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9,499,080 | 1. A vehicle seat back member comprising: a central web; a front wall extending from the central web; and a rear wall extending along a substantial portion of a rear edge of the central web, wherein a shear center load path of the vehicle seat back member is disposed proximate an inside corner defined by a connection of the central web and the rear wall, and extends substantially along a longitudinal extent of the rear wall for receiving a load force that results in minimal torsion to the vehicle seat back member. | 27,426 |
9,506,092 | 1. A recombinant microorganism for improved methionine production comprising: a) at least one modification to produce methionine from glucose as main carbon source by fermentation, and b) at least one modification to improve glucose import, wherein glucose import is increased compared to the microorganism without the specified modifications by overexpression of the gene ptsG encoding the PTS enzyme IICB wherein expression of at least one of the following genes is attenuated: metJ, pykA, pykF, purU, yncA, or udhA, and wherein said microorganism is | 8,045 |
9,787,026 | 1. An electrical connector comprising: a first connector part; a second connector part; an electrical connection detector including a contact spring with a spring contact on the first connector part and a contact strip on the second connector part, wherein the electric connection detector establishes an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together; wherein the second connector part includes an electrically insulating protrusion which forms a guide bevel that rises in a joining direction of the first connector part toward the second connector part; and wherein the spring contact is guided over the guide bevel as the connector parts are being joined together and rests behind the protrusion and physically contacts the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together to thereby establish an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip with the contact spring lying against the protrusion so that during an initial disconnection movement of the joined together connector parts in a direction opposite to the joining direction the spring contact lifts off from the contact strip prior to the connector parts being disconnected from one another. | 40,458 |
9,364,093 | 1. A chair riser assembly for supporting a chair in an elevated position relative to a primary support surface, the chair riser assembly comprising: four corner post assemblies, the four corner post assemblies comprising a left anterior post assembly, a right anterior post assembly, a left posterior post assembly and a right posterior post assembly, each post assembly comprising a lower post end for engaging the primary support surface; two width adjustment assemblies, the two width adjustment assemblies comprising an anterior width adjustment assembly and a posterior width adjustment assembly, the anterior width adjustment assembly adjustably interconnecting the left and right anterior post assemblies, the posterior width adjustment assembly adjustably interconnecting the left and right posterior post assemblies; the anterior and posterior width adjustment assemblies each comprise a left and a right lateral rail, the left and right lateral rails each extending medially and being cooperable at a rail overlap zone for enabling a user to adjust a lateral width of the chair riser assembly; the left and right lateral rails each being slotted; a screw clamp mechanism cooperable with the anterior and posterior width adjustment assemblies, the screw clamp mechanism fitting within the slots of the left and right lateral rails enabling the user to selectively clamp the left lateral rails into engagement with the right lateral rails and capable of selectively fixing the lateral width of the chair riser assembly; and two chair support assemblies, each of the two chair support assemblies being a continuous unitary structure of one-piece construction, the two chair support assemblies comprising a left lateral support assembly and a right lateral support assembly, the left lateral support assembly interconnecting the left anterior and posterior post assemblies, the right lateral support assembly interconnecting the right anterior and posterior post assemblies, the left and right lateral support assemblies each comprising a chair support portion in superior adjacency to the lower post ends for supporting lower leg portions of the chair in superior adjacency to the primary support surface. | 41,484 |
9,666,860 | 1. A lead-acid battery comprising: at least one negative electrode comprising lead-based battery electrode material and at least one region of capacitor material overlying the lead-based battery electrode material, each electrode being in electrical connection to an outer terminal of the battery, and at least one positive electrode which is a lead-dioxide based battery electrode without a capacitor material, each positive electrode being in electrical connection to a second outer terminal of the battery, separator interleaving the facing electrodes electrolyte filling at least the space of the electrodes and separators wherein the capacitor material overlying the lead-based battery electrode material comprises 34-65% by weight of a high electrical conductivity carbonaceous material, 35-52% of a high specific surface area carbonaceous material, at least 0.1% lead and binder, and wherein the capacitor material of each negative electrode constitutes between 1 and 15% by weight of the lead-based battery electrode material. | 28,026 |
8,947,692 | 1. A power management apparatus, comprising: a communication unit configured to receive information on a price of power and communicate with a plurality of image forming apparatuses; and a control unit configured to control at least one image forming apparatus among the plurality of image forming apparatuses at a normal mode and control the remaining image forming apparatuses at a power saving mode by comparing the information received on the price of power with information on a standard price of power on a periodic basis. | 48,202 |
9,370,594 | 1. A method of retaining only compatible refills by a volatile material dispenser, the method comprising the steps of: providing a dispenser having a housing and at least one rotatable latch disposed within the housing; providing a compatible refill that includes a container for holding a volatile material and a wick extending from the container; and inserting the refill into the housing so that the refill rotates the rotatable latch into engagement with a structure disposed on a neck of the refill to retain the refill within the housing; wherein during the inserting step, a top surface of a neck portion of the refill is the first portion of the refill to contact the movable latch, thereby rotating the latch into engagement with the structure disposed on the neck of the refill; wherein incompatible refills are incapable of actuating the rotatable latch, and thus, the rotatable latch does not retain the incompatible refills within the housing. | 6,971 |
8,679,180 | 1. A method for retaining an intra-discal material within an annulus fibrosis having a posterior annulus, an inside surface, and an opening, the opening having a lateral and a vertical dimension, comprising the steps of: inserting a retention device through the opening in the annulus fibrosis, the retention device having length, width, and depth dimensions, the length dimension being longer than the lateral dimension of the opening in the annulus fibrosis, positioning the retention device against the posterior annulus to rest against annulus fibrosis tissues adjacent the opening on the inside surface of the annulus fibrosis, the retention device being non-hollow and being sized to rest against only a portion of the complete inside surface of the annulus fibrosis, wherein a portion of the length dimension rests against annulus fibrosis tissues adjacent the opening to prevent the escape of intra-discal material through the opening, and wherein: the retention device is coupled to a fixation member through the opening in the annulus fibrosis, and the fixation member is attached to a vertebral body. | 11,919 |
8,759,710 | 1. A process for joining together three components, comprising: positioning of a first component, a second component and a third component relative to each other, wherein the first component and the second component are to be joined through form locking, wherein the first component is made from a thermoplastic laser-absorptive material and includes a pin portion reaching the third component through a pass-through hole in the second component, the third component is made from a thermoplastic laser-transmissive material and the pin portion of the first component is in contact with the third component, welding the pin portion of the first component with the third component by a through transmission welding process, and plastically deforming the pin portion by simultaneously loading the third component with a joining force during the through transmission welding process, wherein, through a feed motion of the third component relative to the first component during the through transmission welding process, material is displaced from plastically deformable areas of the pin portion of the first component, so that the displaced material creates a form locking rivet connection between the first component and the second component. | 27,391 |
9,673,748 | 1. A motor control device comprising: a memory that stores therein a plurality of allowable voltage range candidates corresponding to a plurality of reference voltages, and a plurality of control parameter candidates corresponding to the plurality of reference voltages and corresponding to the plurality of allowable voltage range candidates; a reference-voltage acquisition unit that acquires reference voltage information specifying a reference voltage among the plurality of reference voltages; a selector that, based on the acquired reference voltage information: a voltage-abnormality detection unit that: a motor control circuit that: | 28,927 |
9,349,981 | 1. A substrate for an organic electronic device, comprising: a base layer; an optical functional layer that is formed on the base layer and that has a smaller projected area than the base layer; and an electrode layer that has a larger projected area than the optical functional layer and that is formed on both of the optical functional layer and the base layer on which the optical functional layer is not formed, wherein a pencil hardness measured with a pencil weight of 500 g at a pencil movement speed of 250 mm/min according to ASTM D3363 of the electrode layer on the base layer on which the optical functional layer is not formed is 6H or more. | 5,656 |
9,310,089 | 1. An HVAC system, comprising: an HVAC motor; a motor controller coupled to the HVAC motor and configured to: a system controller coupled to the motor controller and configured to: a feedback loop coupled to the system controller and the motor controller, the feedback loop including a summing node that is configured to receive the first command signal from the system controller, the second command signal from the system controller, and a feedback signal representative of an actual level of operation of the HVAC motor; and the system controller is further configured to: | 36,245 |
8,685,922 | 1. A compound represented by formula (I): wherein is or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or enantiomer thereof. | 15,076 |
9,318,908 | 1. An anti-theft charging system for charging a chargeable battery of an electric vehicle, said anti-theft charging system comprising: a power supplying device for outputting a charging energy; an output terminal assembly electrically connected with said power supplying device and detachably coupled to said electric vehicle for receiving and transmitting said charging energy to said chargeable battery; and a burglarproof detecting device comprising a responding unit and a detecting unit, wherein said responding unit is disposed within said output terminal assembly for issuing a response signal, and said detecting unit is disposed within said power supplying device and in signal connection with said responding unit for detecting said response signal; wherein said output terminal assembly further comprises a cable group and a charging gun, wherein said cable group is electrically connected between said power supplying device and said charging gun, and said responding unit is disposed within said charging gun; wherein said responding unit comprises a first resistor, wherein an impedance change of said first resistor constitutes said response signal; wherein said detecting unit comprises: | 13,647 |
