Patents Represented by Attorney Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
  • Patent number: 8294063
    Abstract: In a contact for a connector, a metal material id processed to be bent in a predetermined shape in a manner so that a terminal portion is formed in the vicinity of an end and a contacting portion is formed in the vicinity of the other end. A nickel plating layer as a foundation plating layer and a gold plating layer are formed on substantially entire surface of the contact including the terminal portion and the contacting portion. Laser beams are irradiated at a portion between the terminal portion and the contacting portion, and especially in the vicinity of the terminal portion so that the nickel plating layer as the foundation plating layer is unsheathed by removing the gold plating layer or gold in the gold plating layer and nickel in the foundation layer are alloyed. Nickel and the alloy of nickel and gold respectively have low wetting property with respect to solder, so that diffusion of melted solder stops at the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Miki, Hiroshi Yanagida, Shouichi Nagata, Shin Sato, Yoshiyuki Uchinono, Kenji Jonen, Masaharu Ishikawa, Hiroshi Iwano, Syunichi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8294759
    Abstract: In an electronic device test apparatus using image processing technology to position an IC device relative to a socket, a calibration method of an electronic device test apparatus of calibrating a relative position of a device camera with respect to a socket, the method comprising: calculating an offset amount of a socket guide with respect to the socket on the basis of a relative position of the socket camera with respect to the socket guide and a relative position of a socket camera with respect to the socket; and adding this offset amount to the relative position of the device camera with respect to the socket guide so as to calculate the relative position of the device camera with respect to the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Aritomo Kikuchi, Hiroto Nakamura, Jinji Tokita, Katsuhiko Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8296134
    Abstract: A spectrum modifying method and the like wherein the efficiencies of the signal estimation and prediction can be improved and the spectrum can be more efficiently encoded. According to this method, the pitch period is calculated from an original signal, which serves as a reference signal, and then a basic pitch frequency (f0) is calculated. Thereafter, the spectrum of a target signal, which is a target of spectrum modification, is divided into a plurality of partitions. It is specified here that the width of each partition be the basic pitch frequency. Then, the spectra of bands are interleaved such that a plurality of peaks having similar amplitudes are unified into a group. The basic pitch frequency is used as an interleave pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Chun Woei Teo, Sua Hong Neo, Koji Yoshida, Michiyo Goto
  • Patent number: 8294995
    Abstract: A linear guide mechanism of a lens barrel, the lens barrel including a rotatable ring, and a linearly movable member which holds an optical element and moves linearly in an optical axis direction by rotation of the rotatable ring, the linear guide mechanism includes a plurality of partial linear guide members which linearly guide the linearly movable member in the optical axis direction. A movement range of the linearly movable member in the optical axis direction is shared by a plurality of different movement ranges, via which the linearly movable member is linearly guided in the optical axis direction by the plurality of partial linear guide members, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 8294636
    Abstract: A scan electrode driving circuit applies a rising ramp waveform voltage to scan electrodes (SCN1 to SCNn) to generate a first setup discharge in a first period within a setup period, applies a dropping ramp waveform voltage to the scan electrodes (SCN1 to SCNn) to generate a second setup discharge in a second period following the first period within the setup period, and applies a positive rectangular waveform voltage (Va) and a negative rectangular waveform voltage (Va) to the scan electrodes (SCN1 to SCNn) in a third period following the second period within the setup period. A data electrode driving circuit applies a positive rectangular waveform voltage (Vd) to data electrodes (D1 to Dm) in a period after application of the positive rectangular waveform voltage (Vs) to the scan electrodes (SCN to SCNn) and before application of the negative rectangular waveform voltage (Va) to the scan electrodes (SCN1 to SCNn) in the third period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Maeda, Hidehiko Shoji
  • Patent number: 8293405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rechargeable lithium ion battery having an electrode plate with a high active material density and high electrolyte permeability. Upon producing the rechargeable lithium ion battery, hollow resin particles that can be collapsed by rolling are incorporated in a positive electrode mixture layer or a negative electrode mixture layer before the electrode mixture layer is rolled. The hollow resin particles are collapsed in the course of rolling the positive electrode mixture layer or the negative electrode mixture layer, so that the active material density can be easily increased. Further, the collapsed resin particles form unevenness on the surface of the electrode plate and also form open pores in the electrode plate, so that electrolyte permeability can be enhanced. As a result, the discharge capacity and rate characteristics of rechargeable lithium ion batteries can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kubota, Yasuhiro Ueyama
  • Patent number: 8293715
    Abstract: A novel 10a-azalide compound crosslinked at the 10a- and 12-positions, which is represented by the following formula, and is effective on even Hemophilus influenzae, or erythromycin resistant bacteria (e.g., resistant pneumococci and streptococci).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sugimoto, Kanako Yamamoto, Jun Kurosaka, Naoki Sasamoto, Masato Kashimura, Tomoaki Miura, Kenichi Kanemoto, Tomohiro Ozawa, Ken Chikauchi, Eiki Shitara
  • Patent number: 8294056
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bushing terminal of a vacuum circuit breaker used for interrupting current, which includes: a terminal body having a cylinder that can be inserted into the interior of a contactor and annular protrusions formed to be protrude from an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder; and a flange having an insertion hole through which the cylinder is inserted, wherein the annular protrusions are plastic-deformed so as to be fixed to the insertion hole of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Kwan Seo
  • Patent number: 8293280
    Abstract: A method for treatment of HIV infection includes administering at least one anti-HIV drug, such as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, to a patient in need of such treatment and administering an extract from inflammatory tissue inoculated with vaccinia virus to the patient following the administration of the at least one anti-HIV drug. The extract maintains suppressive action on HIV replication, even if the administration of the anti-HIV drug is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aftab A. Ansari, M. Eric Gershwin
  • Patent number: 8292029
