Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Leydig, Voit & Mayer
  • Patent number: 8349357
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive patch comprising a support, an adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, and a release liner on a surface of the adhesive layer opposite from the support, wherein (a) the lateral end of the adhesive layer is exposed, (b) in at least one lateral end, the lateral end of the adhesive layer is located toward the central part side of the adhesive patch from the lateral end of the support, and (c) when placed horizontally with the release liner facing down, a distance A between the upper end of the support and the lower end of the release liner at said lateral end of the adhesive patch is greater than a thickness B of the central part of the adhesive patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Harima, Masakatsu Konno, Ryo Hashino, Akira Numata
  • Patent number: 8347917
    Abstract: In a four-way valve having a simple structure, even if a high-temperature refrigerant and a low-temperature refrigerant flow close to each other, heat loss between both refrigerants is suppressed. The valve comprises a housing member including a valve chamber, a valve seat including a bearing surface portion located in the valve chamber, a first channel through which a high-temperature fluid flows and a second channel through which a low-temperature fluid flows at a predetermined time, including openings adjacent to each other at a bearing surface portion of the valve seat, passing through the valve seat and extending outside of the valve chamber, and a valve element moving to the bearing surface portion of the valve seat. A thermal resistor portion suppressing heat transfer between these channels is located near the openings, between the first and second channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Yoshimura, Shinichi Wakamoto, Shinji Nakashima, Takashi Sekiya
  • Patent number: 8351052
    Abstract: A method for reading a topographic structure applied to a component includes providing the component with the topographic structure, applying an agent configured to enhance a contrast of the structure to at least a region of the component where the structure is located and reading the topographic structure after the applying the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Peter Kritzer, Christian Bickel, Kurt Ewald, Christian Geubert
  • Patent number: 8351861
    Abstract: A method of spectrum access for wireless communications by a secondary unlicensed unit in a CRN environment comprising one or more secondary unlicensed mobile units and one or more primary licensed units includes receiving information indicative of a location and movement of one or more secondary unlicensed units and a channel usage pattern and spatial distribution of one or more primary licensed units is accessed and a guard distance to shield the one or more primary licensed units from interference is calculated. The channel availability to the one or more secondary unlicensed units is then calculated according to a two-state Markov model including the guard distance as a constraint and based on the information indicative of the location and movement of the one or more secondary unlicensed units and the channel usage pattern and spatial distribution of the one or more primary licensed units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventors: Alexander Min, Kyu-Han Kim, Jatinder Pal Singh
  • Patent number: 8348246
    Abstract: A system for distributing a fluid via a packing disposed in a container, the packing configured to have the fluid trickle from a top to a bottom thereof, includes at least one distributor member including a pressure conduit having at least one nozzle configured to discharge the fluid therethrough and a distributor channel adjoining the distributor member. A width of the distributor channel does not substantially exceed a diameter of the distributor member. The distributor channel defines at least one outlet slot disposed at a lower end of the distributor channel. The at least one outlet slot has a specified width and is configured to discharge the fluid from the distributor channel to the packing via a guide member. The distributor channel is configured to receive the fluid discharged from the at least one nozzle so as to provide a specified level of the fluid in the distributor channel. The distributor channel forms a ventable chamber above the specified fluid level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Outotec Oyj
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Daum, Wolf-Christoph Rauser, Wolfram Schalk
  • Patent number: 8353000
    Abstract: A system and charging control method of network convergence policy and charging control architecture are disclosed, based on the QoS parameter, charging policy and user subscribing information granted by the service layer, the PCRF confirms PCC rule, and provides the PCC rule to the policy distribution function PDF. As the interface between the PCRF and PCC policy performing entity, the PDF performs the protocol conversion and information distribution. Based on the PCC rule, the PCC policy performing entity performs QoS policy of the service data flow and the detecting and charging of the service flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianhui He, Liang Gu, Yong Xie, Jianjun Wu