9,352,652 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving first identification information comprising a fingerprint scan from a fingerprint reader of a coupler; transmitting a first signal to unlock the coupler so that the coupler may be removed from a charging station, wherein transmitting the first signal comprises supplying electric power to an actuator within the coupler to move the actuator into an unlock position; detecting a connection between the coupler and an electric vehicle; transmitting a second signal to lock the coupler to the electric vehicle in response to detecting the connection to the electric vehicle, wherein transmitting the second signal comprises supplying electric power to the actuator within the coupler to move the actuator into a lock position; allowing the charging station to charge a battery of the electric vehicle; determining whether a user is authorized to remove the coupler from the electric vehicle; transmitting a third signal to unlock the coupler so that the coupler may be removed from the electric vehicle in response to determining that the user is authorized to remove the coupler, wherein transmitting the third signal comprises supplying electric power to the actuator within the coupler to move the actuator into the unlock position; detecting a connection between the coupler and a charging station receptacle of the charging station; and transmitting a fourth signal to lock the coupler to the charging station receptacle in response to detecting the connection to the charging station receptacle, wherein transmitting the fourth signal comprises supplying electric power to the actuator within the coupler to move the actuator into the lock position. | 41,667 |
8,570,012 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a depletion mode transistor that is coupled to the second terminal at its gate and the first terminal at its drain; a diode that is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the second terminal; and a variable capacitor that is coupled between the source of the depletion mode transistor and the second terminal. | 26,517 |
9,292,393 | 1. A method for redundant object storage, comprising: collectively store at least two copies of each of the plurality of objects among a plurality of nodes communicatively coupled to one another in order to provide redundancy of each of the plurality of objects in the event of a fault of one of the plurality of nodes; monitoring access to each object having a copy stored among the plurality of nodes to determine a frequency of access for each object; determining a ratio of a first set of objects stored on a specified node of the plurality of nodes to a second set of objects stored on the specified node, the first set of objects including objects accessed at a frequency below a predetermined frequency threshold and the second set of objects including objects accessed at a frequency above the predetermined frequency threshold; if the ratio exceeds a predetermined ratio, redistributing at least one of the copies of the second set of objects stored on the specified node to a particular node of the plurality of nodes; and placing the specified node in a reduced-power mode. | 25,484 |
9,792,112 | 1. A microprocessor, comprising: a plurality of processing cores, wherein each of the plurality of processing cores executes microcode and comprises hardware to patch the microcode; wherein a first core of the plurality of processing cores is configured to: wherein each core of the plurality of processing cores other than the first core is configured to apply the microcode patch to its hardware in response to being informed by the first core; wherein none of the plurality of processing cores executes a microcode instruction other than microcode instructions that apply the microcode patch while any of the plurality of processing cores is applying the microcode patch. | 16,013 |
8,771,625 | 1. A method for reducing nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas flow of a combustion engine, comprising: combusting an air/fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of the combustion engine in the presence of an effective quantity of a fuel additive and wherein, in the process, the fuel additive decomposes in the combustion chamber releasing ammonia; and guiding the exhaust gas flow through at least one SCR catalyst arranged downstream of the combustion chamber such that the concentration of the nitrogen oxides contained therein is reduced, wherein the fuel additive contains one or more of tetraammoniummethylenediaminetetraacetate, triammoniumnitriloacetate, tetraammoniumcyclohexanediamine-(1,2)-acetate, pentaammoniumdiethylenetriaminepentaacetate, tetraammoniumethylene glycol-bis(aminoethylether)-N,N′-tetraacetate, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-ethylenediamine-N,N,N′-triaceticacid-triammonium salt, and/or hexaammoniumtriethylenetetraaminehexaacetate. | 33,613 |
9,156,090 | 1. A method of manufacturing an iron-based powder, comprising: providing an iron-based molten steel manufactured through an iron making process and a steelmaking process to a tundish, wherein the steelmaking process comprises tapping molten iron from the iron making process and charging the molten iron into a converter to be refined; and water atomizing the molten steel discharged through a nozzle connected to the tundish. | 17,768 |
9,693,301 | 1. A base station connected with a neighbor base station, the base station comprising: a receiver which receives, from the neighbor base station, deactivation information indicating that a cell of the neighbor base station is switched off; and at least one processor which updates a list of neighbor cell information including the cell of the neighbor base station, upon reception of the deactivation information. | 9,915 |
8,578,013 | 1. A method comprising: registering, by a first device and based on receiving a first registration request from a second device, an interest in a first interface associated with the first device; identifying, by the first device and based on registering the interest, a first relationship between the first interface and a second interface associated with the first device and a second relationship between the second device and the first interface, receiving, by the first device, a second registration request from the second device, modifying, by the first device, the second relationship based on the second registration request; detecting, by the first device, an occurrence of a second event associated with the second interface; notifying, by the first device, the second device of the occurrence of the second event based on the first relationship; and calling, by the first device, the function based on the second relationship when notifying the second device of the occurrence of the second event. | 5,787 |
8,754,001 | 1. A self sustained method for sorbent production, comprising the steps of: generating high frequency plasma discharge in a gas mixture, said plasma discharge having a high temperature plasma jet and producing a flow of plasma upstream of said plasma discharge; introducing organic waste material into the plasma jet at a rate conductive to heating to desired temperature of said material in said plasma discharge by introducing a cooled probe into said plasma stream and introducing said organic waste material through said probe and adjusting the position of said probe within said plasma stream thereby to maximize the production rate; rapidly cooling the reaction products resulting from interaction of said organic waste material with said plasma stream; separating solid product from gaseous product; using the gaseous product for power generation for the said plasma discharge. | 46,198 |
9,183,482 | 1. A system comprising: one or more shielding elements repositionable along a structure, the structure further comprising a set of one or more radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, wherein the one or more shielding elements effect the radio frequency (RF) transmissibility of the set of one or more RFID tags thereby broadcasting differing identification tags based on shielding and un-shielding of one or more of the set of one or more RFID tags via the one or more shielding elements; a first computing device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a set of one or more RFID tags from the structure; an image display device in communication with the first computing device, wherein the first computing device communicates the assigned set of one or more attributes to the image display to determine a state of the structure and mechanical movements of the one or more shielding elements related to the structure; and | 28,989 |
9,698,404 | 1. An electric storage device, comprising: a power generating element; a device container for housing the power generating element; current collection connecting bodies respectively connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the power generating element and connecting bodies for electrically connecting electrode terminals and the current collection connecting bodies, wherein protruding portions are connected to the current collection connecting bodies, wherein plate portions are exposed on a surface of the device container, wherein a connecting body of the connecting bodies electrically connects the power generating element and an electrode terminal of the electrode terminals positioned on the surface of the device container for housing the power generating element, the connecting body comprising: wherein the protruding portion starts to protrude, toward the power generating element, from the principal face of the plate portion at the base to the tip end. | 14,004 |
9,486,277 | 1. A retaining body of a resectoscope, the retaining body comprising: a guide hole for mounting the retaining body on the resectoscope such that the retaining body can be moved in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the resectoscope; an electrode hole configured to accommodate a proximal end region of an electrode arrangement; and a plug receptacle comprising a chamber formed in the shape of a cylinder, the chamber being accessible from an exterior surface of the retaining body through a slot, the slot having a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface that defines a slot width therebetween, and wherein the slot width is smaller than a diameter of the chamber, wherein the plug receptacle is configured to accommodate a plug body such that the plug body can be: wherein the plug body can only be rotated to reach the end position once the plug body is contained within the retaining body at an end of the insertion movement. | 22,793 |
9,141,173 | 1. A method for thread consolidation in a system that includes an operating system and a multi-core processing chip in communication with an accelerator chip, the method comprising: running an application having software threads on the operating system; mapping the software threads to physical cores in the multi-core processing chip; identifying one or more idle hardware threads in the multi-core processing chip; identifying one or more idle accelerator units in the accelerator chip; executing the software threads on the physical cores and the accelerator unit; obtaining, by the controller module, performance and power consumption information from the multi-core processing chip and the accelerator chip at predetermined intervals; determining whether to consolidate the software threads based on performing an efficiency calculation, wherein the efficiency calculation is a function of the obtained performance and power consumption information at predetermined intervals before consolidation; consolidating, by the controller module, the software threads executing on the physical cores, resulting in one or more idle physical cores and a consolidated physical core, the consolidating responsive to the obtained performance and power consumption information; activating, by the controller module, a power savings mode for the one or more idle physical cores; performing an additional efficiency calculation based on performance and power consumption values obtained before and after the consolidating comparing the calculated efficiency to a threshold value; and undoing the consolidating if the calculated efficiency is below the threshold value. | 19,585 |
