by a membrane method, using a porous metallic membrane, wherein the porous metallic membrane is post-densified by electrophoretic deposition of ceramic particles in the pores of the metallic membrane, and wherein the metallic membrane is placed between two electrodes for the electrophoretic deposition at a space between one electrode and a face of the metallic membrane, and the space between one electrode and the face of the metallic membrane is filled with a dispersion that contains the ceramic particles to be deposited in the pores and a dispersant; and wherein there is a gradual change in density after drying of the metallic membrane; and wherein the porous metallic membrane is not an electrode. | 15,510 |
9,816,597 | 1. A sintered pulley for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a body of a metal alloy, the body being substantially annular and including a first face of contact with the crankshaft, a second face of contact with a securing element, and a concentric hole for association of the pulley with the crankshaft, wherein the second face of contact has a region of a point of contact with the securing element disposed proximate to the hole, the region of the point of contact including an additional material deposit extending at least one of partially inward from the second face of contact in an axial direction and partially along the body in a radial direction, and wherein the region of the point of contact has a density greater than a density of the body in a region spaced away from the region of the point of contact, the density of the region of the point of contact ranging between 7.3 and 7.5 g/cm 3 . | 8,695 |
8,575,166 | 1. A compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: G is a N—N containing heteroaryl group G selected from the group consisting of which is optionally substituted by at least one R L is —O—, —C(O)—, —S(O) X is —O—, —C(O)—, —S(O) Y is —[C(R R is a group selected from the group consisting of R R R R R R R R R or R R R R R wherein each of the alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, heteroaryl, and heteroarylalkyl groups in R R R m is independently 1, 2, or 3; n is independently 0, 1 or 2; p is 0, 1, 2, or 3; q is independently 0, 1, or 2; heteroaryl is independently selected from the group consisting of pyridyl, pyrazinyl, furanyl, thienyl, pyrimidinyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, pyrazolyl, furazanyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, triazolyl, 1,2,4-thiadiazolyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, quinoxalinyl, phthalazinyl, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridinyl, imidazo[2,1-b]thiazolyl, benzofurazanyl, indolyl, azaindolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzothienyl, quinolinyl, imidazolyl, thienopyridyl, quinazolinyl, thienopyrimidyl, pyrrolopyridyl, imidazopyridyl, isoquinolinyl, benzoazaindolyl, 1,2,4-triazinyl and benzothiazolyl; and heterocycloalkyl or heterocyclyl is independently selected from piperidyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl, thiazolidinyl, 1,4-dioxanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydrothiophenyl, imidazolidinyl and pyrazolidinyl. | 42,565 |
9,359,897 | 1. A method, comprising: providing a layer of powder material on a substrate; and traversing an energy beam across the layer of powder material to form a cladding layer, wherein the cladding layer forms a layer of an airfoil, the traversing comprising: starting a first path and a second path of traversal of the energy beam from a common initiation point; forming a portion of a first side wall of the cladding layer and a first rib section by traversing the energy beam along the first path and concurrently forming a portion of a second side wall of the cladding layer by traversing the energy beam along the second path; and creating not more than one initiation point for each rib section in the cladding layer; further comprising removing at least a portion of an airfoil from an existing component, thereby forming the substrate; forming the first rib section as part of the first path by widening the energy beam to span at least from the first side wall to the second side wall and traversing the energy beam along a short dimension of the first rib section; and starting a third path of traversal of the energy beam on the first side wall abutting the first rib section. | 44,170 |
8,512,399 | 1. A cardiac valve prosthesis, comprising: only a first anchor frame consisting of a first single frame member that forms a ring around a common axis, where an infinitely vast plane parallel with and passing through the common axis and extending beyond an overall width and an overall height of the single frame member can only pass through two portions of the first single frame member to define a cross-sectional profile for each of the two portions having only one contiguous edge, and where the first single frame member has an inner portion defining an opening through the first anchor frame and an upper portion generally orthogonal to the inner portion; two or more leaflets coupled to the first anchor frame; and a pair of anchor members vertically extending from an apex of the first single frame member, the pair of anchor members restrained under tension in a first predetermined shape with a deployment member passing between the pair of anchor members, where the pair of anchor members moves toward a second predetermined shape when the deployment member is removed from between the pair of anchor members. | 26,796 |
9,597,656 | 1. A method of capturing CO 2 , the method comprising: associating a CO selectively capturing CO | 48,805 |
9,703,605 | 1. A heterogeneous computing system comprising: one or more central processing units (CPUs) to determine, based on dependency among tasks, how many queues to generate and a mapping of the queues to a plurality of execution units; a task frontend to receive an initial assignment of the tasks from the one or more CPUs, to dispatch the tasks and updated tasks from the queues for execution based on the mapping of the queues, and to manage, without intervention from the one or more CPUs, self-enqueue in which a consumer of a first task is same as a producer of the first task, and cross-enqueue in which a consumer of a second task is different from a producer of the second task; the plurality of execution units that include a first subset acting as producers to execute the tasks and generate the updated tasks, and a second subset acting as consumers to execute the updated tasks, wherein different execution units of the second subset receive the updated tasks via the task frontend from different queues, and wherein the execution units include one or more control processors to perform control operations, vector processors to perform vector operations, and accelerators to perform multimedia signal processing operations; and a memory backend containing the queues to store the tasks and the updated tasks for execution by the execution units. | 5,301 |
9,476,804 | 1. A pneumatic drop test method for use with a lift or work cage used in a wind turbine tower, the tower comprising a floor disposed below the lift or work cage, the method comprising the steps of: placing a pneumatic fixture comprising a cylinder barrel and a pneumatically actuated cylinder rod in the tower; attaching the cylinder barrel to a fixed object below the lift or work cage; attaching the pneumatically actuated cylinder rod to the lift or work cage; elevating the lift or work cage to a height above the floor; using the pneumatic fixture to place a downward force on the lift or work cage that is in excess of a maximum rated weight capacity of the lift or work cage; raising an emergency descent pin to allow the lift or work cage to drop; and recording a maximum speed achieved during the drop. | 26,943 |
9,635,556 | 1. A method performed in a radio device for facilitating login on a website, the method comprising: providing, at a radio device, by means of the web browser in the radio device, downloading a web page of the website, from a web server hosting the website; receiving, at the radio device, a login request from the web server, the login request comprising a request for login information for the service from the service application of the service in the radio device; in response to the received login request, and by means of the service application, automatically sending a login token request from the service application at the radio device, to a server of the service provider providing the service; from the server of the service provider, receiving, at the service application at the radio device, a login token response comprising a login token; and to the web server, sending a login information message comprising the login token, to automatically log in a user to the website. | 1,184 |
9,427,824 | 1. A method for laser processing a film, the method comprising: rotating a metal belt having a belt surface with a substantially smooth topography; biasing a roller toward the belt surface of the metal belt; feeding a film to and pressing the film against the belt surface such that an adjoining surface of the film is in intimate contact with the belt surface; moving the biased roller apart from the belt surface based on a rotation of the roller to disengage the roller from the fed film; reengaging the biased roller with the fed film to press the fed film against the belt surface; generating a laser beam having a focal point that is directed toward the pressed film; moving the focal point of the laser beam relative to the pressed film to cut into the pressed film based on a predetermined pattern; directing a plume created by the laser beam upward and away from the belt surface; and discontinuing the laser beam, wherein, after discontinuing the laser beam, the adjoining surface of the pressed film remains uncut. | 44,912 |
9,545,445 | 1. A therapeutic method for hypertension or high-normal blood pressure comprising administering (a) and (b) in an amount which is more effective than an additive effect for the therapy of hypertension or high-normal blood pressure to a patient in need thereof: (a) 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazole carboxylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (b) losartan, candesartan, valsartan, telmisartan, olmesartan, irbesartan, pratosartan, eprosartan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 22,174 |
9,834,381 | 1. A method for storing a carbon dioxide in a geologic formation, comprising: injecting supercritical carbon dioxide and water or brine into the geologic formation under conditions of temperature, pressure and density and at an injection rate selected to cause the supercritical carbon dioxide to form ganglia that are immobilized by capillary trapping within the geologic formation. | 35,125 |
