Patents Examined by A. T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11993905
    Abstract: A modular heated surface system which can quickly be assembled from several pieces. The system can be designed to fit sidewalks and driveways of any size and includes durable surfaces for driving vehicles across the platforms. A drain assembly is included to ensure that the water produced from melted ice and snow is properly drained away from the heated surface. The system is powered by plugging the system into a standard 120V outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Terence Jones, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11994044
    Abstract: A valve timing adjustment device includes a hydraulic oil control valve. The hydraulic oil control valve includes: an outer sleeve that is shaped in a tubular form and has a projection at an outer periphery of the outer sleeve; an inner sleeve that is located on an inner side of the outer sleeve; and a spool that is located at an inside of the inner sleeve. A reference-shape portion, which serves as a reference at a time of positioning the outer sleeve relative to the inner sleeve, is formed at an outer periphery of the projection. A seat surface of the projection, which fixes a vane rotor between the seat surface of the projection and an end portion of one of a drive shaft and a driven shaft, is shaped in a rotationally symmetric form that is rotationally symmetric around a rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Kokumai, Futoshi Kawamura, Kinya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11996809
    Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier circuit with improved operation speed of the protection function against overcurrent or overvoltage. The power amplifier circuit includes an amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency signal and output the radio frequency signal, a bias current supply circuit configured to supply a bias current to the amplifier, a detection circuit configured to detect whether the current or voltage of the amplifier is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold; and a draw circuit configured to, when the detection circuit detects that the current or voltage is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, draw at least a part of the bias current supplied to the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuminori Morisawa, Kazuhiko Ishimoto, Fumio Harima
  • Patent number: 11993728
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a composition for electronic devices in which when a film is formed therefrom, the amount of residual solvents including fluorine-containing solvents within the film is reduced, the effects of residual solvents on a device are minimized, and it is thus possible to achieve high element performance; an ink for electronic devices that is suitable for wet processes and that makes it possible to achieve high liquid stability and element performance as a result of containing the composition for electronic devices; and a method for producing an electronic device. This composition for electronic devices contains a component A and a component B and is characterized in that the component A is a fluorine-containing solvent and the component B is a compound having a structure represented by general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kimura, Miyuki Okaniwa, Hiroto Ito
  • Patent number: 11994668
    Abstract: Provided are a camera module and terminal. The camera module comprises a circuit substrate, an adjustable lens module, a lens, and an auxiliary member. The lens is disposed on the circuit substrate, the adjustable lens module is disposed above the lens. The adjustable lens module comprises a lens outer frame and a lens body. The lens outer frame is fixed to the lens, the lens is disposed in the lens outer frame. A first conductive portion is formed on the lens outer frame, and a second conductive portion is formed on the circuit substrate. The auxiliary member comprises a conductive member. The conductive member is electrically connected to the first conductive portion, and the conductive member is electrically connected to the second conductive portion, so as to electrically connect to the lens outer frame and the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KUNSHAN QTECH MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aixin Xu, Jie Huang, Lian Xu, Wei Meng, Qingyue Huang
  • Patent number: 11995613
    Abstract: The Search Extraction Matching, Draw Attention-Fit Modality, Application Morphing, and Informed Apply Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“SEMATFM-AMIA”) transforms inputs including new job listing introduction inputs, via SEMATFM-AMIA components (e.g., the conductor component, the resume view controller component, the XY paths handler component, the title handler component, the resume librarian component, and the job listing librarian component), into outputs including relevant resume outputs and/or augmented new job listing record outputs. It is noted that the terms “component” and “object” may be used interchangeably hereinthroughout. In one embodiment, the SEMATFM-AMIA includes an apparatus, comprising: a memory, a component collection in the memory, and a processor disposed in communication with the memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions from the component collection stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Javid Muhammedali
  • Patent number: 11994562
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for diagnosing a battery, and the electronic device may include a battery; and a power management module operatively connected with the battery, and including a charging circuit which controls charge of the battery, wherein the power management module is configured to monitor a charge state of the battery, if the battery reaches a first designated state, identify a time taken to change from the first designated state to a second designated state, and determine whether the battery is abnormal, based at least in part on the identified time. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sengtai Lee, Daejin Kwak, Jisu Ryu, Yonghyun Park, Jinhyuk Choi, Yonghwan Hyun