9,007,306 | 1. A folding electronic apparatus, comprising a body and a cover, with a keyboard being disposed on the body and a capacitive touch screen being disposed on the cover, wherein a plurality of physically separate, spaced apart metal detection points are disposed on the body; and a sensor connected to the capacitive touch screen on the cover determines open and closed modes of the folding electronic apparatus according to the sensed change of a capacitance value resulting from the capacitive effect between the plurality of metal detection points and the capacitive touch screen, wherein when the folding electronic apparatus is closed, the plurality of metal detection points are close to the cover, the capacitance value resulting from the capacitive effect between a first predefined number of metal detection points and the capacitive touch screen changes, and the sensor senses that the capacitance value between the first predefined number of metal detection points and the capacitive touch screen changes, and determines that the folding electronic apparatus is in a closed mode; wherein when the folding electronic apparatus is open, the plurality of metal detection points are away from the cover, the capacitance value resulting from the capacitive effect between a second predefined number of metal detection points and the capacitive touch screen changes, and the sensor senses that the capacitance value between the second predefined number of metal detection points and the capacitive touch screen changes, and determines that the folding electronic apparatus is in an open mode; wherein the first predefined number is greater than the second predefined number; wherein the first predefined number defines a range, and the upper limit of the range is equal to the number of the metal detection points; and wherein the second predefined number defines a range, and the lower limit of the range is zero. | 6,117 |
9,331,224 | 1. A photovoltaic roofing element comprising: a flexible roofing substrate, the flexible roofing substrate comprising a photovoltaic element disposed on the top surface of the base in the exposure zone; and an electrical connector operatively connected to the photovoltaic element and disposed on the top surface of the base, wherein the one or more layers of shim material have a total thickness at least about as great as the thickness of the electrical connector, such that the one or more layers extend from the surface of the base on which they are disposed at least about as far as the electrical connector extends from the base, and wherein the one or more layers of shim material have a stair-step configuration or a slanted profile, such that the one or more layers of shim material have a substantially greater thickness toward the down-roof end of the base than toward the up-roof end of the base. | 49,107 |
9,580,454 | 1. A fractionation process for producing products from a lignocellulosic biomass, said lignocellulosic biomass comprising lignin and carbohydrates, the fractionation process comprising: i) a chemical treatment to decrease chemical bonds between the lignin and carbohydrates of said lignocellulosic biomass, said chemical treatment being carried out prior to mechanically refining in step ii), ii) mechanically refining the lignocellulosic biomass comprising said lignin and carbohydrates from step i) in a mechanical refiner under refining conditions to disintegrate and reduce the particle size of the lignocellulosic biomass and form a refined biomass of said lignin and carbohydrates, said refining conditions being carried out at a refining energy of 720 to 4320 MJ/t (200 to 1200 kWh/t) and a pressure of 100 to 600 kPa (1-6 bars), iii) enzymatically hydrolysing carbohydrates in the refined biomass to sugars to form a mass comprising a sugar fraction and a lignin fraction, iv) separating the lignin fraction from the sugar fraction, v) recovering said lignin fraction and recovering said sugar fraction, and vi) fermenting said sugar fraction to form sugar bioproducts selected from biofuels, sugar alcohols and sugar acids as the products. | 34,320 |
9,024,002 | 1. A method for detection of a Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar microorganism comprising: a) contacting a sample with one or more sets of oligonucleotide primers specific to hybridize to target nucleic acids specific to one or more b) amplifying at least one c) detecting the one or more amplified wherein the Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar microorganism is a S. Heidelberg microorganism, and step a), b) and c) comprise: (i) contacting nucleic acids present in the sample with at least one primer set, having one forward primer and one reverse primer, comprising primers selected from a first primer set having SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO 2, a second primer set having SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5, and full complements thereof, under conditions to amplify from the sample at least one S. Heidelberg specific target nucleic acid; and (ii) detecting at least one amplified nucleic acid amplified in step (i), wherein detection of at least one amplified nucleic acid indicates the presence of a S. Heidelberg organism in the sample. | 23,560 |
9,230,497 | 1. An active matrix-type display device, comprising: a plurality of video signal lines; a plurality of scanning signal lines intersecting the plurality of video signal lines; a plurality of pixel formation portions arranged in a matrix form at respective intersections of the plurality of video signal lines and the plurality of scanning signal lines; a common electrode provided so as to be shared among the plurality of pixel formation portions; first control wirings that intersect at least one of the plurality of video signal lines and the plurality of scanning signal lines; and second control wirings provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of scanning signal lines, wherein each of the pixel formation portions includes the amplification circuit unit includes an amplification stage, the amplification stage including the second conductive terminal of the first switching element is connected to the second conductive terminal of the third switching element, the first pixel electrode is connected to the second conductive terminal of the third switching element, the second pixel electrode is connected to the second conductive terminal of the second switching element, for any pixel formation portion among the plurality of pixel formation portions, when a center potential between a maximum potential and a minimum potential that can be applied to the plurality of video signal lines is a reference potential, a potential of the common electrode is set to a potential lower than the reference potential by a value equal to a size of a change in a potential of the first pixel electrode caused by a change in a potential of the scanning signal line when shifting from the selection period to the non-selection period, and a potential of the first control wiring is set such that a center potential between the potential of the second pixel electrode in a selection period during which a potential higher than the potential of the common electrode is to be applied to the second pixel electrode and the potential of the second pixel electrode in a selection period during which a potential lower than the potential of the common electrode is to be applied to the second pixel electrode becomes equal to the potential of the common electrode. | 17,166 |
8,350,017 | 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID NO: 38, and SEQ ID NO: 39. | 35,501 |
8,860,499 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: first and second voltage terminals to be respectively supplied with first and second voltages different from each other; an internal voltage node; a switching circuit coupled between the first and second voltage terminals and the internal voltage node, the switching circuit to take either one of a first switching state in which the first voltage terminal and the internal voltage node are connected and a second switching state in which the second voltage terminal and the internal voltage node are connected; and a voltage booster circuit including a voltage output node and first and second boosting circuits each including a capacitor and each coupled to the internal voltage node, the voltage booster circuit being configured such that the first and second voltage boosting circuits are coupled in series to the voltage output node when the switching circuit takes the first switching state and that the first boosting circuit is coupled to the voltage output node and the second boosting circuit is disconnected from each of the first boosting circuit and the voltage output node when the switching circuit takes the second switching state, and at least when the switching circuit takes a switching state, the capacitor of the first boosting circuit is coupled to the voltage output node and the capacitor of the second boosting circuit is disconnected from each of the voltage output node and the capacitor of the first boosting circuit. | 27,358 |
9,846,768 | 1. A computer implemented method for relating code with intellectual property assets, the computer implemented method comprising: identifying an intellectual property asset; locating a portion of code from an entire code of a software application, the portion of code corresponding to the intellectual property asset; marking the portion of code with information identifying the intellectual property asset, wherein the marking invokes a license manager such that a license managed by the license manager for the portion of code is locked during execution of the portion of code; executing the portion of the code during the execution of the software application; recording the execution of the portion of code, the recording indicating a use of the intellectual property asset, the recording comprising: analyzing the recording according to a set of analysis control factors. | 6,420 |
9,422,216 | 1. A catalyst for preparing lactic acid and derivatives thereof, comprising at least one of metallic compounds MX n , wherein M is selected from Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Ga, In, Sn, Sb, Bi, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Zn, n is an integer of 1 to 6; the anion X of the metallic compound MX n is selected from F − , Cl − , Br − , I − , SO 4 2− , HSO 4 − , CH 3 SO 3 − , C 6 H 5 SO 3 − , H 2 PO 4 − , HPO 4 2− , PO 4 3− , PF 6 − , BO 2 − , BF 4 − , SiF 6 2− and CH 3 CO 2 − ; the catalyst comprise at least two of the metallic compounds MX n , at least one of which is a metal halide. | 41,374 |
8,754,134 | 1. A soil-amendment composition for controlling soil-bourne pests, the composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of a treated crude glycerin composition, wherein the crude glycerin composition is obtained as a by-product of a reaction mixture for producing biodiesel fuel and the crude glycerin composition is treated by: (b) an effective amount of a glycerin-soluble nitrogen source; wherein the composition has a molar ratio of total carbon to total nitrogen (C:N) of about (22.4-5.6):1. | 47,802 |
9,758,800 | 1. A method for producing C 4 oxygenates by anaerobic fermentation with at least one butyrate producing carboxydotrophic microorganism and at least one acetogenic microorganism, the method comprising: (a) providing a sulfur additive comprising an S(II) to S(IV) inorganic sulfur compound that produces oxoanions of sulfur in an aqueous fermentation medium, (b) contacting a microbial co-culture of the at least one butyrate producing carboxydotrophic microorganism and the at least one acetogenic microorganism with a substrate comprising carbon monoxide and maintaining the microbial co-culture in the aqueous fermentation medium containing the sulfur additive and having a pH of less than 5.8, and (c) recovering one or more C | 34,790 |
8,773,043 | 1. An integrated circuit for driving a group of light-emitting diodes, the group of the light-emitting diodes including at least said integrated circuit, comprising: a first constant current driving circuit for controlling a current which drives the first light-emitting diode system; and a second constant current driving circuit for controlling a current which drives the second light-emitting diode system, the first constant current driving circuit driving the first light-emitting diode system by a steady electric current, the second constant current driving circuit driving the second light-emitting diode system by an intermittent current and a regenerative current, the first constant current driving circuit being capable of controlling brightness of the one light-emitting diode or the plurality of light-emitting diodes which constitute(s) the first light-emitting diode system which is to be driven, by controlling a period during which the one light-emitting diode or the plurality of light-emitting diodes which constitute(s) the first light-emitting diode system is/are ON, the second constant current driving circuit being capable of controlling brightness of the one light-emitting diode or the plurality of light-emitting diodes which constitute(s) the second light-emitting diode system which is to be driven, by controlling a period during which the one light-emitting diode or the plurality of light-emitting diodes which constitute(s) the second light-emitting diode system is/are ON the second constant current driving circuit including an inductance and a power MOSFET, and the inductance storing energy while the power MOSFET is operating and releasing the energy while the power MOSFET is open, thereby generating the regenerative current. | 42,125 |