9,345,986 | 1. A method for at least one of evaporation and distillation of liquids using a heat pump, the method comprising: a) providing the heat pump and a liquids evaporator, the heat pump including a refrigerant evaporator, a refrigerant compressor, and a refrigerant condenser; b) reducing pressure in the liquids evaporator to a liquids evaporation pressure that: is lower than atmospheric pressure by, at least in part, reducing an inlet pressure at a liquids inlet of the liquids evaporator; c) using heat of the refrigerant condenser to evaporate the liquids in the liquids evaporator at the liquids evaporation pressure, where the liquids have a reduced evaporation temperature and an output of the liquids evaporator includes evaporated liquids, wherein the refrigerant condenser and the liquids evaporator comprise a heat exchanger and wherein the evaporated liquids are subsequently introduced to at least one steam compressor; and d) eliminating saturation of the evaporated liquids before the evaporated liquids are subsequently introduced to the at least one steam compressor by further heating of the evaporated liquids leaving the liquids evaporator in at least one intermediate heat exchanger, each of the at least one intermediate heat exchanger comprising a heater element having an inlet and an outlet, the heater element inlet in fluid communication with the refrigerant compressor and the heater element outlet in fluid communication with an, inlet of the refrigerant condenser, wherein the further heating of the evaporated liquids leaving the liquids evaporator utilizes a peak temperature of refrigerant leaving the heat pump refrigerant compressor. | 1,399 |
9,414,349 | 1. A method in a radio network node of a wireless communication system of supporting configuration of a measurement gap pattern for a user equipment requiring measurement gaps for performing an inter-frequency measurement for positioning, the method comprising: receiving from the user equipment an indication that the user equipment is going to perform an inter-frequency measurement for positioning, which inter-frequency measurement requires measurement gaps. | 47,088 |
9,768,415 | 1. A display apparatus, comprising: a base layer having a bend allowance section between a first portion and a second portion of the display apparatus; a plurality of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) elements disposed on the first portion of the base layer; a plurality of wire traces having a strain-reducing trace design across the bend allowance section between the first portion and the second portion; and a micro-coating layer disposed on the plurality of wire traces and over the bend allowance section of the base layer. | 34,409 |
9,248,400 | 1. A process for making ZIF membranes comprising: exposing a support material to a ZIF synthesis solution comprising metal ions or metal clusters, and imidazolate under conditions suitable for ZIF crystal formation; and forming a ZIF membrane having a thickness in a range from about 1 micron to about 100 microns and a pore size in a range from 0.2 nm to about 0.5 nm. | 48,914 |
9,243,351 | 1. A biscrolled yarn comprising a scrolled bilayered sheet structure, wherein the scrolled bilayered sheet structure comprises a. a nanofiber sheet or nanofiber sheet stack; and b. a particle material deposited on the nanofiber sheet or nanofiber sheet stack. | 49,640 |
8,917,293 | 1. A control device for controlling operations of a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit having a plurality of light sources arranged in a matrix manner in a backside of the liquid crystal display panel, said control device comprising: a liquid crystal control section configured to control pixels of the liquid crystal display panel in accordance with inputted image data; a backlight control section configured to control light-emitting states of respective ones of the plurality of light sources in accordance with the inputted image data; and an image size adjusting section configured to generate size-adjusted image data in a case where an aspect ratio of the inputted image data is different from an aspect ratio of the liquid crystal display panel, the image size adjusting section adding dummy image data to a periphery of (i) image data which is obtained by subjecting the inputted image data to a predetermined process or (ii) the inputted image data so as to generate the size-adjusted image data, so that an aspect ratio of the size-adjusted image data corresponds to the aspect ratio of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight control section is configured to divide the size-adjusted image data into a plurality of blocks which correspond to respective positions in which the plurality of light sources are provided, each block being non-overlapping and at least two of the plurality of blocks being in a same row and at least two of the plurality of blocks being in a same column, determine a light-emitting luminance of each light source in an image display area among the plurality of light sources in accordance with a maximum value among gradation values of pixels included in that one of the plurality of blocks corresponding to the light source, the image display area being an area for displaying an image corresponding to the inputted image data, and determine a light-emitting luminance of each light source in an image non-display area among the plurality of light sources based on (i) an average luminance level of at most pixels included in a block of an image display area adjacent to a block corresponding to the light source in the non-display area, a number of the at most pixels included in the block of the image display area adjacent to the block corresponding to the light source in the non-display area being greater than zero, the image display area adjacent to the block corresponding to the light source in the non-display area being at most a portion of the image display area, the image non-display area being an area in which an image corresponding to the dummy image data is displayed, or (ii) an average luminance level of some of a plurality of small blocks which are adjacent to the block corresponding to the light source in the image non-display area, the plurality of small blocks being obtained by further dividing the block of the image display area adjacent to the block corresponding to the light source, a number of the some of the plurality of small blocks which are adjacent to the block corresponding to the light source in the image non-display area being less than all of the plurality of small blocks, each small block being non-overlapping and corresponding to an area of at least two pixels in a same column and two pixels in a same row. | 29,404 |
9,182,318 | 1. A method for inspecting one or more cooling holes in a wall of a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the method comprising: heating the wall of the combustor; directing a flow of cooling fluid through the one or more cooling holes in the wall of the combustor while the wall is being heated; acquiring a first measurement indicative of a flow rate of the cooling fluid through the one or more cooling holes; and acquiring a second measurement indicative of a cooling effectiveness provided by the cooling fluid flowing through the one or more cooling holes at the flow rate; wherein the acquisition of the first measurement and the acquisition of the second measurement are done substantially simultaneously; wherein the acquisition of the first measurement and the acquisition of the second measurement are done at substantially steady-state conditions when a temperature of the wall is substantially stable. | 1,809 |
9,772,552 | 1. A composition comprising a non-crosslinked thiosulfate polymer comprising a polymer backbone and thiosulfate groups distributed along the polymer backbone, and an electron-accepting photosensitizer component, wherein the composition has photosensitivity to actinic radiation at a wavelength of at least 200 and up to and less than 725 nm sufficient to cause crosslinking of the thiosulfate groups to form disulfide bonds, wherein the electron-accepting photosensitizer component satisfies the following Equation 3: wherein E PS * represents the excitation energy of the electron-accepting photosensitizer component, E PS red represents the reduction potential of the electron-accepting photosensitizer component, and E R ox is the oxidation potential of the thiosulfate group in the non-crosslinked thiosulfate polymer, and the electron-accepting photosensitizer component is a thiazolium salt, a pyrylium salt, a naphthalene diimide, a naphthalene imide, a cyano-substituted carbocyclic aromatic compound, an aromatic anhydride, an aromatic imide, a condensed pyridinium salt, a quinone, or a ketocoumarin. | 14,925 |
8,788,884 | 1. A computer implemented method for automatically patching errors in a software system that includes a first software component and a second software component including a set of interfaces, the method comprising: monitoring a first set of executions of the software system including: monitoring a second set of executions of the software system including: | 29,352 |
8,369,567 | 1. An automated fire detection and mapping method comprising: receiving selected multi-spectral satellite images including pixels in each image having wavelength bands selected from the group of B, G, R, NIR and SWIR bands; comparing the selected bands of each pixel with a predetermined threshold representative of a low false alarm rate for a set of pixel test images; and determining that a fire is detected if the predetermined threshold comparison is met wherein the selected bands includes the B, G, R and NIR bands or G, R, NIR and SWIR bands. | 14,073 |
8,723,096 | 1. An active photosensing pixel, comprising: a two-terminal photosensing transistor, having a first terminal coupled to a first node, a second terminal coupled to a first selection line and a control terminal connected to the second terminal; a driving transistor, having a first terminal coupled to a first reference voltage, a second terminal coupled to an output line and a control terminal connected to the first node; and a reset transistor, having a first terminal connected to the first node, a second terminal coupled to a second reference voltage and a control terminal coupled to a second selection line, wherein, during an exposure and readout cycle, a level of the first selection line is pulled up to be higher than that of the first node and the level of the second selection line is maintained at a low driving voltage, and the two-terminal photosensing transistor is served as a diode to produce a diode current according to an incident light, wherein the first node is charged by the diode current, such that the driving transistor generates an output current to the output line. | 20,889 |
9,735,821 | 1. A method comprising: identifying, by a processing device, a plurality of subscriber identity modules (SIMs) coupled to the processing device, each of the plurality of SIMs storing data enabling a set of communication services provided by a respective one of a plurality of communication service providers; determining a location of the processing device; determining, by the processing device, a plurality of cost rates to provide the set of communication services by the plurality of communication service providers in view of a cost rate table, wherein the plurality of cost rates are associated with providing the set of communication services from the location of the processing device; selecting, in view of the plurality of cost rates, a first SIM to provide a first communication service; selecting, in view of the plurality of costs rates, a second SIM to provide a second communication service, wherein the second communication service is a different from the first communication service; and displaying, on a screen of the processing device, a first icon associated with the first SIM to provide the first communication service and a second icon associated with the second SIM to provide the second communication service. | 12,108 |
9,308,488 | 1. A process for separating at least one gas from a mixture of gases comprising providing a UV treated polyimide polymer membrane having a polyimide polymer with a formula where m and n are independent integers from 10 to 500 and are in a ratio from 1:10 to 10:1; contacting the mixture of gases to one side of the UV treated polyimide polymer membrane to cause at least one gas to permeate said membrane; and removing from an opposite side of said UV treated polyimide polymer membrane a permeate gas composition comprising a portion of said at least one gas that permeated said membrane. | 40,725 |