    Abstract: A securing ring, such as a belay loop, including a plurality of layers of ring-shaped surface sections, an outermost ring-shaped surface section being fixed to at least one of the layers below. The ring-shaped surface sections are formed from surface sections of a flat tubular element folded or rolled upon one another. A corresponding process for the manufacture of the securing ring involves the folding or rolling up of a flat tubular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Arc'Teryx Equipment Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Martin
  • Patent number: 8294051
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for preventing withdrawing and inserting of a circuit breaker. The device for preventing withdrawing and inserting of a circuit breaker include: a lead screw is coupled between a carriage and a girder assembly and rotated by an external force to allow a breaker body to be closed or released while the carriage is moved with respect to a cradle, and a braking unit preventing the lead screw for operating when the girder assembly is released from the cradle. In an unstable state in which the girder assembly is not coupled to the cradle, a withdrawal handle is prevented from being inserted into the girder assembly. Therefore, an abnormal withdrawing operation can be prevented, and thus, various safety accidents, a contact resistance and temperature rise, damage to a device due to electrical breakdown can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Jin Park, Hyun Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 8295137
    Abstract: An information medium evaluating method includes, in the following order: a recording process that records data onto a recordable information medium to be evaluated; a rubbing process that rubs a processing member against a data recording surface of the information medium; a reading process that reads the data from the information medium; and an evaluating process that evaluates the information medium based on a result of the reading process and evaluation standard data. During the rubbing process, the processing member is rubbed onto only part of a region in a circumferential direction of the information medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 8295399
    Abstract: A digital radio communication method includes selecting a modulation scheme for a transmission data signal from among a plurality of modulation schemes. The transmission data signal is modulated according to the selected modulation scheme to generate a first symbol, the first symbol being a first quadrature baseband signal. Further, a pilot signal is modulated according to a specific modulation scheme to generate a second symbol, the second symbol being a second quadrature baseband signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Shinichiro Takabayashi, Masayuki Orihashi, Akihiko Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8289242
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display includes a first electrode and an auxiliary wire each either on or in a substrate. A luminescent layer is over the first electrode, and a hole transport layer is between the luminescent layer and the first electrode. The hole transport layer extends from over the first electrode to over the auxiliary wire. A second electrode is over the luminescent layer and extends from over the first electrode to over the auxiliary wire. A metal layer is over the auxiliary wire between the hole transport layer and the second electrode. The second electrode and the auxiliary wire are electrically connected via the hole transport layer and the metal layer. The metal layer comprises a metal, wherein a difference of a work function value of the metal minus an absolute value of an energy level of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbit of the hole transport layer is at most approximately 0.5 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Okumoto
  • Patent number: 8289350
    Abstract: A display panel device includes: a luminescence element; a capacitor including first and second capacitor electrodes; a driver having a gate connected to the first capacitor electrode for allowing a drain current to flow through the luminescence element and a source connected to the second capacitor electrode; a first switch switchably interconnecting a data line and the first capacitor electrode for supplying a signal voltage to the capacitor; a second switch switchably interconnecting the drain of the driver and a power line; and a controller. The controller is configured to: turn ON the first switch while the second switch is ON to supply the signal voltage to the capacitor and flow a current between the source of the driver and the second capacitor electrode; and, after predetermined time period, turn OFF the second switch to cause non-conduction between the power line and the drain of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Matsui, Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 8289617
    Abstract: An optical low-pass filter is disposed on a light-receiving surface of an imaging device. The filter has a light-transmitting substrate including at least one birefringent plate and an infrared-cut plate , a dust-proofing layer provided on a light-input surface of the light-transmitting substrate, and an infrared-cut coat layer provided between the dust-proofing layer and the light-transmitting substrate or on a light-output surface of the light-transmitting substrate. A surface of the dust-proofing layer contains fine roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Hidenori Takushima, Ken Hirunuma, Takanobu Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 8289016
    Abstract: A method of eddy-current flaw detexction where an exciting device and a receiving device are held in the vicinity of a conductor. An eddy current is generated in the conductor by a primary magnetic field generated by excitation, thereby generating a secondary magnetic field, wherein the state of the magnetic field is detected by the receiving device. The exciting device includes a coil and an iron core. The coil has a first current line and a second current line in which electric current flows in opposite directions. The iron core is gate-shaped in cross section and includes a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a beam portion. The receiving device is disposed in a corner between the second leg portion and the conductor, on a side opposite the second current line on the outer side of the iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Keiichi Nonogaki
  • Patent number: 8289626
    Abstract: A rotationally extendable structure of a lens barrel includes a stationary ring; a rotational ring, supported by the stationary ring to move in an optical axis direction while rotating and includes a peripheral gear at the rear end thereof; and a rotational-ring drive gear. The rotational-ring drive gear includes a long gear portion, formed long enough to mesh with the peripheral gear over an entire moving range of the rotational ring, and a large-diameter gear portion at the rear end of the long gear portion. The rotational ring is provided in a rear end thereof with a large-diameter-gear accommodating recess. When the rotational ring is moved to a rearward movement extremity in the optical axis direction, the large-diameter gear portion enters into the large-diameter-gear accommodating recess so that the large-diameter gear portion coincides with the peripheral gear with respect to the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 8288862
    Abstract: A semiconductor package, containing two or more stacked IC devices attached to a substrate. Each of the IC devices has a plurality of electrical contact regions which are connected to the substrate by means of electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: United Test & Assembly Center Limited
    Inventors: Wang Chuen Khiang, Koh Yong Chuan, Fong Kok Chin
  • Patent number: D669504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Higashikawa