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8,506,599 | 1. In a medical implant assembly having at least two bone attachment structures cooperating with a longitudinal connecting member, the improvement wherein the longitudinal connecting member comprises: a) a first substantially rigid longitudinal connecting member section having a central axis, the first section having a first bone anchor attachment portion and an end portion tapering towards the central axis; b) a second substantially rigid longitudinal connecting member section having a second bone anchor attachment portion; and c) a polymer structure spanning between and attached to both the first and second sections, the polymer structure incorporating the tapered end portion of the first section. | 13,259 |
8,959,370 | 1. A method for scheduling an application for performance on a heterogeneous computing system, wherein the application is comprised of two or more precedence constrained parallel tasks and the heterogeneous computing system is comprised of multiple processors, wherein each processor is enabled to operate on two or more voltage supply levels, the method comprising the steps of: determining a priority order for the tasks based on the computation and communication costs of the tasks; and in priority order of the tasks, assigning each task a combination of both a processor and a voltage level from the two or more voltage supply levels that substantially minimizes energy consumption and completion time for performing that task when compared to energy consumption and completion time for performing that task on different combinations of processor and voltage level. | 1,826 |
8,776,522 | 1. A system for reclaiming contaminated water, comprising: a contaminant collection subsystem including a boiler configured to receive and concentrate contaminants in the contaminated water by boiling the contaminated water and producing steam; a heat generation subsystem including a heat exchanger separate from the boiler, the heat exchanger being in communication with a heat source to heat a thermal transfer fluid in the heat exchanger; a steam energy conversion subsystem comprising a steam turbine and a generator; a first system of pipes configured to circulate the thermal transfer fluid between the heat exchanger and the boiler, wherein the boiler is configured to receive the heated thermal transfer fluid via the first system of pipes and to use heat from the thermal transfer fluid to boil the contaminated water so that at least a portion of contaminants in the contaminated water are retained in the boiler; and a second system of pipes configured to direct the steam from the boiler to the heat exchanger to superheat the steam and to direct the superheated steam from the heat exchanger to the steam turbine for driving the generator. | 29,506 |
9,194,137 | 1. A finishing trim system, comprising: a base portion, comprising an inner surface, outer surface and side surfaces, the side surfaces extending perpendicular to the inner surface and the outer surface, wherein the inner surface of the base portion is configured to be secured to a building structure; a trim portion, comprising an inner surface, outer surface, inner side surfaces and outer side surfaces, wherein the trim portion outer surface and outer side surfaces comprise a substantially finished ornamental configuration; wherein the base portion outer surface and side surfaces are configured to receive the trim portion inner surface and inner side surfaces respectively, installable on the base portion; wherein when the trim portion is installed on the base portion, the base portion is substantially concealed by the trim portion; wherein the base portion further comprises a structure adapted to grip a corresponding structure on the trim portion; wherein the structure adapted to grip comprises a bead extending from one of the base portion side surfaces, and the trim portion comprises a groove in one of the trim portion side surfaces for receiving the bead; wherein the structure adapted to grip comprises a ball extending from one of the base portion side surfaces, and the trim portion comprises a detent in one of the trim portion side surfaces for receiving the ball; and wherein the ball and detent are configured to maintain the base portion and trim portion in a fixed positional relationship. | 1,970 |
9,518,337 | 1. A GaN starting material for producing a GaN crystal, comprising: a material having an angle of repose and comprising a plurality of polycrystalline GaN particles having a maximum diameter of from 0.5 to 1 mm, wherein the material has a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm | 16,821 |
8,518,136 | 1. A filter insert having a space for collecting a filtrate, the space being reliably sealed, the filter insert comprising: a plurality of filter bags, each filter bag connected to each of a plurality of frames, wherein the frames of adjacent filter bags are sealingly connected to each other; a filtrate collecting chamber sealingly connected to the filter bags and having a filtrate outlet for removing collected filtrate from the filter insert, the filtrate collecting chamber adapted to form a filtrate collecting space and adapted to enclose the filter bags in a pot-shaped manner; and a connecting plate sealingly connected to the filtrate collecting chamber, the connecting plate comprising a plurality of longitudinal webs that connect the frames of adjacent filter bags to each other. | 32,010 |
9,637,664 | 1. A method of modifying a non-coating grade asphalt to produce a coating grade asphalt without oxidation of said non-coating grade asphalt comprising: heating said non-coating grade asphalt to a melting temperature in a mixing chamber to produce a melted non-coating grade asphalt, said non-coating grade asphalt comprising: mixing said melted non-coating grade asphalt with an additive to create a mixture that improves properties of said non-coating grade asphalt to properties of a coating grade asphalt, without oxidizing said non-coating grade asphalt, said additive comprising: | 42,185 |
8,937,501 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a detector configured to generate a control signal in response to a voltage level of an input signal in a microwave frequency range; and a circuit configured to (i) connect said input signal to a reference signal with a first impedance in response to said control signal in an asserted state and (ii) connect said input signal to said reference signal with a second impedance in response to said control signal in a deasserted state, wherein (a) said reference signal biases one or more transistors in said circuit above a pinch-off voltage to an off state while said control signal is in said deasserted state and (b) said reference signal is offset from a ground voltage of said circuit. | 13,717 |
8,469,092 | 1. A system comprising: a well drilled into an underground formation comprising hydrocarbons; a water supply; a steam production facility, the steam production facility comprising: a steam injection facility connected to the well and the steam production facility, adapted to inject the steam into the well. | 18,060 |
8,853,744 | 1. A III-nitride power semiconductor device including a first transistor comprising: a first III-nitride layer; a second III-nitride layer forming a heterojunction with said first III-nitride layer; a gate nitride, a source, and a drain over said second III-nitride layer; a top metal layer and a bottom metal layer on said second III-nitride layer, said bottom metal layer including a source contact over said source, a drain contact over said drain, and a gate contact over said gate nitride; a plurality of vias connecting said source contact, said drain contact, and said gate contact to said top metal layer; a solderable front metal over said top metal layer. | 17,131 |
8,934,770 | 1. A communication system that connects a plurality of user-side optical line terminating apparatuses (Optical Network Units, hereinafter referred to as ONUs) to a station-side optical line terminating apparatus (Optical Line Terminal, hereinafter referred to as OLT) using a common optical fiber, wherein the ONUs each includes: wherein the OLT includes: | 32,454 |
9,375,518 | 1. A method for covering a wound with an insoluble network comprising successive steps of: a) applying a solution of a first macromolecular substance comprising a polypeptide having a positive charge to the wound, and b) applying a solution of a second macromolecular substance comprising a polypeptide having a negative charge to the wound, wherein the solution of the first macromolecular substance and the solution of the second macromolecular substance are maintained separated prior to step a), wherein the first macromolecular substance and the second macromolecular substance to form an insoluble network on top of the wound, and wherein the first macromolecular substance and second macromolecular substance are applied in an amount that the formed insoluble network reduces adhesion between the wound and other tissue. | 14,282 |
8,622,162 | 1. In combination with an engine compartment having an engine, a hood, and at least two front quarter panel side walls defining an interior engine compartment, an engine compartment cooling system, comprising: (a) a clear hole in at least one of the side walls positioned between a passenger compartment and a forward portion of a fender wheel well; (b) at least one axial fan assembly having a fan housing, a plurality of fan blades, a motor shaft, and a fan motor, the fan assembly mounted in the clear hole; (c) a fan motor control system operatively connected to a first temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the engine compartment and sending a first signal data to a controller operable to optimize a fan speed of the fan assembly based on the temperature of the engine compartment; (d) a heated air flow path which originates from the engine and is exhausted outwardly through the fan assembly into an ambient air flow for cooling of the engine compartment; and (e) a remote mount fluid cooler assembly including a temperature control fluid, a second temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the temperature control fluid and sending a second signal data to the controller related to the temperature of the temperature control fluid, a heat exchanger for transferring heat between the temperature control fluid and ambient air, wherein the fan is operable to move the ambient air across the heat exchanger, a pump operable to pump the temperature control fluid through the heat exchanger, and a valve in fluid communication with the pump and the heat exchanger, and wherein the controller is operatively connected to the temperature sensors, the fan, and the valve, and programmed with operation data providing optimized operating speed for combined operation of the fan, and optimized temperature control fluid flow rates from the pump to the heat exchanger which are based at least in part on the operation data and signals received from the temperature sensors. | 5,322 |
8,616,755 | 1. A light guide plate for a surface light source device, comprising: an incident surface configured to have light from lamps disposed along a predetermined axis, be incident thereon; an emitting surface configured to have the incident light emitted therefrom; a back surface configured to face the emitting surface; and a plurality of unit cells configured to have microprism patterns engraved thereon and distributed and arranged on the back surface, wherein a crossing angle between a microprism arrangement axis formed by a ridge direction of the microprism patterns on the unit cells and a lamp arrangement axis formed by the lamps is an acute angle, wherein two or more unit cells are arranged along the microprism arrangement axis. | 42,087 |
