Patents Represented by Attorney Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
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Patent number: 6892917Abstract: A brittle material rotating and aligning mechanism including a bearing, a rotary table, and a driving mechanismU, and installed in the worktable of a brittle material scribing and breaking apparatus; carries brittle material, for example, a semiconductor wafer for scribing and breaking into individual dies. The driving mechanism uses a flexible transmission member to rotate the rotary table for low installation cost, no requirement for a precision adjustment during installation, and, preventing the occurrence of back lash or the production of particles due to friction between the transmission member and the driving wheel of the driving mechanism, or between the transmission member and the rotary table.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Kuei-Jung Chen, Chin-Chong Chiang
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Patent number: 6894852Abstract: An optical device uses in a plane image input device. The optical device comprises a body including an incident end and an emergent end. After a light beam enters the body via the incident end, undergoes a total reflection, and emerges from the emergent end. Thus, the size of the plane image input device can be minimized and the optical energy attenuation can be reduced during the transmission process.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Lite-On Technology CorporationInventor: Chun-I Hsiao
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Patent number: 6894782Abstract: There is provided a method of measuring defocusing when a semiconductor wafer is exposed to light. With the method, a resist is exposed to light by deviating a focus of the light by a given distance in relation to the semiconductor wafer with the resist applied thereto, and after development of the resist, resist patterns for measurement are formed. Based on respective lengths of the resist patterns for measurement, defocusing in relation to the resist is found.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daigo Hoshino, Takahiro Yamauchi
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Patent number: 6891722Abstract: A magnetic locking device is described. The magnetic locking device is utilized for locking an electric device upper cover especially for locking both sides of the display cover of a notebook/tablet dual-purpose personal computer. The magnetic locking device has a lock module and a hook module. The lock module installed in the upper cover has a lock module base, a release button, a magnet, a first bezel and a second bezel. The hook module installed in the electric device base has a hook module base, a spring device, and a hook. The spring device pulls the hook to hide in the electric device base when the hook is not working to improve the electric device appearance and to eliminate interference during operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.Inventors: Wen-Hsiang Chen, Kuo-Chang Yang, Jung-Wen Chang
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Patent number: 6890776Abstract: A silicon oxide film formed on a compound semiconductor substrate is evaluated by estimating the quantity of silicon-silicon bonds operating as electron traps in the silicon oxide film from a peak with a wave number of 880/centimeter in the Fourier-transform infrared spectrum of the silicon oxide film. This peak, which is an indicator of silicon-silicon stretching vibration, provides an index of expected power performance degradation during operation of field-effect transistors incorporating the silicon oxide film as an interlayer. Power degradation can be reduced by fabricating the semiconductor device under conditions that reduce the estimated quantity of silicon-silicon bonds, without the need to measure the power degradation.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takehiko Okajima
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Patent number: 6891591Abstract: A method of fabricating slant reflector with bump structure, at least comprising the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a photosensitivity material layer on the substrate; patterning the photosensitivity material layer to form m groups of pattern (m?1, m is positive integral), and each group of pattern includes a plurality of bumps with different bottom area; and jointing the bumps to form a slant surface with bump structure. The photosensitivity material layer is either orderly or randomly patterned to form m groups of patterns. The step of patterning the photosensitivity material layer includes exposing and developing. The invention utilizes one photo-mask with particular pattern to fabricate the bump structure in a simple way.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.Inventors: Cheng-Jen Chu, Chin-Cheng Chien
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Patent number: 6891723Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) tray module is disclosed. The hard disk drive tray module comprises a tray, a bezel and a hook device, wherein the bezel is located between the tray and the hook device, and the hook device and the bezel are attached to the tray. The hook device comprises a handle, a latch, a spring, an E ring and two hook plates, wherein the handle is inserted into the spring, the spring is inserted into the latch, and the E ring is installed onto the handle. With the use of the spring and the E ring, the latch can be slid along the handle.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.Inventors: Cheng-Wang Lin, Yu-Lin Chen
