Patents Represented by Law Firm Bucknam and Archer
  • Patent number: 7289376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for eliminating crosstalk (coupling noise) in a metal programmable read only memory. The metal programmable read only memory comprises a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of precharge transistors, and a plurality of clamp transistors. When one of the bit lines is selected, bit lines adjacent to the selected bit line are fixed to a voltage value (VDD, GND or other voltages) by the clamp transistors. The clamping method can not cause voltage drops to the adjacent bit lines, and the crosstalk on the selected bit line can be eliminated simultaneously, so that the problem of read failures caused by the crosstalk in the high-speed metal programmable read only memory can be solved, and a higher speed can be reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Meng-Fan Chang, Kuei-Ann Wen
  • Patent number: 7275631
    Abstract: There is disclosed an engaging/disengaging fail-safe door closing device for a rolling fire door, provided between a power device and a speed reducing device of a door machine, including an electromagnet fixed inside a housing of the door machine and disposed around the outside of a shaft of the power device; a brake device including a shaft sleeve, loosely embracing around the outside of the shaft of the power device and being capable of sliding between the shaft and the electromagnet, on one end of which, there is provided an attracted plate facing the magnet and coming off the magnet by way of the biasing force of an elastic element, while on the other end there is radially formed a brake disk; a driving plate fixed on the shaft of the power device and facing a position where the brake disk is allowed to contact; and a circuit used to control the electromagnet to be electrified to excite in order for actuating the brake when the door reaches a predetermined position, or to release the brake when the power
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Chung Hsien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7213780
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding panel structure of a multifunctional paper shredder, the paper shredder includes a housing having an interior space, an installing section at the top, an accommodating space at the bottom, and a feeding slot under the installing section. A pair of rolling blade wheels are disposed under the feeding slot which has a pressing wall surface extended vertically downward and aligned with the middle of the rolling blade wheels. An accommodating section is defined at the top of the housing, and a positioning section having at least one sliding groove is disposed at an inner side of the accommodating section. A sliding panel, having a plurality of slots is slidably installed in the accommodating section, having a positioning pin disposed in the positioning section correspondingly, and at least one slide pin embedded into the sliding groove for guiding the movement of the sliding panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Aurora Global Investment Ltd.
    Inventor: Pai-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 7210258
    Abstract: There is described an object for ornamental purposes of the type that has at least one channel 1 where at least one decorative element 2 is arranged that engages, with its side appendices, at tracks 3 formed on the side edges of the channel, which allows the sliding of the decorative element along the channel itself. The object for ornamental purposes includes elements that allow the user to remove the sliding element(s) from the channel(s) in which it or they are arranged so as to allow the replacement of the element(s) with other sliding element(s) into the channel(s), in order to modify the overall aesthetic appearance of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Nova Rank Export S.R.L.
    Inventor: Andrea Lanti
  • Patent number: 7191495
    Abstract: A device is provided for the fastening, quick unfastening, safety release and adjustment of straps for the handles of walking sticks, ski poles, hiking canes and the like. The device includes a buckle (2), on which are wound the strap (3) and a wedge (4), firmly fixed, in an integral manner, near to one of the two end portions (6) of the strap. The device is characterized by the special configuration of the buckle (2), as well as of the quick unfastening and safety features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Gabel S.r.l.
