Patents Represented by Attorney Lau & Associates
  • Patent number: 8327825
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, comprising an engine speed detector that detects speed of the engine, an ignition timing calculator that calculates an ignition timing of the engine based on at least the detected engine speed, a load detector that detects load in a compression stroke of the engine, and an ignition controller that controls the ignition timing to be the calculated timing, and controls the ignition timing to be a retarded timing than the calculated timing when the detected load is equal to or greater than a threshold value. With this, it becomes possible to avoid the unnecessary decrease of engine output which adversely affects driving feel of the operator, and effectively prevent the knocking and kickback from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazuhito Tokugawa
  • Patent number: 8305763
    Abstract: In a housing case for housing an electronic circuit board, comprising a case body, a cover, a pedestal formed on the case body to support the board, a holder formed on the cover at a location to face the pedestal to hold the board from opposite side of the pedestal, a recess formed at the case body near the pedestal, and a convex formed on the cover at a position corresponding to the recess, it is configured such that the convex is inserted in and adhered to the recess to attach the cover to the case body. With this, it becomes possible to change the amount of adhesive member in accordance with the environment, etc., with the simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 8239065
    Abstract: An air conditioner with operation according to a user-defined curve and the control method thereof are disclosed. The air conditioner includes a main unit, the main unit includes: a receiving unit of user-defined curve for receiving the user-defined curve set by a user, the user-defined curve is used to define the coincidence relation between the needed air conditioning temperature and the time, and a control unit connected to the receiving unit of user-defined curve for controlling the air conditioning temperature of the air conditioner at different time according to the user-defined curve. The user-defined curve can be set by a keyboard of a remote controller by the user, the data of the user-defined curve can be stored in a memory chip and then can be sent into an infrared signal receiving unit of the main unit, a MCU control chip controls the operation of the air conditioner according to the user-defined curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Gree Electric Applicance, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Yingjiang Ma, Youlin Zhang, Bo Liang, Xuetao Mi, Xuan Cao
  • Patent number: 8234137
    Abstract: Projects of any type require sophisticated management software programs. In reality, these management software programs are provided by various vendors and for different professional fields. For example, scheduling programs for construction professionals, blue print programs for drafting professionals, accounting programs for cost-control professionals. In addition, there are numerous other unofficial and official documents generated by managers of different levels for reporting or track-record-keeping purposes using popular word processing programs and spread-sheet programs. Documents generated by different software programs can only be viewed under the programs they are generated under or compatible programs. This poses a problem in that there is a lack of organized control resulting in difficulty in locating and viewing documents in a timely manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Stellar Services
    Inventor: Liang J. Chen
  • Patent number: 8120171
    Abstract: A power drive unit is configured to comprise a heat sink, a power module pressed by a press member to the heat sink to be fastened thereto and a spring member that has a substantially circular shape and is installed between the power module and the press member. With this, the power module can be fastened to the heat sink without incurring layout limitation, degradation of heat release performance and the like. Also, since the power drive unit further includes a projection that protrudes from the press member to be engaged with an engagement hole bored at the center of the spring member, engagement of the projection of the press member with the engagement hole of the spring member functions to prevent displacement of the press member relative to the spring member, thereby making loads acting on the power modules uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Koike, Motoaki Somaki, Masashi Hayasaka, Shigeharu Matsusaka, Kazuya Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 8104954
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for measuring the temperature field on the surface of casting billet/slab, including: a thermal imager, an infrared radiation thermometer, a mechanical scanning unit, an image and data processing system; the thermal imager, the infrared radiation thermometer and the mechanical scanning unit are respectively connected to the image and data processing system; the infrared radiation thermometer is installed on the mechanical scanning unit and can measure the temperature of casting billet/slab surface by scanning; the thermal imager can measure the temperature of a certain area on the surface of casting billet/slab by thermal imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Northeastern University, Shenyang Taihe Metallurgy Measurement & Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Xie, Zhenwei Hu, Ying Ci, Da Zhang
  • Patent number: 8061841
    Abstract: A customizing equipment for individualized contact lenses comprises an uniform illumination system, a gray image generation system, a projection optical system, a stage system and an alignment system, among which the uniform illumination system generates uniform parallel illuminative light, which generates gray images through the gray image generator controlled by a computer after going through the gray image generation system according to detection results of aberration of human eyes, and images on the image plane of given radius of curvature with photoresist on the samples' surface, which is fixed on the stage system and adjusted to the correct position through the alignment system, after the gray images are zoomed and the curvature of the image field is corrected through the projection optical system, so that the photoresist on the samples' surface will be exposed according to the gray levels of the gray images, after which the exposed samples are developed and etched to obtain the device with continuous e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Institute of Optics & Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yudong Zhang, Jian Wang, Lixin Zhao, Song Hu, Xiaochun Dong, Xuejun Rao, Hongtao Gao, Yun Dai
  • Patent number: 8056823
    Abstract: A constant temperature and balanced pressure valve core with single handle comprises a valve cover, and a temperature adjusting assembly, a thermo-sensitive element, a put-off spring, an adjuster, combined in the chamber of the valve cover from top to bottom; and the valve cover is provided with a cold water inlet, a hot water inlet and an water outlet; wherein the valve core also comprises a water division mechanism and an compacting sealing part; the water division mechanism matches with the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet, forming the cold water passage and hot water passage, and provides a cold water control port and a hot water control port that respectively match with the cold water passage and the hot water passage; the compacting sealing part forms seal with the inner wall of the valve cover, and holds the water division mechanism in the valve cover; the adjuster matches with the thermo-sensitive element and the put-off spring, and on the action of the thermo-sensitive element and the put-off
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Suprema (Zhuhai J/V/) Thermostatic Sanitaryware Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qingjun Xie
  • Patent number: 8056824
    Abstract: A successive type constant temperature valve core with single handle comprises a valve cover, a temperature adjusting assembly, a thermo sensitive element and a control assembly for hot and cold inlet water, combining in the chamber of the valve cover from top to bottom, wherein, the control assembly for hot and cold water inlet comprises a holder of the thermo sensitive element, an adjuster, a put-off spring, a buffer spring and a holding piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Suprema (Zhuhai J/V) Thermostatic Sanitaryware Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qingjun Xie
  • Patent number: 7945555
    Abstract: The present invention provides method and system for categorizing a content published on Internet. The method comprising gathering one or more feeds associated with the content. The method further comprises extracting contextual information from the one or more feeds. Thereafter, the content is categorized into one or more general web-based categories belonging to a set of general web-based categories. The categorizing step further comprises performing a semantic analysis of the contextual information that yields a keyword string. The content is classified into the one or more general web-based category based on the keyword string. Finally, the set of general web-based categories is translated to a set of pre-defined categories, such that one or more general web-based category is translated to a pre-defined category that is relevant to an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Yume, Inc.
