Patents Represented by Attorney Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
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Patent number: 8231168Abstract: In an arranging structure of a wire harness for a door, the wire harness is spanned between a door of a motor vehicle and a vehicle body at an indoor side inside of a weather strip. The wire harness is drawn out from a space between a door inner panel and a door trim at the door side and is provided with an excess length portion that follows opening and closing operations of the door. The excess length portion is drawn out from the space when the door is opened. The excess length portion is drawn along an arcuate outer periphery of a speaker disposed in the space to be contained in the space when the door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Sytems, Ltd.Inventors: Morihiko Toyozumi, Isao Tsuji, Daiki Nagayasu, Tsutomu Sakata, Tetsuya Fujita, Sung-Jin Kim
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Patent number: 8231966Abstract: An anti-reflection coating comprising a mesoporous silica coating composed of mesoporous silica nano-particles formed on a substrate or a dense coating formed on the substrate, the mesoporous silica coating having a refractive index of more than 1.10 and 1.35 or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignees: Keio University, Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Imai, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Takanobu Shiokawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Mineta Suzuki
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Patent number: 8233179Abstract: In a print processing system, a storage server temporarily stores print data generated on a user client PC; a multifunction apparatus then obtains the print data from the storage server and prints the data, according to user's operation on the multifunction apparatus; and a management server manages a storage status of the print data on the storage server. The user client PC transmits to the storage server, bibliographic information associated with the print data concurrently when transmitting the data. The storage server stores thereon the print data obtained from the user client PC and transfers to the management server, the bibliographic information obtained from the user client PC. The management server manages the storage status of the print data on the storage server, based on the bibliographic information obtained from the storage server.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshio Nakamura, Akito Umebayashi, Shougo Kimura
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Patent number: 8226883Abstract: System and method for hardening rails by cooling, in a cooling medium, at least one part of a respective rail cross-section of a rail over an entire length of the rail. The system includes a cross displacement device arranged in an area of a roller table, at least one positioning device, at least one coolant container containing the cooling medium, a manipulation gripper comprising a plurality of pincers and being structured and arranged to move the rail. The method includes at least one of moving the rail from the roller table to the at least one coolant container positioning the rail into the at least one positioning device via the manipulation gripper, as well as moving the rail into the coolant medium with the at least one positioning device.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: voestalpine Schienen GmbHInventors: Norbert Koeck, Hans Pfeiler
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Patent number: 8226612Abstract: A needle assembly for introducing an indwelling catheter into a blood vessel is provided. The needle assembly may include a handle including a flashback chamber configured to allow inflow of flashback blood, and a needle hub. The handle and the needle hub may each be configured with through holes to allow flashback of blood from a needle to the flashback chamber without a mediating member between the through holes.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Medikit Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 8229749Abstract: There is provided a wide-band LSP prediction device and others capable of predicting a wide-band LSP from a narrow-band LSP with a high quantization efficiency and a high accuracy while suppressing the size of a conversion table correlating the narrow-band LSP to the wide-band LSP. In this device, a non-linear prediction unit (102) performs non-linear prediction by using a converted wide-band LSP inputted from a narrow-band/wide-band conversion unit (101) and inputs the non-linear prediction result to an amplifier (103). The converted wide-band LSP is inputted to an amplifier (104). An adder (122) adds multiplication results (vectors) inputted from the amplifiers (103, 104).Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Ehara, Koji Yoshida, Toshiyuki Morii
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Patent number: 8230299Abstract: An approach is provided for interleaving low density parity check (LDPC) encoded bits in QPSK/8PSK modulation systems. By assigning the bits determining modulation symbols based on different bit degrees, one can efficiently find the desirable tradeoff between error performance and error floor provided by the LDPC codes in use.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Availink, Inc.Inventors: Ming Yang, Juntan Zhang, Zhiyong Wu, Fengwen Sun
