Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Birch, Stewart, Kolasch and Birch, LLP
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Patent number: 8349475Abstract: A magnetic tape produced by cutting a magnetic sheet with a wide breadth into a tape having a predetermined width using a cutting device, in which the magnetic sheet has a magnetic layer containing magnetic powder and a binder formed on one surface of a non-magnetic substrate having a thickness of 4 ?m or less, and a center line average height (Ra) along a roughness curve of a cut edge of the magnetic tape is from 0.08 to 0.25 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventor: Tetsutaro Inoue
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Patent number: 8351009Abstract: A display panel is connected to a wiring-mounted board on which a signal supply wiring that supplies wiring supplies signals for driving the display panel is mounted. The wiring-mounted board has (i) first and second wires extending toward the display panel, and (ii) first and second terminals that are connected to the first and second wires, respectively. The display panel has a first short-circuit wire that is connected to the first and second wires at a connecting part of the display panel and the wiring-mounted board, so as to short-circuit the first and second wires.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Wakita, Seiji Muraoka, Hidetaka Mizumaki
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Patent number: 8348233Abstract: A butterfly valve comprises a valve body, a seat ring mounted on a flow passage of the valve body, a disc rotatably mounted to the valve body and configured to open and close the flow passage by being attached to the seat ring; and a driving device configured to linearly move and rotate the disc so as to prevent interference between the disc and the seat ring when the flow passage of the valve body is open and closed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Seokwang Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoon-Chul Kim
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Patent number: 8350501Abstract: DC/DC bridge for controlling a direct-current load (M1), which bridge is provided with controllable semiconductor switches (S11-S14, S21-S26) and with a control unit (BC1). The bridge comprises two bridge sections (B11, B12), at least the first bridge section (B11) of which is controlled with pulse-width modulation (PWM) to regulate the current magnitude, and which bridge comprises a determination of the current of the direct-current load (M1). The second bridge section (B12) conducts direct current when the determined value (2) of the current of the direct-current load differs from zero by more than the limit value (1) of the current.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Kone CorporationInventor: Esa Putkinen
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Patent number: 8348013Abstract: An exhaust device of an internal combustion engine for reducing exhaust sound and for suppressing the occurrence of a torque valley. A sound-deadening and pressure-dissipating device connected to the downstream end of an exhaust pipe includes a spherical member having an opening portion opening toward a downstream edge of the exhaust pipe. Exhaust gas from the exhaust pipe is reflected by an inner spherical surface of the spherical member to reduce exhaust pressure in the spherical member and then is discharged from the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Uneta, Taichi Honda, Tomoya Matsuo, Yoshihisa Hirano
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Patent number: 8348304Abstract: An airbag jacket activating system includes radio communications transceivers configured to make RF communications and LF communications, respectively. An acceleration sensor configured to detect acceleration of a motorcycle. An update unit configured to update an LF communications ID, to code the updated LF communications ID together with an RF communications ID, and to transmit the coded updated LF communications ID and the coded RF communications ID to an airbag jacket through RF communications. An update unit configured to store the updated LF communications ID in a case where the LF communications ID is received together with the RF communication ID. A control unit configured to cause the coded RF communications ID and an ignition signal to be transmitted through the RF communications, and to cause the LF communications ID and the ignition signal to be transmitted through the LF communications when the acceleration exceeds a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kojima, Sumitaka Ogawa
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Patent number: 8351734Abstract: In an X-Y conversion chart, a threshold Th is defined as Y=0, that is, defined on the X axis, a range from ?Th to +Th is defined as a range in which smoothing processing is performed, and a range outside ?Th to +Th is defined as a range in which sharpening processing is performed. Among equations denoted by Y1 and Y2 expressed by two linear straight lines, intersections of both the equations Y1 and Y2 are set to the maximum value and the minimum value of an X-Y conversion equation in this case. The threshold is expressed by an intersection of Y2 and the X axis. This algorithm is formed by three factors of: a coefficient ? indicating the strength of smoothing; a coefficient ? indicating the strength of sharpening; and a threshold Th on the X axis for determining switching between the smoothing processing and the sharpening processing.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Otsuka, Osamu Manba, Yasufumi Hagiwara, Daisuke Koyama
