Patents Represented by Attorney Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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Patent number: 8342914Abstract: A mobile machine for screeding floor surfaces and the like comprises a planet disk, which is rotatably supported and driven by a drive motor, and which carries at least one screeding disk, operatively connected to the drive motor and defining one screeding plane. The operative connection comprises at least one belt or chain running over a belt sheave connected to the screeding disk, and a belt sheave connected to the drive motor. The belt sheave of the screeding disk has a central stub axle forming part of an automotive wheel hub, comprising wheel bolts attached to said planet disk.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: HTC Sweden ABInventor: Hakan Thysell
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Patent number: 8344407Abstract: A white light source includes: an insulating substrate; a light-emitting diode chip provided on the insulating substrate and that emits ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 330 nm to 410 nm; and a phosphor layer formed to cover the light-emitting diode chip, including a red emitting phosphor, a green emitting phosphor, and a blue emitting phosphor as a phosphor, and the phosphors are dispersed in a cured transparent resin, wherein when it is assumed that the shortest distance between a surface of the phosphor layer and a peripheral portion of the light-emitting diode chip is t(mm) and the mean free path defined by the following expression (1) is L(mm), the t and L satisfy 3.2?t/L. [Expression 1] L=1/(n×?)??(1) (n: number of phosphors per unit volume of the phosphor layer (pcs/mm3), and ?: average cross section area of a phosphor in the phosphor layer (mm2)).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Inoue, Hajime Takeuchi, Yasumasa Ooya, Toshio Shimaoogi, Yasuhiro Shirakawa
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Patent number: 8345206Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer causing a selective reflection and exhibiting Kerr effect, first and second electrodes applying voltage to the liquid crystal layer, a first circular polarizer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and a viewer and allowing a first circularly polarized light incident on the liquid crystal layer when irradiated with a natural light, the first circularly polarized light having an electric-field vector rotating in a direction reverse to a rotation direction of an electric-field vector of a circularly polarized light selectively reflected by the liquid crystal layer, and a second circular polarizer facing the first circular polarizer with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween and allowing a second circularly polarized light incident on the liquid crystal layer when irradiated with a natural light.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Rei Hasegawa, Yuko Kizu, Hajime Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8346476Abstract: A vehicle running control system includes: a speed pattern creating unit that creates a speed pattern according to a target traveling path, a running control unit that controls running of the vehicle based on the speed pattern, a first speed condition correcting unit that correct speed conditions in a direction from a start position of the running control toward an end position of the running control on the target traveling path, and a second speed condition correcting unit that correct speed conditions in a direction from the end position of the running control toward the start position of the running control on the target traveling path.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Taguchi, Takashi Suzuki, Masaki Matsunaga
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Patent number: 8338653Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil for continuously variable transmissions characterized by that used as a base oil are a synthetic oil I having the following properties: (a) a traction coefficient at 120° C. is 115% or more of that of 2,4-dicyclohexyl-2-methylpentane, (b) a viscosity at ?40° C. is not higher than a viscosity (260 Pa·s) of 2,4-dicyclohexyl-2-methylpentane, and (c) a viscosity index is 65 or higher, and a synthetic oil II having a viscosity of 1 Pa·s or lower at ?40° C. and that the above base oil has a specific property. The above lubricating oil is a lubricating oil for continuously variable transmissions which has a high traction coefficient even at high temperature and is endowed with a good low temperature fluidity and which is suited as a lubricating oil for continuously variable transmissions for automobiles.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Sekiguchi, Yukio Yoshida, Sumihiro Oda, Toshiyuki Tsubouchi, Hidetoshi Koga
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Patent number: 8339866Abstract: A NAND type flash memory for erasing data every block including plural memory cell transistors that are provided every block and have floating gates formed through first gate insulating film above a well formed in a semiconductor substrate and control gates formed through second gate insulating film above the floating gates, data in the memory cell transistors being rewritable by controlling charge amounts accumulated in the floating gates, and a row decoder having a plurality of MOS transistors having drains that are respectively connected to corresponding word lines connected to the control gates of the plurality of memory cell transistors, the row decoder controlling gate and source voltages of the MOS transistors.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akihiro Imamoto, Osamu Nagao
