Patents Represented by Attorney Cantor Colburn
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Patent number: 8350884Abstract: An image forming method including: inputting a pulse width modulated signal into a laser beam output section and thereby outputting a laser beam, wherein a pulse width of the pulse width modulated signal is changed based on image data containing density information; scanning the laser beam onto a surface of a photoreceptor through an optical scanning apparatus and thereby outputting an image; detecting a diameter of the laser beam in a sub-scanning direction formed on the surface of the photoreceptor, the diameter of the laser beam inherent to each optical scanning apparatus and changing along an image height in a main scanning direction; and correcting the pulse width in response to the diameter in the sub-scanning direction so that the image output density is uniform with respect to one and the same input density in the image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shinjiro Ito, Kazunori Ishige, Toru Makino
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Patent number: 8352531Abstract: The forcing of the result or output of a rounder portion of a floating point processor occurs only in a fraction non-increment data path within the rounder and not in the fraction increment data path within the rounder. The fraction forcing is active on a corner case such as a disabled overflow exception. A disabled overflow exception may be detected by inspecting the normalized exponent. If a disabled overflow exception is detected, the round mode is selected to execute only in the non-increment data path thereby preventing the fraction increment data path from being selected.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Maarten J. Boersma, J. Adam Butts, Silvia Melitta Mueller, Jochen Preiss
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Patent number: 8348599Abstract: A rotor wheel is provided and includes a body having first and second opposing faces and portions recessed from a plane of the first face to define therein an annular groove and a plurality of tributary grooves, the annular groove being receptive of fluid from an external source and formed to direct the fluid to flow along an annular flow path, and the plurality of tributary grooves being receptive of the fluid from the annular groove and respectively formed to direct the fluid to flow sequentially along radial and axial tributary flow paths while preventing inter-tributary groove fluid communication.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ya-Tien Chiu, Venkata Siva Chaluvadi, Matthew Ryan Ferslew
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Patent number: 8349422Abstract: The invention relates to a Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) having a body made of flexible woven fabric, and integral handling devices, wherein the fabric is woven from opaque oriented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) strips having a density of from 500 to 1300 kg/m3 and a tensile strength of at least 250 MPa. Advantages of said FIBC include directly printability with the usual type of inks, giving excellent contrast and good adhesion, without pre-treatment like a corona- or flame-treatment. The FIBC based on the PET fabric also shows higher gloss; better UV resistance; better mechanical properties, like high tensile strength and creep resistance; favorable abrasion resistance; and higher temperature resistance than a conventional big bag based on polypropylene strips. The invention further relates to such a FIBC based on stress-whitened PET tapes obtained by a special drawing process.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Zahir Bashir, Ian Macmillan Ward, Glen Peter Thompson, Anthony Paul Unwin
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Patent number: 8352479Abstract: Systems, methods and computer products for content-derived (generated) metadata. Exemplary embodiments include a metadata generation method, including receiving a media file, searching the media file for metadata associated with the media file, adding the metadata to a metadata file associated with the media file, searching the media file for media components and adding metadata entries that are associated with the media components to the metadata file.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr.
