Patents Represented by Attorney Osha Liang
  • Patent number: 8297960
    Abstract: To provide a reliable solid-liquid separating method and apparatus for a slurry, even though the solid component of the slurry is finely divided particles and/or of a shape difficult to entangle, without exudation through gaps in processed portions and, also, with no need to exercise a maintenance work such as replacement of filters, a solid-liquid separating apparatus includes a mold having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface, a gate for opening and closing a second open end of the mold, and a pressing rod slidable into the mold to compress the slurry. Sheet-like fibrous filters are placed on a leading end face of the pressing rod and an inner surface of the gate to seal gaps between the mold and the pressing rod and between the gate and mold. With the filters so placed, the slurry within the mold unit is compressed to provide a solidified product, thereby accomplishing solid-liquid separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Kanji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8299487
    Abstract: A white light emitting device includes a semiconductor light emitting element that has a peak of an emission spectrum in a range of 370 nm to 480 nm, and at least one kind of phosphor that is excited by light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element to emit visible light. The phosphor is represented by the formula: Sr1-x-yBaxSi2O2N2:Eu2+y, wherein x is in the range of 0.3<x<1.0, y is in the range of 0.03<y<0.3, and x+y is in the range of x+y<1.0, and a vehicle lamp using the while light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Daicho, Masanobu Mizuno, Hajime Yamamoto, Yoshinobu Miyamoto, Bonggoo Yun
  • Patent number: 8301146
    Abstract: A disclosed user apparatus is for use in a mobile communication system including a macrocell and a closed cell wherein unspecified users are allowed to access the macrocell and specified users are allowed to access the closed cell. The user apparatus includes a measurement unit configured to measure quality of a signal provided from a camped cell in an idle state at a predefined cycle, a cell search unit configured to measure quality of a signal provided from a neighbor cell at a predefined cell search cycle, and a cell reselection unit configured to reselect a cell depending on the cell search result. A frequency of the macrocell is at least partially identical to a frequency of the closed cell. If the user apparatus resides in the macrocell and a predefined reselection criterion is satisfied, the closed cell adjacent to the camped cell is reselected as a standby cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Iwamura, Takehiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8301116
    Abstract: Spoofing is prevented in an authentication technique using a portable terminal and the like. A portable telephone includes an authentication unit for performing personal authentication of the user, a moving distance calculating unit for calculating a linear moving distance the portable telephone has moved from a position of the portable telephone at the time the authentication unit succeeds in the personal authentication of the user; and a post-authentication communication control unit for disabling the settlement process communication if the linear moving distance calculated by the moving distance calculating unit exceeds a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Kakiuchi
  • Patent number: 8292455
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp including, in a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body having a front opening and a transparent front cover attached to the front opening, a semiconductor light-emitting element; and an inner lens positioned forward of the semiconductor light-emitting element. The inner lens includes a first light control portion for diffusing light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a horizontal direction; and second light control portions respectively positioned on left and right sides of the first light control portion, each of which have a reflective surface for reflecting the light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroya Koizumi
  • Patent number: 8292479
    Abstract: A vehicular infrared irradiation lamp includes an infrared light-emitting element for projecting infrared light; a visible light-emitting element that emits visible light; and a transparent member provided at least partially adjacent to a light-emitting portion of the infrared light-emitting element. The transparent member radiates visible light received from the visible light-emitting element in a radiation direction of infrared light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sazuka, Osamu Masuda, Hiroya Koizumi, Takatomo Fujiyoshi
  • Patent number: 8295210
    Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes performing, at a mobile station UE which establishes a first connection in a first cell, a cell selection process at the time of detecting a failure in the first connection and transmitting, from the mobile station UE to a second cell selected in the cell selection process, a connection re-establishment request signal. The method includes determining, at a radio base station that manages the second cell, whether or not to store context information of the mobile station UE in response to the connection re-establishment request signal and acquiring, at the radio base station, the context information of the mobile station UE from a radio base station that manages the first cell, and establishing a second connection in the second cell for the mobile station UE, based on the context information of the mobile station UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Iwamura, Minami Ishii
  • Patent number: 8295515
