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A01H | 6803509 | 2004-10-12 | Seed of corn inbred line designated 9SM990, representative seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-5974. |
C11D,Y10S | 6475976 | 2002-11-05 | A hard surface cleaning wipe which comprises approximately:(a) 20 wt. % to 30 wt. % of a nonwoven fabric; and (b) 70 wt. % to 80 wt. % of a liquid cleaning composition being impregnated in said nonwoven fabric, wherein said liquid cleaning composition comprises by weight: (i) 0.01% to 5% of a sulfate anionic surfactant; (ii) 0.01% to 2.0% of a polyhexamethylene-4-biguanide hydrochloride; and (iii) the balance being water. |
H03M,H04N | 7565018 | 2009-07-21 | 1. A method of encoding digital media data in a computing environment comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising: the processor applying a transform to blocks of the digital media data to produce a set of transform coefficients for the respective blocks; for a grouping of plural coefficient values into plural coefficient groups, the processor determining a normalized part and an address part of the transform coefficients of a block, where the normalized part is indicative of a group containing the respective transform coefficient's value and the address part is indicative of an address of the respective transform coefficient's value in the group, where the normalized part and the address part are separate values; the processor encoding the normalized part of a transform coefficient using a variable length entropy coding in a compressed bitstream; and the processor encoding the address part of a transform coefficient using a fixed length coding in the compressed bitstream. |
G16C | 8843509 | 2014-09-23 | 1. A method of estimating a property for a query object in a corresponding query object configuration, the method comprising: accessing a database of database object configurations and a corresponding value of a property for each respective database object in each database configuration, wherein the query object configuration is different from any of the database object configurations; calculating an estimate of a query value of the property for the query object in the query object configuration as a mean of a posterior distribution over the query value for the query object under a Gaussian Process model, wherein the objects are atoms, groups of atoms or molecules; and providing the estimate in an answer to a query; wherein: wherein the transforming in (a) and (b) comprises: |
A47C | 6158808 | 2000-12-12 | A fully adjustable lounge chair comprising:an independently adjustable back support member, thigh support member and foot support member;a support pole for each said support member;a horizontally disposed push bar centrally attached to each said support pole;a rolling pinion gear rigidly attached to each end of a shaft supported by bearings within each said push bar so that said pinion gears reside at each end of said push bar;a pair of horizontally disposed parallel rack type gears that mate with said rolling pinion gears;three motorized screw type linear translation mechanisms respectively pivotally attached to said push bars;U bracket type hinge members respectively connected between said support pole and the underside of each of the said back support, thigh support and foot support members;a pair of second shafts and associated pivotal hinge points attaching said back and thigh support members to a pair of vertically disposed support plates;a hinge point attaching the thigh support member to the foot support member;a pair of cylindrical sockets located midway along the side rails of said back support, said sockets capable of pivotally holding arm support members. |
H04J | 7068685 | 2006-06-27 | 1. A method for determining frame alignment and accepting and monitoring address information bytes contained in frames in a synchronous digital hierarchy or synchronous optical network system, comprising the steps of: finding a frame alignment using a frame alignment signal; monitoring the frame alignment after the frame alignment is found; reading at least one address information byte from a frame after the frame alignment is found; saving the at least one address information byte; and maintaining the saved at least one address information byte for a predetermined time after loss of the frame alignment is detected. |
B62D | 6838846 | 2005-01-04 | 1. An electric power steering apparatus for applying an assisting steering force to a steering mechanism of a vehicle by driving an electric motor according to a steering operation performed by a steering unit for steering the vehicle, comprising: an electric current command value calculation unit which calculated an electric current command value by correcting a target value of an electric current to be made to flow in the electric motor; a drive control unit which controls the drive of the electric motor so that an electric current of the electric current command value flows in the electric motor; and a convergence control unit which determines a damping compensation value, which is a correction value of the target value to be corrected by the electric current command value calculation unit, so that a quantity of steering operation performed by the steering unit is converged to a neutral point, the convergence control unit including: |
C12N | 8101390 | 2012-01-24 | 1. A mutant-type acetyltransferase Mpr1: which comprises at least one amino acid substitution in the amino acid sequence of the wild-type Mpr1 of SEQ ID NO:1 which is selected from the group consisting of the Mpr1 whose Lys63 is substituted with Arg, Mpr1 whose Phe65 is substituted with Leu, Mpr1 whose Leu117 is substituted with Val and Mpr1 whose Phe65 and Leu117 are substituted with Leu and Val respectively, wherein said mutant-type acetyltransferase Mpr1 exhibits a higher antioxidant activity than that of the wild-type Mpr1. |
A61K,A61P | 7056883 | 2006-06-06 | 1. A method for treating soft tissue sarcoma, comprising: administering an effective amount of a histone deacetylase inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (I) a thiol form of the compound of formula (I) having a reduced S—S bond, an analog of the compound of formula (I), a prodrug of the compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of formula (I), a hydrate of the compound of formula (I), an anhydrous form of the compound of formula (I), an acetylated form of the compound of formula (I), a stereoisomer of the compound of formula (I), trichostatin A, sodium butyrate, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, MS-275, cyclic hydroxamic acid containing peptide, Apicidin, Trapoxin and mixtures thereof; wherein the soft tissue sarcoma is synovial sarcoma. |
H05B | 8508463 | 2013-08-13 | 1. A backlight control circuit, comprising: a voltage supply circuit, under control by a control signal, for receiving an input voltage and generating an output voltage; a plurality of nodes for respectively indicating the current status of corresponding light emission device paths, wherein the light emission device paths are coupled to the output voltage and each node corresponds to a different one of the paths; and a high-low voltage comparison and amplifier circuit for generating the control signal according to a voltage difference between at least two of the plurality of nodes, wherein the high-low voltage comparison and amplifier circuit includes: |
G09B | 9189966 | 2015-11-17 | 1. A server configured to create a learning trail application for a geographic area, the server comprising: a processor configured to: provide a template having a plurality of fields, each performing a specific function, the plurality of fields comprising a location field and an image archive field, the location field configured to receive the geographic area and the image archive field configured to receive images; receive template data for placement as the content of one or more of the plurality of fields; receive instructions for determining the placement of the template data into one or more of the plurality of fields; generate the learning trail application from the template with the received template data, wherein during execution of the learning trail application, the learning trail application is configured to receive at least one input image, determine whether a match exists between the input image and the content in the image archive field and display the template data associated with the content in the image archive field, when a match exists; use an algorithm to determine whether the match exists between the input images in the learning trail application and the content in the image archive field, wherein the algorithm is based on a longest increasing subsequence method; and having the algorithm configure the processor to select a plurality of matching features in both the input image and a stored image and determine that the input image matches with the stored image when a subset of the matching features between the images occur in the same geometric order in the input image and the stored image respectively, wherein the subset is larger than a threshold value. |
A01G,Y10T | 6901697 | 2005-06-07 | 1. In a lightweight, compactly foldable, protective winter turf cover having: (a) at least one layered polyethylene sheet being substantially water impermeable; (b) the layered polyethylene sheet having at least a first layer and a second layer; (c) the first layer and the second layer each having a directional orientation determined by force striations; (d) the directional orientation of the first layer being at an angle relative to the directional orientation of the second layer; (e) the turf cover being durable; (f) the first layer having a first edge; (g) the second layer having a second edge; (h) the force striations being at an acute angle to the first edge; (i) the force striations being at an acute angle to the second edge; (j) the acute angle of the first edge being at a relative angle to the acute angle of the second edge; (k) the acute angle to the first edge and the acute angle to the second edge being 20 to about 70 degrees; and (l) the relative angle between the first layer and second layer being about sixty degrees to about 120 degrees; the improvement comprising a hold down mechanism cooperating with the winter turf cover, and having washer placed with the winter turf cover between a ground surface and the washer, the washer having two apertures adapted to receive a nail in each of the two apertures, with the nail being received in each of the two apertures so that nails cross underground in order to complete the hold down mechanism. |
F21V | 9033537 | 2015-05-19 | 1. A ceiling-mounted light fixture comprising: a cylindrical light fixture body which has a screw thread formed on a lower end of an outer surface thereof; a light source unit which is accommodated inside the light fixture body and which has a light emitting element; and a ring-shaped cap which has a screw thread formed on an inner surface thereof, wherein the screw thread is fastened to the screw thread of the light fixture body. |
