Patents Represented by Attorney Cantor Colburn

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  • Asymmetric split-inlet turbine housing
    Patent number: 8266906
    Abstract: A turbine housing for a turbocharger for use in a reciprocating internal combustion engine includes a housing having a housing axis and configured to house a rotatable shaft having a turbine wheel disposed thereon. The housing includes a volute having a volute chamber disposed around the housing axis for receiving the turbine wheel. The volute has a first volute inlet providing a first flow path in fluid communication with the volute chamber and second volute inlet providing a second flow path in fluid communication with the volute chamber. The first volute inlet is circumferentially spaced about the housing axis from the second volute inlet by a phase angle ?. The first volute inlet is also radially spaced about the housing axis from the second volute inlet, and may also be axially spaced from the second volute inlet along the housing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ko-Jen Wu, Jian Jun Zhang, James C. Elmslie
  • System and method for changing the efficiency of a combustion turbine
    Patent number: 8266910
    Abstract: An application and process that incorporates an external heat source to increase the temperature of the airstream entering a compressor section of a combustion turbine. The application and process may perform an anti-icing operation that may not require an Inlet Bleed Heat system (IBH) to operate. Additionally, the application and process may perform an anti-icing operation that may allow for the IGV angle to remain nearly constant. The application and process may increase the output and efficiency of a combustion turbine operating at partload by delaying IBH operation and delaying the closing IGVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Feher, Abbas Motakef
  • Remotely controllable variable flow control configuration and method
    Patent number: 8267180
    Abstract: A remotely controllable flow control configuration including a body; one or more flow restrictors disposed in the body; and a selector fluidly connected with the body and capable of supplying or denying fluid to one or more of the one or more flow restrictors and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Tirado, Priyesh Ranjan
  • Degradable chewing gum
    Patent number: 8268371
    Abstract: The present invention provides gum base compositions and chewing gum compositions having non stick or reduced-stick properties and/or increased degradability. The compositions include a terpolymer of methylvinyl ether, maleic anhydride and maleic acid, which provide increased degradability. Methods of preparing the gum base and chewing gum compositions, as well as methods of use, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Paul D. Soper, Vesselin Danailov Miladinov, Jose A. Amarista, Ian Smith, Carole Elleman, Mark Taylor, Nigel Kenneth Harry Slater, Mark Edward Eccleston
  • Spin-torque based memory device with read and write current paths modulated with a non-linear shunt resistor
    Patent number: 8270208
    Abstract: A spin-torque based memory device includes a write portion including a fixed ferromagnetic spin-polarizing layer, a spin-transport layer having a spin accumulation region formed above the fixed ferromagnetic spin-polarizing layer. The memory device further includes a read portion in electrical contact with the spin-transport layer. The read portion includes a free layer magnet, a read non-magnetic layer, and a reference layer. The memory device further includes a metal contact region formed overlying the read portion and a nonlinear resistor formed between an upper surface of the spin transport layer and the metal contact region and modulating write and read current paths depending on an applied voltage, thereby creating different current paths for write and read processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael C. Gaidis, Janusz J. Nowak, Jonathan Z. Sun
  • Display frame and support unit thereof
    Patent number: 8266834
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a photo-frame-type display and a support unit thereof. The display has a display frame unit having a bottom portion disposable on a working surface. The support unit comprises a connecting base unit fixedly disposed to the back of the display frame unit, an inclining module pivotally coupled to the connecting base unit, and a rebounding module on the back of the display frame unit in elastic connection with the inclining module. The photo-frame-type display may be disposed on a tabletop in a fashion resembling a traditional photo frame, and the support unit is capable of steadily sustaining the display frame unit in a steep inclining configuration suitable for touch-screen/handwriting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Syncmold Enterprise Corp., Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Kuei-Lai Huang, Chung-Wei Hsu, Kai-Teng Cheng
  • Multiple threshold voltages in field effect transistor devices
    Patent number: 8268689
