Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
  • Method and system for determining a company's probability of no default
    Patent number: 7089207
    Abstract: Using observable market factors which reflect a current share price, a given share price, volatility in given share price, expected debt recovery fraction, and percentage standard deviation in the expected debt recovery fraction, the instant invention provides probability estimates for no default by a company within a given future time horizon. The invention has applications in the field of bond and company rating and calculation of credit spreads. The invention also provides a relationship between credit spreads, equity prices and volatility, useful as a price discovery tool in determining fair market price of the credit risk, on a name basis for credits that have public equity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Lardy, Vladimir Finkelstein, Philippe K Khuong-Huu, Yunong N Yang
  • Cathode ray tube
    Patent number: 7078851
    Abstract: The indirectly heated cathode structure includes a base metal having a thermal electron emitting material layer, a cylindrical sleeve holding the base metal at one end portion thereof and housing a heating heater in the inside thereof, an support having a large-diameter portion and g a small-diameter portion, and a cathode disc having a large-diameter portion at the leg-portion-side of the heating heater and having a small-diameter portion at the heater-main-portion side of the heating heater, wherein an outer surface of another end portion of the sleeve and an inner surface of the small-diameter portion of the support are fixed to each other, and an outer surface of the large-diameter portion of the support and an inner surface of the small-diameter portion of the cathode disc are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Sachio Koizumi, Toshifumi Komiya
  • Glass composite including dispersed rare earth iron garnet nanoparticles
    Patent number: 7078071
    Abstract: Glass/nanoparticle composites are provided which include a glass matrix with a high density of heterologous nanoparticles embedded therein adjacent the outer surfaces of the composite. Preferably, the glass matrix is formed of porous glass and the nanoparticles are yttrium-iron nanocrystals which exhibit the property of altering the polarization of incident electromagnetic radiation; the composites are thus suitable for use in electrooptical recording media. In practice, a glass matrix having suitable porosity is contacted with a colloidal dispersion containing amorphous yttrium-iron nanoparticles in order to embed the nanoparticles within the surface pores of the matrix. The treated glass matrix is then heated under time-temperature conditions to convert the amorphous nanoparticles into a crystalline state while also fusing the glass matrix pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susamu Taketomi, Christopher M. Sorensen, Kennth J. Klabunde
  • Projection tube having different neck diameters
    Patent number: 7075221
    Abstract: The present invention aims at maintaining the high focusing performance at a low deflection power in a single-beam projection tube which is used as a projection type TV receiver or a projector and is operated at a high voltage and with a high current. The neck outer diameter of a portion on which a deflection yoke is mounted is made smaller than the neck outer diameter of a portion which accommodates an electron gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices, Ltd. Co.
    Inventors: Kouichi Saitou, Kazumasa Hirai, Tetsuo Asano, Kotaro Aoki, Yasuo Tanaka
  • Display device employing current-driven type light-emitting elements and method of driving same
    Patent number: 7071906
    Abstract: A display device includes plural red, green, and blue pixels provided with current-driven type red-, green-, and blue-light-emitting elements, respectively. A method of driving the display device includes writing a video signal voltage into each of the pixels in a state in which all the light-emitting elements cease to emit light during a first portion of one frame period at a beginning thereof, and then operating a respective one of the light-emitting elements to emit light during at least one portion of the one frame period succeeding the first portion. Each of the at least one portion of the one frame period is determined by light emission characteristics of the respective one of the light-emitting elements, and also is determined by the video signal voltage of the respective one of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nishitani, Toshihiro Sato, Genshiro Kawachi, Hajime Akimoto
  • Display device having a large number of cathode lines
    Patent number: 7071607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which can sufficiently ensure spaces for mounting distance holding members 5 when the distance holding members 5 are mounted, can facilitate the assembling and can realize the electron emission characteristics of high performance. At least two different types of gaps b, c (b<c) are provided among cathode lines 2 (2R, 2G, 2B) and the distance holding members 5 are mounted at portions of the gaps c having a larger size whereby the space for mounting the distance holding members 5 can be sufficiently ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Kijima, Kenji Miyata, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Shigemi Hirasawa, Susumu Sasaki, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Jun Ishikawa
  • Coating device
    Patent number: 7063744
    Abstract: There is provided a coating device which can quickly cope with a change in size of a container. A pair of coating belts (annular belts) (11, 15) are arranged on two sides of a conveyor (10). The coating belt (15) is rotated at a high speed while the coating belt (11) is rotated at a low speed. A container (bottle) (1) on the conveyor (10) is coated while being rotated. When the size of the container (1) is to be changed, a pressing roller (57) is moved by an adjusting mechanism (50) in accordance with the size of the container (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Asahi Breweries Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komatsu, Gen Okano