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a simplified structure which includes a package structure in which a member for mounting a semiconductor element is separate from a member including a signal input/output unit. A microphone package is configured with a cover and a substrate. A microphone chip and a circuit element are adhered and fixed to a top surface of a recess formed in the cover. A plurality of bonding pads are arranged on the lower surface of the cover on the outer side of the recess. A bonding wire is connected to the circuit element and the bonding pad. The substrate includes a signal input/output terminal serving as the signal input/output unit, and a connection electrode, conducted with the signal input/output terminal, is arranged facing the bonding pad on the upper surface of the substrate. The substrate, cover, connection electrode, and bonding pad are joined with a conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Kuratani, Kazuyuki Ono, Tomofumi Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8292081
    Abstract: A container includes: a container body for storing substrates of semiconductor wafers; a door element detachably fitted to an open front portion of the container body; and a compressively deformable gasket for sealing between the container body and the door element. While a sealing surface for the gasket is formed on an inner periphery of an open front portion of the container body so that the difference between the maximum and minimum of a flatness is less than 0.50 mm, a fitting portion for the gasket is formed in a frame shape. The gasket is formed of a base fitted to the fitting portion; a flexible sealing part extended from the base toward the sealing surface; and a contact portion that is curvedly formed at a distal end of the sealing part and put in press-contact with the sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Sasaki, Shinichi Ohori, Hiroki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8295232
    Abstract: A base station (100) includes: a scheduling unit (106) configured to use, for a particular radio bearer, any one of a persistent scheduling in which data addressed to a mobile station (200) is transmitted at a predetermined timing, and a non-persistent scheduling in which a transmission opportunity is assigned to data addressed to a mobile station having a favorable reception condition; a control information generating unit (110) configured to generate control information to be used in the persistent scheduling; a control information notifying unit (112) configured to notify, to the mobile station, the control information; and a switching notifying unit (112) configured to notify, to the mobile station (200), that a scheduling to be used for the particular bearer should be switched from the non-persistent scheduling to the persistent scheduling, wherein the scheduling unit (106) is configured to switch the scheduling to be used for the particular radio bearer, from the non-persistent scheduling to the persist
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Harada, Minami Ishii, Sadayuki Abeta
  • Patent number: 8295236
    Abstract: A base station apparatus capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using an uplink shared channel, includes a resource allocation unit configured to allocate radio resources according to a first resource allocating scheme for dynamically allocating radio resources and a second resource allocating scheme for periodically allocating radio resources, wherein the resource allocation unit uses the radio resources to be allocated according to the second resource allocating scheme as the radio resources to be allocated according to the first resource allocating scheme, when the base station apparatus receives a signal to release the radio resources to be allocated according to the second allocating scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Anil Umesh
  • Patent number: 8295226
    Abstract: A disclosed radio communication apparatus includes an intermediate band detecting unit detecting an intermediate band which is a band between a first frequency band and a second frequency band which are allocated to a same mobile communication system or different mobile communication systems, a use status detecting unit detecting an uplink/downlink multiplexing method used in each of the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and a determination unit determining, based on the intermediate band and the uplink/downlink multiplexing method, the uplink/downlink multiplexing method usable in the intermediate band and a guard band in which use of frequencies are prevented, the guard band being included in the intermediate band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Fujii, Hitoshi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 8292187
    Abstract: A method of operating a shaker including: disposing a shaker screen in a shaker, wherein the shaker screen includes at least one tag selected from the group consisting of a radio frequency identification tag and a surface acoustic wave tag; reading shaker screen information from the at least one tag; and adjusting at least one shaker variable using the shaker screen information. In another aspect, embodiments relate to a shaker screen including: a filtering element disposed on a frame; wherein the frame includes: at least one outer frame member; at least one cross member; and at least one tag selected from the group consisting of a radio frequency identification tag and a surface acoustic wave tag; wherein at least a portion of the tag is integral with at least one of an outer frame member and a cross member. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a shaker screen having an integral tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: M-1 L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jonathan Getliff
  • Patent number: 8294083