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a field effect transistor device includes forming a first conducting channel and a second conducting channel, forming a first gate stack on the first conducting channel to partially define a first device, forming second gate stack on the second conducting channel to partially define a second device, implanting ions to form a source region and a drain region connected to the first conducting channel and the second conducting channel, forming a masking layer over second device, a portion of the source region and a portion of the drain region, performing a first annealing process operative to change a threshold voltage of the first device, removing a portion of the masking layer to expose the second device, and performing a second annealing process operative to change the threshold voltage of the first device and a threshold voltage of the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dechao Guo, Keith Kwong Hon Wong
  • Hood lift mechanisms utilizing active materials and methods of use
    Patent number: 8267216
    Abstract: A cam lift and reset assembly includes a cam mounted on a rotatable shaft having a cam profile effective to provide a lifting force to a contacted part thereon upon rotation of the shaft and movement of the cam profile of the cam relative to the contacted part from a rest position to a lift position. The assembly also includes an active material in operative communication with the shaft, the active material being operative to change at least one property of the active material in response to an activation signal so as to effect rotation of the shaft. The assembly further includes a reset device in operative communication with the shaft to provide a reset force to the contacted part and counter-rotation of the shaft and movement of the cam profile of the cam relative to the contacted part from the lift position to the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Diann Brei, Nathan A. Wilmot, John Redmond
  • Hierarchical error injection for complex RAIM/ECC design
    Patent number: 8271932
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for verifying a RAIM/ECC design using a hierarchical injection scheme that includes selecting marks for generating an error mask, selecting a fixed bit mask based on the selected marks, determining whether to inject errors into at least one of a marked channel and at least one marked chip of a channel; and randomly injecting errors into the at least one of the marked channel and the at least one marked chip when determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dean G. Bair, Patrick J. Meaney, Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Alia D. Shah, Eldee Stephens
  • Cosmetic composition for skin whitening comprising the extract of as active ingredient
    Patent number: 8268295
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a skin-whitening cosmetic composition containing an extract of Magnolia sieboldii as an active ingredient. The Magnolia sieboldii extract has an excellent effect of inhibiting tyrosinase activity and melanin production, and the cosmetic composition containing the Magnolia sieboldii extract as an active ingredient has an excellent skin-whitening effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Coreana Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ghang Tai Lee, Jung Noh Lee, Song Yi Lee, Seung Ji Lee, Kun Kook Lee
  • Image display device with plural light emitting diodes
    Patent number: 8269123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display device having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), which can maintain a primary color which is desired to be expressed, and prevent an interference of other unwanted colors and a change of the primary color at the time of application of a light source of each light emitting diode. The image display device comprises: a first optical filter layer containing a violet wavelength-absorbing material having a wavelength range of from 380 nm to 450 nm such as Bi2O3 so as to prevent light having a wavelength ranging from 380 nm to 450 nm from being leaked out to an undesired region of an image display portion of the image display device; and a second optical filter layer such as a blue color filter layer so as to allow a white light to be expressed in a desired region of the image display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon Jin Shin, Jae Young Choi, Dong Kee Yi, Seong Jae Choi, Seonmi Yoon
  • Foldable battery cartridge and middle or large-sized battery module
    Patent number: 8263249
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cartridge having two or more unit cells mounted therein, wherein the battery cartridge includes a rotation part, which is formed at a cartridge case constructed generally with a plate-shaped structure, in the longitudinal direction of the battery cartridge and/or in the lateral direction of the battery cartridge, such that the battery cartridge can be folded by a predetermined angle in the longitudinal direction of the battery cartridge and/or in the lateral direction of the battery cartridge. The battery cartridge can be folded by a predetermined angle through the provision of the rotation part, and therefore, the battery cartridge is constructed in various structures as compared to the conventional rigid battery cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junill Yoon
  • Method for making polycarbonate
    Patent number: 8263729
    Abstract: A method of making polycarbonate comprises polymerizing, in a melt polymerization reaction, an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a diaryl carbonate in a presence of a polymerization catalyst and producing a by-product vapor stream comprising the dihydroxy compound, the diaryl carbonate and a diaryl carbonate by-product, adding a low vapor pressure compound to the by-product vapor stream to produce a modified by-product vapor stream, introducing the modified by-product vapor stream to a separation unit, removing the volatile diaryl carbonate by-product from the modified by-product vapor stream in the separation unit to form a treated by-product stream and returning the treated by-product stream to the polymerization reaction. Alternatively, the low vapor pressure compound can be added directly to the separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Alfredo Lopez Carretero, David Domingo Fuster, Gerardo Hidalgo Llinas, Ignacio Vic Fernandez, Miguel Angel Salomon Cheliz