9,251,999 | 1. A capacitively-coupled plasma processing system having a plasma processing chamber for processing a substrate, comprising: at least an upper electrode and a lower electrode for processing said substrate, said substrate being disposed on said lower electrode during plasma processing; a generator for providing at least a first RF signal to said lower electrode, said first RF signal having a first RF frequency, said first RF signal coupling with a plasma in said plasma processing chamber, thereby inducing an induced RF signal on said upper electrode; a rectifying arrangement for rectifying said induced RF signal to generate a rectified RF signal such that said rectified RF signal is more negatively biased than positively biased, wherein said substrate is configured to be processed while said rectified RF signal is provided to said upper electrode. | 33,781 |
9,321,943 | 1. An adhesive composition for a solar cell rear surface protection sheet, comprising: a (meth)acrylic-based copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of 10-60° C., a number average molecular weight of 25,000-250,000, and a hydroxyl value of 2-100 (mgKOH/g), and containing no (meth)acryloyl group; a compound containing a (meth)acryloyl group(s) (B); and a polyisocyanate compound (C), the polyisocyanate compound (C) being contained in such an amount that a number of an isocyanate group is 0.1-5 for every one hydroxyl group contained in the (meth)acrylic-based copolymer (A), wherein the cured composition comprises an adhesive peel strength after 2000 hours at 85° C. and 85 percent humidity of no less than 30 N per 15 mm. | 9,381 |
8,969,471 | 1. A method for preparing a stable aqueous polycarbodiimide dispersion to be used as cross-linking agents, comprising the steps of: 1) reacting a first polyisocyanate and a monoisocycanate with a hydrophobic group or a second polyisocyanate with a hydrophobic group at 120-180° C. in the presence of 0.5-5% of a carbodiimide catalyst, to form an isocyanate functionalized polycarbodiimide with a mean value of 1-10 carbodiimide functions and which contains 5-30% by weight of a monoisocysanate or a second polyisocyanate, wherein the hydrophobic group is a hydrocarbon containing 6-25 carbon atoms, a fluorinated hydrocarbon, a silicone functionalized hydrocarbon or a polysilicone; 2) terminating or extending the isocyanate functionalized polycarbodiimide chain by adding: 3) dispersing the resulting compound in water to form an aqueous polycarbodiimide dispersion; and 4) adjusting the pH of the aqueous polycarbodiimide dispersion to 9-14 by adding a base or a buffer to the aqueous polycarbodiimide dispersion or to the water during or after dispersing step (3). | 2,867 |
9,091,241 | 1. An in-cylinder injection, multicylinder internal combustion engine for uneven interval firing, comprising: a first cylinder and a second cylinder, a plurality of air-fuel mixture injection valves for directly injecting an air-fuel mixture into a combustion chamber of each of the first cylinder and the second cylinder, said air-fuel mixture injection valves being mounted on a multicylinder engine body, and each having a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel and an air injection valve for injecting a mixture of the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve and injection air; and an air pump actuatable by power transmitted from a crankshaft for discharging compressed air as said injection air, said air pump being operatively connected in common to said air-fuel mixture injection valves, and elapsed times between a discharge timing of said air pump and injection timings of the fuel injection valve and the air injection valve in the first cylinder are set to be different and to be out of synchronism from elapsed times between the discharge timing of said air pump and the injection timings of the fuel injection valve and the air injection valve of the second cylinder, wherein the discharge timing of said air pump is set to start after completion of an injection from the air injection valve of the first cylinder and before the injection timing of the fuel injection valve of the second cylinder, wherein a time duration (ΔA) after the completion of the injection from the air injection valve of the first cylinder until the air pump starts to discharge the air is set to be shorter than a time duration (ΔB) after the completion of the discharge timing of the air pump until the fuel injection valve of the second cylinder starts to inject the fuel, wherein each of the fuel injection valves joins a corresponding one of the air injection valves in a position surrounded by a cylinder head of the engine, and for each of the cylinders of the engine, the system further comprising: a damper member surrounding an end portion of the air injection valve while making no contact with the air injection valve, the damper member having a vibration damping capability for allowing vibration to occur in an axial direction between the end faces of the air injection valve and the corresponding fuel injection valve, the engine further comprising: an air filter arranged upstream of the air pump for purifying air drawn by the air pump, a first air pressure regulator is connected directly between the air filter and the air injection valve of the first cylinder, and a second air pressure regulator is directly connected between the air filter and the air injection valve of the second cylinder. | 18,810 |
9,626,290 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a printed circuit board including an edge connector configured to fit a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) socket of a motherboard of a computer; at least one non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) module mounted to the printed circuit board; and an NVRAM controller mounted to the printed circuit board, the NVRAM controller coupled to and between the edge connector and the at least one NVRAM module, the NVRAM controller being configured to control read and write accesses to the at least one NVRAM module, wherein the apparatus requires a presence of one or more dynamic random access memory (DRAM) DIMMs on the motherboard of the computer and is configured to expand a capacity of a main memory of the computer, and wherein at least one memory controller directly controls the one or more DRAM DIMMs, is not the NVRAM controller, and is not a general processor for the computer. | 8,088 |
8,926,130 | 1. An illumination device comprising: a base; a heat dissipation member disposed on the base, wherein the heat dissipation member has a central axis, a plurality of heat dissipation petals symmetrically arranged about the central axis, a plurality of holding curvy surfaces configured on the heat dissipation petals respectively, and a plurality of heat dissipation channels extending along the central axis, and the holding curvy surfaces and the heat dissipation channels are staggered and arranged about the central axis, wherein the heat dissipation channels are located between the any two adjacent heat dissipation petals respectively, and each of the holding curvy surfaces radially extends along the central axis; at least one flexible printed circuit board disposed on the holding curvy surfaces; and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the flexible printed circuit board. | 26,918 |
9,433,786 | 1. A method for treating Parkinson's disease or Essential Tremor of a patient, comprising the steps of: (a) implanting a leadless, self-contained, coin-sized electroacupuncture (EA) device in the patient below the patient's skin at or near a target tissue location, the EA device comprising a coin-shaped hermetically-sealed housing wherein electrical circuitry and a power source are housed, the electrical circuitry and the power source configured to generate stimulation pulses, the EA device further having a central electrode of a first polarity and positioned in a center of a front surface of the housing and an annular electrode of a second polarity and that surrounds the central electrode on the housing, wherein a spacing between a center of the central electrode and the annular electrode comprises at least 5 mm; (b) enabling the EA device to generate stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than or equal to 0.05, wherein (c) delivering the stimulation pulses of each stimulation session included in the stimulation sessions to the target tissue location through the central electrode and the annular electrode, wherein the stimulation sessions are applied to the target tissue location at the duty cycle, and wherein the delivery of the stimulation sessions at the duty cycle causes, over time, a slow and methodical treatment for Parkinson's disease or Essential Tremor at the target tissue location that remodels the central nervous system to produce a desired sustained therapeutic effect. | 28,994 |
8,445,161 | 1. A conductive body comprising a cathode collecting face and an anode collecting face with each face there of comprising a functional surface having a plurality of functional surface features formed thereon for transporting reaction materials between said cathode and anode collecting face, and wherein at least the functional surface comprises a bulk solidifying amorphous alloy having an elastic strain limit of at least 1.5%, wherein the bulk solidifying amorphous alloy retains an amorphous atomic structure in a thickness of 1 mm or more when cooled from a molten state at a cooling rate of 500 K/sec or less. | 28,585 |
8,761,280 | 1. A fragmentation channelizer comprising: a signal input; a transmitter filter bank that fragments a continuous spectral span of the signal input into a plurality of spectral channels; the spectral channels coinciding in frequency with available non-continuous bandwidth segments of a communications channel; and a receiver filter bank that inputs the discrete spectral channels after transmission over the communications channel; and the receiver filter bank de-fragments the discrete spectral channels into a reconstructed continuous spectral span of the signal input so as to generate a signal output corresponding to the signal input; wherein the transmitter filter bank comprises a transmitter analysis channelizer that decomposes the spectral span of the signal input into M spectral channels that are relocated in frequency according to the available bandwidth segments of the communications channel; and a transmitter synthesis channelizer that forms a composite transmit signal from the relocated M spectral channels, where the transmit signal is sent over the communications channel. | 35,706 |
9,736,732 | 1. A method for dynamically modifying allocated bandwidth of one or more applications running on a communication device, comprising: obtaining information regarding one or more applications running on the device, the applications using a communication network of the device; and dynamically distributing bandwidth of the communication network to the one or more applications running on the communication device based on priority levels of the one or more applications, wherein the dynamically distributing the bandwidth of the communication network comprises: determining a minimum bandwidth required for running one or more sessions of the one or more applications predefined or categorized as low priority; modifying one or more network parameters for reducing the bandwidth of the one or more sessions of the one or more applications predefined or categorized as low priority; deriving a bandwidth from the one or more sessions of the one or more applications predefined or categorized as low priority; and determining bandwidth utilized for one or more sessions of the one or more applications predefined or categorized as high priority based on the derived bandwidth. | 2,888 |