8,955,187 | 1. A cleaning apparatus, comprising a carrier; at least one cleaning roller rotatably supported at the carrier; and a rotary drive for the cleaning roller, wherein the rotary drive is designed as a fluid drive in which the flow of a cleaning fluid supplied to the cleaning roller for cleaning purposes is converted into a drive movement for the cleaning roller, and wherein the rotary drive holds the cleaning roller only at at least one end face and wherein said rotary drive forms the sole support for said cleaning roller. | 20,167 |
9,401,438 | 1. A solar cell module comprising: a first solar cell comprising a first upper electrode layer, a first photoelectric conversion active layer and a first lower electrode layer, the first photoelectric conversion active layer being disposed between the first upper electrode layer and the first lower electrode layer, the first solar cell having a first connecting side having at least one first protruding portion and at least one first recess portion that are adjacent to each other, an upper surface of the at least one first protruding portion being a part of the first upper electrode layer; a second solar cell comprising a second upper electrode layer, a second photoelectric conversion active layer and a second lower electrode layer, the second photoelectric conversion active layer being disposed between the second upper electrode layer and the second lower electrode layer, the second solar cell having a second connecting side having at least one second protruding portion and at least one second recess portion that are adjacent to each other, wherein an upper surface of the at least one second protruding portion is a part of the second lower electrode layer that is not covered by the second photoelectric conversion active layer and the second upper electrode layer, the first solar cell is arranged next to the second solar cell such that the first connection side of the first solar cell is adjacent to the second connection side of the second solar cell, a shape of the at least one first protruding portion is corresponding to a shape of the at least one second recess portion, a shape of the at least one first recess portion is corresponding to a shape of the at least one second protruding portion, and the upper surface of the at least one first protruding portion and the upper surface of the at least one second protruding portion are arranged in a line and do not overlap with each other; and an electrically connecting member disposed on the upper surface of the at least one first protruding portion and on the upper surface of the at least one second protruding portion, such that the first upper electrode layer and the second lower electrode layer are electrically connected. | 47,446 |
9,232,718 | 1. A seed, plant, plant part, or cell of inbred maize variety PH1V6W, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-122598. | 6,401 |
8,853,530 | 1. A concentrator photovoltaic unit comprising: a lens made of resin for collecting sunlight; a photovoltaic element which generates electric power upon receiving the light collected by the resin lens; a frame-like case made of metal having openings at both end portions thereof and a space formed therein; and a holding member for holding the photovoltaic element, wherein an outer peripheral portion of the resin lens has a circular or regular polygonal shape, the opening of at least one of the end portions of the metal case has the same shape as the outer peripheral portion of the resin lens, and a center position of the outer peripheral portion of the resin lens and a center position of the opening of the one end portion of the metal case are formed concentrically with each other, and the outer peripheral portion of the single resin lens is attached to the opening of the one end portion of the metal case to abut against the metal case so as to collect light onto the photovoltaic element, and the holding member is attached to the opening of the other end portion of the metal case so as to accommodate the photovoltaic element in the metal case, so that the concentrator photovoltaic unit is formed as one unit. | 47,301 |
9,534,968 | 1. A fault detection method comprising providing, at a same position, two cooling water temperature sensors for temperature detection of cooling water entering into an EGR cooler and confirming that detection values of said cooling water temperature sensors are the same to thereby determine said cooling water temperature sensors to be normal; determining an intercooler exit gas temperature sensor to be normal when a detection value of the intercooler exit gas temperature sensor for temperature detection of intake air having passed through an intercooler is not excessively high during low load operation and is not excessively low during high load operation; using, as a precondition, a fact that the cooling water temperature sensor and the intercooler exit gas temperature sensor are determined to be normal; calculating an EGR cooler efficiency on the basis of a calculation value of an exhaust temperature at an entry of the EGR cooler calculated from a revolution frequency and a load of an engine, an actual detection value of an EGR gas temperature sensor for temperature detection of exhaust at an exit of the EGR cooler and the actual detection value of said cooling water temperature sensors; when said EGR cooler efficiency calculated is within a normal range, actually detecting a temperature of the intake air mixed with EGR gas and guided to an intake manifold by an intake manifold gas temperature sensor and calculating a temperature of the intake air to be detected by said intake manifold gas temperature sensor on the basis of a current EGR ratio, the actual detection value of the EGR gas temperature sensor and the actual detection value of the intercooler exit gas temperature sensor to thereby determine the intake manifold gas temperature sensor to be in characteristic fault if there is divergence between the calculation value and the actual detection value of the intake manifold gas temperature sensor and determine the EGR cooler, EGR gas temperature sensor and intake manifold gas temperature sensor to be normal if there is no divergence; and when the EGR cooler efficiency calculated is not within the normal range, determining whether said EGR cooler efficiency calculated is excessively low or not to thereby determine the EGR gas temperature sensor to be in characteristic fault if said EGR cooler efficiency calculated is not excessively low; and, if said EGR cooler efficiency calculated is excessively low, calculating the temperature of the intake air to be detected by said intake manifold gas temperature sensor just like the above to thereby determine the EGR gas temperature sensor to be in characteristic fault if there is divergence between the calculation value and the actual detection value of said intake manifold gas temperature sensor and determine the EGR gas temperature sensor and intake manifold gas temperature sensor to be normal and determine the EGR cooler to be in fault if there is no divergence. | 25,465 |
9,384,081 | 1. A method of recovering content stored on a computer readable medium transported by a vehicle, the method comprising: identifying, by one or more computer processors, an error on the computer readable medium; storing, by the one or more computer processors, an indication of the error; detecting, by the one or more computer processors, an interval of travel of the vehicle during which the computer readable medium has access to stable power; and during the detected interval of travel, initiating, by the one or more computer processors, a recovery of the computer readable medium based on the indication of the error. | 48,410 |
9,188,065 | 1. An auxiliary power unit (APU) comprising: a compressor for compressing air and delivering compressed air into a combustion chamber, the air being mixed with fuel and combusted in the combustion chamber, and passed over a turbine, said turbine driving a generator to generate electricity; a control for controlling a load on the APU from an associated aircraft, said control receiving a shut down signal indicative of a shut-down of the APU, said control further receiving information with regard to a temperature challenge around the APU, and if the temperature challenge exceeds a predetermined threshold, then said control operating said APU with the load reduced in a cool down cycle to reduce a heat load from the APU on a tail cone of the associated aircraft prior to shut down of the APU; a sensor for sensing the temperature challenge and sending the information, the temperature challenge being, indicative of a potential of heat damaged to the tail cone, with the tail cone being formed of carbon fiber; said sensor being inside of said tail cone, and outside of said APU. | 6,803 |
8,813,695 | 1. An engine, comprising: a crankshaft rotatable about a crankshaft axis; a compression piston slidably received within a compression cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston is operable to reciprocate through an intake stroke and a compression stroke of a four stroke cycle during a single rotation of the crankshaft; an expansion piston slidably received within an expansion cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the expansion piston is operable to reciprocate through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke of said four stroke cycle during a single rotation of the crankshaft; a crossover passage interconnecting the compression cylinder and the expansion cylinder; a crossover compression valve operable to control fluid communication between the compression cylinder and the crossover passage; and a crossover expansion valve operable to control fluid communication between the crossover passage and the expansion cylinder, wherein the engine is operable to: initiate a combustion event in the crossover passage while the crossover compression valve and the crossover expansion valve are closed such that the crossover passage defines a closed, constant volume when the combustion event is initiated; initiate the combustion event 10-20 crank angle degrees before the expansion piston reaches top dead center; and open the crossover expansion valve after initiating the combustion event between about 10 crank angle degrees before the expansion piston reaches top dead center about 10 crank angle degrees after the expansion piston reaches top dead center; and wherein a phase shift angle defined as the number of degrees the crankshaft must rotate after the compression piston reaches its top dead center position in order for the expansion piston to reach its top dead center position is greater than approximately 5 degrees and less than approximately 90 degrees. | 36,403 |
9,523,885 | 1. A backlight unit comprising: a frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom; at least one substrate located on the frame, and a plurality of light sources mounted on the at least one substrate; and a reflecting sheet located on the at least one substrate, wherein the reflecting sheet comprises: a first sheet part located on the bottom, the first sheet part including a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of the light sources; and a second sheet part extended from the first sheet part, the second sheet part including a horizontal dot area located along a long side of the reflecting sheet and a vertical dot area located along a short side of the reflecting sheet, and at least one of the horizontal dot area and the vertical dot area comprising first areas and second areas, wherein the first areas correspond to outermost holes among the plurality of holes, and the second areas are located between the first areas, wherein the first areas and the second areas include a plurality of dot areas, wherein each of the dot areas includes a plurality of dots with a same size, wherein a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the first area, wherein a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the second area, wherein the first and second areas comprise first dot areas, the first dot areas are positioned between a first distance and a second distance from a line, the line being an imaginary line connecting the outermost holes along at least one of the long side and the short side of the reflecting sheet, and wherein a size of dots included in the first dot area of the first area is different from a size of dots included in the first dot area of the second area. | 26,302 |