A61B,A61F,Y10S | 6730127 | 2004-05-04 | A flanged interbody spinal fusion implant for insertion at least in part between adjacent vertebral bodies adjacent a disc space to be fused and in part along the anterior aspects of the vertebral bodies adjacent that disc space, said implant comprising:opposed upper and lower surfaces adapted to contact each of the adjacent vertebral bodies, respectively, from within the disc space; a leading end for insertion between the adjacent vertebral bodies; a trailing end opposite said leading end, said trailing end including a flanged portion sized to not fit within the disc space between the adjacent vertebral bodies, said flanged portion adapted to overlie at least a portion of the anterior aspects of the adjacent vertebral bodies adjacent the disc space, said flanged portion having a maximum height greater than the maximum height of the remainder of said implant as measured from said upper surface to said lower surface when used within the disc space; at least two bone screw receiving holes extending through said flanged portion, each of said bone screw receiving holes being adapted to receive a bone screw for engaging said flanged portion to one of the adjacent vertebral bodies, at least one of each of said bone screw receiving holes being oriented in said flanged portion to overlie the anterior aspect of the adjacent vertebral bodies, respectively, adjacent the disc space to be fused; and at least one locking element for locking at least one of the at least two bone screws adapted to be inserted in said at least two bone screw receiving holes, respectively, said at least one locking element being moveable from an initial position that permits the insertion of a bone screw into a respective one of said bone screw receiving holes to a final position that is adapted to retain at least one bone screw to said implant, said at least one locking element having a maximum horizontal dimension transverse to the maximum height of said flanged portion when said at least one locking element is in the final position, the maximum horizontal dimension of said at least one locking element not exceeding the maximum height of said flanged portion. |
A01G | 7353635 | 2008-04-08 | 1. A tree root ball wrapping apparatus comprising: a first support assembly including a first rigid circular support section positioned in a same horizontal plane within a second rigid circular support section directly connected using a first plurality of rigid support rods in the same horizontal plane with both the first rigid circular support section and second rigid circular support section and extending radially therebetween; a second support assembly positioned substantially above the first support assembly and directly connected to the first rigid circular support section using a second plurality of rigid support rods, forming a substantially conical shape, the second support assembly being rigid and circular; a third plurality of rigid support rods directly connecting the second support assembly and the second rigid circular support section; at least one first hinge directly connected to the second support assembly for splitting both the first support assembly and second support assembly into open half sections to allow objects to be released within the first support assembly; each at least one first hinge comprising a pair of fastening sleeves and a u-pin, a pair of the third rigid support rods positioned directly adjacent one another and beneath the u-pin of a hinged pair of fastening sleeves when in a closed positioned; and wherein the tree root ball apparatus forms the substantially conical shape such that a tree root ball rests upon the first support assembly and the second support assembly and is used to hold the tree root ball into a fixed position. |
F01N | 7971681 | 2011-07-05 | 1. An exhaust-gas muffler comprising: a housing; at least one sleeve extending through said housing; said sleeve having a first end defining an attachment opening; a fastening element projecting through said attachment opening for fixing said exhaust-gas muffler; said sleeve having a second end lying opposite said first end and said second end defining an access opening; a plug made of pressed metal wire; and, said plug being disposed in said access opening and being permeable to air so as to prevent said sleeve from being sealed off with respect to the ambient. |
B01J,C40B,H01J | 6423966 | 2002-07-23 | A method, comprising:capturing nucleic acid molecules onto a pin of a pintool; illuminating the nucleic acid on the pin to generate desorbed nucleic acid and to partially randomize the directional momentum of the desorbed nucleic acid molecules; and determining the molecular weight of the desorbed nucleic acid molecules by mass spectrometry. |
H01R,H05K,Y02P | 6224399 | 2001-05-01 | In combination:an electrical component;an electrical connection device for matingly receiving said electrical component, said electrical connection device comprisinga) a body;b) at least two elongated terminal members mated to said body, each terminal member including:i) a retaining surface for establishing an electrical contact with a circuit board, said retaining surface capable of being solder-anchored to the circuit board for fixing said terminal member on the circuit board, the retaining surfaces of the terminal members being coplanar;ii) a contact portion for engaging a mating electrical terminal member of the electrical component when the electrical component is mounted to the electrical connection device, the contact portions of the terminal members being substantially parallel with one another;c) said body maintaining the terminal members in a predetermined spatial relationship during mounting and fixing of said electrical connecting device to the circuit board, said body being removable from the terminal members once the retaining surfaces of the terminal members have been solder-anchored to the circuit board whereby, when the electrical component is mounted to said electrical connection device, a surface of the electrical component is substantially flush with the retaining surfaces of the terminal members. |
A61K,A61P,C07H,C07K | 7335493 | 2008-02-26 | 1. An isolated nucleic acid encoding a S. pneumoniae polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 5179. |
C06B | 6833037 | 2004-12-21 | A thermoplastic bonded energetic material which comprises:Component A: an energetic filler material; and Component B: a polymeric binder for the energetic filler material; wherein the ratio of the weight of Component A present to the weight of Component B present in the composition is in the inclusive range from 1:10 to 199:1 and wherein Component B comprises an intimate mixture of Ingredients 1 and 2 as follows: Ingredient 1: a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate; Ingredient 2: a copolymer of butadiene and acrylonitrile; the ratio of the weight of Ingredient 1 present to the weight of Ingredient 2 present in Component B being in the inclusive range from 1:10 to 10:1. |
H03L,H04B | 7266171 | 2007-09-04 | 1. A phase-locked loop circuit to receive an input signal having a frequency and converts the input signal into an output signal having a transmission frequency, the phase-locked loop circuit comprising: a current output type phase comparator to convert a phase difference between a first signal and a second signal into a current signal; a frequency converter to convert a frequency of the output signal; a first filter to filter the input signal of the phase-locked loop circuit to produce the first signal and supplying the first signal to the current output type phase comparator; a second filter to filter the current signal of the current output type phase comparator to produce the output signal; a third filter to filter an output signal of the frequency converter to produce the second signal and supplying the second signal to the current output type phase comparator; and a current source to supply a current to an input of the second filter. |
A01K,C07K | 7192916 | 2007-03-20 | 1. An isolated protein comprising consecutive amino acids having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. |
G06K,G06T | 9042630 | 2015-05-26 | 1. A method comprising: staining a tissue with both a test biomarker and a known stain; acquiring a digital image of the stained tissue; identifying a first cell component region that is stained by the known stain, wherein the first cell component region corresponds to a first cell component; identifying a second cell component region using the first cell component region, wherein the second cell component region corresponds to a second cell component; determining a stained proportion of pixels within the second cell component region whose colors fall within a selected color range, wherein the test biomarker stains tissue to have a color that falls within the selected color range; identifying the test biomarker as a stain for the second cell component if the stained proportion of pixels whose colors fall within the selected color range exceeds a predetermined proportion; and displaying on a graphical user interface an indication whether the test biomarker is a stain for the second cell component. |
A61K | 6713045 | 2004-03-30 | An MRI agent composition comprising:a) a first Gd(III) ion bound to a first chelator such that said first Gd(III) ion has coordination atoms in at least 7 coordination sites of said first Gd(III) ion; b) a first blocking moiety covalently attached to said first chelator which hinders the rapid exchange of water in the remaining coordination sites of said first Gd(III) ion; and c) at least a first targeting moiety; wherein said first blocking moiety is attached such that interaction of said first blocking moiety with a target substance increases the exchange of water in the remaining coordination sites of said first Gd(III) ion. |
G02B,G03H,H04N | 6198554 | 2001-03-06 | A method for producing a hologram recording an interference fringe formed by an object light which has diffusing and scattering characteristics, and a reference light on a photosensitive dry plate, comprising the steps of:calculating a ratio .eta..sub.RO /.eta..sub.OO of a first diffraction efficiency .eta..sub.OO and a second diffraction efficiency .eta..sub.RO, the first diffraction efficiency .eta..sub.OO being obtained by the interference fringe formed by two object lights, and the second diffraction efficiency .eta..sub.RO being obtained by the interference fringe formed by the object light and the reference light; andadjusting an intensity E.sub.O of the object light and the intensity E.sub.R of the reference light in such a way that the ratio .eta..sub.RO /.eta..sub.OO is set to at least 10, and the first diffraction efficiency .eta..sub.OO does not exceed 5%, so that transparency of the hologram is ensured when no image is projected on the hologram. |
C08G | 8722846 | 2014-05-13 | 1. A polymer comprising repeat units represented by structure IV wherein R R R n is an integer of 1-10; and, p is an integer of 1-10. |
B60T,B62D,G06T | 7024286 | 2006-04-04 | 1. A parking assisting device comprising: a camera for capturing an image behind a vehicle; a display provided to a dashboard of the vehicle; passage width measurement means for measuring a width of a passage; and a controller for displaying the image captured with the camera on the display, and for calculating an initial stopping position required for parking the vehicle in-parallel into a target parking space perpendicular to the passage on the basis of the passage width measured with the passage width measurement means, to superimpose on a screen of the display a displayed image for guidance used for guiding the vehicle to the initial stopping position. |
B60K,B60L,B60W,F02N,H02P,Y02T,Y10S | 6148784 | 2000-11-21 | A drive system, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprisinga combustion engine (1);an electrical machine (4) acting on the crankshaft (10) of the combustion engine (1) or a shaft coupled therewith, for active reduction of rotational fluctuations, such electrical machine (4) being controlled by an inverter (17) by sine-evaluated pulse modulation with a clock frequency of at least 10 kHz, anda microcomputer controller (31) which controls both the combustion engine (1) as well as the inverter (17) of the electrical machine (4) for actively reducing rotational fluctuations. |