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Patent number: 8338876Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory strings each having a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells connected in series. Each of the memory strings comprising: a first semiconductor layer including a columnar portion extending in a vertical direction with respect to a substrate; a plurality of first conductive layers formed to surround side surfaces of the columnar portions via insulation layers, and formed at a certain pitch in the vertical direction, the first conductive layers functioning as floating gates of the memory cells; and a plurality of second conductive layers formed to surround the first conductive layers via insulation layers, and functioning as control electrodes of the memory cells. Each of the first conductive layers has a length in the vertical direction that is shorter than a length in the vertical direction of each of the second conductive layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masaru Kito, Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Masaru Kidoh, Megumi Ishiduki, Yosuke Komori, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Ryota Katsumata, Hideaki Aochi
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Patent number: 8339834Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a first line; a second line intersecting with the first line; and a memory cell arranged at a position where the second line intersects with the first line, wherein, the memory cell includes: a variable resistance element; and a negative resistance element connected in series to the variable resistance element.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsukasa Nakai, Yasuhiro Nojiri, Shuichi Kuboi, Motoya Kishida, Akiko Nomachi, Masanobu Baba, Hiroyuki Fukumizu
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Patent number: 8337629Abstract: To clean an element in a vacuum chamber by causing particles sticking to the element to scatter, the present invention uses a means for applying a voltage to the element and causing the particles to scatter by utilizing Maxwell's stress, a means for electrically charging the particles and causing the particles to scatter by utilizing the Coulomb force, a means for introducing a gas into the vacuum chamber and causing the particles sticking to the element to scatter by causing a gas shock wave to hit the element, a means for heating the element and causing the particles to scatter by utilizing the thermal stress and thermophoretic force, or a means for causing the particles to scatter by applying mechanical vibrations to the element. The thus scattered particles are removed by carrying them in a gas flow in a relatively high pressure atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Tsuyoshi Moriya, Hiroshi Nagaike, Hiroyuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 8337634Abstract: A remover contains an alkaline component, a bivalent zinc ion, a ferric ion, a chelating agent, and a nitrate ion. By using this remover, an anodized film can be selectively removed from an aluminum or aluminum-alloy member.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Iijima, Tetsuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 8337984Abstract: To provide a carrier film for a fuel cell production process which is excellent in a recycling property and sufficient handling property in the fuel cell production process. A carrier film for a fuel cell production process, which is made of a fluororesin and has a tensile elastic modulus of at least 1,500 MPa in the machine direction, as measured in accordance with ASTM D882, and a tensile modulus of at least 100 MPa in the machine direction at 150° C., and which preferably has a thickness of from 10 to 300 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yasumasa Yukawa, Tamao Okuya
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Patent number: 8340241Abstract: An X-ray computed tomography apparatus has an area arithmetic unit and an image processing unit. The area arithmetic unit obtains information with respect to a position of a deteriorating area appeared around an end on an acquisition range of a projection data under an influence of a cone angle. The image processing unit performs an image processing for a CT image to be discriminable the deteriorating area from an area other than the deteriorating area.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Akira Adachi, Satoshi Saito
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Patent number: 8340653Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus that includes a personal information obtaining unit configured to obtain contact information about one or a plurality of persons that are a subject of an image; a storage unit configured to store the image in an image address book as an image-attached personal information list item after being added with the contact information obtained by the personal information obtaining unit; a display unit configured to display the image stored in the storage unit; and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to display the image stored in the storage unit when an operation of reading the image-attached personal information list item is performed, and perform a process related to the contact information added to the image in the storage unit when an operation of selecting the one or plurality of persons on the displayed image is performed by a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.Inventor: Junji Shimagaki
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Patent number: 8340468Abstract: Feature points (41, 42, 43) in the heat image (10) of a casting die (1) are extracted and a predetermined geometrical conversion processing is performed on the heat image (10) such that the feature points are superimposed on the reference feature points (61, 62, 63) set in a reference heat image (30) picked up previously to generate a corrected heat image (20). A difference image (40) is generated by superimposing the corrected heat image (20) and the reference heat image (30) such that the corrected feature points (51, 52, 53) in the corrected heat image (20) is superimposed on the corresponding reference feature points (61, 62, 63). With such an arrangement, a highly reliable difference image can be generated even when the imaging field of vision slips off among a plurality of heat images.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, MEIWA e-TEC co., ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Furukawa, Shingo Nakamura, Yuji Okada, Fumio Kawahara
