Patents Represented by Attorney Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner
  • Patent number: 8295988
    Abstract: Voltage of a utility grid is reliably and swiftly restored, which decreased due to a utility grid failure or the like, to reference voltage. A generator is connected to a utility grid. A voltage detecting section detects voltage of a utility grid. A control section determines reactive current corresponding to the voltage obtained from the voltage detecting section based on voltage current correlation information in which the voltage of the utility grid and the reactive current to be supplied to the utility grid are correlated with each other. An electric power converting section regulates the reactive current to be supplied to or absorbed from the utility grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Yasugi
  • Patent number: 8292971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating fabric conditioner for washable silk products, which can provide smoothness to silk products since fabric conditioners of different kinds are mixed and treated together and decrease whiteness or prevent yellowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Man Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 8294697
    Abstract: Provided is a register circuit including a timing circuit controlled by an external control signal to receive an external timing signal and then to transmit a first timing signal and a second timing signal, wherein the first timing signal and the second timing signal have phases inverse to each other; two pass gates controlled by the first timing signal and the second timing signal to receive starting pulse signals and then transmit the pulse signals as one of the pass gates turns on; a signal output unit receiving the pulse signals to transmit an output signal; and two switches controlled by the external control signal to receive and to transmit the output signal as one of the switches turns on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Dong Qian
  • Patent number: 8291769
    Abstract: A multipurpose transducer for an appliance using water, like a washing machine, a dishwasher or a hot-water tank converts physical parameters like water temperature, cleanness and pressure in said appliance into electric signals. It is provided with a temperature transducer (TT), a turbidity transducer (TurbT) and a pressure transducer (PT), all of them being fixed on an electrically insulating mounting support (MS). The pressure transducer (PT) is made as an uncompensated strain gauge in a thick film technology. The temperature transducer (TT) made as a termistor is also manufactured in the thick film technology. The multipurpose transducer (MPT) of the invention requires less work steps to be manufactured, mounted and connected in the appliance of said type than earlier transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Klemen Dobravec
  • Patent number: 8295116
    Abstract: Some embodiments regard a method comprising: during a leakage sampling phase, recognizing a voltage level dropped due to a leakage current associated with a signal linestoring the voltage level; and during a reading phase, using the voltage level to provide an amount of compensation current to the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Huei Chen, Shao-Yu Chou
  • Patent number: 8295862
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system to provide network aware applications on a mobile device that can communicate using existing SMS communication channels without resorting to other IP based communication channels that are costlier and are not available on many of the networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Telibrahma Convergent Communications Pvt Ltd
    Inventor: Narasimha Suresh
  • Patent number: 8292448
    Abstract: A flat lighting module includes: a frame including a base and an extension portion extending from the base; a light source unit placed on the base that includes a plurality of light emitting devices; and a diffusion plate placed on the light source unit, wherein a light emitting device that is the closest to the extension portion among the plurality of the light emitting devices of the light source unit is disposed separately from the extension portion at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwayoung Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Hyunha Shin, Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8292792
    Abstract: A cutting device feeds a web between a die roll and an anvil roll, and cuts a continuous portion of the web. The cutting device includes a continuous portion transport unit configured to hold and transport the continuous portion of the web being continuous in a moving direction of the web, and a discontinuous portion transport unit configured to hold and transport a discontinuous portion of the web being discontinuous in the moving direction of the web. The die roll includes a first large diameter portion whose outer peripheral surface is provided with a cutting blade configured to cut the continuous portion of the web. The anvil roll includes a second large diameter portion disposed to face the first large diameter portion. By the discontinuous portion transport unit, the discontinuous portion passes through between the die roll and the anvil roll without contacting the first large diameter portion and the second large diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8291955
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus of manufacturing a pipe-shaped insulator, wherein a thin fiberglass mat is coated, at a surface thereof, with a binder (adhesive) and is press-wound on a forming roller, so as to manufacture a pipe-shaped insulator having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined diameter. The apparatus includes a mat feeding roller, a plurality of fiberglass mat transportation rollers, a coating roller to coat a binder over a surface of the fiberglass mat, a forming roller on which the fiberglass mat, coated with the binder, is wound in plural times to form a pipe-shaped insulator, a squeeze roller disposed parallel to the forming roller, a pressure regulator to press the fiberglass mat, an encoder to measure a transported length of the fiberglass mat, a cutting unit to diagonally cut the fiberglass mat, a control system, a sensor, and a plurality of drive motors and power transmission members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sewoon T&S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pil Se Lee
  • Patent number: 8292233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar protection device for space instrument. This invention is particularly suited to electromagnetic measuring instruments pointing in a direction close to that of the sun. To ensure the continuous availability, the performance and the non-degradation of collecting instruments directed towards the sun, the invention proposes the use of solar baffling thermally and mechanically decoupled from the platform supporting the collecting instruments of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Claude Alis, Jacques Vieillot
  • Patent number: 8294202
