Patents Represented by Attorney Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC
  • Patent number: 8295068
    Abstract: A phase shift full bridge power converting system and a control method has the phase shift full bridge power converting system with a power converter, a controller, a load state detecting module, a switching controller, a switch module, a command generating module, a comparator, and a modulator module. The load state detecting module interfaces with the power converter and the switching controller. The load state detects module detects load parameter data of the power converter and switches a state at an output by using the switching controller. The controller obtains an error value between an output voltage of the comparator and a command voltage and calculates a duty cycle parameter by using the error value. According to the duty cycle parameter, a pulse control signal is generated to be outputted to a drive module for controlling the driving of the power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: National Taipei University of Technology
    Inventors: Yen-Shin Lai, Bo-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8291527
    Abstract: Apparatus for driving a nozzle of a bidet toilet, has a base 1; a nozzle 2; a guide device 11, 12 formed on the base for guiding linear movement of the nozzle; a motion output device 7 having an output shaft 71; a driving wheel 3 attached to the output shaft and being rotatably driven with the output shaft; a pair of guide wheels 4,5 rotatably fixed relative to the base, and a non-toothed conveyer 6 wound around the driving wheel 3 and the guide wheels 4, 5 and fastened to the nozzle 2. Rotation of the driving wheel 3 causes linear movement of the nozzle 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Ji Cheng Pan, Fei Li, Yong Qiang Song, Gang Peng, Zhi Qiang Wu
  • Patent number: 8292819
    Abstract: The invention provides a sleep analysis system and a method for analysis thereof. The sleep analysis system includes an analysis device and a sleep sensing apparatus. The sleep sensing apparatus includes an ECG signal collector, a multi-axial accelerometer, a wireless transmitting unit, and a control unit. The ECG signal collector is used for collecting an ECG signal associated with a subject. The multi-axial accelerometer is used for detecting a multi-axial accelerometer signal associated with the subject. The control unit controls the wireless transmitting unit to transmit the ECG signal and the multi-axial accelerometer signal to the analysis device for analyzing sleep of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: National Yang-Ming University
    Inventors: Bo-Jau Kuo, Ching-Hsiu Yang
  • Patent number: 8292444
    Abstract: An uniformly self-luminous keyboard device comprises a housing and a keyboard unit. The housing includes an upper casing and a lower casing, which can be assembled together. After the upper casing and the lower casing are assembled together, an accommodation space is formed therebetween. The upper casing has an opening interconnecting the accommodation space. The keyboard unit is arranged in the accommodation space and includes a plurality of press members passing through the opening and moved by a force to have a displacement, and a baseplate supporting the press members. A light conduction space is formed between the baseplate and the lower casing. A light emitting unit is arranged inside the light conduction space. The height of the light conduction space decreases with the distance to the light emitting unit, whereby light is uniformly distributed over the bottom of the keyboard unit. Thus is achieved the uniformly self-luminous keyboard device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Zippy Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chin-Yi Lin, Chih-Hsiung Chen
  • Patent number: 8295704
    Abstract: A laser unit, usable in a network interface unit (NIU), that includes a laser adapted to generate an optical signal having a wavelength, a temperature control system for establishing a temperature of the laser and a controller functionally connected to the temperature control system for setting the temperature, the controller configured to automatically vary the temperature between a high temperature and a low temperature different than the high temperature. Also an NIU and a system of NIU's including the laser and an associated method of controlling the laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventor: Mark Vogel
  • Patent number: 8292018
    Abstract: An integrated wheel and an electric scooter using the wheel are disclosed. The electric scooter comprises an operation level and a footrest. The operation lever is provided with a front wheel at a lower end thereof. The footrest is provided with a rear wheel at a rear end thereof. At least one of the front and rear wheels is an integrated wheel. The integrated wheel comprises a wheel rim and a rubber tire. The external periphery of the wheel rim is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves. The rubber tire is integratedly formed on the external periphery of the wheel rim and has an internal periphery provided with a plurality of blocks each of which is correspondingly engaged into one of the positioning grooves. Thereby, the wheel rim can be firmly fixed with the rubber tire so as to prolong the lifetime of the wheel and ensure the driving safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Dijiya Energy Saving Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Hung Huang
  • Patent number: 8291836
    Abstract: A paper pallet structure, includes a plurality of first sheet bodies and a plurality of second sheet bodies, the first sheet body is bent to form two wing portions, a first connecting portion connected to the two wing portions, and a first supporting portion positioned between the two first wing portions and coming into abutting contact with the first connecting portion, and the second sheet body is bent to form two wing portions, a second connecting portion connected to the two wing portions, and a second supporting portion positioned between the two second wing portions and coming into abutting contact with the second connecting portion. The first wing portion and the second wing portion respectively have first engagement portions and second engagement portions, and the first engagement portions are engaged with the second engagement portions to position the first sheet body and the second sheet body perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Air-Bag Packing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Xin Jian, Yaw-Shin Liao, Kao-Hsiung Liao
  • Patent number: 8292476
    Abstract: A lampshade includes a top lampshade frame, a bottom lampshade frame, a lampshade covering covering the top lampshade frame and the bottom lampshade frame, hook materials (or loop materials) provided at the top lampshade frame and the bottom lampshade frame, and loop materials (or hook materials) provided at the lampshade covering and detachably fastened to the hook materials (or loop materials) to secure the lampshade covering to the top lampshade frame and the bottom lampshade frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: W.K. Wu Products Inc.
