Patents Represented by Attorney Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP.
  • Patent number: 8334643
    Abstract: A lamp for internal lighting of an electric household appliance includes an LED, a printed circuit for supporting and powering the LED, and a supporting body made of an electrically non-conductive material and provided, at a first end thereof, with a reflecting/diffusing element for light emitted from the LED. The LED is carried on a flat face of the printed circuit, at a first end of the printed circuit. The supporting body has a tubular shape and the printed circuit being supported inside the supporting body, with the flat face arranged substantially coplanar with an optical axis of the reflecting/diffusing element and the first end of the printed circuit overhangingly protruding from the first end of the supporting body, so that the reflecting/diffusing element collects at least a part of the light emitted from the LED. The printed circuit extends over an entire length of the supporting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Giordano, Domenico Pietrafesa
  • Patent number: 8333165
    Abstract: A powder spraycoating control system and its combination with a powder pump or with a powder spraycoating unit. The control system contains an controller programmed to alternatingly operate a powder spraycoating unit in turn containing an injector serving as the powder pump or a powder spraycoating unit containing a dense phase powder pump serving as the powder pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ITW Gema GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Christian Marxer
  • Patent number: 8332080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device to assist in navigation in an airport sector. The inventive method and device make it possible to automatically calculate the points of intersection between the path of the flight plan and the zones having speed limitations all around an airport and calculate a speed profile conforming to these limitations. The inventive method and device also make it possible to use an automatic guidance automatically defining flight instructions corresponding to the calculated speed profile. Furthermore, the invention calculates predictions concerning the flight parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Manuel Gutierrez-Castaneda, Stéphane Paris
  • Patent number: 8331132
    Abstract: A memory includes a capacitor coupled to a write bit line or a word line. An initializer is configured to initialize a voltage level at a first node between the capacitor and the write bit line or a word line. An initial level adjuster is configured to adjust a voltage level of a second node at one terminal of the capacitor. A pulse generator configured to supply a pulse to the initial level adjuster to control the initial level adjuster. A boost signal is configured to be supplied to a third node on the other terminal of the capacitor opposite the first node to boost a voltage level of the write bit line lower than ground or to boost a voltage level of the word line higher than a power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hank Cheng, Ming-Zhang Kuo, Chung-Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 8332003
    Abstract: A device providing biological protection against the electromagnetic waves emitted by a mobile telephone. A protective element against electromagnetic waves, arranged so that the user is able to protect himself or herself from the electromagnetic waves emitted by the mobile telephone during use, with the protective element reflecting these signals away from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Dephasium Ltd., University de Nantes
    Inventors: Cyril Mourali, Serge Parienti, Joseph Saillard, Janic Chauveau, Marc Brunet, Henri Collette
  • Patent number: 8331686
    Abstract: A method of extracting line segments from a subject image includes calculating a gradient image and a direction image of respective edge pixels in a canny edge image obtained from the subject image, calculating a primary line passing arbitrary two pixels selected among the edge pixels, selecting candidate line segment pixels through performing an incremental pixel extension from a midpoint of the two pixels forming the primary line, and extracting the line segments by checking whether the candidate line segment pixels are connected to each another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Kwang Lee, Chang Joon Park, Kwang Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 8327904
    Abstract: A work conveying mechanism according to the present invention includes a rotation drum in which an adsorbing pad for adsorbing an absorber is provided. The work conveying mechanism rotates the rotation drum and arranges the absorber on a third web being conveyed. In an outer shape of the work adsorbed by the adsorbing pad, an outer edge portion thereof is closer to a shaft center side of the rotation drum than a central portion thereof is. A work conveying mechanism includes a roller mechanism provided on a side of the third web opposite to the rotation drum side and configured to locate the third web on the adsorbing pad side. At a passing point, the roller mechanism arranges an outer edge portion of the third web in a width direction on a shaft center side of the rotation drum closer than a central portion thereof is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8327522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the collective fabrication of a remotely interrogable sensor having at least one first resonator and one second resonator. Each resonator exhibits respectively a first and a second operating frequency. A first series of first resonators are fabricated. The first resonators each have a first operating frequency belonging to a first set of frequencies centered on a first central frequency. A second series of second resonators are fabricated. The second resonators each having a second operating frequency belonging to a second set of frequencies centered on a second central frequency. A series of pairings of a first resonator and of a second resonator are conducted so as to form pairs of resonators exhibiting a difference of operating frequencies which is equal to the difference of the first and second central frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Senseor
    Inventors: Luc Chommeloux, Raphael Lardat, Sylvain Ballandras
  • Patent number: 8332717
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of improving iterative decoding of short codes within a demodulator. The vector of metrics of the bits considered at the output of the demodulator is decoded. The value of the check code of the CRC of the decoded word is compared with a predetermined value. If the value of the CRC is considered to form an acceptable message for the decoding step, the decoded word is transmitted to the recipient. If the value of the CRC is incompatible with a correctly decoded message, then the parameters for iterative decoding of the initial message are modified that were received from the demodulator and executing at least one new iterative decoding step with these new parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: Jacques Eudes
  • Patent number: 8331443
