Patents Represented by Law Firm Morrison
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Patent number: 8351615Abstract: In an impulse response processing device, a waveform dividing part divides a waveform of an original impulse response into a plurality of blocks on a time axis. A time adjusting part performs a time adjustment to reduce a time difference between successive ones of the blocks. A waveform synthesizing part generates a waveform of a new impulse response by adding the blocks on the time axis after the time adjustment by the time adjusting part. Further, a windowing part performs a windowing process to multiply each block by a window function having a window width corresponding to a width of the block, a function value of the window function decreasing from a center to both ends of the block. The waveform synthesizing part generates the new impulse response using the blocks after the windowing process by the windowing part.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Futoshi Shirakihara
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Patent number: 8349072Abstract: Cementitious compositions in which the cementitious properties of fly ash are carefully controlled are described. The cementitious compositions may be substantially free harsh acids and bases such as citric acids (?pH 2.2) and alkali metal activators including alkali hydroxides (?pH 12-14) and metal carbonates (?pH 11.6). The use of these harsh chemicals creates acid base reactions during use of the products. Instead of these harsh chemicals, a lactic acid salt based activator is be used as a reaction accelerator. Boric compounds may be used as a retarder in the compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: CeraTech, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Schumacher, Rajeshkumar Patel
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Patent number: 8349331Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the generation and characterization of neutralizing anti-IFN-? monoclonal antibodies with broad reactivity against various IFN-? subtypes. The invention further relates to the use of such anti-IFN-? antibodies in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with increased expression of IFN-?, in particular, autoimmune disorders such as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Anan Chuntharapai, Jin K. Kim, Leonard G. Presta, Timothy Stewart
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Patent number: 8347454Abstract: A surface treating appliance includes a main body and a head rotatably connected to the main body about an axis, the main body and the head being provided with first and second electrical connectors, respectively. The first and second electrical connectors can be connected to provide an electrical connection between the main body and the head. One of the first and second electrical connectors is slideable within a channel. By providing an electrical connector within a channel, complicated and potentially unreliable arrangements such as slip-rings can be avoided while still providing an electrical connection between the head and the main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Giles Ashbee, Robert Thomas Burnham
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Patent number: 8350508Abstract: A control system for an electric machine, the control system including a position sensor and a drive controller. The drive controller generates one or more control signals for exciting a winding of the electric machine in response to edges of a signal output by the position sensor. The times at which the control signals are generated by the drive controller are corrected by a position-sensor offset that is fixed over an operating speed range of the electric machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Tuncay Celik
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Patent number: 8348799Abstract: A differential device differentially distributes a driving force to first and second axles. The differential device is comprised of a differential gear set configured to allow differential motion between the first and second axles, a casing rotatable about an axis, the casing housing and being drivingly coupled with the differential gear set and including a first end wall, a second end wall axially opposed to the first end wall, and a side wall disposed radially outward, which in combination with the first end wall and the second end wall defines a chamber configured to house the differential gear set, a clutch engageable with the differential gear set, a solenoid configured to drive the clutch, which is disposed adjacent to the first end wall, and a magnetic core fixed to the solenoid. The magnetic core is comprised of a sleeve portion snugly and slidably fitting around an outer periphery of the side wall to radially position the core and the solenoid in place.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: GKN Driveline Torque Technology KKInventors: Atsushi Maruyama, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Masaaki Fusegi
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Patent number: 8348596Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air outlet mounted on a stand. The stand includes a base and a body tiltable relative to the base. The fan assembly has a center of gravity located so that when the base is located on a substantially horizontal support surface, the projection of the center of gravity on the support surface is within the footprint of the base when the body is in a fully tilted position.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Peter David Gammack
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Patent number: 8350278Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes an n type nitride semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer formed on the n type nitride semiconductor layer, a first p type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer formed on the first p type nitride semiconductor layer to alternately cover and expose a surface of the first p type nitride semiconductor layer, and a second p type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is made of a compound containing Si and N as constituent elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Komada
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Patent number: 8347522Abstract: A drying apparatus has a casing, a cavity formed in the casing for receiving an object, a fan located in the casing and creating an airflow, a motor arranged to drive the fan. At least one opening communicates with the fan and is arranged in the casing so as to direct an airflow transversely across the cavity. The motor and fan arrangement generate an airflow across the cavity, wherein, in use, the pressure of the airflow emitted through the opening is at least 8 kPa. The motor has a rotor which, in use, may rotate at a speed of at least 80,000 rpm. The high velocity, high pressure airflow provided by the apparatus is capable of drying an object efficiently and quickly and is suitable for use in a hand dryer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
