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  • Protective circuit module and secondary battery pack including the same
    Patent number: 8259013
    Abstract: A protective circuit board including a layered insulating substrate, a printed circuit pattern disposed within the insulating substrate, and a loop antenna electrically connected to the printed circuit pattern. Ends of the loop antenna can be inserted into the insulating substrate and connected to the printed circuit pattern. Portions of the printed circuit pattern may extend out of the insulating substrate, and may be connected to the loop antenna. The protective circuit board can be included in a secondary battery pack comprising a secondary battery. The loop antenna can be adhered to the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngcheol Jang, Nohyun Kwag
  • Secondary battery charging method and device
    Patent number: 8258755
    Abstract: A method of charging a secondary battery and a charging device that can improve stability and extend the life span of the battery. When the secondary battery includes a plurality of cells, the charging method is changed when a voltage imbalance from 100 mV to 300 mV occurs among the cells. In that range, the charging method changes from a constant current-constant voltage charging method to a pulse-charging method. When the voltage imbalance is 300 mV or more, the electricity path is blocked, shutting down the battery. When the voltage imbalance is 100 mV or less, the constant current-constant voltage charging method is maintained. The method and device also stop charging when the battery reaches full charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-Woon Yang
  • Stabilization device for the dynamic stabilization of vertebrae or bones and rod like element for such a stabilization device
    Patent number: 8257400
    Abstract: A stabilization device includes a first bone anchoring element, a second bone anchoring element, and a rod-shaped element for connecting the first and the second bone anchoring elements. The rod-shaped element includes a curved section, that undergoes an elastic deformation under the action of a force acting on the rod-shaped element via an anchoring element. The rod-shaped element and the anchoring elements are arranged so that deformation occurs when a force acts in a main direction of motion of bone parts or vertebra relative to each other, whereas a deformation is suppressed when a force acts in a direction that is essentially perpendicular to the main direction of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lutz Biedermann, Jürgen Harms, Wilfried Matthis
  • Stack for mixed reactant fuel cell and mixed reactant fuel cell system including the same
    Patent number: 8257877
    Abstract: A stack for a mixed oxidant fuel cell and a mixed oxidant fuel cell system including the stack. The stack includes at least one membrane-electrode assembly that includes a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode and a cathode disposed on opposite sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and an electrode substrate disposed on at least one of the anode or the cathode; and an oxidant supply path and a fuel supply path that penetrate the membrane-electrode assembly. The oxidant supply path has both ends open, and the fuel supply path has one end open and the other end closed. The stack of the present invention can improve fuel cell efficiency by smoothly supplying a fuel and an oxidant. Particularly, since the stack is configured to supply the fuel and the oxidant without using a pump, it can make a fuel cell small and light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan Kwak, Alexey Alexandrovichserov, Jun-Won Suh, Si-Hyun Lee
  • Current breaking method for rechargeable battery and battery pack using the same
    Patent number: 8258756
    Abstract: A current breaking method of a rechargeable battery and a battery pack using the same. The current breaking method includes: measuring a current value of a current flowing through a high current path of a rechargeable battery; measuring a duration time of the current flowing through the high current path; setting a permission time for which the current is permitted to flow; and interrupting the current flow when the duration time exceeds the permission time. Thus, the timing for interrupting the current flowing through the high current path of the rechargeable battery is accurately calculated, thereby preventing overheating and explosion of the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungbin Lim
  • Display for multi-function keypad and electronic device having the same
    Patent number: 8259073
    Abstract: A display for a multi-function keypad and an electronic device including the display. The display for a multi-function keypad includes: a display panel having a plurality of display regions arranged in a matrix pattern and a non-display region surrounding the plurality of display regions; a circuit board on the display panel and including a plurality of openings corresponding to the display regions, and a plurality of keys near peripheral edges of the openings and corresponding to the non-display region; and a pad on the circuit board and including a plurality of transparent windows corresponding to the openings, and a plurality of pressing units near peripheral edges of the transparent windows and corresponding to the plurality of keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyongdo Kim, Woojong Lee, Hyunah Jang, Hyungjun Namgung
  • Anchoring device for anchoring a rod in bones or vertebrae
    Patent number: 8257399
