Patents Represented by Attorney Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

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  • Stage device
    Patent number: 8019448
    Abstract: The vibrations of a second table supported on a first table that is movable in one horizontal direction can be controlled. A stage device includes an XY axis table movable in the X-direction, a Z-axis table supported by a support portion on the XY axis table, a pair of scales that are arranged apart from each other in the X-direction and detect the Z-direction velocity on the Z-axis table, a pair of motors that are arranged apart from each other in the X-direction and drive the Z-axis table in a vertical direction on the Z-axis-table, and a controller controls the drives of the motors based on the Z-direction velocity detected, in which the behavior of pitching vibrations in the Z-axis table is determined by detecting the Z-direction velocity with the scales, and the motors are driven and then the Z-axis table is rotated in a pitching direction so that the pitching vibrations are cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuta Nakajima, Hidehiko Mashimo
  • Legged mobile robot control system
    Patent number: 8019474
    Abstract: In a control system of a legged mobile robot having a body and legs connected to the body and driven by a leg actuator, there is provided an operation controller which identifies a human being like visitor to be conducted in a company building and the like, and controls operation of the leg actuator to conduct the identified visitor to a destination such as a reception room in the company building space along a route determined based on a map stored in a map database, while keeping pace with the visitor, thereby enabling to establish better communication with the visitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Yokoyama, Sachie Hashimoto
  • Method of inserting self-expandable stent in a sheath
    Patent number: 8015687
    Abstract: A method is disclosed comprising providing a self-expandable stent having a polymeric component. The stent is exposed to a relative humidity of 20% to 100% (RH) or a plasticizing agent is applied to the polymeric component. The diameter of the stent is reduced. The stent having a reduced diameter is inserted in a constraining sheath such that the sheath constrains the stent in a reduced diameter, such that removal of the stent from the sheath causes the stent to self-expand to a greater diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • Speech codecs
    Patent number: 8019599
    Abstract: A method and apparatus include a voice activity detection module configured to detect silent frames, and a codec mode selection module configured to determine a codec mode. The voice activity detection module includes a receiver configured to receive a frame, a first determiner configured to determine a first set of parameters from the frame, and a providing unit configured to provide the first set of parameters to the codec mode selection module. The codec mode selection module includes a second determiner configured to determine a second set of parameters in dependence on the first set of parameters, and a selector configured to select a codec mode in dependence on the second set of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Jari Makinen
  • Drug-delivery stent formulations for restenosis and vulnerable plaque
    Patent number: 8017140
    Abstract: Drug-delivery stents capable of providing release of two or more drugs such as everolimus and estradiol are provided. The stents can be used for treating a disease such as restenosis and vulnerable plaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular System, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Gordon Stewart, Deborah Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Ellis, Gene Park, Gina Zhang, Paul Consigny, Yiwen Tang
  • Radio network relocation
    Patent number: 8019374
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for serving radio network subsystem relocation from a first radio network controller to a second radio network controller for an established call to a user equipment, comprising transmitting a transmission power control combination index of a radio link established between the user equipment and the first radio network controller to the second radio network controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Juha P. Sipila, Sture Gustafsson
  • Control circuit and dithering method
    Patent number: 8019294
    Abstract: There is provided a control circuit of a switch mode power supply including a random number generator configured to form an optimized n-degree polynomial based on the minimum power-on cycle time in order to form a uniform distribution of output signals, a switch control block configured to control output signals of the switch control block such that the complementary output stages of the switch control block conduct at different times on the basis of the output signals received from the random number generator. and a dither control block configured to generate a synchronized dither current by minimizing glitches at each differential stage of a default reference current based on the output signals received from the switch control block, and to combine the generated synchronized dither current with a reference current of a voltage ramp generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Martti Ojanen, Hannu Virta
  • Sterile glove with touchless donning
    Patent number: 8015622
    Abstract: A sterile glove that includes a hand and finger portion, a cuff having an inside surface and an outside surface, and a cuff rim. The cuff is adapted to be folded over at a fold when the glove is packaged, and a portion of the inside surface of the cuff becomes an outer facing surface when it is folded over. The glove further includes a detachable tab that is coupled to the inside surface and includes a free end and a non-free end. The glove further includes a detachable shield covering at least a portion of the outer facing surface when the cuff is folded over at the fold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Jagmohan Bhalla
  • Routing apparatus for autonomous mobile unit
    Patent number: 8019475
    Abstract: A routing apparatus includes a sensor unit which has capabilities to detect an object in a target field of view and measure position of the object, and an electronic control unit which controls movements of the autonomous mobile unit. An electronic control unit determines velocity and a travel direction of the object based on changes in the position of the object obtained from the sensor unit over a plurality of measurement cycles, determines a path of the autonomous mobile unit so as to avoid collision with the object based on the position, the velocity, and the travel direction of the object, and determines the path of the autonomous mobile unit by setting the velocity of the object to a value equal to or lower than a predetermined value if the object recognized in the previous measurement cycle is not recognized in the current measurement cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuhide Kuroda
  • Infrared source and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8017923