9,265,202 | 1. A plant cage kit having an assembled configuration, the plant cage kit comprising: a wire grid having a plurality of first spaced-apart wires and a plurality of second spaced-apart wires, each of the second wires being coupled to each of the first wires to form the wire grid, each of at least some of the second wires having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, the first end of each of the at least some of the second wires being formed into a loop or a hook and the second end of each of the at least some of the second wires being formed into a hook or loop, the hook or loop of each second wire engaging the loop or hook of the same second wire when the plant cage kit is in the assembled configuration such that the wire grid completes a circumference about a generally vertical axis; a first piece formed as a first ring having a generally U-shaped cross-section portion forming a channel such that in the assembled position a first outermost one of the second wires is substantially positioned within the channel of the first ring; a second piece formed as a second ring having a generally U-shaped or H-shaped cross-section portion forming at least one channel such that in the assembled position a second outermost one of the second wires is substantially positioned within the at least one channel of the second ring, where in the assembled configuration the first ring and the second ring aid in providing structural rigidity to the wire grid and maintaining the wire grid in a generally cylindrical shape; a plurality of cage stakes, each having a body portion and a hook portion, where in the assembled configuration each of the cage stakes is configured to hold the first or the second ring in secure communication with a ground surface on which the first or second ring and the wire grid rest, where the body portion is positioned below a grade of the ground surface and the hook portion is positioned over and engages an upper portion of the first or second ring; a garden stake having a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion, and a stopper portion positioned between the first and the second shaft portions, the garden stake being configured to be partially implanted into the ground surface on which the plant cage kit is positioned such that the first shaft portion and the stopper portion are below a grade of the ground surface, and where in the assembled position the garden stake is fastened to the wire grid and aids in supporting the wire grid against lateral forces; and a plurality of fastening elements, where in the assembled configuration at least some of the fastening elements are configured to retain the first or second outermost one of the second wires within the channel or the at least one channel of the first or second ring and at least one of the fastening elements is configured to secure the second shaft portion of the garden stake to the wire grid. | 11,870 |
9,115,413 | 1. A hearth furnace for producing direct reduced iron, comprising: a first combustion chamber; a first rotating hearth within the first chamber configured to receive onto its surface iron oxide materials from a first chamber inlet disposed over the first rotating hearth; a first set of rabbles disposed over the first rotating hearth to interact with the iron oxide materials, the first set of rabbles configured to push the iron oxide materials on the surface of the first rotating hearth towards a first chamber outlet located towards one of an inside edge of the first rotating hearth or an outside edge of the first rotating hearth as the hearth and the first set of rabbles move relative to one another, the first set of rabbles being configured to interact with the iron oxide materials over an entirety of the surface of the rotating hearth between the inside and outside edge of the first rotating hearth; a second combustion chamber; a second rotating hearth within the second chamber, the second chamber having a second chamber inlet connected to the first chamber outlet of the first combustion chamber and configured to receive materials pushed to the first chamber outlet and direct the materials onto the second rotating hearth of the second combustion chamber; a second set of rabbles disposed over the second rotating hearth of the second combustion chamber, the second set of rabbles configured to push the materials received from the first combustion chamber onto a surface of the second rotating hearth towards a second chamber outlet of the second combustion chamber located towards one of an inside edge or an outside edge of the second rotating hearth of the second combustion chamber as the second hearth and the second set of rabbles moves relative to one another, the second set of rabbles being configured to interact with the received materials over the entirety of the surface of the second rotating hearth of the second combustion chamber between its inside and outside edges; and one or more gas transfer channels connecting the first and second combustion chambers, the gas transfer channel being wider than the chamber inlet of the second combustion chamber and configured to transfer reduction gases and heat from a reduction reaction of the received material in the second combustion chamber to the first combustion chamber, wherein the first combustion chamber is positioned adjacent to the first rotating hearth, and the second combustion chamber is positioned adjacent to the second rotating hearth; wherein the interior volume of the first combustion chamber is larger than an interior volume defined by the second combustion chamber; wherein the first chamber inlet is proximate to the inside edge of the first rotating hearth, the first chamber outlet is proximate to the outside edge of the first rotating hearth, the second chamber inlet is proximate to the outside edge of the second rotating hearth, and the second chamber outlet is proximate to the inside edge of the second rotating hearth; and wherein the one or more gas transfer channels are disposed proximate to the outside edges of the first and second rotating hearths. | 5,475 |
9,155,474 | 1. A system for multispectral confocal mapping of a tissue, comprising: an illumination source for producing an illumination beam propagating along an optical path towards the tissue; a first lens system for focusing said illumination beam to a focused spot on said tissue to optically induce fluorescence therefrom within a desired wavelength region; optically coupled to said first lens system, a confocal scanner to scan the focused spot across said tissue; a fiber optic spectrometer, including a plurality of multimode optical fibers operating at said desired wavelength region, one of said plurality of multimode optical fibers having an entrance aperture acting as a confocal pinhole for said confocal scanner, and said fiber optic spectrometer also including a plurality of coated fiber tips each consisting of a thin film filter deposited between the ends of two of the plurality of multimode optical fibers that are connected together to provide a temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections of the fluorescence; a second lens system to focus the fluorescence from said tissue into said plurality of multimode optical fibers, said second lens system having a sufficiently low numerical aperture relative to said plurality of multimode optical fibers for the fluorescence to remain a Gaussian beam as it propagates within the plurality of multimode optical fibers; and a detector optically coupled to receive said temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections to provide a suitable output indicative of the spectral components of the fluorescence. | 7,100 |
8,355,833 | 1. A vehicular system comprising: an electrical subsystem including a high-voltage battery, a low-voltage battery, a direct-current/direct-current converter, and electrical accessories; a crankshaft; an internal combustion engine connected to the crankshaft, and generating a first, engine torque T an electric machine coupled to the crankshaft, and applying a second torque T a mechanical accessory sub-system, including at least one mechanical accessory, coupled to the crankshaft, and applying a third, accessory torque T a control sub-system including: | 2,593 |
9,279,699 | 1. A femtocell device, comprising: a memory that stores executable instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising: | 40,668 |
8,450,294 | 1. A shampoo composition comprising: a) at least one minced cassia polygalactomannan derivatized with a cationic substituent; b) a cleansing surfactant selected from anionic, cationic, amphoteric, and zwitterionic detersive surfactants, and mixtures thereof; c) a water soluble silicone compound; d) water; wherein said water soluble silicone is selected from one or more compounds represented by the formula: wherein: Me is methyl; R and R R a, b, and c are integers independently ranging from 0 to 100; EO is —(CH PO is —(CH o is an integer ranging from 1 to 200; q is an integer ranging from 0 to 1000; p is an integer ranging from 0 to 200; R R R wherein R″ is a divalent group selected from alkylene of 1-40 carbons which may be interrupted with an arylene group of 6 to 18 carbons or an alkylene group of 2 to 8 carbons; and M is Na, K, Li, NH wherein R 11 is selected from lower alkyl having one to eight carbon atoms or phenyl, R M is a cation and is selected from Na, K, Li, or NH x, y and z are integers independently ranging from 0 to 100; R a b wherein R 21 is a b c R R n is an integer from 0 to 10; R x e M is selected from H, Na, K, Li, or NH wherein Me is methyl; R —(CH with the proviso that both R R R R n a EO is an ethylene oxide residue —(CH PO is a propylene oxide residue —(CH o q wherein R is wherein Me is methyl, a is an integer from 0 to 200; b is an integer from 0 to 200; c is an integer from 1 to 200; R 1 is selected from —(CH 2 ) n CH 3 and phenyl; n is an integer from 0 to 10; R 2 is —(CH 2 ) 3 —(OCH 2 CH 2 ) x —(OCH 2 CH(CH 3 )) y (OCH 2 CH 2 ) r —OH; x, y and z are integers and are independently selected from 0 to 20; R′ is represented by the formulae: wherein R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 independently represent alkyl having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein R 6 is alkyl having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R 7 and R 8 are independently methyl or ethyl; n is an integer from 1 to 5; wherein R 9 is alkyl having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and v is an integer from 1 to 5; and wherein Me is methyl, a is an integer from 0 to 200; b is an integer from 0 to 200; c is an integer from 1 to 200; R 1 is selected from —NH—(CH 2 ) 2 —NH 2 or —CH 2 ) n —NH 2 ; n is an integer from 2 to 6; and x is an integer from 0 to 20. | 23,239 |
8,829,603 | 1. A shielded gate field effect transistor, comprising: a) a substrate of a first conductivity type; b) an epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type supported on top of the substrate; c) a body layer of a second conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type formed above the epitaxial layer; d) a trench formed within the body layer and epitaxial layer, wherein the trench is lined with a dielectric layer; e) a shield electrode formed within a lower portion of the trench, wherein the shield electrode is insulated from the epitaxial layer by the dielectric layer; f) a gate electrode formed within the trench above the shield electrode, wherein the gate electrode is insulated from the shield electrode by an additional dielectric layer; g) one or more source regions of the first conductivity type formed within a top surface of the body layer, wherein each source region is adjacent a sidewall of the trench; h) a source pad formed above the body layer, wherein the source pad is electrically connected to the one or more source regions and insulated from the gate electrode and the shield electrode, the source pad providing an external contact to the source region; i) a gate pad formed above the body layer, wherein the gate pad is electrically connected to the gate electrode and insulated from the one or more source regions and the shield electrode, the gate pad providing an external contact to the gate electrode; and j) a shield pad formed above the body layer, wherein the shield pad is electrically connected to the shield electrode and electrically insulated from the one or more source regions and the gate electrode, the shield pad providing an external contact to the shield electrode. | 49,385 |
9,636,860 | 1. A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament, said method comprising: (A) providing a PET crystallizer; (B) passing a plurality of flakes of recycled PET through said PET crystallizer to at least partially dry said plurality of flakes of recycled PET; (C) at least partially melting said plurality of flakes into a polymer melt; (D) providing a multi-screw extruder that comprises: (E) using said pressure regulation system to reduce a pressure within said first and second satellite screw extruders to below about 18 millibars; (F) after said step of passing said plurality of flakes through said PET crystallizer, melting said plurality of flakes of recycled PET to form a polymer melt and, while maintaining said pressure within said first and second satellite screw extruders below about 18 millibars, passing said polymer melt through said multi-screw extruder so that: (1) a first portion of said polymer melt passes through said first satellite screw extruder, and (2) a second portion of said polymer melt passes through said second satellite screw extruder; and (G) after said step of passing said polymer melt through said multi-screw extruder, forming said polymer melt into bulked continuous carpet filament. | 25,976 |
8,815,942 | 1. A method for decreasing susceptibility to parasite infection or disease or treating parasite infection or disease, in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of (i)(a) a compound of formula I: wherein R is H or S—CH (ii) an artemisinin-related compound. | 2,447 |