9,526,526 | 1. A pedicle screw comprising: a bone fastener and a rod coupling head, the rod coupling head comprising a lower and an upper rod coupling: wherein a temporary rod is temporarily affixed into the upper rod opening during a bone realignment and a permanent rod is positioned in the lateral rod opening and engaged by the permanent rod fastener upon final bone alignment. | 12,679 |
8,490,605 | 1. An actuating drive for a bi-directionally adjustable actuator, comprising: at least one of an exhaust gas recirculation device and an exhaust gas turbocharger; an electric motor; a toggle lever articulatingly connected with the actuator via a first toggle lever bearing; and a gear mechanism connecting the electric motor with the toggle lever, wherein the gear mechanism includes a toothing element on an output side mounted in a pivot bearing, on which the toggle lever is articulatingly mounted via a second toggle lever bearing, wherein a starting state of the actuating drive is associated with a starting position of the actuator, and wherein an angle between a first straight line extending through the first toggle lever bearing and through the second toggle lever bearing, and a second straight line extending through the pivot bearing and through the second toggle lever bearing, is acute. | 14,848 |
8,466,735 | 1. A circuit comprising: a first Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET) having a gate terminal, a source terminal and a drain terminal, wherein the gate terminal of the first JFET is electrically coupled to the source terminal of the first JFET; a second JFET having a gate terminal, a source terminal and a drain terminal, wherein the drain terminal of the second JFET is electronically coupled to the gate terminal and the source terminal of the first JFET; a third JFET having a gate terminal, a source terminal and a drain terminal, wherein the gate terminal of the third JFET is electrically coupled to the source terminal of the third JFET, and the drain terminal of the third JFET is electrically coupled to the drain terminal of the first JFET; and a fourth JFET having a gate terminal, a source terminal and a drain terminal, wherein; the gate terminal of the fourth JFET is electrically coupled to the source terminal of the first JFET, the gate terminal of the first JFET, and the drain terminal of the second JFET; the drain terminal of the fourth JFET is electronically coupled to the gate terminal and the source terminal of the third JFET; and the source terminal of the fourth JFET is electrically coupled to the source terminal of the second JFET. | 36,531 |
9,515,487 | 1. A power flow control apparatus adapted to be arranged between a first power source and a second power source, the power flow control apparatus comprising: a current distribution circuit arranged to distribute an input current received from the first power source into a plurality of branches, such that the input current is distributed into a plurality of branch currents, wherein each of the plurality of branches includes an inductive arrangement arranged to form an inductive coupling with an associated inductive arrangement of at least one other associated branch; and a plurality of compensator units arranged in the plurality of branches, each of the plurality of compensator units is arranged to deliver a respective branch compensating voltage so as to alter an output voltage of the power flow control apparatus to thereby regulate power flow between the first power source and the second power source; wherein the plurality of compensator units are arranged to operate in substantially the same phase such that the plurality of branch currents have substantially the same phase in steady state. | 39,065 |
9,068,692 | 1. A stand device comprising: a base member; a sliding member disposed in the base member so that a linear reciprocal motion of the sliding member is possible; a stand member hinge-connected to the sliding member; a link member for holding the stand member, one end of the link member is hinge-connected to the stand member and the other end of the link member is hinge-connected to the base member; and an elastic member for rotating the stand member in a direction of the base member when the stand member is hinge-connected to the link member, wherein an opening angle of the stand member with respect to the base member varies depending on a linear reciprocal motion of the sliding member. | 47,645 |
9,141,163 | 1. A portable terminal comprising; a host; a battery; a power controller, which includes a first host power controller, a second host power controller, a first contactless front end (CLF) power controller, and a second CLF power controller; a chip card in the portable terminal; a CLF; an antenna; a first switch; a second switch; and a switch controller, wherein the power controller supplies power generated by the battery to the host, the chip card in the portable terminal, and the CLF, the first switch is connected to open or close a power supply channel to the chip card in the portable terminal and a single wire protocol (SWP) interface, branching off from a power supply channel from the second host power controller to the host, the second switch is connected to open or close a power supply channel to the chip card in the portable terminal and the SWP interface, branching off from a power supply channel from the second CLF power controller to the CLF, the switch controller opens the first switch and closes the second switch when a) the CLF detects a contactless RF signal, b) the host is off or the portable terminal is in a low battery mode, and c) the contactless RF signal conforms to the communication method of the chip card in the portable terminal, and the switch controller closes the first switch and opens the second switch when the host is on. | 41,680 |
9,076,911 | 1. A method for manufacturing solar cell module comprising: providing a solar cell device which includes a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a second electrode layer and multiple metal electrodes, wherein the first and second electrode layers are disposed on two opposite first surface and second surface of the photoelectric conversion layer respectively, the metal electrodes are disposed on the second surface and electrically connected with the second electrode layer, the first surface is a light-receiving surface, and the second surface is a non-light-receiving surface opposite to the light-receiving surface; forming a first protective film and a cover plate on the light-receiving surface, wherein the first protective film is located between the solar cell device and the cover plate; screen printing a thermal radiation material layer and forming a second protective film on the non-light-receiving surface, the thermal radiation material layer is disposed on the second surface and partially covered over the second electrode layer, but the metal electrodes are exposed, wherein the thermal radiation material layer comprises silicon carbide powders, and the thermal radiation material layer is located between the second electrode layer and the second protective film; and forming a backplane on the non-light-receiving surface, wherein the second protective film is located between the solar cell device and the backplane. | 36,431 |
9,273,672 | 1. A solar energy collector comprising: a prepared surface; a rectangular Fresnel lens supported in a horizontal position above said prepared surface at a distance related to a focal length of said Fresnel lens, said Fresnel lens serving to focus sunlight at a sun ray spot, said sun ray spot moving from west to east as the sun moves from east to west above said Fresnel lens; and a two-dimensional XY tracking table positioned beneath said horizontal Fresnel lens at a distance related to the focal length thereof, said XY tracking table having an X arm and a Y arm, said X arm and said Y arm being controlled for rectilinear tracking motion such that a point of intersection of said X arm with said Y arm is maintained in a position of coincidence with said sun ray spot as it moves from west to east. | 33,651 |
9,045,136 | 1. A method for controlling the powertrain for an HEV vehicle, said powertrain for said HEV vehicle comprising a prime mover; an electric motor-generator, said electric motor-generator mechanically coupled to said prime mover via a first clutch; an electric motor, said electric motor mechanically coupled to said electric motor-generator via a second clutch; a battery, said battery electrically coupled to said electric motor-generator and said electric motor, said battery configured to supply electrical energy to said electric motor-generator and said electric motor; and a controller, said controller configured to receive signals from one or more sensors and supplying control signals to said prime mover, said first clutch, said electric motor-generator, said second clutch and said electric motor such that said controller is configured to dynamically affect a plurality of operating modes; the steps of said method comprising: determining the state of charge (SOC) of said batteries; determining the speed of the vehicle; if the SOC is greater than a given first threshold, selecting a charge-depleting operational mode of said vehicle; during operation of said vehicle, if the SOC is less than a given second threshold, selecting a charge-sustaining operating mode of said vehicle receiving as input SOC values, speed of vehicle value, and engine temperature values; if SOC is greater than a first threshold, selecting an operational mode from one of a group, said group comprising: all-electric mode and high-traction electric mode; if SOC is below said first threshold in (ii) and if engine temperature is below a first temperature threshold, selecting an operational mode from one of a group, said group comprising: all-electric mode and series hybrid mode; if engine temperature is above a first temperature threshold in (iii) and if SOC is below a second threshold and if speed of vehicle is below a first speed threshold, selecting an operational mode from one of a group, said group comprising: all electric mode; if speed of vehicle is above said first speed threshold in (iv), selecting an operational mode from one of a group, said group comprising: parallel hybrid mode; if SOC is not below said second threshold in (iv) and if speed of the vehicle is above a second speed threshold, selecting an operational mode from one of a group, said group comprising: parallel hybrid mode; and if speed of vehicle is not above a second speed threshold in (vi), selecting an operational mode from one of a group, said group comprising: series hybrid mode. | 15,685 |
9,464,759 | 1. A filling station for filling a vessel with hydrogen gas at a predetermined pressure, said vessel having a first port for passing said hydrogen gas and a second port for passing a fluid, said second port being separate from said first port, said filling station comprising: a hydrogen gas supply for supplying hydrogen gas under pressure; a fluid supply for supplying a hydraulic fluid under pressure; a fluid coupling for coupling with said second port of said vessel for introducing hydraulic fluid under pressure from said fluid supply into said vessel such that said hydraulic fluid in said vessel causes a hydrostatic pressure having a value substantially equal to said predetermined pressure of said hydrogen gas in said vessel, and for removing said hydraulic fluid from said vessel, and a gas coupling for coupling with said first port of said vessel for introducing hydrogen gas from said hydrogen gas supply into said vessel to fill said vessel with said hydrogen gas at said predetermined pressure by controlling a difference of pressure relative to a current pressure in said vessel for controlling expansion of said hydrogen gas in said vessel and thereby temperature inside said vessel. | 37,562 |
8,362,940 | 1. A successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter comprising: a digital-to-analog converter to generate an analog voltage based on an input voltage and a digital code, the input voltage being sampled in accordance with a sampling clock; a comparator to receive the analog voltage; a controller to generate the digital code based on an output of the comparator; a delay circuit to delay a signal based on the output of the comparator and to feed back the delayed signal to a reset terminal of the comparator; an adjustment circuit to count a number of edges of a signal generated in a loop that feeds back the delayed signal during a period having an integer multiple of a cycle of an external clock signal, and to adjust an amount of delay of the delay circuit based on a count value; and a sampling clock generation circuit to generate the sampling clock based on the signal generated in the loop and the external clock signal. | 7,043 |
8,449,798 | 1. A method of making an explosive charge liner having an improved density along the sides of the liner for use in an explosive charge, the method comprising: introducing powdered material into a basin defined by a die block, where a punch is shaped to interact with the basin, and wherein the powdered material comprises material denser than 10 grams per cubic centimeter; excluding the powdered material from a central portion of the basin; pressing the punch into the powdered material in the basin to form the explosive charge liner, wherein the explosive charge liner comprises an aperture in an apex area of the explosive charge liner corresponding to the central portion, and wherein the explosive charge liner achieves a design density along a length of the explosive charge liner based on the pressing, and fitting a plug into the aperture after the explosive charge liner is formed, wherein the combination of the plug fitted into the aperture and the explosive charge liner defines a shape, and wherein the plug contributes less than 10% of the length of an edge of the shape. | 45,066 |
8,529,257 | 1. A pressurized spray delivery system, comprising: a sealed container housing a pressurized composition at a pressure of between 17 to 132 psig and a mixing ball; and an aerosol spray valve assembly with an actuator that releases the composition from the container when engaged; wherein the composition comprises (by weight %): wherein the composition does not comprise trichlorotrifluoroethane. | 26,429 |
9,651,910 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearer; an image forming device to form a toner image on the image bearer; a transfer device to transfer the toner image from the image bearer to a recording medium; a line sensor as an image density sensor to detect image density of the toner image on the image bearer, the image density sensor being disposed so as to be shorter in a rotational direction of the image bearer than in a width direction of the image bearer perpendicular to the rotational direction of the image bearer; and a controller operatively connected to the image density sensor, to form a shading pattern image including a plurality of patches subject to detection on an outer circumferential surface of the image bearer with the image forming device, the shading pattern image being shorter in the rotational direction of the image bearer than in the width direction of the image bearer, and to detect image density of the plurality of patches of the shading pattern image with the image density sensor, so as to control image density. | 9,767 |
9,461,281 | 1. A battery retention system for a power tool having a motor, a drive mechanism coupled to the motor, and an output element coupled to the drive mechanism, the battery retention system comprising: a battery pack for powering the motor, wherein the battery pack is removably coupled to the power tool; a spring configured for coupling the battery pack to the power tool in locking engagement to provide power to the power tool, wherein the spring deforms against the battery pack when the battery pack is fully inserted to reduce transmission of vibrations to the battery pack; and a latch configured for coupling the battery pack to the power tool in locking engagement to provide power to the power tool independently from the spring as a backup to the spring; wherein the latch is not in locking engagement when the spring is in locking engagement. | 21,543 |
9,837,426 | 1. A semiconductor memory apparatus comprising: a controller; a memory region including a plurality of semiconductor memory cells which are electrically coupled between a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, and configured to be controlled by the controller; a voltage providing block configured to provide a high voltage according to control signals of the controller; a row selection block configured to generate a low voltage control signal by decoding an address signal according to control signals of the controller, include a high voltage switching block which generates complementary high voltage control signals based on the low voltage control signal and the high voltage, and generate a switching signal, the voltage level of which is raised based on the complementary high voltage control signals and the high voltage so that the switching signal has substantially the same level as the high voltage; and a block switch configured to be driven by the switching signal, and transfer the high voltage to the memory region, wherein the high voltage switching block includes depletion type high voltage switches. | 15,276 |
9,246,045 | 1. A method for fabricating a photodetector, comprising the following steps: providing a substrate including: partially etching the second semiconductor film in the first portion to form a cavity delineated by the protection layer and the electrically insulating layer, depositing at least a third semiconductor material so as to form a PIN diode or a NIP diode in the third portion from the first semiconductor film and to fill the cavity of the first portion, depositing a conversion layer in contact with the second semiconductor film, the conversion layer being configured to absorb a light signal coming from the second semiconductor film and to convert the light signal into an electric signal, the conversion layer electrically connecting the PIN diode or the NIP diode to form a structure of PIPIN or NINIP type. | 23,862 |
9,802,714 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first composite layer; a second composite layer co-cured to an interior side of the first composite layer, wherein the first composite layer and the second composite layer form a fuel tank, and wherein the second composite layer comprises a conductivity configured to: a primer layer layered on the interior side of the second composite layer, opposite the first composite layer; and a sealant layer layered on the interior side of the primer layer, opposite the second composite layer. | 5,759 |
8,428,583 | 1. A method comprising: causing obtainment, via a first wireless access technology via a wireless interface of a first type, from a single logical entity, of subscriber information relating to controlling access to a network via the first wireless access technology, wherein said single logical entity provides a source of subscriber information relating to controlling access to a network via each of a plurality of wireless access technologies; causing obtainment, via the first wireless access technology via the wireless interface of the first type, from said single logical entity, of subscriber information relating to controlling access to a network via a second wireless access technology via a wireless interface of a second type, wherein the wireless interface of the second type is different than the wireless interface of the first type; and causing obtainment, via the first wireless access technology via the wireless interface of the first type, from said single logical entity, of subscriber information relating to controlling access to a network via a third wireless access technology via a wireless interface of a third type, wherein the wireless interface of the third type is different than the wireless interface of the first type and different from the wireless interface of the second type. | 18,775 |
9,624,206 | 1. A compound of formula I wherein X represents N or CH; R R R M is one of the groups M wherein A represents a bond, CH 2 CH 2 , CH═CH or C≡C; R R R R or a salt thereof. | 40,600 |
9,232,354 | 1. A method of providing a location based service in a mobile device, comprising: collecting in processor of a mobile device location information from a plurality of mobile devices in a communication group; computing more precise location information for the mobile device based on the location information collected from the plurality of mobile devices, wherein computing the more precise location information includes using horizontal data to determine a position relative to the Earth's surface, using vertical data to determine a height of the position relative to sea level, and generating three-dimensional location and position information based on the determined position and height; and using the generated location and position information to provide the location based service. | 22,887 |
8,789,172 | 1. A method for detecting malicious code in electronic documents, the method comprising: selecting, using a hardware processor, a data segment in at least one portion of an electronic document; determining, using the hardware processor, whether the selected data segment can be altered by changing values of the selected data segment to an arbitrary value without causing the electronic document to result in an error when processed by a corresponding program; in response to determining that the selected data segment can be altered, transforming, using the hardware processor, the electronic document to an altered electronic document by arbitrarily altering the data segment in the at least one portion of the electronic document to produce an altered electronic document; processing, using the hardware processor, the altered electronic document using the corresponding program; determining, using the hardware processor, whether the corresponding program produces an error state when the altered electronic document is processed by the corresponding program; and determining, using the hardware processor, that the selected data segment in the at least one portion of the electronic document contains malicious code, in response to determining that the corresponding program produces an error state when the altered electronic document is processed by the corresponding program. | 33,596 |