E05F,E05Y,Y10T | 7024725 | 2006-04-11 | 1. An overhead door closer with a slide arm assembly, said slide arm assembly comprising: a housing; a piston guided in said housing between a closing position and an opening position along a center longitudinal axis, said piston moving in a closing direction toward said closing position and in an opening direction toward said opening position, said piston having a toothed rack having teeth arranged on an S-shaped rolling curve with a gradient which increases from the closing position up to approximately half the length of the rack and subsequently decreases, each said tooth having a closing side tooth profile and an opening side tooth profile having different flank angles, the teeth having respective tooth heads with a width which increases up to approximately half the length of the toothed rack and subsequently decreases; a spring urging said piston in the closing direction; a toothed pinion supported for rotation about a rotary axis in said housing and having teeth which mesh with the teeth of said rack, said pinion being eccentrically mounted and having a circular rolling curve with a center point which, in the closing position, is offset from the rotary axis toward the toothed rack and, in the opening position, is offset from the rotary axis away from the toothed rack, said pinion rotating through more than 180 degrees from the closing position to the opening position, said pinion having a portion exceeding said 180 degrees which engages said last teeth in the opening direction of said rack; and a control valve arrangement which reduces the closing speed of the piston as the piston moves toward said closing position, said control valve arrangement comprising a first control valve and a second control valve, said piston being moved in said closing direction in four phases comprising: a first closing phase between approximately 180 degrees and 100 degrees wherein said piston moves with a constant closing speed controlled by said first control valve; a second closing phase between approximately 100 degrees and 70 degrees wherein the functioning of said first and second control valves is cancelled; a third closing phase between approximately 70 degrees and 20 degrees wherein said piston moves with said constant closing speed controlled by said first control valve; and a fourth closing phase between approximately 20 degrees and zero degrees controlled by said second control valve. |
B01D,Y02P,Y10S | 6365005 | 2002-04-02 | A vapor compression distillation process, comprising the steps of:circulating a liquid with a recirculation pump through an evaporation loop comprising said recirculation pump and an evaporation vessel in fluid communication with a first side of a primary heat exchanger; boiling said liquid in said evaporation vessel to produce a vapor; collecting said vapor in an upper portion of said evaporation vessel; passing said vapor through a vapor compressor to a second side of said primary heat exchanger so as to condense at least a portion of said vapor into a condensate; passing said condensate from an outlet of said second side of said primary heat exchanger to an inlet of a first side of a secondary heat exchanger; introducing additional amounts of said liquid at a feed rate into a feed loop comprising a feed pump and a second side of said secondary heat exchanger in fluid communication with a feed tank; transferring amounts of said liquid from said feed loop to said evaporation loop through a transfer line; controlling said amounts of liquid transferred so as to maintain the same volume of liquid in the evaporation loop; and wherein said step of circulating the liquid in the evaporation loop is carried out at a recirculation rate of 25 to 200 times the feed rate. |
F21V,H01J | 6505958 | 2003-01-14 | An electric lamp/reflector unit comprising:a molded reflector body provided with a reflector portion having an optical axis, and with an outer surface, and integrally with said outer surface a hollow neck-shaped portion around the optical axis; a concave reflecting inner surface between the neck-shaped portion and a light emission window transverse to the optical axis; an electric lamp provided with a light-transmitting lamp vessel which is closed in a vacuumtight manner and has a cavity in which an electric element is arranged, the electric element having a first and a second end portion in mutual opposition, the length of the electric element between the first and second end portions being substantially aligned with the optical axis, each said first and second end portion having a seal through which a respective first and second current conductor connected to the electric element are passed from the lamp vessel to the exterior, the second current conductor being guided through an opening in the reflector portion to the outer surface and being connected to a contact member provided on the outer surface, while the electric lamp is fixed in the reflector body, with the first end portion in the neck-shaped portion of the cavity within the reflector portion, the first current conductor extending to the exterior of the lamp through the neck shaped portion, wherein a further contact member, to which the first current conductor is connected, is provided on the outer surface of the reflector body. |
E03F | 6668390 | 2003-12-30 | A debris recovery device for drainage systems that includes a shaft with a peripheral shoulder, comprising:A) a basket assembly having peripheral walls defining a common upper edge and a common lower edge, said basket assembly including first and second openings defined by said upper and lower edges, and said peripheral walls made out of a meshed material; B) a bottom wall having cooperative dimensions to close said second opening, said bottom wall being hingedly mounted to said common lower edge; and C) means for keeping said bottom wall against said common lower edge and releasable upon the application of a predetermined force so that a load supported by said bottom wall is discharged upon reaching a predetermined weight, said means for keeping said bottom wall against said common lower edge includes spring means cooperatively mounted on said basket assembly and connected to said bottom wall for urging the latter against said common lower edge. |
A44C,Y10T | 8789251 | 2014-07-29 | 1. A method of mounting a stone onto a sheet of flexible material having opposite front and back sides, comprising: forming a slit in the material; position a setting on the back side of the material, the setting having prongs extending through the material, and the material adjacent the slit folding backwardly into the setting; inserting a stone through the slit in the material and into the setting, with a rear portion of the stone within the setting being substantially uncovered from the folded material within the setting; and bending the prongs over the stone to retain the stone in the setting and on the material. |
G01J,G01N | 8922773 | 2014-12-30 | 1. A method of polarimetry, comprising: providing a polarimeter including a light source; transmitting a light from the light source beam through a sample in a container in the polarimeter; obtaining a first measurement of polarization rotation of the light beam passing through the sample, using a target wavelength setting of a wavelength selector in said polarimeter; inserting a polarization rotator into a path of the light beam of said polarimeter; obtaining a second measurement of the polarization rotation of the light beam, after the light beam has passed through both the polarization rotator and the sample; and calculating a true wavelength at which the first and second polarization rotation measurements were obtained from the first and second polarization rotation measurements and from a value of optical rotary dispersion of the polarization rotator. |
H03M,H04L | 8707145 | 2014-04-22 | 1. A method performed by a wireless transceiver, comprising: receiving a message via a receiver; decoding the message via a decoder by: |
B23K,G01B | 6909799 | 2005-06-21 | 1. A method for following the common edges of sheet metal blanks before welding the edges and/or for inspecting the edges or a weld seam formed at the edges after welding the edges comprising: projecting a plurality of lines of light having different intensities across the edges; capturing an image of the lines by means of a camera; and evaluating the image of the lines, including selecting at least one of the lines for evaluation on the basis of the scattered or reflected radiation of the line. |
A01K | 6845934 | 2005-01-25 | 1. A rotor braking device for a spinning reel that brakes a rotor rotatively mounted on a reel unit of the spinning reel in response to a pivoting of a bail arm that pivots between a line-winding position and a line-releasing position, said rotor braking device comprising: a moving member that is coupled to the bail arm and provided on the rotor so as to be movable between a first position that corresponds to the line-winding position and a second position that corresponds to the line-releasing position, a part of said moving member projecting toward the reel unit when said moving member is in the second position; and a braking member that includes a drag portion and a plurality of engagement portions, said drag portion frictionally and relatively rotatably engaging with the reel unit, said plurality of engagement portions engaging with said projecting part of said moving member when said moving member is in the second position, said drag portion being frictionally rubbed against the reel unit when said projecting part of said moving member engages with one of said engagement portions. |
F24S,Y02E | 7104064 | 2006-09-12 | 1. A method of operating a solar power station including a solar panel assembly having a plurality of towers, a substantially planar solar panel pivotally mounted to an upper end of each tower, and a control system, each of the towers having a plurality of floors and being individually extendable from a bottom position to an extended position, the control system including a computer, at least one earthquake sensor and at least one wind sensor, the computer having a main routine stored therein for operating the towers, the main routine comprising: a monitor parameter subroutine continually monitoring the earthquake and wind sensors; a computer check subroutine continually monitoring the performance of the computer; a maintenance check subroutine continually monitoring for maintenance being performed on the control system and providing notice of scheduled maintenance that must be performed; and a withdraw towers subroutine initiating withdrawal of the towers to the bottom position when the at least one earthquake sensor or the at least one wind sensor sense a seismic event or a high wind force, respectively; wherein the monitor parameter subroutine, the computer check subroutine and the maintenance check subroutine are run concurrently. |
H03M | 7496159 | 2009-02-24 | 1. A survivor path decoding apparatus for a Viterbi decoder with a constraint length of K, comprising: a best survivor unit for receiving path metrics of 2 a survivor memory comprising: |
H01F,H01L,H01Q | 7746232 | 2010-06-29 | 1. An electronic substrate comprising: a base substrate having an active face and a rear face; a passivation film formed on the active face of the base substrate; a plurality of inductor elements formed on or above the active face, or formed on or above the rear face, and having a winding wire, the winding wire having an inner end and an outer end; a first electrode and a second electrode formed in an array at a peripheral portion of the active face of the base substrate; a first connecting wire formed on the passivation film and connected to the first electrode; a dielectric layer formed between at least some of the inductor elements and the base substrate so as to cover the first connecting wire, including a through hole in which the inner end of the winding wire is connected to the first connecting wire; and a second connecting wire connected to the outer end of the winding wire, connected to the second electrode, and formed on the dielectric layer. |