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Patent number: 8348649Abstract: In a screw rotor (40), a first suction-side area (45) is formed in a first side wall surface (42) of a spiral groove (41). In the first side wall surface (42), a portion extending from a start point to a point until immediately before a compression chamber (23) is in a completely-closed state defines the first suction-side area (45). The first suction-side area (45) is thinner than a portion of the first side wall surface (42) other than the first suction-side area (45), and does not contact a gate (51) of a gate rotor (50).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Harunori Miyamura, Tadashi Okada, Takayuki Takahashi, Kaname Ohtsuka, Toshihiro Susa, Hiromichi Ueno, Takanori Murono
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Patent number: 8350026Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) wherein W, D, E, G, J, L, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Y are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, for use—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—in therapy, for treating diseases associated with deregulated angiogenesis, such as cancer and skin and eye diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Leo Pharma A/SInventors: Jakob Felding, Xifu Liang, Anne Marie Horneman, Tina Dahlerup Poulsen, Jens Christian Højland Larsen
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Patent number: 8350901Abstract: A brightness image is produced from a frame image input from a scope and a high brightness pixel group including pixels next to one another, of which the brightness values exceed a predetermined value, and of which the number exceeds a predetermined value, is detected. Only when the pixel group is detected, a microcomputer performs light amount adjustment. When no high brightness pixel group is detected any more, a brightness blurred image is produced from the brightness image. If the value of a pixel forming the brightness blurred image is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the value is replaced with zero. If the value is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the value is replaced with a greater value as the value is smaller. Then, brightness conversion is performed on the brightness image by adding the brightness blurred image after replacement to the brightness image.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Fujinon CorporationInventor: Kazunori Abe
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Patent number: 8351135Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a first lens with a meniscus shape having a concave surface facing an object side; a second positive lens; a third negative lens with a meniscus shape having a convex surface facing an image side; and a fourth negative lens. The first to fourth lenses are arranged in this order from the object side. The imaging lens is configured such that a normal line of an object-side surface of the fourth lens at a point where the outermost light beam of an on-axis light flux passes intersects the optical axis on the image side of the object-side surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Masao Mori
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Patent number: 8351757Abstract: Even when a communication state between a tuner device and a display device is deteriorated, a television broadcast receiving device enables a user to view broadcast. The television broadcast receiving device of the present invention has a tuner section that receives a digital broadcast signal, selects the digital broadcast signal to decode the digital broadcast signal, generates video data including a video signal and an audio signal, and converts the video data into processed video data suitable for wireless communication, and a display section that receives the processed video data from the tuner section through wireless communication, and displays a video based on the processed video data. The tuner section has a recording/playback section that records and reads the video data in and from a predetermined recording section according to a change in state of the communication with the display section.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji Tsunashima, Hideki Kawano, Tetsuro Shida
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Patent number: 8348022Abstract: An arrangement for the call apparatus and display apparatus of an elevator has a body part which includes at least call buttons and other actuators, such as apertures for the display elements. The body part is essentially universal such that the number, size, shape and placement location of the apertures of the body part are arranged to be suited for the use of as many display variations and/or call button variations as possible, and in that an essentially thin light-attenuating film-like layer is disposed in front of the body part, which layer is fitted to allow light produced by the display elements through, but covers the apertures and other features in the body part.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Niko Rusanen, Timo Tiainen, Maija Pursiainen, Jussi Laurila, Aapo Saari
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Patent number: 8348786Abstract: An iron-type golf club head is assembled from a front component (4) made of a metal material having a specific gravity ?1, a rear component (5) made of a fiber reinforced resin having a specific gravity ?2 lower than the specific gravity ?1, a toe-side component (6) made of a metal material having a specific gravity ?3 higher than the specific gravity ?1, and a heel-side component (7) made of a metal material having a specific gravity ?4 higher than the specific gravity ?1.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventor: Takashi Nakano