8,911,545 | 1. A method for producing pigment nanoparticles comprising the step of separating pigment substances in use of a forced thin film rotary reaction method, wherein the forced thin film rotary reaction method comprises the steps of: providing a fluid pressure imparting mechanism for imparting pressure to a fluid to be processed; providing at least two processing members of a first processing member and a second processing member, the second processing member being capable of approaching to and separating from the first processing member; providing a rotation drive mechanism for rotating the first processing member and the second processing member relative to each other, wherein the first processing member comprises a first processing surface, and the second processing member comprises a second processing surface, the first and second processing surfaces positioned facing each other, wherein each of the processing surfaces constitutes part of a sealed flow path through which the fluid under the pressure is passed, wherein two or more fluids to be processed, at least one of which contains a reactant, are uniformly mixed and positively reacted between the processing surfaces, wherein, of the first and second processing members, at least the second processing member is provided with a pressure-receiving surface, and at least part of the pressure-receiving surface is comprised of the second processing surface, wherein the pressure-receiving surface receives pressure applied to the fluid by the fluid pressure imparting mechanism thereby generating a force to move in the direction of separating the second processing surface from the first processing surface, wherein the fluid under the pressure is passed between the first and second processing surfaces being capable of approaching to and separating from each other and rotating relative to each other, whereby the fluid under the pressure forms a thin film fluid in a minute space of 1 μm to 1 mm formed between both the processing surfaces; providing another introduction path independent of the flow path through which the fluid to be processed under the pressure is passed; and providing at least one opening leading to the introduction path and being arranged in at least either the first processing surface or the second processing surface, wherein at least one fluid to be processed sent from the introduction path is introduced into between the processing surfaces, whereby the fluid under the pressure and the at least one fluid to be processed are mixed in the thin film fluid thereby separating pigment substances, wherein the first processing surface and the second processing surface are circular, one side of an outer side of the first processing surface and the second processing surface or a center side of the same is an upstream side, and the other side is a downstream side, and at least one of the first processing surface and the second processing surface is formed with a groove-shaped depression extending from the upstream side to the downstream side, the groove-shaped depression being formed in the processing surface which rotates, an upstream end of the groove-shaped depression reaching an periphery surface of one of the outer side and the center side, which defines the upstream side, of the rotating processing surface, and an downstream end of the groove-shaped depression being spaced from an periphery surface of the other of the outer side and the center side, which defines the downstream side, of the rotating processing surface, wherein the fluid to be processed under the pressure is introduced between the first processing surface and the second processing surface by a micro-pump effect by rotation of the processing surface provided with the groove-shaped depression, and wherein the opening is positioned downstream at a point where a direction of flow of the fluid under the pressure is changed to a direction of flow of the spiral laminar flow formed between the both of processing surfaces. | 13,419 |
9,674,776 | 1. A method for wireless communication of operating a first base station, the method comprising: monitoring, by said first base station, a first frequency band used by a second base station to detect a signal transmitted by a UE device in said first frequency band, said first frequency band being a frequency band used by said second base station but which is unused by said first base station to communicate user data; and communicating, by said first base station via said first frequency band using a first communications protocol, information about said first base station to said UE device in response to detecting a signal transmitted by a UE device in said first frequency band, said information including communications protocol information associated with a second communications protocol different from said first communications protocol. | 606 |
9,664,116 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section mounted relative to an engine static structure; a module including instrumentation mounted to the engine static structure, the module including an energy harvesting power source configured to provide electricity to the instrumentation during engine operation independent of an external electrical power source, wherein the energy harvesting power source includes a heat source and is configured to provide the electricity in response to a heat flux from the heat source, wherein the heat flux is provided by a cooling fluid within the module, and the module has a cooling line input for receiving the cooling fluid, a valve is connected to the cooling line input that is configured to control a flow of the cooling fluid provided via the cooling line input. | 36,536 |
8,999,007 | 1. A method for precipitating dissolved materials from a solution, the method comprising: (a) introducing the solution containing the dissolved materials into a reactor, (b) causing the dissolved materials in the solution to precipitate into crystals under first reaction conditions, (c) adjusting the reaction condition in the reactor or in a portion of the reactor from the first reaction conditions to second reaction conditions, (d) maintaining the second reaction conditions in the reactor or in a portion of the reactor for a period of time sufficient to cause a sub-population of the crystals to dissolve, (e) adjusting the reaction condition in the reactor or in a portion of the reactor from the second reaction conditions to the first reaction conditions. | 33,329 |
9,764,270 | 1. A method of synthesizing manganese oxide nanocorals comprising: (a) heating a potassium permanganate solution; (b) providing manganese sulfate in a basic solution; (c) adding the manganese sulfate basic solution drop-wise to the heated potassium permanganate solution until a brown precipitate is formed; (d) stirring the brown precipitate at a temperature greater than 300 K; (e) isolating the precipitate; and (f) drying the precipitate to provide the manganese oxide nanocorals. | 44,769 |
8,587,307 | 1. A method of reconstructing magnetic resonance (“MR”) images, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of data from a first receiver coil associated with an MR imaging device, the first set of data being a randomly undersampled subset of uniformly undersampled data; generating a second set of data based on the first set of data, the second set of data being a set of uniformly undersampled data and being associated with a first reduced field-of-view (“FOV”) image; obtaining a third set of data from a second receiver coil associated with an MR imaging device, the third set of data also being a randomly undersampled subset of uniformly undersampled data; generating a fourth set of data based on the third set of data, the fourth set of data also being a set of uniformly undersampled data and being associated with a second reduced FOV image; generating a fifth set of data based on the second set of data and the fourth set, the fifth set of data being associated with a reconstructed full FOV image; and generating, using a processor associated with the MR imaging device, the reconstructed full FOV image based on the fifth set of data. | 22,583 |
8,517,562 | 1. An electrical interface module (EIM) comprising: a first plurality of electrical contact surfaces in a first arrangement disposed on an electrical interface board; a second plurality of electrical contact surfaces in a second arrangement disposed on the electrical interface board; and a first conductor coupling a first electrical contact surface of the first plurality of electrical contact surfaces to a first electrical contact surface of the second plurality of electrical contact surfaces, wherein the first plurality of electrical contact surfaces is configured to be electrically coupleable to an LED illumination device, and wherein the second plurality of electrical contact surfaces is configured to be electrically removably coupleable to a light fixture. | 34,732 |
9,589,797 | 1. A method for forming a multi-level electronic device, comprising, depositing one or more opaque material layers in a pre-determined sequence over a first substrate to form one or more underlying opaque material layers; forming a polymeric patterning mask over said one or more underlying opaque material layers, wherein said polymeric mask comprises multiple levels with different heights designed to produce a corresponding pattern in said one or more of said underlying opaque material layers; using said polymeric patterning mask to pattern underlying opaque material layers by material removal through openings in said polymeric patterning mask of one or more underlying opaque material layers; using said mask to produce an optical exposure mask pattern in at least one of said one or more underlying opaque material layers; depositing a first liquid polymer layer over said one or more patterned material layers and using said optical exposure mask to selectively solidify by cross-linking, producing a first polymer layer; depositing and solidifying a second polymer layer over said first polymer layer, producing a second polymer layer; removing sufficient first and second polymer material from the first and second polymer layers to expose at least one underlying patterned material layer; depositing a new material layer over said first and second polymer layers and over said exposed patterned material layer to which contact is desired; and removing said second polymeric material by liftoff, accompanied by overlying said new material layer, thereby leaving said new material layer as a new patterned material layer disposed over said solidified first polymer, in contact with said exposed patterned material layer. | 27,723 |
9,208,958 | 1. A lithium ion capacitor comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer formed on a roughened positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer containing graphite-based particles formed on a negative electrode current collector, and an electrolytic solution containing a solution of a lithium salt in an aprotic organic solvent, wherein a total thickness of the positive electrode active material layer is 50 μm to 140 μm, and a ratio of mass of the positive electrode active material layer to a sum of the mass of the positive electrode active material layer and that of the negative electrode active material layer is 0.4 to 0.5, wherein the graphite-based particles in the negative electrode active material layer are graphite-based composite particles of graphite powder coated with a material derived from tar or pitch. | 13,927 |
8,661,797 | 1. An exhaust gas after treatment system for an internal combustion engine comprising: an exhaust gas conduit in fluid communication with, and configured to receive an exhaust gas from, the internal combustion engine; an oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device having an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit; an oxidation catalyst compound disposed in the oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device; a NOx adsorber compound disposed in the oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device for storage and release of NOx constituents in the exhaust gas; a hydrocarbon delivery system connected to and in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit upstream of the oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device for delivery of a hydrocarbon fuel thereto; an air pump connected to and in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit upstream of the oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device for delivery of air thereto, wherein the hydrocarbon delivery system and the air pump supply fuel and air to the exhaust conduit and the oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device; a selective catalytic reduction device disposed downstream of the oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device in fluid communication with exhaust gas conduit and the oxidation catalyst NOx adsorber device; a selective catalytic reduction catalyst composition in the selective catalytic reduction device; and a controller in signal communication with the internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas treatment system, the reductant delivery system and the air pump and configured to operate the reductant delivery system and the air pump following a shut down of the internal combustion engine. | 597 |
