Patents Represented by Attorney Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane
  • Patent number: 7959328
    Abstract: A laterally emitting radiation-generating component comprising a radiation source, the optical axis of which runs perpendicular to a mounting area of the component, and comprising an optical device arranged downstream of the radiation source. The optical device includes a reflective surface shaped like a V in cross section and a refractive surface that is shaped convexly as seen externally and is arranged between the reflective surface and a bottom area facing the radiation source. The bottom area is arranged and formed in such a way that through it electromagnetic radiation from the radiation source couples into the optical device. The reflective surface is arranged and formed in such a way that a central first portion of the coupled-in radiation is deflected toward the refractive surface by the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Wanninger
  • Patent number: 7959017
    Abstract: A bin system includes a plurality of bins arranged in stacks, wherein each of the bins in a stack includes a first element which interlocks with a second element in a lower bin in a stack of bins. The interlock holds the upper bin in a defined position on the lower bin. The first element includes a projection and the second element includes a lateral recess in a side wall of the bin. The system further includes two cross beams for supporting the stacks of bins, wherein the first element of the lowermost bin of a stack of bins is received between the two cross beams. The first element may comprise at least one additional projection arranged to engage an inner side of the side wall for additional support. The interlock between the first and second elements provides a self stacking function in that the interlock retains the upper bin on the lower bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Lloyd, Gerstner & Partners
    Inventors: Robert Gerstner, R. Christopher Kidd
  • Patent number: 7960680
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device for emitting electromagnetic radiation with a controllable emission intensity comprises, at least one optoelectronic component (100) which is adapted for generating, in operation, electromagnetic radiation (90), a first electronic element (200) and a second electronic element (300). The first electronic element (200) is adapted for controlling the emission intensity of the electromagnetic radiation (90), generated by the optoelectronic component (100), within a first intensity range, and the second electronic element (300) is adapted for controlling the emission intensity of the electromagnetic radiation (90), generated by the optoelectronic component (100), within a second intensity range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Robert Kraus, Thomas Reiners
  • Patent number: 7961852
    Abstract: A method and device for sending a request (R) from a requesting machine (H) to a domain name server (1, 2, 3). A prior test of the validity of the destination telephone number (NTEL) of the request (R) is executed automatically and locally to the requesting machine (H) relative to a database (BD) local to said requesting machine (H) in order to forward the request (R) from the requesting machine (H) to the domain name server (1, 2, 3) only if its telephone number (NTEL) passes said test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Daniel Migault, Philippe Fouquart
  • Patent number: 7954516
    Abstract: A cladding method for sealing a leak in a casing, a pipeline, a borehole, or a well downhole using a liner having a tube with a first diameter, a plurality of circumferential grooves, and a plurality of seals in the grooves extending beyond the first diameter. The cladding method has at least the steps of fastening the liner in a fastening mechanism of an expansion tool, inserting the liner having a first part and a second part into the casing outside the leak, positioning an expansion mechanism of the expansion tool at the first part of the liner, expanding the first part of the liner until the seals in the grooves of the first part of the liner are pressed against the casing and fasten the first part to the casing, releasing the liner so that the liner is free of the tool and the liner is held in place by the seals in the first part of the liner, and expanding all the way through the liner by expanding also the second part of the liner to abut the casing for sealing the leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Jørgen Hallundbaek
  • Patent number: 7956729
    Abstract: An electronic device, which for example includes a sensor element such as a rotational speed sensor, comprises a first network (4) having a first microcontroller (8) and a first supply voltage source (10). It also comprises a second network (4) having a second microcontroller (8) and a second supply voltage source (30). The electronic device is also provided with decoupling elements (42-50) which are adapted to decouple the networks (4, 6) form interferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive AG
    Inventor: Dietmar Schmid
  • Patent number: 7952255
    Abstract: A rotor and an electrical machine for a motor vehicle drivetrain. The rotor includes a rotor carrier with a radial supporting area, an axial supporting area, which extends axially with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor and which is connected to the radial supporting area and has an inner or an outer first circumferential surface, and a rotor component which conducts magnetic flux and is arranged at the circumferential surface of the axial supporting area. To achieve a rotationally locking connection between the rotor carrier and the rotor component conducting magnetic flux, it is proposed to form the axial supporting area with a positive engagement profile which extends in axial direction of the rotor for receiving, in a positive engagement, the rotor component conducting magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Khalid Jafoui, Alexander Schäflein
  • Patent number: 7951874
