Patents Represented by Attorney Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8330407
    Abstract: An electronic protection system for motors is provided that includes electric current (SC1-n) sensor elements, more specifically Hall positioning sensors, and electronic circuits for electric tension reading. The signals are processed by a central processor (2) that executes a set of rules (A, B, C) and makes inferences based on the collected data in order to protect the motor (M, M?) against possible failure. Furthermore, a method to protect motors (M, M?) is provided, based on a set of rules (A, B, C) in order to characterize failures and trends of possible failures, so that the motor does not operate out of its specification for the system to deactivate it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Bitzer Compressores Ltda
    Inventor: Raphael Garcia Moreira
  • Patent number: 8331723
    Abstract: Signal processing techniques are applied to digital image data to remove the distortion caused by motion of the camera, or the movement of the subject being photographed, or defective optics, or optical distortion from other sources. When the image is captured, the effect of relative motion between the camera and the subject is that it transforms the true image into a blurred image according to a 2-dimensional transfer function. The 2-dimensional transfer function representing the motion is derived using blind estimation techniques or by using information from sensors that detect the motion. The transfer function is inverted and used to define a corrective filter. The filter is applied to the image and the blur due to the motion is removed, restoring the correct image. Another embodiment uses the transfer function to avoid blur by combining multiple consecutive images taken at a fast shutter speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: Fatih M. Ozluturk
  • Patent number: 8331975
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for power control for distributed wireless communication is disclosed including one or more power control loops associated with a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Each power control loop may include open loop power control or closed loop power control. A multi-phase power control method is also disclosed with each phase representing a different time interval and a WTRU sends transmissions at different power levels to different set of node-Bs or relay stations during different phases to optimize communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Zinan Lin, Alexander Reznik, Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Mihaela C. Beluri, Eldad M. Zeira, Philip J. Pietraski, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Gregg A. Charlton
  • Patent number: 8328157
    Abstract: An electromagnetic hydraulic valve (1) is provided having a valve housing (2) with a pressurized hydraulic medium inlet channel (24), a pressurized hydraulic medium outlet channel (25), a magnet coil (3), and a valve seat (23), with a magnet armature (9) that can be excited by the magnet coil and a valve tappet (10, 10?) fixed on this armature. A valve-closing element (13) is activated by the valve tappet and that blocks the connection between the pressurized hydraulic medium channels for contact on the valve seat. The magnet armature with the valve tappet and the valve-closing element are guided so that they can move longitudinally in the valve housing and the valve tappet and the valve-closing element contact each other with facing longitudinal end sides (26, 27) in a way that is free from tensile forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Schulz, Marco Meisborn
  • Patent number: 8331290
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for data delivery confirmation in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) including transmitting an uplink (UL) message, performing a mobility operation, determining that the UL message is not acknowledged, and generating a delivery failure message. The mobility operation is a handover or a radio resource control (RRC) connection reestablishment. A message including the delivery failure message is passed between protocol layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Somasundaram, Rajat P. Mukherjee, Mohammed Sammour
  • Patent number: 8331309
    Abstract: A configuration for downlink signals in a wireless communication system, methods of configuring the downlink signals, apparatus for generating the downlink signals, and apparatus for receiving and processing the downlink signals are described herein. Downlink signals in a wireless communication system are reconfigured in series of frames, with each frame carrying a preamble that provides fast cell search and system acquisition. In particular, the preamble includes a primary preamble and a secondary preamble, where the primary preamble is common to all sectors in a base station and all base stations in a system and the secondary preamble is effectively unique to each base station, and may be further distinguished based on a sector basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Marsh, Srikanth Gummadi, William Burchill, Michael Wengler
  • Patent number: 8328959
    Abstract: The invention proposes a lever-type cam follower (1) made without chip removal out of a sheet steel for use in a valve train of an internal combustion engine for actuating at least one gas exchange valve. This lever-type cam follower (1) is characterized by being made of a cold-forming, core-hardening heat-treatable steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Engelhardt, Ernst Ammon
  • Patent number: 8330762
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention as described herein provide a solution to the problems of conventional methods as stated above. In the following description, various examples are given for illustration, but none are intended to be limiting. Embodiments include a frame processor module in a graphics processing system that examines the intra-coded and inter-coded frames in an encoded video stream and initiates migration of decoding and rendering functions to a second graphics processor from a first graphics processor based on the location of intra-coded frames in a video stream and the composition of intermediate inter-coded frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark S. Grossman
  • Patent number: 8331315
