Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.
  • Method for comminuting material to be ground using a roller mill
    Patent number: 8128011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for comminuting material to be ground having a roller mill which has a mill platen, at least one mill roller and at least two drives for driving the roller mill, with there being provided a power compensation control system for the drives which controls the power of the drives at a predetermined ratio relative to each other by the speed of at least one drive being controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Polysius AG
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Ludwig Könning, Marco Völlink, Franz-Josef Zurhove
  • Lock
    Patent number: 8127577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock, in particular a hoop lock, having a lock housing, in which a locking cylinder of the lock is arranged, including a cylinder housing, a barrel rotatably mounted in the cylinder housing and a driver unit associated in a drive effective manner with the barrel, and having at least one bolt coupled to the barrel via the driver unit, so that by rotating the barrel the at least one bolt is moveable from a locked position into a release position. The lock housing has a receiving space in an axial extension of the locking cylinder, with the locking cylinder or a part thereof being able to be displaced from an operational position into the receiving space on the application of a predefined force in the axial direction of the locking cylinder, to adopt a sabotage position, in which the coupling of the at least one bolt to the barrel is taken out of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
    Inventors: Joachim Buhl, Friedhelm Schell, Martin Hommel, Thomas Becker
  • Low profile screw anchor with variable axis/angle fixation
    Patent number: 8128666
    Abstract: A low-profile bone anchoring system particularly suited to pelvis fixation in conjunction with spinal correction. The preferred embodiment utilizes screw fixation, followed by deployment of penetrating anchoring arms, expansion of outer sleeve, or both. The proximal ends of the screw anchors are preferably flush or deep to the bone surface. An internal screw mechanism is utilized to deploy side anchoring arms, or expansion of outer sleeve, or both. Serrated top edge interfaces with low profile variable axis/angled elbow (VAE), which has varying lengths/dimensions to accommodate anatomy and differing rod sizes. The VAEs preferably feature a serrated bottom edge to interface with anchor screw. Locking screw at elbow secures into inner threads of pelvis anchor screw. Each VAE captures a rod, end to end, or by passing rod through the side of elbow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Medical Designs, LLC
    Inventor: Mark H. Falahee
  • Method of converting a cell phone into an internet camera phone and system employing said camera phone
    Patent number: 8131254
    Abstract: A cell phone is converted into a limited use camera. The camera is formed by removing the circuit board of a used, discarded cell phone; reprogramming the firmware memory of the cell phone to conform it to the intended camera use; and repackaging the cell phone in a functionally appropriate housing. The reprogrammed camera phone has the capability of transmitting a picture, via the Internet, to a website where the pictures can be viewed and downloaded for printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventor: Charles Newman
  • Microwave system utilizing elevational scanning by frequency hopping
    Patent number: 8125373
    Abstract: For use in conjunction with a microwave antenna having a radiator array configured to scan in a horizontal direction, a method for scanning in the vertical direction. A first FMCW microwave signal having a first bandwidth is transmitted at a first microwave frequency and the echo, if any, is received by the radiator array. A second FMCW microwave signal having a second bandwidth is also transmitted at a different center frequency and the echo, if any, is received by the radiator array. The different frequencies cause an elevational shift in the received signal. The receipt of the echoes is then processed to identify the location or locations of the object or objects causing the echo and communicating such location or locations to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Paul D. Schmalenberg
  • Plasma reactor having multiple antenna structure
    Patent number: 8123903
    Abstract: A plasma reactor includes a chamber in which a wafer is treated by a plasma reaction, the chamber being provided at an upper portion with a cylindrical dielectric window, a multiple antenna structure disposed on upper and lower portions of the dielectric window to generate RF magnetic field and apply the RF magnetic field inside the chamber through the dielectric window, thereby generating RF electric field, and an RF electric power supply unit for allowing for a time variation of the magnetic field of the multiple antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: DMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weon-Mook Lee
  • Computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 8126605
    Abstract: A computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle having a plurality of sensors which generate output signals representative of various vehicle operating parameters. The platform includes a vehicle data center which receives input signals from the vehicle sensors and the vehicle data center is configured to transform these input signals into output signals having a predetermined format for each of the vehicle operating parameters. A central processing unit receives the output signal from the vehicle data and is programmed to process the vehicle data center output signals for each of the intelligent transportation systems and generate the appropriate output signals as a result of such processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Caminiti, Michael E. Samples, Michael R. James, Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Derek S. Caveney, Jeff B. Rogers
  • Device for slicing food products
    Patent number: 8122801
    Abstract: A device for slicing food product having a conveyor which transports the food product toward a cutting edge. An air cushion is provided between an end of the conveyor and the cutting edge which elevates and guides the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Weber Maschinebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gunther Weber
  • Destabilized and catalyzed borohydride for reversible hydrogen storage
    Patent number: 8124559
    Abstract: A process of forming a hydrogen storage material, including the steps of: providing a borohydride material of the formula: M(BH4)x where M is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and 1?x?2; providing an alanate material of the formula: M1(AlH4)x where M1 is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and 1?x?2; providing a halide material of the formula: M2Halx where M2 is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or transition metal and Hal is a halide and 1?x?4; combining the borohydride, alanate and halide materials such that 5 to 50 molar percent from the borohydride material is present forming a reaction product material having a lower hydrogen release temperature than the alanate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Rana F. Mohtadi, Ragaiy Zidan, Joshua Gray, Ashley C. Stowe, Premkumar Sivasubramanian