    Abstract: A K type of copolyarylborane: wherein hydrogen atoms are bonded to the ends; Arn represents at least one of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3; each of Ar1 and Ar2 represents an arylene radical; Ar3 represents an heteroaromatic arylene radical; Ar1 has a ? electron density of no less than that of benzene; Ar2 is capable of hole transport; Ar3 has a ? electron density of no greater than that of benzene and less than that of Ar1; x, y, and z respectively represent the molar parts of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3; each of x, y, and z is in the range of 0-1, and x+y+z=1; and R represents an aryl radical. This K type of copolyarylborane may be of use for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic solar cells, organic photodetectors, and organic field-effect transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kanitz, Wolfgang Rogler, Jasmin Woerle
  • Patent number: 7952332
    Abstract: A voltage generator arrangement which comprises a voltage converter (40) and a polarity detection circuit (10). The voltage converter (40) is coupled to a supply voltage terminal (9) and an output terminal (7) and comprises a first mode of operation (P1) for a positive supply voltage (VIN) and a second mode of operation (P2) for a negative supply voltage (VIN). The polarity detection circuit (10) is coupled to the supply voltage terminal (9) and a control input terminal (47) of the voltage converter (40), for providing a first pilot signal (SP1) depending on the polarity of the supply voltage (VIN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventors: Pawel Chojecki, Richard Forsyth, Thomas Schrei
  • Patent number: 7946526
    Abstract: A rotary-wing apparatus that is aeronautically stable, easy to fly with a multidimensional control, small size, and safe to fly and low cost to produce. The rotary-wing apparatus includes a coaxial, counter rotating rotor drive providing lifting power with an inherent aeronautical stability; auxiliary propellers that face the direction of flight and are located on opposite sides of said coaxial rotary-wing apparatus and enable flying forwards, backwards and perform yawing. The rotary-wing coaxial helicopter toy is remotely controlled and safe to fly in doors and out doors, while performing exciting maneuvers even by untrained kids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventor: Nachman Zimet
  • Patent number: 7948046
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component having a basic housing or frame and at least one semiconductor chip, specifically a radiation-emitting or-receiving semiconductor chip, in a cavity of the basic housing. In order to increase the efficiency of the optoelectronic component, reflectors are provided in the cavity in the region around the semiconductor chip. These reflectors are formed by virtue of the fact that a filling compound filled at least partly into the cavity is provided, the material and the quantity of the filling compound being chosen in such a way that the filling compound, on account of the adhesion force between the filling compound and the basic housing, assumes a form which widens essentially conically from bottom to top in the cavity, and the conical inner areas of the filling compound serve as reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Ruhnau, Bert Braune, Patrick Kromotis, Georg Bogner
  • Patent number: 7948875
    Abstract: A method for measuring a quality of an IP network of a member of a trading exchange includes finding a penultimate hop corresponding to each IP network IP network prefix in a set of IP network IP network prefixes of a member, determining a quality score for the each IP network IP network prefix based on tests performed at the penultimate hop, and creating a matrix for the member including the determined quality for the each IP network IP network prefix. The quality is used to facilitate matching the offers of the buyers and sellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: AIP Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Gibbs, Gebran Krikor, Roger Kim
  • Patent number: 7950031
    Abstract: An interactive technique for generating a supplementary, program-related output. A programming signal and a supplementary, program-related data signal are combined into a broadcast signal which is then broadcast from a program signal source. The broadcast signal is received, and the programming signal of the received broadcast signal is performed with reproduction equipment for an audience. The supplementary, program-related data signal of the received broadcast signal is stored, and retrieval of the stored supplementary, program-related data signal is enabled interactively with the programming signal being performed. In response to a control signal being actuated by a member of the audience tuned to the programming signal being performed, the stored supplementary, program-related data signal is retrieved and used to generate the supplementary, program-related output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventors: Lee S. Weinblatt, Thomas Langer
  • Patent number: 7946790
    Abstract: A bottom-surface connection installation for at least two undersea pipes resting on the sea bottom, the installation comprising: a first hybrid tower having a vertical riser anchored to a first base and connected to an undersea pipe resting on the sea bottom and having its top end connected to a first float below the surface, and a first connection pipe, preferably a flexible pipe, providing a connection between a floating support and the top end of said riser; and at least one second rigid pipe rising from the sea bottom where it rests or from a second undersea pipe resting on the sea bottom and to which its bottom end that is not anchored to said first base is connected, up to below the surface, where its top end is connected to a second float situated at substantially the same depth as said first float, and fastened to said first float to at least one respective said connection pipe that is flexible and serves to connect it to the same said floating support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Saipem S.A.
