Patents Represented by Attorney Cozen O'Connor

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  • Optoelectronic semiconductor chip
    Patent number: 8299484
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip including a radiation passage area, where a contact metallization is applied to the radiation passage area, and a first reflective layer sequence is applied to that surface of the contact metallization which is remote from the radiation passage area, and an optoelectronic component that includes such a chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Grötsch, Norbert Linder
  • Arrangement for determining a characteristic variable of a fluid, sensor device and use in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8297111
    Abstract: An arrangement and method for determining a characteristic variable of a fluid having a movably suspended measuring element, a restraining element, an advancing element and a control device. The control device is designed to actuate the restraining element and/or the advancing element in order to move the measuring element between the first measuring point and the second measuring point, to determine a time period which the measuring element requires in order to be moved between the first measuring point and the second measuring point, and to determine a characteristic variable of the fluid on the basis of the determined time period, a predetermined force and a known geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Heinrich, Willibald Reitmeier, Denny Schädlich
  • Plastic spring for a motor vehicle chassis
    Patent number: 8297600
    Abstract: A plastic spring having a corrugated tubular body with connection surfaces at its ends for transmitting force between two structural component parts which are movable relative to one another. A connection surface of the plastic spring is constructed as a tubular body which engages in a cup element of one of the supporting structural component parts. The cup element can be filled with a displacement mass, and the tubular body accordingly carries out a displacing movement within the cup element for axially adjusting the preloading of the plastic spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Leichtbau-Zentrum Sachsen GmbH
    Inventors: Hendrik Marquar, Manfred Schuler, Josef Renn, Klaus Stretz, Karin Sundermann, Michael Zutzmann, Werner Hufenbach, Martin Lepper, Jens Werner, Christian Köhler
  • Method for providing functions in an industrial automation system, control program and industrial automation system
    Patent number: 8301273
    Abstract: In order to provide functions in an industrial automation system having control units which are coupled via a communication network, functions of the automation system are made available by services. Components of a service are subdivided into service-specific components and into components which can be reused by a plurality of different services. Service-specific components and reusable components have a standard configuration interface. Service components are linked to a service by a service configuration unit via the standard configuration interface. Functions for monitoring and/or controlling a defined quality of service are assigned to the reusable components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Sabine Dingfelder, Dieter Schneider
  • Friction drive actuator
    Patent number: 8297149
    Abstract: A friction drive actuator, comprising: a vibration member which is configured to be driven to vibrate by expansion and contraction of a piezoelectric displacement portion which is included in the vibration member and driven by a driving signal; a sliding member which is in contact with the vibration member and is driven by the vibration member in a first direction with respect to the vibration member; a pressing member which causes the vibration member and the sliding member to come into a pressure contact therebetween; and a control member which is provided on each of the vibration member and the sliding member at a contact portion therebetween for controlling a relative movement of the sliding member with respect to the vibration member in a direction perpendicular to the first direction when the vibration member and the sliding member are pressedly contacted with each other by the pressing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Tochimoto, Akihiro Oki, Takashi Matsuo
  • Orthodontic treatment aligners based on CT data
    Patent number: 8296952
    Abstract: A system and method for orthodontic alignment includes a radiographic template. The radiographic template has a plurality of metallic markers. A negative impression of a patient's dental arch is made. At least one orthodontic treatment aligner is produced. The aligner is manufactured based in part on a computed axial tomography (CT) scan of a patient wearing the radiographic template and a separate scan of the radiographic template, wherein the data is processed by superimposition of the orthodontic aligner on the CT images of the patient including a jaw in axial and panoramic views. In this manner, the tooth above the gum line, represented by the negative impression as well as the tooth below the gum line, represented by the CT data is used to design the orthodontic aligner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Greenberg Surgical Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Alex M. Greenberg
  • Method and apparatus for detecting defects in optical components
    Patent number: 8295581
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting defects in an optical component to be tested, such as a lens comprising the steps of: providing a structured pattern, recording the reflected or transmitted image of the pattern on the optical component to be tested, phase shifting the pattern and recording again similarly the reflected or transmitted image, calculating the local phase and amplitude images of the optical component to be tested, calculating a model image of a defect free optical component and determining corresponding phase and amplitude images of the defect free model optical component, comparing phase and amplitude images of both optical component to be tested and defect free model optical component, determining suspect zones in the optical component to be tested, and applying a metrics to separate dust and noise from other defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'optique)
