Patents Represented by Attorney The Nath Law Group
  • Patent number: 8016357
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic rotation system for tilting seats of chairs or armchairs, comprising a seat fastener having at least one holder formed by first and second parts rotatably coupled together; first and second conformations respectively attached to the first and second rotatably coupled seat fastener parts; and a spring incorporated between the first and second rotatably coupled seat fastener parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Figueras International Seating, S.A.
    Inventor: Jose Figueras Mitjans
  • Patent number: 8012252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a slip for producing a durable hard coating on a substrate, comprising a) silicon nitride particles and b) a binder comprising nanosize solid particles and/or precursors of nanosize solid particles from production via a sol-gel process. The invention further relates to shaped bodies composed of a substrate with a durable hard coating which has been produced from a slip according to the invention. The shaped bodies of the invention are suitable for use in the field of corrosive nonferrous metal melts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: ESK CERAMICS GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Martin Engler, Christoph Lesniak, Krishna Uibel
  • Patent number: 8012727
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biological method for preparing arsenic sulfide (As—S) compounds. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for production of nanotubes based on As—S compounds including As2S3 by reacting thiosulfate S2O32? with arsenate As5+ through mediation of Shewanella sp. strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hor-Gil Hur, Ji-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8011841
    Abstract: A re-transfer printing machine 60 uses an ink film 33 having a sublimation-ink area of sublimation inks Y, M, C and an invisible-ink area of an invisible ink UVS and an intermediate-transfer film 11 having a protecting layer 11c and an ink receptor layer 11d enabling the sublimation inks and the invisible ink to be received. The machine includes an overlap detecting part 76-5 for detecting whether a print image contains an overlapping between a sublimation-ink image 18 and an invisible-ink image 20 and a controller 6 for controlling a transfer operation corresponding to detection by the overlap detecting part. If the overlap detecting part detects that the print image contains the overlapping, the controller allows the machine to transfer the sublimation-ink and invisible-ink images to different areas in the receptor layer. If not, the controller allows the machine to transfer the sublimation-ink and invisible-ink images to an identical area 212 in the receptor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Keiji Ihara, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Toshinori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8013930
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a shutter drive section, an aperture blade drive section, an ND filter drive section, a light intensity detection section, a memory, and a control section. The shutter drive section opens and closes a shutter for a light receiving surface of a solid state image sensor. The aperture blade drive section drives an aperture blade forming an aperture. The ND filter drive section adjusts the position of an ND filter against the aperture. The control section calculates the exposure control voltage representing an exposure amount from the light intensity signal output from the light intensity detection section, and reads out the F value and the shutter speed corresponding to the exposure control voltage from the exposure control table stored in the memory so as to avoid a partial application state of the ND filter, for controlling respective drive sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Tengeiji, Etsuo Shima
  • Patent number: 8008026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for differentially detecting a multimeric form from a monomeric form of a multimer-forming polypeptide in a biosample, which comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a carrier-capturing antibody conjugate by binding a capturing antibody to the surface of a solid phase carrier in a three dimensional manner, wherein the capturing antibody is capable of recognizing an epitope on the multimer-forming polypeptide; (b) preparing a detection antibody, wherein an epitope recognized by the detection antibody is present at a position in the multimer-forming polypeptide to cause a steric hindrance by the capturing antibody bound to its epitope to prevent the binding of the detection antibody to the multimer-forming polypeptide; (c) contacting simultaneously the carrier-capturing antibody conjugate and the detection antibody to the biosample; and (d) detecting the formation of a carrier-capturing antibody-multimeric form-detection antibody complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Peoplebio, Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Soo Alexander An, Kun Taek Lim, Hyun Jung Oh
  • Patent number: 8010213
    Abstract: A safety device is set forth having at least one safety control and having a plurality of outputs for the safe activation of connected actuators and having inputs for the reception of signals of connected sensors as well as having a serial communications device, in particular a bus which connects the safety control to the outputs and to the inputs, to receive and/or to transmit data packets. In this respect, in addition to the serial communication at least one bypass line is provided which connects the safety control or an input to at least one output to be able to transmit a deactivation signal independently of the serial communication to an actuator connected to the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventor: Jörg Moddemann
  • Patent number: 8009845
    Abstract: A microphone unit (1) has a first vibration plate. A support member (6) supports the microphone unit (1). A second vibration plate (5) is fixed to the support member (6) at a predetermined distance from the first vibration plate. An armoring body (2) covers the microphone unit (1), the support member (6) and the second vibration plate (5). A space surrounded by the support member (6), the first vibration plate and the second vibration plate (5) is a closed space (S1) with air kept therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakurai, Masayuki Shimada
  • Patent number: 8007713
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sintered composite machine part as a cylinder block for piston pumps or piston motors, and a manufacturing method thereof. The machine part has an air-tight main body of sintered porous iron alloy and having an iron oxide layer on the surface; and a sliding part of sintered porous copper alloy being bonded direct to the main body. The sliding part is to be slid in tight contact with a fluid supply/return device. The manufacturing is made by preparing a main body of sintered porous iron alloy and a green compact for sliding part from a raw material metal powder having a composition corresponding to the copper alloy; sintering the green compact for sliding part in contact with the main body to bond the sliding part to the main body by diffused junction; and subjecting the main body to steam treatment to provide an iron oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michiharu Mogami
  • Patent number: 8002787
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a device and a method for subcutaneous detachment of the face, the leg, the thigh, the breast, the abdomen and the forehead, facilitating the full detachment of the skin from the underlying (adipose) tissue with substantial reduction in bleeding, better skin cutting quality, lesser amount of post-op edema, decreased surgery time, minimization of ecchymoses, prophylaxis of facial nerve injuries, and above all, minimized formation of post-op hematomas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Dilson Ferreira Da Luz
  • Patent number: 8004219
    Abstract: A hybrid power plant for efficiently propelling a vehicle is described. In particular, an internal combustion motor and a generator capable of producing electrical energy is mechanically coupled to the internal combustion motor. An electrical motor is powered by the generator and a controller is coupled to the generator, providing control of the rate of electricity provided to the electrical motor by the generator. Here the electrical motor facilitates rotation of a wheel of the vehicle and the internal combustion motor is operated at an idle or near-idle speed to provide sufficient energy to be converted into electrical energy by the generator, thereby enabling the electrical motor to propel the vehicle in excess of sixty miles per hour, without engaging the internal combustion motor to the wheel and without drawing energy from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Edward Wayne Mattson
  • Patent number: 8001814
    Abstract: A motor unit (9) and the like are arranged on a frame body (3) covered with a cover (6). A rod guide portion (4) is protruded from the frame body (3). A lock rod (14) is disposed in this rod guide portion (4) so as to be freely movable. Weak portions (17, 18) are provided on the rod guide portion (4) and the lock rod (14), respectively. A deadlock mechanism (30) is disposed closer to a tip end side of the rod guide portion (4) than the guide-side weak portion (17) thereof. The deadlock mechanism (30) includes: a lock pin (31) urged to a deadlock engagement position where a region of the lock rod (14), which is closer to the tip end side than the rod-side weak portion (18), is locked; and a lock control member (33) that inhibits movement of the lock pin (31) to a locked position thereof before the weak portions (17, 18) are cut off, and releases such regulation to the lock pin (31) after the weak portion (17, 18) are cutoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Alpha Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Okada, Kenjirou Hayashi, Ryuichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8003915
    Abstract: A system and method for inscribing marks, that will remain non-discernable after tinting, on materials in general, and on plastic ophthalmic lenses in particular. The system uses a laser, which typically performs a heating-type inscription process, such as by use of a CO2 laser. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for producing laser inscription on materials, including laser inscription apparatus for inscribing inscriptions on a surface of the materials, and apparatus for treating a zone of the surface that was affected by the laser inscription beam, to prevent it from absorbing excessive dye relative to other zones, wherein the inscriptions remain non-discernable after applying the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Laserop Ltd.
    Inventors: Pinchas Agmon, Dan Assaf
  • Patent number: 8003798
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents have the definitions provided in the specification, are novel, effective PDE4 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: NYCOMED GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Kautz
  • Patent number: 8003822
    Abstract: A process for continuous carbonylation of carbonylatable reactants with carbon monoxide in the gaseous phase in the presence of a catalyst, wherein said catalyst is a Supported Ionic Liquid-Phase (SILP) catalyst comprising a solution of a Group VIII metal in an ionic liquid confined on a support. The SILP catalyst offers a very large active catalyst area resulting in a very efficient use of catalyst material and a simple apparatus design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Anders Riisager, Rasmus Fehrmann
  • Patent number: 8005347
    Abstract: A drop sensor detects a drop of a device. When the drop of the device is detected, a sub CPU allows a counter to count a drop time. When the device drops for a predetermined time or more, the sub CPU controls a regulator so that the regulator forcibly disconnects an electric power to be supplied to a hard disc, and writes a drop occurrence flag into a nonvolatile memory. When the power supply is again turned on, a main CPU allows a display section to display information indicating that the power supply is disconnected due to the drop of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventor: Junichi Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7999215
    Abstract: When reading the first document sheet, light intensity reference data is acquired by sampling a white reference plate while acquiring light intensity reference auxiliary data indicative of the light intensity of a light source lamp by sampling an auxiliary white reference plate. Then, just before reading the second or subsequent sheet, the auxiliary white reference plate is sampled to acquire the latest light intensity auxiliary data, followed by calculating the change amount from the light intensity reference auxiliary data. The change amount is used to correct the light intensity reference data separately for each picture element by referring to the profile data in which is stored the change amount of the sample value of each picture element corresponding to the change amount of the light intensity, followed by performing the shading compensation. By this configuration, it is possible to perform shading compensation in correspondence with the actual light intensity reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ebisawa, Yukio Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7999722
    Abstract: A through-wall imaging device having antenna elements for transmitting and receiving signals adapted to pass through a wall for imaging objects therebehind, having a base with a carrier portion and a plurality of spaced-apart extensions connected thereto. At least a portion of the antenna elements are mounted on the extensions. The area between adjacent extensions is free of any material of the base at least when the extensions are in an operative state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Camero-Tech Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Beeri, David Gazelle, Mordechay Divald
  • Patent number: 7998590
    Abstract: An adhesive article comprising a backing and an adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the backing, wherein the adhesive layer is formed from an adhesive base that contains substantially no gelatin and does contain readily soluble agar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Tsuru, Tomoyuki Hinotani, Tetsurou Hinotani, legal representative, Akiko Hinotani, legal representative, Masatoshi Kita
  • Patent number: 7994796
    Abstract: The subject matter relates to a circuit arrangement for monitoring the function of a fill level measuring apparatus, and particularly of a vibration level switch, including a first piezo-electric vibration device as a transmitting device, a second piezo-electric vibration device as a receiving device, an oscillator circuit, the input and output of which during normal operation are connected to the vibration devices, the second connections of which devices are at common ground potential, and a monitoring circuit for monitoring the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KG
    Inventor: Siegbert Woehrle