Patents Represented by Attorney McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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Patent number: 8351187Abstract: A solid capacitor according to an aspect of the invention may include: a capacitor device having an anode lead wire extending from one side thereof; a case molding the capacitor device and exposing the anode lead wire to the outside thereof; cathode and anode lead frames exposed on the outside the case and electrically connected to the capacitor device; a reinforcement interposed in the case between the anode lead wire and the anode lead frame so as to support the capacitor device and electrically connecting the anode lead wire and the anode lead frame; and a resin shielding part applied to the exposed portion of the anode lead wire to prevent the infiltration of foreign substances through the anode lead wire.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Kwang Kim, Kwan Hyeong Kim, Chong Hoon Pak
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Patent number: 8349800Abstract: The present invention provides von Willebrand Factor-polymer conjugates and Factor VIII-polymer conjugates, each having a releasable linkage. Methods of making conjugates, methods for administering conjugates, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignees: Nektar Therapeutics, Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Mary J. Bossard, Gayle Stephenson, Zhihao Fang, Harold Zappe, Stacy Mitchell, Ping Zhang, Friedrich Scheiflinger, Peter Turecek, Juergen Siekmann, Katalin Varadi, Herbert Gritsch
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Patent number: 8350360Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) capacitor includes a CNT film and four terminals. The first terminal includes a first end electrode disposed at a first end of the CNT film. The second terminal includes a second end electrode disposed at a second end of the CNT film. The third terminal includes an upper electrode disposed above the CNT film. The fourth terminal includes a lower electrode disposed below the CNT film. A method of operating a CNT capacitor includes applying a first signal across the first and second terminals to switch a CNT film from a conductive state to a non-conductive state, and applying a second signal across the third and fourth terminals to store charge or to discharge charges in the CNT capacitor. A method of making a CNT capacitor includes providing four terminals and a CNT film.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Quoc X. Ngo
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Patent number: 8349774Abstract: Provided are a mixed nano-lubricating oil and a method for preparing the same. The method for preparing a mixed nano-lubricating oil includes the steps of: (a) preparing a mixed solution by adding and mixing a nanopowder and a dispersant to a solvent and pulverizing the nanopowder to a primary particle level; (b) modifying the surface of the nanopowder; (c) substituting the solvent of the mixed solution to a lubricating oil; and (d) mixing at least two nano-lubricating oils prepared using physically and chemically different nanopowders. According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the wear resistance and the load resistance at the same time by mixing at least two kinds of lubricating oils having excellent wear resistance or load resistance.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Korea Electric Power CorporationInventors: Cheol Choi, Je Myung Oh, Mi Hee Jung
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Patent number: 8350531Abstract: A secondary battery charge control method includes: a charge control step of executing charging by supplying a charge current to a secondary battery; a charge information acquisition step of acquiring information relating to the charging executed in the charge control step; a storage step of storing the information acquired in the charge information acquisition step as charge data; and a charge inhibition determination step of determining whether to inhibit the charging in the charge control step on the basis of the charge data of a previous cycle that have been stored in the storage step when charging in the charge control step is started again after charging in the charge control step has been completed.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Naohisa Morimoto, Toshihiro Inoue
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Patent number: 8347572Abstract: A lightweight beam may have a triangular prism core and a triaxial fabric cover wrapped around the core, with at least one rod proximate an apex of the core. The rod may extend substantially parallel to a centerline of the core. Multiple lightweight beams may be joined to form a larger lightweight structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Gregory Piedmont
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Patent number: 8349201Abstract: A method of processing a SOI substrate to form a groove in the SOI substrate in which a silicon layer is stacked on both sides of an oxide layer is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes dividing a portion of the silicon layer, in which the groove is to be processed, into a plurality of unit portions, performing dry etching on certain portions of the plurality of divided unit portions such that the oxide layer is exposed and removing remaining portions of the plurality of divided unit portions by removing the oxide layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung-Mo Yang, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Seuck Yoo