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Patent number: 6890186Abstract: A socket structure for grid array (GA) Packages, mainly comprises the flexible chassis assembly, the frame, the first hinge cover lid and the second hinge cover lid. The flexible chassis assembly comprises the silicon rubber pad, the inner base plate, the flex-board, two solder mask layers, bumps and solder balls. The flex-board, encompassing the silicon rubber pad and the inner base plate, is used for electrical contacts. Also, the first hinge cover lid is situated and pivoting on the frame by a first hinge pin and a second hinge pin; the second hinge cover lid is situated and pivoting on the frame by a third hinge pin and a fourth hinge pin. By pressing the first hinge cover lid and the second hinge cover lid downward, the hinge pads thereon contact with the substrate of the package and snap the package firm in place. In this invention, the package with pre-attached heat sink can be easily placed into the socket.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Ray Chien
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Patent number: 6889972Abstract: A banknote dispenser is constructed to include a housing adapted to hold banknotes in a stack for dispensing, a power module, a transferring wheel set driven by the power module to spread a stack of banknotes into a stepped stack of banknotes and then to dispense banknotes individually by a respective push block being rotated with a respective wheel of the transferring wheel set, an output wheel set adapted to transfer banknotes individually from the transferring wheel set to a banknote outlet, and a sensor adapted to control the operation of the power module subject to the presence of banknotes in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: International Currency Technologies CorporationInventor: Hung-Yi Chang
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Patent number: 6892036Abstract: A toner cartridge has a toner-agitating member that agitates the toner to be supplied to a developing unit. The toner cartridge has at least a part of a detecting mechanism that transmits the motion of the agitating member to detect an amount of the remaining toner in the toner cartridge. The detecting mechanism has a sensor rod. The sensor rod has one end that rotatably engages the agitating member and the other end to which a detector is attached. At least a part of the motion-transmitting section is made of a material that when the part receives a pressure greater than a predetermined value, the part absorbs the pressure.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Oki Data CorporationInventor: Junichi Ito
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Patent number: 6889794Abstract: An electric power steering system according to the present invention comprises: a sensor module including a steering torque sensor and a control circuit housed therein; and a motor module including an electric motor and a motor driving circuit housed therein. The sensor module and the motor module are physically separately mounted in the electric power steering system. Since the sensor module and the motor module are physically separated, these modules can separately be produced, and the steering torque sensor and the electric motor can independently be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Higashira, Yoshiaki Nakano
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Patent number: 6890866Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate with a contact hole filled by an aluminum-containing thin film. This manufacturing method includes a step of forming a silicon-containing thin film so as to fill the contact hole on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a step of removing the part of the silicon-containing thin film outside the contact hole, a step of forming an aluminum-containing thin film on the surface of the semiconductor substrate after completing the step of removing the part of the silicon-containing substrate, and a step of heating the semiconductor substrate on which the aluminum-containing thin film is formed to such a temperature as to cause silicon to diffuse with respect to aluminum.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2004Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masaru Takaishi
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Patent number: 6892102Abstract: A signal processor for a joystick which includes a joystick input device (11) which varies a joystick voltage input value Vi according to an operating amount of a joystick (10) from a neutral position (11), an input circuit (13) which outputs the average value of the joystick voltage input value Vi read at every sampling time over a predetermined number of past occasions as a joystick voltage computation value Vic, a computation circuit (14) which computes an output computation value Voc set according to the joystick voltage computation value Vic, and operation start detecting circuit which detects an operation start when the joystick (10) is pushed over from the neutral position. The computation circuit (14) increases the output computation value Voc to an effective maximum value when operation starts. In this way, over-sensitivity of the control response when there is a sudden operation of the joystick (10) is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Kayaba Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazunori Fushimi
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Patent number: 6888222Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device capable of adapting to an increase in the external terminals which can be arranged on the mount surface (a greater number of pins). A mesa-type semiconductor chip is mounted on a mount surface of a substrate which is a semiconductor chip carrying portion such that the side wall surface of the four side walls of the first semiconductor chip intersects the mount surface at an acute angle ? (0°<?<90°). Further, a first pad formed on a main surface of the first semiconductor chip is electrically connected to a solder ball provided on an unmounted surface, via a first wiring layer, one end of which is connected to the first pad, and which extends along the main surface, the side wall surface, and the unmounted surface of the semiconductor chip.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshinori Shizuno
