Patents Represented by Attorney Squires Sanders

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  • Communication system between vehicles
    Patent number: 7778770
    Abstract: A communication system between vehicles of the present invention is equipped in each of the vehicles with an image taking device for taking an image around the vehicle; a moving body detection unit for detecting a moving body from the image taken by the image taking device; a display unit for displaying the image; an image data generation unit for generating image data output to the display unit of the each vehicle; and a transmitting/receiving device for any of transmitting/receiving data, wherein the image data generation unit generates image data for displaying an existence of a moving body, of which an image is taken by said image taking device of one of the vehicles, and outputs the image data to the display unit of other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sakagami, Takamichi Shimada
  • NELL-1 enhanced bone mineralization
    Patent number: 7776361
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the discovery that the human NELL-1 gene induces or upregulates bone mineralization. The NELL-1 gene or gene product thus provides a convenient target for screening for modulators of bone mineralization. In addition, NELL-1 can be used to facilitate repair of bone fractures and/or to generally increase bone density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Kang Ting
  • Stent coating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7775178
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coating abluminal surface of a stent is described. The apparatus includes a stent support, a coating device, and an imaging system. The coating device includes a solution reservoir and transducer assembly. The transducer assembly includes a plurality of transducers and a controller. Each transducer is used to generate focused acoustic waves in the coating substance in the reservoir. A controller is communicated to an image system to enable the transducers to generate droplets on demand and at the predetermined ejection points on the surface of the coating substance to coat the stent. A method for coating a stent includes stent mounting, stent movement, and droplet excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Yung Ming Chen
  • Legged mobile robot control system
    Patent number: 7778731
    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 generates gaits based on an external force, more specifically gaits for walking by taking a hand of a human being or with the hand being taken by the hand of the human being and controls operation of at least the leg actuator based on the generated gaits. With this, it becomes possible to control the robot to come contact with a human being to establish communication therewith, while enabling to keep a stable posture during the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Naohide Ogawa, Satoshi Shigemi
  • Intake air control system for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7770558
    Abstract: An intake air control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one intake valve and a valve operating characteristic varying mechanism which continuously varies a lift amount of the at least one intake valve of the engine. A target intake air flow rate of the engine is calculated along with a command value of the lift amount according to a target engine rotational speed set in an idling condition of the engine and the target intake air flow rate when the engine is determined to be in an idling condition. The valve operating characteristic varying mechanism is controlled according to the calculated lift amount command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Takamiya, Isao Komoriya
  • Implantable medical devices comprising semi-crystalline poly(ester-amide)
    Patent number: 7771739
    Abstract: The current invention relates to an implantable medical device made of semi-crystalline poly(ester amide) (PEA) polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Mikael O. Trollsas, David C. Gale, Yunbing Wang
  • Biobeneficial polyamide/polyethylene glycol polymers for use with drug eluting stents
    Patent number: 7772359
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method device and a method of forming the medical device. The medical device comprises a coating comprising a polymer. The polymer comprises at least two different blocks, at least one L1 block with the formula and at least one L2 block with the formula Medical devices comprising these polymers, mixtures of these polymers with therapeutic agents, and methods of making these polymers and mixtures are within the scope of this disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Pacetti
  • Image forming apparatus having three input units for instructions
    Patent number: 7773904
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on sheets, includes: a storage unit for storing the number of jobs in which a discharge position of the sheets is switched; a switching unit for switching the discharge position of the sheets; a sheet discharge unit for stacking the sheets; and a control unit for controlling the switching unit to switch the discharge position of the sheets per the number of jobs, which is stored in the storage unit, to discharge the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaru Ushio
  • RF input transconductor stage
    Patent number: 7774019
    Abstract: A transconductor input circuit for a down converting quadrature mixer stage of a direct-conversion receiver comprises a pair of common-gate input transistors whose source electrodes are coupled to a differential radio frequency (RF) input signal outputted from an interstage RF filter. The transconductor circuit further comprises a pair of equally-sized biasing transistors for biasing the pair of common-gate input transistors. Source electrodes of the biasing transistors are coupled to the source electrodes of the transistors to sense the differential radio frequency input signal for canceling intermodulation distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pete Sivonen, Ari Vilander
  • Coating abluminal surfaces of stents and other implantable medical devices
    Patent number: 7770536
    Abstract: A sleeve is positioned over a radially-expandable rod assembly and a stent is positioned over the sleeve. A mandrel is inserted into the rod assembly to thereby press the sleeve against the inner surface of the stent and expand the stent. A coating (such as a solvent, a polymer and/or a therapeutic substance) is then applied to the outer (abluminal) surfaces of the stent, by spraying, for example. The sleeve advantageously prevents the coating material from being applied to inner (luminal) surfaces of the stent and also allows the coating material to be efficiently applied to the abluminal surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung Ming Chen, Jeff H. Smith, Celenia Gutierrez
  • Fixture for mechanical analysis of a hollow tube
    Patent number: 7770467
    Abstract: A test fixture for use with a Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) restrains a hollow cylindrical tube for purposes of performing either a tensile or transverse/bending load test. The fixture includes a clamp that is configured to restrain the tube without imparting a preload or changing a mechanical property of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Halderman, James Oberhauser, Yunbing Wang
