Patents Represented by Law Firm Bacon & Thomas
  • Patent number: 8316604
    Abstract: Floor panel, said floor panel (1) comprising a decor (2), as well as a top layer (8) based on synthetic material (9), and wherein the decor (2) represents a pattern with several wood parts (3) per floor panel (1), characterized in that in the upper surface (14) of the floor panel (1) one or more height differences are present in that the upper surface (14), at the location of one of more of the wood parts (3), shows an individualized global surface level (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARL
    Inventor: Bernard Thiers
  • Patent number: 8318842
    Abstract: A titanium-containing PET copolyester has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.72-0.90 dl/g and a maximum amount of heat released during crystallization transition through a DSC analysis at a given heating rate of 20° C./min being less than 10 joules/gram, which contains polyethylene terephthalate as a major component and contains titanium component in an amount of 2-25 ppm based on the total copolyester weight, X mole % of isophthalic acid based on the copolyester, Y mole % of diethylene glycol based on the copolyester, Z mole % of 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid based on the copolyester, wherein X, Y, Z conforms to the following conditions: 0?X?2.5; 1.0?Y?2.5; 0?Z?2.5; 2.5?X+Y+Z?7.5; and the PET copolyester is suitable for manufacturing an injection stretch blow molded refillable container having an inner volume of greater than 10 litters and capable of being returnable and refillable up to 20 loops of returning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Zo-Chun Jen
  • Patent number: 8321039
    Abstract: Apparatus for managing a residential wastewater treatment system includes an in situ control unit that monitors an individual system. The control unit provides local control and alarms, and also sends status reports and/or alarms to a remote monitoring center via a telemetry device. The remote monitoring center makes information concerning the individual system available through a website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventor: Gregory D. Graves
  • Patent number: 8319699
    Abstract: A multi-channel display system comprises a plurality of display devices, each display device having a non-pixel addressable light output part, e.g. a backlight, and a pixel addressable light output part, e.g. an LCD panel, in an optical path. The non-pixel addressable light output part and the pixel addressable light output part are arranged to both have a temporal modulation, so that a perceivable optical output of the display device is a combination of the outputs of the temporal modulation of the pixel addressable light output part and the temporal modulation of the non pixel addressable light output part. At least two of the display devices are arranged for displaying adjacent image parts. The display system furthermore comprises a linking means for linking the driving of the non pixel addressable light output part of at least the two display devices being arranged for displaying adjacent image parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Barco N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Mark Clodfelter
  • Patent number: 8318383
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel cell reaction layer which is excellent in durability and heat resistance while having a low operation temperature. In addition, supply of an oxygen gas to the fuel cell reaction layer is hardly disturbed. Also disclosed are a fuel cell and a method for producing such a fuel cell reaction layer. Specifically disclosed is a fuel cell reaction layer wherein a mixed conductive catalyst is used. The mixed conductive catalyst includes a conductive carrier composed of an electron conductor formed of carbon and a proton conductor formed of an inorganic material. The electron conductor is an inorganic material comprising a polymerized and carbonized organic monomer: the proton conductor is an inorganic material, and the electron conductor and the proton conductor are bonded together. In addition, a water-repellent carbon is further blended in this fuel cell reaction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushikikaisha Equos Research
    Inventor: Norifumi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8319101
    Abstract: A polymer bushing includes a conductor bar, a conductor insertion hole at a lower end, a rigid insulator around the outer circumference of the conductor bar and having a receiving port for a cable termination, a polymer covering around the outer circumference of the insulator and a number of shades 4a formed separately along the longer dimension at the outer circumference. A large diameter part is provided above the conductor insertion hole which is in the vicinity of the lower end part of the insulator. A cylindrical shielding metal fitting is concentrically embedded together with the conductor bar in the large diameter part. An electric-field stress-control layer is provided at the interface between the large diameter part and the polymer covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: SWCC Showa Cable Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Adachi, Nobuyuki Sema, Hitoshi Shintate, Miyuki Ogishima, Junichi Shinagawa
  • Patent number: 8316699
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a device for accurately measuring and adjusting a valve clearance value to a desired value in an engine having a rocker-arm-type valve. According to a valve clearance measuring and adjusting method of the present invention, a pair of probes 60 each having a round tip end 611 are brought into direct contact with a valve clearance CV of an engine having a rocker-arm-type valve 105, and a center-to-center distance between the two tip ends 611 is measured. An actual valve clearance value is calculated and measured on the basis of the center-to-center distance between the tip ends 611. The actual valve clearance value is adjusted to a desired valve clearance value, while the actual valve clearance value is measured in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hirata Corporation
    Inventors: Hisayuki Sueoka, Yasuyoshi Miyauchi, Yasuo Morise, Tatsumi Otomura, Hiroya Mitsushima
  • Patent number: 8317407
    Abstract: For a less load to a shutter and secure motions of the shutter without damaging a ferrule, a rear stopper guide (22) and an intermediate spring guide (23) covering an upper side of a hold of an optical plug, and an outer cover (24) covering a front outer periphery of the hold are provided; the outer cover (24) is pushed by an optical connector adapter (Q) to move from a front end position of the hold to a rear end position, an inner side of the outer cover (24) is provided with a shutter (21) which can be swung from a lid close position to a lid open position, and the shutter (21) is automatically opened and closed by a shutter automatic opening and closing mechanism (S) in accordance with a rack and pinion system, working with rearward and forward movements of the outer cover (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sanwa Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasusuke Hioki, Norio Iguchi
  • Patent number: 8313040
    Abstract: To provide a temperature sensing tube for an expansion valve in which a hunting can be prevented by slowing of a temperature reaction rate of an expansion valve, a ceramic sintered member serving as a heat transfer delay member (3) in a temperature sensing tube (1) is fixed so as not to directly contact with a tubular member (2) by fixing springs (4, 4) provided at both end portions (13, 13), whereby a heat transfer from the tubular member (2) to the ceramic sintered member becomes slow, temperature is not transferred from a mated piping directly via the tubular member, whichever outer surface of the temperature sensing tube 1 contacts with the piping, and a reaction rate with respect to a temperature rise of the expansion valve can be made slow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Okutsu, Akinori Nanbu, Mafumi Morita