    Abstract: There is provided an infrared light source that has a simple structure and radiates infrared rays polarized in a specific direction and having a specific wavelength. The infrared light source (100) comprises a heat generator (107) and a latticework (101) in which a dielectric part (105) and a metal part (103) are alternately formed at a constant pitch in a constant direction. The infrared rays are radiated in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the latticework and are polarized in the direction indicated by an arrow A. If the constant pitch is denoted by P, the width of the dielectric part in the constant direction by T, and the specific wavelength by ?, for arbitrary P and T that meet the inequalities 0<P?2.0? and T?0.5P, the depth D of the latticework is so selected that the intensity spectrum of the infrared rays radiated from the infrared light source has the peak at ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nalux Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuaki Inoue, Katsumoto Ikeda, Hideki Miyazaki
  • Delay constrained use of automatic repeat request for multi-hop communication systems
    Patent number: 8014336
    Abstract: Minimization of delay due to automatic repeat requests in a multi-hop communication system can be accomplished to optimize the performance of delay-constrained applications such as voice over internet protocol (VoIP). The protocol described with relation to such embodiments can reduce the possible retransmissions to the first hop (the hop connecting a mobile node to a relay node). Thus, certain embodiments of the present invention can protect the most error-prone link while reducing the overall delay experienced by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Massimo Bertinelli, Klaus Doppler
  • Systems and methods for an extensible software proxy
    Patent number: 8015572
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a proxy object capable of communication with an external entity, comprising specifying a proxy object definition for the proxy object wherein the proxy object definition defines a first function for communicating with the external entity, specifying at least one implementation class for the proxy object definition, wherein the at least one implementation class does not implement the first function, and wherein the at least one implementation class includes functionality to support one of: proxy object design, software compilation and software execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle W. Marvin, David Bau, III, Roderick A. Chavez
  • Method of producing stent-balloon assembly
    Patent number: 8011078
    Abstract: A method of producing a stent-balloon assembly is disclosed which includes providing a stent having a polymeric component; exposing the stent to a relative humidity of 20% to 100%; and crimping the stent on a balloon of a catheter assembly. The polymeric component could be at least part of the material from which the stent is made or could be a constituent of a coating for the stent, such as a drug delivery coating. In lieu of or in addition to the application of humidity, a plasticizing agent can be applied to the polymeric component. A crimping device is also disclosed which allows the stent to be exposed to humidity during the crimping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • Uplink control channel transit power control based on received transmission
    Patent number: 8014812
    Abstract: In a method for communication between a first station (BS1) and a second station (MS1) the first station may provide the second station with information associated with the manner how the second station should transmit towards the first station. The second station (MS1) may then transmit e.g. a response to a message from the first station (BS1) based on said information. That is, the second station (MS1) may e.g. use a specific transmission parameter for the transmission instead of transmitting in a manner the second station would have transmitted had it not been provided with said information. A communication system and stations for the communication system embodying the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Esa Malkamaki
  • Electric motor with cooling structure
    Patent number: 8013482
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) includes a stationary shaft-shaped central portion (100) extending through respective central portions of an inner rotor (301), an outer rotor (302), and a stator (200), and a cooling structure (400) provided using the interiors of the stator and the shaft-shaped central portion. The motor can be used as an in-wheel motor for directly driving each wheel of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kurokawa
  • Tube expansion process for semicrystalline polymers to maximize fracture toughness
    Patent number: 8012402
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating a polymeric stent with improved fracture toughness including radial expansion of a polymer tube along its entire length at the same time and fabricating a stent from the expanded tube are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar W. Kleiner, James P. Oberhauser, Thierry Glauser, David K. Wrolstad, Yunbing Wang
  • Multi-parallel magnetic-field cancellation type transformer
    Patent number: 8013703
    Abstract: A multi-parallel magnetic-filed cancellation type transformer includes a plurality of coils which generate magnetic flux during energization and a core having a plurality of magnetic leg portions on which the coils are wound, and bases for fixing the magnetic leg portions. The plurality of coils are wound on the magnetic leg portions in such a manner that the magnetic flux generated from the coils are formed in the directions opposite to each other. A plurality of closed magnetic circuits of the magnetic flux are formed at the magnetic leg portions and the bases. The magnetic resistance of the closed magnetic circuits is homogeneous. Accordingly, the transformer can reduce the size thereof, and prevent the deterioration of electric power conversion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashino, Masao Nagano, Mitsuaki Hirakawa
  • Method of targeting sustained release formulations of therapeutic agents to treat lung diseases
    Patent number: 8012508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of targeting therapeutic agents for treating lung diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Florian N. Ludwig
  • Mobile robot control system
    Patent number: 8014901
    Abstract: In a mobile robot control system, it is configured such that the robot generates time-series data sequentially at a predetermined time interval and transmits them to the external terminal, and the external terminal receives the transmitted time-series data and adds them to the motion command, such that the motion of the robot is determined based on the generated time-series data and the time-series data added to the motion command. With this, it becomes possible to prevent the robot from suddenly starting to move at the time when the communication between the external terminal which is a transmitting source of the motion command and the robot has recovered from disconnection, thereby enabling to avoid making the operator feel unnatural.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Matsushima, Tadaaki Hasegawa, Yuichiro Kawaguchi
  • Methods for controlling the release rate and improving the mechanical properties of a stent coating
    Patent number: 8007857
    Abstract: Methods for controlling the release rate and improving the mechanical properties of a stent coating are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy