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9,493,851 | 1. A method of refining a sugar stream, comprising: (i) contacting the sugar stream with an amine extractant to form a mixture; (ii) separating from the mixture a first stream comprising the amine extractant and an acid or an impurity; and a second stream comprising one or more sugars; and (iii) contacting the first stream with a base to form a neutralized amine extractant. | 31,884 |
9,120,063 | 1. A stirrer having: a motor; a hollow shaft that is drivable via the motor and is provided with at least one additive outlet opening, via which an additive passed through the hollow shaft or a feed tube guided therein can be discharged; a first rotor arranged on the hollow shaft and having a first plurality of rotor blades disposed about the circumference of the hollow shaft, the first plurality of rotor blades having suction sides facing in a first axial direction with respect to the hollow shaft, and the first plurality of rotor blades having pressure sides facing in a second axial direction with respect to the hollow shaft; and a second rotor arranged on the hollow shaft at a distance from the first rotor and having a second plurality of rotor blades disposed about the circumference of the hollow shaft, the second plurality of rotor blades having suction sides facing in the second axial direction with respect to the hollow shaft, and the second plurality of rotor blades having pressure sides facing in the first axial direction with respect to the hollow shaft wherein the at least one additive outlet opening is provided between the two rotors; and the rotors are designed and drivable such that, during operation, a negative pressure and a centrifugal force are generated in an intermediate space defined between the rotors. | 698 |
9,243,793 | 1. An LED lighting fixture comprising: a one-piece housing portion having a hollow interior cavity defined by a substantially planar interior backwall surface and a surrounding wall extending therefrom to a forward edge; an LED illuminator on the substantially planar interior backwall surface, the LED illuminator defining an illuminator plane substantially parallel to the planar interior backwall surface, a backwall being a heat sink for transferring heat away from the LED illuminator during operation; and a reflector member having a reflector cup and an outward flange, the reflector member extending forwardly from the backwall interior surface and substantially across the housing portion to the surrounding wall, the reflector cup defining an aperture configured and positioned such that the LED illuminator is exposed therethrough, the outward flange being secured with respect to the surrounding wall. | 21,828 |
8,692,295 | 1. A bipolar transistor on a substrate, comprising: a collector comprising In a base having a second conductivity type and in contact with the collector; an emitter of the first conductivity type in contact with the base; and electrodes forming separate electrical contacts with each of the collector, base, and emitter, respectively; wherein the base is formed substantially of InGaAs having a composition having a conduction band energy level higher than In | 17,876 |
8,864,078 | 1. A method for reducing hot spot formation in a hollow leading edge of an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, said hollow leading edge being closed at a rear position by an internal partition connecting a top face and a bottom face of said hollow leading edge, said method comprising: flowing a fluid flow over a rough band added to at least one of said top and bottom faces of the hollow leading edge, forward of said partition, said rough band consisting of an abrasive and being at least substantially parallel to said partition; and circulating hot deicing air, tapped off from at least one engine of said aircraft, inside said hollow leading edge at flow rate and temperature conditions that produce the hot spot formation at a junction between the internal partition and at least one of the top face and bottom face of the hollow leading edge, wherein the hot spot formation is reduced in the hollow leading edge by configuring the rough band at a distance D forward of the partition and flowing the fluid flow external to the hollow leading edge and over the rough band, with the fluid flow switching from a laminar state forward of the band to a turbulent state downward of the band, and the switch to turbulent flow producing a thermal convection between the at least one of the top face and bottom face of the hollow leading edge and providing a coefficient of heat exchange between the at least one of the leading edge and the fluid flow downward from the band, at the location of the hot spot formation, that is greater than that between the leading edge and the fluid flow forward of the band. | 36,916 |
8,615,295 | 1. A portable defibrillator comprising: two paddles electrically connected to each other, each paddle including a defibrillator electrode covered in a separate protective housing, the two paddles sealed together using a releasable seal to form a paddle module, the protective housings of the two paddles forming the exterior of the paddle module; and an electrical system, incorporated partially within the paddle module, coupled to the defibrillator electrode in each paddle, the electrical system including at least a battery and a capacitor, the battery arranged to charge the capacitor, the capacitor arranged to apply a voltage at the defibrillator electrodes to facilitate delivering an electrical shock suitable for arresting a cardiac arrhythmia. | 3,254 |
9,293,799 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a case; and a high frequency signal line stored in the case; wherein the high frequency signal line includes: the first ground conductor includes: | 25,445 |
9,251,108 | 1. In a multi-processor computer system having a hierarchical bus architecture facilitating transfer of data between a plurality of agents coupled to the bus, a method of managing access to shared buffer resources in a bridge controller, comprising: defining a limit of pending read data requests for a bus agent requesting read data, 1 to m, where m equals the number of buffers in the requesting bus agent; waiting until a read operation completes once the number of pending read data requests reaches the limit prior to fetching additional read data for the requesting bus agent; and employing a round-robin arbitration scheme to ensure the shared memory resources are not dominated by a first requesting bus agent, such that no executing process of a second bus agent stalls for lack of read data. | 17,334 |
9,242,792 | 1. A grain storage pit comprising: an open-top chamber configured to be substantially flush-mounted in a surface, the open-top chamber comprising: a grain-receiving grate that covers at least a portion of the open-top chamber so that grain may be poured into the open-top chamber through the grate, the grate comprising: the grate having a convex-shaped upper surface for permitting a cover placed over the grate to more effectively shed water; and at least one unloading port in communication with an interior portion of the open-top chamber for facilitating removal of grain from the pit. | 10,959 |
9,196,454 | 1. A particle beam column comprising a source lens, wherein the source lens comprises at least two aligner layers each consisting of a plurality of aligner layer pieces compensating for a path of a particle beam, and the plurality of aligner layer pieces are discrete pieces separated from one another by a distance, wherein the source lens comprises a limiting aperture having an aperture, and the path of the particle beam is compensated for by the at least two aligner layers so that the particle beam is moved into an aperture of the limiting aperture that has been misaligned from an axis of the path of the particle beam injected into the source lens. | 32,203 |
8,945,701 | 1. An ethylene resin composition comprising: a modified product produced by modifying ethylene polymer (A) with ethylenically-unsaturated silane compound (B), the ethylene polymer (A) satisfying all of the following requirements a) to e): a) density=900 to 940 kg/m b) Peak melt temperature as measured by DSC=90° C. to 125° C.; c) Melt flow rate (MFR2) as measured in accordance with JIS K-6721 at 190° C. under a load of 2.16 kg=0.1 to 100 g/10 min; d) Mw/Mn ratio=1.2 to 3.5; e) Metal residue content=0.1 to 50 ppm, and a modified product produced by modifying ethylene/a-olefin copolymer (C) with ethylenically-unsaturated silane compound (B). | 18,363 |
8,353,378 | 1. A frictional drive device, comprising a frame; a pair of drive disks each rotatably supported by the frame around a central axial line in a mutually opposing relationship; a pair of actuators supported by the frame for individually rotatively actuating the drive disks; a plurality of drive rollers arranged along an outer periphery of each drive disk and each having a rotational center line so as to be rotatable along a prescribed plane of rotation; and an annular main wheel disposed approximately coaxially with respect to the central axial line and engaged by the drive rollers of the drive disks, the main wheel comprising an annular member and a plurality of driven rollers supported along the annular member so as to be rotatable around a tangential line of the annular member; wherein each actuator comprises a rotary actuator coaxially disposed with respect to the corresponding drive disk. | 23,874 |
8,563,895 | 1. Device for processing a movable substrate by means of laser, wherein the processing results in the release of material separated from the substrate, wherein the device comprises: guide means for guiding the substrate; laser processing means adapted to cast onto the substrate a laser spot which processes the substrate in a laser processing zone; and a pump for generating a higher pressure on the side of the substrate where the substrate is impinged by the laser beam than on the other side of the substrate; wherein the guide means comprise two parallel extending guide means adapted to subject the substrate to at least one curvature, the guide means comprising an air bearing comprising two boxes with a curved guide surface in which perforations are arranged, the interior of the boxes being connected with the pump, wherein the laser processing means are situated at least partially between the two parallel extending guide means. | 22,681 |
9,564,998 | 1. A terminal apparatus comprising: a receiver, which, in operation, receives from a higher layer information indicating an UL/DL configuration, which is usable for downlink HARQ and variable pursuant to enhancement for UL-DL Interference Management and Traffic Adaptation (eIMTA), out of a plurality of UL/DL configurations that respectively define composition of uplink subframes and downlink subframes in a frame; and circuitry, which, in operation, stores a received data in a soft buffer having a soft buffer size for a transport block, wherein the soft buffer size is calculated based on a smaller one of a maximum number of downlink HARQ processes allowed for the usable UL/DL configuration and a threshold number. | 9,302 |
9,090,328 | 1. A fuselage segment that extends in a longitudinal fuselage segment axis and is closed in a circumferential direction around the longitudinal fuselage segment axis, wherein the circumferential direction lies in a reference radial plane, relative to which the longitudinal fuselage segment axis extends perpendicularly, and wherein the fuselage segment comprises: at least two pluralities of shell components each of which shell components respectively feature two first shell component edges lying opposed to each other and extending along a lateral shell component direction and two second shell component edges lying opposed to each other and extending along a longitudinal shell component direction, wherein the shell components of each plurality of shell components are respectively connected to each other at their first shell component edges such that the respective plurality of shell components forms a ring-shaped skin section of the fuselage segment and has a centerline, which is defined as a connection line of the centers of the shortest distances between the second shell component edges respectively lying opposed to each other, and which forms a closed line which lies in a first radial plane which is inclined with regard to the reference radial plane by at least 5 degrees, wherein at least two ring-shaped skin sections are connected to each other at the second shell component edges of the shell components of the adjacent ring-shaped skin sections. | 34,118 |
8,910,559 | 1. A combat vehicle turret extension system comprising: a first and second coupling end; a plurality of extension members extending between the first and second coupling ends; a viewing chamber defined by the first and second coupling ends and the plurality of extension members; a plurality of viewing ports each defined by a portion of one or more of the extension members; the turret comprising: | 22,781 |
9,142,257 | 1. A method for managing a media broadcast, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of videos comprising at least a first video and a second video; generating, by a processor, a broadcast management interface comprising a first stream window for playing the first video and a second stream window for playing the second video concurrently with the first video; responsive to receiving a selection of the first stream window while the first video is playing, creating a first entry in the broadcast map, the first entry comprising an identifier for the first video and a selection time indicating an elapsed time into the broadcast when the selection of the first stream window occurred; and responsive to receiving a selection of the second stream window while the second video is playing, creating a second entry in the broadcast map, the second entry comprising an identifier for the second video and a selection time indicating an elapsed time into the broadcast when the selection of the second stream window occurred. | 35,223 |
9,809,268 | 1. A step structure of a motorcycle wherein an engine main body of an engine, which exerts power for driving a rear wheel, is mounted on a body frame with a main step on which a rider's foot is placed is supported to said body frame and an exhaust muffler, to which exhaust gas from said engine main body is introduced, is supported by a muffler stay attached to said body frame, comprising: said muffler stay, which is attached to an attachment portion provided on said body frame above said main step, extends downwardly toward the rear from said attachment portion, and functions as a heel guard for the rider placing his/her foot on said main step; and a heat insulating muffler cover disposed adjacent to the main step, said heat insulating muffler cover being supported by the exhaust muffler. | 7,373 |
9,290,278 | 1. A container, comprising: an outer shell comprising a material configured to withstand atmospheric stresses as the container passes through an atmosphere; an inner compartment configured to accommodate a space vehicle or a combination of a space vehicle and a rocket; and a deployable wing or parachute configured for deployment to guide the container back to a surface of the earth, wherein the outer shell is configured to open across a horizontal or vertical extent of the container so that the space vehicle or the combination of the space vehicle and the rocket are released from the inner compartment, wherein the container is configured to be launched from a surface of the earth, wherein the container is configured to release the space vehicle or the combination of the space vehicle and the rocket from the protective container once the protective container reaches a predetermined altitude above earth's surface, wherein the predetermined altitude is equal to or below 300,000 feet above the earth's surface. | 7,216 |
9,439,237 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive data relating to connections from a network; at least one processing core configured to derive statistical information relating to the connections; the at least one processing core being configured to cause disconnection of at least one first connection in dependence of the statistical information, and wherein the statistical information comprises at least one average idle time, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to cause disconnection of the at least one first connection responsive to an average idle time exceeding a predefined threshold idle time, the average idle time being obtained from averaging idle times of a plurality of second connections, distinct from the first connection, the second connections having a parameter that matches a corresponding parameter of the first connection. | 2,686 |
9,209,460 | 1. A cathode material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising an oxide represented by a composition formula Li 2+x (M,M A )(Si,M B )O 4 ; Li 2+x (M,M A )SiO 4 ; or Li 2+x M(Si,M B )O 4 , wherein M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co and Ni; M wherein the M wherein in the composition formula representing the oxide, 0<x≦0.25, and wherein a value of the x is a multiple of 0.03125. | 5,588 |
9,569,872 | 1. A method for rasterizing a primitive of an image, comprising: dividing the primitive at a position where a color discontinuously changes into a plurality of sub-primitives with continuously changing colors; and rasterizing each of the sub-primitives, wherein the step of rasterizing further comprises: setting respective resolution reduction coefficient nBlockSize for each sub-primitive in accordance with a ratio of the color change to the spatial size of each sub-primitive; reducing the resolution of each sub-primitive based on the respective resolution reduction coefficient; rasterizing each sub-primitive with the reduced resolution; and increasing the resolution of the rasterized sub-primitive to the original resolution, and wherein the step of setting respective resolution reduction coefficient further comprises: taking the maximum value max (d(s setting the resolution reduction coefficient of the sub-primitive nBlockSize based on the quantized value max (d(s where L | 25,534 |
8,562,811 | 1. A method for electrochemical production of at least formic acid, comprising: (A) introducing water to a first compartment of an electrochemical cell, the first compartment including an anode; (B) introducing carbon dioxide to a second compartment of the electrochemical cell, the second compartment including a solution of an electrolyte and a cathode, the cathode is selected from the group consisting of indium, lead, tin, cadmium, and bismuth, the electrolyte in the second compartment having a pH of between approximately 4 and 7; (C) applying an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode in the electrochemical cell sufficient to reduce the carbon dioxide to formic acid; and (D) maintaining a concentration of formic acid in the second compartment at or below approximately 500 ppm. | 2,000 |
9,810,438 | 1. A computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by a microprocessor, enable the microprocessor to perform a method of controlling a hydronic distribution system, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining in real time, from one or more of a plurality of self-regulating valves arranged in a network, valve information characterizing the respective position of the one or more self-regulating valves and respective exit temperature of fluid passing through the one or more self-regulating valves; if the position of one or more of the self-regulating valves is determined to be not increasing, determining whether the position of the one or more valves is decreasing; if the position of the one or more valves is decreasing, providing a signal to the one or more pumps to decrease the speed of the one or more pumps of a set of pumps by an amount corresponding to the amount of decrease of the position of the one or more self-regulating valves; obtaining pump information from the one or more pumps; (a) determining from at least a portion of the pump information whether it is more efficient to decrease a process set-point temperature; (b) if it is determined to be more efficient to decrease a process set-point temperature, providing a signal to the system to decrease the process set-point temperature; (c) if it is determined to be not more efficient to decrease a process set-point temperature, determining whether it is more efficient to increase the process set-point temperature; (d) if it is determined to be more efficient to increase the process set-point temperature, providing a signal to the system to increase the process set-point temperature; (e) if it is determined to be more efficient to increase the process set-point temperature, then repeating steps (a)-(d); if it is determined that a subset of pumps of the set of pumps should be brought online to increase the efficiency of the system, bringing the subset of pumps online; determining from the valve information and pump information whether a subset of pumps of the set of pumps should be taken offline to increase the efficiency of the system; and if it is determined that a subset of pumps of the set of pumps should be taken offline to increase the efficiency of the system, bringing the subset of pumps offline. | 21,168 |
8,892,114 | 1. A method of operating a radio base station of a first cell in a wireless cellular network, wherein each one of one or more user equipment (UE) devices of the wireless cellular network has a first mode, in which the radio base station is not aware of whether the UE device is currently camping on the first cell, and a second mode, in which the radio base station is aware of whether the UE device is currently camping on the first cell, comprising: issuing a first message from the radio base station for causing UE devices in the first mode currently camping on the first cell to switch to the second mode such that the radio base station is made aware of which UE devices are currently camping on the first cell; and if the number of UE devices currently camping on the first cell is less than or equal to a threshold level, disabling the radio base station for saving energy; wherein issuing the first message comprises one of the following: changing a tracking-area identity of the first cell for causing the UE devices in the first mode currently camping on the first cell to perform a tracking area update; and broadcasting the first message in the first cell from the radio base station; wherein the first message is an explicit message requesting that the UEs in the first mode currently camping on the first cell switch to the second mode. | 30,285 |
9,092,288 | 1. A vehicle-mounted device, mounted on a vehicle, providing a processor and a storage device to execute a program stored in the storage device by the processor, the vehicle-mounted device comprising: an interrupt and restart detecting unit, configured to acquire a vehicle condition including a brake pedal condition, a vehicle speed, and a parking brake condition from a vehicle condition acquisition interface and to acquire the conditions of a power source from a power source interface; an update processing unit, configured to: wherein: (1) the update processing interrupt condition is that the vehicle speed is zero and the brake pedal is being actuated, (2) the update processing interrupt condition is that the parking brake is being actuated and the brake pedal is being actuated, (3) the update processing interrupt condition is that the power source condition is either in an ACC OFF state or in an ACC ON state and the brake pedal is being actuated, or (4) the update processing interrupt condition is that the power source condition is not in the ACC_OFF state, and wherein the ACC ON state is a state in which the engine on the vehicle stops and power is supplied to the vehicle-mounted device, and the ACC_OFF state is a state in which the engine on the vehicle stops and power is not supplied to the vehicle-mounted device. | 25,453 |
9,364,817 | 1. An oxide catalyst for use in the production of unsaturated aldehyde, diolefin, or unsaturated nitrile from olefin and/or alcohol, the oxide catalyst satisfying the following (1) to (3): (1) the oxide catalyst comprises molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cobalt, and an element A having an ion radius larger than 0.96 Å (except for potassium, cesium, and rubidium); (2) an atomic ratio a of the bismuth to 12 atoms of the molybdenum is 1≦a≦5, an atomic ratio b of the iron to 12 atoms of the molybdenum is 1.5≦b≦6, an atomic ratio c of the element A to 12 atoms of the molybdenum is 1≦c≦5, and an atomic ratio d of the cobalt to 12 atoms of the molybdenum is 1≦d≦8; and (3) the oxide catalyst comprises a disordered phase consisting of a crystal system comprising the molybdenum, the bismuth, the iron, and the element A. | 116 |
8,661,857 | 1. A method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform, comprising: obtaining a base material ingot by sintering a porous glass base material at a high temperature to change the porous glass base material into glass while retaining an unsintered portion at one end thereof that is not completely changed to glass; and while a heating means and the base material ingot move relative to each other in a longitudinal direction of the base material ingot, applying a tensile force to the base material ingot so as to decrease a diameter of and extend the base material ingot beginning from the one end at which the unsintered portion is retained. | 44,140 |
9,437,278 | 1. A memory interface, comprising: a memory controller configured to output a data clock signal and data synchronized with the data clock signal; and a synchronization circuit configured to receive the data, the data clock signal, and a clean clock signal, wherein the synchronization circuit is further configured to sample the data using the data clock signal, to synchronize the sampled data with the clean clock signal, to output the synchronized sampled data, to track a phase drift between the data clock signal and the clean clock signal, and to pull in the output of the synchronized sampled data by one clock cycle of the clean clock signal if the tracked phase drift reaches a first value in a first direction. | 26,649 |
9,219,272 | 1. A secondary particle consisting of a plurality of primary particles, each of the plurality of primary particles having a structure in which n polycyclic nano-sheets are stacked upon one another along a direction perpendicular with respect to a first plane, wherein: each of the polycyclic nano-sheets comprises hexagonal rings of six carbon atoms linked to each other, the hexagonal rings being fused to one another and arranged on the first plane, n is an integer from 2 to 100, a first carbon and a second carbon are selected from the n polycyclic nano-sheets to satisfy the condition L1≧L2, the first carbon and the second carbon being two carbons with the largest distance therebetween from among all carbons in the n polycyclic nano-sheets, L1 denotes a distance between the first carbon and the second carbon, L2 denotes a distance between a third carbon and a fourth carbon arbitrarily selected from the n polycyclic nano-sheets, the third and fourth carbons being neither identical to each other nor the same as the first and second carbons, in a three dimensional (3D) x, y, and z coordinate system, the second carbon is located at B(a, b, c) with respect to the first carbon located at the origin A(0, 0, 0), a and b are each independently about 10 μm or less, and c is about 1 nm to about 20 nm, wherein the secondary particle is an agglomeration of the plurality of primary particles and further comprises pores being empty spaces between the primary particles, wherein the secondary particle has pores therein, wherein the secondary particle has a porosity in a range of about 2% to about 40%, and wherein the secondary particle is of a sphere- or egg-type. | 31,050 |
9,318,288 | 1. A power saving circuit for an electronic device, comprising: a direct-current (DC) power supply, for providing a direct-current power; a sensing unit, coupled to the direct-current power supply, for detecting the direct-current power and operating to generate a voltage signal according to the direct-current power; a control unit, coupled to the sensing unit, for determining whether a system circuit of the electronic device has a light load or a heavy load according to the voltage signal and generating an enable signal; a heavy load high efficiency module, coupled to the control unit, for providing a first voltage to the system circuit of the electronic device according to the enable signal when the system circuit of the electronic device has the heavy load; and a light load high efficiency module, coupled to the control unit, for providing a second voltage to the system circuit of the electronic device according to the enable signal when the system circuit of the electronic device has the light load; wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage. | 29,988 |
9,759,572 | 1. A navigation apparatus to be mounted on or used in a vehicle that runs on electricity charged in a battery, said navigation apparatus comprising: an information storage configured to store map information; a current position detector configured to detect a current position of said vehicle; an instruction receiver configured to receive a setting of a destination; and a processing circuitry configured to, in response to said destination being set, retrieve a route to said destination from said map information and calculate a first travelable range in which said vehicle is allowed to travel from said current position through at least a part of said route on the basis of said route, a remaining amount of said electricity charged in said battery according to information received by said navigation apparatus, said current position, and said map information to cause a display to display said first travelable range, wherein said processing circuitry predicts a remaining amount of said electricity charged for a case in which said vehicle reaches a point on said route beyond said current position, and calculates said first travelable range so that each position on said first travelable range represents an allowed driving distance of said vehicle from said point based on the predicted remaining amount of said electricity charged and said map information, said processing circuitry is configured to | 29,643 |
9,065,005 | 1. A method for forming a partially transparent thin film solar panel comprising a plurality of layers, one or more of which is opaque or semi-transparent, by providing an array of unconnected round holes in one or more of the opaque or semi-transparent layers of the panel so as to provide an array of transparent or semi-transparent channels through the panel, the method comprising: using an ink-jet print head to deliver individual droplets of a first etchant fluid onto at least a first layer of the panel, to form the array of unconnected round holes in at least the first layer of the panel; and at least one of controlling a size of the individual droplets and a position at which the individual droplets are delivered to determine a size and position of individual holes of the array of unconnected round holes formed through the first layer, each hole being formed by delivery of one or more droplets at a given point, a spacing of the individual holes being varied by controlling movement of the ink-jet print head relative to the panel and a timing of droplet release, thereby controlling the positions at which the individual droplets are delivered, or varying the size of the individual holes by controlling a volume of the individual droplets ejected by the ink-jet print head as the ink-jet print head is moved relative to the panel, whereby a light transparency factor of the panel is selectively controlled so that the light transparency factor is varied in one or two dimensions. | 27,395 |
9,265,453 | 1. An inserter, comprising: a housing; a sheath coupled to and partially contained within the housing, wherein a distal end of the sheath defines a distal surface for placement on a skin surface and an entire width of a proximal end of the sheath is fully contained within the housing; an analyte sensor; an on-body housing; a sharp; a sharp holder coupled with the sharp, the sharp holder having at least one groove; a spring; a body having a projecting spring retention member with a plurality of tabs adapted to engage the at least one groove of the sharp holder, wherein the projecting spring retention member extends through a center of the spring; an on-body housing feature within the sheath operative to releasably retain the on-body housing, the on-body housing coupled to the analyte sensor and including a sensor control unit; a pusher coupled to and disposed within the housing and operative to translate the on-body housing and the sharp along a longitudinal axis of the inserter from a proximal position to a distal position in response to the housing being moved toward the distal surface relative to the sheath, wherein the inserter is operative to allow the spring to expand and remove the sharp holder and sharp from the on-body housing when the pusher reaches the distal position. | 37,405 |
8,686,471 | 1. An infrared detector comprising: a substrate; a bottom contact layer disposed on the substrate; a first mercury-cadmium telluride layer having a first major surface disposed on the bottom contact layer, a second major surface parallel to the first major surface, and a first bandgap energy value, the first mercury-cadmium telluride layer being doped with an n-type dopant; a second mercury-cadmium telluride layer having a first major surface disposed on the second major surface of the first mercury-cadmium telluride layer, a second major surface parallel to the first major surface of the second mercury-cadmium telluride layer, and a second bandgap energy value that is greater than the first bandgap energy value, the second mercury-cadmium telluride layer being doped with an n-type dopant; and a collector layer having a first major surface disposed on the second major surface of the second mercury-cadmium telluride layer, and a second major surface parallel to the first major surface of the collector layer, wherein the collector layer comprises a third mercury-cadmium telluride material having a third bandgap energy value that is less than the first bandgap energy value of the first mercury-cadmium telluride layer. | 35,127 |
9,560,224 | 1. A remote control device remotely controlled by a remote operation device, comprising: an operation screen transmission portion to transmit an operation screen to the remote operation device; and a changed area decision portion to decide on an area in a second operation screen, that includes a portion different from a first operation screen, as a changed area, in a stage before the operation screen transmission portion transmits the second operation screen subsequently to the first operation screen, the operation screen transmission portion transmits to the remote operation device a command to display the decided changed area in a maximized size. | 5,138 |
8,483,985 | 1. A method for adjusting a composite loop bandwidth of a phase-locked loop (PLL), comprising: causing the PLL to exhibit a loop response; measuring the loop response exhibited by the PLL; modifying and restoring a value of a feedback counter of the PLL to cause a change in the loop response and a return to the measured loop response; measuring an amount of settling time required by the PLL to return to the measured loop response; comparing the amount of settling time to a goal settling time and identifying a difference in settling time; determining a relationship between the difference in settling time and an offset to a phase frequency detector gain of the PLL; and adjusting the phase frequency detector gain by the offset to optimize the measured loop response and the composite loop bandwidth of the PLL and reduce the difference in settling time. | 564 |
9,401,445 | 1. A two component adhesive for solar battery back sheets comprising (A) a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group at the end, wherein the urethane prepolymer (A) is a reaction product of a hydroxyl group-containing compound comprising a polycaprolactone polyol with an isocyanate compound, and (B) a polyol having a glass transition temperature of −30° C. to 10° C. | 47,149 |
8,704,017 | 1. A method for the production of (E)1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene without the use of a catalyst comprising the steps of; (a) operating a series of two or more agitated reaction vessels wherein each vessel is maintained at a temperature range of 65° C. to 175° C., each vessel in succession converting a portion of the original reactants fed to the first of the reaction vessels, with all of the reaction vessels being run simultaneously and operating in a continuous fashion; (b) conducting, in each of the reaction vessels, a series of catalyst free fluorination reactions of a starting material selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane, 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene, and 1,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene, and any mixtures thereof, using HF with simultaneous removal of by-product HCl and the product (E)1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; (c) recycling at least a portion of any unreacted starting material and HF together with any under-fluorinated by-products back to step (b); (d) separating and purifying by-product HCl; (e) separating excess HF back to step (b); (f) purifying the desired product, (E)1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; and (g) isomerization any by-product (Z)1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene to (E)1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; and wherein process steps (a) through (g) produce (E)1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene in a yield of at least 90 weight percent. | 49,005 |
9,043,427 | 1. A response device that responds to a request from a request device, comprising: a communication device that performs communication with the request device; a non-transitory recording medium including memory that stores data therein, the non-transitory recording medium interpreting an access command issued to the non-transitory recording medium and performing processing with respect to the memory; control circuitry that controls the communication device and the non-transitory recording medium; and a processor that determines whether or not the request from the request device is a direct transfer request to directly transfer data to or from the non-transitory recording medium, wherein the processor determines whether or not the request from the request device is the direct transfer request based on (i) a device ID of the request device included in the request from the request device and (ii) a data type of data extracted from the request from the request device, such that the processor determines the request from the request from the request device is the direct transfer request in a case where (i) the device ID of the request device is registered with response device in advance and (ii) the data type of the data extracted from the request from the request device is an access command or data to be transferred to the non-transitory recording medium, the non-transitory recording medium only processes an access command from the control circuitry when the control circuitry has a right to access the non-transitory recording medium, when the processor determines affirmatively, | 6,126 |
9,683,841 | 1. An imaging range finder comprising: an integrated circuit; an array comprised of emitters capable of emitting light and photodetectors capable of detecting light; an imaging lens formed proximate to and in optical communication with the array; a driver circuit included in the integrated circuit and capable of driving the array; and a movable prism formed in a cavity; wherein | 18,896 |
8,630,557 | 1. A medium detection device to detect a slack of a medium to be introduced into a fixation device in an image formation apparatus, the fixation device being detachable from a part of the image formation apparatus, wherein the medium detection device comprises: a lever support provided at the fixation device; a lever supported by the lever support such that the lever is displaced when the lever comes in contact with a slack medium; a sensor support provided at the part of the image formation apparatus other than the fixation device; and a sensor supported by the sensor support and configured to detect a displacement of the lever, wherein the lever support includes a first positioning part and a first contact part, the sensor support includes a second positioning part and a second contact part, wherein the second positioning part is engaged with the first positioning part and the second contact part is pressed by the first contact part when the fixation device is attached to the part of the image formation apparatus other than the fixation device. | 37,225 |
8,832,582 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: displaying a node-link diagram in a first visual layout, the node-link diagram having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links, each link being a curve that connects a source node and a target node; detecting a user action to the displayed node-link diagram that indicates modification to a curvature of one or more links associated with a subset of links; bundling the subset of links identified by the user action into an attenuation circle; resizing, by a user, the attenuation circle; spreading out the separation distance between adjacent links relative to the resized attenuation circle; and generating a second visual layout, the second visual layout displaying each link in the subset with a modified curvature of each link that differs from the first visual layout, the modified curvature altering a curvature of each link without changing a position of a source node and a target node connected to each link in the subset. | 4,879 |
9,122,109 | 1. A blue phase liquid crystal display device, comprising: a lower polarizer; a thin film transistor substrate, formed above the lower polarizer; a color filter substrate, disposed above and opposite to the thin film transistor substrate; an upper polarizer, formed above the color filter substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes, disposed on a surface of the thin film transistor substrate facing the color filter substrate and protruded toward the color filter substrate, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes comprise negative pixel electrodes and positive pixel electrodes being alternately disposed; a plurality of common electrodes, disposed on the color filter substrate, wherein orthographic projections of the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes on a same plane are alternately disposed at an interval; and a blue phase liquid crystal layer, provided between the thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate, wherein the positive pixel electrodes are applied with a voltage larger than that of the common electrodes, and the negative pixel electrodes are applied with a voltage smaller than that of the common electrode, and a first electric field is formed from the negative pixel electrode and the positive pixel electrode, a second electric field is formed from the negative pixel electrode and the common electrodes and a third electric field is formed from the positive pixel electrode and the common electrodes, wherein the positive pixel electrodes are applied a same voltage with the same magnitude by a first voltage source, and the negative pixel electrodes are applied a same voltage with the same magnitude by a second voltage source, the first voltage source is different from the second voltage source, the positive pixel electrodes are connected with the first voltage source and the negative pixel electrodes are connected with the second voltage source, wherein a vertical cross-section of each of the plurality of common electrodes is formed in an isosceles triangle shape, and a vertical cross-section of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes is formed in an isosceles triangle shape, wherein an electric field formed by the common electrodes and the negative and positive pixel electrodes is in a W node distribution. | 17,209 |
8,515,677 | 1. A method to use real-time measurement systems to detect the onset of compression induced microfracturing of fiber-reinforced composite materials, comprising: a) measuring an electrical resistivity between different portions of the fiber-reinforced composite materials, and b) determining an invasion of conductive fluids in the microfractures of said fiber-reinforced composite materials by measuring changes in electrical resistivity over a time interval between different portions of the fiber-reinforced composite materials. | 44,989 |
9,708,573 | 1. A laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) detersive surfactant; (b) bluing agent, wherein the bluing agent has the following structure: (c) a clay and soil removal/anti-redeposition agent selected from the group consisting of: (d) optionally, one or more additional laundry detergent ingredients. | 47,775 |
9,789,169 | 1. A method of treating multiple sclerosis in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject suffering from multiple sclerosis a therapeutically-effective amount of a purified pegylated Arginase I or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the purified pegylated Arginase I or functional fragment thereof treats the multiple sclerosis by inhibiting T-cell polarization. | 29,108 |
8,809,495 | 1. A method for imparting cell permeability to or enhancing cell permeability of a lipid membrane structure, comprising binding a peptide to the lipid membrane structure, wherein the peptide consists of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of LX 1 X 2 X 1 X 1 X 1 L, LLX 2 X 1 X 1 X 1 L, LRQRRL (SEQ ID NO: 26), LKQKKL (SEQ ID NO: 39), LRQSSL (SEQ ID NO: 41), and LRQRDL (SEQ ID NO: 43), wherein L represents a leucine residue, R represents an arginine residue, Q represents a glutamine residue, K represents a lysine residue, S represents a serine residue, D represents an aspartic acid residue, T represents a threonine residue, E represents a glutamic acid residue, and N represents an asparagine residue, X 1 represents a polar amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of S, T, D, E, R and K, and X 2 represents a polar, non-charged and branched chain amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of Q and N, wherein the amino acid sequence does not comprise LRQRRRL (SEQ ID NO: 1), whereby the cell permeability of the lipid membrane structure bound to the peptide is imparted or enhanced as compared with the lipid membrane not bound to the peptide. | 46,643 |
8,823,608 | 1. A display device comprising: a pixel array unit where pixel circuits are disposed in a matrix, said pixel circuit including: a control unit having an output stage that includes a buffer transistor, configured to output a pulse signal for driving said pixel array unit from said buffer transistor; wherein said pixel array unit and said control unit are formed with laser beam irradiation with a predetermined wavelength scanned in the vertical direction or horizontal direction; and wherein the buffer transistor characteristics for each of a plurality of buffer transistors is dependent upon radiation received during at least four separated independent laser radiation application steps, and further wherein a plurality of the buffer transistors include a protruding portion which receives laser radiation. | 36,548 |
9,781,821 | 1. A thermoelectric cooling module, comprising: a first circuit board, having a plurality of first circuit regions, and each first circuit region having a plurality of first penetrating holes, and each first penetrating hole penetrating through the first circuit board; a second circuit board, stacked on the first circuit board, and the second circuit board having a plurality of second circuit regions, and each second circuit region having a plurality of second penetrating holes, and each second penetrating hole penetrating through the second circuit board; a plurality of first conducting members, passed and fixed to the first penetrating holes respectively; a plurality of second conducting members, passed and fixed to the second penetrating holes respectively; and a plurality of TED chips, clamped between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, configured to be corresponsive to the first circuit regions and the second circuit regions respectively, and the plurality of first conducting members having an end attached to the TED chip and the plurality of second conducting members having an end attached to the TED chip. | 12,163 |
9,429,043 | 1. A gasification power generation plant comprising: a gasifier that generates syngas by gasifying fuel, the gasifier including a communication channel that communicates water to an interior of the gasifier to undergo heat exchange with the generated syngas; gas purifying equipment connected to the gasifier so as to receive syngas generated by the gasifier and remove impurities from the syngas; a gas turbine connected to the gas purifying equipment, wherein the gas turbine is driven by the syngas purified by the gas purifying equipment; a heat exchanger connected to the gas turbine such that the heat exchanger heats water with gas exhausted from the gas turbine, wherein a downstream side of the heat exchanger is connected to the communication channel so that at least a portion of the heated water can be supplied to the communication channel; a gas-liquid separator connected to the communication channel, the gas-liquid separator having a water region connected to the communication channel and a gas region; and a non-condensable pressurizing gas supplier connected to the gas region of the gas-liquid separator to pressurize an interior of the gas-liquid separator, the non-condensable pressurizing gas supplier being capable of pressurizing water in the water region of the gas-liquid separator to or above a saturated pressure of the heated water when the heated water is at a temperature of about 250° C., wherein water in the water region of the gas-liquid separator is received by the communication channel, wherein in a case where a warm-up of the gasifier is performed, | 7,968 |
8,709,914 | 1. A method for controlled layer transfer comprising: providing a stressor layer to a base substrate, said stressor layer having a stressor layer portion located atop an upper surface of the base substrate and a self-pinning stressor layer portion located adjacent each sidewall edge of the base substrate; applying a spalling inhibitor atop the stressor layer portion of the stressor layer; decoupling the self-pinning stressor layer portion of the stressor layer from the stressor layer portion; spalling a portion of the base substrate beneath the stressor layer portion, wherein said spalling includes displacing the spalling inhibitor from atop the stressor layer portion; and removing the stressor layer portion from atop a spalled portion of the base substrate. | 13,358 |
9,227,850 | 1. A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries comprising a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing from 0.20 to 2.00% by weight of Ti atoms, which is produced by mixing a lithium compound, a cobalt compound and titanium dioxide and then firing the resulting mixture, wherein the Ti atoms are present in a depth direction from a surface of particles of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide and have a concentration gradient that is highest at the surface of the particles, wherein the lithium-transition metal composite oxide is present as at least Li 2 TiO 3 and has a lattice constant of a C axis in the range of 14.055 to 14.070 angstroms and a crystallite size in the range of 550 to 700 angstroms in a direction of a (104) plane. | 5,432 |
8,611,070 | 1. Nanoparticles comprising: at least one component A selected from the group consisting of a metal, a semimetal, and metal compound and a semimetal compound; and at least one coating of graphene. | 7,064 |
9,317,101 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a memory located at a computing device; a processing circuit coupled to the memory; a communication interface coupled to the memory and the processing circuit to receive multimedia information from a service provider; and a multimedia management module to: | 32,849 |
8,390,160 | 1. An electromechanical actuator for controlling the position of an aircraft component comprising: a linear actuator to be driven to position a component; a transverse flux motor driving said linear actuator to move in a linear direction and control the position of the component; and said motor carries a redundant set of coils. | 24,814 |
9,520,226 | 1. A contactless power supply comprising: a power transfer surface to receive at least one remote device thereon, wherein the remote device includes an inductive secondary defining a centerline axis generally perpendicular to the power transfer surface; a first primary coil array subjacent the power transfer surface and including a plurality of spaced-apart inductive primaries each being wound about an axis generally parallel to the power transfer surface such that the plurality of spaced-apart inductive primaries are co-axial; and a power supply electrically connected to each of the plurality of inductive primaries, wherein the power supply is operable to selectively drive a first two of the plurality of inductive primaries to define a first region of cooperative electromagnetic flux between the first two of the plurality of inductive primaries and operable to selectively drive a second two of the plurality of inductive primaries to define a second region of cooperative electromagnetic flux between the second two of the plurality of inductive primaries. | 15,195 |
9,794,000 | 1. A system for optical communications, comprising: a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) operable to receive a digital code of a plurality of digital codes and output an analog current signal having an analog current level of a plurality of analog current levels, wherein a mapping between the plurality of digital codes and the plurality of analog current levels is dynamically controlled; a driver operable to condition the analog current signal output from the digital-to-analog converter; and a transmit optical subsystem operable to generate an optical power signal from the conditioned analog current signal, the mapping being dynamically controlled according to one or more characteristics of the optical power signal. | 15,938 |
8,625,309 | 1. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a control output terminal which outputs a signal driving a semiconductor switch connected to a primary winding of a transformer; a current detecting terminal to which a first voltage signal is inputted to which signal a current flowing in the semiconductor switch is converted; a feedback terminal to which a voltage corresponding to an error of a secondary side output voltage of the transformer is fed back; a zero current detecting terminal which is connected to an auxiliary winding of the transformer for detecting from the output voltage of the auxiliary winding of the transformer one of a timing at which the semiconductor switch is to be turned-on and both of the timing at which the semiconductor switch is to be turned-on and a timing at which the semiconductor switch is turned off; a timer which outputs a signal after a specified length of time from the timing at which the semiconductor switch is made turned-off; a comparator which is connected to the current detecting terminal to detect a second voltage signal different from the first voltage signal; and an operation mode switching unit which carries out switching between operation modes according to whether the comparator detects the second voltage signal or not during a period during which the semiconductor switch is made turned-off subsequent to the time at which the timer outputted the signal after the specified length of time from the timing at which the semiconductor switch is made turned-off. | 4,089 |
9,794,881 | 1. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising: processing first traffic associated with a first application based on a first time interval for delaying the first traffic; determining a second time interval for delaying second traffic associated with the first application based on whether an error for the processing of the first traffic occurs; and processing the second traffic based on the second time interval for delaying the second traffic. | 24,674 |
9,353,982 | 1. A portable food and beverage storage and dispensing cooler comprises: an insulated tubular body; a plurality of beverage slots; a plurality of beverage-storage units; an annular divider; an at least one insulated lid; an insulated floor; the insulated tubular body comprises a first base surface, a second base surface, an outer lateral surface, and an inner lateral surface; the plurality of beverage slots being radially distributed about the first base surface; the plurality of beverage slots traversing into the insulated tubular body from the first base surface; each of the plurality of beverage-storage units being mounted into a corresponding slot from the plurality of beverage slots; the annular divider being concentrically positioned within the insulated tubular body; the annular divider being radially offset from the inner lateral surface; the at least one insulated lid being hingedly connected to the insulated tubular body, adjacent to the first base surface; the insulated floor being connected across the second base surface; a first primary drain; a second primary drain; the first primary drain traversing through the insulated floor and into a lumen of the annular divider; and the second primary drain traversing through the insulated floor and into a lateral space about the annular divider. | 30,712 |
8,594,208 | 1. A method of selecting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index from a single MCS table in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a base station, information related to a channel quality from a user equipment, determining, by the base station, one or more MCS indexes based on a modulation scheme indicated by the information related to the channel quality, wherein the single MCS table comprises more MCS indexes than can be distinguished based on the information related to the channel quality; and after determining the one or more MCS indexes based on the modulation scheme, if there is a plurality of MCS indexes determined based on the modulation scheme indicated by the information related to the channel quality, selecting, by the base station, one MCS index based on a coding rate indicated by the information related to the channel quality from among the plurality of the MCS indexes. | 1,130 |
9,803,544 | 1. A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine, comprising a first, elongated flow channel for a passage of exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, a second flow channel arranged adjacent to the first flow channel for the passage of the exhaust gas, a line separate from the first flow channel for the passage of a coolant, wherein heat energy may be exchanged between the exhaust gas in the first flow channel and the coolant in the line, and wherein heat energy may not be exchanged between the exhaust gas in the second flow channel and the coolant in the line, and a valve channel with an adjustable valve element, wherein a distribution of the exhaust gases between the first flow channel and the second flow channel may be adjusted by adjustment of the valve element, wherein the valve channel has a recess such that the valve element contacts the recess essentially planely in at least one end position, stationary wherein the valve element has a pivotable valve flap and a stationary angled baffle plate, each of the valve flap and the angled baffle plate having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of each of the valve flap and the angled baffle plate respectively connected to a common shaft, wherein an angled surface of the angled baffle plate, provided at the second end of the angled baffle plate, contacts and remains stationary against a distal end face of the second flow channel, and wherein the pivotable valve flap pivots to contact the recess in the at least one end position. | 33,815 |
9,728,207 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a write pole continuously extending from an air bearing surface (ABS); and a side shield separated from the write pole on the ABS and continuously extending from the ABS, the side shield comprising a magnetic layer, magnetic guard layer, and non-magnetic layer, the magnetic layer and magnetic guard layer being dissimilar materials, the magnetic layer continuously extending from the ABS to a first plane, the magnetic guard layer extending to a second plane and separated from the magnetic layer by the non-magnetic layer that surrounds the magnetic guard layer, each plane extending parallel to the ABS with the first plane being farther from the ABS than the second plane. | 5,141 |
9,400,193 | 1. A device for monitoring a meter, the device comprising: an antenna adapted for receiving via a network incoming data from a client remote control station, and for transmitting via a network outgoing data to the client remote control station; a cellular modem coupled to the antenna for establishing a wireless telephony data connection; a processor coupled to the modem for receiving and processing incoming data, and for processing and communicating outgoing data to the modem for transmission via the antenna and the network to the client remote control station; a communication interface connected to the processor and connectable to the meter for communicating incoming data from the processor to the meter, and for communicating the outgoing data from the meter to the processor; and a wireless local area network (WLAN) connected to the processor and modem, the WLAN being configured for communicating signals between the modem and devices configured for at least one of VOIP and digital media; program code residing in the modem for: | 38,283 |
9,070,311 | 1. An illumination device for a display panel, comprising: a plurality of radiation reflectors, each reflector being irradiated by at least one light source, wherein the radiation reflectors are arranged modularly to form a radiation-reflecting luminous area along a first plane for backlighting the display panel; and wherein at least two radiation reflectors overlap laterally in places along the first plane, so that one of the at least two radiation reflectors covers over the at least one light source that illuminates the other radiation reflector, when viewed along a direction perpendicular to the first plane of the radiation-reflecting luminous area. | 46,568 |
9,387,357 | 1. An exercise device comprising, (a) a flexible seat cover configured to conform to a seat, the seat having a horizontal seat portion and a vertical back portion wherein the horizontal seat portion is in a first plane and has a longitudinal axis along a length of the horizontal seat portion from the vertical back portion and wherein the vertical back portion is in a second plane and has a longitudinal axis along a length of the vertical back portion from the horizontal seat portion; (b) a plurality of exercising resistance members, each having a first end and a second end; (c) one or more fasteners, each fastener coupled to each first end of each of the plurality of exercising resistance members; (d) a bracket, positioned underneath the seat substantially parallel to the first plane of the horizontal seat portion and substantially perpendicular to the second plane of the vertical back portion and substantially perpendicular to both the longitudinal axis of the horizontal seat portion and the longitudinal axis of the vertical back portion, the bracket having a fastener receiving end along a longitudinal axis of the bracket, the bracket comprising a first side end, a second side end, and a middle spacer, each of the first side end, second side end, and middle spacer substantially perpendicular to the fastener receiving end and having a hole, wherein the fastener receiving end includes ten slots, the ten slots separated in two groups of five slots by the middle spacer, each slot coupled to each fastener and the bracket; (e) an elastic belt coupled to the bracket by being placed through each hole of the first side end, second side end, and middle spacer of the bracket along the longitudinal axis of the bracket and substantially parallel to the fastener receiving end of the bracket, and the elastic belt coupled to the flexible seat cover, the elastic belt having a first end and a second end and wherein the elastic belt is flexible to fit around the horizontal seat portion and the bracket is adjustable along a horizontal axis of the elastic belt and the bracket is adjustable around a radial axis of the elastic belt; (f) a connector coupled to the first end of the elastic belt and the second end of the elastic belt; (g) a plurality of grips each of which is coupled to the second end of a first subset of exercising resistance members; (h) a plurality of straps each of which is coupled to the second end of a second subset of exercising resistance members; and (i) wherein the exercise device, when installed on the seat, enables a user seated thereon to engage in resistance exercises by grasping the plurality of grips and extending said first subset of exercising resistance members. | 49,153 |
9,235,604 | 1. A method for obtaining location information, comprising: obtaining street-view image information corresponding to location information; storing correspondingly the street-view image information and the corresponding location information; generating a two-dimensional (2D) bar code containing at least one of the street-view image information and the corresponding location information; scanning the 2D bar code to obtain the at least one of the street-view image information and the location information; when the scanning of the 2D bar code obtains the street-view image information, searching the location information based on the street-view image information; and when the scanning of the 2D bar code obtains the location information, searching the street-view image information based on the location information. | 1,963 |
8,712,795 | 1. An on-line insurance policy service system, comprising: a computer system that enables an insurance policyholder to access insurance data of an existing insurance policy remotely through a publicly accessible network; an information module configured to run on the computer system and verify an insurance policy parameter of the insurance policyholder in real-time in response to data received from the insurance policyholder through the publicly accessible network; a claims module configured to process second data received from the insurance policyholder through the publicly accessible network and identify a claimant, confirm insurance coverages, and summarize the insurance claim based on the processing of the second data; the claims module including a module aggregating service related to a loss recovery that is configured to automatically provide aggregated services to the insurance policyholder to rehabilitate the sustained loss in accordance with the information processed by the claims module; where the claims module enables the insurance policyholder to communicate, without action by personnel of the insurance company, directly with a third party provider independent of the insurance company, of services related to loss recovery. | 23,208 |
9,236,512 | 1. An article comprising two adjacent photovoltaic cells and an interconnection component wherein, said two adjacent photovoltaic cells comprise a first photovoltaic cell and a second photovoltaic cell, each of said two adjacent photovoltaic cells has a downward facing bottom surface and an upward facing light incident top surface, said interconnection component comprises a substrate comprising multiple portions, each of said portions having a sheetlike form with length and width dimensions much greater than thickness dimension, each of said multiple portions further having an outer downward facing bottom side and an outer upward facing top side, a first of said portions of said substrate overlays a preponderance of said first of said photovoltaic cells such that said outer downward facing bottom side of said first portion of said substrate faces said upward facing light incident top surface of said first of said adjacent photovoltaic cells, said second of said adjacent photovoltaic cells overlays a second of said multiple portions of said substrate such that said downward facing bottom surface of said second photovoltaic cell faces the outer upward facing top side of said second portion of said substrate to define an overlap area, said second portion of said substrate comprises multiple layers, a first of said multiple layers of said second portion of said substrate within said overlap area comprises polymeric adhesive and forms the outer upward facing top side of said second portion of said substrate over at least part of said overlap area, and said first of said multiple layers directly contacts and is adhesively bonded to said downward facing bottom surface of said second photovoltaic cell, a second of said multiple layers of said second portion of said substrate within said overlap area comprises polymeric material and underlies and is in direct physical contact with said first of said multiple layers, and said second of said multiple layers does not extend beneath the first of said two adjacent photovoltaic cells. | 18,148 |
8,384,419 | 1. A soft error resistant latch circuit comprising: A. a data input lead; B. a clock input lead; C. an inverted clock input lead; D. a VSS power rail; E. a VDD power rail; F. two sets of transfer gates, each set of transfer gates having an input connected to the data input lead, an input connected to the clock input lead, an input connected to the inverted clock input lead, and an output; and G. inverter circuitry having: iii. seventh and eighth transistors connected between the VSS and VDD rails with a third node between the seventh and eighth transistors, the seventh transistor having a control lead connected to the second node, the third node being connected to the control lead of the fifth transistor, and the eighth transistor having a control lead; iv ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth transistors connected between the VSS and VDD rails with a fourth node between the tenth and eleventh transistors, the tenth transistor having a control lead connected to the inverted clock input lead, the tenth transistor having a control lead connected to the third node, the fourth node being connected to the control lead of the eighth transistor and to the control lead of the first transistor, the eleventh transistor having a control lead connected to the first node, and the twelfth transistor having a control lead connected to the clock input lead; and v. the first, third, fourth, seventh, ninth, and tenth transistors are PMOS transistors, and the second, fifth, sixth, eighth, eleventh, and twelfth transistors are NMOS transistors. | 27,605 |
8,919,214 | 1. A transmission and power take-off unit assembly comprising: a transmission having a housing, a first output member, and a bearing, and wherein the housing includes a first bore in which the first output member is disposed coaxially with the first bore, the first bore has a bearing surface and a locating surface, and the bearing is disposed on the bearing surface and rotatably supports the first output member; a power take-off unit having a housing disposed adjacent to the housing of the transmission, a first input member, and a bearing, and wherein the housing of the power take-off unit includes a bore that is coaxial with the bore of the transmission and in which the first input member is disposed coaxially with the bore of the power take-off unit, the bore of the power take-off unit has a bearing surface and a locating surface, the bearing of the power take-off unit is disposed on the bearing surface of the power take-off unit and rotatably supports the first input member, and the first output member is interconnected for common rotation with the first input member; and an alignment sleeve and seal assembly having an annular sleeve portion and a seal portion disposed on an outer diameter surface of the sleeve portion, and wherein the alignment sleeve and seal assembly is disposed such that the outer diameter surface of the sleeve portion is in contact with each of the bore of the transmission and the bore of the power take-off unit and the seal portion is disposed in a seal channel formed between the housings of the transmission and power take-off unit. | 18,541 |
8,877,496 | 1. A method for culturing cells by stacking cells in layers, comprising: (a) providing a first hydrophobic cell culture container, a second hydrophobic cell culture container and a third hydrophobic cell culture container, wherein the first hydrophobic cell culture container, the second hydrophobic cell culture container and the third hydrophobic cell culture container comprise a bottom made of a hydrophobic material or a bottom made of a non-hydrophobic material coated with a hydrophobic material, respectively; (b) adding first carriers which are more hydrophilic than the first hydrophobic cell culture container and a first type of cells into the first hydrophobic cell culture container, adding second carriers which are more hydrophilic than the second hydrophobic cell culture container and a second type of cells into the second hydrophobic cell culture container, adding third carriers which are more hydrophilic than the third hydrophobic cell culture container and a third type of cells into the third hydrophobic cell culture container; (c) culturing the first type of cells, the second type of cells and the third type of cells, respectively, wherein the first type of cells attach to the first carriers and grow, the second type of cells attach to the second carriers and grow, and the third type of cells attach to the third carriers and grow; (d) providing another hydrophobic cell culture container, wherein the other hydrophobic cell culture container comprises a bottom made of the hydrophobic material or a bottom made of the non-hydrophobic material coated with the hydrophobic material; (e) adding the first type of cells attached on the first carriers into the other hydrophobic cell culture container to form a first layer of cells on the bottom of the other hydrophobic cell culture container, then adding the second type of cells attached on the second carriers into the other hydrophobic cell culture container to form a second layer of cells on the first layer of cells, and then adding the third type of cells attached on the third carriers into the other hydrophobic cell culture container to form a third layer of cells on the second layer of cells; and (f) culturing the first layer of cells, the second layer of cells and the third layer of cells to make the first type of cells, the second type of cells and the third type of cells connect to each other to form cells stacked layer by layer. | 19,291 |
8,857,831 | 1. A skateboard tensioning system for adjusting a suspension of a skateboard having a board body, a pair of trucks each having a base plate with mounting holes, and wheels operably mounted on the trucks, the skateboard tensioning system comprising: a pair of risers that are each shaped and sized to be positioned beneath one of the pair of trucks, between the truck and the board body, each of the risers having a perimeter shaped to generally conform to its respective base plate of one of the trucks, wherein the risers each include a longitudinal conduit; fastener holes through each of the risers positioned to correspond with the mounting holes of the trucks; extended fasteners that are long enough to fasten each of the trucks to the board body with the risers being positioned therebetween, such that the fasteners fit through the board body, the fastener holes in the riser, and the mounting holes of the base plate; a cable; and a pair of rods, each connected to one end of the cable, wherein the rods each extend into the longitudinal conduit of one of the risers and are engaged with the risers so that the cable pulls the risers towards one another, thereby adjusting the suspension of the skateboard. | 36,353 |
9,151,871 | 1. A process for the preparation of coloured or black polymer particles for use in electrophoretic devices, said process comprising a) forming a reverse emulsion comprising the steps of: b) removing the polar solvent or polar solvents from the reverse emulsion with an evaporative method. | 15,413 |
9,587,582 | 1. A method of fabricating a bonded cascade assembly of a cascade thrust reverser of an aircraft engine nacelle, the method comprising: sliding a plurality of turning vanes into a structural frame, wherein the structural frame comprises a plurality of elongated stiffeners having forward and aft ends, and a frame piece attached to or integrally formed with the forward or aft ends of the elongated stiffeners, wherein sliding the plurality of turning vanes into the structural frame comprises inserting the turning vanes between the elongated stiffeners at the aft or forward ends opposite of the frame piece and sliding the turning vanes in a direction toward the frame piece; bonding the turning vanes to the structural frame with a structural adhesive; and attaching a closeout cap to each of the elongated stiffeners at the aft or forward ends opposite of the frame piece. | 31,735 |
9,390,011 | 1. A data processing apparatus comprising: a central processing unit operable to perform data processing operations in response to instructions; a cache connected to said central processing unit temporarily storing in a plurality of cache lines at least one of program instructions for execution by said central processing unit and data for manipulation by said central processing unit corresponding to contents of corresponding addresses in an external memory, each cache line including a tag indicating an external memory address of contents stored therein and at least one valid bit indicating whether contents of said cache line are valid or invalid, said cache operable in response to a cache block invalidation command indicating a range of addresses to be invalidated to: said cache is further operable in response to a cache access during said iteration of a cache block invalidation command to: | 3,304 |
9,752,497 | 1. A method for reduction of nitrogen oxides emissions of an internal combustion engine, comprising: measuring an oxygen concentration in an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine; determining a starting dilution factor based on the measured oxygen concentration, wherein the starting dilution factor is a ratio of the measured oxygen concentration; determining a target dilution factor based on a user preset with regard to an operating mode of the internal combustion engine, wherein the target dilution factor is an amount of oxygen dilution with water within the intake manifold; determining a relative air humidity setpoint in the intake manifold at which the target dilution factor is attained; determining an amount of water to be injected into the intake manifold based on the relative air humidity setpoint; and injecting the determined amount of water into the intake manifold. | 14,065 |
8,669,291 | 1. A compound having a formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 33,410 |
9,832,839 | 1. A flexible display panel comprising: a first protective film; a flexible substrate on the first protective film; a display region and a first non-display region on the flexible substrate having a first plane; a second non-display region on the flexible substrate having a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane; a border region between the display region and the second non-display region, the border region extending from the display region and being for displaying an image; a flexible encapsulation member on the display region; and a second protective film on the flexible encapsulation member. | 30,399 |
8,505,296 | 1. A system for controlling an engine, comprising: a turbocharger; at least one adjustable camshaft; a direct injector for injecting fuel to at least a cylinder of said engine; an automatic transmission coupled to said engine; and a controller that operates said engine such that a rate of temperature change of said engine is less than a first amount when an engine temperature is less than a first threshold temperature, said controller operating said engine such that said rate of temperature change of said engine is less than or equal to a second amount when said engine temperature exceeds said first threshold temperature, and said second amount less than said first amount, said controller limiting boost of said turbocharger when said engine temperature exceeds said first threshold temperature, said controller adjusting a position of said at least one adjustable camshaft when said engine temperature exceeds said first threshold temperature, said controller adjusting the amount of fuel injected by said direct injector when said engine temperature exceeds said first threshold temperature, and said controller adjusting shifting of said automatic transmission when said engine temperature exceeds said first threshold temperature. | 33,178 |
9,762,323 | 1. A method of transmitting digital information via a total number of frequency subcarriers over a nonlinear and dispersive optical channel, the method comprising the steps of: predetermining a plural number of frequency sub-bands, wherein each sub-band comprises a selected two or more of the total number of frequency subcarriers, and the plural number of frequency sub-bands is predetermined so as to reduce nonlinear optical distortion of an optical signal within the nonlinear and dispersive optical channel relative to a corresponding single frequency band signal having the same total number of frequency subcarriers, comprising: transmitting a plurality of training signals via the nonlinear and dispersive optical channel, each training signal comprising a predetermined data value and having a different number of sub-bands, detecting each training signal after transmission via the nonlinear and dispersive optical channel, processing each detected signal to recover received data, determining a bit-error rate of each detected training signal by comparing received data values with the predetermined data values of the training signal, and determining the predetermined plural number of sub-bands using the determined bit-error rates; receiving data comprising at least a portion of the digital information; generating from the data a plurality of frequency domain symbols; assigning each symbol to one of the predetermined plural number of frequency sub-bands; generating an optical signal comprising the total number of frequency subcarriers having a uniform frequency spacing, wherein the plural number of sub-bands are combined adjacently in the frequency domain; and transmitting the optical signal via said nonlinear and dispersive optical channel. | 28,286 |
8,847,141 | 1. A photoelectric conversion element having a photoelectric conversion film which is sandwiched between a transparent electrically conductive film and an electrically conductive film and comprises a photoelectric conversion layer and an electron blocking layer, wherein said electron blocking layer comprises a compound represented by the following formula (F-1): wherein each of R wherein each of Ra wherein each of R | 28,248 |
8,590,035 | 1. A method for providing host application identification and authentication to a network based firewall, the method comprising: detecting data packets transmitted by a host application executing on a host computer; in response to detecting the data packets transmitted by the host application, upon resetting the timer, receiving an indication that the timer has expired after the length of time; in response to receiving the indication that the timer has expired, updating the host application from the active category to the non-active category; assembling a data set comprising (a) an identification of the host application, (b) a current categorization of the host application, (c) associated ports information utilized by the host application including translated ports information if ports have been translated, and (d) original ports information if the ports have been translated; and conveying the data set in a secure manner to the network based firewall. | 16,906 |
9,060,285 | 1. A method for computing a feasible rates region in a network using a random access MAC protocol and comprising nodes having links therebetween, during network operation, the feasible rates region being a set of rates that can be simultaneously sustained by the network, the method comprising: determining online, for each link, a primary extreme point corresponding to a maximum output rate when said link transmits alone at a maximum input rate, said determining a primary extreme point includes each primary extreme point of a link corresponding to a maximum output rate achieved when said link transmits alone at a maximum input rate; determining secondary extreme points by combining primary extreme points with an interference model, said primary and secondary extreme points defining a boundary of a feasible rates region; measuring by network-layer broadcast probes an online packet loss rate experienced by a MAC protocol; filtering out by a channel loss rate estimator collisions induced by cross-traffic into said measured packet loss rate to produce a channel loss rate; and providing a capacity representation relating said maximum output rate to said channel loss rate. | 34,373 |