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Patent number: 8351814Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a fixing part for fixing a toner image formed on a transfer material to the transfer material, a fan provided on the downstream side of the fixing part, for blowing air to the transfer material having passed through the fixing part, and an airflow control part for controlling the amount of air to be blown from the fan. When the basis weight of the transfer material is larger than a first threshold value, the airflow control part sets the amount of air to be blown to a value smaller than that in a case where the basis weight of the transfer material is smaller than the first threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Akio Kasuga
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Patent number: 8346830Abstract: Register includes flip-flop circuits each constructed to retain data of n bit in synchronism with a clock pulse, the register retaining a multiplication result of a multiplier dividedly by the flip-flop circuits, n bit per flip-flop circuit. For each of a first and second numeric value data to be multiplied by the multiplier, a control circuit detects the number of consecutive zeros from the lowest-order bit of the data and performs control, on the basis of the detected number of the consecutive zeros and for each flip-flop circuit, as to whether or not the clock pulse should be supplied to the flip-flop circuit. The control circuit obtains an integral quotient value x by dividing by the number n the sum between the detected numbers for the first and second numeric value data, to stop the clock pulse supply to a particular number x of flip-flop circuit counted from the lowest-order.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Yasuyuki Muraki
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Patent number: 8343020Abstract: A method for exercise, physical therapy and rehabilitation includes providing an elastic member having a tension indicator, securing one end of the elastic member, and stretching the elastic member using a part of the body until the tension indicator indicates that a predetermined tension level has been attained. Upon reaching the predetermined tension level, the elastic member is returned to its relaxed state. The tension indicator on the elastic member may be a printed image of recognizable image that distorts to another recognizable image at the predetermined tension level, a printed non-recognizable image that distorts to a recognizable pattern or image at the predetermined tension level, or an electronic indicator that provides audio and/or visual cues at the predetermined tension level.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: ZMI Electronics, Ltd.Inventor: J. Chris Castel
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Patent number: 8344532Abstract: A wind turbine includes a rotor having adjustable rotor blades for driving a generator and an adjusting device for the rotor blades provided with an actuator that comprises at least an excitation winding. The adjusting device includes a torque-reducing device that automatically reduces drag torque of the actuator. The torque-reducing device includes a current divider that switches the current through the excitation winding in such a manner that the current flows completely through the excitation coil when the motor is in operation and the current only partly flows through the excitation coil when coasting (slip operation). As a result, when coasting, the magnetization of the excitation winding is reduced about the adjusting device, whereby the increase of the speed torque characteristic curve can be determined, thus improving the ratio of the adjusting device when coasting.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: REpower Systems AGInventor: Heinz-Hermann Letas
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Patent number: 8343981Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclyl-substituted dihydroquinazolines of formula (I), to processes for their preparation, to medicaments containing them, and to methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular, for use as anti-viral agents, in particular, against cytomegaloviruses.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: AiCuris GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Tobias Wunberg, Judith Baumeister, Mario Jeske, Peter Nell, Susanne Nikolic, Frank Suessmeier, Holger Zimmermann, Rolf Grosser, Kerstin Henninger, Guy Hewlett, Joerg Keldenich, Dieter Lang
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Patent number: 8347103Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for authenticating a user of a device or computer system using a graphical password. In an exemplary embodiment, a user is presented with a plurality of graphical images on a display screen of an access device, such as a handheld smart phone. Each graphical image includes one or more associated attributes. The user sequential selects graphical images and a password is generated based on the combination of attributes of the selected images. The generated password is compared with a stored password to authenticate the user and grant access to the device. In another aspect, the graphical password includes time, motion, and/or keyboard input attributes such that the password is multidimensional.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: NIC, Inc.Inventors: Nolan Jones, J. D. Sherry
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Patent number: 8347391Abstract: A network activity detection system is trained to detect network activities of interest such as threats by malicious computer data. The training involves distilling the characteristics of known network activities of interest (e.g., intrusion by computer viruses, exploits, worms, or the like) into a minimal set of meta-expressions. At run-time, the network activity detection system combines the minimal set of meta-expressions with efficient computer algorithms for evaluating meta-expressions to detect known network activities of interest, as well as their unknown variants, among an unknown set of network activity. The network activity detection system may produce appropriate responses upon the detection of network activities of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: TrustPipe LLCInventor: John S. Flowers
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Patent number: 8344403Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Isamu Niki, Motokazu Yamada, Masahiko Sano, Shuji Shioji
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Patent number: D673743Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Dyson LimitedInventors: James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
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Patent number: D673943Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Indra Sistemas, S.A.Inventor: José Miguel Huertas Moya
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Patent number: D673944Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Indra Sistemas, S.A.Inventor: Jose Miguel Huertas Moya