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Patent number: 6888335Abstract: A method and system for controlling vehicle door position in improved reliability of a vehicle door electromechanical positioning components. The vehicle door control system includes an abnormality detector for detecting abnormal operation of the vehicle door by a deviation of expected door position and/or velocity. If abnormal operation is detected, operation of the electrical motor driving the door is ceased for a predetermined time period. Operation is then resumed if the abnormal condition has been removed. The control system may include a counter for counting a number of attempts to resume operation and further attempts to resume may be ceased if the counter exceeds a predetermined count value. The motor or door positioning system may include a locking device that locks the vehicle door at various positions and the control system use indications of a locked position indicator to determine whether or not to resume operation of the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2004Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu Sato, Hiroshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 6888603Abstract: An IPS-LCD with a compensation structure for CD variation. The IPS-LCD panel includes a plurality of pixels wherein each pixel has parallel pixel electrodes and parallel common electrodes positioned such that a respective pixel electrode is disposed adjacent and parallel to a respective common electrode. This panel is characterized in that each spacing between any adjacent common electrode and pixel electrode in one pixel is equal to and different from that of the adjacent pixel.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2004Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.Inventor: Deuk Su Lee
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Patent number: 6888546Abstract: A three-dimensional image displayed by a conventional medical computer system is not displayed on the basis of anatomic landmarks, so that a plurality of images cannot be compared with one another and examined on the basis of the same reference surfaces and references. In this invention, a three-dimensional image is constructed and displayed on the basis of multi-tomographing image data. Anatomic landmarks in the displayed three-dimensional image are specified, and reference planes are created on the basis of the landmarks. When the reference planes are created, the three-dimensional image is displayed upon correcting the position thereof such that it becomes an image based on the reference planes. As a result, an image displayed in three dimensions is an image based on anatomic reference planes, so that it can be anatomically directed in three-dimensions. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an image having good reproducibility.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Inventor: Han-Joon Kim
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Patent number: 6886060Abstract: A computer system for integrating several car electronic devices is proposed. The computer system is installed in a housing, which is of the standard DIN size to be installed in a car dashboard. A computer host is disposed in the housing, and can run at least an operating system or at least a software program. At least an external electronic device is connected to the computer host through a plurality of connection ports disposed on the computer host. A control panel is disposed at the front end of the housing to control the computer host. A display for displaying text or picture information is also connected to the computer host. A touch panel adhering to the display is also provided. Data can be input through contacting the touch panel. The connection ports can connect all electronic devices in a car for integrating and controlling them.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Wei-Jen Wang, Ping-Hui Shu, Wen-Che Liu, Long-Tai Chen, Ya-Wen Wu
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Patent number: 6885551Abstract: A peripheral device fixing module is described. The peripheral device fixing module quickly secures peripheral devices in a computer and especially in a computer server. The module includes a module base, a shaft, and a rotatable fixing arm. The module base fixes the peripheral devices and couples with the computer. The module base includes a first fixing device and a second fixing device to couple screw holes of the peripheral devices. The rotatable fixing arm includes a rotatable frame, a spring device, a device clasper, and a spring clasper. The spring clasper locks the rotatable fixing arm into the module base, the spring device presses a first peripheral device, such as a floppy disc drive, and the device clasper latches and presses a second peripheral device, such as an optical disc drive when the rotatable fixing arm is locked.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.Inventor: Hsiao-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 6885217Abstract: Data transfer control circuitry includes a receive buffer for sequentially receiving received data, which are provided from a local processor together with a write control signal to store the data therein, and sequentially developing the stored data in response to a read control signal, which is provided from a host in the same order as stored. A transmit buffer sequentially receives data to be transmitted, which are provided from the host together with another write control signal, and sequentially develops the stored data in response to another read control signal provided from the local processor in the same order as stored. A counter increments a count in response to a clock signal and resets itself in response to either of the write control signals. A clock control circuit interrupts the clock signal when the count reaches a preset value.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Noriaki Shinagawa