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Patent number: 8226551Abstract: A scanning endoscope, comprising a first transmitter, an actuator, and a mirror, is provided. The first transmitter emits a beam of radiant light from the first emission end. The actuator moves the first emission end in a direction perpendicular to an emission direction. The mirror is arranged from the first emission end to the first direction. The mirror comprises a through-part and a reflection surface. The radiant light emitted from the first emission end passes through the through-part when the first emission end is within a first circumference. The reflection surface reflects the radiant light emitted from the first emission end toward the observation area around the first straight line when the first emission end is outside of the first circumference.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventor: Hideo Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8226160Abstract: Provided is a vehicular roof structure, which can adjust the quantity of daylighting and which can be set to give a sense of spaciousness to a passenger in the rear seat by the wide field of view from the vehicular upper side while blocking the incident light upon the front seat side. Three louvers are enabled to change their angles of inclination with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. If the individual louvers arranged at the blocking positions are oriented to slope in a slightly downward direction of the vehicle toward the rear side thereof, a passenger in a rear seat can see, while an incident light to the front seat side is being blocked by the three louvers, the outside of the upper side of the vehicle through the three inclined louvers.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hirai, Hitoshi Yasuda
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Patent number: 8228204Abstract: A client device for creating a virtual fence includes a locator that determines a location of the client device. The client device includes a receiver that receives speech data and transmits the speech data to a speech processor that isolates an individual voice signature from the speech data. The client device includes a profile storage that stores profile information of a user of the client device. The client device includes an alarm generator that generates an alarm based on the isolated individual voice signature and the location of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh
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Patent number: 8230015Abstract: A server unit provides a message board on a predetermined topic in which multiple unspecified users participate. A user can designate a message posted by an arbitrary user on the message board on the predetermined topic, as a watch target. When a plurality of users designate the same message on the message board on the predetermined topic as a watch target and post new messages on the message to be watched within a predetermined period, the users who have designated the same message as the watch target are grouped. The grouped users can use a message board for a temporary topic which is provided as separate from the message board for the predetermined topic.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square EnixInventor: Aya Suzuki
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Patent number: 8226145Abstract: The present invention is a board for attachment of electronic parts to be assembled to a lower part of a seat. The board comprising a board body containing a resin. It is preferred that the board body includes vegetable fiber. It is preferred that the board body has a depressed portion formed therein for storing electronic parts. It is preferred that at least the depressed portion of the board body for storing a control board as the electronic parts has electric conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masahiro Kasuya, Hidetoshi Nagata, Masashi Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 8228265Abstract: A first ramp waveform rising from a first potential (Vi1) to a second potential (Vi2) is applied to a plurality of scan electrodes (SC) in a first half period of a setup period, and a third ramp waveform rising from a fifth potential (a ground potential) to a sixth potential (Vi5, Vi5?) is applied to a plurality of sustain electrodes (SU) in a period, which is shorter than the first half period, within the first half period. A second ramp waveform dropping from a third potential (Vi3) to a fourth potential (Vi4) is applied to the plurality of scan electrodes (SC) in the second half period following the first half period, and a fourth ramp waveform dropping from a seventh potential (Ve) to an eighth potential (Vi6, Vi6?) is applied to the plurality of sustain electrodes (SU) in a period, which is shorter than the second half period, within the second half period. Then, a peak value of the third ramp waveform and a peak value of the fourth ramp waveform are changed based on a state of a plasma display panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takahiko Origuchi, Hidehiko Shoji
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Patent number: 8229076Abstract: A signal testing apparatus for testing signals includes at least one receiver that receives signals having corresponding frequencies representative of a frequency range of a wired communication link over which the signals are received. The signal testing apparatus also includes a measurer that measures a signal loss for each of the frequencies to determine whether each measured signal loss is acceptable.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Steven M. Wollmershauser, Yolius Diroo, Edward A. Walter
