Patents Represented by Law Firm Kinney and Lange
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Patent number: 8047031Abstract: An electronic lock includes a rotatable core movable within an outer body. The rotatable core includes a piezo-electric actuator configured to move a tumbler blocking member into or out of interfering engagement with one or more tumblers. Tamper circuitry coupled with the piezo-electric actuator is configured to resist an externally induced acceleration of the electronic lock by shunting electrical power produced by an externally induced motion of the piezo-electric actuator back to the piezo-electric actuator.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.Inventors: Dirk L. Bellamy, Charles E. Seeley
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Patent number: 8048511Abstract: This invention provides a coating agent, which can form a coating film over a wide area in a simple manner, is chemically and physically stable, and can form an ultrathin film, a coating film, a method for formation of coating film, and various products coated with the coating film. The coating agent contains thin sheet titanium oxide fine particles. The coating agent may comprise a solution containing a titania nanosheet and a sol of silicon oxide or titanium oxide. The coating film is formed by coating and then drying and heating the coating and has a microstructure in which thin sheet titanium oxide fine particles are stacked with a high level of orientation.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Central Japan Railway CompanyInventors: Hiroshi Uetsuka, Tetsuya Shichi, Koji Oshika, Akira Fujishima, Katsuhiko Takagi
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Patent number: 8047825Abstract: A positive-displacement pump comprising a housing, a rotatable component disposed at least partially within the housing, and a film disposed at least partially between the housing and the rotatable component, where the film comprises a reinforcing material and a fluoropolymer material.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Clark V. Cooper, Aaron T. Nardi
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Patent number: 8047252Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure application device for curing an adhesive on a component, particularly components of complex geometries. The device comprises a pair of jaws, at least one spring recessed into a cavity defined within the first jaw, and a cap. A first end of a spring partially extends into the cavity and a second end of the spring contacts the cap. When force is applied to the cap, the cap transmits the force through the spring to the first jaw. In order to limit the separation of the cap from the first jaw, a retainer is used.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: John H. Vontell
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Patent number: 8044699Abstract: A level-shift circuit translates a control signal to a level-shifted output. The level-shift circuit includes a pulse generator circuit for providing Set and Reset pulses based on the control signal and a level-shift circuit for translating the Set and Reset pulses to level-shifted Set and Reset pulses. First and second differential detectors are connected to monitor the level-shifted Set and Reset pulses to provide detection of communicated Set and Reset pulses despite the presence of transients in the level-shift circuit. A gate drive circuit employs the Set and Reset pulses communicated by the differential detectors to generate a gate drive signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Polar Semiconductor, Inc.Inventor: David W. Kelly
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Patent number: 8045038Abstract: A camera for mounting to a weapon includes a housing, a camera lens, a video recorder, a cover, and a mounting rail. The camera lens is located at a front end of the housing. The video recorder is located within the housing for recording images captured by the camera lens. The cover is coupled to a rear end of the housing for accessing components located within the housing and the mounting rail extends along an exterior surface of the housing and mounts the camera to the weapon.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Inventor: Larry Holmberg
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Patent number: 8045333Abstract: A compliant circuit element spacing system comprises a circuit board, a dummy spacer component, and a compliant circuit element. One or more active components are mounted to the circuit board. The dummy spacer component is also mounted to the circuit board, such that the dummy spacer component is electrically isolated from each active component mounted to the circuit board. The compliant circuit element is positionable proximate the circuit board, and spaced from the circuit board by the dummy spacer component. The spacing component isolates the compliant circuit element from each active component mounted to the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Rosemount Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lee Eriksen, Howard David Goldberg, John Charles Meyer