B64D,F16L | 7445031 | 2008-11-04 | 1. Insulation arrangement for a pipe, especially for a pipe of a pneumatic system in a passenger transport aircraft, comprising an insulation material layer ( 6 ) and a pre-fabricated shell ( 9 ) that includes an outer sheath consisting of titanium foil ( 31 ), and first and second termination profile elements, wherein the outer sheath ( 3 ) has a first end section ( 32 ) and a second end section ( 33 ), and the outer sheath is connected at the first and second end sections respectively with the first and second termination profile elements, and wherein the shell ( 19 ) has at least one longitudinal seam ( 13 ), and is adapted to and does receive therein the insulation material layer ( 6 ) and is adapted to be mounted on the pipe with the longitudinal seam of the shell open, and with the insulation material layer ( 6 ) received in the shell, and further comprising closure parts ( 14 , 14 ′) that are provided on the shell at the at least one longitudinal seam ( 13 ) and that are adapted to close the at least one longitudinal seam ( 13 ) after the shell is mounted on the pipe, and wherein the titanium foil ( 31 ) forming the outer sheath ( 3 ) has a profiled or patterned surface configuration. |
G09F | 7777699 | 2010-08-17 | 1. A method for displaying an image, the method comprising: providing a display apparatus, wherein the display apparatus comprises: sending the data signal to the display apparatus, wherein the plurality of pixels are further configured to display the image based on the data signal. |
G01K | 8147131 | 2012-04-03 | 1. A temperature sensing circuit that detects a given temperature, the circuit comprising: an operational amplifier including a first differential input circuit located in an input stage of the operational amplifier, the first differential input circuit being configured to provide a first offset voltage with no temperature coefficient; and a comparator including a second differential input circuit located in an input stage of the comparator, the second differential input circuit being connected to the first differential input circuit and configured to provide a second offset voltage with a non-zero temperature coefficient, wherein the comparator has a first input connected to an output of the operational amplifier, and a second input connected to a ground potential, and the comparator compares the first offset voltage with the ground potential to output a detection signal upon detection of the given temperature. |
F16L | 8371617 | 2013-02-12 | 1. An expansion joint for a pipe system comprising: a first pipe section defining a first passageway having a longitudinal axis; a second pipe section defining a second passageway having a longitudinal axis; a deformable section interconnecting the first and second pipe sections so that the first and second passageways are fluidly connected, the deformable section being constructed to deform upon relative movement of the first and second pipe sections with respect to each other; a first mount secured to the first pipe section in the first passageway, wherein the first mount includes a hub defining a passage, and a plurality of braces extending radially from the hub of the first mount and secured in the first passageway; a second mount secured to the second pipe section in the second passageway, wherein the second mount includes a hub defining a passage, and a plurality of braces extending radially from the hub of the second mount and secured in the second passageway; and a flexible tension member tethering the first and second mounts to each other to limit a linear separation between the first and second pipe sections, the flexible tension member extending through the deformable section and within the respective passages defined by the hubs of the first and second mounts, wherein each of the first and second mounts includes a plurality of braces secured to the first and second pipe sections in the corresponding first and second passageways, and wherein the expansion joint further comprises stiffening members for each of the first and second mounts, the stiffening members extending between adjacent braces of each of the first and second mounts. |
F16B | 8616816 | 2013-12-31 | 1. A fastener for composite or plastic material comprising: a head rotatably couplable for application of a torque and having a recessed underside and a lower cutting rim; an elongated shank extending from said head and terminating at a distal tip and comprising a neck portion having a uniform neck diameter adjacent said head and extending a neck distance, a first portion having a first diameter less than said neck diameter and a lower second portion having a reduced second diameter less than said first diameter; said first portion being traversed by a plurality of longitudinally spaced rings spaced a ring distance less than said neck distance; and said lower portion being traversed by a right-hand thread with a spiral array of notches, said right-hand thread having a pitch spacing less than that of said ring distance, said rings having an effective major diameter greater than that of said right hand thread. |
H03M | 7360142 | 2008-04-15 | 1. A method of checking a unit of digital data for a transmission error, comprising the steps of: a) partitioning said unit of digital data into (i) one or more fall data lines and (ii) a remainder, wherein each of said full data lines comprises a predetermined number of data blocks, each of said data blocks has a first fixed length of 2 b) when said second length is at least one bit, selecting a padding vector from a set of padding vectors stored in a storage table, and adding the padding vector to said remainder, said padding vector having a length sufficient to generate a padded data line having said predetermined number of data blocks; and c) performing error checking calculations on said full data lines and said padded data line. |
H05K | 7180736 | 2007-02-20 | 1. A microelectronic package comprising: a housing including a cylindrical wall defining a central axis, the cylindrical wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, said cylindrical wall defining a central compartment between the inner surface and the central axis, the central axis being located within the central compartment, said inner surface having at least one assembly support surface that substantially faces the central axis, said housing further including at least one axial channel interposed between the outer surface and the inner surface; and a microelectronIc assembly affixed to the assembly support surface, thereby disposing the microelectronic assembly within the central compartment. |
B60R | 6663156 | 2003-12-16 | A protective mat assembly for a cargo area of a vehicle, said cargo area including a load floor, a closure panel movable between open and closed positions, and an exterior surface of said vehicle disposed substantially below said closure panel, said protective mat assembly comprising:a storage compartment; and a mat operatively attached to said storage compartment, wherein said mat is movable between: a stowed position disposed substantially within said storage compartment; a first operative position extending outwardly through a vehicle opening created when said closure panel in said open position, and draped over said exterior surface; and a second operative position extending within said vehicle cargo area and drapedly covering a portion of said load floor. |
B60R,H04K | 8884821 | 2014-11-11 | 1. A method of tracking a location of a vehicle in a cellular communications network comprising a plurality of cells, a plurality of base stations at different geographic locations, at least one antenna at each base station, and a plurality of control channels, the method comprising: establishing and conducting through the cellular communication network, communications between a communication and jamming detection device located at the vehicle and a first base station for a first cell of the communication network; at the communication and jamming detection device: determining when jamming of the communications between the communication and jamming detection device and the base station is occurring; upon determining that jamming is occurring, transmitting a location determination signal from the communication and jamming device, on a plurality of different control channels for a plurality of different cells, such that the location determination signal is received by at least one external location determination device coupled to a second base station that is coupled to an antenna for a second cell, the external location determination device being configured to determine the location of the communication and jamming detection device by triangulation, the triangulation being responsive to reception of the location determination signal at a plurality different antennas for the plurality of different cells on the plurality of different control channels. |
B23K,H05K | 6340113 | 2002-01-22 | A method of forming a compliant, porous failure-resistant joint between two opposed surfaces comprising the steps of:applying a solder composition to at least one of said opposed surfaces, said solder composition comprising a plurality of bimetallic particles having a first core metal and a second coating metal, wherein a combination of the first and second metals has a lower melting point than either of the first and second metals alone, raising said particles to a temperature just above the melting point of the combination of the first and second metals, such that the second coating metal dissolves into the first core metal, and controlling the maximum temperature above the melting point of said combination of first and second metals to thereby form a compliant, porous failure-resistant joint that has an average pore size of from about 1 micrometer to about 1000 micrometers and that resists flowing or slumping. |
A61K,A61P,C07C,C07D | 7126010 | 2006-10-24 | 1. A compound of formula (I): or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A is G is selected from —C(O)R W, at each occurrence, is independently selected from C or N, provided at least two of W are C; X is NR X Z Z R R R R R alternatively, R R R R alternatively, R R R R R R R R R R′, at each occurrence, is selected from H, C R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R n, at each occurrence, is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; o, at each occurrence, is selected from 1 and 2; p, at each occurrence, is selected from 1 and 2; r, at each occurrence, is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; q, at each occurrence, is selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; s, at each occurrence, is selected from 0, 1, and 2; t, at each occurrence, is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; and u, at each occurrence, is independently selected from 0, 1, and 2. |
A61P,C07C,C07D,G06F,Y02P | 6420363 | 2002-07-16 | A mono- or polyenic carboxylic acid derivative represented by the formula (1-I) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof:Z—(CR3═CR2)n—COOR1  (1-I) whereinR1 is hydrogen or a carboxyl-protecting group; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, linear lower alkyl, branched lower alkyl, linear lower alkoxy, branched lower alkoxy or aryl; n is an integer of 1 to 3 and the number of R's or R3's may be the same or different from each other; and Z represents a group of the formula wherein Ra, Rb and Rc are each independently hydrogen, linear or branched lower alkyl, linear or branched lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, fluoroalkyl or halogen or alternatively two of Ra, Rb and Rc may be united to form an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated ring which may contain oxygen, sulfur and/or nitrogen; Ra′ and Rb′ are each independently hydrogen, linear or branched lower alkyl linear or branched lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, aryl heteroaryl, fluoroalkyl or halogen, provided 3-(2-phenazinyl)-2-propenoic acid, 3-(2-phenazinyl)-2-propenoic acid methyl ester and 5,10-dihydro-5,10-dimethyl-2-phenazineacrylic acid are excluded. |