8,941,257 | 1. A wind power generator, wherein a nacelle is located on an upper portion of a support rod, a rotor head having wind turbine blades fitted thereto is rotatable supported to a front end side of the nacelle, and a main shaft that rotates integrally with the rotor head, a gear box that is coupled with the main shaft which rotates while the wind turbine blades receive a wind power, a power generator having a rotor driven by a shaft output of the gear box, a brush, and a slip ring, and a humidity management device that controls humidity inside of the power generator having the brush and the slip ring, are installed in an interior of the nacelle, wherein the humidity management device includes a humidity sensor that measures the humidity inside of the power generator having the brush and the slip ring; a humidifier that compares a humidity value inside of the power generator having the brush and the slip ring, which is measured by the humidity sensor, with an optimum humidity value inside of the power generator having the brush and the slip ring, which is set in advance, and humidifies the interior of the power generator when the compared humidity value is equal to or lower than the set value; and a dehumidifier that dehumidifies the interior of the power generator when the compared humidity value is larger than the set value. | 25,681 |
9,131,958 | 1. A seal assembly for a cannula, the cannula comprising a housing having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the seal assembly comprising: a first seal including a first tri-slit; a second seal disposed co-axially and proximal to the first seal, the second seal including a second tri-slit; and a third seal disposed co-axially and proximal to the first seal and the second seal, the third seal including: a space located between the second seal and the first portion of the third seal and having a thickness given by at least the difference in thickness of the first and second portions of the third seal; wherein the space is present absent insertion of an object within the second and third seals; and wherein the seal assembly is located in the proximal portion of the housing. | 13,366 |
9,765,991 | 1. A concentrating solar collector module comprising: a reflector having a reflective front surface shaped to concentrate incoming solar radiation onto a focal line, the reflector having two lengthwise edges parallel to the focal line and two ends defining the length of the reflector; first and second rails, one rail attached to the reflector at each of the lengthwise edges and extending substantially the length of the reflector; a set of truss connectors attached to the rails, the truss connectors and rails comprising ways that enable constrained sliding engagement of the truss connectors along the rails before attachment of the truss connectors to the rails; and a plurality of framing members connected to the truss connectors that comprise at least two diagonal framing members, each diagonal framing member connected to a truss connector on the first rail and a truss connector on the second rail, the diagonal framing members crossing the solar collector module in front of the reflective surface and where the effective length of each diagonal framing member is adjustable. | 1,665 |
9,220,137 | 1. A method for driving a light emitting unit, comprising: providing the light emitting unit and a switching element, the light emitting unit having an input and an output, wherein the input comprises an anode of a light emitting diode and the output comprises a terminal of a first inductor, and the switching element coupled to the output of the light emitting unit; providing a switching element having a control terminal and first and second conducting terminals, the first conducting terminal coupled to the second terminal of the light emitting unit; providing a control element having a supply input coupled for receiving an inductor signal; providing a second inductor having first and second terminals, the first terminal of the second inductor coupled to the first input of the first controller, the second inductor configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the first inductor; providing a third inductor having first and second terminals, the third inductor configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the first inductor, and configured to provide energy stored in the third inductor to an external circuit; providing a first voltage at the input of light emitting unit; continuously monitoring the first voltage to generate a monitor signal; generating an output signal from the light emitting unit in response to a state of the switching element; and using the monitor signal to control the switching element in response to the first voltage. | 4,656 |
8,786,354 | 1. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a first circuit to control a low power mode of the integrated circuit; and a protection device coupled between the first circuit and a supply voltage and comprising a transistor being one of a high voltage depletion transistor or a high voltage junction field effect transistor (JFET), wherein the protection device provides electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) protection for the IC. | 13,543 |
9,559,678 | 1. An analog signal generation apparatus comprising: a converter configured to convert an input waveform signal into a one-bit signal; a control section configured to, in response to a mute-off instruction, control a pulse width time length of the one-bit signal, output from said converter, to progressively increase from zero to a target value; and a filter configured to convert the one-bit signal, controlled by said control section, into an analog signal. | 15,077 |
9,322,553 | 1. A wake manipulating structure for a turbine system, comprising: a combustor liner defining a combustor chamber; an airflow path located along an outer surface of the combustor liner; a wake generating component disposed in the airflow path and proximate the combustor liner, wherein the wake generating component generates a wake region located downstream of the wake generating component; and a venturi structure disposed in the airflow path and defining at least one inlet hole and at least one outlet hole downstream of the at least one inlet hole, the at least one outlet hole circumferentially aligned with the wake generating component at an axially downstream location of the wake generating component and in the wake region, wherein the venturi structure comprises a convergent portion and a divergent portion, and wherein the at least one inlet hole extends through the convergent portion and the at least one outlet hole extends through the divergent portion. | 36,986 |
8,465,956 | 1. A fermentation method comprising: (a) functionalizing inorganic fibers by irradiating the fibers with ionizing radiation and quenching the irradiated fibers; and (b) contacting a low molecular weight sugar with the functionalized inorganic fibers and a fermenting microorganism immobilized on the fibers, within a medium, for a period of time and under suitable fermentation conditions to convert the low molecular weight sugar to a fermentation product, whereby the immobilization occurs as a result of interaction between functional groups on the functionalized fibers and functional groups on the microorganism. | 49,850 |
8,425,984 | 1. A manufacturing method of a multilayer film, comprising the steps of: applying a single layer of a coating liquid onto a substrate, the coating liquid being prepared by dissolving a plurality of monomers and/or polymers, including at least two monomers and/or polymers which are not soluble with each other, in at least one solvent; and drying the coated layer; wherein at the step of drying the coated layer, the coated layer is separated into an upper layer and a lower layer each having a different composition by allowing the at least one solvent to penetrate into the substrate at a specified speed. | 33,270 |
9,819,214 | 1. A wireless charger for a mobile terminal, comprising: a housing; a power transmitting coil provided within the housing in a manner of being spirally wound plural times; a power supply module configured to externally supply a power to the power transmitting coil; a driving unit connected to a spiral center of the power transmitting coil; a sensing unit configured to sense a location of the mobile terminal mounted on a topside of the housing; and a control unit controlling the driving unit to shift the spiral center of the power transmitting coil to the location of the mobile terminal sensed by the sensing unit, wherein the driving unit rotates to change a wound count of the power transmitting coil. | 32,551 |
8,991,149 | 1. A power generation system for a gas turbine engine comprising: an ambient air gas compressor having an inlet for ambient air, and an outlet for discharging compressed ambient air; an exhaust gas compressor having an inlet for an exhaust gas recycle (EGR) stream, and an outlet for discharging a compressed EGR stream; a combustor downstream of said ambient air gas compressor and said exhaust gas compressor, said combustor having inlets for the discharged compressed ambient air, the discharged compressed EGR stream and fuel, and configured to combust a mixture of said fuel, the discharged compressed ambient air and the discharged compressed EGR stream to generate a high temperature combustion gas and discharge the high temperature combustion gas from an outlet for the combustor; a turbine downstream of said combustor having an inlet coupled to the outlet for the combustor, turbine blades moveable by the force of said high temperature combustion gas, and an outlet for discharging exhaust gas from the turbine, wherein the exhaust gas contains four percent or less of free oxygen by volume; a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) downstream of the turbine and configured to receive the discharged exhaust gas from the turbine, wherein the discharged exhaust gas passes through the HRSG and a portion of the discharged exhaust gas forms the EGR stream, and at least one feed line from said exhaust gas compressor to said turbine for feeding cooling and sealing gas to said turbine. | 20,346 |
8,723,869 | 1. A graphical user interface that provides rapid analysis of chamber matching performance for semiconductor manufacturing tools, comprising: an importer that receives information indicative of a reference chamber and at least one focus chamber; a generate component that creates at least one matrix based on the information; a transform component that generates one or more additional matrices of data by transforming the at least one matrix; and an output component that renders a progression of windows as a function of the one or more additional matrices, wherein the progression of windows comprises performance analysis results that compare the reference chamber and the at least one focus chamber. | 41,718 |
9,094,979 | 1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving server selection information for each among multiple sectors, wherein the server selection information for each sector comprises multiple sector-specific signal-to-interference-and-noise-ratio (SINR) offsets, wherein the multiple sector-specific SINR offsets are proportional to the load of the sector and wherein each of the multiple sector-specific SNIR offsets is associated with a different traffic type among a plurality of different types of traffic; and selecting a sector among the multiple sectors as a serving sector for a terminal, wherein the selecting is based at least in part on a measured received signal quality of the serving sector, the type of traffic for the terminal, and the sector-specific SNIR offset associated with said type of traffic, from among the multiple sector-specific SINR offsets for the serving sector. | 15,345 |
9,837,921 | 1. A method, comprising: converting power by a power converter comprising a plurality of converter cells and at least one filter cell; receiving a cell input power at a cell input and providing a cell output power at a cell output of at least one of the plurality of converter cells; operating the filter cell in one of an input power mode, in which the filter cell receives an input power, and an output power mode, in which the filter cell provides an output power, calculating a modulation index m by determining a desired voltage V determining a number F of the converter cells to be operated in the OFF-state by calculating F=Round[m·N wherein N wherein V | 21,281 |
9,376,679 | 1. Cellular microvesicles comprising small interfering RNAs (siRNA), wherein the cellular microvesicles are selected from the group consisting of THP-1 cellular microvesicles carrying a c-myb siRNA and 293T cellular microvesicles carrying a HIV siRNA. | 46,874 |
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