    Abstract: An image display device is provided, by which variations in drive sensitivity of a scan mirror is corrected. Processing executed by a CPU in a laser projector includes the steps of: driving a scanner mirror in a vertical direction; allowing at least one of a green laser and red/blue lasers to emit light; calculating stay time in a light-receiving region in a photoreceptor; comparing the calculated stay time with ideal stay time Tideal; decreasing a tilt of a drive signal for driving the scanner mirror in the vertical direction if the calculated stay time is shorter than the stay time Tideal; and increasing the tilt of the drive signal if the calculated stay time is longer than the stay time Tideal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Nishioka, Atsuya Hirano, Hiroki Matsubara, Hiroshi Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 8295836
    Abstract: A mobile exchange (300) comprising a mobile station information management unit (302) which manages mobile station information including a temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) for identifying the each mobile station uniquely in a first mobile management area and a notification unit which notifies a destination wireless base station (200) to which a mobile station (100) is connected in the first mobile management area of the temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) assigned to the mobile station (100) when the mobile station (100) performing communication in a second mobile management area moves from the second mobile management area to the first mobile management area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Minami Ishii, Anil Umesh
  • Patent number: 8295844
    Abstract: A mobile communications system is disclosed. The mobile communications system includes a first unit, provided at a base station apparatus, which controls a base station status by determining a request from an upper-layer general base station apparatus; and a second unit, provided at the general base station apparatus, which monitors for one or more mobile station apparatuses entering into/appearing in, or exiting/disappearing from a cell formed by the general base station apparatus, and, if at least one of the mobile station apparatuses enters into/appears in the cell formed by the general base station apparatus, requests for changing the base station apparatus to a service status, and, if all of the mobile station apparatuses exit/disappear from the cell formed by the general base station apparatus, requests for changing the base station apparatus to a radio unit stop status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mori, Akira Ishii, Mikio Iwamura
  • Patent number: 8289735
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for delivering a controlled voltage. The method involves, during a first electric pulse delivered to a primary transformer, holding a first switching section open to isolate the controlled voltage, where the first electric pulse creates a first magnetic flux in a core of the primary transformer, and where the first magnetic flux generates a direct current (DC) magnetizing current. The method further involves receiving the controlled voltage from a voltage source using the DC magnetizing current at a first switching section, and upon termination of the first electric pulse, closing the first switching section to deliver the controlled voltage to the primary transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Varentec LLC
    Inventors: Rudolf Limpaecher, Alex Wilhelm Limpaecher
  • Patent number: 8289012
    Abstract: The invention relates to a signal transmission/reception device (DER) which can cooperate with an antenna device (A) capable of emitting a magnetic field. The invention is characterized in that the device (DER) comprises the following elements for transmission, namely: a power stage (P) for sending a symmetrical square-wave voltage signal (U0) to the input of the antenna device (A) in order to supply same with a current that can be used to generate the emitted magnetic field; and a current measuring stage (C) for measuring the current circulating in the antenna device (A). The invention is suitable for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle
    Inventors: Eric Leconte, Stéphane Violleau, Michael Notarianni
  • Patent number: 8290198
    Abstract: A speaker device includes a pair of diaphragms disposed opposite each other, a frame configured to vibratably support an outer periphery of the diaphragms in a vibration direction, and a plurality of driving parts configured to support a rear surface of each of the diaphragms and vibrate the diaphragms in response to an audio signal. The plurality of the driving parts include a pair of magnetic circuits in which a magnetic gap is formed in a direction different from the vibration direction of the diaphragms, a pair of voice coils vibratably arranged in the magnetic gap in one axis direction, vibrating so as to move toward or away from each other in response to the audio signal, and a rigid vibration direction converter part direction-converting the vibration of the voice coils and transmitting the vibration to the diaphragms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Ogasawara, Koji Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8287167
    Abstract: A lamp unit includes a first semiconductor light-emitting element that serves as a light source; a second semiconductor light-emitting element that serves as a light source; a support member that supports the first semiconductor light-emitting element and the second semiconductor light-emitting element; a first reflector provided above the first semiconductor light-emitting element, which reflects light radiated from the first semiconductor light-emitting element forward; a shade that blocks a portion of reflected light from the first reflector; a projection lens provided in front of the first reflector with the shade disposed therebetween, which forms a light distribution pattern with a cut-off line from light reflected by the first reflector; a positioning portion that positions the projection lens; and a second reflector provided below the second semiconductor light-emitting element, which reflects light radiated from the second semiconductor light-emitting element forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuaki Inaba