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include two or more modems, each configured to link to a different network, and a media independent handover (MIH) client. An application programming interfaces (API) may provide the MIH client with mechanisms to receive information about links, control the modems for handover, discover a MIH server and IP multimedia system nodes, trigger mobile IP handover, etc. If a link has been successfully established, the MIH client may start a MIH session. When the modem indicates that a connection is going to be terminated, the MIH client may activate the second modem for handover. If the first modem indicates that a link parameter has crossed a threshold, the MIH client may send signal measurements to a MIH server. After receiving a media independent handover switch request, the MIH client may initiate handover to the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: InterDigital Technology Corporation, SK Telecom, Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Debashish Purkayastha, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Khalid S. Hossain, Michelle Perras, Hyun Wook Kim, Yong Sun Cho, Suan Eoh, Jean-Ian Boutin
  • Patent number: 8331313
    Abstract: The present invention modifies existing media independent handover (MIH) function (MIHF) frame format as defined by the IEEE 802.21 standard. In one embodiment, the variable load of the MIHF frame is modified to eliminate the MIHF variable header by defining the MIHF identification (ID) field and the session ID field as fixed fields in the MIHF fixed header. Thus, the MIHF variable load is only made up of the MIHF payload. In another embodiment, a field such as an information element (IE), a header, or MIH service data such as a command or an event, is represented by a type field, a length field and a value field (TLV). The length of the value field is exactly 128 octets, and the length field only occupies one octet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Shamim Akbar Rahman
  • Patent number: 8330767
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for angular invariant texture level of detail calculation is disclosed. The method includes a determination for a LOD that determines angular invariant LODs that result in efficient ASIC hardware implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantine Iourcha, Michael Doggett
  • Patent number: 8329940
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical compound having the structure being one selected from a group consisting of wherein R1 is one selected from a group consisting of COOCH3, COOCH2Ph, CONHCH(CH3)2 and CONHC6H5, R2 is one selected from a group consisting of H, CH3 and CH(CH3)2, R3 is one selected from a group consisting of H, CH3, CH(CH3)2 and CH2Ph, and R4 is one of CH(CH3)2 and C6H5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kaohsiung Medical University
    Inventors: Chun-Nan Lin, Dravidum Maitraie, Jih-Pyang Wang, Chi-Feng Hung, Huang-Yao Tu, Ya-Ting Liou, Bai-Luh Wei, Shyh-Chyun Yang
  • Patent number: 8327460
    Abstract: The present invention allows simple and sensitive detection of microimpurities, microdefects, and corrosion starting points which may be present in a material. A probe microscope has a function to sense ions diffused from a specimen in a liquid. A probe is caused to scan over a predetermined range on a specimen. Then, the probe is fixed to a particular position in a liquid so as to set the distance between the specimen and the probe to a given value at which the microstructure of the specimen surface cannot be observed. Thereafter, one of the current between the probe and a counter electrode and the potential between the probe and a reference electrode is controlled, and the other of the current and potential which varies in accordance with the control is measured. Thus, ions diffused from the specimen are sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoko Honbo, Katsumi Mabuchi, Motoko Harada
  • Patent number: 8326811
    Abstract: To inhibit deterioration in the I/O performance of a file even if the file includes an area that is frequently accessed. An access account of the file is recorded, an area of the file is split into a plurality of partial areas at least one or more times if the access count exceeds a split threshold, the partial area (partial area including a hotspot with frequent access) in which the access count exceeded the split threshold is minimized, data corresponding to that partial area is ultimately uncompressed, and data corresponding to the other partial areas is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kamei, Takaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8324711
    Abstract: A precision high-frequency capacitor includes a dielectric layer formed on the front side surface of a semiconductor substrate and a first electrode on top of the dielectric layer. The semiconductor substrate is heavily doped and therefore has a low resistivity. A second electrode, insulated from the first electrode, is also formed over the front side surface. In one embodiment, the second electrode is connected by a metal-filled via to a layer of conductive material on the back side of the substrate. In alternative embodiments, the via is omitted and the second electrode is either in electrical contact with the substrate or is formed on top of the dielectric layer, yielding a pair of series-connected capacitors. ESD protection for the capacitor can be provided by a pair of oppositely-directed diodes formed in the substrate and connected in parallel with the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Haim Goldberger, Sik Lui, Jacek Korec, Y. Mohammed Kasem, Harianto Wong, Jack Van Den Heuvel
  • Patent number: 8323137
    Abstract: A hydraulic tensioning element for a traction mechanism drive having a cylinder, having an axially movable piston which is guided in the cylinder, a spring element which is arranged between the cylinder and the piston, a pressure space which is formed in the cylinder, and a reservoir, which is formed in the piston, for hydraulic fluid. A valve permits an exchange of the hydraulic fluid between the pressure space and the reservoir as a function of an actuating movement of the piston. The cylinder (2) has a flanged portion (17) which reduces a size of its opening, and a free end of the piston (4) has formed on it an annular section (16) with a diameter which is larger than the piston diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Hartmann, Werner Petri
  • Patent number: D671719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Anthony L&S Footwear Group, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony LoConte
  • Patent number: D672444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pinnacle Products International, Inc.
    Inventors: Anderson Quillian Smith, Anthony Russell Rogers
  • Patent number: D672445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pinnacle Products International, Inc.
    Inventors: Anderson Quillian Smith, Anthony Russell Rogers
  • Patent number: D672446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pinnacle Products International, Inc.
    Inventors: Anderson Quillian Smith, III, Anthony Russell Rogers