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Patent number: 8040218Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for acquisition of a lockbox position. For example, in one embodiment a method is provided which receives positional data for a lockbox. After receiving the lockbox, when the lockbox is associated with one listing, the method determines proximity of the positional data to that one listing. If however, there is more than one listing within a predetermined distance of the positional data, the method compares the positional data with each listing in the plurality of listings. Thereafter, the method transmits a query, which includes at least, a result of the comparison. Embodiments of the invention also include other methods, computer-readable media, apparatuses, and systems that contain features similar to the features in the above described method.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Gordon Hays, Adam Purdue
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Patent number: 8037688Abstract: A method for controlling a temperature distribution within a combustor having a plurality of chamber sections comprising controlling a fuel-to-air ratio in the chamber sections. At least two chamber sections have different fuel-to-air ratios to create a non-uniform temperature distribution within the combustor to reduce thermoacoustic instabilities.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Gregory S. Hagen, Andrzej Banaszuk, Prashant G. Mehta, Jeffrey M. Cohen, William Proscia
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Patent number: 8037210Abstract: A computer and method for directly accessing computer hardware by a virtual system are provided. The computer comprises a hardware platform having a first-type device, a second-type device and a third-type device provided thereon; a virtual machine managing module; a first operating module; a second operating module; wherein the virtual machine managing module comprises a first-type device configuration module for directly configuring the first type device to be used by the main operating system; a second-type device configuration module for directly configuring the second-type device to be used by the guest operating system; and a third-type device configuration module for virtualizing the third-type device on the hardware platform to generate a virtualized third-type device and configuring the virtualized third-type device to be used by the main operating system and the guest operating system, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) LimitedInventors: Liang Tang, Chunyu Song, Ke Ke
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Patent number: 8035527Abstract: A fire detection system for monitoring a volume containing fluid, typically air, for the presence of smoke particles is disclosed. A conduit for receiving the fluid, and any smoke particles therein, and directing the fluid to a smoke detector has a plurality of inlets formed therein. A respective temperature sensor is associated with each of the inlets which generate a signal indicative of a change in temperature in the region of the inlet. In the embodiments, the temperature sensor comprises one or more fiber Bragg gratings. The fiber Bragg gratings preferably have different grating periods. The reflected light from each fiber Bragg grating is returned back down the fiber optic cable and redirected via a 2×1 coupler to a wavelength detection system and a personal computer.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Kidde IP Holdings LimitedInventor: Brian David Powell
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Patent number: 8035735Abstract: A camera includes a camera body, a video camera recorder, a battery compartment, and a weather cover. The camera body has a lens at front end and threads at a rear end. The video camera recorder has a forward portion located within the camera body. The battery compartment is connected to the video camera recorder. The weather cover has threads for mating with the threads at the rear end of the camera body to attach the weather cover to the camera body, thereby enclosing the video camera recorder and the battery compartment.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Inventor: Larry Holmberg
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Patent number: 8037306Abstract: A method for realizing network access authentication, wherein a network access authentication device pre-storing a system integrity value of a device waiting to access and a correspondence between each device waiting to access and its system integrity value. When the device waiting to access needs to access the network, it acquires its current system integrity value, and sends the current system integrity value to the network access authentication device; the network access authentication device judges whether the received current system integrity value of the device waiting to access and its stored integrity value of the device waiting to access are identical or not, and in a case where the received current system integrity value of the device waiting to access and its stored integrity value of the device waiting to access are identical, it determines that the network access is authenticated.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) LimitedInventors: Wei Wei, Yadong Qu, Jun Chen
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Patent number: 8030807Abstract: An ambient energy harvesting system, and method of use thereof, includes a magnetic flux-generating assembly (28), a coil (30) positioned adjacent to the magnetic flux-generating assembly (28), and a cantilevered arm (24). Vibration of the cantilevered arm (24) enables relative movement between the magnetic flux-generating assembly (28) and the coil (30) to generate an electric current in the coil (30). An effective flexible length (L) of the cantilevered arm (24) is selected such that applied kinetic energy causes the cantilevered arm (24) to vibrate at approximately its resonant frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Chubb International Holdings LimitedInventors: Jacek F. Gieras, Jae-Hyuk Oh, Mihai Huzmezan, Hashad S. Sane