9,508,995 | 1. A laminar structure for inclusion in a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), comprising an electrosprayed layer formed by lamination of an electrospraying ink, which is electrically charged in electric field, in an electrospraying process in which the electrospraying ink is dispersed and sprayed as electrospraying droplets, wherein the electrospraying process sets an electrospraying substance transport mode according to adjustments of electrospraying process variables, wherein the electrosprayed layer is a micro-porous layer (MPL) formed on a surface of a gas diffusion layer (GDL), wherein the micro-porous layer is formed as a multi-layered structure which includes: | 48,986 |
8,844,571 | 1. A fluid actuator for influencing the flow along a flow surface by ejection of a fluid flowing through the fluid actuator, comprising at least two outlet lines having outlet openings provided at the respective ends thereof, wherein in an end portion of the outlet lines their width increases and their depth decreases such that the cross-sectional area of the respective outlet line remains substantially constant relative to the respective cross-sectional area of the outlet opening of the outlet lines, and a supply line connected to the outlet lines for supplying fluid at a feed pressure, a flow direction deflecting device into which the supply line merges and from which the outlet lines emerge, and an actuating device coupled with the flow direction deflecting device for controlling the latter, which is adapted such that the fluid is successively conducted into each one of the outlet lines in a cyclical sequence. | 22,027 |
8,414,449 | 1. Method for controlling a powertrain comprising an electro-mechanical transmission mechanically-operatively coupled to an internal combustion engine and an electric machine adapted to selectively transmit mechanical power to an output member, the method comprising: monitoring a desired transmission shift; monitoring operational parameters of said powertrain; monitoring a maximum electric machine torque capacity; monitoring a clutch power limit; determining a maximum electric machine torque capability profile through said desired transmission shift based upon said maximum electric machine torque capacity and said operational parameters; comparing said desired output torque profile to said maximum electric machine torque capability profile; determining a preferred oncoming clutch torque profile through said desired transmission shift based upon said comparing and said clutch power limit determining a desired output torque profile through said desired transmission shift; and executing a clutch assisted shift based upon said preferred oncoming clutch torque profile. | 26,168 |
9,333,020 | 1. A delivery device for a surgical anchor comprising: a handle; a shaft coupled to the handle, wherein the shaft includes a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a plurality of longitudinal grooves on a partial length of the shaft; a movable member coupled to the shaft, the member including a track, a nipple coupled to the shaft located within the track, wherein the nipple is located in a first area of the track when the movable member is located in a first position and the nipple is located in a second area of the track when the movable member is located in a second position; and a spring attached to the movable member having a fixed spring stop coupled to the shaft. | 38,046 |
9,152,473 | 1. An apparatus comprising: control logic, the control logic at least partially comprising hardware logic, to cause modification to a power consumption limit of one or more components of a platform based on one or more thermal relationships between one or more power consuming components of the platform and one or more heat generating components of the platform, wherein a first relationship of the one or more thermal relationships is to indicate a mapping between a plurality of temperature thresholds and a corresponding plurality of performance limits. | 12,343 |
8,414,033 | 1. A pipe joint comprising: a joint main body provided with a receiving opening into which a pipe is inserted; a tube-shaped body mounted to said receiving opening and movably in the axial direction of said joint main body; and a retaining ring being closely arranged to an outer surface of the pipe inserted into the receiving opening for preventing the pipe from being detached from said receiving opening by radial shrinkage, wherein said retaining ring is a rubber seal ring, wherein said joint main body is composed of a receiving portion for receiving said retaining ring, and a tapered portion for radially shrinking said retaining ring when said retaining ring is moved toward a tip side of said receiving portion, wherein said tube-shaped body is provided with an inner cylinder inserted into an inner surface of the receiving opening, and is arranged to move reciprocatively between a first position where said retaining ring is allowed to move into said tapered portion without said inner cylinder projecting into said tapered portion, and a second position where said retaining ring is prevented from moving into said tapered portion as a peripheral end of said inner cylinder projects into said tapered portion, and wherein said pipe joint is configured so as that the pipe can be inserted into said receiving opening when said tube-shaped body is both in the first and the second position, that in said first position said retaining ring moves together with the pipe into said tapered portion for preventing the pipe from being detached, and that in said second position the pipe is allowed to be detached without said retaining ring moving into said tapered portion. | 38,986 |
8,608,514 | 1. An external connector block for connecting a first terminal and a second terminal of an electric machine to an external power source, comprising: a nonconductive body having a longitudinal axis, the nonconductive body including: a support having a first side and a second side, a first boss disposed on the first side of the support and adapted to engage the first terminal, the first boss and the support defining a first set of N holes extending through the first boss and the support to the second side and adapted to receive a first set of N current conducting pins of the first terminal, N being an integer greater than two, a second boss disposed on the first side of the support and adapted to engage the second terminal, the second boss longitudinally spaced apart from the first boss, the second boss and the support defining a second set of N holes extending through the second boss and the support to the second side and adapted to receive a second set of N current conducting pins of the second terminal, and walls extending from the second side and defining N longitudinally extending channels separated from each other by the walls; and N conductive connectors coupled to the second side of the nonconductive body, each extending longitudinally within a respective one of the channels and adapted to connect a first pin of the first set of current conducting pins to a respective second pin of the second set of current conducting pins via a first hole of the first set of holes and a second hole of the second set of holes; wherein one of the first boss and the second boss is adapted to couple to a fastener located on the second side used to secure the connector block to one of the first terminal and the second terminal; and wherein at least one of the conductive connectors is made from a metal member. | 32,304 |
9,052,308 | 1. A method for treating a Vitamin D insufficiency in a subject, the method comprising: determining a level of bioavailable Vitamin D in the subject by directly detecting levels of free Vitamin D and Vitamin D bound to albumin in a sample comprising serum or plasma from the subject using a differential affinity precipitation assay; detecting the presence of a vitamin D binding protein variant genotype in the subject, comparing the level of bioavailable Vitamin D in the sample to a genotype-specific reference level of Vitamin D; identifying a subject who has a level of bioavailable Vitamin D below the reference level of Vitamin D as having a Vitamin D insufficiency; and administering a vitamin D insufficiency treatment to a subject identified as having a vitamin D insufficiency. | 21,408 |
9,647,740 | 1. A method comprising: detecting, by an on-device measurement receiver of a communication device, a first complex reflected signal corresponding to transmit signals that are reflected by a first antenna; determining a first set of values for a complex power efficiency parameter including (i) a first value and (ii) a second value, based on a first complex transmit power signal and the first complex reflected signal; determining whether both (a) the first value differs from a first baseline value by at least a first Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) threshold amount and (b) the second value differs from a second baseline value by at least a second SAR threshold amount; and in response to determining that the first value and the second value respectively differs from the first and second baseline values by at least the first and second SAR threshold amounts, adjusting the power delivered to the first antenna based on respective differences between the first and second values and the first and second baseline values, wherein adjusting the power to the first antenna includes reducing an output power level of a transceiver that delivers power to the first antenna. | 19,096 |
8,453,722 | 1. An air conditioning system for use in a vehicle having an engine while the engine is either operating or not operating, comprising: a variable-speed compressor; a variable-speed motor operably coupled to the variable-speed compressor; an intelligent power generation management controller operably coupled to the motor, the controller receiving electric power from at least one source of electric power; and wherein the controller controls a speed of the compressor via the motor based on a power capacity of the at least one source of electric power. | 21,221 |
8,469,643 | 1. A railway car lading tie anchor link comprising: a plurality of sides, an intersection area of two of said sides being a retainer-engaging portion for interlocking engagement with a retainer on a railway car; and a large load bearing surface opposite said intersection area which is configured for engaging a length of metal banding, wherein said large load bearing surface has a minimum banding radius of at least approximately one inch, is unitarily formed with the lading tie anchor link, and includes a lateral, convex curvature having a minimum radius of curvature in a range of approximately five and one-half inches and approximately fifteen inches. | 12,584 |
9,435,011 | 1. An essentially Fe- and Co-free alloy for use in contact with liquid fluoride salts consisting essentially of, in terms of weight percent: Cr 6.0 to 7.5 Al 0 to 0.15 Mn 0.5 to 0.85 Mo 11 to 19.5 Ta 0.3 to 4.5 W 0.01 to 9 C 0.03 to 0.08 Re 0 to 1 Ru 0 to 1 B 0 to 0.001 N 0.0005 to 0.005 Ni balance, wherein Mo+W is 19.85 or less, and Mo+Cr is 26.37 or less; said alloy being characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 25 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 38 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 25 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm | 41,616 |
9,824,783 | 1. A radiation shielding apparatus comprising: a shielding box unit into which a radiation generating device is inserted; a locking unit disposed on an outside of the shielding box unit; an operation display unit disposed on the outside of the shielding box unit to display a locked state of the locking unit; and a control unit for controlling an operation of each of the radiation generating device and the operation display unit, wherein, the shielding box unit comprises | 49,792 |
8,643,282 | 1. A driving device for lighting fixture, comprising: a power converter for converting an input voltage into a DC output voltage; a plurality of lighting fixture bases connected in parallel with each other and each connected to a lighting fixture for respectively outputting an operating voltage and an operating current to a lighting fixture, wherein the operating voltage between a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the lighting fixture base is derived by dividing the DC output voltage and each operating current is identical with each other; a plurality of output protection circuits respectively connected in parallel with a lighting fixture base for selectively bypass the lighting fixture base to stop the lighting fixture base from outputting the operating current to the lighting fixture; and a control circuit connected to the plurality of output protection circuits for outputting a plurality of control signals for actively manipulating the output protection circuits to bypass the lighting fixture base according to the control signals, thereby manipulating the number of the lighting fixtures that illuminate and achieving a dimming performance. | 24,003 |