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Patent number: 8350583Abstract: Test structures and method for detecting defects using the same. A probe-able voltage contrast (VC) comb test structure that includes first, second and third probe pads, a comb-like structure including grounded tines, floating tines between the grounded tines, switching devices coupled with an end portion of each floating tine, and connecting the floating tines to the second probe pad, and the third probe pad being a control pad which controls the switching devices. A probe-able VC serpentine test structure that includes first, second, third and fourth probe pads, a comb-like structure including grounded tines, floating tines between the grounded tines and each floating tine connected together between the second and third probe pads, switching devices connected to an end portion of each floating tine and connecting the floating tines to the second and third probe pads, and the fourth probe pad being a control pad which controls the switching devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William J. Cote, Yi Feng, Oliver D. Patterson
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Patent number: 8352950Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in a computing environment to run a variety of applications in logical partitions. The apparatus includes one or more logical processors (LPs), one or more logical partitions (LPARs) configured to each access a share of processing resources of the LPs in accordance with predefined instructions, and an LPAR manager configured to determine an operational mode of each of the LPARs and any available amount of an excess of the share of the processing resources of the LPs and to dispatch the processing resources of at least a subset of the LPs to the LPARs in accordance with the respective predetermined shares and with respect to the determined operational mode of the respective LPARs and the amount, if any, of the excess share.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Donna N. Dillenberger, Jeffrey P. Kubala, Bernard Pierce, Donald W. Schmidt
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Patent number: 8347698Abstract: A sensor is provided and includes a body disposed at a point of measurement interest on a rotor at a radial distance from a centerline thereof and having a substantially cylindrical shape and first and second opposing ends and a sensing end coupled to one of the first and second opposing ends, the other of the first and second opposing ends being coupled to a communication system, the sensing end including a sensing device configured to generate a signal reflective of a detected condition at the point of measurement interest, and at least one of the first and the second opposing ends being formed to define a shoulder portion for absorbing gravitational loading.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Philip Michael Caruso, Seung-Woo Choi, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak
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Patent number: 8349460Abstract: Organosilicon composites are described, comprising 30 to 90 vol. % of a cured organosilicon copolymer derived by curing an organosilicon polymer having, in the same copolymer, silicon-containing repeating units comprising a silicon hydride and silicon-containing repeating units comprising a C1-10 ethylenically unsaturated group; and 10 to 70 vol. % of a dielectric filler. The composites are used in the manufacture of circuit subassemblies.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: World Properties, Inc.Inventor: Sankar K. Paul
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Patent number: 8349440Abstract: The present invention relates to a high barrier multilayer film for functional medical solution product comprising in order, an outer layer comprising polyethyleneterephthalate deposited inorganic oxide thereon; a first adhesive layer comprising ester type polyurethane; a first intermediate layer comprising ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer; a second adhesive layer comprising ester type polyurethane; a second intermediate layer comprising polyamide; a third adhesive layer comprising ester type polyurethane; and an inner layer comprising propylene-based polymer. The multilayer film has the merits of improved transparency, heat resistance, sealing property, durability, competitive price, oxygen barrier property and less pinhole, so that may be applied to a outer bag of pouch type container of medical solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Choongwae CorporationInventors: Sung-Man Lee, Jin-Sung Moon
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Patent number: 8349514Abstract: An electrode catalyst for fuel cells, a method of preparing the electrode catalyst, and a fuel cell including the electrode containing the electrode catalyst have been improved. The electrode catalyst includes a beryllium (Be) oxide catalyst, which oxidizes carbon monoxide included in a fuel gas into carbon dioxide, and a platinum (Pt) based catalyst. Thus, loss in catalytic activity of the Pt-based catalyst due to carbon monoxide is decreased, and the activity and life of the fuel cell including the electrode catalyst are improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-jung Kwon, Chan-ho Pak, Kang-hee Lee
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Patent number: 8350421Abstract: A motor may include a stator formed with a rotor arrangement hole, a rotor disposed in the rotor arrangement hole, and a plate-like member disposed on at least one end side in an axial direction of the stator. The plate-like member is joined with an end face of the stator structured such that a peripheral edge part of the plate-like member is melted. In this case, it is preferable that the peripheral edge part of the plate-like member is joined with the end face of the stator structured such that an edge part on an opposite side to a face contacting with the end face of the stator is melted by irradiation of a laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Nidec Sankyo CorporationInventor: Takeshi Shimoyama