9,104,498 | 1. A system for collocating workloads in a datacenter, the system comprising: a number of servers communicatively coupled to each other; a collocation module to receive information from each server and decide whether to migrate a workload running on one of the number of servers to another server; a daemon to find and periodically create a report about each servers' resource utilization on that server; a power measurement module to compile data defining the power consumption of the server; and wherein the collocation module compares a utility metric of a critical workload with a service level agreement (SLA) and when: | 41,253 |
8,565,942 | 1. A method for determining the ground effect release speed of an aircraft (AC) provided with at least one piloting stick ( 14 ), a main landing gear ( 11 ), ailerons ( 6 G, 6 D) and depth moving aerodynamic surfaces ( 7 , 9 G, 9 D), wherein, during take-off, while said aircraft (AC) is rolling down on a take-off runway (RW), accelerating with said main landing gear ( 11 ) compressed by the mass of said aircraft and by the ground effect and with said ailerons ( 6 G, 6 D) having a partly deflected position (α D ) downwards for maximising the fineness ratio of said aircraft, said method comprising: tilting said piloting stick ( continuing acceleration of the aircraft, in the tail strike attitude position (θ noting the speed of said aircraft upon said ballasting-up, wherein such speed is the desired ground effect release speed; and after said deflection upwards of depth aerodynamic surfaces ( | 16,532 |
9,355,482 | 1. In a data visualization computer system, a method of arranging in a visual representation in n dimensions, data points representing n or more variables, the method including the steps of: i. a data point ranking module on the data visualization computer system, ranking a set of data points with respect to a first axis of the visual representation in n dimensions using a first variable; ii. based on a second variable, a data point distribution module on the data visualization computer system, distributing the set of data points along the first axis of the visual representation in n dimensions while retaining information relating to the ranking of data points determined in step i); iii. based on a third variable, the data point ranking module on the data visualization computer system, ranking a set of data points with respect to a second axes of the visual representation in n dimensions; and iv. based on the third variable, the data point distribution module on the data visualization computer system, distributing the set of data points along the second axis of the visual representation in n dimensions while retaining information relating to the ranking of data points determined in step iii). | 33,994 |
9,618,506 | 1. A method of performing an assay to detect a presence of the natriuretic peptide in a first liquid sample comprising: (a) introducing the first liquid sample to a first channel portion of a microfluidic device; (b) contacting, within the microfluidic device, magnetically susceptible particles with the first liquid sample, the magnetically susceptible particles comprising a binding agent that specifically binds the natriuretic peptide in the first liquid sample; (c) contacting a second binding agent with the first liquid sample, wherein the second binding agent specifically binds the natriuretic peptide at a different epitope to the binding agent of the magnetically susceptible particle to form complexes comprising the magnetically susceptible particles, the natriuretic peptide and the second binding agent, wherein the second binding agent is conjugated to a detectable label; (d) forming, proximal to a junction between the first channel portion and a second channel portion of the microfluidic device, a first liquid sample:gas interface; (e) forming a first liquid sample:second liquid interface by displacing gas of the first liquid sample:gas interface with a second liquid; (f) magnetically moving the magnetically susceptible particles across the first liquid sample:second liquid interface into the second liquid in the second channel portion; and (g) detecting the complexes containing the natriuretic peptide in the second channel portion based on the activity of the detectable label. | 45,622 |
9,333,799 | 1. A non-pneumatic tire, comprising: a tread part coming into contact with a ground surface; a rim part coupled to an axle; an outer annular band part forming an interface with an inner surface of the tread part; an inner annular band part forming an interface with the rim part; a spoke part disposed between the outer annular band part and the inner annular band part, the spoke part functioning as a support; a connector connecting spokes of the spoke part to each other; and a reinforcing member, wherein the reinforcing member comprises a plate wire wound a plurality of times spirally, and the plate wire has a thin band shape. | 11,950 |
9,627,658 | 1. A battery comprising: a container; an electrode group which is provided in the container and comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode; an electrolytic solution which is provided in the container; a sealing plate which is provided in an opening part of the container; a terminal which is provided on the sealing plate; an injecting port which is opened in the sealing plate; a sealing plug which closes the injecting port of the sealing plate and is made of an elastic material; a lead which electrically connects the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the electrode group to the terminal; and a pressing member which is integrated with the lead and presses the sealing plug to the sealing plate, wherein the sealing plug is disposed between the injecting port of the sealing plate and the pressing member of the lead. | 26,528 |
9,151,269 | 1. A water turbine having a waterwheel and an output shaft of the waterwheel, the output shaft turned by the waterwheel at a rotational velocity determined by water flow and direction, the water turbine further comprising a hatch for covering the waterwheel proportionately with water flow to the waterwheel; and a housing containing a first spur gear Transgear assembly, the first spur gear Transgear assembly comprising a first sun gear connected to or integral with the output shaft of the waterwheel, the output shaft of the waterwheel entering and exiting the housing for the first spur gear Transgear assembly, the first spur gear Transgear assembly further comprising a second sun gear connected to or integral with a sleeve surrounding the output shaft of the waterwheel, the first spur gear Transgear assembly having a first hold control for clockwise rotational power-take-off output and a normally neutral power take-off output being the sleeve, the waterwheel output having the first spur gear Transgear assembly as a power-take off switch. | 34,469 |
9,287,012 | 1. A fuel assembly for use in a nuclear reactor, the fuel assembly comprising: at least one fuel rod; and an outer channel surrounding the at least one fuel rod, the outer channel including a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall, the first side wall being opposite the third side wall, the second side wall being opposite the fourth side wall, the first and second side walls being select side walls, the third and fourth side walls being other side walls, an entirety of the select side walls as a whole being thicker than an entirety of the other side walls as a whole. | 9,424 |
9,691,014 | 1. A radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled license plate, comprising: a metal plate comprising a cutout portion defining a hole in the metal plate; and a RFID assembly integrated with the metal plate, wherein the RFID assembly further comprises: | 31,222 |
9,097,152 | 1. An energy system for a dwelling, comprising: an inner tank; a generator within the inner tank, wherein the inner tank contains a first fluid surrounding at least a portion of the generator, the generator being configured to produce electricity for the dwelling; an outer tank having an open cavity that extends between opposite first and second end portions; the first end portion of the outer tank containing at least a portion of the inner tank, which is at least partially submerged within a second fluid disposed within the open cavity of the outer tank; an exhaust port operably coupled to the generator to receive exhaust fumes from the generator, the exhaust port passing through the second fluid to exchange heat from the exhaust fumes to the second fluid; the exhaust port comprising an elongated tube having a crescent-shaped cross section, with opposite end portions and a middle portion, to improve heat transfer from the exhaust fumes to the second fluid; the elongated tube being shaped to helically wind along a substantial length of a long axis of the outer tank and positioned such that the middle portion of the crescent-shaped cross section is bowed in an upward direction toward the upper end portion of the outer tank, the elongated tube extending between the generator and an exit port associated with the second end portion of the outer tank such that an exhaust pathway is directed from the generator toward the exit port; a fluid outlet operably coupled with the first end portion of the outer tank to deliver the heated second fluid from the outer tank for use by the dwelling; and a fluid inlet operably coupled with the second end portion of the outer tank such that an outer tank fluid pathway is directed from the fluid inlet at the second end portion of the outer tank toward the fluid outlet at the first end portion of the outer tank. | 46,544 |
9,249,476 | 1. A rolling bearing comprising one or more parts of a pair of bearing rings and a rolling element, wherein: at least one of the bearing rings is obtained by applying a induction heat treatment to a spheroidizing annealed steel material having a DI value represented by the following formula (1) of 1.0 or more to form a hardened layer having a hardness of 550 HV or more on at least a raceway surface and a fitting surface, and in the induction heat-treated bearing ring, (A) an average retained austenite amount is 12 vol % or less, (B) the raceway surface has a retained austenite amount of 12 vol % or more and a residual compressive stress of −100 MPa or less, and (C) a difference between a hardness of the raceway surface and a minimum hardness of a region having a hardness of less than 550 HV is 150 HV or more, where (C), (Si), (Mn), (Ni), (Cr) and (Mo) are contents (mass %) of respective elements in the steel material. | 30,607 |
8,580,704 | 1. A catalyst precursor comprising: a. a microporous support; b. a non-noble metal precursor; and c. a pore-filler, wherein the micropores of the microporous support are filled with the pore-filler and the non-noble metal precursor so that the micropore surface area of the catalyst precursor is substantially smaller at about 75% or less than the micropore surface area of the support when the pore-filler and the non-noble metal precursor are absent. | 48,940 |
9,512,415 | 1. A method to genetically modify a Trichoderma reese host for improved protein production said method comprising: genetically modifying the host to overexpress with increased amount or activity, or to be deficient with reduced or lacking amount or activity, of gene tre77513 having nucleotide sequence according to SEQ ID NO:1, or a coding region of SEQ ID NO:1, said host being capable of increased or decreased production of cellulase, hemicellulase, other proteins involved in degradation of lignocellulosic material and/or other proteins as compared to the parental | 44,907 |
9,140,698 | 1. A method of preventing or inhibiting a pathogenic bacterial infection in a subject caused by a pathogenic bacterium expressing a multivalent adhesion molecule (MAM) polypeptide, comprising administering to said subject a composition comprising a non-pathogenic bacterium expressing a MAM polypeptide comprising at least 6 mce repeat regions. | 35,776 |