G06Q,G07F | 7794322 | 2010-09-14 | 1. A method for awarding a bonus to a player of an electronic gaming device at one of a plurality of gaming properties, said method comprising: collecting data relating to gaming device play at the properties by a slave server on a computer network; compiling at least some of the data collected from the properties by a master server on a network including the slave servers for the purpose of awarding a bonus from a bonus pool, wherein compiling at least some of the data comprises maintaining a delayed pool representing bonus pool contributions by gaming devices while communications between the gaming devices and a slave server or between the slave server and the master server were interrupted, wherein compiling at least some of the data further comprises updating the bonus pool using a first portion of the delayed pool and forming a new bonus pool using a second portion of the delayed pool; sending a display message from the master server to the slave servers to cause the amount of the bonus pool to be displayed and in response to receiving a display message, sending a message to the master server from a slave server indicating a current local bonus pool value so that the amount of the bonus pool is updated, the current local bonus pool value representing the total accrued contribution by the slave server since the current pool began accruing; using the master server to randomly select a slave server from a plurality of slave servers to award the bonus and to notify the non-selected slave servers of the identity of the selected slave server; randomly selecting at least one of the gaming devices from a plurality of gaming devices at one of the properties to receive the bonus using the selected slave server; awarding the bonus to the player of said at least one gaming device; generating an indication that the player has been awarded the bonus. |
H01L,H04N | 9029749 | 2015-05-12 | 1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged at a preset pitch in the semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the pixels includes: a first photodiode configured to photoelectrically convert incident light and store charges obtained by conversion; a second photodiode configured to photoelectrically convert incident light and store charges obtained by conversion and having a larger saturation charge amount than the first photodiode, the second photodiode having a larger area than the first photodiode; a first micro-lens configured to focus light on the first photodiode; and a second micro-lens configured to focus light on the second photodiode and an area of the second micro-lens being smaller than an area of the first micro-lens. |
H03B,H03L | 8258925 | 2012-09-04 | 1. A frequency synthesizer applied to a first band transceiver and a second band transceiver, the first band transceiver being a first radio frequency identification reader, and the second band transceiver being a second radio frequency identification reader, the frequency synthesizer comprising: a phase-locked loop module, comprising a single voltage controlled oscillator which generates a primary clock signal with frequency ranging from 4.8 GHz to 5 GHz; a first frequency divider, disposed between the phase-locked loop module and the first band transceiver and coupled to an output of the single voltage controlled oscillator, for frequency-dividing the primary clock signal into a first clock signal with a first frequency with frequency range from 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz for the first band transceiver; and a second frequency divider, coupled to an output of the first frequency divider, for frequency-dividing the first clock signal into a second clock signal with a second frequency with frequency range from 860 MHz to 960 MHz for the second band transceiver, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency, wherein the second frequency divider comprises a 3/2 frequency conversion part for performing 3/2 frequency conversion, a high-pass filter and a divide-by-4 frequency-dividing circuit; a third frequency divider, coupled to an output of the second frequency divider, for frequency-dividing the second clock signal into a third clock signal with a third frequency lower than the second frequency; and a fourth frequency divider, coupled to the output of the second frequency divider, for frequency-dividing the second clock signal into a fourth clock signal with a fourth frequency lower than the second frequency, the fourth frequency being different from the third frequency; wherein the third frequency of the third clock signal and the fourth frequency of the fourth clock signal cover 13.56 MHz and 125 kHz, respectively. |
H01L,H05K,Y10S,Y10T | 6831233 | 2004-12-14 | An integrated circuit package comprising:a first conductive layer having a first grid of holes disposed relative to a first coordinate system; a second conductive layer parallel to the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer having a second grid of holes offset from the first grid of holes and disposed relative to the first coordinate system; a dielectric layer between the first and second conductive layers; and at least one conductive signal trace disposed within the dielectric layer, the at least one conductive signal trace disposed parallel to an axis of a second coordinate system that is rotated with respect to the first coordinate system by an angle of between zero and forty-five degrees. |
A01J,B01F | 6085644 | 2000-07-11 | Single or multi-stage nozzle dispersing device for homogenizing fatty liquid natural products or foodstuffs consisting of a conveying unit (1) for conveying the liquid to be homogenized (2), a preliminary pressure chamber (3), one or more low pressure chambers connected in series (8a . . . 8m) and a plurality n of dispersing openings (6, 7) via which the preliminary pressure chamber (3) and the low pressure chambers (8a . . . 8m) are connected together, wherein the conveying unit (1) generates a defined preliminary pressure in the preliminary pressure chamber (3), wherein the nozzle bores (7) of the dispersing openings have a hydraulic diameter of 0.1 to 1 mm and are formed in such a way that the product of the hydraulic cross-sectional are F.sub.h of the nozzle bores (7) and their length L satisfies the equationF.sub.h *L=d.sup.3in which d is the hydraulic diameter of the nozzle bores (7). |
B27F,Y10T | 8157143 | 2012-04-17 | 1. A stitching device for producing stitching wire staples for stitching stacked sheet materials, the stitching device comprising: a stitching head base body; a cutting box fixed to said stitching head base body, said cutting box including a movable knife slide; a control device for controlling movement sequences of the stitching device, for automatically cutting off the stitching wire; said stitching head base body, said cutting box and said knife slide cooperating to permit said movable knife slide to be displaced relative to said stitching base body for cutting off the stitching wire; and an operating device being separate from and detachable from said stitching head base body, said cutting box and said knife slide, said operating device having a handle and a lever to be inserted through at least partly aligned openings formed in said cutting box and said knife slide to permit the stitching wire to be cut off manually. |
G01M,G02C,G06Q | 8474975 | 2013-07-02 | 1. A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens, comprising steps of: calculating a visual acuity function including relative accommodation power as a factor; optimizing optical performance values with respect to a plurality of evaluation points on said spectacle lens by using the calculated visual acuity function as an evaluation function; determining optical design values based on the optical performance values with respect to the plurality of evaluation points on said spectacle lens that have been optimized using the visual acuity function; and creating said spectacle lens using the optical design values which have been deteremined, wherein in the step of determining optical design values, the optical design values are determined such that a refractive power is the one that shifts a range of distinct vision corresponding to relative accommodation power. |
G06F,H01Q | 7639190 | 2009-12-29 | 1. A personal computer, comprising: a main body housing; a display unit of a rectangular shape including a pair of first end parts substantially parallel to each other, and a pair of second end parts substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the first end parts; a connecting unit which rotatably connects one of the second end parts of the display housing to the main body housing; a first radio antenna provided at one of the first end parts of the display unit; a second radio antenna provided at one of the second end parts of the display unit; and a radio communication module, disposed in the main body housing, configured to transmit radio signals from only the first antenna and to receive radio signals from the first antenna and second antenna. |
B66C,H02G | 6883782 | 2005-04-26 | 1. An apparatus for releasably clamping onto the end of an elongated item, comprising: a main body having a bore therethrough; and a plurality of pivoting teeth each pivotedly mounted to the main body by a respective hinge pin and projecting generally inward into the bore, different ones of the teeth being located at different angular locations from each other around the inner circumference of the body. |
G06K,H04N | 8285043 | 2012-10-09 | 1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a reader that reads a document and generates image data; an edge vicinity pixel detector that detects pixels in the vicinity of an edge of the document based on luminance values of the image data generated by the reader; a histogram creating portion that creates a histogram using luminance values of pixels in a region of the document within a predetermined distance from the pixels in the vicinity of the edge and excluding the pixels in the vicinity of the edge; a determination portion that determines whether or not it is possible to separate a document region from a document-external region based on the created histogram; and a selector that selects, based on a result of determination performed by the determination portion, one of a rectangular elimination method, in which a region within a smallest possible rectangle that surrounds the document is taken as the document region and a region other than the document region is taken as the document-external region and eliminated, and an angular elimination method, in which a shape of the document itself is taken as the document region and a region other than the document region is taken as the document-external region and eliminated. |
H01L,H04B,H04L | 8396164 | 2013-03-12 | 1. A receiving device to be coupled with a communication line, comprising: a receiving circuit configured to receive a signal transmitted through the communication line; and an impedance control circuit coupled with the receiving circuit and having a detecting part, wherein: the detecting part is configured to detect a physical value of the signal; the physical value includes at least one of a voltage, an electric current, and an electric power; the impedance control circuit is configured to change an input impedance based on the detected value so that a ringing of the signal is reduced; the impedance control circuit includes a semiconductor switching element; the semiconductor switching element includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor; the impedance control circuit further includes a gate bias circuit, a first impedance element for controlling a threshold value, and a second impedance element for controlling the input impedance; the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor is coupled in parallel with the receiving circuit; a back-gate of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor is coupled to a source side of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor through the first impedance element; a gate of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor is coupled to a drain side of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor through the gate bias circuit; and the second impedance element is coupled to one of the source side and the drain side of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. |