    Abstract: A system for evaluating video quality using auxiliary information of a codec includes a video transmitter that includes a source video input unit for inputting source video, an encoding unit for encoding the input source video, a decoding unit for decoding encoded video data, and a video quality evaluation unit for evaluating video quality using the decoded video data. The encoding unit transmits auxiliary information required for video quality evaluation, among information acquired in an encoding procedure, to the video quality evaluation unit. The video quality evaluation unit evaluates video quality using the decoded video data received from the decoding unit, and the auxiliary information received from the encoding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: SK Planet Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Sang-Woo Rhie, Chul-Hee Lee, Sang-Ho Chae, Hyun-Joong Park, Joong-Yun Lee
  • Patent number: 8329578
    Abstract: A via etching process forms a through-substrate via having a round corner and a tapered sidewall profile. A method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a patterned photoresist layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming an opening in the hard mask and exposing a portion of the semiconductor substrate; forming a via passing through at least a part of the of semiconductor substrate using the patterned photoresist layer and hard mask layer as a masking element; performing a trimming process to round the top corner of the via; and removing the photoresist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Pin Chang, Wen-Chih Chiou, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 8328142
    Abstract: An aircraft wing comprising: a trailing edge cove extending in a span-wise direction along a trailing edge of the wing, the trailing edge cove having a front face, a top face and a bottom face; an actuator bracket which is mounted to the front and top faces of the trailing edge cove, but not to its bottom face; an aileron actuator coupled at one end to an aileron and at the other end to the actuator bracket, the aileron actuator being adjustable from a retracted position to a deployed position to deploy the aileron; and a channel extending in a span-wise direction along the wing and positioned below the actuator bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Lynn McDonald
  • Patent number: 8327478
    Abstract: A mattress and/or seat cushion for reducing pain and anaesthetization of parts of the human body include a stretchable fabric case made of textile threads and elastomer or rubber threads woven together to form a stretchable fabric. The case has a top layer with a top surface and a bottom surface and a bottom layer with a top or inner surface and a bottom or outer surface and the size to cover a cushion for a seat or mattress that fits on a cot or bed. The seat cushion or mattress also includes a relatively thin resilient pad disposed within the fabric case adjacent the bottom surface of the top layer and includes a number of passageways extending therethrough. In addition, a mass of cleaned sand and mountain salt is disposed within the fabric case below the resilient pad and below the bottom layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: Husain S. A. Faridoon
  • Patent number: 8328609
    Abstract: A back-air blocking device to ventilate a motor vehicle's inside space includes a frame or housing made of a first plastic, and a valve flap, made of flexible material, connected in one zone to the frame and in other zones resting against a sealing surface of said frame when the flap is in its rest position. The flap detaches off the sealing surface when subjected to a pressure differential. The valve flap is a thin plate made of a closed-pore, foamed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Schneider
  • Patent number: 8324738
    Abstract: A copper post is formed in a passivation layer to electrically connect an underlying bond pad region, and extends to protrude from the passivation layer. A protection layer is formed on a sidewall surface or a top surface of the copper post in a self-aligned manner. The protection layer is a manganese-containing oxide layer, a manganese-containing nitride layer or a manganese-containing oxynitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Shi Liu, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 8325318
    Abstract: An information storage/readout device for use in a system for continuously manufacturing liquid-crystal display elements comprises an information storage medium which stores therein slitting position information created based on the position of a defect detected by an inspection of a continuous polarizing composite film included in a continuous optical film laminate including a continuous polarizing composite film formed with an adhesive layer and a continuous carrier film releasably laminated on the adhesive layer, to indicate defective-polarizing-sheet slitting positions defining a defective or defect-containing polarizing sheet, and normal-polarizing-sheet slitting positions defining a normal or defect-free polarizing sheet, in the continuous inspected optical film laminate, and a roll of the continuous inspected optical film laminate which is provided with an identification indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Kimura, Kazuo Kitada, Tomokazu Yura, Satoru Koshio, Fumihito Shimanoe, Takuya Nakazono
  • Patent number: 8322289
    Abstract: A low floor vehicle reduces, when the vehicle enters a curved track, the lateral force of the vehicle, prevents occurrence of vibration and creaking sounds of the vehicle, improves riding quality of passengers, and reduces wear of wheel flanges. A low floor vehicle includes a bogie frame 9 of a bogie 7, a pair of bogie frame cross beams 9a arranged along a vehicle lateral direction in the middle of a vehicle longitudinal direction of the bogie frame 9 and arranged spaced apart from each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a pair of wheels 8 provided in each of a vehicle front edge direction and a vehicle rear edge direction with respect to the pair of bogie frame cross beams 9a of the bogie frame 9 and configured to travel on a track 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Okubo, Hiroyuki Kono, Kousuke Katahira
  • Patent number: 8324960
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first PMOS transistor, where its drain is arranged to be coupled to a voltage output, and its source is coupled to the drain of a second PMOS transistor. The source of the second PMOS transistor is arranged to be coupled to a high power supply voltage. The source and drain of a MOS capacitor are coupled to the source of the first PMOS transistor. The drain of an NMOS transistor is coupled to the drain of the first PMOS transistor. The integrated circuit is configured to receive a voltage input to generate the voltage output having a maximum voltage higher than the voltage input. The gate oxide layer thickness of the MOS capacitor is less than that of the first PMOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chieh Huang, Chan-Hong Chern, Chih-Chang Lin, Tien-Chun Yang, Yuwen Swei
  • Patent number: 8322657
    Abstract: An aircraft leading edge panel having an outer aerodynamic surface; and an inner surface carrying the elastomeric impact protection membrane. The membrane comprises a woven or knitted fabric which is impregnated with an elastomeric material. The membrane and the panel may be bonded by an adhesive or co-cured to bond the membrane to the panel. The membrane provides impact protection to the panel by de-bonding from the face of the panel and absorbing at least part of the energy of an object impacting the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Colin John West, David Alistair Sutton, Fariborz F. Boozari
  • Patent number: D672262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Holland, Gregory Abel, Valdin Omvig, Donald Halbert, Brian M. Clemens, Micah T. Somers