  • Patent number: 8351540
    Abstract: A codebook, a codebook creating method, and an uplink transmission method and equipment based on the codebook relating to per-coding in telecommunication are provided. In the method, a codebook size and a symbol set are determined. A minimum distance is calculated. A maximum codebook is selected according to the minimum distance. The method is used in per-coding of uplink transmission to reduce power loss of an uplink power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongxing Zhou
  • Patent number: 8351482
    Abstract: A multi-wavelength semiconductor laser device includes a block having a rectangular groove with a bottom face and two side faces extending in a predetermined direction; and laser diodes with different light emission wavelengths mounted on the bottom face and the side faces of the groove in the block so that their laser beams are emitted in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Okura
  • Patent number: 8350050
    Abstract: High-quality bis-(1(2)H-tetrazol-5-yl)amine and a method for easily, safely, and inexpensively producing the compound are provided. The method for producing bis-(1(2)H-tetrazol-5-yl)amine includes the steps of heating to 50 to 120° C. a solution mixture in which a necessary amount of an azide salt and a dicyanamide salt in an amount corresponding to 1 to 80 wt % of a necessary amount are added to a solvent, adding an acid in an amount of 1.54 to 2.22 chemical equivalents of the dicyanamide salt in the solution mixture to carry out a reaction at 50 to 120° C., and then adding an acid and a dicyanamide salt solution in which the remaining dicyanamide salt is dissolved in a solvent to promote the reaction. Bis-(1(2)H-tetrazol-5-yl)amine is obtained according to the production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Toda, Toru Kofukuda
  • Patent number: 8348809
    Abstract: System for training optimisation, the system comprising: at least one sensor for measuring a mechanical load parameter which is indicative for a mechanical load of the training a storage module for storing data which are dispatched by the least one sensor in a log file; a training advice module which is arranged for determining a personal training advice related to a load assessment of the user based on at least the data stored in the log file, the data comprising a cumulative load parameter or a training load history determined on the basis of historical sensor data stored in the log file, the training advice comprising the frequency of next training sessions and/or a type of training to be performed in the next training session; at least one output device such as a display, a sound signal, audio output, voice output or a vibrating element for outputting said training advice to said user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nederlandse organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Marc Esse van der Zande, Johannes van der Loo, Sytze Kalisvaart
  • Patent number: 8349180
    Abstract: Fluid filter elements and assemblies are used to separate contaminants from a fluid, such as oil or fuel, prior to reaching an engine. Fluid filter assemblies may comprise a housing, a filter element, and a filter head. The filter element may be disposed within the filter housing and enclosed by the filter head. Fluid enters the housing and passes through the filter element. The fluid may then exit the assembly. A connector may be used to connect the filter element to the filter head to ensure proper installation and simplify removal of a fouled filter element. The connector permits removable coupling of the filter element to the filter head and resists unintentional disengagement to securely couple the filter element to the filter head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Milum
  • Patent number: 8352832
    Abstract: An error correction code includes a separate error code portion for each of two or more separate burst erasure durations (or burst error durations). For each burst erasure duration, the code can be employed to recover from the burst erasure with a different delay time. Each error code portion has a particular parameter for burst duration (B) and delay (T), meaning that the code can be used to recover from a burst erasure of duration B with delay T. Each error code portion is based on separating the source symbols into sub-symbols and diagonally interleaving the sub-symbols based on the (B,T) parameters for the error code portion. Accordingly, different burst erasures are recovered from with different delays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventors: Ashish Khisti, Jatinder Pal Singh
  • Patent number: 8343873
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor wafer includes a number of steps in order including a bilateral material-removing process followed by rounding off an edge of the wafer and grinding front and back sides of the wafer by holding one side and grinding the other. The front and back arc then polished with a polishing cloth including bound abrasives and subsequently treated with an etching medium to carry out a material removal of no more than 1 ?m on each side. The front side is then polished using a polishing cloth including bound abrasives and the back side is simultaneously polished using a polishing cloth free of abrasives while a polish with abrasives is provided. The edge is then polished followed by polishing the back with a polishing cloth including bound abrasives and simultaneously polishing the front with a cloth free of abrasives while a polish including abrasives is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventor: Juergen Schwandner