G05B | 7444312 | 2008-10-28 | 1. A method for designing a technical system having a predetermined set of target functions which are dependent on parameters, comprising: weighting each individual target function with a weighting factor; solving an equation system in a variable space to produce operating points in a solution space, the equation system having the parameters and the weighting factors as variables, the equation system being solved by a predictor-corrector method comprising: using the operating points to design the technical system. |
H04J,H04L | 9048981 | 2015-06-02 | 1. A sniffing femtocell comprising: means for synchronizing the sniffing femtocell on a preamble transmitted by a neighboring femtocell over a wireless communication network; means for determining radio and physical layer parameters of said neighboring femtocell based on said preamble and a measurement of signals received over a frequency allocated to said neighboring femtocell during a frame of said sniffing femtocell, wherein: means for determining a direction of arrival of said received signals; means for generating an RF spatial map based on said direction of arrival of said received signals, said RF spatial map comprising a location of said neighboring femtocell and said parameters of said neighboring femtocell; and means for selecting radio and physical layer parameters for said sniffing femtocell based on said RF spatial map, said radio and physical layer parameters selected for said sniffing femtocell comprising at least a sector ID, a beam direction, or a combination thereof, in said wireless communication network for said sniffing femtocell. |
G02F,H01L,H05K | 7951710 | 2011-05-31 | 1. A method for forming a pattern comprising the steps of: forming a first region and a second region; discharging a first composition containing a first pattern formation material to a region across the second region and the first region; flowing a part of the first composition discharged to the first region into the second region to form a first conductive layer in the first region; and discharging a second composition containing a second pattern formation material over the first composition in the second region to form a second conductive layer wider than the first conductive layer, wherein wettability of the first region with respect to the first composition is lower than wettability of the second region with respect to the first composition. |
H01M,Y02E,Y02P | 9130208 | 2015-09-08 | 1. A proton-conducting polymer membrane based on copolymers comprising (I) polybenzoxazoles and (II) polybenzimidazoles, obtainable by a process comprising the steps of (i) mixing (a) one or more aromatic diamino dihydroxy compounds with (b) one or more aromatic carboxylic acids or esters thereof comprising at least two acid groups per carboxylic acid monomer, (ii) heating the mixture from step (i), to temperatures in the range from 120° C. up to 300° C. and polymerizing until attainment of a polybenzoxazole polymer having an intrinsic viscosity of up to 1.5 dl/g, (iii) mixing (a) one or more aromatic tetraamino compounds with (b) one or more aromatic carboxylic acids or esters thereof comprising at least two acid groups per carboxylic acid monomer, (iv) heating the mixture from step (iii), to temperatures in the range from 120° C. up to 300° C. and polymerizing until attainment of a polybenzimidazole polymer having an intrinsic viscosity of up to 1.5 dl/g, (v) combining the polybenzoxazole polymer obtained in step (ii) and the polybenzimidazole polymer obtained in step (iv) and heating until attainment of an intrinsic viscosity of more than 1.5 dl/g, to form a polybenzoxazole-polybenzimidazole block polymer, (vi) applying a layer using the mixture according to step (v) to a support or to an electrode, (vii) at least partially hydrolyzing the polyphosphoric acid present in the layer from step (vi) by contacting with water and/or aqueous media, (viii) detaching the self-supporting membrane formed from the support or the electrode. |
E21B,Y10T | 6095259 | 2000-08-01 | A core sampler apparatus for collecting subterranean core samples with a drilling rig having a drill string, the core sampler comprising:a barrel assembly having a passageway for receiving deposition of the core sample, the barrel assembly having a tang portion extending from an upper end thereof, and wherein the barrel assembly is split along a longitudinal axis into a first half-portion and a second half-portion, wherein the half portions are matingly engaged by the engagement of a tab of the first portion matingly engaging a groove of the second half portion;a shoe attached to a lower end of said barrel assembly with an opening contiguous with the passage way of said barrel assembly, the first and second half portions of the barrel assembly having a spiral thread which, when the first and second half portions are matingly engaged, is threadingly engaged by the shoe; anda connector member attached to the upper end of said barrel assembly and attached to the drill string, the connector member having a bore with a characteristically close fitting relationship to the tang portion of the barrel assembly, the connector member having a first aperture, and the tang portion having a second aperture, and wherein a pin has a first portion disposed in said first aperture and simultaneously has a second portion disposed in said second aperture to pinningly engage the tang portion to the connector member, and wherein the connector member has a sliding sleeve moveable between a locked and an unlocked position, where in the locked position the sliding sleeve covers the first aperture of the connector member to retain the pin therein; andwherein the connector member has a channel longitudinally extending from an upper shoulder to a lower shoulder, the channel supporting the sliding sleeve between the locked and unlocked positions. |
E21B | 7621333 | 2009-11-24 | 1. A hydrocarbon extraction process enabling an acceleration in the production of the productive zone of the oil deposit of a well and an increase in the cumulated quantity of hydrocarbons, wherein a hot fluid comprising liquid hydrocarbons is made to circulate so as to bring said productive zone locally to a higher temperature by conduction in order to fluidify the hydrocarbons imprisoned in an underground reservoir, by means of a thermally-insulated pipe, said hot fluid being mixed with the hydrocarbons extracted via a liner or drain in said productive zone such mixture thus formed being recovered at the surface by means of a pumping pipe; wherein the production is such that the arrival of frigories via the hydrocarbons extracted from said reservoir is less than the quantity of heat diffused mostly by conduction in the reservoir and whose flow is maintained at less than 3 barrels per day and per linear meter of drain or liner. |
F16K | 6089530 | 2000-07-18 | A valve for controlling the movement of material through a lateral discharge opening in an elongated conduit through which the material moves longitudinally, the valve comprising:a valve gate shaped to fit around the exterior of the conduit in an open position adjacent the lateral opening; anda valve gate drive independent of pressure exerted by the material for moving the valve gate from the open position to a closed position where the valve gate makes a snug fit around the discharge opening to close the opening against movement of material through the opening, and means for moving the valve gate from the closed to the open position to permit material to move laterally through the opening. |
B41J,G03F | 8303084 | 2012-11-06 | 1. An inkjet printhead comprising: a substrate; a passage forming layer formed on the substrate; and a nozzle layer formed on the passage forming layer and comprising a material including an epoxy group or a hydroxyl group, the epoxy group or the hydroxyl group being protected by an alcohol-protecting group bonded to the epoxy group or the hydroxyl group. |
A22C,A23P,A47J | 9161549 | 2015-10-20 | 1. A breather plate for a food patty molding machine comprising a multiplicity of orifices; said orifices are comprised of a sphere which intersects a cylinder configured to cause a venturi effect comprising an increase in velocity with a corresponding decrease in pressure wherein said sphere is a constriction from a fixed point where a distance of said constriction is equidistant from said fixed point. |
H01M,Y02E | 8962204 | 2015-02-24 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell that generates electric power by electrochemically reacting a reactant gas mixture; a reactant gas supply unit configured to supply a reactant gas; a gas circulation unit configured to mix a circulating reactant gas from the fuel cell with the reactant gas to supply the reactant gas mixture to the fuel cell; a temperature control unit having a cooling flow path through the fuel cell, a circulating pump configured to circulate a heat transfer medium through the fuel cell, and a radiator on the cooling flow path to adjust the temperature of the heat transfer medium; a gas temperature-detecting unit configured to detect an inlet reactant gas mixture temperature of the reactant gas mixture before the reactant gas mixture enters the fuel cell; a heat exchange unit in the fuel cell through which an outlet side of the reactant gas mixture and an inlet side of the heat transfer medium flows, the heat exchange unit configured to perform heat exchange between the reactant gas mixture and a portion of the heat transfer medium; and a control unit programmed to: |
A61K,A61P,C12Y | 8568714 | 2013-10-29 | 1. An antimicrobial pathogen-specific composition comprising an isolated, recombinant LysK endolysin and an isolated, recombinant lysostaphin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein said composition is functional for degrading the peptidoglycan cell wall of untreated, live Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. |
B64C | 6481486 | 2002-11-19 | In a vehicle window for a vehicle having an interior compartment, a window having:a curved inner lens; a generally rectangular frame having frame members including curved, side rails for joining the inner lens thereto; a shade for interference with the passage of light through the inner lens, the shade comprising a first fabric member with a first and a second edge, and a second fabric member with a first and a second edge, the first edge of the first fabric member for engagement with a frame member of the frame members of the rectangular frame; a first moveable shade rail for engagement with the first edge of the second member and the second edge of the first member of the shade thereto; and means cooperating with the first moveable shade rail to manually control the shade such that the shade moves adjacent the curved inner lens and such that the first fabric member may selectively cover all, some or none of the curved inner lens and the second fabric member may selectively cover all, some or none of the inner lens; a second moveable shade rail for engagement with the second edge of the second member; means to maintain alignment of the first moveable shade rail; means to maintain alignment of the second moveable shade rail. |