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Patent number: 8031471Abstract: An enclosure comprises first and second sections formed of a transparent material, a plurality of wall sections, a plurality of vent holes, a hinge, a cable access and a lock. The wall sections are joined to the first section to form the enclosure. The vent holes are formed in the wall sections to provide thermal flow through the enclosure. The hinge connects the second section to one of the plurality of wall sections to form a door in the enclosure. The cable access is located to allow authorized power and data connections within the enclosure when the door is in an open position, and sized to prevent unauthorized data connections within the enclosure when the door is in a closed position. The lock secures the enclosure by locking the door in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Just Encase Products, Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Schmitt
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Patent number: 8024884Abstract: An electronic device mounting system can be used to attach electronic devices, such as rangefinders and video cameras, to weapons. The mounting system includes a support portion for resiliently supporting the electronic device and a mounting portion for attaching the support portion and attached electronic device to a weapon. The support portion is universal in that it can be used with a number of interchangeable mounting portions. Each mounting portion is adapted for securing the support portion to a particular type of weapon or weapon accessory.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Inventor: Larry Holmberg
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Patent number: 8024829Abstract: Weight restraining pillow has a filled outer perimeter area encompassing a central sling area. The sling is defined in part by two generally parallel outer seams adjacent the outer perimeter, and an inner seam located between the outer seams which help hold the fill of the perimeter in place. When a weighted object is placed on the sling, the perimeter is drawn inward toward the object placed therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Inventors: Mia Carr, Loretta E. Carr
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Patent number: 8020553Abstract: An oxygen concentrator comprises an oxygen reservoir and adsorbent columns that each have an inlet, an outlet, and a bed of adsorbent material. The concentrator also comprises an air inlet, an exhaust outlet, and a vacuum pump for pumping nitrogen rich gas from one of the column inlets to the exhaust outlet. A product control pump pumps oxygen rich gas from one of the column outlets to the oxygen reservoir. A control valve controls flow in and out of the columns by selectively connecting the air inlet to one column inlet, connecting the vacuum pump to another column inlet, and connecting the product control pump to a column outlet. A motor drives the vacuum pump and control valve to produce vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) cycles in which oxygen-rich product gas is separated and accumulated in the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2005Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Vbox, IncorporatedInventors: Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Perry B. Lonnes
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Patent number: 8020833Abstract: A two-step, self-regulating valve (16) controls gas flow from a gas cylinder (12) in a high pressure system. The valve (16) includes a valve body (24), a piston (26), a plug (28), a valve actuator (34), and a piston actuator (32). The piston (26) is movable within the valve body (24) along an axis between a first and a second position. The plug (28) is movable within the valve body (24) along the axis between a valve closed position, a partially open position, and a fully open position. The valve actuator (34) allows the plug (28) to move from the valve closed position to the partially open position. The piston actuator (32) causes the piston (26) to move from the first position to the second position when a gas pressure in the gas cylinder (12) is less than a setpoint. When the piston (26) moves to the second position, the piston (26) allows the plug (28) to move from the partially open position to the fully open position.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: CHUBB International Holding LimitedInventors: Fanping Sun, Muhidin A. Lelic, Zaffir Chaudhry, Tony George, Lyle Hamilton
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Patent number: 8020386Abstract: A mechanism included in a convergent-divergent nozzle connected to an aftward portion of a gas turbine engine, which mechanism includes at least one actuator configured to be connected to the aftward portion of the engine and to move through one or more positions, a first link pivotally connected to the at least one actuator, a convergent flap pivotally connected to the first link, a divergent flap rotatably connected to the convergent flap and configured to be kinematically connected to an annular ring connected to the at least one actuator, and at least one track configured to extend from the aftward portion of the engine and to movably and pivotally receive the pivotal connection between the convergent flap and the first link.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Curtis C. Cowan, Robert H. Bush