8,964,421 | 1. A switching power converter comprising: a transformer including a primary winding coupled to an input voltage and a secondary winding coupled to an output of the switching power converter; a switch coupled to the primary winding of the transformer, current through the primary winding being generated while the switch is turned on and not being generated while the switch is turned off; a first controller configured to generate a first control signal to turn on or turn off the switch at each switching cycle of the switch; a synchronous rectifier switch coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer, power delivered to the output of the switching power converter when the synchronous rectifier switch is turned on and power not delivered to the output of the switching power converter when the synchronous rectifier switch is turned off; a second controller coupled to an output voltage of the switching power converter and configured to generate a second control signal to turn on or turn off the synchronous rectifier switch at each switching cycle of the synchronous rectifier switch; and a regulator circuit configured to enable the second controller to control the synchronous rectifier switch if the output voltage of the switching power converter is less than a threshold voltage. | 29,265 |
8,796,827 | 1. A semiconductor device including a DC-DC converter, comprising: a first semiconductor chip including a high side MOSFET of the DC-DC converter and having a first obverse surface on which a first source electrode pad and a first gate electrode pad are formed and a first reverse surface on which a first drain electrode is formed; a first die pad having a first bottom surface and a first top surface over which the first semiconductor chip is mounted such that the first reverse surface of the first semiconductor chip faces to the first top surface of the first die pad, thereby the first drain electrode of the first semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the first die pad; a second semiconductor chip including a low side MOSFET of the DC-DC converter and having a second obverse surface on which a second source electrode pad and a second gate electrode pad are formed and a second reverse surface on which a second drain electrode is formed; a second die pad having a second bottom surface and a second top surface over which the second semiconductor chip is mounted such that the second reverse surface of the second semiconductor chip faces to the second top surface of the second die pad, thereby the second drain electrode of the second semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the second die pad; a third semiconductor chip including a first driver circuit to drive the high side MOSFET and a second driver circuit to drive the low side MOSFET and having a third obverse surface on which a first electrode pad electrically connected to the first driver circuit and a second electrode pad electrically connected to the second driver circuit are formed and a third reverse surface; a third die pad having a third bottom surface and a third top surface over which the third semiconductor chip is mounted such that the third reverse surface of the third semiconductor chip faces to the third top surface of the die pad; a first metal conductor electrically connected to the first source electrode pad of the first semiconductor chip and the second top surface of the second die pad; a second metal conductor electrically connected to the second source electrode pad of the second semiconductor chip and a lead; a third metal conductor electrically connected to the first gate electrode pad of the first semiconductor chip and the first electrode pad of the third semiconductor chip; a fourth metal conductor electrically connected to the second gate electrode pad of the second semiconductor chip and the second electrode pad of the third semiconductor chip; and a sealing body having a top surface and a bottom surface and sealing the first to third semiconductor chips, the first to third top surfaces of the first to third die pads, and the first to fourth metal conductors, wherein each of the first to third bottom surfaces of the first to third die pads is exposed from the bottom surface of the sealing body, and wherein, in a bottom view of the sealing body, a shape of each of the first to third bottom surfaces of the first to third die pads is a quadrangular shape and one corner portion of the third bottom surface of the third die pad is chamfered. | 12,822 |
8,883,973 | 1. A polypeptide comprising a variant Fc region of a parent Fc polypeptide, wherein said variant Fc region comprises amino acid substitutions M428L and V308F, wherein said polypeptide is an antibody or immunoadhesin and wherein numbering is according to the EU Index in Kabat et al. | 6,167 |
8,989,939 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a lithium ion battery provided in the vehicle; a state of charge detecting unit for detecting a state of charge of said lithium ion battery; a speed detecting unit for detecting a speed of the vehicle; and a control unit for determining a charging request amount based on said state of charge of said lithium ion battery, and a predetermined relation, which corresponds to a characteristic of said lithium ion battery, between an input current and a permissible value of an input time when said speed of the vehicle is larger than a threshold value of said speed of the vehicle with which a predetermined amount of regeneration energy is able to be recovered during regenerative braking. | 3,800 |
8,710,982 | 1. A system comprising: a monitoring device receiving a message, from a device at a facility, parsing the message to determine whether the message includes an indicator for an occurrence of an emergency condition at the facility, and assigning a high priority to the message responsive to a determination that the message includes the indicator for the emergency condition, wherein receiving the message comprises receiving user input at the monitoring device indicating that a fire, a medical emergency, or criminal activity has occurred or is occurring; and a transmission component, at the facility, sending a high priority message to a node of a mesh network, the high priority message including the indicator for the occurrence of the emergency condition; and wherein the mesh network comprises one or more nodes that receive and route measurement messages from facilities, wherein the measurement messages comprise information about measurements from sensors at the facilities. | 34,796 |
8,865,615 | 1. An ammonia oxidation catalyst (AMOX) for oxidizing and removing surplus ammonia, in selectively reducing nitrogen oxides by adding urea or ammonia as a reducing agent of the nitrogen oxides and using a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, into exhaust gas discharged from a lean-burn engine, comprising at least two catalyst layers having a catalyst layer (lower layer) comprising a noble metal element supported on an inorganic base material of a composite oxide (A) having titania and silica as main components, and a catalyst layer (upper layer) comprising a composite oxide (C) consisting of tungsten oxide, ceria, and zirconia, at the surface of a substrate, wherein the composite oxide (C) comprises tungsten oxide: 1 to 50% by weight, ceria: 1 to 60% by weight, and zirconia: 30 to 90% by weight. | 32,716 |
9,840,213 | 1. A system for a vehicle having an on-board power source, the system comprising: a micro power supply configured to connect to said on-board power source, the micro power supply including a power conversion circuit operable to receive an input voltage from said on board power source and generate an output voltage, different from said input voltage, the micro power supply further including a control circuit operable to control a voltage conversion rate of the power conversion circuit independent of user intervention; and a microcontroller communicatively connected to said micro power supply via a communication link, and connected to the output voltage of the power conversion circuit, the microcontroller further including a processor operable to communicate with said control circuit via the communication link; wherein the microcontroller is operable to communicate a desired power conversion circuit output voltage to said control circuit using said communication link, and wherein the microcontroller further comprises at least one of | 48,964 |
8,712,194 | 1. A method for non-destructive image processing using an image processor comprising a plurality of processing modules coupled together in series the method comprising: implementing the plurality of processing modules in at least one of I) hardware or ii) one or more processors executing machine readable instructions; processing an original image with the image processor using a first sequence of processing modules to generate a first processed image; after generating the first processed image using the first sequence of processing modules, modifying the first sequence of processing modules to produce a second sequence of processing modules of the image processor by at least one of: i) inserting a first processing module between processing modules in the first sequence, ii) removing a second processing module between a beginning processing module and an ending processing module in the first sequence, or iii) modifying a third processing module between the beginning processing module and the ending processing module in the first sequence; and in response to modifying the image processor, generating a second processed image with the image processor using the second sequence of processing modules and without processing image data with processing modules in the second sequence before i) the first processing module, ii) a location of the second processing module in the second sequence before removal of the second processing module, or iii) the third processing module. | 40,759 |
9,446,341 | 1. A sub atmospheric pressure gas scrubber suitable for use upstream of a vacuum pump, the gas scrubber comprising: a vessel; and means for forming a spray of cleaning solvent within the vessel, wherein the vessel comprises an inlet and an outlet for the gas to be cleaned at sub atmospheric pressures, the inlet and outlet being arranged to cause the gas to be cleaned to pass through the spray of cleaning solvent, wherein the means for forming the spray of cleaning solvent comprises a plurality of spray nozzles, wherein the plurality of spray nozzles comprises a main spray nozzle and additional spray nozzles that are offset radially or radially and axially with respect to the main spray nozzle, wherein the main spray nozzle and the additional spray nozzles are oriented in substantially the same direction, wherein the main spray nozzle is mounted substantially coaxially with the vessel and adapted to form a full circular spray pattern that covers the whole inside diameter of the vessel, and wherein each spray nozzle of the plurality of spray nozzles are arranged to form a spray pattern of cleaning solvent within the vessel, wherein the spray patterns are arranged to overlap radially or radially and axially. | 44,928 |
9,854,640 | 1. A dimming and correlated color temperature (CCT) tuning lighting system, comprising: a low voltage dimming input; a low voltage CCT tuning input; and at least one light-emitting diode (LED)-based lighting device, comprising: wherein, in response to the dimming signal and CCT tuning signal from the low voltage dimming input and the low voltage CCT tuning input, the dimming and CCT tuning control section performing operations comprising: | 6,912 |
9,198,053 | 1. A method of performing positioning using a network, comprising: determining signal dimensions for an enhanced pilot from enhanced pilot information associated with a plurality of enhanced pilots, wherein the plurality of enhanced pilots include one or both of: receiving at a terminal the enhanced pilot information from the network; and performing positioning of the terminal based on results of enhanced pilot measurements for multiple sectors using the enhanced pilot information from the terminal to obtain a position estimate for the terminal. | 21,992 |
9,166,169 | 1. A composition comprising: (a) at least one conductive conjugated polymer; (b) at least one semiconducting matrix component that is different from the conductive conjugated polymer in (a); and (c) at least one dopant; wherein the composition is substantially free of an insulating matrix component, wherein the composition comprises less than about 3% (w/w) of the insulating matrix component. | 36,843 |
9,343,618 | 1. A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising: providing a case comprising: dripping a droplet of an electrically-charged phosphor-containing resin so as to fill a space between the sidewall and the LED chip; and forming a protective resin layer so as to fill a space between the phosphor-containing resin and an upper edge of the sidewall, the protective resin layer not including a phosphor, wherein the droplet is attracted toward the sidewall by an electrostatic force during the dripping, and wherein the phosphor-containing resin is not applied to an upper surface of the LED chip. | 44,490 |
