Patents Represented by Attorney RatnerPrestia
  • Patent number: 8336452
    Abstract: A machine for injecting fluids into meat or fish products includes an injection head with parallel hollow needles that can be retracted by a contrast elastic device, provided to be lifted and lowered in relation to a conveyor for conveying products, each needle having an inlet opening leading into its cannula that can be located in a pressurized fluid injection chamber having a fluid inlet, the chamber being formed by a block with longitudinal ducts interconnected by ducts and a plurality of transverse ducts for the passage of the needles intersecting the longitudinal ducts, each duct including sleeves provided with seals, the block being detachable from a housing for the head and fixed by oscillating plates, one for guiding the needles and the other carrying a plurality of cylinders supplying the contrast elastic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Metalquimia, S.A.
    Inventor: Narcis Lagares Corominas
  • Patent number: 8338966
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor component having a joint structure including a semiconductor device, an electrode disposed opposite the semiconductor device, and a joining material which contains Bi as main component and connects the semiconductor device to the electrode. Since the joining material contains a carbon compound, joint failure due to the difference in linear expansion coefficient between the semiconductor device and the electrode can be reduced compared with conventional materials. The joining material which contains Bi as main component enables provision of a joint structure in which a semiconductor device and an electrode are joined by a joint more reliable than a conventional joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Furusawa, Shigeaki Sakatani, Hidetoshi Kitaura, Taichi Nakamura, Takahiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8340342
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm containing resin and carbonized bamboo material with a large degree of flexibility in setting physical properties, moisture-proof reliability and strength secured, superior appearance, and productivity and dimensional stability increased, which allows making characteristics and sound highly accurately, and designing with great originality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Jin, Yoshimichi Kajihara, Shinya Mizone, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8340924
    Abstract: A method is provided for precisely predicting the temporal variation of a membranous filtration resistance, a transmembrane pressure, a membranous filtration flowrate, or a membranous filtration flowrate as occurs in filtrating a liquid with a membrane, in a membranous filtration method wherein the liquid is filtrated by the separation membrane with the transmembrane pressure as a driving force. The method includes calculating: a constituent component quantity value of the liquid that attaches on a surface of the separation membrane at a time t+?t; a constituent component quantity value of the liquid that exists in pores of the separation membrane; a consolidation degree of a constituent component of the liquid that attaches on the separation membrane surface; a membranous filtration resistance value; a transmembrane pressure value; and a membranous filtration flowrate value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Hanada, Hiroo Takabatake
  • Patent number: 8337892
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microgranule tablet comprising a low dose of active principle containing a directly compressible diluent. The invention is characterized in that the directly compressible diluent consists exclusively of neutral microgranules, and the active principle is set on the neutral microgranules and is not coated with an agent designed to modify its release or mask its taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ETHYPHARM
    Inventors: Guy Couaraze, Bernard Leclerc, Pierre Tchoreloff, Patrick Sanial
  • Patent number: 8341261
    Abstract: A server device including a management unit for receiving and managing a status of equipment or a user operating the equipment as status information and detecting a load status of the server device from receiving situation of the status information, a notification request receiving unit for receiving a notification request message that requests notification of the status information from a reference person terminal; a notification response transmitting unit for transmitting a notification respond message that responds to the received notification request message; and a status notification transmitting unit for transmitting an information notification message including the status information received by the management unit to the reference person terminal according to the load status. The server device can precisely transmit information from a user device, and the like, to the reference person terminal when the server device is in an overload state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Fuse, Naoyuki Mochida, Ryutaro Ono
  • Patent number: 8335734
    Abstract: A mutual fund having at least one class of crossing shares that cannot be redeemed for cash unless there is a crossing request to buy shares in the fund and at least one class of non-crossing shares. The fund may offer one or more of several other non-cash redemption options that minimize transaction costs incurred by the fund. The non-crossing shares may include one or more conventional share classes and/or one or more exchange-traded share classes. Additional redemption options available to holders of crossing shares may include redemption in kind for a basket of representative financial assets, conversion to exchange-traded shares (where available), or redemption for cash less a redemption fee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
    Inventor: George Upham Sauter
  • Patent number: 8333195
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing breathing gas to a patient that includes a base unit to provide a first flow of gas and a second flow of gas and a humidification canister to be coupled to the base unit is described. The humidification canister includes a first gas flow path to receive and humidify the first flow of gas. A delivery tube assembly includes a first lumen configured for fluid communication with the first gas flow path to receive the humidified first flow of gas and a second lumen to receive the second flow of gas. A method of heating and humidifying the first flow of gas and insulating the first flow of gas with the second flow of gas is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Vapotherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, Jr., Owen S. Bamford, William F. Niland, George McGarrity, Carl Buyer, Kenneth Miller, Peter Boyd