  • Metal-based photonic device package module
    Patent number: 8120045
    Abstract: A metal-based photonic device package module that is capable of greatly improving heat releasing efficiency and implementing a thin package is provided. The metal-based photonic device package module includes a metal substrate that is formed the shape of a plate, a metal oxide layer that is formed on the metal substrate to have a mounting cavity, a photonic device that is mounted in the mounting cavity of the metal oxide layer, and a reflecting plane that is formed at an inner surface of the mounting cavity of the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Wavenics Inc., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Young-Se Kwon, Kyoung-Min Kim, Sung-Woo Hyun, Bo-In Son
  • Three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic focusing using a microfluidic device
    Patent number: 8120770
    Abstract: A microfluidic device comprises inlets for a sample flow and an out-of-plane focusing sheath flow, and a curved channel section configured to receive the sample flow and out-of-plane focusing sheath and to provide hydrodynamic focusing of the sample flow in an out-of-plane direction, the out-of-plane direction being normal to a plane including the curved channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tony Jun Huang, Xiaole Mao
  • Vehicle control system and method of controlling vehicle
    Patent number: 8118705
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle including an engine and an automatic transmission operable to form one of a plurality of gear positions set according to running conditions of the vehicle, and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. In the control, the rotational speed of an input-side rotary shaft of a shifting mechanism of the transmission is detected, and the vehicle is controlled so that, when an execution condition that one of the gear positions set according to the running conditions is maintained and the rotational speed of the input-side rotary shaft has increased to be higher than a rotational speed corresponding to the set gear position is satisfied, the vehicle is brought into running conditions that will eliminate a state in which air is present in the hydraulic fluid supplied from an oil supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujita, Kazuyuki Watanabe
  • Through-the-lens loupe assembly with interpupillary distance adjustment
    Patent number: 8120847
    Abstract: A medical/dental loupe assembly provides through-the-lens oculars with an inconspicuous interpupillary distance adjustment capability. The system includes a pair of lenses, each lens having a telemicroscopic ocular cemented therethrough, and an upper portion, one on each side of a wearer's nose. A generally horizontal slot is formed in the upper portion of one of the lenses, and a bridge member connects the upper portions of the two lenses. The bridge member has two ends, one end of which is coupled to the slot through a fastener that may be loosened and tightened, thereby allowing the distance between the oculars to be adjusted and locked into position in accordance with the interpupillary requirements of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventor: Byung J. Chang
  • Digital feedforward sigma-delta modulator in analog-to-digital converter and modulation method thereof
    Patent number: 8120518
    Abstract: A digital feedforward sigma-delta modulator in an analog-to-digital converter and its modulation method are disclosed. The modulator changes a feedforward path from an analog domain to a digital domain and processes it. The modulator integrates an analog input by using a plurality of integrators, weights them, quantizes them by using a plurality of quantizers in a digital domain to output digital signals, and then adds up the thusly outputted digital signals by using a digital adder. In case of a continuous time digital feedforward sigma-delta modulator (SDM), a digital signal outputted from the digital adder is weighted and then immediately inputted to the digital adder in the digital domain so as to be subtracted, allowing for digital feedforwarding. Because the feedforward signal is processed in the digital domain, the area occupied by an analog circuit and power consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Koren Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yeong-Shin Jang, Sang-Gug Lee, Seung-Tak Ryu
  • Multi-piece core adjuster with optional configurations
    Patent number: 8113085
    Abstract: A modular core adjuster for a cable assembly includes an adjuster body and a slider body arrangeable with the adjuster body to accommodate the cable in more than one configuration. The modular core adjuster includes a multi-piece adjuster body having a first body portion and a second separate body portion configured to be combined to define the adjuster body. A slider body is supported by the adjuster body for movement relative to the adjuster body wherein the slider body is arrangeable with the adjuster body to accommodate the cable in more than one configuration. A lock cavity is formed through an outer peripheral surface of the first and second body portions and a lock member is disposed in the lock cavity and is movable from a shipping position to a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory P. Ruhlander, Donald G. Gordy
  • Parking brake with separate pedal pivot
    Patent number: 8113086
    Abstract: A park brake includes a brake lever that is movable about a primary and secondary pivot. The brake lever selectively rotates about the primary and secondary pivots changing a ratio of rotation of the brake lever relative to a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Eckerle, Ronald J. Hanna, James Allen
  • Vehicle power supply apparatus and vehicle window member
    Patent number: 8115342
    Abstract: The vehicle power supply apparatus 100 has a power transmitting unit 110 including a power transmission side coil 111 for generating an alternating magnetic field, a positioning member 112 for positioning the power transmission side coil 111 in a vehicle 20, and a power transmission side circuit 114 supplying an electric current to the power transmission side coil 111; and a power receiving unit 120 including a power receipt side coil 121 disposed in a rear window member 30 which is a non-magnetic portion of the vehicle 20 and generating an induced current based on an alternating magnetic field generated by the power transmission side coil 111 and a power receipt side circuit 122 supplying, to a power-supplied object, electric power based on the induced current generated by the power receipt side coil 121.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Kawasaki
  • Sweatband with invertible visor
    Patent number: D654250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventor: Jacob Kaufman
  • Produce bin
    Patent number: D654269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Facility Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Cullen
  • Prosthetic foot
    Patent number: D655009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: College Park Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L'Heureux, Michael Marrs, Christopher L. Johnson