    Abstract: An anchoring device for anchoring a rod in a bone or a vertebra and for use with at least two rods having a different diameter is provided. The anchoring device includes a shaft and a head for connection to one of said rods. The head is connected to said shaft and has a recess with a base and two substantially vertically extending legs defining a channel for receiving the rod in said channel. The anchoring device further includes a fixation element for clamping said rod in said channel. The fixation element and said base each have a contact surface contacting said rod, the contact surfaces being shaped so as to be able to clamp any of the different rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lutz Biedermann, Wilfried Matthis, Gerhard Pohl
  • Polymer electrode membrane for fuel, and membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system comprising the same
    Patent number: 8257825
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, including a porous membrane including ceramic fibers crisscrossed in a network and pores formed by the ceramic fibers coalesced at intersection points, and a proton conductive polymer inside the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Tak Kim, Ho-Jin Kweon
  • Deflectable catheter
    Patent number: 8257344
    Abstract: A deflectable catheter comprises a catheter body, a tip section, and a control handle for affecting deflection of the tip section. The tip section comprises a flexible tubing having proximal and distal ends and at least two lumens extending therethrough. The proximal end of the tip section is fixedly attached to the distal end of the catheter body. The flexible tubing comprises a plastic core, a metal braid over the core, a plastic skin over the braid, and at least two pieces of plastic tubing in longitudinal arrangement extruded over the plastic skin, wherein the at least two pieces of plastic tubing have different stiffnesses and are arranged with the stiffer plastic being proximal the less stiff plastic. The tip section is made by extruding a plastic core over at least one mandrel and braiding a metal over the plastic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Biosense Webster, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean M. Ponzi, Craig S. Beshore
  • Plasma display and driving apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 8259037
    Abstract: A plasma display and a driving apparatus thereof with an improved energy recovery circuit configured to reduce resonances between a plurality of capacitors. Accordingly to an embodiment of the present invention, a plasma display has an energy recovery circuit that includes an energy recovery capacitor. The energy recovery circuit is configured to form a first path between the energy recovery capacitor and a display electrode to change a voltage at the display electrode in a sustain period. The energy recovery capacitor includes a plurality of capacitors configured to be charged concurrently, and the energy recovery circuit is configured to form a second path between the plurality of capacitors. A product of an inductance formed on the second path and a capacitance formed on the second path is greater than twice a product of an inductance formed on the first path and a capacitance formed on the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Yang, Hyung-Jun An
  • Differential feed notch radiator with integrated balun
    Patent number: 8259027
    Abstract: A differential feed notched radiator. A notched radiator includes a planar dielectric substrate having a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface, and a first conductive layer on the first surface and a second conductive layer on the second surface. The first and second conductive layers are patterned to provide a tapered notch in a first region of the planar dielectric substrate, the tapered notch having a first end and a second end wider than the first end, and the first and second conductive layers patterned to provide a balun in a second region of the planar dielectric substrate, the balun connected with the first end of the tapered notch. A conductive strip for transferring differential signals is embedded in the planar dielectric substrate between the first and second conductive layers, a portion of the conductive strip intersecting a portion of the tapered notch near the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert S. Isom, James M. Irion, II
  • Electrically conductive protective liner and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 8257830
    Abstract: A protective liner includes a base layer that can be affixed to an aircraft canopy or other substrate, a conductive polymeric interlayer positioned over the base layer, and a conductive top layer containing a reactive organic salt, or a hygroscopic salt, positioned over the conductive polymeric interlayer. The substrate can also be treated with a multilayer stack (including a substrate base coat layer, a metal layer positioned over the substrate base layer, a metal oxide layer positioned over the metal layer, and a tie layer positioned over the metal oxide layer). The protective liner can be affixed to a pretreated substrate by lamination or other means to form an enhanced, multilayer stack having beneficial properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Bimanand, Jose Mariscal, John Short
  • Semi-passive type fuel cell system
    Patent number: 8257878