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Patent number: 8351253Abstract: A tunnel magnetic resistive element forming a magnetic memory cell includes a fixed magnetic layer having a fixed magnetic field of a fixed direction, a free magnetic layer magnetized by an applied magnetic field, and a tunnel barrier that is an insulator film provided between the fixed and free magnetic layers in a tunnel junction region. In the free magnetic layer, a region corresponding to an easy axis region having characteristics desirable as a memory cell is used as the tunnel junction region. A hard axis region having characteristics undesirable as a memory cell is not used as a portion of the tunnel magnetic resistive element.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Hideto Hidaka
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Patent number: 8350687Abstract: Provided is a gauge device that can provide innovativeness to representation during an operation of effect creation, and can improve the marketability and designability. A gauge device 1 is configured to include a display section 2 that displays vehicle information by rotating a pointer needle on a display panel, and an operation section 3 for use to operate various types of functions of the display section 2. Control means is also provided for operating, in response to an input of a predetermined start signal, in a cooperative manner, first illumination means 2d provided for illuminating the display section 2 and second illumination means 3c provided for illuminating the operation section 3 to make those operate a predetermined operation of effect creation. The start signal is an input of turning on or off a power switch.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yousuke Maruyama, Masaki Yamazoe
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Patent number: 8351181Abstract: There is provided a chip type laminated capacitor including: a ceramic body formed by laminating a dielectric layer having a thickness equal to 10 or more times an average particle diameter of a grain included therein and being 3 ?m or less; first and second outer electrodes; a first inner electrode having one end forming a first margin together with one end surface of the ceramic body at which the second outer electrode is formed and the other end leading to the first outer electrode; and a second inner electrode having one end forming a second margin together with the other end surface of the ceramic body at which the first outer electrode is formed and the other end leading to the second outer electrode, wherein the first and second margins have different widths under a condition that they are 200 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Ghyu Ahn, Byoung Hwa Lee, Min Cheol Park, Young Hoon Song, Mi Hee Lee
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Patent number: 8348647Abstract: A scroll type compressor includes a fixed scroll having a suction opening, a movable scroll, a hermetically sealed container having an upper cap, and a suction pipe that penetrates through the upper cap and is engagedly fitted through an O ring in the suction opening of the fixed scroll at a lower portion thereof. The upper cap includes a pipe stand formed of iron at a suction-pipe penetrating portion thereof. The suction pipe comprises an iron lower suction member that is engagedly fitted in the suction opening of the fixed scroll and an O-ring groove in which the O ring is fitted, and a copper upper suction member that is joined to the lower suction member by brazing and engagedly fitted in the pipe stand. The upper suction member and the pipe stand are joined to each other by brazing.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Kiyokawa, Satoshi Iitsuka, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8349161Abstract: Bubbles can be removed regardless of an individual difference of a pump to fill an electrophoresis medium into a capillary. Of flow passages formed between an inner side surface of a container for accommodating the electrophoresis medium and a side surface of a plunger, one of the flow passages causing an electrophoresis medium to be easily stagnant is formed to have the cross-sectional area larger than the cross-sectional area of the other flow passage on the opposite side. In other words, the flow passage portion causing the electrophoresis medium to be easily stagnant is formed in such a manner as to increase a flow amount of the electrophoresis medium. This can eliminate a region having an extremely small amount of electrophoresis medium flow in the pump.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Takashi Gomi, Ryoji Inaba, Taro Nakazawa, Takeshi Ohura, Mari Kotoura
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Patent number: 8351180Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor, including: a multilayer body in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked in a thickness direction; and inner electrode layers formed within the multilayer body and including first and second inner electrodes disposed to be opposed to each other; wherein a ratio (MA1/CA1) of MA1 to CA1 is between 0.07 and 0.20, wherein CA1 represents an area of the multilayer body in a cross section of the multilayer body taken in a length and thickness direction, and MA1 represents an area of a first margin part in the cross section of the multilayer body taken in the length and thickness direction, the first margin part being a portion of the multilayer body, other than a first capacitance forming part thereof in which the first and second inner electrodes overlap in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Ghyu Ahn, Byoung Hwa Lee, Min Cheol Park, Sang Soo Park, Dong Seok Park