    Inventor: Wilson Wu
  • Patent number: 8294443
    Abstract: A level-switching device is coupled to an output node of a PWM converter to switch the output voltage of the PWM converter between two levels by switching a MOS. An undershoot/overshoot eliminator is coupled to the MOS for the MOS changing from totally on state to totally off state or vice versa softly when switching the MOS. The feedback signal transition in the level-switching device becomes slower when switching the MOS to eliminate overshoot/undershoot on the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chiao Chieh Chang, Ko-Cheng Wang
  • Patent number: 8292460
    Abstract: A hybrid light source system is disclosed. The hybrid light source system adapted to be used in a projection apparatus comprises a dichroic component, a first light source, a second light source and a light processing component. The dichroic component defines a light path, with the first light source capable of generating a first light which is projected towards to the dichroic component along the light path and the second light source capable of generating a second light which is projected towards the dichroic component along the light path and opposite to the first light. The first light comprises a first sort of light beams and a second sort of light beams, in which the first sort of light beams and the second light are guided by the dichroic component to form a hybrid light and travel into the light processing component along the light path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: June-Jei Huang
  • Patent number: 8294788
    Abstract: A hand-held device having positioning and photographing functions and geographical positioning methods thereof is provided. The hand-held device includes a photographing module, a positioning module, a database and a processor. The photographing module photographs environment of a shooting place to form a digital picture. The positioning module accesses a positioning data of the shooting place. The processor matches the positioning data of the shooting place with a geographical positioning condition when the digital picture is obtained, so as to get a target geographical area data corresponding to the shooting place, from all geographical area data. The target geographical area data is displayed on the digital picture corresponding to the shooting place and the geographical positioning condition is an area center data of every geographical area data or plural boundary pointers which include boundary coordinates of every geographical area data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Accton Wireless Broadband Corporation
    Inventors: I-Ru Liu, Ting-I Tsai, Te-Yao Liu
  • Patent number: 8292248
    Abstract: A platform comprising: a base; a first platform unit rotatably mounted to the base and being rotatable about a first axis relative to the base; a second platform unit rotatably mounted to the first platform unit and be rotatable about a second axis relative to the first platform unit; and a flexible transmitting device connected between the base and the first platform unit and/or the first platform unit and the second platform unit for transmitting power and/or data. The flexible transmitting device is arranged to wind about the first axis when the first platform unit is rotated about the first axis and/or wind about the second axis when the second platform unit is rotated about the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Bin Shi, Xing Quan Li, Hong Li, Yong Gang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8292998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic surface in a casting tool, particularly a surface located outside the contouring region, which is exposed to a liquid or free-flowing aluminum material, wherein on at least one ceramic surface a layer is present consisting of an infiltration layer, diffused into the ceramic surface, structural parts in the form of Al2O3 and/or SiO2 and/or ZrO2 and/or TiO2 and a polymer of one or more polymerized phosphates and at least in sections enclosing the primary parts, the structural parts, and the sliding parts. Moreover, the invention relates to a parting agent and a method for preparing a layer of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: KS Aluminium-Technologie GmbH, Gelita AG
    Inventor: Manfred Laudenklos
  • Patent number: 8295022
    Abstract: An overstress protection apparatus includes a switch detector. The switch is arranged in a grounding path of a load system. The detector detects the current, voltage or temperature of the load system to determine a signal for controlling the switch, to thereby protect the load system working in normal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Isaac Y Chen, Chi-Hua Lin
  • Patent number: 8291959
    Abstract: A Roman shade includes an upper rail, a Roman shade assembly attached to a lower side of the upper rail that is pendent and foldable, and a rolling shade retractable in the upper rail and retained at the backside of the Roman shade assembly. The Roman shade assembly includes a fabric shade, and the fabric shade has at least one pressing rod on the backside and a positioning means at a distal end. The rolling shade includes a main shaft in the upper rail with a winding means and a shade surface. The shade surface has one end fastened to the main shaft and another end running through the pressing rods and anchored on the positioning means. The winding means can be used to reduce a holding space and retraction and extension of the Roman shade can be controlled by the rolling shade. Operation is simpler with less effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Li-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: D669280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: W. K. Wu Products Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Rutger Andersson
  • Patent number: D669361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Tanaka, Yoshiharu Tsukino
  • Patent number: D669380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: PSP Security Company Limited
    Inventors: Ching Tom Kong, Chik Yun Ian Kwan
  • Patent number: D669526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Roland DG Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Sakurai
  • Patent number: D669556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Paul Flowers, Annette Roy