    Inventors: Ayyappan Sankaran, Jayant Kadambi, Matthew D Shaver
  • Patent number: 7894458
    Abstract: The present invention provides one kind of IP telecom network system and its realizing method, and a method of building virtual private network and carrying out multicast based on this IP telecom network, and a method of managing resource in this IP telecom network etc. The IP telecom network system includes at least one complex address no-connection data network including at least one address mapping device, several IP networks and several edge pass devices for connection between the IP network and data network address. Each of the devices and the edge pass devices in the data network has one distributed data network address, each of the devices and the edge pass devices in the IP network has one distributed IP address, and the mapping relation between the IP address and the data network address is maintained in the address mapping table in the address mapping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Beijing Jiaxun Feihong Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Tao Jiang, Wen Hong Liu, Zhuhua Hu, Yu Fa Ma, Lin Wei Jiang
  • Patent number: 7853601
    Abstract: The present invention provides method and system for associating an advertisement with one or more content on Internet. The method comprising gathering one or more feeds associated with the one or more content from a plurality of content. The method further comprises categorizing the one or more content into at least one general web-based category belonging to a set of general web-based categories based on the one or more feeds. Thereafter, the set of general web-based categories is translated to a set of pre-defined categories, such that one or more general web-based categories are translated to a pre-defined category. Finally, the advertisement is associated with the one or more content in one or more pre-defined categories based on at least one predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Yume, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayant Kadambi, Ayyappan Sankaran
  • Patent number: 7853617
    Abstract: A method to enable dynamic modification of metadata in a content, the method comprising of constructing the content (305, 505) received from a plurality of content providers, determining a set of rules based on a criterion (310, 405) and sending the content and the set of rules (315, 410, 510) separately. At a receiver end, the set of rules are applied to the content (610, 710) to obtain a resulting content and the resulting content is displayed (615, 715) on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Yume, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayant Kadambi, Ayyappan Sankaran, Yogesh Dandekar, Vijay Kaushik, Murali Shankar
  • Patent number: 7729924
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a virtual knowledge management system which controls the flow of information relating to the performance of business in an enterprise. The flow of information that is intensively administered by a virtual knowledge base 20 is automatically controlled on the basis of information flow control data 40 including document utilization authorization data, mail communications control data, workflow model data, project data and the like. The utilization of document objects by users is controlled in accordance with the document utilization authorization data. The forwarding of and reply to email messages among users is controlled in accordance with the mail communications control data. The order of work among a plurality of users involved in a certain business process is controlled in accordance with the workflow model data. The flow of information among a plurality of users involved in a certain project is controlled in accordance with the project data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Knowledge IT Corporation
    Inventor: Hemant Setya
  • Patent number: 7716248
    Abstract: A method to enable dynamic modification of metadata in a content, the method comprising of constructing the content (305, 505) received from a plurality of content providers, determining a set of rules based on a criterion (310, 405) and sending the content and the set of rules (315, 410, 510) separately. At a receiver end, the set of rules are applied to the content (610, 710) to obtain a resulting content and the resulting content is displayed (615, 715) on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Yume Inc.
    Inventors: Jayant Kadambi, Ayyappan Sankaran, Yogesh Dandekar, Vijay Kaushik, Murali Shankar
  • Patent number: D616972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Changzhou Gardensun Furnace Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianping Wang
  • Patent number: D620569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Well Traveled Living
    Inventors: Edwin L. Hall, Jr., Hampton Hollis Tanner
  • Patent number: D627450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Well Traveled Living
    Inventors: Edwin L. Hall, Jr., Hampton Hollis Tanner
  • Patent number: D627451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Well Traveled Living
    Inventors: Edwin L. Hall, Jr., Hampton Hollis Tanner
  • Patent number: D627868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Well Traveled Living
    Inventors: Edwin L. Hall, Jr., Hampton Hollis Tanner