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Patent number: 8338907Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region provided on a main surface of a substrate, being apart from each other and having first conductivity; a third semiconductor region provided between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region and having second conductivity opposite to the first conductivity; a fourth semiconductor region provided on a main surface of the substrate, connected to the third semiconductor region, manufactured together with the third semiconductor region in the same manufacturing process, and having the conductivity same as that of the third semiconductor region; and trenches made on the main surface of the fourth semiconductor region and having a depth smaller than a junction depth of the fourth semiconductor region.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sanken Electronic Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hironori Aoki
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Patent number: 8340000Abstract: A radio communication system and apparatus is disclosed wherein setting necessary for communication with a desired radio communication apparatus with which a user wants to communicate can be performed with certainty by an operation system familiar to the user and a high security level can be assured for the communication which uses the setting. When a first radio communication apparatus receives a request for communication information necessary for communication through a radio network from a second radio communication apparatus through a radio circuit, it transmits identification information for the radio network and information regarding the security set in advance as communication information therein to the second radio communication apparatus through the radio circuit. The second radio communication apparatus sets the communication information to itself. The invention can be applied to a radio LAN for which a household electric appliance is used.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shoko Ihori, Ko Togashi, Shinichi Hirata
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Patent number: 8336317Abstract: A turbine engine, including a final centrifugal compressor stage associated with a diffuser for supplying air to a combustion chamber, and a ventilation element for ventilating a high-pressure turbine wheel, is disclosed. The ventilation element includes an injection element for injecting air onto the wheel and a take-up element for taking up a flow for cooling the impeller of the compressor, where the take-up element has a labyrinth seal mounted at the outlet of the injection element, and the air outlet orifices are installed between the injection element and the labyrinth seal and leading upstream of the turbine wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Stéphane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Patrick Claude Pasquis, Wilfried Lionel Schweblen, Jean-Claude Christian Taillant
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Patent number: 8336812Abstract: An engine attachment for an assembly system configured to be mounted between a rigid structure of an attachment strut of an aircraft engine and an engine. The attachment includes a main body, a rudder bar on an articulated mounting on the main body by a hinge pin, and two thrust absorption rods each with one end connected to the rudder bar. The main body includes a first main brace and a second main brace superimposed on the first brace. The hinge pin is formed by a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is made in one piece with the first brace and the second portion is made in one piece with the second brace. Furthermore, the braces define a stop limit surface configured to limit rotation of the rudder bar.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Jacques Beaufort, Jean-Francois Dumont
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Patent number: 8340175Abstract: A moving image encoding device measures a band of a target image to be encoded and a band of a reference image by a band analyzer, and generates band-related information representing these bands. A prediction signal generator generates a prediction signal such that the signal matches the band of the target image, from the reference image, based on the band-related information. A difference unit obtains a difference between the target image and the prediction signal to generate a differential signal. A converter and a quantizer each encode the differential signal to generate an encoded differential signal. An inverse quantizer and an inverter each decode the encoded differential signal to generate a decoded differential signal. An adder adds the prediction signal to the decoded differential signal to generate a reproduced image. An output terminal outputs at least the encoded differential signal and the band-related information.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Choong Seng Boon, Akira Fujibayashi, Sadaatsu Kato, Tsutomu Horikoshi
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Patent number: 8337655Abstract: A production method of a multi-layer printed wiring board containing the following steps (1)-(5): (1) a temporary fitting preparatory step including conveying an adhesive sheet from an adhesive sheet roll wherein an adhesive sheet having a prepreg formed on a support film is wound in a roll and placing the adhesive sheet such that a prepreg surface contacts one or both of the surfaces of a circuit board, (2) a temporary fitting step for temporarily fitting the adhesive sheet to the circuit board, including partially adhering the adhesive sheet to the circuit board by heating and pressing a part of the adhesive sheet from the support film side, and cutting the adhesive sheet according to the size of the circuit board with a cutter, (3) a laminating step including heating and pressing the temporarily fitted adhesive sheet under reduced pressure to laminate the adhesive sheet on the circuit board, (4) a thermal curing step including forming an insulating layer by thermally curing the prepreg, and (5) a detachinType: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Shigeo Nakamura, Seiichiro Ohashi, Eiichi Hayashi, Tadahiko Yokota