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Patent number: 8352231Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for performing a co-simulation and/or emulation of hardware and software. The system includes a hardware simulator with an integrated hardware model, a hardware and/or software environment for controlling the hardware simulator and performing a software simulation and/or a direct software application, at least one synchronization facility within the hardware model for indicating a request from the hardware and/or software environment, a receiver for setting the synchronization facility into a predetermined state, and a controller for switching the hardware simulator between a free-running state and a request-handling state.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joern Babinsky, Holger Horbach, Steffen Knoll, Andreas Kohler
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Patent number: 8352687Abstract: A cache includes a cache pipeline, a request receiver configured to receive off chip coherency requests from an off chip cache and a plurality of state machines coupled to the request receiver. The cache also includes an arbiter coupled between the plurality of state machines and the cache pipe line and is configured to give priority to off chip coherency requests as well as a counter configured to count the number of coherency requests sent from the cache pipeline to a lower level cache. The cache pipeline is halted from sending coherency requests when the counter exceeds a predetermined limit.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Deanna Postles Dunn Berger, Michael F. Fee, Arthur J. O'Neill, Jr., Robert J. Sonnelitter, III
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Patent number: 8347739Abstract: A torque sensing system, a torque sensor, a method for determining an amount of torque, and a steering system are provided. The method includes generating a first output signal utilizing a first plurality of piezo-electric transducers disposed between a first plurality of tooth portions of a first hub portion and a second plurality of tooth portions of a second hub portion when the first hub portion is rotated in a first direction relative to the second hub portion. The transducers are electrically coupled in series with one another. The method further includes filtering the first output signal to obtain a first filtered signal and amplifying the first filtered signal to obtain a first amplified signal. The method further includes determining a first torque value indicative of a first amount of torque applied to an input shaft based on the first amplified signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Roger C. Henry, Brian Maust
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Patent number: 8348712Abstract: A toy vehicle is disclosed. It has a main vehicle body portion and a display device rotatably mounted to the main body portion, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect. A mechanism is also present for rotating said display device. An actuator is included and is attached to a sensor for determining when the actuator is depressed. A microcontroller is in operable communication with the sensor and the display device; the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines the actuator has been depressed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Gabriel De La Torre
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Patent number: 8351577Abstract: Systems, methods and computer products for querying for an interactive assistant for communication over a network via the set-top box. Communications are initiated between a subscriber and an interactive assistant. A diagnostic data log is uploaded from the set-top box to the interactive assistant. Based on the communications between the subscriber an interactive assistant and the diagnostic data log, diagnostic protocols are executed within the set-top box to generate a diagnostic report. The interactive assistant provides feedback analytics via the set-top box based on the communications between the subscriber and the interactive assistant, the diagnostic data log and the diagnostic report. Firmware solutions are downloaded to the set-top box based on results from the diagnostic report.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Jeffrey Cassanova
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Patent number: 8350975Abstract: In an array substrate capable of improving the quality of displayed images and a method for manufacturing the array substrate, the array substrate includes a base substrate, a first conductive pattern including a gate line and a first light-blocking pattern, a semiconductor layer overlapping the light-blocking pattern, a second conductive pattern including a data line and a storage line overlapping the first light-blocking pattern, and a pixel electrode overlapping the storage line to form a storage capacitor. The first conductive pattern may further include a second light-blocking pattern overlapping the semiconductor layer which is formed under the data line. The first and second light-blocking patterns block light proceeding toward the semiconductor layer formed under the storage line and under the data line, respectively, so that the semiconductor layer may be prevented from being excited by light energy.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung-Young Lee, Sahng-Ik Jun, Kyung-Ho Park, Yoon-Jang Kim
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Patent number: 8349903Abstract: The present invention discloses a dispersant for carbon nanotubes having excellent dispersion ability and to a carbon nanotube composition including the dispersant. In the dispersant, the heads and tails of the dispersant are regioregularly arranged in one direction, and the structural properties of the dispersant are controlled such that the ratio of heads to tails is 1 or more, thereby effectively stabilizing and dispersing carbon nanotubes in various dispersion media, such as an organic solvent, water, a mixture thereof and the like, compared to conventional dispersants.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Seong Jae Choi, Hyeon Jin Shin, Seon Mi Yoon
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Patent number: 8349697Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) that includes a drain formed in a first plane, a source formed in the first plane, a channel formed in the first plane and between the drain and the source and a gate formed in the first plane. The gate is separated from at least a portion of the body by an air gap. The air gap is also in the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Wagdi W. Abadeer, Kiran V. Chatty, Robert J. Gauthier, Jr., Jed H. Rankin, William R. Tonti, Yun Shi