G01C,G06F,G09G | 8743150 | 2014-06-03 | 1. A display processing device for displaying a display object in a display window, said device comprising: a section setting unit configured to set a plurality of sections for a display window by dividing said display window into four or more rectangular sections, and setting a linear boundary between adjacent sections, wherein said boundaries form intersections at one or more points where said boundaries intersect; a boundary moving unit configured to accept moving operations for a selected boundary or a selected intersection, and move said selected boundary or said selected intersection, said moving operations defined by dragging said selected boundary or a point corresponding to said selected intersection; a section display range changing unit configured to change a display range for a portion of a display object to be displayed in a section bordering said selected boundary, wherein said display range is changed for each section bordering said selected boundary by an amount corresponding to a change in display size due to said movement of said selected boundary, wherein said display range is increased in a section bordering said selected boundary that has increased in display size due to said movement of said selected boundary, and said display range is decreased in a section bordering said selected boundary that has decreased in display size due to said movement of said selected boundary, and wherein a display range for a portion of an object to be displayed in each section that does not border said selected boundary remains unchanged when said display range is changed for each section that borders said selected boundary; and a section display scale changing unit configured to change a display scale for each section in said plurality of sections that borders said boundaries forming said selected intersection in response to said movement of said point corresponding to said selected intersection, such that said display scale of a section bordering said boundaries forming said selected intersection is changed by an amount corresponding to said change in size of said section bordering said boundaries forming said selected intersection after said point corresponding to said selected intersection is moved. |
B29C,C08K,C08L | 8318843 | 2012-11-27 | 1. A component for producing laser-transparent moldings which comprise thermoplastic molding compositions comprising, A) from 29 to 99.95% by weight of a polyester, B) from 0.05 to 2.0% by weight of Na C) from 0 to 70% by weight of further additives, where the total of the % by weight values for A) to C) does not exceed 100%; wherein component B) are particles having an aspect ratio in the range of from 1 to 6. |
B60C | 7500504 | 2009-03-10 | 1. A bead breaking unit for a tire changing machine, comprising an arm having a first end to which a bead breaking tool can be attached and a second end opposite the first, said first end being mobile between an idle position in which said bead breaking tool is placed away from a base of a tire changing machine, and a working position in which said bead breaking tool is placed in contact with a wheel to bead break; and an adjustment device for adjusting a trajectory of said bead breaking tool when the arm moves between said idle position and said working position, which are interposed between a base and said arm and suitable for defining at least one first operating configuration in which said trajectory is substantially curvilinear and at least a second operating configuration in which said trajectory is substantially rectilinear, wherein said adjustment device comprises at least one guide element positioned between said arm and said base, and said guide means comprising at least a first and a second slot formed in said guide element which are alternatively engageable by said portion of the arm. |
C09K | 8413745 | 2013-04-09 | 1. A method comprising: drilling a bore through a subterranean formation using a drilling fluid comprising water as a continuous phase; and adding before or during drilling a lubricant blend to the drilling fluid comprising: where the amount of lubricant blend in the water-based drilling fluid is effective to increase at least one lubricity property of the water-based drilling fluid as compared to an identical water-based drilling fluid absent the lubricant blend. |
B01D,C10L | 8641922 | 2014-02-04 | 1. A sorbent for removal of acid gas from hydrocarbon gas comprising a mixture of a dewatered vinasse obtained from distillation of ethanol, and an amine. |
G01C,G01S | 9161175 | 2015-10-13 | 1. A method comprising: detecting, by a mobile device, a signal, the signal being associated with a signal source identifier identifying a signal source; determining, from location fingerprint data, a first portion of a venue associated with the signal source identifier, the location fingerprint data including expected measurements of signals at various areas of the venue and expected identifiers of signal sources detectable at the various areas of the venue, the first portion of the venue including areas in the venue where signals from the signal source are expected to be detectable; designating a set of randomly selected locations in the first portion of the venue as estimated initial locations; and iteratively determining an estimated location of the mobile device, comprising, in each iteration: |
C03C,C09K,G02F,G09G,Y10T | 8071183 | 2011-12-06 | 1. A display apparatus comprising a rear substrate equipped with a plurality of electron sources and a front substrate equipped with a plurality of fluorescent materials wherein the substrates are oppositely placed to form a space therebetween and peripheral portions of the substrates are hermetically sealed with a bonding material to keep the sealed space under a reduced pressure; wherein the bonding material is a mixture of a filler and a glass that contains vanadium and phosphorous as main ingredients and the glass is a vanadate-phosphate glass that contains V |
B65D | 6964345 | 2005-11-15 | 1. A blow molded synthetic resin container having: (a) a body of generally V-shaped cross section defined by a pair of V-shaped side walls, end walls extending therebetween, and a bottom wall; (b) a cylindrical neck open at its upper end; and (c) an upwardly inclined shoulder extending between the upper ends of said side and end walls and the lower end of said neck, said body having a vertical axis extending through said neck, one of said side walls having a pair of wall portions which converge inwardly of said body towards said axis and the other of said side walls having wall portions which converge outwardly from said axis of said body, said other side wall having a recess providing a center panel and triangular top and bottom planar wall portions framing the upper and lower ends of said center panel. |
B23H,F16C | 6176998 | 2001-01-23 | A method of manufacturing a bearing ring for a bearing, wherein a groove to be serving as a raceway is formed which is subsequently electrochemically machined by passing a current across a narrow gap between said bearing ring and an electrode, supplying electrolyte to the gap in a direction substantially tangential to the groove of the bearing ring, while rotating the bearing ring around an axis and removing material from the groove of said bearing ring facing said electrode, wherein the groove comprises a plurality of narrow circumferentially extending coaxial areas, and wherein the method comprises the steps of providing as the electrode an electrode with a width tangential relative to an axis of rotation and a convex cross section adapted to each particular circumferentially extending area such that during electrochemical machining a radius of curvature of the groove is kept constant and electrochemically machining the groove using said electrode. |
H04M,H04W | 7349530 | 2008-03-25 | 1. A method for providing a usage pattern for a subscriber of a telecommunications system, the usage pattern providing information concerning the subscriber's use of the telecommunications system, the method comprising: communicating with a data network and receiving a query for the customer's usage pattern, the query originating from the customer using a computer device operating on the data network; acquiring the usage pattern, causing the usage pattern to be communicated along the data network to the computer device; wherein the customer uses the computer device to access the usage pattern; and allowing the customer to learn an identity of an unrecognized telephone number in the usage pattern. |
F16H,Y10T | 7892144 | 2011-02-22 | 1. A method of operating of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle having at least a drive motor and an automatic transmission with at least five shift elements, the method improving a shift speed of at least one of a successive upshift and a successive downshift, such that during a first upshift or a first downshift, at least one shift element, required for the respective successive upshift or the successive downshift, is prepared such that when a synchronization point of the first upshift or the first downshift in progress is reached, the successive upshift or the successive downshift can be immediately carried out, the method comprising the steps of: requiring, at most, two of the at least five shift elements to be disengaged and a remainder of the at least five shift elements to be engaged, in each of a plurality of forward and reverse gears, for transferring torque and force, and two respective consecutive upshifts or two respective consecutive downshifts are accomplished with at least some overlap; defining the first upshift and the first downshift as a multiple gearshift; preparing the successive upshift or the successive downshift during the first upshift or the first downshift, the successive upshift or the successive downshift being one of a single gearshift or a multiple gearshift; disengaging a first of the at least five shift elements and engaging a second of the at least five shift elements during the first upshift or the first downshift; preparing a third of the at least five shift elements, during the first upshift or the first downshift, for disengagement in the successive upshift or the successive downshift; preparing a fourth of the at least five shift elements, during the first upshift or the first downshift, for engagement in the successive upshift or the successive downshift; at least partially retaining at least a fifth of the at least five shift elements during the first upshift or the first downshift and during the successive upshift or the successive downshift; and one of increasing and decreasing a torque of the drive motor, relative to a torque of the drive motor derived from a driver's wish, during at least one of the first upshift or the first downshift and the successive upshift or the successive downshift to assist in overlapped implementation of the successive upshift or the successive downshift. |
B01D,B03C,C10G | 7758738 | 2010-07-20 | 1. A method of separating gaseous components, heavier liquid components and lighter liquid components of a stream, comprising: conducting the stream between spaced apart electrodes in a treatment vessel; supplying from a voltage source an AC voltage of at least one base frequency F modulating the frequency F withdrawing separated gaseous components from an upper portion of said vessel, heavier stream components from a lower portion of said vessel, and lighter liquid components from an intermediate portion of said vessel. |
B65G | 7396200 | 2008-07-08 | 1. A multiple panel loader for feeding vertically arranged panels, to a machine for processing panels for making furniture pieces, said loader comprising: a sliding top platform, a plurality of adjoining separating element supported by said sliding top platform, each pair of adjoining separating elements defining a space to receive a respective vertically arranged panel therein, a reciprocating pushing device to provide an intermittent pushing force on the first of a series of said separating elements arranged on said sliding top platform, a bottom platform supporting a rear separating element pushing assembly for pushing said separating elements to a raising device for vertically raising said separating elements from said bottom platform to said sliding top platform, wherein each separating element is associated with a bottom conveyor belt for conveying a panel arranged between a respective pair of said separating elements. |
