Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pearne & Gordon
  • Patent number: 8228301
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a bistable cholesteric writing tablet on which an image is formed by applying a suitable voltage while applying writing pressure, which results in a focal conic texture in a reduced gap region of the active layer while not changing the texture of the unreduced gap region of the active layer (e.g., a written portion being in a focal conic texture on a background in the planar texture). Another aspect of the invention is a multi-color stacked writing tablet in which a color of an image is selected by applying a suitable voltage while applying writing pressure using an instrument such as an untethered stylus on the surface of the tablet. The writing tablet includes at least two or three stacked layers of bistable cholesteric liquid crystal material. Selected colors can be additively mixed to achieve intermediate colors as desired. The image can be erased and new images written on the tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kent Displays Incorporated
    Inventor: Tod L. Schneider
  • Patent number: 8228626
    Abstract: A color wheel is provided with a balancing device. The balancing device encompasses an essentially circular track whose center point coincides with the axial center of rotation of the color wheel. The track is provided with at least two mutually independent, movable balancing weights. Moving the balancing weights along the track requires a force greater than the gravitational force of the balancing weight. To balance a color wheel, a determination is made of a position in which a balancing weight corresponding to the total weight of the balancing weight system would have to be placed in order to balance the color wheel. At least one of the balancing weights is then moved to the position, according to the determination, where one of the balancing weights corresponding to the total weight of the balancing weight system would have to be placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Oerlikon Trading AG, Trubbach
    Inventor: Emil Janicek
  • Patent number: 8228703
    Abstract: A method for writing a magnetic random access memory-based ternary content addressable memory cell comprising a first magnetic tunnel junction being formed from a storage layer, a sense layer having a magnetization direction adjustable relative to the magnetization of the storage layer, and an insulating layer between the storage and sense layers; a sense line coupled with the storage layer; a first field line and a second field line, and the first field line being orthogonal to the second field line; comprising: providing a first write data to said storage layer via the second field line to store a first stored data with a high or low logic state; characterized in that, the method further comprises providing the first write data to said storage layer via the first field line to store the first stored data with a masked logic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Crocus Technology SA
    Inventors: Virgile Javerliac, Mourad El Baraji
  • Patent number: 8228167
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an access control apparatus for lessening the occasions of invading a place where no entry is permitted without setting any separate access condition for a temporary user of a visitor, etc., in a room entering and leaving management apparatus using personal identification information of an IC card, etc. The access control apparatus of the invention sets the master-slave relationship between identification information possessed by a guide and identification information possessed by a visitor and automatically sets the access permission of the visitor in response to the verification result of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Maruya, Takanori Shimada, Susumu Okada, Tomohide Ishigami
  • Patent number: 8228391
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus capable of preventing photographing sensitivity from being increased more than necessary, reducing image quality degradation caused by camera shake or object shake and easily photographing images in good image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Naoto Yumiki
  • Patent number: 8225696
    Abstract: A key conversion workstation converts conventional keys, in their many shapes and sizes, into a key assembly having a standardized head that can be used, among other uses, within a key organizing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Keyport, Inc.
    Inventor: Josh Downes
  • Patent number: 8228716
    Abstract: Magnetic element with thermally-assisted magnetic-field writing or thermally-assisted spin-transfer writing, comprising: a reference magnetic layer having a fixed direction magnetization; a storage magnetic layer exchange-pinned with an antiferromagnetic layer, wherein the magnetization direction of the storage layer can vary when said element can be heated to a temperature at least higher than a critical temperature of the antiferromagnetic layer; a tunnel barrier, provided between the reference layer and the storage layer; wherein the magnetic reference layer, and/or the magnetic storage layer includes at least one electrically-resistive thin layer for heating the magnetic element. The magnetic element disclosed herein has a voltage gain of typically 10 to 50% compared to conventional magnetic elements and shows a reduction of the stress induced during a writing operation as well as a reduction of the aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Crocus Technology SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Nozières, Ioan Lucian Prejbeanu
  • Patent number: 8229101
    Abstract: A method of measuring server performance includes recording a time of queuing a request by a client for primary resources managed by the server; recording an estimated wait time for responding to the request for primary resources; recording a time of service for the request for primary resources; and calculating a punctuality metric of the request for primary resources by subtracting the difference between the time of service and the time of queuing from the estimated wait time. The punctuality metric is representative of the performance of the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Virtual Hold Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Mark J. Williams
  • Patent number: 8228702