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Patent number: 8349610Abstract: Devices, methods and systems effective to evaluate a physical or chemical property of a surfactant-treated biological fluid sample are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Cantimer, Inc.Inventors: Ray F. Stewart, Kathryn M. Morton, Aaron Dickerman-Stewart, Nathan Mak
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Patent number: 8351182Abstract: An electric double layer capacitor includes a first collector, a first polarizable electrode layer provided on the first collector, a second collector, a second polarizable electrode layer provided on the second collector and facing the first polarizable electrode layer, a separator having an insulating property and provided between the first polarizable electrode layer and the second polarizable electrode layer, and a driving electrolyte impregnated in the first polarizable electrode layer and the second polarizable electrode layer. The polarizable electrode layers mainly contain activated carbon made from phenol resin, have a surface roughness not larger than 0.6 ?m, and have an electrode density ranging from 0.5 g/cm3 to 0.7 g/cm3. This electric double layer capacitor has characteristics deteriorating little even at low temperatures, thus having a reliability for a long time.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Chiho Yamada, Eri Hirose, Yoshinori Takamuku, Hideki Shimamoto
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Patent number: 8350386Abstract: The present invention adds one or more thick layers of polymer dielectric and one or more layers of thick, wide metal lines on top of a finished semiconductor wafer, post passivation. The thick, wide metal lines may be used for long signal paths and can also be used for power buses or power planes, clock distribution networks, critical signal, and re-distribution of I/O pads for flip chip applications. Photoresist define electroplating, sputter/etch, or dual and triple damascene techniques are used for forming the metal lines and via fill.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Megica CorporationInventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
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Patent number: 8350791Abstract: In displaying image data received from a camera module on a display device such as a view finder, image data having a size suited for display from an image size conversion circuit is displayed via line memories included in a signal-for-display generation circuit. Vertical synchronization in an image data storage including these line memories is established by initializing a reading address in accordance with a frame head pixel indication and a reading completion indication of one line in the line memories. It is possible to reduce power consumption of an image display system for displaying an image of a imaging subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Masaru Takahashi, Soichi Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Maruyama
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Positive electrode active material and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the same
Patent number: 8349287Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material comprising a lithium-containing composite oxide containing nickel with an oxidation state of 2.0 to 2.5 and manganese with an oxidation state of 3.5 to 4.0, the oxidation state determined by the shifts of energy at which absorption maximum is observed in the X-ray absorption near-K-edge structures, and to a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same, the positive electrode active material being characterized in having a high capacity, a long storage life and excellent cycle life.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Osaka City UniversityInventors: Tsutomu Ohzuku, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Masatoshi Nagayama -
Patent number: 8350332Abstract: A first and second gate electrodes are formed on a first and second active regions, respectively. The first and second gate electrodes have a first and second metal-containing conductive films, respectively. The first and second metal-containing conductive films are formed on the isolation region for segmenting the first and second active regions to be spaced apart from each other. A third metal-containing conductive film, which is a part of each of the first and second gate electrodes, is continuously formed from a top of the first metal-containing conductive film through a top of the isolation region to a top of the second metal-containing conductive film. The third metal-containing conductive film is in contact with the first and second metal-containing conductive films.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Oosuka, Yoshihiro Sato, Hisashi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8352976Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc chucking apparatus having claws that horizontally move and provide elasticity to improve performance in centering and chucking a disc. The disc chucking apparatus includes: a centering base to which an inner circumferential surface of a disc is fixed; a plurality of chuck chips arranged at regular intervals along an outer circumferential surface of the centering base; and a plurality of elastic support parts disposed to be opposite to the chuck chips on the centering base, rotating horizontally when the disc is mounted, and pressing the inner circumferential surface of the disc in an outer diameter direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Viatcheslav Smirnov, Chang Keun Jun