  • Patent number: 8341895
    Abstract: A mounting device for solar modules having a large aspect ratio in a parallel arrangement on a flat horizontal substrate includes mounting rails having through-holes at predetermined locations. Insertion elements are attached to the mounting rails at the through-holes. Each insertion element includes a one-piece shaped element having a contiguous surface interrupted by an insertion slit configured to receive a lengthwise edge area of a solar module, the insertion slit extending at a predetermined insertion angle. A plastic wedge is configured to secure the received lengthwise edge area of the solar module in the insertion slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Solon SE
    Inventors: Sascha Oliver Schwarze, Maik Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8342012
    Abstract: In a method for performing diagnostics on line systems, in particular crank casing venting systems of internal combustion engines, a correction value for an operating parameter of the internal combustion engine is formed in each of at least two chronologically successive determining steps. The correction values or values which are derived therefrom are used to detect a faulty state of the line system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Jach, Joerg Oberbeck
  • Patent number: 8343570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions comprising of at least one bismuth-containing inorganic pigment, at least one organic phosphorous stabilizer, at least one thermally polymerizable thermosetting powder coating resin and at least one crosslinker. The inventive thermosetting powder coating compositions are advantageously used where there is a need for heat resistant coatings and where only minor surface modifications during over bake conditions are acceptable. The invention also relates to the use of the inventive thermosetting powder coating compositions for the preparation of powdered paints and varnishes for the making of coatings and to coatings obtained therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: DCC IP
    Inventors: Thomas Gross, Conny Te Walvaart, Hub Bernsen, Jules Lahaye
  • Patent number: 8346301
    Abstract: A calling method, device and system are disclosed. The calling method includes: obtaining, by a service platform, subscription information of a roaming prepaid subscriber, modifying and sending the modified subscription information to a visited mobile switching center (VMSC) of the roaming prepaid subscriber so that a call initiated by the roaming prepaid subscriber could be triggered to the service platform by the VMSC; receiving, by the service platform, the call to a called subscriber initiated by the roaming prepaid subscriber and triggered by the VMSC; and instructing, by the service platform, the VMSC to release the call and instructing a call connection device to connect the roaming prepaid subscriber to the called subscriber after determining from the call that the roaming prepaid subscriber has activated a callback service. User operation is simplified and user's experience is improved with the method, device and system in accordance with the embodiments of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haihua Hu, Weili Wang
  • Patent number: 8343285
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a dishwashing cycle in a household dishwasher includes performing a wash step and dispensing an amount of a combination product from a dispenser during the wash step. The combination product includes a rinse agent and a cleaning agent. The method also includes performing a rinse step and dispensing an amount of the combination product from the dispenser during the rinse step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Miele & Cie. KG, Henkel AG & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Willi Buchmeier, Joerg Kinnius, Christian Nitsch, Dirk Wegener, Cornelius Wolf, Johannes Zipfel
  • Patent number: 8346098
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus is provided, which includes: a photoelectric detector (PD), adapted to generate current signals according to optical signals projected on the PD and digitally modulated at a high or low rate; a first switch, adapted to switch to output the high-rate or low-rate current signals; a first transimpedance amplifier (TIA), adapted to amplify the high-rate current signals into high-rate voltage signals; and a second TIA, adapted to amplify the received low-rate current signals into low-rate voltage signals. Therefore, in the present invention, high-rate and low-rate receiving paths are completely separated. This provides signals with good quality and avoids signal deterioration; and switching between the high-rate and low-rate receiving paths simplifies the structure and lowers costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhishan Feng
  • Patent number: D673747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Freudenberg Household Products LP
    Inventors: Balaji Kandasamy, Joseph Seifts