8,346,167 | 1. A method for supplying power from an inductive power supply, said method comprising: receiving, in the inductive power supply, load information from a remote device; maintaining a remote device list in memory, the remote device list capable of including a plurality of present remote devices; configuring at least one of the inductive power supply and the remote device based on the load information in order to supply power; and in response to a change in status, reconfiguring at least one of the inductive power supply and the remote device in order to supply power. | 29,992 |
9,547,451 | 1. A method of accessing data in a memory, the method comprising: storing in the memory a plurality of data fragments at a plurality of first physical addresses of the memory, wherein each data fragment has a logical address; storing in the memory mapping tree data, wherein the mapping tree data comprises the first physical addresses, wherein the first physical addresses are stored at second physical addresses of the memory, and wherein the second physical addresses may be determined based in part on the logical addresses of the data fragments, wherein a first portion of the mapping tree is associated with a first logically associated set of data fragments stored in the memory, and wherein a second portion of the mapping tree is associated with a second logically associated set of data fragments stored in the memory, wherein the second set of data fragments is a clone of the first set of data fragments, and the first set of data fragments is a parent of the clone, and wherein the second portion of the mapping tree comprises one or more change indicators, each indicating that a particular data fragment of the clone associated with a particular logical address is different from a data fragment of the parent associated with the particular logical address, and wherein the data to be accessed is a member of the second set of data fragments and is associated with a particular logical address; determining whether the data to be accessed is different from a data fragment of the parent associated with the particular logical address based on an indicator associated with the data to be accessed; determining a physical location of the data to be accessed based on whether the data to be accessed is different from a corresponding data fragment of the parent associated with the particular logical address; and accessing the data to be accessed based on the physical location. | 34,020 |
9,112,779 | 1. A network system comprising: an information processing device that manages status of an object to be monitored; a plurality of sensing devices that senses information of the object to be monitored; and a first network node that receives a packet from at least one of the sensing devices, decides whether a node that executes a computational process on information in the packet is identifiable, and, if it has been decided that such node is not identifiable, sends a query about the computational process on the information in the packet to some other node; wherein the some other node is a second network node connected to the information processing device via a network and is configured to communicate with at least one of the sensing devices, and wherein the first network node receives a reply to the query from the second network node and decides which network node should execute the computational process on the packet, based on a load of the second network node included in the reply and a load of the first network node itself. | 4,615 |
8,773,042 | 1. An LED lighting device, comprising a first and a second LED; a first constant current source; a switched mode power supply for powering the first and second LEDs, the first and second LEDs being connected in series between the switched mode power supply and the first constant current source; a first bypass switch, connected in parallel with the first LED; and a second bypass switch, connected in parallel with the second LED, wherein, in operation, the current through the first LED is controlled by the first bypass switch, the current through the second LED is controlled by the second bypass switch, and wherein the switched mode power supply is configured to supply a number of different output voltages depending on the state of the first and second bypass switches, such that the voltage depends on the number of LEDs emitting light. | 6,544 |
9,844,091 | 1. A method for controlling signal transmission, comprising: detecting whether there is a requesting terminal that requests to establish a wireless connection; turning off a sending function of sending beacon frames and continuing to receive probe request frames, if there is no requesting terminal; receiving a probe request frame from a requesting terminal; judging whether a wireless connection with the requesting terminal was previously established; turning on the sending function if a wireless connection with the requesting terminal was previously established; updating, if no wireless connection with the requesting terminal was previously established, an accumulated number that records a number of probe request frames from the requesting terminal; and turning on the sending function when the accumulated number is greater than or equals to a preset number. | 32,596 |
9,163,618 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a source of CO2 supply; and a fluidic switch configured to be selectively switched between: a first switch position which provides a first flow path configuration through the switch for a liquid chromatographic (LC) system, and further provides a secondary flow path configuration; and a second switch position which provides a second flow path configuration through the switch for a supercritical fluid chromatographic system, wherein the source of CO2 supply communicates with the secondary flow path configuration when the switch is in the first position, and with the second flow path configuration when the switch is in the second position. | 20,665 |
9,162,942 | 1. A process for the transalkylation of a feed stream comprising C9+ aromatics and at least one of benzene and toluene, to produce xylenes, including contacting said feed stream with a catalyst comprising a molecular sieve and carrying out said contacting for a cycle time, whereby coke deposits on said catalyst during at least a portion of said cycle time and wherein the reactor temperature is increased and/or through-put is decreased over at least a portion of said cycle time in order to meet at least one predetermined indicia of conversion efficiency, the improvement comprising determining the end of cycle time by at least one of (i) wt % coke deposits on said molecular sieve, and (ii) H/C ratio of the coke deposits on said molecular sieve, wherein the end of cycle time is determined to be when the amount of coke on said catalyst is no more than 40 wt %, based on the total weight of catalyst and coke, and/or when the H/C of the coke deposits on said catalyst is no less than about 0.42, wherein said catalyst is regenerated using at least two steps, including a main burn having a predetermined inlet O wherein the regenerated catalyst has an aging rate of no more than 10.0° C./month. | 32,604 |
9,007,047 | 1. An apparatus for controlling buck conversion of a vehicle when load current is increased or decreased, the apparatus comprising: a power converter configured to convert a high voltage of a high voltage battery to a low voltage, the power converter having an input current that varies according to the increase or the decrease in the load current; a voltage comparator configured to perform a first comparison comprising comparing a low voltage output value of the power converter to a preset reference voltage; an output controller configured to generate an output, and increase or decrease the generated output based on a comparison result of the first comparison; and a comparison controller configured to control an operation of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal by | 23,967 |
9,452,844 | 1. A system for quickly locating and retrieving flight data of an aircraft after an aircraft mid-air mishap, the system comprising: a flight data recorder, said flight data recorder comprising wireless communication hardware configured to communicate flight information to a remote device; a tracking device comprising at least one camera and a data communication system; a rapid ejection system, wherein the rapid ejection system forms an opening in the aircraft in the event of an aircraft emergency and ejects the flight data recorder and the tracking device through the opening of the aircraft; a soft landing system, said soft landing system being attached to the flight data recorder and configured to reduce force of impact upon landing and increase buoyancy of the flight data recorder; a tow system, said tow system comprising a tether and data communication link, wherein the tether physically connects the tracking device to the aircraft after the mid-air mishap in a manner such that the tracking device follows the aircraft at a distance to capture images of the aircraft and the surrounding environment after the mid-air mishap; wherein the tow system is configured to continue to transmit flight information from the aircraft to the tracking device via the data communication link for a period of time after the ejection of the tracking device; wherein the tracking device transmits to the flight data recorder the flight information received from the aircraft after ejection of the tracking device and the images captured by the tracking device following the mid-air mishap, and wherein the flight data recorder is configured to in turn transmit said flight information and images to the remote device; and wherein the flight data recorder is connected to the tracking device via the tow system for a period of time after ejection of the tracking device and flight data recorder from the aircraft. | 35,815 |
9,386,731 | 1. An ICPT system including a transmitting coil and a receiving coil wherein at least one coil is at least partly shielded by a magnetic shield formed of one or more conductors wherein the shield has a surface which in use is exposed to an incident magnetic field wherein the one or more conductors undulate towards and away from the surface so as to distribute currents induced in portions of the one or more conductors at the surface of the shield to portions of the one or more conductors away from the surface of the shield. | 41,412 |
9,506,766 | 1. An information processing system comprising a portable communication terminal and a server, said portable communication terminal comprising: | 5,212 |
9,059,179 | 1. A semiconductor package comprising: a bridge interposer comprising an interposer dielectric, wherein the bridge interposer is devoid of conductive through-vias; a first active die having a first portion situated over said bridge interposer, and a second portion not situated over said bridge interposer; a second active die having a first portion situated over said bridge interposer, and a second portion not situated over said bridge interposer; said second portion of said first active die and said second portion of said second active die including solder balls configured to be mounted on a package substrate; said first active die and said second active die are configured to communicate electrical signals to said package substrate utilizing said solder balls and without utilizing through-semiconductor vias (TSVs). | 23,141 |
9,163,328 | 1. A trimanganese tetraoxide product having the properties that BET specific surface area is less than 1m 2 /g, D 50 is 10-12 μm or 14-16 μm, the weight content of Fe is less than 10 ppm, and the weight contents of Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd are less than 0.1 ppm. | 16,786 |
9,454,748 | 1. A method for managing data including the steps of: (a) creating a questionnaire comprising a series of questions customized for a location; (b) said questionnaire including at least one question requesting GPS coordinates; (c) tokenizing said questionnaire, thereby producing a plurality of device indifferent tokens representing said questionnaire; (d) transmitting said plurality of tokens to a remote computing device; (e) when said remote computing device is at said location, executing at least a portion of said plurality of tokens representing said questionnaire at within said remote computing device to collect a response from a user; (f) automatically entering the GPS coordinates into said questionnaire; (g) transmitting at least a portion of said response from the user to a server in real time via a network; and (h) storing said response at said server. | 20,261 |