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a magnetic random access memory-based ternary content addressable memory cell, comprising a first and second magnetic tunnel junction respectively connected to a first and second straps extending on each side of the first and second magnetic tunnel junctions, respectively; a first and second selection transistors, respectively connected to one extremity of the first and second straps; a first and second current lines; and a conductive line electrically connecting in series the first and second magnetic tunnel junctions at their ends opposed to the ones connecting the first and second straps. The cell disclosed herein has smaller size and can be advantageously used in memory devices having a high cell density array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Crocus Technology SA
    Inventors: Virgile Javerliac, Mourad El Baraji
  • Patent number: 8227721
    Abstract: This interrupter device includes a parallel branch (4) in which a vacuum switch chamber is connected for breaking current. The branch is inactive in normal operation, with current flowing in it only when the disconnector (2) has started its opening movement, by progressive transfer of the current from the main power line (1) to the branch (4). Since the vacuum switch (6) is generally at rest, it no longer needs to be dimensioned to satisfy stringent electrical and dielectric requirements for normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Areva T & D SAS
    Inventors: Daniel Piccoz, Floriane Decq, Patrice Grosjean
  • Patent number: 8229150
    Abstract: The present hearing device with at least one microphone (1) arranged within the housing of the hearing device, wherein the microphone (1) is arranged within a mounting plate (4) of the hearing device, an opening (3) for receiving the microphone (1) is inventively provided within said mounting plate (4) and further elastic material (2) is arranged in at least a part area between said microphone (1) and the wall of said opening (3) facing said microphone (1). The elastic material (2) is providing a clamping action or friction fit that reliably fixes the microphone (1) in its built-in position within the mounting plate (4) or the opening (3) respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Andi Vonlanthen, Bruno Gabathuler
  • Patent number: 8227363
    Abstract: Structurally stable and mechanically strong ceramic oxide aerogels are provided. The aerogels are cross-linked via organic polymer chains that are attached to and extend from surface-bound functional groups provided or present over the internal surfaces of a mesoporous ceramic oxide particle network via appropriate chemical reactions. The functional groups can be hydroxyl groups, which are native to ceramic oxides, or they can be non-hydroxyl functional groups that can be decorated over the internal surfaces of the ceramic oxide network. Methods of preparing such mechanically strong ceramic oxide aerogels also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Ohio Aerospace Institute, The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Nicholas Leventis, Mary Ann B. Meador, James C. Johnston, Eve F. Fabrizio, Ulvi F. Ilhan
  • Patent number: 8221776
    Abstract: A method of producing a granule containing at least 40 weight percent phosphoroamidothioate, preferably acephate, by processing the phosphoroamidothioate in powder form along with a liquid through a vertical continuous noncompressive agglomerator having a vertical rotating shaft on which are mounted a plurality of adjustable blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventors: William A. Sander, Paul C. Manning
  • Patent number: 8220420
    Abstract: A system and associated method for removing accumulated debris from a surface of a vessel. The system includes an impulse cleaning device defining a combustion chamber in which combustible fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce combustion that is directed at the surface to be cleaned within the vessel, and an eductor assembly surrounding a downstream end of the chamber for inducting surrounding atmosphere into the combustion to widen the area being cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Warren Taylor, David Chapin, Terry Farmer, James Easel Roberts
  • Patent number: 8220887
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a compartment, a first container, a second container, a door, and a selection device. The first container is located in the compartment and configured to be movable in a first direction. The second container is located in the compartment and configured to be movable in the first direction. The door is operably connected to the second container and configured to provide access to at least one of the first container and the second container of the compartment when the door is moved to an open position. The door is also configured to inhibit access to the compartment when the door is moved to a closed position. The selection device is located on the refrigerator and configured for inputting a selection of either the first container or the second container. The selected container is presented in an accessible position when the door is moved from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Watts, James S. Fowler, Jr., Christian P. Detlefsen
  • Patent number: 8222272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation and process for preparing the same comprising an oral dosage formulation, such as a capsule formulation, of a macrolide compound, such as tacrolimus, wherein the capsule formulation contains both a solid dispersion of the macrolide along with a non-dispersed form of the macrolide. The pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention is bioequivalent to the FDA approved product according to a bioavailability study conducted in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Roxane Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Brubaker, Thomas D. Mahon
  • Patent number: 8220152
    Abstract: A process for making heat exchanger tubes comprises the operating steps of cutting a piece of sheet, subjecting the piece of sheet (3) to a forming step to obtain a plurality of first elements (8, 9) which mirror one another, and bending the piece of sheet (3) to create a tubular element (1) which has two flat walls (4) with the raised elements (8, 9) on them, the flat walls being opposite one another and joined by two connecting walls (5), and; the bending step substantially joining the lateral edges (7) to one another; and welding the lateral edges (7) to close the tubular element (1). The first raised elements (8) having an extended shape according to their main direction of extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Faist Componenti S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianfranco Natali
  • Patent number: D663572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: AB Electrolux
    Inventor: Joachim Nordwall
  • Patent number: D663573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: AB Electrolux
    Inventor: Joachim Nordwall
  • Patent number: D663587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: AB Electrolux
    Inventor: Joachim Nordwall