9,149,673 | 1. A process for the removal of an organic dye or an organic pollutant from a solution, said organic dye or organic pollutant selected from the group consisting of methylene blue, methyl orange, methyl violet, malachite green, Rhodamine B, bromophenol blue, parabase solution, magenta solution, ink, formaldehyde solution, synthetic hexamine, and waste water from said solution, using a titanium peroxide gel, wherein said titanium peroxide gel contains from 0.001-0.005 wt % of a titanium salt and is doped with particles of a metal or metal oxide, said particles having a particle size that is less than 10 nm, the process comprising: a) adding said titanium peroxide gel into said solution at a ratio ranging between 1:5 and 1:20 volume/volume of said titanium peroxide gel to said solution of organic dye or organic pollutant to form a mixture, wherein said titanium peroxide gel has a zeta potential in the range of −54 to −25 mV and viscosity in the range of 12000-15000 cPs; b) shaking the mixture as obtained in step (a) at a temperature ranging from 25 to 35° C.; c) allowing the mixture obtained in step (b) to stand for 5 to 25 minutes to obtain said organic dye or said organic pollutant adsorbed to said titanium peroxide gel and clear, colorless supernatant, followed by filtering the mixture to obtain said organic dye or organic pollutant adsorbed titanium peroxide gel; d) transferring said organic dye or organic pollutant adsorbed titanium peroxide gel as obtained in step (c) to a water containing beaker; and e) degrading said adsorbed organic dye or organic pollutant from the organic dye or organic pollutant adsorbed titanium peroxide gel to recover the titanium peroxide gel for reuse. | 36,638 |
9,670,194 | 1. A compound having Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, a geometric isomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: wherein Y is optionally substituted by 1, 2, or 3 R | 3,559 |
8,584,839 | 1. A removable device for preserving and releasing a product contained in a reservoir having a rupturable wall for releasing said product, wherein said device comprises a rigid chamber of variable volume containing at least one reservoir containing said product, wherein said chamber comprises at least one opening for releasing the product and comprising two components that can be moved with respect to each other, delimiting the chamber of variable volume in order to cause the rupturing of the rupturable wall by crushing when they are brought together, wherein said device is in the form of a stopper intended to be fitted on a container, and comprising: a cap which is able to engage with a neck of said container and through which passes a hollow dispensing tube which leads into said container, wherein said cap comprises the first movable component, an insert able to be positioned on or in the neck of said container, wherein said insert comprises the second movable component, wherein said cap and said insert delimit said rigid chamber of variable volume, and can be moved with respect to each other in order to cause the rupturing of the rupturable wall by crushing when they are brought together, wherein said stopper comprises the means to displace the cap with respect to the insert and with respect to the neck, consisting of a screw thread engaging with a screw thread interdependent of with the neck. | 4,657 |
9,040,331 | 1. A method of forming a diode, the method comprising: depositing a layer of a dielectric material over a substrate, the dielectric material having a dielectric surface distal from the substrate; patterning a first opening in the dielectric material to expose a first portion of the substrate, the first opening being through the dielectric surface of the dielectric material, the first opening having an aspect ratio of at least 1; forming a first bottom diode region by growing a compound semiconductor material that is lattice mismatched to the substrate in and above the first opening, the first bottom diode region having a first sidewall surface extending above and away from the dielectric surface of the dielectric material; forming a first active diode region directly adjacent the first sidewall surface of the first bottom diode region, the first active diode region having a second sidewall surface extending above and away from the dielectric surface of the dielectric material; and forming a top diode region directly adjacent the second sidewall surface of the first active diode region in a plane parallel to the dielectric surface of the dielectric material intersecting the first bottom diode region, the first active diode region, and the top diode region. | 40,723 |
9,115,142 | 1. A method for the inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme in a patient comprising administering to the patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula 1: wherein: X is SO, R R R R R NR R wherein: R R het is a three- to eleven-membered, mono- or bicyclic, saturated or partially saturated, optionally anellated or optionally bridged heterocycle, which contains 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, S, or O, hetaryl is a five- to eleven-membered, mono- or bicyclic, optionally anellated heteroaryl which contains 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, S, or O, and cycloalkyl is saturated or partially saturated, and the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. | 16,812 |
9,723,542 | 1. A method of transmitting a discovery signal related to device-to-device (D2D) communication by a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: mapping a codeword related to the discovery signal to at least two physical resource block (PRB) pairs on a time axis; and transmitting the mapped codeword related to the discovery signal, wherein a first PRB pair among the at least two PRB pairs includes a resource region for transmitting a specific signal, wherein, whether the resource region for transmitting the specific signal is included in an n-th PRB pair (n>=2) among the at least two PRB pairs is determined based on whether a subframe subsequent to a subframe including an (n−1)th PRB pair is for uplink transmission, wherein each of the pairs of PRBs corresponds to a discovery signal element, and the number of the at least two PRB pairs corresponds to a discovery signal aggregation level, and wherein the discovery signal aggregation level is greater than or equal to a predetermined value when the UE is related to public safety. | 5,704 |
8,980,872 | 1. A method for treating a functional gastrointestinal disorder, comprising administrating, to a subject with the functional gastrointestinal disorder, rifaximin as an effective ingredient, wherein the functional gastrointestinal disorder is a functional dyspepsia with a diarrhea caused by stress, and wherein the method (a) reduces a number of stools, (b) normalizes a nature of stool, or (c) reduces a number of stools and normalizes motility of intestinal tract. | 6,819 |
9,061,744 | 1. A working system comprising: a floating type floating structure; and a working ship configured to perform at least installation or maintenance of the floating structure, wherein: the floating structure includes a column section whose peripheral surface is located at a waterline when the floating structure is floating, a ballast section arranged below the column section, and a flange section arranged at an intermediate portion of the column section, the working ship includes a gripping section capable of engaging with an underside of the flange section, the floating structure includes a raising/lowering device configured to raise and lower the floating structure, and with the gripping section of the working ship engaged with the underside of the flange section of the floating structure in a floating state, the floating structure is lowered such that weight of the floating structure is borne by the gripping section via the flange section, to secure the floating structure to the working ship. | 24,178 |
9,557,322 | 1. An assembly for identifying combined effects of microgravity and radiation, the assembly comprising: a bioreactor comprising a rotating wall vessel configured to simulate reduced gravity in a test space therein; and a gamma radiation source configured to provide steady gamma radiation, wherein a specimen disposed in the test space is exposed to the gamma radiation, the specimen including at least one of: cells, bacteria and viruses. | 29,615 |
9,329,470 | 1. A display apparatus for displaying multiple view angle images, comprising: a display screen, comprising two back-to back lenticular lens sheets, a diffuser layer and two Fresnel plates, in which the diffuser layer is disposed between the two back-to back lenticular sheets which are sandwiched between the two Fresnel plates; and a plurality of projectors, each of the projectors comprising: | 25,222 |
9,212,185 | 1. A compound of Formula (D) having the structure: wherein: L Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; Y is an optionally substituted group selected from among alkyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl; Z is C(═O), OC(═O), NHC(═O), C(═S), S(═O) R R | 15,474 |
9,548,483 | 1. A method for producing a secondary battery comprising: preparing an electrode sheet including a current collector, an active material layer formed on the surface of the current collector and containing an electrode active material, and a porous insulating layer, containing stacked resin particles of insulation, formed so as to cover the active material layer; melting the resin particles in the insulating layer of the electrode sheet, along a predetermined line; and cutting the electrode sheet along the predetermined line upon the resin particles being solidified. | 8,576 |
8,998,665 | 1. A body board system ( 100 ) for giving a user a greater sense of maneuverability and control, the system ( 100 ) comprising: (a) a generally planar body board ( wherein a channel ( 120 ) is disposed in the body board top surface ( 115 ) having a channel first end ( 121 ), a channel second end ( 122 ), a channel top ( 123 ), a channel floor ( 125 ), and a channel depth ( 124 ), wherein the channel first end ( 121 ) is disposed adjacent to the body board first side ( 113 ) and the channel second end ( 122 ) is disposed adjacent to the body board second side ( 114 ), wherein the channel top ( 123 ) is disposed adjacent to the body board anterior edge ( 111 ), wherein the channel depth ( 124 ) is measured between a body board top surface ( 115 ) and the channel floor ( 125 ); (b) a first pivoting base ( wherein a first distance ( 300 ) from the first pivoting base to the body board first side edge ( 308 ) is the same as a second distance ( 302 ) from the second pivoting base to the body board second side edge ( 310 ); and (c) a handle ( wherein the handle ( 150 ) arches over a midline ( 306 ) that symmetrically divides the body board ( 110 ) into the body board first side ( 113 ) and the body board second side ( 114 ); wherein BOTH sides of the channel ( 120 ) conform and trace to the shape of the handle ( 150 ); wherein a handle height ( 170 ) measured between a center of an axis ( 171 ) having a beginning at the handle first end ( 151 ) and an ending at the handle second end ( 152 ) and the handle top ( 153 ) is at least one half a handle width ( 180 ) measured between the handle first end ( 151 ) and the handle second end ( 152 ); wherein for a first position, the handle ( 150 ) is adapted to be pivoted from the channel ( 120 ) and raised to an angle ( 190 ) for use by a user, wherein the angle ( 190 ) is set via the handle interfacing against a first back wall angle ( 132 ) disposed in the first pivoting base ( 130 ) and a second back wall angle ( 142 ) disposed in the second pivoting base ( 140 ); wherein the handle ( 150 ) is held into place via the first hemi cylindrical nub ( 131 ) disposed on the first pivoting base ( 130 ) and the second hemi cylindrical nub ( 141 ) disposed on the second pivoting base ( 140 ); wherein for a second position, the handle ( 150 ) is adapted to be pivoted into the channel ( 120 ) against the channel floor ( 125 ), wherein the handle ( 150 ) is disposed flush with the body board top surface ( 115 ) within the channel ( 120 ). | 42,771 |
9,350,007 | 1. A connection plate for battery terminals, comprising: a first member including a first hole into which a first battery terminal made of first metal is inserted and an embedding through hole, the first member being made of the first metal; and a second member having a second hole into which a second battery terminal made of second metal different from the first metal is inserted, including a base made of the second metal, the second member being embedded inside the embedding through hole of the first member, wherein an intermetallic compound layer made of an intermetallic compound containing at least one of the first metal and the second metal is formed on an interface between the embedding through hole of the first member and the second member. | 16,743 |