9,047,808 | 1. A method for charging an external device using a displaying apparatus, the method comprising: determining whether the external device is a chargeable device by using standby power of the displaying apparatus and whether the external device has been connected to the displaying apparatus through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector, when the displaying apparatus is in a standby mode; and if it is determined that the external device is a chargeable device and has been connected to the displaying apparatus, charging the external device through the USB connector while the displaying apparatus is in the standby mode. | 36,864 |
9,011,834 | 1. A method of treating or inhibiting a dysbiosis, comprising administering an effective amount of a composition consisting of a population of germinatable bacterial spores and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to a subject, wherein the effective amount of the composition administered to the subject populates the gastrointestinal tract in the subject and augments growth of at least one type of bacteria not detectably present in the composition or in the gastrointestinal tract prior to administration, thereby treating the dysbiosis, inhibiting the dysbiosis, or reducing a severity of at least one symptom of the dysbiosis in the subject. | 13,178 |
8,612,549 | 1. A mashup service terminal, comprising: a terminal capability information module, configured to describe a terminal capability of the mashup service terminal and generate description information of the terminal capability; and a terminal capability agent module, configured to schedule the terminal capability according to a call request for the terminal capability from a mashup service server and report the terminal capability to the mashup service server, so that the mashup service server generates a capability component of a mashup service by combining the terminal capability, and establishes the mashup service conveniently. | 39,334 |
8,856,989 | 1. A stretcher comprising: a patient support; a base; a plurality of support members supporting said patient support relative to said base, said support members forming sliding pivot connections with said patient support and being adapted and arranged to raise or lower said base relative to said patient support; and a locking mechanism actuatable between a locked position wherein said locking mechanism locks said support members at a fixed height and an unlocked position wherein said support members are released from being locked at said fixed height to move one of said base and said patient support relative to the other of said base and said patient support, and when said locking mechanism is in its unlocked position said locking mechanism is configured to provide a stop for said support members inboard of said sliding pivot connections and, further, configured to form a spring to absorb energy from said support members when said support members engage said stop. | 11,871 |
8,925,875 | 1. A collapsible support stand for disposal bags, comprising: a base, comprising: at least four posts extending upwardly from the base, each post terminating in an upper extremity; an extendable tip positioned at the upper extremity of each post, said each extendable tip being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, said each extendable tip being maintained in the extended position by a locking mechanism, wherein releasing the locking mechanism on one or more extendable tip causes the one or more extendable tip to move to the retracted position thereby relieving tension on a disposal bag being supported to avoid binding between the disposal bag and the posts. | 31,476 |
9,319,881 | 1. A personal digital ID device comprising: a crypto/cipher engine having at least one digital identifier including one or more shared secret keys; a button accessible to a user of the personal digital ID device; a fingerprint sensor positioned on a surface of the button to allow for fingerprint scanning when the user interacts with the button; a radio; a processor coupled to the crypto/cipher engine, the button, the fingerprint sensor, and the radio, the processor configured to validate a user through a fingerprint scan and to make the one or more shared secret keys available to perform authentication with a cloud service through a mobile device by powering the radio for a predetermined duration in response to a validated user interacting with the button. | 5,278 |
9,812,983 | 1. A control circuit structured to form a synchronous rectifier circuit together with a bridge circuit, wherein the bridge circuit comprises: a first transistor arranged between a first input node and a rectification node; a second transistor arranged between a second input node and the rectification node; a third transistor arranged between the first input node and a reference node; and a fourth transistor arranged between the second input node and the reference node, and wherein the control circuit comprises: and wherein the first adjustment unit comprises an up/down counter structured to select one from among a count up operation and a count down operation, according to an output of the first adjustment comparator, and wherein the first adjustment voltage is set according to a count value of the up/down counter, and wherein the first threshold voltage is variable in the vicinity of zero, wherein the first reference voltage is configured as a negative voltage, wherein the control logic is structured to instruct the bridge circuit to transit from a first state to a second state when the first detection signal becomes the first level, wherein a pair of the first transistor and the fourth transistor are turned off and a pair of the second transistor and the third transistor are turned on in the first state, and the first transistor through the fourth transistor are turned off in second state. | 23,545 |
8,645,316 | 1. A computer readable storage medium, wherein the medium does not include a propagating signal, comprising a computer program product for effectively utilizing database servers, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for: receiving, by a middle tier system, a request to one of create, delete and update a record; searching, by said middle tier system, an index to determine if said record is stored in a database; creating said record in response to said record not being identified in said index; assigning a database identification to said created record; creating an entry in said index to store metadata of said created record, wherein said database identification forms part of said metadata; deleting or updating said record in response to said record being identified in said index; and rebalancing, by said middle tier system, a load capacity of a plurality of servers holding a plurality of databases based on server load in response to one of said creating, deleting and updating said record. | 33,497 |
9,351,336 | 1. A method of supporting communication using two or more radio access technologies (RATs) by a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving a first message containing a query on whether the user equipment can support simultaneous access to the two or more RATs and containing information on a RAT supported by the user equipment, from a base station of a first RAT network supporting a first RAT; transmitting a second message to the base station of the first RAT network in response to the first message, the second message containing an indicator indicating the user equipment can support simultaneous access to the two or more RAT networks and information on a type of second RAT network supported by the user equipment to the base station of the first RAT network in response to the first message; and receiving simultaneously data from the base station of the first RAT network and from a selected base station of the second RAT network supported by the user equipment, the selected base station of the second RAT network being selected by the user equipment, wherein the second RAT network and the first RAT network are heterogeneous with respect to each other. | 8,003 |
8,489,373 | 1. A method of computer simulation of an aerodynamic behaviour of an aircraft in flight close to the ground, the method comprising: generating a volume mesh of a three-dimensional geometric domain, said volume mesh being at least partly delimited by a three-dimensional geometric model of said aircraft and by a plane modelling the ground, said volume mesh defining a computational domain; imposing a uniform boundary condition on said plane comprising a predetermined speed vector with a non-zero tangential component and a non-zero normal component; and solving a discrete numerical model of the Navier-Stokes equations by computer on said volume mesh with said uniform boundary condition imposed on said plane to obtain a numerical solution of a fluid flow inside said computational domain. | 41,584 |
9,514,039 | 1. A computer program product for managing storage space in a storage system, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that executes to perform operations, the operations comprising: determining provisioned storage space comprising storage space assigned to at least one application, wherein the at least one application may use less than all the provisioned storage space; determining available storage space comprising total installed physically available storage space in the storage system available to be allocated to unallocated provisioned storage space when needed for use by the at least one application having allocated storage space; determining allocated storage space comprising storage space used by the at least one application from the provisioned storage space; using the available storage space and the allocated storage space to determine a remaining free storage space; using the provisioned storage space and the allocated storage space to determine a remaining unallocated storage space; determining an allocation metric as a function of both the remaining unallocated storage space exceeding the remaining free storage space and the remaining unallocated storage space; and using the determined allocation metric to determine whether to generate a storage space related alert. | 46,133 |
9,620,783 | 1. A method of making a treated mesoporous metal oxide microsphere composition comprising: forming a mesoporous metal oxide microsphere composition having: (a) microspheres with an average diameter between 200 nm and 10 μm, and (b) mesopores on the surface and interior of the microspheres, wherein the mesopores have an average diameter between 1 nm and 50 nm and the microspheres have a surface area between 50 m treating the mesoporous metal oxide microspheres by doping with chromium and nitrogen; and optionally treating the mesoporous metal oxide microspheres by at least one method selected from the group consisting of: (i) annealing in a reducing atmosphere and (ii) coating with a coating composition. | 9,752 |
9,070,351 | 1. A method for increasing the duration of a pre-existing recording of a musical composition comprising: accessing a recording of a musical composition, the recording having a duration with an initial length, data identifying a wanted length for a rearrangement of the musical composition, partition metadata partitioning the recording of the composition into a sequence of sections, and classification metadata classifying sections in the sequence according to musical content using a data processor; and producing a rearrangement of the composition using logic executed by the data processor, the rearrangement having an increased duration, which adds a repeating series of consecutive sections in the sequence according to the classification metadata, such that the rearrangement has the increased duration according to the wanted length, wherein the classification of a first section in the repeated series matches that of a section following a last section in the repeated series, or the classification of the last section in the repeated series matches that of a section in the sequence preceding the first section in the repeated series. | 11,240 |
8,555,670 | 1. A power consumption economizer for refrigerating machines of the chiller type, comprising, on a same line, pumping means for a heat transfer fluid, an evaporator of an associated refrigeration system for refrigerating the heat transfer fluid, sensors for detecting the flow and temperature of the heat transfer fluid and flow-rate adjustment means being associated with said pumping means, further comprising bypass means adapted to exclude reversibly said evaporator from the line, said pumping means comprising an inverter pump. | 41,481 |
9,431,857 | 1. A permanent magnet rotor arrangement, comprising: a rotor; a plurality of nonmagnetic, axially extending profiled tubes defining a closed channel and affixed circumferentially along the outer rim of the rotor; a plurality of permanent magnet pole pieces arranged in the channels, wherein only one pole piece is arranged in each channel, wherein said only one piece is completely encapsulated by a respective nonmagnetic profiled tube, and wherein the cross-sectional profile of the pole piece along a radial plane initially does not correspond to the cross-sectional profile of the channel along the radial plane, wherein spaces are initially produced in each channel, between a surface of each pole piece and an inner surface of each tube, wherein each of the plurality of nonmagnetic profiled tubes is compressed by an external compressing means or a vacuum is applied to each of the plurality of nonmagnetic profiled tubes to match the cross-sectional profile of the channel to the cross-sectional profile of the pole piece, such that their cross-sectional profiles are finally substantially equal. | 1,709 |
