Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Patent number: 8304734
    Abstract: An infrared sensor capable of more highly accurately correcting an electrical signal converted by a light receiving unit is provided. An infrared sensor (100) converts energy of infrared rays radiated from an object (for example, human body) to an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal, the infrared sensor comprising: a light receiving unit (10) that includes a quantum type infrared detection element (11) and that converts the energy of the infrared rays to an electrical signal; and a correction unit (20) that corrects the output signal from the light receiving unit (10), wherein the light receiving unit (10) and the correction unit (20) are formed of the identical material on the identical substrate (1) and have the identical configuration so that the infrared rays enters in an identical manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Ishibashi, Masayuki Sato, Edson Gomes Camargo, Yoshinori Yanagita, Hidetoshi Endo
  • Patent number: 8305515
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight unit and a display device having the same. The backlight unit includes a case having an opening, at least one lamp assembly disposed on a side surface of the case and including a light source, an optical transreflective unit on the case, the optical transreflective unit transmitting a portion of first light passing through the opening and reflecting a portion of second light generated from the light source, and an optical sheet including a first diffusion unit on the optical transreflective unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Young Jeong, Deuk Su Lee, Jun Hyeok Yu, Jae Jung Han, Mi Young Do, Tae Han Kim
  • Patent number: 8305551
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid crystal lens electrically driven having a pivot function and a stereoscopic display device using the same, the liquid crystal lens electrically driven includes a first substrate provided with plural first lens regions, each of which is provided with plural first electrodes disposed in parallel in a first direction and separated from each other, a second substrate being opposite to the first substrate, and provided with plural second lens regions, crossing the plural first lens regions, each of which is provided with plural second electrodes disposed in parallel in a second direction crossing the first direction and separated from each other, a liquid crystal layer filling a space between the first and second substrates, first and second voltages source applying different voltage values to the plural first and second electrode, and third and fourth voltage sources applying the same voltage to the plural first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Eun Son
  • Patent number: 8303283
    Abstract: A power steering oil pump may include a pump housing, a rotor that is equipped with a plurality of vanes and coupled to the pump housing to rotate therein, a cam ring inserted between the rotor and the pump housing to form a pumping space between the cam ring and the rotor, a rotor shaft that passes through the rotor and is fitted therein to transmit rotational force to the rotor, and a bush that has at least a first oil groove on an inner circumference thereof and supports the rotor shaft to a pump cover coupled to the pump housing while covering a portion of the rotor shaft which passes through the rotor, wherein at least a second oil groove is formed on an end portion of the vanes contacting with an inner circumference of the cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Youngshin Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minjung Kim, Yangsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 8305521
    Abstract: A liquid crystal module is provided. A rear frame is provided with a pair of side plates which are formed along a pair of long opposite sides of the rear frame. A light diffuser plate is comprised of synthetic resin and provided with a pair of frame portions which are formed integrally with the light diffuser plate, disposed along a pair of long opposite sides of the light diffuser plate and respectively attached to the side plates of the rear frame. A pair of cushion members are disposed along and inside the frame portions of the light diffuser plate. A liquid crystal panel has an upper edge portion and lower edge portion which are supported by the cushion members. The light diffuser plate is provided with a pair of slope portions which are formed integrally with the light diffuser plate and disposed along and inside the cushion members. The height of each slope portion increases toward an adjacent cushion member for concealing the cushion members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Tajiri
  • Patent number: 8306971
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a map view includes accessing a dataset having multiple records and multiple fields. One or more of the multiple fields are identified as geographical fields. Geographical codes are automatically associated with a first one of the identified geographical fields. A geographical map is generated for the dataset. Generating the geographical map includes generating a first plurality of marks on the geographical map. The first plurality of marks is positioned on the geographical map in accordance with the geographical codes associated with the first one of the identified geographical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Tableau Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Stolte, Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Richard Michael Grantham Wesley, Ross Thomas Bunker, Austin David Dahl
  • Patent number: 8303634
    Abstract: A bone screw (1) having a threaded proximal portion (2), a threaded median portion (3), and a threaded distal portion (4). Threaded proximal portion (2) has a core (11) with a constant diameter and a proximal thread (12) with a constant diameter and a proximal pitch (P2). The threaded median portion (3) has a core (15), which is conical, with a diameter becoming increasingly larger from the distal end of the threaded median portion (3) to the proximal end thereof, and thread (16), which has a constant diameter smaller than the diameter of the thread (12) of the proximal threaded portion (2). The pitch of thread (16) of the threaded median portion (3) becomes increasingly smaller from the distal end of the threaded median portion (3) towards its proximal end. At the proximal end of the threaded median portion (3), the pitch of thread (16) is larger than the pitch (P2) of the thread (12) of the threaded proximal portion (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Small Bone Innovations International
