Patents by Inventor Duc Pham
Duc Pham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20180209213Abstract: A mounting system for a roller blind includes a tension bar for mounting under pressure between first and second sides of a windows frame. The tension bar may provide both long and short adjustment of mounting system width. The tension bar extends through a hollow roller tube of the roller blind, and through a clutch mechanism of the roller blind, and is coupled to end mounting fixtures. The length of the tension bar may be adjusted as a long adjustment of mounting width. Various mechanisms may be associated with one or both of the end mounting fixtures for short adjustment of mounting width, such as a latch mechanism, wedge mechanism, spring-loaded mechanism, or turn-buckle system. End pads at the ends of the blind provide friction and absorb excess pressure. The mounting mechanism serves as a universal window blind bracket and support rod, which requires no screws or nails to install.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Trung Duc PHAM, Wilfrid NGO
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Patent number: 9926740Abstract: A mounting system for a roller blind includes a tension bar for mounting under pressure between first and second sides of a windows frame. The tension bar may provide both long and short adjustment of mounting system width. The tension bar extends through a hollow roller tube of the roller blind, and through a clutch mechanism of the roller blind, and is coupled to end mounting fixtures. The length of the tension bar may be adjusted as a long adjustment of mounting width. Various mechanisms may be associated with one or both of the end mounting fixtures for short adjustment of mounting width, such as a latch mechanism, wedge mechanism, spring-loaded mechanism, or turn-buckle system. End pads at the ends of the blind provide friction and absorb excess pressure. The mounting mechanism serves as a universal window blind bracket and support rod, which requires no screws or nails to install.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: AXIS Labs, Inc.Inventors: Trung Duc Pham, Wilfrid Ngo
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Publication number: 20170260807Abstract: A motor-operated drive system for a window covering system including a headrail, a mechanism associated with the headrail to spread and retract the window covering, and a continuous cord loop extending below the headrail for actuating the mechanism to spread and retract the window covering. The drive system includes a motor, a driven wheel that engages and advances the continuous cord loop, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the driven wheel to a rotating output shaft of the motor for rotation of the driven wheel. The drive system includes a channel system for redirecting the continuous cord loop engaged by the driven wheel, or other mechanism for configuring the drive system so that continuous cord loop extends in a substantially vertical orientation. The coupling mechanism includes an engaged configuration in which rotation of the output shaft of the motor causes rotation of the driven wheel, and a disengaged configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Trung Duc Pham, Alan Wing Hor Cheng, Marc Rashad Bishara
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Patent number: 9670723Abstract: A motor-operated drive system for a window covering system including a headrail, a mechanism associated with the headrail to spread and retract the window covering, and a continuous cord loop extending below the headrail for actuating the mechanism to spread and retract the window covering. The drive system includes a motor, a driven wheel that engages and advances the continuous cord loop, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the driven wheel to a rotating output shaft of the motor for rotation of the driven wheel. The drive system includes a channel system for redirecting the continuous cord loop engaged by the driven wheel, or other mechanism for configuring the drive system so that continuous cord loop extends in a substantially vertical orientation. The coupling mechanism includes an engaged configuration in which rotation of the output shaft of the motor causes rotation of the driven wheel, and a disengaged configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: AXIS Labs Inc.Inventors: Trung Duc Pham, Alan Wing Hor Cheng, Marc Rashad Bishara
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Patent number: 9654123Abstract: One embodiment relates to an integrated circuit including multiple PMA modules, a plurality of multiple-purpose PLLs, multiple reference clock signal inputs, and a programmable clock network. Another embodiment relates to a fracture-able PLL circuit. The fracture-able PLL circuit includes a first phase-locked loop circuit generating a first frequency output, a second phase-locked loop circuit; arranged to generate a second frequency output, and a plurality of shared output resources. Reconfigurable circuitry is arranged so that either of the first and second frequency outputs is receivable by each of the plurality of shared output resources. Another embodiment relates to an integrated circuit including a first strip of PLL circuits on a first side of the integrated circuit, and a second strip of PLL circuits on a second side of the integrated circuit which is opposite from the first side. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Altera CorporationInventors: Tien Duc Pham, Sergey Shumarayev, Richard G. Cliff, Tim Tri Hoang, Weiqi Ding