9,521,620 | 1. User equipment capable of communicating by using N component carriers (CCs) through carrier aggregation, the user equipment comprising: N communication units configured to execute radio communication with a base station by using each of the N CCs; a controller configured to individually control an operation mode of each of the N communication units; and a plurality of timers, each configured to report to the controller that a constant time period has elapsed without receiving a further control signal, after receiving, by a communication unit of the N communication units, a control signal from the base station, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2, wherein, in response to detecting that a report from a first timer of the plurality of timers is received for a first communication unit of the N communication units, the controller is configured to control the operation mode of the first communication unit such that the first communication unit transitions to discontinuous reception mode, and wherein a specific plurality of communication units belonging to the N communication units, the specific plurality of communication units not including the first communication unit, is grouped such that operation modes of the specific plurality of communication units simultaneously transition to discontinuous reception modes, in response to detecting that a report from a second timer of the plurality of timers, the second timer being different from the first timer, is received for one of the specific plurality of communication units. | 19,659 |
9,807,845 | 1. A lighting device comprising: a) a first master circuit board with connectors configured to power arrays of light emitting diodes; b) a first set of light boards with the arrays of light emitting diodes to the connectors on the first master circuit board, wherein arrays of light emitting diodes include 20 or more light emitting diodes and, wherein the light emitting diodes use 0.2 watts or less of electrical power; and c) elongated curved diffuser lenses covering or embedding rows of the light emitting diodes on the first set of light boards. | 31,066 |
9,054,311 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a first member that includes a through hole; a second member that includes a connection hole and that is in contact with the first member in a state where the through hole and the connection hole are in communication with each other; a first locking surface that is formed on the first member while extending radially outside of the through hole and that faces a side opposite to the connection hole side; a second locking surface that is formed in the second member while extending radially outside of the connection hole and that faces a side opposite to the through hole side; and an adhesive portion including | 42,414 |
8,573,291 | 1. A heat exchanger, comprising: a plurality of wafers, each wafer being formed by two or more sheets of material and with peripheral walls between the sheets, the peripheral walls defining one or more interior fluid flow channels between the sheets and one or more exterior fluid flow channels outside the sheets; and each wafer comprising at least one hole at each end of the wafer extending through the sheets, providing for inlet and outlet holes to the interior fluid flow channels of each wafer; walls surrounding the inlet and outlet holes positioned in the exterior fluid flow channels outside the sheets; wherein the plurality of the wafers are stacked into sectors with the inlet holes aligned and the outlet holes aligned forming manifolds; a plurality of the sectors arranged in an annular design, such that the manifolds are oriented substantially axially and the fluid flow channels are oriented substantially radially; and a pressure vessel assembly that encloses the plurality of wafers and the plurality of sectors arranged in an annular design, and creates a pressure that loads the material predominantly in compression. | 17,766 |
8,695,690 | 1. A method for cooling a laptop computer, the laptop computer including a housing that defines a cavity, the housing having a plurality of cooling ports allowing air to flow into and out of the cavity, and wherein a plurality of flow sensors are disposed within the cavity, the method comprising: measuring a flow rate of air through a first cooling port with a first flow sensor disposed proximate to the first cooling port, wherein the first cooling port is configured to draw air into the cavity; measuring a flow rate of air through a second cooling port with a second flow sensor disposed proximate to the second cooling port, wherein the second cooling port is configured to expel air from the cavity; determining whether either of the first or second cooling ports are blocked based on flow rate information provided by at least the first and second flow sensors; and altering performance of the laptop computer when either of the cooling ports are determined to be blocked. | 35,413 |
8,980,482 | 1. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising: positive and negative electrodes capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, the negative electrode comprising a particulate carbon material as a negative electrode active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt as a supporting salt in an organic solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte further contains: at least one dicarboxylic acid as additive A; and at least one type of substance selected from vinylene carbonate, vinylethylene carbonate, ethylene sulfite, and fluoroethylene carbonate as additive B; and wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte is free from an anhydride of dicarboxylic acid. | 15,522 |
9,084,240 | 1. A method operable by a base station to facilitate peer-to-peer (P2P) communication in a wireless network, comprising: designating, at the base station, a first group of subframes in a wide area network (WAN) uplink (UL) spectrum for WAN communication; designating, at the base station, a second group of subframes in the WAN UL spectrum for P2P communication; and allowing, at the base station, P2P mobile entities to use WAN physical layer channels in the second group of subframes to communicate P2P control information and P2P data. | 31,312 |
9,116,677 | 1. A method for managing a thermal policy of a receiving device that couples to a portable computing device, the method comprising: detecting a presence of the portable computing device with the receiving device; and in response to detecting the presence of the portable computing device: | 15,516 |
9,743,091 | 1. A method for decoding an image by a decoding apparatus, comprising: inducing, by the decoding apparatus, a chroma component block corresponding to a luma component block based on chroma format information that indicates a chroma component sampling corresponding to a luma component sampling; partitioning, by the decoding apparatus, the chroma component block into a transform block for the chroma component to transform the chroma component block based on partition information that represents whether a first block is partitioned into a second block for performing transform; and acquiring, by the decoding apparatus, residual information of a transform block for the chroma component by performing at least one of inverse transform and dequantization based on the transform block for the chroma component, acquiring, by the decoding apparatus, transform coefficient information for the chroma component block of N×2N size, if the partition information indicates that the first block is not partitioned into the second block for performing transform, wherein in the step of inducing the chroma component block, if the chroma format information indicates 4:2:2 chroma format and a size of the luma component block is 2N×2N, the chroma component block is induced to N×2N size, wherein the step of acquiring the transform coefficient information includes: acquiring transform coefficient information for a first chroma component block of N×N size which is included in the chroma component block of N×2N size; and acquiring transform coefficient information for a second chroma component block of N×N size which is included in the chroma component block of N×2N size. | 20,441 |
9,301,352 | 1. A dimmable driver circuit for a light-emitting diode (LED) load, the dimmable driver circuit comprising: an alternating current (AC)-direct current (DC) rectifier configured to convert an AC input voltage into a DC voltage; a damper and filter circuit configured to provide a latching current to a phase-cut dimmer and to suppress an inrush current caused by phase-cut dimming, and to filter electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise from the DC voltage; and a switching converter circuit connected to the damper and filter circuit and configured to operate in a boundary conduction mode (BCM) with a constant on-time and a constant peak current to generate DC power for the LED load, wherein the switching converter draws a current from the AC input voltage, the current including a quasi-sinusoidal current waveform in a low voltage region of the AC input voltage and a second current waveform that is flatter than the quasi-sinusoidal current waveform in a high voltage region of the AC input voltage, wherein the quasi-sinusoidal current waveform extends higher in the low voltage region of the AC input voltage compared to a typical sinusoidal current waveform to support deep dimming, and wherein the switching converter comprises a buck converter. | 16,680 |
9,461,567 | 1. A drive control device for a drive system including a vertical carrier machine, comprising: a drive control device for an electric motor mainly for regenerative operation having a first inverter that is composed of a converter part that converts an alternating-current voltage supplied from an alternating-current primary power source into a direct-current voltage, a first smoothing circuit part that smoothes the direct-current voltage converted by the converter part, a first inrush current suppression circuit in which a first resistor and a first switch connected in parallel are connected to a primary side of the first smoothing circuit part, and a first inverter part that converts the direct-current voltage smoothed by the first smoothing circuit part into an alternating-current voltage at a variable voltage variable frequency and outputs the same to the electric motor mainly for regenerative operation in the vertical carrier machine, and a first inverter control part that controls the first inverter part to output the alternating-current voltage at a variable voltage variable frequency according to a velocity command; a drive control device for an electric motor mainly for power operation having, between a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a direct-current output line of the converter part, a second inverter that is composed of a second smoothing circuit part that smoothes a direct-current voltage, a second inrush current suppression circuit in which a second resistor and a second switch connected in parallel are connected to a primary side of the second smoothing circuit part, a second inverter part that converts the direct-current voltage smoothed by the second smoothing circuit part into an alternating-current voltage at a variable voltage variable frequency and outputs the same to the electric motor mainly for power operation, and a second inverter control part that controls the second inverter part to output the alternating-current voltage at a variable voltage variable frequency according to a velocity command; and a capacitor that is connected between the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the direct-current output line of the converter part via a third inrush current suppression circuit in which a third resistor and a third switch are connected in parallel, to store direct-current regenerative power generated at an input portion of the first inverter part during regenerative operation of the electric motor mainly for regenerative operation, wherein the capacitor has an electrostatic capacitance (C) and a direct-current internal resistance (R) to produce a current value with which braking torque required for velocity control of the electric motor mainly for regenerative operation is generated by a charging current flowing at storage of the regenerative energy generated by the electric motor mainly for regenerative operation, within an operating time during which maximum regenerative energy is generated, in series of operations by the electric motor mainly for regenerative operation in the vertical carrier machine. | 12,268 |
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