  • Speech synthesizing method and apparatus using prosody control
    Patent number: 7054815
    Abstract: A speech synthesizing apparatus extracts small speech segments from a speech waveform as a prosody control target and adds inhibition information for inhibiting a predetermined prosody change process to a selected small speech segment in executing prosody control. Prosody control is performed by performing a predetermined prosody change process by using small speech segments of the extracted small speech segments other than small speech segments to which inhibition information is added. This makes it possible to prevent a deterioration in synthesized speech due to waveform editing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Yasuhiro Komori
  • Swim stroke guide
    Patent number: 7044818
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus and method for training swimmers. The device is a guide (10) of substantially rigid shape. It is used to teach and condition the swimmer's upper body. As a swimmer traces the perimeter of the guide with his arm in a manner as if he were swimming, the swimming techniques of high elbow catch and high elbow stroke path are executed. The device will enable a swimmer to train form in a template like manner. It can also be combined with resistive means to train strength at the same time as training form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Craig Askins
  • Bifurcated stent for percutaneous arterialization of the coronary sinus and retrograde perfusion of the myocardium
    Patent number: 7037329
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel bifurcated stent for providing retrograde flow of oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the myocardium via the coronary sinus without a significant or deleterious left-to-right shunt. The present invention includes a main covered stent and a side limb, generally contemplating a Y or a T shaped bifurcated stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Color cathode ray tube
    Patent number: 7030547
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube has stress-absorbing hole patterns in skirt portions of its color selection electrode. Each of the stress-absorbing hole patterns is composed of a plurality of columns of rectangular through holes, and the columns are arranged in a lengthwise direction of the skirt portions. Each of the plurality of columns of rectangular through holes is composed of rectangular through holes arranged in a widthwise direction of the skirt portions. The relationships in shape of the rectangular through holes among outermost columns, columns next to the outermost columns, and remaining columns is optimized in the stress-absorbing hole patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Watanabe, Satoshi Muto
  • Look-up table method for custom fitting of apparel
    Patent number: 7020538
    Abstract: A method and system for coustom fitting an article to a human being or animal comprising, selecting on the basis of body information about the human being or animal a subset of entries from a database populated with entries, wherein the entries comprise data from which the article is designed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Inventor: Jeffrey Luhnow
  • Projection type cathode ray tube device
    Patent number: 7015634
    Abstract: A pair of magnets of which magnetizing direction differs from each other in the horizontal direction (X axis) are arranged at upper and lower portions of a funnel-side opening portion of a deflection yoke. The pair of magnets are held and fixed to a coil support body which supports horizontal deflection coils in a state where the magnets are embedded in the coil support body. In a projection type cathode ray tube of a single electron beam method, a locus of an electric beam which receives the deflection distortion is corrected so as to correct an electron beam shape on a screen to an approximately circular shape whereby a focusing performance of a display image on a screen is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakae Watanabe, Katsumi Hirota
  • Method of manufacturing an enhanced thermal dissipation integrated circuit package
    Patent number: 7015072
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit package, the method including installing a carrier onto a substrate, attaching a semiconductor die to the substrate, and aligning an assembly over the semiconductor die, wherein the assembly includes a heat sink and a thermally conductive element. This aspect further includes resting the assembly on the carrier such that the thermally conductive element does not directly contact the semiconductor die, and encapsulating the thermally conductive element and the heat sink such that a portion of the heat sink is exposed to the surroundings of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: ASAT Limited
    Inventors: Edward G. Combs, Robert P. Sheppard, Tai Wai Pun, Hau Wang Ng, Chun Ho Fan, Neil Robert McLellen
  • Projection type cathode ray tube having improved focus characteristics
    Patent number: 7005801
    Abstract: A projection type cathode ray tube includes a phosphor screen, a cathode, G1, G2 and a main lens composed of first, second and third electrodes. The first and third electrodes are supplied with an anode voltage of the phosphor screen, and the second electrode is supplied with a focus voltage lower than the anode voltage. An inside diameter of an opening in a phosphor screen side end of the second electrode is from 14 mm to 18 mm, and the phosphor screen side end of the second electrode is disposed within the third electrode. An aperture diameter D mm in the G1 electrode and an axial length L mm of the second electrode satisfy the following inequalities: L mm?60×D mm+27.6 mm, L mm??646×D mm+396.3 mm, D mm?0.44 mm, and L mm?75 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Display, Ltd.