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure, for improving the metal gate leakage within the semiconductor device. A structure for a metal gate electrode for a n-type Field Effect Transistor includes a capping layer; a first metal layer comprising Ti and Al over the capping layer; a metal oxide layer over the first metal layer; a barrier layer over the metal oxide layer; and a second metal layer over the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiu-Ko Jangjian, Szu-An Wu, Sheng-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 8287618
    Abstract: A process for the selective recovery of Mo, V, Ni, Co and Al from spent hydroprocessing catalysts includes the steps of treating the spent catalysts to recovery metals, support as well as chemicals. The process steps include deoiling, decoking, washing, dissolving, complexing agent treatment, acid treatment and solvent extraction. This process uses limited steps than conventional processes by the use of ultrasonic agitation for metal extraction and the presence of a chelating agent particularly Ethylene Diamine Tetra-Acetic Acid (EDTA). The process also discloses the compete recovery of the extracting agent EDTA with high purity for reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
    Inventor: Meena Marafi
  • Patent number: 8288871
    Abstract: The embodiments of bump-on-trace (BOT) structures and their layout on a die described reduce stresses on the dielectric layer on the metal pad and on the metal traces of the BOT structures. By orienting the axes of the metal bumps away from being parallel to the metal traces, the stresses can be reduced, which can reduce the risk of delamination of the metal traces from the substrate and the dielectric layer from the metal pad. Further, the stresses of the dielectric layer on the metal pad and on the metal traces may also be reduced by orienting the axes of the metal traces toward the center of the die. As a result, the yield can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuh Chern Shieh, Han-Ping Pu, Yu-Feng Chen, Tin-Hao Kuo
  • Patent number: 8289180
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a device for managing configuration and for managing maintenance of apparatus. It relates to a device for managing configuration and maintenance of a number N of items of apparatus EQi integrated into a system, i denoting an identification index for the apparatus EQi and lying between 2 and N. The system includes a main computer RC. The apparatus EQi exchanges data with the main computer RC through a communication network. The apparatus EQi being able to be integrated into the system or to be removed from the system. According to the invention, the device includes at least one data concentrator C, N radio tags ETi, each tag ETi is fixed securely to the apparatus EQi, a number M of communication nodes Nj, where j denotes an identification index for the communication node Nj, j lies between 2 and M, M is less than or equal to N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: Philippe Guichard
  • Patent number: 8289216
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an antenna-embedded case for a mobile communications terminal includes providing an antenna pattern, forming a first injection-molded member covering one surface of the antenna pattern, and disposing the first injection-molded member, provided with the antenna pattern on one surface thereof, in a second mold with the antenna pattern disposed in a space inside the second mold, and injection-molding a second injection-molded member covering the other surface of the antenna pattern to embed the antenna pattern between the first injection-molded member and the second injection-molded member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Eun Cho, Jae Gyu Go, Yong Shik Na, Dae Kyu Lee, Chan Gwang An, Hyun Kil Nam, Byung Hwa Lee, Dae Seong Jeon, Ha Ryong Hong, Jae Suk Sung
  • Patent number: 8286911
    Abstract: A method of installing an aerodynamic control element on an aircraft structure. The method comprising: attaching a fitting to the aircraft structure, the fitting comprising a pair of hinge ribs extending away from the aircraft structure and a spacer extending between the pair of hinge ribs; maintaining a desired distance between the pair of hinge ribs with the spacer as the fitting is attached; and pivotally mounting the aerodynamic control element to each hinge rib via a respective hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Jon McAlinden, Kim Sharp
  • Patent number: 8286286
    Abstract: A prayer cushion for use during Islamic ritual prayers to reduce pain and black marks on an individual's knees and ankles comprises a generally rectangular pad of hollow polyester fibers with a soft cotton layer on top of the hollow polyester fibers. The pad has a width of about 50 cm, a length of 25 to about 50 cm and an thickness of about 14 cm. The pad also defines two relatively short longitudinally extending floor engaging channels extending from a rear edge of the cushion and is adapted to receive a portion of an individual's foot therein. The channels also have a height of about 8 cm and width of about 12 cm and extend for a length that will accommodate a portion of an individual's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Nadia M. Al-Saif
  • Patent number: 8287217
    Abstract: An expansion anchor comprising a tubular body, which extends along a longitudinal axis and displays a deformable end portion on which there are obtained longitudinal slots which divide the end portion itself into a series of anchoring fins, and an expansion nut, which is partially engaged onto said end portion and is adapted to be displaced by a screw so as to radially expand said anchoring fins outwards; each anchoring fin being shaped so as to display an annular ridge on its end and two protruding side teeth, which are arranged on the side edge of said anchoring fin at the two ends of the ridge; each anchoring fin further displaying an external friction surface provided with a plurality of annular notches or cavities coaxial to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: ITW Construction Products Italy S.R.L. Con Unico Socio
    Inventor: Roberto Pisoni
  • Patent number: 8288776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated, composite hybrid electric device in which various devices are formed as a single unit on one flexible substrate, and a fabrication method thereof. More particularly, the present invention a hybrid electric device in which a display device, a vibration-generating (or vibration-sensing) device, and a non-volatile memory device are formed on a single flexible piezoelectric polymer substrate into a single unit by using a flexible piezoelectric polymer substrate whose both surfaces are thinly deposited with a patterned transparent oxidation electrode, and a fabrication method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Won-Kook Choi, Sang Yub Ie, Dong Hee Park, Ji Hwan Kim, Dong Soo Lee, In Seok Park, Dong Ik Son
  • Patent number: D668905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Green Lane Products Limited
    Inventors: Gary Lane, Alan Green