    Inventor: Paolo Panizza
  • Patent number: 7190187
    Abstract: The present invention provides a power gating structure having data retention and intermediate modes and able to operate under multiple modes. A conventional power gating structure has only turn-on and turn-off functions, and is used to suppress a leakage current problem which has become more and more serious in advance manufacture processes, under a turn-off mode. However, in a memory circuit, such as latch, register and SRAM, when the power gate is turned off, a new power gating structure is required for data retention. The power gating structure of the present invention can be set into one of 4 different operational modes: a data retention mode for maintaining the static noise margin of the memory, an intermediate mode for reducing the interference on ground and power levels, an active mode used when the circuit operates in normal condition, and a standby mode used when the circuit does not operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Hua, Wei Hwang
  • Patent number: 7160053
    Abstract: A bamboo mat board element with a double-layered construction, a constant dimension, each of the elements is formed with a projecting tenon at each of two adjacent sides, respectively, and a concave mortise at each of the other two adjacent sides, respectively, for inter-tenoning the elements of the mat board, in which a surface layer of the mat board is obtained by matting a plurality of mat board stuffs having different orientations, shapes, and sizes, while each of the mat board stuffs is obtained by matting a plurality of lumbers having a parallel orientation, respectively, to form a plurality of patterns having parallel stripes by specially matting at the longitudinal section thickness of the lumbers. A method for producing the bamboo mat board at least comprises steps as follows: cutting step, boiling for blanching step, drying step, rough shaving, bottom layer pre-forming step, adhesive applying and pressing step, pattern selecting step, matting step, and refined shaving, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Inventor: Ao Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 7152282
    Abstract: There is disclosed a fastener for clips to be applied to jewelry and costume jewelry products and to clothing accessories, bags and the like. The fastener utilizes a mechanical device actuated through the action of magnets. According to one arrangement, the mobile components of the clip, shaped substantially in the form of small pins that carry out the mechanical fastening, consist of magnets, for which, in each pair of said permanent magnets, there is mutual attraction and therefore closing of the fastening device when they are arranged with the poles opposite, i.e. when one is arranged in such a way that its positive pole faces towards the negative pole of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Cost-Cast S.R.L.
    Inventor: Antonio Costa
  • Patent number: 7141084
    Abstract: A fuel for a fuel cell system, which comprises at least 5 vol. % of hydrocarbons based on the whole fuel and 0.5 to 20 mass % of oxygenates in terms of an oxygen content based on the whole fuel, wherein the total content of hydrocarbon compounds which have carbon numbers of 7 and 8 is 20 vol. % or more based on the whole hydrocarbons and the total content of hydrocarbon compounds which have carbon numbers of 10 or more is 20 vol. % or less based on the whole hydrocarbons, and a fuel for a fuel cell system, which comprises at least 5 vol. % of hydrocarbons based on the whole fuel and 0.5 to 20 mass % of oxygenates in terms of an oxygen content based on the whole fuel, wherein the fuel has distillation properties; the initial boiling point in distillation of over 40° C. and 100° C. or lower, the 10 vol. % distillation temperature of over 50° C. and 120° C. or lower, the 90 vol. % distillation temperature of 110° C. or higher and 180° C. or lower, and the final boiling point in distillation of 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichirou Saitou, Iwao Anzai, Osamu Sadakane, Michiro Matsubara
  • Patent number: 7122792
    Abstract: The invention provides a simple, rapid and cost-effective metal oxide-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MOALDI MS) without the addition of light-absorbing organic-matrix, comprising the use of (a) an inorganic metal oxide with light absorbing capability as an assisting material to render desorption/ionization of samples in laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and (b) a citric acid buffer as the proton source for enhancing the ionization efficiency for analytes. Metal oxide assisting materials is not only restricted to the uses of films. Metal oxide nanoparticles are also suitable to be used as the assisting materials. Low matrix background, stable surface feature, homogeneous sample deposition, and wide detectable mass range are the merits of MOALDI MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Yu-Chie Chen, Cheng-Tai Chen, Ya-Shiuan Lin
  • Pen
    Patent number: D526021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Quadrinvest S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Lecce
  • Pot
    Patent number: D529332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: TVS S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mathaeus Thun Hoenstein
  • Patent number: D535807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Swan Original S.p.A.
    Inventor: Cesare Macchi
  • Pen
    Patent number: D536033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Lecce Pen Polska Sp. Zo.o.
    Inventor: Giovanni Lecce
  • Patent number: D537671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: T.V.S. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mathaeus Thun Hoenstein
  • Patent number: D537672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: T.V.S. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mathaeus Thun Hoenstein
  • Pen
    Patent number: D545365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Quadrinvest S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Lecce
  • Patent number: D552145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Videotec S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alesssio Grotto
  • Patent number: D553662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Videotec S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessio Grotto
  • Patent number: D554170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Videotec S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessio Grotto