    Inventor: Go Uchida
  • Projection tube having different neck diameters
    Patent number: 6998767
    Abstract: A projection tube having a high focusing performance at a low deflection power includes a funnel, a neck portion and a stem portion which seals the neck portion. The neck portion of the projection tube includes a first neck portion which is connected to the funnel and has a first neck outer diameter, and also includes a second neck portion which accommodates an electron gun and has a second neck outer diameter which is larger than the first neck outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Saitou, Kazumasa Hirai, Tetsuo Asano, Kotaro Aoki, Yasuo Tanaka
  • Liquid crystal display device having an improved precharge circuit and method of driving same
    Patent number: 6980190
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a driver circuit for outputting a charging voltage at a beginning of a horizontal scanning period and then a gray scale voltage corresponding to a display data to a video signal line. The liquid crystal display device is driven by inverting a polarity of the gray scale voltage on a pixel electrode with respect to a common voltage on a common electrode every N lines of scanning lines, where N?2 and by making a first charging time of the charging voltage corresponding to a first line of N lines of the scanning lines scanned immediately after inversion of the polarity of the gray scale voltage different from a second charging time of the charging voltage corresponding to a second line of the N lines scanned immediately succeeding the first line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Ueda
  • Information processing apparatus, method and memory medium therefor
    Patent number: 6950869
    Abstract: The invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of easily setting operation parameters in acquiring various status from the plural peripheral apparatus, and a method therefor. In an image for setting the time-out value for a protocol for acquiring the status of the peripheral apparatus on the network, a change by the user on a time-out value for all the status acquisition from the peripheral apparatus is reflected on the time-out values for acquisitions of various statuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiaki Iizuka
  • Display device
    Patent number: 6940221
    Abstract: The present invention can further enhance the light emission characteristics of phosphor excited by the irradiation of electron beams of high density. In a cathode ray tube including a phosphor film, a faceplate panel which constitutes a screen, an aluminum vapor-deposited film, a funnel and an electron gun, phosphor which constitutes the phosphor film applied to the faceplate panel is constituted of a terbium activated phosphor which is produced by substituting a portion of yttrium (Y) in base material crystals which contain zinc (Zn), yttrium (Y), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O) as main constitutional elements with terbium ion (Tb3+) and a trace amount of rare earth element ion is added to the terbium activated phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Matsukiyo, Yasuhide Kashiwakura
  • Integrated circuit package and method of manufacturing the integrated circuit package
    Patent number: 6940154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated circuit package and method of manufacturing an integrated circuit package. In one aspect, the present invention relates to an integrated circuit package including a lead frame having a lead with an inner pad and an outer pad connected by a connection member, wherein a region of the inner pad and a region of the outer pad are separated by a channel extending through a width of the lead. Such an integrated circuit package further includes a semiconductor die electrically coupled with the inner pad of the lead, and an encapsulant material encapsulating at least a portion of said lead frame, wherein a portion of said outer pad is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: ASAT Limited
    Inventors: Serafin Pedron, Neil Robert McLellan, Lin Tsui Yee