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Publication number: 20170095103Abstract: A motor drive system for operating a mechanism for raising and lowering window coverings includes a motor operating under electrical power and an electrically powered drive system. The motor drive system advances a continuous cord loop in response to positional commands from a controller. An input-output device includes a capacitive touch strip that receives user inputs along an input axis, and an LEDs strip aligned with the input axis. A group mode module communicates the positional commands to other motor drive systems within an identified group to operate respective other mechanisms of the other motor drive systems. A set control module enables user calibration of a top position and a bottom position of travel of the window covering. The input-output device extends vertically on the exterior of a housing for the motor drive system, and the housing supports input buttons of the group mode module and the set control module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Trung Duc PHAM, Alan Wing Hor CHENG, Marc Rashad BISHARA
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Patent number: 9613806Abstract: A NAND flash memory array is initially patterned by forming a plurality of sidewall spacers according along sides of patterned portions of material. The pattern of sidewall spacers is then used to form a second pattern of hard mask portions including first hard mask portions defined on both sides by sidewall spacers and second hard mask portions defined on only one side by sidewall spacers.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Jongsun Sel, Tuan Duc Pham, Mun Pyo Hong
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Patent number: 9508408Abstract: A method and system are provided for adjusting a write timing in a memory device. For instance, the method can include receiving a data signal, a write clock signal, and a reference signal. The method can also include detecting a phase shift in the reference signal over time. The phase shift of the reference signal can be used to adjust a phase difference between the data signal and the write clock signal, where the memory device recovers data from the data signal based on an adjusted write timing of the data signal and the write clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Ming-Ju Edward Lee, Shadi M. Barakat, Warren Fritz Kruger, Xiaoling Xu, Toan Duc Pham, Aaron John Nygren
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Patent number: 9387768Abstract: A computer implemented method includes determining whether a time of day corresponds to a charging window, responsive to a determination that a vehicle is in a non-charging state. The method also includes retrieving a start time and charge requirement for an upcoming journey. The method further includes determining if sufficient time remains to charge a vehicle to the charge requirement, responsive to a determination that the time of day corresponds to the charging window. Also, the method includes alerting a user to the non-charging state, responsive to a determination that insufficient time remains to charge the vehicle to the charge requirement.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Karin Lovett, Beth Ann Dalrymple, David Hayes, Thanh Duc Pham, Jesus Cardoso, Darko Acevski
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Patent number: 9350530Abstract: One embodiment relates to an integrated circuit including multiple PMA modules, a plurality of multiple-purpose PLLs, multiple reference clock signal inputs, and a programmable clock network. Each PMA module includes multiple CDR circuits, receives multiple serial data signals, and outputs data from those signals in parallel form. The programmable clock network allows the reference clock signals to be selectively shared by the PMA modules and the multiple-purpose PLLs. Another embodiment relates to a method of providing clock signals for multiple purposes in an integrated circuit. Clock signals are generated by a plurality of multiple-purpose PLLs and are selectively distributed to PMA modules arranged at a side of the integrated circuit and to logic circuitry arranged in a core section of the integrated circuit. The clock signals are used by circuitry in the PMA modules for supporting a plurality of data communications channels. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Altera CorporationInventors: Tien Duc Pham, Sergey Shumarayev, Richard G. Cliff, Tim Tri Hoang, Weiqi Ding
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Publication number: 20160130874Abstract: A motor-operated drive system for a window covering system including a headrail, a mechanism associated with the headrail to spread and retract the window covering, and a continuous cord loop extending below the headrail for actuating the mechanism to spread and retract the window covering. The drive system includes a motor, a driven wheel that engages and advances the continuous cord loop, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the driven wheel to a rotating output shaft of the motor for rotation of the driven wheel. The drive system includes a channel system for redirecting the continuous cord loop engaged by the driven wheel, or other mechanism for configuring the drive system so that continuous cord loop extends in a substantially vertical orientation. The coupling mechanism includes an engaged configuration in which rotation of the output shaft of the motor causes rotation of the driven wheel, and a disengaged configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Trung Duc PHAM, Alan Wing Hor CHENG, Marc Rashad BISHARA
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Publication number: 20160130871Abstract: A mounting system for a roller blind includes a tension bar for mounting under pressure between first and second sides of a windows frame. The tension bar may provide both long and short adjustment of mounting system width. The tension bar extends through a hollow roller tube of the roller blind, and through a clutch mechanism of the roller blind, and is coupled to end mounting fixtures. The length of the tension bar may be adjusted as a long adjustment of mounting width. Various mechanisms may be associated with one or both of the end mounting fixtures for short adjustment of mounting width, such as a latch mechanism, wedge mechanism, spring-loaded mechanism, or turn-buckle system. End pads at the ends of the blind provide friction and absorb excess pressure. The mounting mechanism serves as a universal window blind bracket and support rod, which requires no screws or nails to install.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Trung Duc PHAM, Wilfrid NGO