9,296,902 | 1. A process for preparing a modified colloidal silica particulate material comprising the steps of: a) providing a de-ionised aqueous suspension of silica particulate material; b) preparing a mixture of said de-ionised aqueous suspension of silica particulate material and an alkoxylated alcohol according to the formula c) adding to the mixture one or more coupling agents comprising one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ti, Zr, B, Zn, Sn, and V; and allowing at least part of said one or more coupling agents to react with said silica particulate material; wherein water is removed at least partially from the mixture during or after step c); to obtain a suspension of modified silica particulate material in alkoxylated alcohol, said modified silica particulate material being present in an amount from 10 to 70 wt % based on the obtained suspension, the process further comprising adding a first resin and/or a first resin precursor to the mixture from step b) prior to step c). | 14,194 |
8,939,261 | 1. A support element system for elevators, comprising: at least one support element having exactly two load-bearing tensile carriers, which are arranged in a horizontal orientation adjacent to one another and which are enclosed in a common elastomeric casing separating the two tensile carriers, wherein the tensile carriers respectively have an opposite direction of wrap, wherein a maximum width and a maximum height of a cross-section of the support element has a ratio of substantially 1:1, wherein a vertical orientation of the tensile carriers is to half the maximum height of the cross-section of the support element, the support element having two spaced apart planar traction surface regions extending in a longitudinal direction of the support element, each of the traction surface regions extending in a single plane angled relative to the vertical and horizontal orientations of the tensile carriers in the support element cross-section, and the traction surface regions connected by a lower side surface that is at least in part not angled relative to the vertical and horizontal orientations of the tensile carriers in the support element cross-section; and a drive pulley for transmission of a drive force to the at least one support element, wherein the drive pulley has a contoured traction surface with two spaced apart support surfaces which are provided for transmission of the drive force and which co-operate with the planar traction surface regions of the support element to transmit the entire drive force from the drive pulley to the support element, the drive pulley contoured traction surface extending between the support surfaces being spaced from and not contacting an entirety of the lower side surface of the support element when each of the two traction surface regions is in contact with an associated one of the support surfaces. | 18,569 |
8,853,210 | 1. A compound of formula XIV: wherein R is (C 2 -C 8 )alkyl; or a salt thereof. | 7,594 |
9,367,590 | 1. A method to implement an online marketplace for large scale data mining and data analytics in a collaborative online social network environment, comprising: authoring automated scripts for computer to mine data from the Internet using Universal Resource Location (URL); retrieving, in response to a fetch data instruction, data with context that enable extraction and transformation to form a row of data record; automatically executing a script to acquire rows of data record; repeating execution of the script according to a given rule; aggregating a sequence of rows to form a dataset of a plurality of datasets that are provided by a plurality of data producers; publishing the plurality of datasets, for subsequent selection by a plurality of data consumers, in a dataset catalogue, wherein the dataset catalogue comprises a summary description of each of the plurality of datasets and associated with at least one of a plurality of data analytics software programs; presenting to a data; generating, by a computer processor and from the plurality of datasets, a selected dataset by matching dataset properties to a user-defined context defined by a data consumer of the plurality of data consumers; validating selection of the selected dataset based on a pre-determined criterion; defining data analytic algorithms of a plurality of data analytics software programs provided by a plurality of data analytics software providers; defining a required input parameter to each of the plurality of data analytics software programs; defining a data domain that is required as input to each of the data analytics algorithms; uploading the plurality of data analytics software programs to data analytics software program repository; publishing a purpose of each of the plurality of data analytics software programs in a data analytics software catalogue; generating, by the computer processor and from the plurality of data analytics software programs, a matching data analytics software that is compatible with the dataset properties of the selected dataset; executing the matching data analytics software program with the selected dataset to generate data analytics results for presenting to the data consumer; matching criteria of analytics provided by the data consumer; inspecting the dataset properties of the plurality of datasets in a dataset repository; inspecting data analytics properties in the data analytics software program repository; accepting input criteria based on the dataset properties of the plurality of datasets; further accepting the input criteria base on the data analytics properties of the plurality of data analytics software programs; generating, for including in the dataset catalogue, a pair of best matched dataset and data analytics software program by matching the dataset properties and the data analytics properties for similarities; producing an output of the pair of best matched dataset and data analytics software program; and recommending the pair of best matched dataset and data analytics software program to the data consumer, wherein the plurality of data producers, the plurality of data consumers, and the plurality of data analytics software providers form the collaborative online social network environment. | 20,027 |
9,409,473 | 1. A device, for a drive train of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a planetary gear set ( a third element ( the third element ( a second shift element ( when the second shift element ( | 38,195 |
9,403,047 | 1. A cable exercise machine, comprising: a first pull cable and a second pull cable incorporated into a frame; each of the first pull cable and the second pull cable being linked to at least one resistance mechanism; and the at least one resistance mechanism comprises a flywheel and a magnetic unit arranged to resist movement of the flywheel; wherein the flywheel is attached to a central shaft about which the flywheel is arranged to rotate and the central shaft supports multiple cable spools. | 36,342 |
8,449,928 | 1. A method of cleansing the eyelid or the skin surrounding the eyelid of a subject consisting essentially of applying to the eyelid or the skin surrounding the eyelid of the subject a cleanser composition consisting essentially of 0.5-2% by weight linalool in the total composition, 0.01-5% by weight hinokitiol in the total composition and 1-50% by weight in the total composition of a compound selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, ethylene glycol and dipropylene glycol in the total composition. | 4,432 |
8,955,266 | 1. A locking apparatus for mounting a photovoltaic module on a rack, the locking apparatus comprising: a pressing member comprising a bottom portion and two side portions extending up from opposite sides of the bottom portion, wherein two pressing pieces extend outward from tops of the two side portions respectively, a first through hole is defined in a center of the bottom portion, two ribs extend inward from the two side portions respectively; a bolt comprising a head and a threaded portion; and a mounting member fixed to the rack; wherein a distance between the two ribs is less than a diameter of the head, the head is retained in the pressing member between the two ribs and the bottom portion, the threaded portion extends through the first through hole to be screwed into the mounting member; wherein the mounting member comprises a base, a neck portion extending up from a middle of the base, a head portion extending up from a top of the neck portion, and two resilient arms respectively extending outward from opposite sides of the head portion; and a through slot is defined in the head portion, a second through hole is defined in a to of the head portion and communicates with the through slot, a nut is received in the second through hole, and the threaded portion extends through the second through hole to be screwed into the nut; wherein the rack comprises a bottom wall, two sidewalls extending up from opposite sides of the bottom wall, and two substantially L-shaped limiting plates extending inward and down respectively from tops of the two sidewalls; and an opening is defined between the L-shaped limiting plates, the neck portion of the mounting member is received in the opening, a top of the base abuts bottoms of the L-shaped limiting plates, and the resilient arms abut upper portions of inner surfaces of the L-shaped limiting plates. | 39,144 |
9,007,034 | 1. An electric power generation control system for a vehicle, which is mounted on a vehicle, for controlling electric power generation by a generator that generates electric power using an internal combustion engine as a motive power source and charges generated electric power in a battery via an electrical component, comprising: power generation mode-switching means for selectively switching a power generation mode of the generator between a first power generation mode in which a generated voltage of the generator is not lower than a predetermined voltage and a second power generation mode in which the generated voltage of the generator is lower than the predetermined voltage; first power generation ratio parameter-calculating means for calculating a first power generation ratio parameter which represents a ratio of an execution time period of the first power generation mode to an execution time period of the second power generation mode, as occasion arises; and power generation mode-determining means for inhibiting the first power generation mode when the calculated first power generation ratio parameter has reached a predetermined higher limit value and determining that the power generation mode is to be set to the second power generation mode. | 1,656 |
9,492,224 | 1. An end effector comprising: a first jaw member comprising a first proximal contact surface and a first distal contact surface, a second jaw member comprising a second proximal contact surface and a second distal contact surface, a first proximal electrode coupled to the first proximal contact surface, | 31,110 |
9,126,500 | 1. A motor control device of controlling a motor unit that drives a wheel, the motor unit being provided in an electric vehicle, the motor control device comprising: a temperature sensor that is associated with a motor coil of the motor unit and is configured to sense a temperature Tc of the motor coil; and a motor current limiter configured to set a plurality of threshold values of the temperature Tc sensed by the temperature sensor, to set current limiting conditions that are different from each other for respective sectioned temperature ranges defined by the threshold values, and to limit a current for the motor unit according to the current limiting condition for the temperature range to which the temperature Tc having been sensed belongs, wherein, if a time difference dTc/dt of a motor coil temperature obtained by differentiating the temperature Tc with respect to a time t indicates a positive value, the motor current limiter allows an allowable upper limit of the time difference dTc/dt of the motor coil temperature to vary depending on the sectioned temperature ranges, and the motor current limiter sets, for the respective temperature ranges to one of which the temperature Tc having been sensed belongs, the allowable upper limits of the time difference dTc/dt of the motor coil temperature obtained by differentiating the temperature Tc with respect to the time t so that the allowable upper limit for the temperature range with higher temperature is smaller than the allowable upper limit for the temperature range with lower temperature. | 24,313 |