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Patent number: 8228214Abstract: A variable-length code decoding apparatus that decodes a bitstream includes: a storage unit that stores a variable-length code table; a bitstream cutout unit that outputs a bit string of a fixed length; a reference unit that outputs decoded data and a code length with reference to the storage unit; a determination unit that determines whether a bit string of the fixed length is accumulated; a determination unit that determines whether a bit string of a length that is shorter than the fixed length is accumulated; and a selection unit that selects one of the determination results from the determination units. The bitstream cutout unit sets a starting bit based on the selected determination result, and the selection unit switches the selection of the determination results from the determination units.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yuya Shigenobu, Motokazu Ozawa, Nobuo Higaki, Takeshi Furuta, Takahiro Kageyama, Masaki Minami
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Patent number: 8229987Abstract: A direct sampling circuit and a receiver which carry out discrete time analog processing with a high degree of design freedom and are provided with a filter property which is achievable to comply with the receipt of a broad band signal. A plurality of discrete time analog processing circuits (101) are connected in parallel with each other, a gm value and a capacitance of a capacitor in each circuit system are set independently based on a prescribed condition, and an output signal obtained from each circuit system is synthesized by means of a buffer capacitor (102), so that an equivalently high-dimensional IIR filter can be put into practice.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi Hosokawa, Katsuaki Abe, Noriaki Saito, Kiyomichi Araki, Yohei Morishita
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Patent number: 8227883Abstract: A solid-state imaging device having a color filter with high color reproducibility even in the case of using lighting of low color temperatures. The solid-state imaging device has a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally, and comprises a color separation filter which allows transmission of light of a predetermined wavelength in incident light for each of the plurality of pixels, wherein the color separation filter includes: a visible-light and near-infrared filter having transmission bands in regions of a visible wavelength band and a near-infrared wavelength band; and a near-infrared normalization filter laminated with the visible-light and near-infrared filter, wherein the near-infrared normalization filter is substantially transparent in the visible wavelength band and a first near-infrared wavelength band, and is substantially not transparent in a second near-infrared wavelength band between the visible wavelength band and the first near-infrared wavelength band.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masahiro Kasano, Shinzo Koyama
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Patent number: 8227385Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the invention has a urea adduct value of not greater than 4% by mass, a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 25-50 mm2/s, a viscosity index of 140 or greater, a CCS viscosity at ?35° C. of not greater than 15,000 mPa·s and a flash point of 250° C. or higher. The method for producing a lubricating base oil of the invention comprises a step of hydrocracking/hydroisomerizing a feedstock oil containing normal paraffins so as to obtain a treated product having an urea adduct value of not greater than 4% by mass, a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 25-50 mm2/s, a viscosity index of 140 or greater, a CCS viscosity at ?35° C. of not greater than 15,000 mPa·s and a flash point of 250° C. or higher. The lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Shinichi Shirahama, Masahiro Taguchi
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Patent number: 8220582Abstract: A working vehicle includes a HST, forward and reverse pedals, a brake pedal, an intermediate link mechanism (ILM) operating in linkage with operation of the forward or reverse (F or R) pedal, a single shift rod receiving the operation from the ILM and rotating a trunnion shaft of the HST to a forward drive side and to a reverse drive side, a neutral return mechanism (NRM) having a cam plate rotating integrally with the trunnion shaft and forming a curved surface portion, a roller moving in contact with the curved surface portion, a lower return arm configured integrally with a return arm that includes the roller, and a first spring acting in a direction of returning the trunnion shaft to a neutral position, a lower return arm onto which the first spring is latched, a F pedal onto which is latched a second spring acting in a direction of returning the trunnion shaft to the neutral position when depression operation of the F or R pedals is not being performed, an ILM including a damper applying a resistance toType: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Iseki & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Toyokawa, Shingo Fujioka, Yusuke Murakami, Tomoaki Watanabe, Masahiko Yoshino, Hiroto Mori, Noboru Sagawa, Kiyofumi Sakurahara
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Patent number: 8221336Abstract: A blood sensor comprises a substrate, a spacer attached to the top of the substrate, a cover attached to the top of the spacer. A blood reservoir defined by a substrate hole formed in the substrate. A part of a spacer hole in the spacer and connected to the substrate hole, and a cover hole formed in the cover is connected to the spacer hole. A supply passage is defined by another part of the spacer hole that communicates with the blood reservoir portion, and detection electrodes are formed in the supply passage. The cover projects from the supply passage toward the inside of the blood reservoir portion farther than the substrate and the spacer.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masaki Fujiwara, Toshihiro Akiyama, Kenichi Hamanaka