Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Akerman Senterfitt
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Patent number: 8210585Abstract: An electromagnetic lifter includes at least two polar expansions shaped for transporting a horizontal axis coil of hot-rolled steel. The polar expansions are connected through a ferromagnetic circuit and respective cores around which solenoids are arranged. A detection coil is arranged around each of the cores suitable to detect the change in the flux linked to the coil, and a control unit connected to the detection coils compares the values detected by each of them in order to authorize or not the transport. The relevant operating method includes a first check that the difference between the values detected by the two detection coils is below a preset threshold, and in the affirmative a second check that the overall decrease in the linked flux is below a second preset threshold, the issuance of an authorization signal to the transport being possible only in case of positive outcome of both checks.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: SGM Gantry S.p.A.Inventor: Danilo Molteni
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Patent number: 8208371Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising: in a network at a node located on a label switched path: selecting a backup path to respond to a failure; and for each link along the backup path, reserving a backup bandwidth, wherein the backup bandwidth is sufficient to reroute traffic around the failure.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventors: Guangzhi Li, Dongmei Wang
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Patent number: 8201838Abstract: A scooter having an approximately U-shaped frame between the arms and of which, a footboard is provided. The free space between footboard and the arms is big enough that sufficient room is left for the pushing foot. At the rear ends of the frame arms, the wheels are mounted while the steering bar with the steering wheel is provided at the front end of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Inventors: Helmut Abel, Diane Abel, CĂ©line Abel
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Patent number: 8203244Abstract: A support (200) is described for fixing an electric motor (3) to a tub (6) of a washing machine (1) or similar household appliance. The electric motor (3) is of the type with external rotor (70), for driving in rotation a drum (2) supported in the tub (6); the electric motor (3) is provided with a control circuit board (100) associated with a heat dissipator (33). The heat dissipator (33) is integrally formed with the support (33).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Askoll Holding S.r.l.Inventor: Elio Marioni
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Patent number: 8198460Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for preparation of the non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor drug, Letrozole of formula (I) and its intermediates, 4-[1-(1,2,4-triazolyl)methyl]-benzonitrile of formula (IV) and 4-[1-(1,2,4-triazolyl)methyl]-benzonitrile hydrochloride of formula (VII), all having a purity of ?99%, which is simple, convenient, economical, does not use hazardous chemicals and industrially viable.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd.Inventors: Vimal Kumar Shrawat, Jai Pal Singh, Rajesh Prasad Nautiyal
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Patent number: 8192721Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising a gadolinium-based contrast agent and a derivatized cyclodextrin. Further provided are methods for reducing the toxicity associated with gadolinium-based contrast agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Verrow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventor: Vernon D. Rowe
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Patent number: 8187509Abstract: A granulation process wherein a liquid is sprayed into a prilling tower (1) by means of a rotating prilling bucket (15) having a perforated side wall (15a), and the liquid jets exiting said perforated side wall are subjected to a vibrating action according to the axial direction (A-A) of the prilling tower (1), while the remaining liquid mass inside the bucket is kept substantially free from said vibrating action. A suitable apparatus is also disclosed, wherein the peripheral side wall (15a) of the prilling bucket (15) is connected to vibration imparting means and has a flexible connection with the frame (15b, 15c) of the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Urea Casale S.A.Inventor: Enrico Rizzi
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Patent number: 8184605Abstract: A hierarchical directional internet-oriented ad-hoc network, defined by a software infrastructure, is composed of gateway nodes and a plurality of wireless nodes, which may be fixed or mobile, and which may act as subscribers, routers, or both. The infrastructure hierarchy is defined by the hop count of each node (distance of that node to a fixed gateway node). The software infrastructure includes two tables associated with each node in the network: the upstream routing table which provides shortest routes to fixed gateway nodes through upstream neighbors, and the downstream routing table which provides shortest routes to subscribers through downstream neighbors. These two tables are used by routing algorithms. A peer table can also be used for alternate routes. The maintenance of the aforementioned tables is performed by autonomous algorithms operating locally on each node by receiving and processing signals from their neighbors.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Connectivities, LLCInventors: Issac Levendel, Jacques Hara
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Patent number: 8183805Abstract: The control system comprises a switch (TR) in series with a stator winding (W) between two terminals (A, B) connected to an alternating supply voltage source (V), a first detector circuit (2) capable of providing a signal (Voi) indicating when the current (I) in that winding (W) is zero, a second detector circuit (1) capable of providing a signal (Vw) indicating the magnitude of the supply voltage (V), and a control unit (MC) connected to the first and second detection circuits (2; 1) and designed to control the switch (TR) in such a way as to cause an alternating current (I) of the same frequency as the supply voltage (V) and having alternating positive and negative phases (11, 12) to pass through the winding (W), separated by intervals during which it remains at zero, of a duration (tp) which varies according to an increasing function of the magnitude of the supply voltage (V).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Askoll P&C S.r.l.Inventors: Sebastiano Acquaviva, Piergiorgio Ricco
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Patent number: 8184799Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising receiving a call setup request, and automatically providing an indication that the call setup request is being processed. At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising providing a call setup request to a network, and receiving an indication that the call setup request is being processed. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventors: Debra Lee Cook, Gerald Joseph Kersus
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Patent number: 8184638Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address portability may be obtained using a central database that is known to the administrative zones and is used for alias address mapping, or alternatively, may be obtained by using a distributed database. The method may be implemented by: sending, by the H.323 user, a message with a called H.323 entity's alias address, to the home gatekeeper to originate a call to the called H.323 entity; confirming that the alias address, services, and service providers are portable; converting the alias address to a called routable alias address for the called H.323 entity and sending the alias address to the H.323 user; and placing the call to the called H.323 entity.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventor: Radhika R. Roy