  • Patent number: 8334737
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an IDT electrode on the substrate, an internal electrode above the substrate, a side wall above the internal electrode, a lid on the side wall, an electrode base layer on the internal electrode, a connection electrode on the electrode base layer, and an anti-corrosion layer between the internal electrode and the side wall. The internal electrode is electrically connected to the IDT electrode. The side wall surrounds the IDT electrode. The lid covers the IDT electrode to provide a space above the IDT electrode. The electrode base layer is provided outside the space and the side wall. The anti-corrosion layer protrudes outside the side wall, and is made of material less soluble in plating solution than the internal electrode. This acoustic wave device prevents the internal electrode from breaking due to plating solution, hence being manufactured at a high yield rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Yamaji, Koji Kawakita, Eiji Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 8334129
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved: To provide a new microorganism capable of producing a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a PHA synthase gene, an expression cassette including the gene, a vector including the expression cassette, a transformant transformed by the vector, a polypeptide having PHA synthase activity, a method for producing a PHA synthase and a method for producing a PHA. Solution: The new microorganism is capable of producing a polyhydroxyalkanoate comprising a 16S rRNA gene whose polynucleotide sequence shows 99% or more homology to a polynucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 1, having an optimum temperature of an activity temperature range for the growth and PHA production of the microorganism of at least 45° C. and being capable of growing at a pH range from 6 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Satou, Kenji Tajima, Masanobu Munekata, Tokuo Matsushima
  • Patent number: 8333424
    Abstract: An air guide device for a motor vehicle, especially a rear spoiler, which can be moved between a retracted, nonoperating position and an extended, operating position and comprises an air guide body, on which two lateral air guide body sections, which can be moved in the transverse direction of the vehicle, are arranged. It is provided that the contours of the bottom surfaces of the lateral air guide body sections facing the vehicle conform to the cooperating external vehicle contour at least when the these air guide body sections are in the operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bela Molnar, Tom Gürtler
  • Patent number: 8329832
    Abstract: A method for producing a cyclic polyarylene sulfide, wherein a cyclic polyarylene sulfide is produced by heating a reaction mixture which is composed of at least a linear polyarylene sulfide (a), a sulfidizing agent (b), a dihalogenated aromatic compound (c) and an organic polar solvent (d). This method for producing a cyclic polyarylene sulfide is characterized in that not less than 1.25 liters of the organic polar solvent is used per 1 mole of the sulfur content in the reaction mixture. This method enables to efficiently produce a cyclic polyarylene sulfide, more specifically cyclic oligoarylene sulfide by an economical and simple process in short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Horiuchi, Kohei Yamashita, Kayo Tsuchiya, Koji Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8328750
    Abstract: A panel assembly for being manually mounted on a blood therapy apparatus is characterized by three panels, a center panel configured for manually securing a hemofilter cartridge and opposite side panels, hingedly connected to the center panel. The side panels have generally flat, planar interior surfaces defined by a rim extending around its perimeter. Tubing is secured along and adjacent to the interior panel surfaces, which are also provided with tubing supports having slanted tubing channels for supporting arched pump rotor engaging tubing sections and prevent tubing droop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AG
    Inventors: Harold Peters, Adam Heintzelman, Jacob Kearns, Tommy Cooper
  • Patent number: 8330367
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has a first substrate, plural pairs of display electrodes, a second substrate, and plural data electrodes. Each pair of the display electrodes is made up of a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode which are arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A discharge space is formed between the first substrate and second substrate. The data electrodes are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the display electrodes on the second substrate. The data electrode is wider in peripheral portion of the second substrate than in a central portion of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Murakoso, Kenji Ogawa, Toru Ando, Kentaro Ueda, Yohei Koshio, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 8329451
    Abstract: In a cell electrophysiological sensor having a thin plate with a through hole, a support plate with a through hole and a container plate with a through hole stuck to an upper portion of this support plate, the support plate and the container plate are stuck to each other through fusion with a portion of the outer shape of a first electrode in a ring shape intervening in a portion of the interface. In this configuration, a cell electrophysiological sensor which allows for measurement with high precision can be attained, and a manufacturing method which is excellent in terms of mass production can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nakatani, Hiroshi Ushio, Soichiro Hiraoka, Akiyoshi Oshima
  • Patent number: D672696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hakan Saracoglu
  • Patent number: D672697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hakan Saracoglu
  • Patent number: D672698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hakan Saracoglu
  • Patent number: D672699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hakan Saracoglu
  • Patent number: D673310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Varga