  • Electric motor, rotary actuator and rotary apparatus
    Patent number: 7772731
    Abstract: A rotary actuator including: a housing that rotatably supports thereinside a rotor shaft of an electric motor; an eccentric shaft portion that is provided on a protruding end portion of the rotor shaft that protrudes outside the housing; an external gear that is rotatably supported on the eccentric shaft portion via a bearing; an internal gear that is fixed to an outer surface of the housing and meshes with the external gear; and a transmitting portion that is provided on the external gear, and transmits rotation force to an external output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Abe, Hideki Sasaki, Toshiro Mayumi, Eishin Matsumoto
  • Sheet transfer direction changing apparatus
    Patent number: 7766322
    Abstract: A sheet transfer direction changing apparatus having a plurality of discharge sections, a direction changing device, discharge sheet transfer device and transfer device wherein a sheet transferred from an image forming apparatus is changed by its direction, obverse side and reverse side, and transfer direction according to a process command from the image forming apparatus and transferred to the discharged section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Nakamura, Eiji Sugimoto
  • Interworking between radio access networks
    Patent number: 7769382
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of interworking between different radio access networks. In this method, a radio transceiver device capable of operating with the first radio access network and the second radio access network is attached to the first radio access network. The method comprises the steps of detecting a service request, accessing information on conditions for the first and the second radio access network for giving sufficient support for a service requested by the service request, analysing whether or not the first radio access network and the second radio access network meets the conditions, and initiating a handover of the radio transceiver device from the first radio access network to the second radio access network if the second radio access network meets the conditions but the first radio access network does not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventor: Juha Rasanen
  • Robot hand apparatus
    Patent number: 7766405
    Abstract: A robot hand apparatus (1) includes four of finger mechanisms (20) each elongates from a base (10), a motor (30) actuating each finger mechanism (20), four of rotation rollers (50) each connects with corresponding finger mechanism (20) for actuating each finger mechanism (20), and a power transmission mechanism (60) transmitting a power from the motor (30) to each rotation roller (50) at different timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Takafumi Fukushima, Kenichiro Sugiyama, Masayoshi Kokushiyou
  • Compact high power alternator
    Patent number: 7768166
    Abstract: An apparatus for converting between mechanical and electrical energy, particularly suited for use as a compact high power alternator for automotive use and “remove and replace” retrofitting of existing vehicles. The apparatus includes a rotor with permanent magnets, a stator with a winding, and a cooling system. Mechanisms to prevent the rotor magnets from clashing with the stator by minimizing rotor displacement, and absorbing unacceptable rotor displacement are disclosed. Various open and closed cooling systems are described. Cooling is facilitated by, for example, loosely wrapping the winding end turns, use of an asynchronous airflow source, and/or directing coolant through conduits extending through the stator into thermal contact with the windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Magnetic Applications, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Y. Lafontaine, Harold C. Scott
  • Device and method of controlling exhaust gas sensor temperature, and recording medium for exhaust gas sensor temperature control program
    Patent number: 7765996
    Abstract: A control input (DUT) for controlling a heater (13) which heats an active element (10) of an exhaust gas sensor (8) includes at least one of another component depending on the difference between temperature data of the active element (10) and a target temperature, a component depending on the target temperature, and a component depending on the temperature data of the active element (10). The control input is determined by an optimum control algorithm. A component depending on the temperature of an exhaust gas and the component depending on the target temperature are determined based on a predictive control algorithm. The temperature of the active element (10) of the exhaust gas sensor (8) is thus controlled stably at a desired temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Yoshihisa Iwaki
  • Determination of a noise covariance matrix for a wireless communication channel
    Patent number: 7769117
    Abstract: A receiving method and a receiver of a telecommunication system are provided. The receiver comprises one or more antennas, a radio frequency unit connected to the antennas for receiving signals transmitted by one or more transmitters using a multitude of channels, and an estimator. The estimator is configured to select one or more channel pairs, each channel of each channel pair being a given distance from each other, determine symbol estimates for the signals of the channels of the channel pairs, remove the effect of data modulation from the signals of the channels of the channel pairs, obtain noise estimates by subtracting the signals of the channels of the channel pairs from each other, and determine a noise covariance matrix for the desired channel on the basis of the obtained noise estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Markku J. Heikkila, Kari Majonen
  • Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same and display using the same
    Patent number: 7768008
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a thin film transistor including a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate, a gate insulator formed on the gate electrode, a drain electrode and a source electrode formed on the gate insulator, an oxide semiconductor pattern formed between the drain electrode and the source electrode, and a sealing layer formed on the oxide semiconductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ishizaki, Manabu Ito, Masato Kon, Osamu Kina, Ryohei Matsubara
  • Controller for AC generator
    Patent number: 7768165
    Abstract: A control system that can accommodate the wide variations in the output of a generator, such as a permanent magnet alternator, while providing an output with relatively uniform phase ripple. The control system includes a zero crossing detector and variable ramp generator for generating control signals to a switching rectifier to generate a regulated DC signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Magnetic Applications, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold C. Scott, Dave E. Williams, Charles Y. Lafontaine