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Patent number: 8173398Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chimeric, humanized or CDR-grafted anti-IL-6 antibodies, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one such anti-IL-6 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Femta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard Frey, Hwai Wen Chang, Jay Short
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Patent number: 8166619Abstract: A fluid-tight slide fastener including coated tapes equipped with teeth, opposite stops and a slider operable between the opposite stops to engage or disengage the teeth. The coated tapes include a core textile layer and a fluid-barrier coating made of a thermoplastic elastomer material (TPE), the teeth being made of a thermoplastic material. The textile material of the core layer of the coated tapes is chosen among polyester, polyamide and their blends or copolymers. The thermoplastic elastomer material of the coating is chosen between thermoplastic elastomer polyurethane (TPE-U) and thermoplastic elastomer polyester (TPE-E). The thermoplastic material of the teeth is chosen among PBT, ABS, polyamide and their blends or copolymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: RIRI Group S.A.Inventors: Livio Cossutti, Marc Butz
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Patent number: 8167937Abstract: A heart pump including a casing internally defining a substantially spherical cavity (10) housing: a rotating shutter (12) secured to the cavity (10) so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis; an oscillating shutter (14) secured to the rotating shutter (12) and rotatable relative to the latter about a rotation axis transverse to the rotation axis of the rotating shutter relative to the casing; a guide ring (18) secured to the oscillating shutter (14) such that the latter can rotate relative to the ring. The guide ring is arranged to move within a seal formed in the substantially spherical cavity (10) while lying in a substantially slanting plane relative to the rotation axis of the rotating shutter (12) and thereby making the rotating shutter rotate. This allows constructing an artificial heart of very small size that can be driven either by a motor member or by an induced muscle contraction.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Genomnia S.r.l.Inventors: Aldo Cerruti, Romano Frederick Murri, Marzia Murri
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Patent number: 8166047Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which can comprise automatically storing and computing a sketch of a dataset that supports an automatically determined estimator of properties of a dataset. The dataset can be related to any population. For example, the dataset can comprise data flows through a network node (e.g., a router), sales data, and/or marketing data, etc. The estimator can be based upon a sketch of the dataset.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Edith Cohen, Haim Kaplan
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Patent number: 8162942Abstract: An intramedullary nail (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610) suitable for insertion in a fractured elongate bone (12), of the type comprising a stem (14, 114, 214, 314, 414, 514, 614) extended between a proximal end (16, 116, 216, 416, 516, 616) and a distal end (18, 118, 218, 418, 518, 618). The nail comprises a plurality of elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) realized with at least one shape-memory material, a plurality of seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619) formed in the stem (14, 114, 214, 314, 414, 514, 614) for housing the elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620). The elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) are suitable to take a first shape wherein they are retractably housed in the respective seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619) and a second shape wherein they project from the respective seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Orthofix S.r.l.Inventors: Michele Coati, Giancarlo Marazzi, Graziano Marini, Graziano Rossi, Luigi Rossi, Daniele Verturini
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Patent number: 8164286Abstract: Method for starting a single-phase synchronous electric motor using permanent magnets with simple and cost-effective implementation, said method comprising a step of application of a control logic of the switch that provides a first and a second condition for switching on: the first condition being verified when a detected counter electromotive force signal has the same sign as an electrical grid voltage signal; the second condition being verified when said counter electromotive force signal has the same sign as its first derivative value.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Askoll Holding S.r.l.Inventor: Elio Marioni
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Patent number: 8162561Abstract: An adjustable joining assembly having a particular application in knock down furniture, the joiner having a channel position on its lower surface that allows the joining to locate itself on to a screw thread and direct the screw thread towards an internal threaded gear section which upon rotation of the gear section provides a tightening of the joiner.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Inventor: Milan Pilja
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Patent number: 8159291Abstract: An RFID reader device (31), of the type comprising a demodulator (6) for receiving from a RFID tag (11) an AM (Amplitude Modulation) wave (20) having a predetermined frequency (f) and for retrieving, from the AM wave (20), a demodulated output (6a) associated to predetermined positive or negative Amplitudes of said AM wave (20), said demodulated output having a portion with a frequency F. The AM demodulation system comprises at least a second demodulator (26) for receiving the AM wave (20) and retrieving a second demodulated output (26a) associated to Amplitudes opposite to the predetermined positive or negative Amplitudes, said second demodulated output having a portion with said frequency F; the RFID reader includes a block (27) having, in input, the demodulated output (6a) and the second demodulated output (26a) and returning, in output, an enforced demodulated output (30) with a portion with frequency (f1) doubled with respect to said frequency (F).Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Datamars S.A.Inventor: Aydin Arrigo
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Patent number: 8156665Abstract: A padded shoe for use in mixed martial arts and similar activities. The padded shoe may have a flexible, resilient sole; a shoe upper adjoined to the sole, wherein at least a portion of the shoe upper has padding disposed therein; an inner padded tongue attached to the shoe upper; an outer padded tongue attached to the shoe upper; and an engagement structure for securing the outer padded tongue to the shoe upper, the engagement structure being located substantially under the outer padded tongue such that the outer padded tongue substantially covers the engagement structure. The wearer can strike a target with the shoe, and the target and the wearer are protected from injury caused by direct impact with at least one of the engagement structure and the wearers instep. A bladder containing air or a gel-like material can be included in at least one of the inner and outer padded tongues.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Ringstar, Inc.Inventors: Steven H. Shepherd, Timothy P. McCabe, Donna Zogby McCabe