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Patent number: 8351554Abstract: The invention relates to an adaptive method of extracting at least of desired electro magnetic wave signals, sound wave signals (40, 42), and any other signals from a mixture of signals (40, 42, 44, 46) and suppressing noise and interfering signals to produce enhanced signals (50) corresponding to desired (10) signals, and an apparatus (70) therefore. It relies on the concept of at least one of an attenuation of input signals in each sub-band for signals in such a manner that all desired (10) signals are attenuated less than noise or interfering source signals, and/or an amplification of input signals in each sub-band for source signals in such a manner that all desired (10) signals are amplified, and that they are amplified more than the noise and interfering signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Exaudio ABInventors: Nedelko Grbic, Ingvar Claesson, Per Eriksson
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Patent number: 8349221Abstract: A method of producing Prussian blue metal complex nanoparticles and Prussian blue metal complex nanoparticles obtained by the method, a dispersion of the nanoparticles, a method of regulating the color of the nanoparticles, and an electrode and a transmitted light-regulator each using the nanoparticles. Prussian blue metal complex nanoparticles are produced by: mixing an aqueous solution containing a metal cyano complex anion having metal atom MA as a central metal and an aqueous solution containing a cation of metal atom MB; thereby precipitating the crystal of a Prussian blue metal complex having the metal atom MA and the metal atom MB; and then mixing the Prussian blue metal complex with an aqueous solution containing a metal cyano complex anion having the metal atom MC as a central metal and/or an aqueous solution containing a cation of the metal atom MD.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Tohru Kawamoto, Hisashi Tanaka, Shigeo Hara, Masato Kurihara, Masatomi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 8351904Abstract: A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to provide a communication function including at least one of an outgoing communication function and an incoming communication function, a controller configured to acquire surrounding data including at least one of image data or sound data corresponding to a surrounding of where the communication function is performed, and to match the acquired surrounding data with communication information indicating a first party of the outgoing function or a second party of the incoming communication function, and a display unit configured to display a communication history including the communication information matched with the surrounding data. In addition, the controller is further configured to acquire the surrounding data selectively based on a) a manual operation of the terminal or b) automatically without user intervention.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kyung Jin Kim, Jee Young Chun, Sae Kyu Park, Yong Man Park, Ji Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 8350814Abstract: A terminal including a first body, a second body connected to the first body, a first display disposed on the first body, a second display disposed on the second body and having a transparency such that information displayed on the first display can be seen though the second display having the transparency when the first and second displays overlap each other, and a controller configured to control a movement of a displayable object between the first and second displays based on a particular condition occurring on the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong-Hwan Kim, Nam-Yong Park
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Patent number: 8351214Abstract: This publication discloses an electronics module comprising an insulating-material layer having two opposite surfaces, and at least one microcircuit embedded to the insulating-material layer. The microcircuit has a first contact surface comprising first contact terminals, from which the microcircuit is electrically connected to first conductor structures in the form of a patterned first conductor layer contained on first surface of the insulating-material layer, and a second contact surface opposite to the first contact surface, in which there is at least one second contact terminal, from which the microcircuit is electrically connected to second conductor structures contained in the form of a patterned second conductor layer on second surface of the insulating-material layer. According to the invention there is provided a local adhesive layer between the component and the first contact surface and first conductor layer, the adhesive layer filling the space between the component and the first conductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Imbera Electronics OyInventors: Risto Tuominen, Antti Iihola
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Patent number: 8351347Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal from to a base station in a radio communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting a periodic sounding reference signal to a base station; receiving a transmission instruction for an additional sounding reference signal from the base station; multiplexing said periodic sounding reference signal and said additional sounding reference signal along a frequency axis or a time axis; and transmitting said multiplexed periodic sounding reference signal and said additional sounding reference signal to said base station. Said multiplexing step is characterized by multiplexing said periodic sounding reference signal and said additional sounding reference signal along a frequency axis or a time axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Min Seok Noh, Jae Hoon Chung, Yeong Hyeon Kwon