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Martin
  • Patent number: 8305320
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal includes a liquid crystal display panel, a data driving circuit, a gate driving circuit, a timing controller, and an over-driving controller. The over-driving controller, if a difference between input data input during a (N)th frame period (N is a positive integer) and (N?1)th frame data read from a memory is more than 2 gray levels, modulates the data at an over/under shoot ratio of 20 to 80% and supplies the modulated data to the timing controller, if the difference is less than 2 gray levels, differently supplies the input data to the timing controller and converts the least significant bit of the data stored in the memory according to whether or not the data is modulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gihong Kim, Jaekyeong Yun
  • Patent number: 8303691
    Abstract: A composite membrane comprising a discriminating layer and a porous support layer for the discriminating layer, CHARACTERISED IN THAT the discriminating layer comprises at least 60 wt % of oxyethylene groups and the porous support layer has a CO2 gas flux of 5 to 150×10?5 m3 (STP)/m2·s·kPa at a feed pressure of 2.07 kPa. The membranes are particularly useful for purifying waste gas streams e.g. by removing greenhouse gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.
    Inventor: Yujiro Itami
  • Patent number: 8302828
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cross bar of a roof carrier for vehicles. The cross bar may include a cross bar body. First and second brackets are provided on both ends of the cross bar body. First and second locking pins are provided, respectively, on the first and second brackets to be elastically ejected. A link is positioned in the first bracket and hinged to the first locking pin. A release lever includes a coupling part hinged to the link and installed via a rotating shaft, and a grip part exposed to the outside, so that when the release lever rotates, the link and the first locking pin are pulled into the cross bar body. A wire couples the coupling part of the release lever with the second locking pin. According to the present invention, the release lever is mounted to only one side and only one wire is used, thus reducing manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hang Young Kim, Woo Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8304064
    Abstract: To provide a stretch-formed sheet of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin having excellent transparency and mechanical properties, while being relatively thick. A stretch-formed sheet of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin having a thickness of 0.2 mm or greater and having an internal haze of 70% or less in the direction of the thickness, is prepared by stretching at least in one direction a formed article of ultra-high molecular weight olefin having a density of 925 kg/m3 or less and containing a polymer of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin having an intrinsic viscosity of 7 dl/g or greater as measured in a 135° C. decalin solution, at a temperature of less than the melting point (Tm) of the ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin and at ordinary temperature or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Takeyama, Minoru Mayama
  • Patent number: 8302574
    Abstract: A fuel pump lubrication apparatus for lubricating a fuel pump including a tappet and the fuel pump operating the tappet, may have a cylinder head including an oil gallery wherein a camshaft is disposed, an oil supply line communicated to the oil gallery, a lubrication cam cap slidably encompassing the camshaft, and a cam cap oil hole formed in the lubrication cam cap and ejecting oil received from the oil supply line to a contacting portion between the pump cam and a plunger of the fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gil Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 8305546
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate driver and array elements in at least one cell area of a mother substrate while forming a test element in at least one test area of the mother substrate, and inspecting the test element to determine an operational state of the gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Ky Jeon
  • Patent number: 8302959
    Abstract: A remaining sheet volume detecting apparatus includes a loading unit that loads a sheet; a moving unit that moves the loading unit to a feed position of the loaded sheet; a feeding unit that feeds the sheet from the loading unit; a sheet thickness detecting unit that detects a thickness of the sheet; a load thickness detecting unit that detects that thickness of the loaded sheet within the loading unit, gradually decreasing; and a remaining sheet volume calculating unit that calculates a remaining volume within the loading unit based on the certain load thickness detected by the load thickness detecting unit and the sheet thickness detected by the sheet thickness detecting unit, each time a sheet is fed by the feeding unit after the load thickness detecting unit detects that the thickness of the loaded sheet within the loading unit has reached the certain load thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Takuo Matsumura
  • Patent number: 8304204
    Abstract: A method for measuring LDL cholesterol in a sample using a test piece is provided which involves a step of measuring the total cholesterol in the sample; a step of measuring the non-LDL cholesterol in the sample; and a step of subtracting the non-LDL cholesterol value from the total-cholesterol value to obtain the LDL cholesterol level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Arkray, Inc.