    Inventors: Frédéric Dubois, Fabrice Gibrat, Guy Schott, Philippe Raulot
  • Tire for heavy vehicles
    Patent number: 8291951
    Abstract: A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, which itself is topped radially by a tread, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidewalls and the axially widest working crown layer being radially internal to the other working crown layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Gaëlle Netzer, Jean Coue
  • Method for producing an area having reduced electrical conductivity within a semiconductor layer and optoelectronic semiconductor element
    Patent number: 8293553
    Abstract: In a method for producing at least at least one area (8) with reduced electrical conductivity within an electrically conductive III-V semiconductor layer (3), a ZnO layer (1) is applied to the area (8) of the semiconductor layer (3) and subsequently annealed at a temperature preferably between 300° C. and 500° C. The ZnO layer (1) is preferably deposited on the III-V semiconductor layer (3) at a temperature of less than 150° C., preferably at a temperature greater than or equal to 25° C. and less than or equal to 120° C. The area (8) with reduced electrical conductivity is preferably located in a radiation emitting optoelectronic device between the active zone (4) and a connecting contact (7) in order to reduce current injection into the areas of the active zone (4) located opposite to the connecting contact (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Illek, Wilhelm Stein, Robert Walter, Ralph Wirth
  • Valve having a sleeve to prevent contamination and condensation
    Patent number: 8291885
    Abstract: A housing having at least one valve seat for at least one flap, which is supported so it can rotate on a drive shaft. The drive shaft is guided on at least one side through the housing, a sleeve, through which the drive shaft is rotatably guided, being disposed fixed in place on the inside of the housing in this area. The sleeve has a first area, which faces the flap and encloses the drive shaft with a first slight play. Furthermore, the sleeve has a second area, which faces away from said flap and has a diameter expansion in comparison to the first area and which, on the front side thereof facing away from the flap encloses the drive shaft with a second slight play. Furthermore, the valve is a gas recirculation valve of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Bornmann, Uwe Clemen, Marcus Häuser
  • Circuit arrangement comprising a fuse and a method for determining a condition of a fuse
    Patent number: 8294475
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement including a fuse comprises a fuse path (SP) which is coupled to a control input (SE) and comprises the fuse (RS) and a first charge reservoir (C1) serially connected thereto for providing a first charge state (L1), a reference path (RP) which is coupled to the control input (SE) and comprises a comparison element (RV) and a second charge reservoir (C2) serially connected thereto for providing a second charge state (L2), and an evaluation unit (AE) comprising a first input (E1) connected to the fuse path (SP) in a switchable manner, a second input (E2) connected to the reference path (RP) in a switchable manner, and a data output (DA) for providing a condition of the fuse (RS) depending on a difference between the first and second charge states (L1, L2). Further, a method for determining the condition of a fuse is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventor: Johannes Fellner
  • Method and device for monitoring an exhaust-gas turbocharger
    Patent number: 8291752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring an exhaust-gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine. In order to create an inexpensive and also reliably operating method and a corresponding device for monitoring an exhaust-gas turbocharger, it is proposed that a sound transducer which is designed to record rotational-speed dependent turbocharger operating noise is provided, which sound transducer is connected to an electronic system for frequency analysis for the output of a turbocharger rotational speed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Bierl, Martin Lesser, Andreas Meyer, Frank Steuber
  • Mirror structure
    Patent number: 8292443
    Abstract: To provide a mirror structure capable of reflecting incident light with good efficiency and is excellent in reliability. In a mirror structure which is used under an environment that the maximum irradiance of incident light is 5 kW/m2 or more and has an area of 0.2 m2 or more, the mirror structure is characterized in that the mirror comprises a mirror, a supporting member and a resin-made adhesive sheet to glue the mirror to the supporting member, and is structured such that a dielectric multilayer is formed at least on an incident light side surface of a plate-shaped substrate and the mirror has an average reflectance ratio 95% or more for incident light having a wavelength in a range of 400 to 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Ishida, Nobuyoshi Mori
  • DC/DC converter and method for controlling a DC/DC converter
    Patent number: 8294436
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter comprises an inductive element (L) having a first terminal connected to an input connection (1) and a second terminal (4) coupled to a reference potential connection (3) by a first switching element (N1). A second switching element (P1) being a p-channel field-effect transistor couples the second terminal (4) to an output connection (2). A control unit (CTL) comprises a detection unit which is configured to detect a first mode of operation in which an input voltage (VIN) is higher than a desired output voltage (VOUT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventor: Emir Serdarevic