H01Q | 7084827 | 2006-08-01 | 1. An antenna comprising: a substrate; an array of dipole antenna elements on said substrate, each dipole antenna element comprising a medial feed portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly therefrom, adjacent legs of adjacent dipole antenna elements including respective spaced apart end portions with impedance coupling therebetween; and at least one impedance matching layer adjacent a side of said array of dipole antenna elements opposite said substrate, said at least one impedance matching layer comprising an array of spaced apart conductive elements. |
H01H | 7453049 | 2008-11-18 | 1. A snap action mechanism comprising: first and second movable members each of which has a free end and a fixed end, said first and second movable members being arranged so that their free ends are opposite to each other; a pair of connecting portions which are arranged on both sides of said first and second movable members, these connecting portions connecting the fixed ends of said first and second movable members with each other, and said first and second movable members and the pair of connecting portions being formed of a single metallic plate; and a compression spring arranged between the free ends of said first and second movable members, for exerting a force on both the free ends. |
A01G,E03B,F24S,Y02A | 7162833 | 2007-01-16 | 1. A network of farming modules, each farming module including a water collection structure supported on one or more legs above agricultural land in a configuration that allows agricultural growth beneath said water collection structure, the network comprising: plural farming modules interconnected to one another with a plumbing network, wherein the farming modules are at least partially supported and maintained in structural alignment with said plumbing network, and wherein at least some of the water collected from each module is distributed through said plumbing network. |
A61F,A61L,D04B,D04C,D10B | 8709023 | 2014-04-29 | 1. A warp-knitted composite mesh having a minimum area density of 50 g/m 2 , the mesh comprising: a slow-absorbing, biodegradable multifilament yarn component having an individual filament diameter of less than about 20 microns, the slow-absorbing yarn component comprising a segmented copolymer comprising at least 80 percent of l-lactide-based sequences; and a fast-absorbing multifilament yarn component having an individual filament diameter of greater than 20 microns, the fast-absorbing yarn component comprising a segmented polyaxial copolymer comprising at least 70 percent of glycolide-based sequences; wherein the composite mesh is knit in a four bar pattern wherein the slow-absorbing yarn component is knit in a two bar pattern and the fast-absorbing yarn component is knit in a two bar pattern and are initially mechanically interdependent, and wherein upon incubation in a buffered solution at a pH of 7.2 at about 50° C. for about 2 weeks the composite mesh retains more than 20 percent of its maximum burst force and undergoes at least 12 percent elongation under a force of 16 N per cm of mesh width. |
H02J,Y02B | 8076907 | 2011-12-13 | 1. A method of charging a battery in a system comprising a renewable energy source and operable to supply at least some electrical energy from the renewable energy source to a third party, the method comprising: causing a charge controller operably connected to said renewable energy source to receive said electrical energy from said renewable energy source and operably connected to the battery, to charge the battery, using only said electrical energy from the renewable energy source, according to a charging sequence comprising at least: producing a charger current value representing current supplied by the charge controller; producing a battery voltage value representing a battery voltage; causing said charge controller to transmit an indication of the current period of said charging sequence and a reference voltage value associated with the current period of said charging sequence, to an inverter operably connected to the charge controller and the battery to receive electrical energy therefrom; causing said inverter to draw current from the charge controller to supply electrical energy to the third party, without drawing sufficient current to load the charge controller to a point where said battery voltage value drops below a target voltage dependent on said reference voltage value, when said charge controller indicates said absorption period or said float period is in progress; causing said charge controller to set said indication of the current period of said charging sequence to indicate that the current period of said charging sequence is the absorption period and causing said charge controller to set said reference voltage to correspond to an absorption voltage of said battery, when said battery voltage value meets a bulk charge exit criterion; producing an inverter current value representing the current drawn by the inverter; transmitting said inverter current value to said charge controller; and causing said charge controller to set said indication of the current period of said charging sequence to indicate that the current period of said charging sequence is the float period and causing said charge controller to set said reference voltage to correspond to a float voltage of said battery less than said absorption voltage of said battery, when said charger current value and said inverter current value meet absorption period exit criteria. |
C10G,C10L,C11B,C11C,C12M,C12P,Y02E,Y02P | 8636815 | 2014-01-28 | 1. A process for producing oil from algae, comprising: introducing a virus capable of biologically rupturing a cell wall and oil vesicles of an oil-producing algae into the oil-producing algae to release oil therefrom; and allowing the virus to rupture the algae and release the oil. |
G11C,H01L | 7428165 | 2008-09-23 | 1. A method for programming a memory system, said system comprising strings of charge storage transistors for storing different charge states, said strings including a first and a second string each connected between one of a plurality of bit lines and a source line and controlled by common word lines, said method comprising: programming the system by applying a program voltage to the word lines, one selected word line at a time, to program all of the transistors in the first string; coupling, during the programming, first boosting voltage level(s) to at least some of the transistors in the second string between said selected word line and said one bit line connected to the second string to boost electrical potential(s) of channel regions of transistors in the second string to a value or values closer to the program voltage to reduce program disturb; and coupling, during the programming, a second voltage level that is less than the first voltage level(s) to at least one isolation charge storage transistor having a source and drain in the second string between the selected word line and the source line, said second voltage level being such that a first channel area of the second string on the source side of the at least one isolation transistor is electrically isolated from a second channel area of the second string on the drain side of the at least one isolation transistor, so that the at least one isolation transistor is at a plurality of positions separated from the selected word line at different times during the programming; wherein when the selected word line is at a first position at a first distance from said one bit line and at a second position at a second distance smaller than the first distance from said one bit line at two different times, the coupling is such that the position or positions of the at least one isolation transistor is separated from the second position by a larger number of word lines than from the first position, to reduce program disturb, and such that the position or positions of the at least one isolation is separated from the first and second positions by at least one word line. |
A61K,C07K | 6162785 | 2000-12-19 | A substantially purified polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2. |
A61K,A61P,C12N,C12Y,Y02P | 6602857 | 2003-08-05 | A method of decreasing blood glucose levels in an animal comprising administering to said animal an effective amount of a compound 8 to 50 nucleobases in length targeted to a nucleic acid molecule encoding PTP1B, wherein said compound specifically hybridizes with and inhibits the expression of PTP1B. |
A63H,G11B,H04N | 6238262 | 2001-05-29 | An electronic interactive puppet capable of moving and reproducing sounds that are synchronized with a soundtrack of a conventional video program, the puppet comprising:a body having at least one moving part associated therewith;an actuating means provided within said body for moving said at least one part responsive to an actuating signal;sound reproducing means housed within said body for reproducing pre-recorded sounds, said sound reproducing means including an audio recording medium reproducing means and an audio transducer, said pre-recorded sounds being recorded in a recording track of an audio recording medium inserted for playback in said audio recording medium reproducing means, and said actuating signal being recorded in another track of said audio recording medium; and,an electronic control means operatively connected to said actuating means and sound reproducing means, and including a detecting means for detection of a predetermined point in said video program and for activating said sound reproducing means and actuating means responsive to said detection whereby, in use, the puppet appears to audibly and animatedly interact with the video program. |
G01R,G06F,H01L | 7043391 | 2006-05-09 | 1. A semiconductor evaluation device which evaluates the characteristics of semiconductor elements on a wafer, comprising: means for managing the settings in and display of a setting window in order to perform setting of measurement conditions for each setting referent having a hierarchical relationship; means for displaying a main setting window to manage said setting window; means for storing, in a file, measurement conditions set in said setting window; and, means for displaying measurement conditions, set in said setting window for a setting referent on a relatively lower hierarchical level and stored in said file, in said setting window for said setting referent in a hierarchical level higher than said lower-level setting referent; and wherein the user can selectively append to and modify the measurement conditions displayed in the setting window for said higher-level setting conditions. |
C08F | 6201082 | 2001-03-13 | A process for producing a block polymer, which comprises polymerizing a monomer using a fluorine-containing macroazo compound as a polymerization initiator, the compound comprising repeating units represented by the following formula (1): ##STR7##whereinR.sup.1 and R.sup.3 independently represent a lower alkyl group;R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 independently represent a lower alkyl group or a cyano group;A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 independently represent a lower alkylene group which may contain one or more oxygen atoms and/or an aromatic ring;Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 independently represent an ester linkage or an amido linkage;T.sub.1 and T.sub.2 independently represent --CONH-- or a direct link; andQ represents a fluorine-containing segment. |
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This dataset was generated using Google's BigQuery API. The query is adapted from Appendix A from the work by Lee and Hsiang. The query is changed to include patents from 2000 - 2015. The specific query is shown below.
SELECT STRING_AGG(distinct t2.group_id ORDER BY t2.group_id) AS cpc_ids,
t1.id, t1.date, t3.text
FROM `patents-public-data.patentsview.patent` t1,
`patents-public-data.patentsview.cpc_current` t2,
`patents-public-data.patentsview.claim` t3
WHERE t1.id = t2.patent_id
AND t1.id = t3.patent_id
AND timestamp(t1.date) >= timestamp('2000-01-01')
AND timestamp(t1.date) <= timestamp('2015-12-31')
AND t3.sequence = '1'
AND t1.type = 'utility'
GROUP BY t1.id, t1.date, t3.text
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