9,134,953 | 1. A shifter circuit for a processor, comprising: means for obtaining a word in a processor; an inverse butterfly circuit connected to said means for obtaining the word, the inverse butterfly circuit including a plurality of circuit stages, each of the circuit stages including a plurality of multiplexers; a control circuit in communication with the inverse butterfly circuit for selectively controlling the plurality of multiplexers of the inverse butterfly circuit to perform a bit manipulation operation on the word to produce a processed word, the control circuit configured to cause the plurality of multiplexers of the inverse butterfly circuit to perform at least one of a shift operation or a rotate operation on bits of the word; and means for supplying the processed word to the processor. | 45,269 |
9,038,387 | 1. A method of producing electricity comprising: during a first time period: during a second time period: wherein the heat energy stored during the first time period is sufficient to generate steam for use by the steam turbine in the producing electricity during the second time period. | 26,447 |
9,656,895 | 1. Method for treating a fluid aqueous waste stream comprising a biodegradable organic substance, comprising feeding the aqueous waste stream into a bioreactor containing a fluid which contains biomass; reacting the biodegradable organic substance with the biomass in the bioreactor under essentially anaerobic conditions, thereby forming methane; taking a first flow of fluid from the bioreactor and using the first flow for a feed to a membrane filtration unit, in which said feed is subjected to filtration, thereby forming a permeate stream and a retentate stream; returning the retentate stream completely or partly to the bioreactor; taking a second flow of fluid from the bioreactor as feed to a sludge treatment unit, which sludge treatment unit may be positioned outside the bioreactor or integrated in the bioreactor; adding a flocculation or coagulation additive to the second flow before feeding the second flow to the sludge treatment unit or adding a flocculation or coagulation additive inside the sludge treatment unit, whereby organic substance in the flow flocculates or coagulates; separating the second flow of fluid in the sludge treatment into a third flow, having a higher organic substance content than the second flow, and a fourth flow, having a lower organic substance content than the second flow; and mixing the fourth flow completely or a part thereof with the first flow that is to be fed to the membrane filtration unit and feeding said mixture into the membrane filtration unit. | 48,286 |
9,685,069 | 1. A device for emergency signalling from a vehicle, comprising: a housing, a detection device, which is arranged in the housing and adapted to detect electronic measurement information regarding an emergency state of the vehicle from one or more sensor devices, wherein the one or more sensor devices are formed in the housing, externally, or both, a data communication device which is arranged in the housing and adapted to emit data signals regarding an emergency message via a data interface, wherein the emergency message comprises at least partially the electronic measurement information, electronic vehicle state information derived therefrom, or both, and a plug-in device which is arranged on the housing and comprises a plug connector for plugging into a vehicle plug-in socket, wherein the device is adapted to conduct a plausibility check, wherein the device is switched into a sleep mode or a standby mode only if the plausibility check confirms an inactive state of the vehicle determined using the detection device, wherein the sleep mode or the standby mode minimizes or reduces to zero a current consumption of the device. | 15,543 |
9,024,998 | 1. A conferencing method, comprising: conducting a conference with a first device in a near-end environment by sending first audio captured in the near-end environment to a far-end via a far-end connection and having far-end audio from the far-end output in the near-end environment; repeatedly outputting connection information in an imperceptible acoustic beacon in the near-end environment with the first device while the first device conducts the conference; connecting the first device via a near-end connection with a second device in the near-end environment based on the second device responding to the output connection information while the first device conducts the conference; obtaining, at the first device via the near-end connection, second audio captured with the second device in the near-end environment even while the imperceptible acoustic beacon is repeatedly output in the near-end environment with the first device; and sending the second audio to the far-end with the first device via the far-end connection. | 47,183 |
8,940,772 | 1. An oral lozenge composition comprising: a) a master granule component comprising: at least one an alkaline buffering agent selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium phosphate, potassium carbonate and potassium bicarbonate, and mixtures thereof; at least one dissolution modifier; and at least one diluent wherein the master granule component is obtained through wet or dry granulation; and b) an extragranular component blended with the master granule component comprising nicotine polacrilex and at least one alkaline buffering agent selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium phosphate, potassium carbonate and potassium bicarbonate, and mixtures thereof. | 28,951 |
9,458,750 | 1. An exhaust treatment device comprising: an outer housing including opposite first and second end walls and a length that extends between the first and second end walls, the outer housing also including a side wall that extends along the length from the first end wall to the second end wall, the outer housing defining an interior space; a divider wall within the interior space of the outer housing, the divider wall being positioned at an intermediate location along the length of the outer housing, the divider wall separating the interior space of the outer housing into a first region and a second region; a device inlet that is in fluid communication with the first region of the interior space; a device outlet that is in fluid communication with the second region of the interior space; an exhaust treatment and mixing assembly including: a dispenser mounting location disposed within the first region of the outer housing for mounting a dispenser used for dispensing a reactant into the swirl chamber. | 46,136 |
9,826,391 | 1. A user equipment (UE) comprising: radio resource identification circuitry to identify a first radio resource in a radio frame based at least in part on: transmitter circuitry coupled with the radio resource identification circuitry, the transmitter circuitry further to transmit the D2D signal on the first radio resource at the first power level at a time of a transmission of an uplink 3GPP LTE signal on a second radio resource in the radio frame by a second UE at a second power level. | 4,596 |
9,463,618 | 1. A liquid discharge substrate comprising: a plurality of discharge elements; a first transistor configured to form a common electric path with respect to the plurality of discharge elements; and a plurality of second transistors configured to be controlled independently from each other, wherein an electric path is formed from a first power supply node to a second power supply node in an order of the first transistor, one of the plurality of discharge elements, and one of the plurality of second transistors so that the plurality of discharge elements are driven by the plurality of second transistors independently from each other, and the first transistor is disposed between the plurality of discharge elements and the plurality of second transistors. | 40,617 |
8,566,836 | 1. A method for operating a multi-core processing device, comprising: measuring a processing speed parameter for each of a plurality of cores; storing each measured processing speed parameter for each of the plurality of cores in a storage device; and upon identifying a processing task that can not be run across the plurality of cores, selecting a core from the plurality of cores having a fastest measured processing speed parameter at a given voltage to run the processing task. | 5,386 |
8,854,959 | 1. A communication system using a super frame to reconfigure a dynamic protocol in a network comprising at least one sensor node and a hub device, the communication system comprising: the at least one sensor node and the hub device that communicate via the super frame, wherein the super frame comprises: a beacon period in which a beacon message is transferred to the at least one sensor node, the beacon message comprising information about an access period protocol to be used during an access period and information about a media access control (MAC) protocol to be used during a MAC period; the access period in which the at least one sensor node requests access to the hub device based on the access period protocol; and the at least one MAC period in which data is received from the at least one sensor node or is transmitted to the at least one sensor node based on the MAC protocol. | 33,814 |
8,995,325 | 1. A wireless network apparatus providing a wireless communication service for a wireless device through a first virtual access unit, wherein the wireless network apparatus comprising: a determining module used for outputting a first determination result when the wireless device enabling a power saving mode joins to a multicast group; a virtual access unit creating module used for creating a second virtual access unit based on the first determination result outputted by the determining module; a control module used for controlling the second virtual access unit to provide the wireless communication service for the wireless device based on the first determination result outputted by the determining module; and a storage device used for storing a wireless device identification information, wherein the determining module determines that the wireless device is enabling the power saving mode based on the wireless device identification information. | 14,165 |
9,285,886 | 1. A first playback device comprising: a physical control interface comprising a control that initiates rendering of media content by the first playback device; a proximity sensor arranged to detect movement in proximity to the physical control interface; an amplifier; a network interface; one or more processors; and a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the first playback device to perform functions comprising: | 29,921 |