  • Patent number: 11992283
    Abstract: A system comprises a medical tool including a shaft having proximal and distal ends and an articulatable distal portion coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The system also comprises a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to determine a target in a medical environment. The articulatable distal portion is directed toward the target. The processing unit is also configured to determine a motion of at least a portion of the shaft, and in response to the determined motion, control a pose of the articulatable distal portion so that the articulatable distal portion remains directed toward the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, David W. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11994194
    Abstract: A powertrain for a motorized vehicle includes a motor shaft connected to a motor, a first input shaft configured to be selectively connected to the motor shaft and provided with a first driving gear mounted on the first input shaft, a second input shaft configured to be selectively connected to the motor shaft and provided with a second driving gear mounted on the second input shaft, a planetary gear set connected to the first input shaft and mounted so as to allow power from the motor shaft to be supplied via a plurality of paths, a first driven gear mounted to a differential and configured to mesh with the first driving gear, and a second driven gear mounted to the differential and configured to mesh with the second driving gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyu Tae Shim, Jin Seung Lim, Jae Young Jeon, Jun Seong Kang, Jong Min Kim, Jae Hun Jung
  • Patent number: 11996343
    Abstract: An integrated circuit has a substrate that includes a semiconductor material, and an interconnect region disposed on the substrate. The integrated circuit includes a thermal routing trench in the substrate. The thermal routing trench includes a cohered nanoparticle film in which adjacent nanoparticles are cohered to each other. The thermal routing trench has a thermal conductivity higher than the semiconductor material contacting the thermal routing trench. The cohered nanoparticle film is formed by an additive process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Benjamin Stassen Cook, Archana Venugopal, Luigi Colombo, Robert Reid Doering
  • Patent number: 11996428
    Abstract: An image sensor includes an array of image pixels and black level correction (BLC) pixels. Each BLC pixel includes a BLC pixel photodetector, a BLC pixel sensing circuit, and a BLC pixel optics assembly configured to block light that impinges onto the BLC pixel photodetector. Each BLC pixel optics assembly may include a first portion of a layer stack including a vertically alternating sequence of first material layers having a first refractive index and second material layers having a second refractive index. Additionally or alternatively, each BLC pixel optics assembly may include a first portion of a layer stack including at least two metal layers, each having a respective wavelength sub-range having a greater reflectivity than another metal layer. Alternatively or additionally, each BLC pixel optics assembly may include an infrared blocking material layer that provides a higher absorption coefficient than color filter materials within image pixel optics assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Feng-Chien Hsieh, Yun-Wei Cheng, Kuo-Cheng Lee, Hsin-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 11995433
    Abstract: A center includes one or more processors configured to: distribute, to an OTA master, campaign data including one or more pieces of package data, each of which includes one or more pieces of update software of one or more target ECUs included in a vehicle; determine, after distributing the campaign data, whether a defect involved in an update of the one or more target ECUs is found in the one or more pieces of package data included in the campaign data; and transmit, when determining that the defect is found, an application avoidance instruction to the vehicle to which the campaign data is to be applied via the network, the application avoidance instruction instructing the OTA master not to apply a piece of package data in which the defect is found at a timing of applying the campaign data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoichi Nagamitsu
  • Patent number: 11995798
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided. The device includes a camera module, a communication module, a memory, and a processor operatively coupled to the camera module, the communication module, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to acquire a first content through the camera module or the communication module, generate a second content by editing the first content, based on a user input, store the acquired first content in a secure area of the memory, and store the second content including metadata corresponding to the second content and first content access information corresponding to the first content in a general area of the memory, and the first content access information associates the first content with the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joohyung Lee, Byounggeun Choi, Changhoon Kang, Junsang You, Changmin Lee, Younghun Joo, Jaeho Choi, Hyoungho Choi
  • Patent number: D1027521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Zhenmin Wang
  • Patent number: D1028535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Smile Technology co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jinfeng Liu
  • Patent number: D1028546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Zhuo Jia
  • Patent number: D1028569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Zhiyong Zhang
  • Patent number: D1028577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Ezriel Schonberger
  • Patent number: D1028578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: 2724889 ONTARIO INC.
    Inventor: Jacek Styrc
  • Patent number: D1029003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Kuaimajiabian Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zeyu Li