  • Free-cooling capacity control for air conditioning systems
    Patent number: 8261561
    Abstract: An air conditioning system having a free-cooling mode. The system includes a refrigeration circuit have a compressor, a pump, an expansion device having a variable opening, and a controller. The controller selectively operates the system in the free-cooling mode by circulating the refrigerant through the refrigeration circuit via the pump. The system includes a free-cooling capacity control sequence resident on the controller. The free-cooling capacity control sequence adjusts the cooling capacity of the system at least by adjusting the variable opening based on the temperature difference between a working fluid temperature and a set point temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Rigal, Pierre Delpech, Batung Pham
  • Microarray substrate, method of use, and products comprising the microarray substrate
    Patent number: 8263532
    Abstract: Provided are a microarray substrate comprising a solid substrate coated with a chemical having a functional residue represented by Formula 1 or 2 below, a method of analyzing a biomolecule using the microarray substrate, and a lab-on-a-chip comprising the microarray substrate: wherein n, the structure within brackets [ ], R1, R2, R3, R10, n and l are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-hyun Peak, Jong-myeon Park, Chang-eun Yoo
  • Deep trench electrostatic discharge (ESD) protect diode for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) devices
    Patent number: 8263472
    Abstract: A semiconductor includes a bulk substrate of a first polarity type, a buried insulator layer disposed on the bulk substrate, an active semiconductor layer disposed on top of the buried insulator layer including a shallow trench isolation region and a diffusion region of the first polarity type, a band region of a second polarity type disposed directly beneath the buried insulator layer and forming a conductive path, a well region of the second polarity type disposed in the bulk substrate and in contact with the band region, a deep trench filled with a conductive material of the first polarity type disposed within the well region, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protect diode defined by a junction between a lower portion of the deep trench and the well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Barth, Jr., Kerry Bernstein
  • Ripple preventing gate driving circuit and display apparatus having the same
    Patent number: 8264443
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes stages, the stages being cascaded and each including: a pull-up part which pulls up a gate voltage to a clock signal during a horizontal scanning period (1H); a carry part which pulls up a carry voltage to the clock signal during the horizontal scanning period (1H); a pull-up driving part connected to a control terminal (Q-node) common to the carry part and the pull-up part and which receives a previous carry voltage from a first previous stage to turn on the pull-up part and the carry part; and a ripple preventing part which prevents a ripple generated at a previous Q-node of a second previous stage based on a ripple generated at the Q-node of the carry part and the pull-up part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Hyeon-Hwan Kim, Byeong-Jae Ahn, Sun-Hyung Kim, Sung-Man Kim, Bong-Jun Lee
  • Crystal nucleating agents, crystalline polymer composition, methods of manufacture thereof, and articles thereof
    Patent number: 8263709
    Abstract: A polymer composition, including: a first copolymer, including a first monomer unit derived from a monomer of Formula A: (R1SiO1.5)x(R2SiO1.5)y??Formula A wherein R1 is a polymerizable functional group, R2 is a non-polymerizable group, x is a positive integer, and y is a positive integer, provided that x+y=2n, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 3; a second monomer unit copolymerizable with the first monomer unit; and a second polymer having no monomer units derived from a monomer of Formula A; wherein the content of the monomer unit of Formula A is 4 wt % or less, based on the total weight of the polymer components of the polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: University of Massachusetts, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: E. Bryan Coughlin, Yoshinobu Nozue, Shuichiro Seno
  • Adaptive low latency receive queues
    Patent number: 8265092
    Abstract: A receive queue provided in a computer system holds work completion information and message data together. An InfiniBand hardware adapter sends a single CQE+message data to the computer system that includes the completion Information and data. This information is sufficient for the computer system to receive and process the data message, thereby providing a highly scalable low latency receiving mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Craddock, Thomas A. Gregg, Thomas Schlipf
  • Driver shield assembly
    Patent number: D667357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventor: Trevor Lee