9,268,880 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: identifying an association of a user to a provided media file, wherein the provided media file is available to the user for consumption; identifying an aspect of the provided media file, wherein the aspect is a specific attribute of the provided media file; identifying a search query entered by the user; identifying a plurality of query suggestions, wherein the query suggestions are based on the search query; determining, based on identifying the association of the user to the provided media file, a similarity between one or more of the query suggestions and the aspect of the provided media file; and selecting one or more of the query suggestions to provide to the user, wherein a given query suggestion of the query suggestions is selected based on the similarity between the given query suggestion and the aspect; wherein selecting the given query suggestion to provide to the user is further based on a difference between a time interval and a threshold time period, wherein the time interval is based on the time between the user being provided the media file or consuming the media file and the user entering the search query, and wherein the threshold time period is dependent on a type of media of the provided media file. | 23,689 |
9,122,255 | 1. A gateway control system for residential building equipment comprising: a gateway device; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment connected to the gateway device; and a remote access mechanism connected to the gateway device and an internet cloud; and wherein: signals, for configuring and/or controlling the gateway, are provided from the internet cloud to the remote access mechanism; commands from a service application to the internet cloud remotely configure and/or control the gateway device and/or affect a behavior of the gateway device or start a process action; for each command, the service application should receive a response; the service application sends a keep-alive message periodically to ensure that a data circuit is kept open; the keep-alive message is sent even if there is a command pending for or from the gateway device; and the keep-alive message uses a command with no data. | 10,862 |
9,718,993 | 1. A method of manufacturing a green ceramic tape for use in manufacturing complex, fully ceramic components and devices for electronic-, lab-on-chip-, and sensing applications, comprising the sequential steps of: i) mixing a ceramic green feed material into a ceramic green paste; ii) homogenizing the ceramic green paste; iii) dimensioning and optionally structuring the homogenized ceramic green paste in an extruder provided with a circular extrusion die to yield an extruded tube; iv) splitting and unfolding the extruded tube to a flat, continuous tape strip, while including methylcellulose or derivatives thereof as a binder; v) surfacing, dimensioning and optionally structuring the unfolded flat green ceramic strip in a calender; and vi) drying the dimensioned and structured ceramic paste to yield a green ceramic tape. | 46,584 |
9,143,792 | 1. A method for compressing raw computed tomography (CT) data from a CT scanner, comprising the steps of: a) receiving data from the CT scanner; b) selecting a model for predicting the data based on a history; c) calculating differences, D, between the received data and the model; d) comparing an actual compression ratio with a target compression ratio; e) performing, when the actual compression ratio is less than the target compression ratio, a lossy compression comprising: f) producing compressed data by encoding the lossy differences, D′, calculated in step e.c) when the actual compression ratio is less than the target compression ratio and by encoding the differences, D, calculated in step c) when the actual compression ratio is at least one of greater than and equal to the target compression ratio; and g) outputting the compressed data produced in step f). | 24,846 |
9,735,840 | 1. A communication beacon comprising: a memory storing data; processing circuitry associated with the memory; a first interface using a first protocol; and a second interface using a second protocol, wherein said memory includes a first memory and a second memory each of the first and second memories being respectively electrically connected to each of the first and second interfaces, and wherein the memory includes a first memory location and a second memory location, respectively storing, a first message received via the first interface using the first protocol and a second message received via the second interface using the second protocol, said first and second messages being compared against each other by said processing circuitry to determine whether to allow deactivation/reactivation of at least said first interface. | 30,754 |
8,692,824 | 1. A driving apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display, with the driving apparatus comprising: a voltage control unit for providing N positive polarity voltages and N negative polarity voltages, N being a positive integer; an operating unit, comprising N first operational amplifiers and N second operational amplifiers coupled to the voltage control unit; a resistance unit, comprising (N−1) first resistances and (N−1) second resistances, the first resistances being coupled to the output terminals of the first operational amplifiers respectively, the second resistances being coupled to the output terminals of the second operational amplifiers respectively; and a voltage selection unit, comprising M first voltage dividing points and M second voltage dividing points, and the M first voltage dividing points and the M second voltage dividing points being disposed in the voltage selection unit instead of being disposed in the resistance unit, the first voltage dividing points connecting to the first resistances, the second voltage dividing points connecting to the second resistances, each of the first voltage dividing points and each of the second voltage dividing points being selectively coupled to one of M first output points and M second output points respectively, M being a positive integer; wherein, the resistance unit and the voltage selection unit provide M positive polarity dividing voltage to the corresponding first output points and M negative polarity dividing voltage to the corresponding second output points when the first operational amplifiers receive the corresponding positive polarity voltages and the second operational amplifiers receive the corresponding negative polarity voltages; wherein, the resistance unit and the voltage selection unit provide M positive polarity dividing voltages to the corresponding first output points and M negative polarity dividing voltages to the corresponding second output points in the way that the first output points and the second output points switch the coupled first dividing points and the coupled second dividing points when the first operational amplifiers receive the corresponding negative polarity voltages and the second operational amplifiers receive the corresponding positive polarity voltages. | 6,445 |
9,018,512 | 1. A turbine engine thermoelectric generation system comprising: a turbine engine; a turbine engine nacelle including an engine cowling for housing the turbine engine and an engine nozzle; a plurality of modules disposed on at least one of the engine cowling and the engine nozzle, wherein each module includes a plurality of thermoelectric generators; and one or more panels each comprising an inner wall adjacent a heat source of the turbine engine, an outer wall adjacent a bypass fan air flow duct, and at least one of the modules disposed between and in contact with the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein: | 12,631 |
8,867,512 | 1. A discovery method for wireless communication comprising: operating, by a processor, a first node to receive one or more discovery messages from one or more other nodes during a first occurrence of a periodic discovery interval; operating, by a processor, the first node to determine a duration of a subsequent occurrence of the periodic discovery interval based on the one or more received discovery messages, said discovery interval including a first time during which said first node listens for discovery messages and a second time during which said first node transmits a discovery message, said determined duration being a time less than or equal to N, wherein N is an initial discovery interval length assigned by an access point; and operating, by a processor, the first node to adjust the duration of the subsequent occurrence of the periodic discovery interval based on the determined duration and to reduce a range of count down times used to determine a random starting position of a discovery transmission when the adjusted duration of the subsequent occurrence of the periodic discovery interval is less than N. | 28,517 |
8,438,147 | 1. A computer-implemented method for searching for media content, comprising: receiving, by a processor and from a user, a user profile which identifies preferred media distribution sources which are of a plurality of media distribution source types; receiving, by the processor, a search request from a user including at least one search criteria; searching, by a processor, the preferred media distribution sources for media content based on the at least one search criteria and the user profile, wherein the searching includes searching based on the identification of the preferred media distribution sources of the user profile; if the searching returns results: if the searching does not return any results: | 6,542 |
9,079,176 | 1. A method for regenerating deactivated acidic ionic liquid catalyst containing conjunct polymer comprising: contacting the deactivated acidic ionic liquid catalyst containing the conjunct polymer with at least one Brønsted acid in a regeneration zone under regeneration conditions, the at least one Brønsted acid being derived from a mineral acid and containing at least one organic group, resulting in a mixture comprising regenerated acidic ionic liquid catalyst, the at least one Brønsted acid, and the released conjunct polymer; and separating the released conjunct polymer from the regenerated acidic ionic liquid catalyst and the at least one Brønsted acid. | 14,989 |
9,186,039 | 1. A basket of a dishwasher for washing a cap, ring, and nipple (collectively, “the components”) of a baby bottle, said basket comprising: a body for holding the ring and nipple in position in substantially non-contacting relationship with each other and relative to the dishwasher and including at least one restraint that extends from at least one interior side wall of said body into an interior of said body and retains the ring above a part of the nipple while allowing a remainder of the nipple to extend within an interior space defined by the ring; a cover disposed substantially directly above and spaced from said body for holding the cap in position relative to the ring, nipple, and dishwasher and covering an entirety of the components and a remainder of said basket; and at least one grid disposed between said body and cover for spacing the nipple and ring from the cap and movable out of the way such that a substantially vertical path defined by alignment of the components with each other is substantially clear for reassembly of the components with each other. | 30,661 |
9,398,611 | 1. A method of supporting channel access of an overriding station (STA) which does not belong to a group indicated by a traffic indication map (TIM) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by an access point (AP), a channel access request frame in a TIM interval from the overriding STA; and transmitting, by the AP, a response frame indicating whether the channel access is allowed to the overriding STA in response to the channel access request frame, wherein the TIM interval includes a group channel access interval corresponding to a bit set to 1 in a TIM bitmap for a group STA that belongs to the group and an overriding channel access interval corresponding to a bit set to 0 in a TIM bitmap for the overriding STA, and wherein the channel access is allowed when an association ID (AID) corresponding to the bit set to 0 exists. | 32,460 |