  • Patent number: 8313981
    Abstract: A chip card in the form of an ID-1 card, a plug-in SIM or a USB token has a layered compound with two or three layers extending over the complete chip card. The chip card including an exterior foil layer has on its outward facing front side a communication contact layout and on its back side a flip chip, as well as a flip chip contact layout which is electroconductively connected with the communication contact layout on the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Tarantino
  • Patent number: 8314000
    Abstract: A LDMOS with double LDD and trenched drain is disclosed. According to some preferred embodiment of the present invention, the structure contains a double LDD region, including a high energy implantation to form lightly doped region and a low energy implantation thereon to provide a low resistance path for current flow without degrading breakdown voltage. At the same time, a P+ junction made by source mask is provided underneath source region to avoid latch-up effect from happening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Force Mos Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8313206
    Abstract: A lighting device and a method for manufacturing the lighting device are provided. The lighting device comprises a light source module and a plurality of light spreading plates. The light spreading plates are secured onto the light source module by stick objects which are sheathed with hollow caps. The lighting device provides uniform surface light within an ultra thin configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventors: Wen-Chiun Ing, Wei-Hsin Hou
  • Patent number: 8313672
    Abstract: A kind of manufacturing method for dual functions with varistor material and device has one of the characteristics among capacitance, inductance, voltage suppressor and thermistor in addition to surge absorbing characteristic, which microstructural compositions include a glass substrate with high resistance and three kinds of low-resistance conductive or semiconductive particles in micron, submicron and nanometer size uniformly distributed in the glass substrate to provide with good surge absorbing characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Leader Well Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wen Tan, Jie-An Zhu, Li-Yun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8315809
    Abstract: A method of generating standard brain model from a bio-expression system includes performing steps of registration to input standard surface and individual surface into affine registration; recording a transformation parameters from the affine registration; performing steps of inputting a individual neuropil and transform parameters into an affine transformation; applying the data of the affine transformation to transform individual neuropil to achieve transformed individual neuropil; and performing a step of affine registration to register a standard neuropil to the transformed individual neuropil to achieve a resulting transformation, wherein the resulting transformation can be output as a position and orientation of standard neuropil within the standard surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Ann-Shyn Chiang, Yung-Chang Chen, Hsiu-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 8316362
    Abstract: A method for updating a program section is disclosed; the method is used for an electronic system. The electronic system comprises a control unit and a storage device; the control unit is electrically connected with the storage device; the storage device comprises a program section; the program section comprises an application section and a boot section; the application section comprises a first bootloader and application information, wherein the first bootloader comprises a first driver. The method comprises the following steps of: connecting a data source device, wherein the data source device comprises update data; determining whether the first driver is able to drive the data source device or not; and if the first driver is able to drive the data source device, the first driver performs an updating procedure according to the update data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Neweb Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Pan, Hung-Hsiang Hsu, Shih-Chieh Tzeng
  • Patent number: 8314413
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device for transmission of an electrical signal of an input electrical current circuit to an output electrical current circuit galvanically isolated from the input electrical current circuit. The device includes a housing. The input electrical current circuit contains, for producing an optical signal, an optical transmitting unit, which is arranged in the housing. The output electrical current circuit contains, for receiving the optical signal, an optical receiving unit, which is arranged in the housing. At least one fuse mechanism is provided in the housing, which interrupts transmission of the electrical signal in the case of an electrical current flow, which lies above a predetermined electrical current level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Mamadi Keita, Antoine Simon
  • Patent number: 8314186
    Abstract: An adhesive composition for use in bonding of a polarizing plate is prepared from acrylic-based polymer graft-polymerized and modified by a reactive silane coupling agent with a specific grafting position and an ordinary cross-linking agent. Compared with unmodified acrylic-based copolymers, the adhesive composition thus synthesized demonstrates high adhesion property, cohesion property, elasticity property and high durability and, when used in bonding of the polarizing plate, flexibly follows dimensional changes of the polarizing plate in a high-temperature high-humidity atmosphere, alleviates the phenomenon where the polarizing plate demonstrates uneven distribution of residual stress due to dimensional changes of the polarizing plate, and prevents light leakage and uneven color which might otherwise occur to the polarizing plate due to the aging, cracking, or peeling of a conventional adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Dein-Run Fung, Sen-Huang Hsu, Hung-Hsun Wu, Huei-Jiun Juang
  • Patent number: 8310302
    Abstract: An abutment structure comprises a power rail, a ground rail parallel to the power rail, first cells and second cells. An area is defined between the power and the ground rails. A portion of each first and second cell overlaps the power and the ground rails, and another portion thereof is within the area. The first cells are within the abutment structure with original patterns thereof. The second cells respectively has an original pattern and a base pattern being a flip pattern of the original pattern, and are within the area with alternate of the original and the base patterns. The first and the second cells are within the area alternately without overlapping. Alternatively, the first and the second cells may also be within different areas, and the second cells are within different areas respectively with the base pattern and a flip pattern of the base pattern thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Global Unichip Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Fon Chen, Yu-Cheng Yang, Jye-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: D671275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Ossur HF
    Inventors: Gil David Manalo, Duane Romo, Concetta Maria Huffa
  • Patent number: D671410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kose Corporation
    Inventor: Akemi Asakawa