9,496,109 | 1. An electromagnetic relay, comprising: a housing; a fixed contact provided within the housing; a movable contact disposed within the housing and configured to be movable between contacting the fixed contact and separated from the fixed contact; a driving unit configured to drive the movable contact, and including a shaft having one end connected to the movable contact and a compression spring for applying an elastic force to the movable contact so as to be in contact with the fixed contact; and an arc protector including an arc shielding portion for shielding an arc, and a compression spring support portion formed to protrude from the arc shielding portion to support the compression spring, the compression spring support portion comprising a shaft accommodating portion for accommodating the shaft therein, wherein the compression spring support portion includes a plurality of protrusions protruding toward the compression spring, and wherein each of the protrusions is configured such that its outer width is gradually decreased toward the compression spring. | 5,251 |
9,525,284 | 1. A power generation system, comprising: at least one generator that generates a medium voltage direct current that has a positive DC voltage output and a negative DC voltage output; each said at least one generator comprising a multi-phase generator associated with a pair of AC/DC rectifiers, each said AC/DC rectifier having a positive DC output and a negative DC output, wherein said negative output from a first AC/DC rectifier is connected to said positive output from a second AC/DC rectifier said positive output from said first AC/DC rectifier defining said positive DC voltage output and said negative output from said second AC/DC rectifier defining said negative DC voltage output; a medium voltage DC (MVDC) cable system comprising: a substation is connected to said MVDC cable system, said substation comprising multiple DC/DC step-up converters, said substation providing a plurality of feeder cables, each of which includes a positive feed cable connected to said positive bus bar and a negative feed cable connected to said negative bus bar, said plurality of feeder cables connected to a like number of said DC/DC step-up converters to step-up said medium voltage direct current to a high voltage direct current. | 13,627 |
8,765,085 | 1. A base metal catalyst composition effective to catalyze the abatement of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides under both rich and lean engine operating conditions comprising a support including at least 10% by weight of reducible ceria doped with up to about 60% by weight of one or more of oxides selected from the group Al, Pr, Sm, Zr, Y, Si, Ti and La; and a base metal oxide on the reducible ceria support, the base metal selected from one or more of Ni, Fe, Mn, Cu, Co, Ba, Mg, Ga, Ca, Sr, V, W, Bi and Mo, the base metal catalyst composition effective to promote a steam reforming reaction of hydrocarbons and a water gas shift reaction to provide H | 23,477 |
8,457,223 | 1. A wireless communication device comprising: a plurality of portions, each receiving portion receiving wireless signals based on a time frequency code set in the each receiving portion, the time frequency code being selected from among a plurality of time frequency codes; and a setting portion for setting the time frequency code in the each receiving portion, wherein the setting portion continuously sets the same time frequency code in the each receiving portion that has received a wireless signal, and sets a time frequency code that differs from the time frequency code previously set in the each receiving portion that has not received a wireless signal. | 34,137 |
9,650,461 | 1. A polymer, comprising a repeat unit is selected from the group consisting of the formula Ia and Ia′: wherein: R C R R m″ is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10. | 10,292 |
8,795,557 | 1. A flame resistant composition comprising: a polyphthalamide; a poly(arylene ether); and a phosphinate, wherein the composition is substantially free of aliphatic polyamide. | 6,356 |
9,041,933 | 1. A system for characterizing crude oil fractions, comprising: a maltenes sample reservoir; a first solvent reservoir; a second solvent reservoir; a third solvent reservoir; a first pump in fluid communication with the first sample reservoir; a second pump in fluid communication with the second sample reservoir; a third pump in fluid communication with the third sample reservoir; a packed bed in fluid communication with each of the first, second, and third pumps and the maltenes sample reservoir; a flowthrough cell in fluid communication with the packed bed; and a spectrometer and light source operably associated with the flowthrough cell. | 37,701 |
9,589,198 | 1. A method for text input and detection of a keyword within a printed page or a screen, the method comprising: detecting a plurality of word blocks contained in a captured image of a printed page or a screen; determining candidate keyword blocks among the plurality of word blocks according to a keyword probability determination rule that results in a respective probability value for each word block, wherein the keyword probability determination rule is based at least in part on a spatial analysis of the word blocks relative to at least a portion of the captured image, the spatial analysis being relative to an indication of a user intention of a keyword to obtain for selection and where the candidate keyword blocks are identified among the plurality of word blocks based upon each respective probability value of the candidate keyword blocks being above a threshold; and upon selection of a candidate keyword block, forwarding content of the selected keyword block as text input to an application. | 33,919 |
8,426,184 | 1. An isolated or recombinant nucleic acid comprising (a) a nucleic acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more or complete sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the nucleic acid encodes at least one polypeptide having a cellulase activity, and optionally the sequence identities are determined by analysis with a sequence comparison algorithm or by a visual inspection, and optionally, the sequence comparison algorithm is a BLAST version 2.2.2 algorithm where a filtering setting is set to blastall -p blastp -d “nr pataa”-F F, and all other options are set to default; or (b) a nucleic acid sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to the full-length complement of nucleic acid comprising SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the nucleic acid encodes a polypeptide having a cellulase activity, and the stringent conditions include a wash step comprising a wash in 0.2×SSC at a temperature of about 65° C. for about 15 minutes; (c) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; or (d) a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the full-length sequence of (a), (b) or (c); optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises an endoglucanase activity, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises a cellobiohydrolase activity, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises an beta-glucosidase or mannanase activity, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises an endocellulase activity, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises hydrolyzing a glucan to produce a smaller molecular weight polysaccharide or oligomer, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-D-glycosidic linkages, optionally wherein the endocellulase activity comprises an endo-1,4-beta-endocellulase activity, optionally wherein the 1,4-beta-D-glycosidic linkage activity comprises hydrolysis of a 1,4-beta-D-glycosidic linkage in a cellulose, a cellulose derivative, a lichenin or a cereal, optionally wherein the cellulose derivative comprises a carboxy methyl cellulose or a hydroxy ethyl cellulose, optionally wherein the cereal comprises a beta-D-glucan or a xyloglucan, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of glucanase linkages, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of beta-1,4- or beta-1,3-glucanase linkages, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of endo-glucanase linkages, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of endo-1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-glucano hydrolase activity, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of internal endo-beta-1,4-glucanase linkages or beta-1,3-glucanase linkages, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of internal beta-1,3-glucosidic linkages, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises hydrolyzing polysaccharides comprising glucopyranose, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises hydrolyzing polysaccharides comprising 1,4-beta-glycoside-linked D-glucopyranoses, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises hydrolyzing a cellulose, a cellulose derivative or a hemicellulose, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises hydrolyzing a cellulose or a hemicellulose in a wood or paper pulp or a wood or paper product, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of glucan in a feed, a food product or a beverage, optionally wherein the feed, food product or beverage comprises a cereal-based animal feed, a wort or a beer, a dough, a fruit or a vegetable, optionally wherein the cellulase activity comprises catalyzing hydrolysis of a glucan in a microbial cell, a fungal cell, a mammalian cell, a plant cell or any plant material comprising a cellulosic part, optionally wherein the cellulase activity is thermostable, optionally wherein the polypeptide retains a cellulase activity under conditions comprising a temperature range of between about 37° C. to about 95° C., or between about 55° C. to about 85° C., or between about 70° C. to about 75° C., or between about 70° C. to about 95° C., or between about 90° C. to about 95° C., or retains a cellulase activity in a temperature in the range between about 1° C. to about 5° C., between about 5° C. to about 15° C., between about 15° C. to about 25° C., between about 25° C. to about 37° C., or between about 37° C. to about 95° C., 96° C., 97° C., 98° C. or 99° C., optionally wherein the cellulase activity is thermotolerant, and optionally wherein the polypeptide retains a cellulase activity after exposure to a temperature in the range from greater than 37° C. to about 95° C., from greater than 55° C. to about 85° C., or between about 70° C. to about 75° C., or from greater than 90° C. to about 95° C., or after exposure to a temperature in the range between about 1° C. to about 5° C., between about 5° C. to about 15° C., between about 15° C. to about 25° C., between about 25° C. to about 37° C., or between about 37° C. to about 95° C., 96° C., 98° C. or 99° C. | 37,480 |
9,575,902 | 1. A method comprising: receiving storage commands at respective command queues, each command queue associated with one of two or more banks of a non-volatile solid-state storage device, wherein the storage commands include storage commands of a first type received in an order at a first command queue associated with a first one of the banks and storage commands of a second, different type, received in an order at a second command queue associated with a second one of the banks; issuing commands from the first and second command queues such that execution of a first command of the first type overlaps in time with execution of a second command of the second type, wherein an execution duration of the first command is at least an order of magnitude greater than an execution duration of the second command; and issuing commands from the first command queue in an order different than the order in which the commands were received at the first command queue. | 17,247 |
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