9,590,608 | 1. A bootstrap refresh control circuit for a voltage converter, wherein the voltage converter comprises a high side switch, a low side switch and a bootstrap capacitor for providing a bootstrap voltage signal to supply a high side driver of the high side switch, and wherein the voltage converter is configured to receive an input voltage at an input terminal and to provide an output voltage at an output terminal based on driving the high side switch and the low side switch to switch on and off, and wherein the bootstrap refresh control circuit comprising: a bootstrap refresh module, wherein the bootstrap refresh module comprises a first comparing module having a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal, and wherein the first input terminal of the first comparing module is configured to receive the bootstrap voltage signal, the second input terminal of the first comparing module is configured to receive a bootstrap refresh threshold, and the first comparing module is configured to compare the bootstrap voltage signal with the bootstrap refresh threshold to provide a first comparing signal having a first logic state and a second logic state at the output terminal, and wherein the first comparing signal has the first logic state when the bootstrap voltage signal is lower than the bootstrap refresh threshold, and wherein the first comparing signal has the second logic state when the bootstrap voltage signal is larger than the bootstrap refresh threshold; and a voltage difference module having a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal of the voltage difference module is configured to receive a feedback signal representing the output voltage of the voltage converter, the second input terminal of the voltage difference module is configured to receive a reference voltage signal representing a desired value of the output voltage of the voltage converter, the voltage difference module is configured to compare the feedback signal with the reference voltage signal so as to provide a difference signal at the output terminal; and wherein | 2,321 |
9,037,841 | 1. A control circuit for a terminal electronic device in communication with a remote apparatus, the control circuit comprising: a network card receiving a remote control command from the remote apparatus, and generating a wakeup signal according to the remote control command if the terminal electronic device is turned off; a south bridge providing a low voltage power signal if the terminal electronic device is turned off; a wakeup circuit electronically connected to the network card, and configured to activate the terminal electronic device; a restart circuit configured to restart the terminal electronic device; and a controller electronically connected to the network card, the south bridge, and the restart circuit; wherein the wakeup circuit receives the wakeup signal, and activates the terminal electronic device, the controller receives the wakeup signal and the low voltage power signal, and outputs a first control signal to the restart circuit according to the wakeup signal and the low voltage power signal, to disable the restart circuit. | 33,828 |
9,223,618 | 1. A processor to process data units comprising: a network interface to receive one or more data units, an input data buffer, a fast path to determine if the input data units include at least a portion of a pattern, which, potentially, matches with at least one of standard patterns and create one or more jobs if there exist a potential match, each of the one or more jobs associated with an input data unit and including at least data, instructions, and state information; a new job queue to store the one or more jobs, a job pool arbiter to: a scheduler to identify jobs from the one or more jobs that are ready to run, and a slow path including a plurality of execution units, wherein one or more of the plurality of execution units is to process the jobs, wherein the input data buffer is shared between the fast path and the slow path, wherein sharing the input data buffer avoids copying the input data units for which a potential match exists. | 12,160 |
9,789,227 | 1. A method of preventing catheter occlusion or thrombosis in a catheter during dwell time, consisting of the steps of: providing a patient with a central catheter for vascular access; and inserting into a lumen of said catheter a stand-alone anti-clotting lock solution consisting of 8.4% of sodium bicarbonate “and an antimicrobial agent” to mitigate clotting within said lock solution in order to keep patency when said catheter is not being used for treatment of a patient. | 5,793 |
8,498,727 | 1. A method by one or more processors associated with a computing system, comprising: receiving into a computer memory a plurality of article characteristic values associated with a set of articles having a range of variation as to a plurality of article characteristics resulting from a process, selecting a predictor characteristic from the plurality of article characteristics; determining regression model(s) between the predictor characteristic and at least one other article characteristic of the plurality of article characteristics; determining an operating target for the predictor characteristic based on a set of design tolerances and the regression model(s); using a process controller to vary, during cycles of the process, at least one pre-process dimension based on observed values of the predictor characteristic, relative to the operating target, resulting from the cycles of the process; using a process controller to vary, during cycles of the process, at least one design target or a design tolerance from the set of design tolerances, wherein variation of the at least one design target or design tolerance is dependent on one or more of time and cycle of the process; and re-computing the operating target for the predictor characteristic based on the set of varied design tolerances and the regression model(s). | 6,820 |
8,348,058 | 1. A hood for closing a storage or transport container for a corrosion-sensitive load, the hood comprising: a top and sides which define an internal space and an opening; and an electronic memory element; wherein: | 8,679 |
8,388,316 | 1. A blade insert coupled in a solid lamination located in a top or bottom center part of the aerodynamic part of a blade, wherein: the insert is made of a head ( the joint between the insert and lamination ( | 24,438 |
8,494,538 | 1. A subscriber unit device comprising: a code division multiple access (CDMA) transceiver and a controller configured, on a condition that the subscriber unit is not granted resources for transmission on additional channels and a queue has data to transmit, to transmit information for use in a base station granting the resources; the transceiver and controller further configured to transmit information to the base station indicating that the granted resources are not sufficient based on at least the amount of data to transmit in the queue and the granted resources; the transceiver and controller is further configured to transmit the queued data over a plurality of CDMA code channels based on at least the granted resources; and the controller further configured, if the subscriber unit device does not transmit data over the plurality of CDMA code channels, to maintain a communication connection between the subscriber unit device and a wireless CDMA network, wherein the code channels are sub-channels. | 29,886 |
9,683,770 | 1. A refrigerator comprising: a fresh food compartment disposed within a cabinet; a fresh food compartment temperature set point associated with the fresh food compartment; a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; a freezer compartment temperature set point associated with the freezer compartment; an ice compartment integrally disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; an ice compartment set point associated with the ice compartment; an ice maker disposed within the ice compartment; an ice bin; a cooling system that provides cooling; a user interface configured to receive a user selection of the fresh food compartment temperature set point and the freezer compartment temperature set point; and an intelligent control operatively connected to the cooling system, the ice maker and the user interface, the intelligent control operating the cooling system using the fresh food compartment temperature set point, the freezer compartment temperature set point, and the ice compartment set point; and wherein the intelligent control further provides for adjusting the ice compartment set point relative to the freezer compartment temperature set point based on an ice maker state and an ice bin state. | 21,098 |
9,643,468 | 1. A regenerative air conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising: a condenser, a compressor, an evaporator subsystem, an expansion valve, and a solenoid controlled expansion valve arranged and coupled together in a cooling circuit; the evaporator subsystem having a main evaporator coupled to the expansion valve and a storage evaporator coupled to the solenoid controlled expansion valve, the evaporator subsystem having separate parallel refrigerant flow paths with one refrigerant flow path through the main evaporator and expansion valve coupled to the main evaporator and the other refrigerant flow path through the storage evaporator and solenoid controlled expansion valve coupled to the storage evaporator; the main evaporator and storage evaporator arranged so that cabin cooling air to be cooled passes across them for cooling before the cabin cooling air is provided to a passenger cabin of the vehicle to cool the passenger cabin; the storage evaporator having a phase change material therein at least partially surrounding refrigerant passages in the storage evaporator; the storage evaporator in a charge state when the vehicle is decelerating by the solenoid controlled expansion valve being open so that refrigerant flows through the storage evaporator to cool the phase change material to cause it to change to a lower enthalpy phase state to store thermal cooling potential; the storage evaporator in a discharge state when the vehicle is stopped and an engine of the vehicle is off to cool cabin cooling air flowing across the storage evaporator by the phase change material absorbing heat from the cabin cooling air, the solenoid controlled expansion valve closed when the storage evaporator is in the discharge state; and during acceleration and steady state driving of the vehicle, the solenoid controlled expansion valve is closed and the storage evaporator is not in the charge state. | 39,803 |
8,870,713 | 1. A vehicle drive apparatus, comprising: a motor that generates torque used as driving force for a vehicle; a driving force transmission apparatus that transmits torque output from the motor to a wheel; and a control unit that controls the motor and the driving force transmission apparatus, wherein the driving force transmission apparatus includes a linkage mechanism that is able to carry out switchover between a connected state where a first rotary member on the motor side and a second rotary member on the wheel side are connected to each other so as to be non-rotatable relative to each other to transmit the torque output from the motor to the wheel, and a disconnected state where the first rotary member and the second rotary member are disconnected from each other, and when switching the driving force transmission apparatus from the disconnected state to the connected state while the vehicle is travelling with rotation of the motor stopped, the control unit is programmed to reduce the torque that is generated by the motor, after making a rotational speed of the first rotary member higher than or equal to a rotational speed of the second rotary member by causing the motor to generate torque, and then switch the driving force transmission apparatus from the disconnected state to the connected state by controlling the linkage mechanism with the torque that is generated by the motor maintained at a reduced level. | 6,838 |
8,411,187 | 1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a pixel region that includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion element, an amplifying MOS transistor configured to amplify a signal in response to electric charges of said photoelectric conversion element, and a reset MOS transistor electrically connected to a gate of said amplifying MOS transistor; and a peripheral circuit region arranged outside of said pixel region, said peripheral circuit region including a plurality of MOS transistors configured to at least one of: drive said reset MOS transistors and amplify signals read from said pixel region, said pixel region and said peripheral circuit region being located on a same semiconductor substrate, wherein an impurity concentration in a drain region of each of said reset MOS transistors is lower than an impurity concentration in a drain of each of said MOS transistors arranged in said peripheral circuit region, and wherein a side spacer is disposed on a side wall of a gate electrode of each of said MOS transistors arranged in said peripheral circuit region, and no side spacer is disposed on a side wall of a source region side and a drain region side of a gate electrode of each of said reset MOS transistors. | 15,686 |
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