    Abstract: A semi-passive fuel cell system is provided. A stack in which a plurality of unit cells are laterally stacked with one another is provided. Each unit cell includes a membrane-electrode assembly and bipolar plates located on both sides of the membrane-electrode assembly. The membrane-electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, a cathode electrode, and an anode electrode. The cathode and anode electrodes, respectively, are formed on each side of the electrolyte membrane. Also provided are a means for supplying fuel and a means for supplying air. Each of the bipolar plates has air paths formed on a surface facing the cathode electrode and extending from an upper end to a lower end of the bipolar plate. The air supply means includes ducts which are respectively installed on an upper end and a lower end of the stack, and includes a means for blowing air through the ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngseung Na, Junwon Suh, Jeong Seob Shin
  • Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same
    Patent number: 8252465
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery. The electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent and a sulfone based organic compound represented by the following Formulae (I), (II), or (III), or a mixture thereof: where R and R? are independently selected from the group consisting of primary alkyl groups, secondary alkyl groups, tertiary alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, aryl groups; halogen substituted primary alkyl groups, halogen substituted secondary alkyl groups, halogen substituted tertiary alkyl groups, halogen substituted alkenyl groups, and halogen substituted aryl groups, and n is from 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Ukseung Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Sung Kim, Jong-Wook Lee, Kwang-Sik Kim, Young-Gyu Kim, Je-Yun Kim, Jong-Seob Kim, Meen-Seon Paik, Hak-Soo Kim
  • Fuel supply apparatus for a combustor
    Patent number: 8251093
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus for a combustor configured to prevent or substantially prevent a flashback from being generated from the combustor. A fuel supply apparatus includes a fuel distribution part having a first opening part and a second opening part, the fuel distribution part configured to alternately discharge a fuel from the first opening part and the second opening part; and a housing having a first channel and a second channel, wherein an intermediate part of the first channel is coupled to and in fluid communication with the first opening part, and an intermediate part of the second channel is coupled to and in fluid communication with the second opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Goo Ahn, Sung-Chul Lee, In-Hyuk Son, Woo-Cheol Shin, Jong-Rock Choi, In-Seob Song
  • Non-federated multi-function Ka-band exciter system and method
    Patent number: 8254433
    Abstract: Provided is a non-federated multi-function exciter. The non-federated multi-function exciter includes a waveform generator subsystem operable to provide waveforms programmable in time, duration, slope and frequency. A transmission subsystem is coupled to the waveform generator, the transmission subsystem having a first upconverter and a second upconverter coupled to the first upconverter. A communication modulation subsystem is coupled to the second upconverter of the transmission subsystem. A reference clock subsystem coupled to the waveform generator subsystem, the transmit subsystem and the communication modulation subsystem. The non-federated multi-function exciter is operable to generate interleaved radar and communication signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: David W. Baker, Joel C. Blumke, Ralston S. Robertson, Chester Lo
  • Organic light emitting diode display
    Patent number: 8253128
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a thin film transistor on the substrate and including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a planarization layer on the thin film transistor and having a contact hole exposing a portion of one of the drain electrode or the source electrode, a pixel electrode on the planarization layer and coupled to the one of the drain electrode or the source electrode through the contact hole, a colored pixel defining layer on the planarization layer and including an opening exposing at least a portion of the pixel electrode, and a colored layer on the pixel electrode and the pixel defining layer and having a chromatic color different from a chromatic color of the pixel defining layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Chul-Woo Jeong, Hee-Chul Jeon, Noh-Min Kwak, Woo-Suk Jung, Joo-Hwa Lee, Hee-Seong Jeong, Soon-Ryong Park
  • Method and apparatus for adjusting the picture definition on the camera lens of a motion picture camera
    Patent number: 8253920
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the picture definition on the camera lens of a motion picture camera. A drive unit is connected to the camera lens which is driven, in the manual focusing operation, by an picture definition handwheel of an operating unit, which displays the adjusted picture definition on a scale dial, and, in the automatic focusing operation, by an auto-focusing device for measuring the distance from an object to be recorded by the motion picture camera and outputting control signals to an electromechanical actuator, which is connected to the picture definition handwheel or to the scale dial of the operating unit, for adjusting or readjusting the picture definition adjusted on the picture definition handwheel or displayed on the scale dial as a function of the distance measured from the object to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Fritz Gabriel Bauer, Michael Haubmann
  • Office chair arm
    Patent number: D666436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Blumenthal Distributing, Inc.
    Inventor: Julien Egger
  • Docking station for smart phone
    Patent number: D666615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: PSB Investissement (A French Company)
    Inventors: Philippe Samuel, Gilles Pierson