    Inventors: Floriano Casola, Henri Jacques Wattez, Giuseppe Attanasio, Garry Mahoney
  • Patent number: 7946391
    Abstract: A hydraulic elevator for an elevator shaft having guide rails for an elevator cab. The hydraulic elevator has no machine room and includes an assembly disposed between the guide rails and a tank, a pump mounted in the tank, a motor mounted in the tank for driving the pump, and a control valve unit mounted on the tank and in working relationship with the pump. One of the pump and the motor is disposed above the other of the pump and the motor. The hydraulic elevator further includes a hydraulic drive mounted on the tank, the hydraulic drive being configured to move the elevator cab by a cable; and an emergency operating and monitoring device disposed outside of the elevator shaft and connectable to the control valve unit by a measuring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Bucher Hydraulics AG
    Inventor: Richard von Holzen
  • Patent number: 7948258
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement has a semiconductor body (CP), comprising a semiconductor layer (HL) with a first (AB11, AB12) and at least one second (AB21, AB22) conducting terminal areas, respectively made in two parts, and with a first (TAB1) and a second (TAB2) test terminals; a first (KI1, KU1) and at least one second (KI2, KU2) contact areas, located on the semiconductor body (CP) and made of two parts, which are connected with the respective terminal areas (AB11, AB12; AB21, AB22), and a first (TK1) and a second (TK2) test contact areas that are connected with the respective test terminal areas (TAB1, TAB2); a first terminal (10) that can be arranged on the semiconductor body (CP) and that contacts both parts of the two-part first contact areas (KI1, KU1), and at least one second terminal (20) that can be placed on the semiconductor body (CP) and that contacts both parts of the at least one second two-part contact area (KI2, KU2), and a first (30) and a second (40) test terminals, which can be arranged on
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventor: Alexander Costa
  • Patent number: 7946847
    Abstract: An incisal guide for dental articulators or the like provided with an upper and a lower component which are movable relative to each other by way of a joint, the incisal guide being mountable on the upper or lower component and provided with a guide surface inclined with respect to a reference plane upon which an incisal pin is bearing and which, with a line of application of the greatest bearing force component denominated as normal, encloses an angle corresponding to the angle of protrusion and laterotrusion alignment of the human denture, at least one incisal table guide surface inclined relative to a reference plane being provided which may be positioned by a guide surface adjustment device, the articulator incisal pin during movement simulation moving over the predetermined incisal guide way on the incisal guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Gamma Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Fortbildungs-Ges.m.b.H.
    Inventor: Rudolf Slavicek
  • Patent number: 7948525
    Abstract: An imaging device including: an imaging element which comprises a plurality of pixels capable of switching between a linear conversion operation for linearly converting incident light into an electric signal and a logarithmic conversion operation for logarithmically converting the incident light into an electric signal, according to an incident light quantity; a monitor to display an image obtained by the imaging element; an operation section which is operated for specifying an arbitrary area of the image displayed on the monitor; and an inflection point changing section which evaluates an output signal of the imaging element in the specified area, and changes the inflection point which is a boundary between a linear region and a logarithmic region in the output signal of the imaging element, based on an evaluation result of the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazusei Takahashi, Kiyoshi Takagi, Yoshito Katagiri
  • Patent number: 7944013
    Abstract: An optoelectronic module having a carrier element, at least one semiconductor component for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation, said semiconductor component being applied on the carrier element and being electrically conductively connected and having a radiation coupling area, and also at least one optical device assigned to the semiconductor component. A connecting layer made of a radiation-transmissive, deformable material is arranged between the radiation coupling area and the optical device, the optical device and the semiconductor component being fixed relative to one another in such a way that they are pressed against one another and that the connecting layer is thereby squeezed in such a way that it generates a force that strives to press the optical device and the radiation coupling area apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Simon Blümel
  • Patent number: 7944270
    Abstract: An arrangement and a method for temperature compensation for a resistance (1). A resistance (1) with a controllable resistance value is compared with a reference resistance (2) which is in the form of a switched capacitor. A comparator (3) compares the two resistance values with one another. The comparator (3) takes an error signal as a basis for actuating the controllable resistance (1). This produces a thermally stable resistance. The principle can preferably be applied in transimpedance amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventors: Urs Denier, Vivek Sharma