  • Tire with lower region comprising a bielastic reinforcing element
    Patent number: 8291953
    Abstract: Tire comprising at least one carcass-type reinforcing structure (6) anchored on each side of the tire. The anchoring includes a turning up of the carcass-type reinforcing structure around a bead core (15) in such a way as to form a turned-up section (8). The tire also includes at least one circumferential bielastic reinforcing element (10) made of a bielastic fabric, in which the fabric employed is a bielastic knitted fabric, that is a stitched fabric in which the loops forming the stitches are capable of moving relative to each other. The at least one bielastic reinforcing element (10) being arranged so as to extend substantially parallel along a portion of the reinforcing structure (6) which is situated in that region of the bead (4) of the tire that is axially outward relative to the reinforcing structure, in the immediate vicinity of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Huyghe
  • Radiation emitting device
    Patent number: 8294161
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device comprising a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode, and an emitter layer arranged between the first and second electrode. The emitter layer here comprises a matrix material, 0.5-5% by weight of a radiation emitting emitter and 5-30% by weight of a phosphorescent exciton scavenger. The proportion by weight of the exciton scavenger here is higher than that of the radiation emitting emitter, and the emission maximum of the exciton scavenger is at a shorter wavelength than that of the radiation emitting emitter. In addition, the radiation-emitting device is characterized in that the current efficiency of the emitter layer is increased by at least 10% compared to the current efficiency of an emitter layer without exciton scavenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Arvid Hunze, Ralf Krause, Chien-Shu Chiu, Frank Steinbacher
  • Communication network including means for managing conflicts during the execution of several communication services
    Patent number: 8296431
    Abstract: A communications network including: n service managers (AS1, AS2, . . . , ASn), each adapted to execute an associated service; routing means (MR) adapted to receive protocol messages sent by a service manager, and to forward them to a terminal. The network also includes a conflict manager including: a set of packets, each packet containing rules for sorting protocol messages liable to be sent by at least two service managers; selection means for selecting a packet as a function of an indicator of the services that the terminal can access; sorting means for sorting protocol messages sent by at least two service managers upon execution of the associated services as a function of the content of a selected packet and forwarding the sorted protocol messages to the routing means (MR). Also disclosed are a conflict management method and a method of adding an additional service to a communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventor: Fabrice Petesch
  • Device and method for lowering or raising the end of an underwater pipe from a laying vessel
    Patent number: 8292544
    Abstract: A device and a method for lowering or raising the end of an undersea pipe between a vessel and the sea bottom by a carriage moving along an inclined J-lay tower and co-operating with chain-locking devices connecting the top end of the pipe to a storage area by passing over a deflector sheave secured to said carriage. A first chain-locking device is secured to the carriage and serves to lock the abandonment chain while lowering the carriage and the top end of the pipe at the end of the chain, a second locking device then being in an open position at the base of the tower. Thereafter, the abandonment chain is locked at the low portion of the tower with the help of the second chain-locking device, with the first chain-locking device being in the open position while the carriage is being raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Saipem S.A.
    Inventors: Kimon Ardavanis, Hervé Legaignoux
  • Drive device
    Patent number: 8286518
    Abstract: A drive device for a lid of a motor vehicle includes a first fastening element connectable to a stationary component or to a movable component, and a housing tube located at the end of the drive device opposite the first fastening element and is free to move axially relative thereto. The housing tube includes, at the end opposite the first fastening element, a second fastening element connectable to the movable component or to the stationary component. A spindle drive including a threaded spindle and a spindle nut mounted on the threaded spindle is actuatable by a rotary device to move the first fastening element and the housing tube axially relative to each other. A stroke position of the first fastening element can be detected by a magnetic field sensor which senses longitudinal movements of a permanent magnet of the spindle along a sensitivity area of the stationary magnetic field sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventor: Marian Bochen
  • Apparatus, system and method for allowing prescribed components in the system to be started with minimal delay
    Patent number: 8291204
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system are disclosed for allowing prescribed components in the system to be started with minimal delay, wherein a multimedia system for a motor vehicle, which comprises a control unit and a plurality of prescribed components that can be selected and started by a user. The operating programs that are associated with at least one first component are provided with a greater proportion of the total available computational resources required for their execution. As a result, it becomes possible to use the at least one first component quite soon after the start-up phase of the system has begun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive AG
    Inventors: Matthias Becker, Thomas Góhring, Karl-Heinz Knobl, Bernd Weymann