    Inventors: Takehiro Yamaguchi, Yuka Miyake
  • Patent number: 8302994
    Abstract: A shield cover assembly for a vehicle, may include a shield cover main body, on which a slot is formed thereon in one direction and another direction of the vehicle, and a sliding cover disposed on a bottom surface of the shield cover main body such that the slot is not exposed outside the shield cover main body, wherein the sliding cover has a penetration portion formed in a hollow shape thereon and an anchorage pretensioner member is fixed to a cushion frame through the penetration portion, and wherein the sliding cover is slidable along the bottom surface in the one direction and the another direction in accordance with a movement of the shield cover main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hyun Ko
  • Patent number: 8300514
    Abstract: In the invention, a movable lens varying the rate of convergence or divergence of light reaching an objective lens by moving in an optical axis direction has its position adjusted to correspond to ambient temperature. The objective lens is arranged to be tilted with respect to an optical axis of light reaching the objective lens from the movable lens. First coma aberration of which the amount produced varies according to movement of the movable lens, and second coma aberration of which the amount produced varies due to variation in the warping state of an optical disc that is caused along with variation in ambient temperature both occur in the radius direction of the optical disc, and the objective lens has its tilting direction adjusted such that the first coma aberration and the second coma aberration have their increasing and decreasing directions of the amount of coma aberration produced with respect to variation in ambient temperature reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noritaka Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8298843
    Abstract: An array substrate includes first and second lines on a substrate and formed of a metallic material; a gate electrode connected to the first line; a gate insulating layer on the first and second lines and the gate electrode and including a groove exposing the substrate and positioned between the first and second lines; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer and corresponding to the gate electrode; a data line crossing the first and second lines and on the gate insulating layer; a source electrode connected to the data line; a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; a passivation layer on the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode and including an opening, the opening exposing the gate insulating layer and the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode positioned on the gate insulating layer and in the opening and contacting the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Chul Chun, Hwan Kim, Deuk-Soo Jung
  • Patent number: 8302169
    Abstract: A server system receives requests from client systems and sends responses back to the client systems. For a subset of the requests, in addition to responding to a request from a client system, the method includes creating a cryptographic object at the server system. The cryptographic object is used to cryptographically protect information related to the request, and the cryptographically protected information associated with the cryptographic object is stored at the server system. The server system then sends the cryptographic object to the client system, and in conjunction with sending the cryptographic object to the client system, irreversibly modifies the cryptographic object on the server system. For example, in some embodiments the cryptographic object includes an cryptographic key, and the server system deletes or truncates the only instances of the cryptographic object on the server system when the server system finishes responding to the request from the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Leo Presotto, Michal P. Szymaniak, James F. Keller, Mark Klenk
  • Patent number: D669885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Uk Kim, Yong Seock Kim, Byung Lok Jeon