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Patent number: 9002155Abstract: Systems that provide integrated circuit device circuitry having an integrated optical-electronic interface for high-speed off-device communications are provided. An optical-electronic interface may be incorporated into an integrated circuit device, freeing up some or all of the electrical I/O pins of the integrated circuit device. Transceiver I/O channels may be provided on an integrated circuit device that can be switched between electrical and optical transceiver I/O channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Altera CorporationInventors: Peng Li, Sergey Shumarayev, Jon M. Long, Tien Duc Pham
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Patent number: 8995599Abstract: A phase-locked loop circuit includes phase detection circuitry to generate a first control signal based on a phase comparison between first and second periodic signals. An oscillator circuit causes a frequency of a third periodic signal to vary based on the first control signal. A frequency divider circuit divides the frequency of the third periodic signal by a frequency division value to generate a frequency of the second periodic signal. A delta sigma modulator circuit controls the frequency division value based on second control signals. First storage circuits store the second control signals based on third control signals in response to a fourth periodic signal. A second storage circuit stores an output signal based on a fourth control signal. The fourth periodic signal is generated based on the output signal of the second storage circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Altera CorporationInventors: Tien Duc Pham, Leon Zheng, Sergey Shumarayev, Zhi Y. Wong, Paul B. Ekas
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Publication number: 20150064907Abstract: A NAND flash memory array is initially patterned by forming a plurality of sidewall spacers according along sides of patterned portions of material. The pattern of sidewall spacers is then used to form a second pattern of hard mask portions including first hard mask portions defined on both sides by sidewall spacers and second hard mask portions defined on only one side by sidewall spacers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: SanDisk Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jongsun Sel, Tuan Duc Pham, Mun Pyo Hong
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Publication number: 20150064906Abstract: A NAND flash memory array is initially patterned by forming a plurality of sidewall spacers according along sides of patterned portions of material. The pattern of sidewall spacers is then used to form a second pattern of hard mask portions including first hard mask portions defined on both sides by sidewall spacers and second hard mask portions defined on only one side by sidewall spacers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: SanDisk Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jongsun Sel, Tuan Duc Pham, Mun Pyo Hong
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Patent number: 8969206Abstract: A NAND flash memory array is initially patterned by forming a plurality of sidewall spacers according along sides of patterned portions of material. The pattern of sidewall spacers is then used to form a second pattern of hard mask portions including first hard mask portions defined on both sides by sidewall spacers and second hard mask portions defined on only one side by sidewall spacers.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jongsun Sel, Tuan Duc Pham, Mun Pyo Hong
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Publication number: 20140371970Abstract: A computer implemented method includes determining whether a time of day corresponds to a charging window, responsive to a determination that a vehicle is in a non-charging state. The method also includes retrieving a start time and charge requirement for an upcoming journey. The method further includes determining if sufficient time remains to charge a vehicle to the charge requirement, responsive to a determination that the time of day corresponds to the charging window. Also, the method includes alerting a user to the non-charging state, responsive to a determination that insufficient time remains to charge the vehicle to the charge requirement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Karin Lovett, Beth Ann Dalrymple, David Hayes, Thanh Duc Pham, Jesus Cardoso, Darko Acevski
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Patent number: 8907776Abstract: A computer implemented method includes detecting a vehicle state for which a user is to be notified. The method also includes sending a notification for a user regarding the vehicle state. The method further includes receiving a response that a do not disturb mode is enabled for the user. The method additionally includes queuing the notification for later delivery. The method also includes re-sending the notification for the user at a later point in time than when an original notification was sent.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Hayes, Thanh Duc Pham, Jesus Cardoso, Jason C. Marcath, Darko Acevski, Karin Lovett, Hsiao-An Hsieh, Beth Ann Dalrymple
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Patent number: D797060Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: AXIS Labs, Inc.Inventors: Trung Duc Pham, Alan Wing Hor Cheng