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  • Method for using a non-orthogonal pilot signal with data channel interference cancellation
    Patent number: 7428263
    Abstract: A system and method for encoding/decoding data channels in a CDMA system having data channel interference cancellation, wherein data channel interference cancellation is used to remove unwanted non-orthogonal pilot signal components which are present within a demodulated data signal. This is accomplished by regenerating interference terms with respect to the non-orthogonal pilot signal and subtracting them from the demodulated data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: IPR Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Antoine J. Rouphael, John E. Hoffmann, George Rodney Nelson, Jr., James A. Proctor, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for frequency selective beam forming
    Patent number: 7425928
    Abstract: A directive antenna having plural antenna elements is arranged in a parasitic antenna array. Frequency selective components are connected to an active antenna element. Weighting structures are connected to passive antenna elements positioned substantially equidistant from the active antenna element. The active and passive antenna elements are connected by a space-fed power distribution system to produce independently steerable beams having spectrally separated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Bing Chiang, Kenneth M. Gainey, James A. Proctor, Jr.
  • Variable rate coding for forward link
    Patent number: 7426241
    Abstract: A technique for encoding a signal used in a digital communication system in which individual traffic channel data rates may be adapted to specific channel conditions. In particular, a forward error correction coding rate is adapted for individual channels while at the same time maintaining a fixed block size independent of the FEC coding rate. This allows the system data rate to adapt to the channel conditions experienced by a specific user. Thus, users experiencing good communication conditions with low multipath distortion may be allocated higher capacity, whereas users with significant multipath distortion may make use of lower rate (higher levels of coding) error codes to maintain high quality. Messages are sent from a transmitter to a receiver to inform the receiver of the coding rate implemented at any given point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: IPR Licensing, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Proctor, Jr.
  • Switch mechanism usable underwater
    Patent number: 7426338
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch mechanism usable underwater including a rear cover serving as an exterior member, two shaft members being displaceable in a shaft direction and fitting into two shaft holes having the same cross-sectional area provided in the rear cover, an O-ring watertightly maintaining the shaft member and the shaft hole, and a lever member being engaged with the two shaft members in a manner to be capable of pressing-down or pulling-up the shaft member, and being configured to balance water pressure applied to one shaft member with that applied to the other shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsumoto, Ikko Mori, Tsuyoshi Hirabayashi
  • Bicycle wheel balanced by spoke connections of different mass
    Patent number: 7425041
    Abstract: A spoked bicycle wheel is presented where the masses of a set of spoke connections for connection of a hub and a rim as a whole are imbalanced with respect to the rotational axis. In such a way the dynamic imbalance of the wheel due to localized mass increases at the valve and at a possible joint is reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Campagnolo, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Maurizio Passarotto, Davide Urbani
  • Automatic gain controller and controlling method thereof
    Patent number: 7426250
    Abstract: An automatic gain controller and the controlling method thereof are disclosed. The automatic gain controller includes a first multiplexer for receiving an input signal and a gain and generating a first output, a second multiplexer for receiving a signal time constant and a gain time constant and generating a second output, a filter electrically connected to the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer for generating one of a signal-energy and an actual gain in response to the first output and the second output, a signal-energy processing device electrically connected to the filter, the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer for generating the gain and the gain time constant in response to the signal-energy, and a multiplier electrically connected to the filter for multiplying the actual gain by the input signal to generate an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Yueh-Chang Chen
  • Fixing the position of a planet gear pin
    Patent number: 7422540
    Abstract: A planet gear pin (4) is secured against axial displacement relative to a planet gear carrier (1) using an elastically deflectable or deformable retaining element (9, 9a, 9b) arranged in a location hole (10) in the planet gear pin (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Andreas Neudecker, Norbert Metten, Gustav Weidmann
  • Angled electric plug-in connector comprising a first angled limb and a second angled limb
    Patent number: 7422492
    Abstract: An angled plug-in connector (1) is provided having an insulating body that is located in a first angled limb (2) and that contains electric contacts. The conductor or conductors that extend from the insulating body extend through a second angled limb (3). The opposing end faces (2a, 3a) of the angled limbs (2,3) that lie in the angled region are oblique, generally forming a mitre and are interconnected by an articulation or in a detachable manner. At least one of the two angled limbs is provided with a recess or annular groove (10), which extends over the greater part of a circumference thereof, is open to an exterior over at least a part of its length, and in which a fitted spring-loaded ring (11) can be placed. The ring (11) is open or includes a gap (12) and has two end sections (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Anton Hummel Verwaltungs GmbH
    Inventors: Fritz Zugel, Mario Bartholoma, Volker Gotz, Philipp Gerber
  • Block error rate estimate reporting for target signal to interference ratio adjustment
    Patent number: 7423976
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for reducing block error rate (BLER) estimate reporting to conserve system resources, while eliminating reports of BLER estimates unlikely to require an adjustment to target signal to interference ratio (SIR). A plurality of data blocks is received over a transmission time interval and the count of data blocks is stored in memory. The data blocks are error checked by an error check unit and the number of erroneous data blocks is stored in memory. A processor performs a BLER estimate calculation based on the data block count and erroneous data block count. A BLER estimate report is produced and sent for target SIR adjustment if triggered by threshold comparisons performed by the processor, including the data block count value compared to a predetermined threshold, and the BLER estimate value compared to a predetermined multiple of the target BLER value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Wang, Pascal Adjakple
  • Angled plug-in connection comprising a retaining element that defines the working position of the two angled limbs
    Patent number: 7422478
    Abstract: An electric angled plug-in connector (1) is provided having an insulating body that is arranged in a first angled limb (2) and that contains electric contacts. One or more electric wires extend through a second angled limb (3). The two opposing faces (2a, 3a) of the angled limbs (2, 3) that lie in the angled area are diagonal, essentially forming a miter and are connected to each other in an articulated or detachable manner. At least one of the angled limbs is provided with a retaining element (11) having a cavity in the form of a recess, opening (10), or undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Anton Hummel Verwaltungs GmbH
    Inventors: Fritz Zugel, Mario Bartholoma, Volker Gotz, Philipp Gerber
  • Method for checking a condition of a heat treatment
    Patent number: 7422913
    Abstract: A method for connecting terminals is provided. The method includes steps of a) providing a board having a first terminal thereon; b) performing a check of a heat treatment by using a thermal sensitive paper in order to determine a optimal condition of the heat treatment for the board; c) heating the first terminal under the optimal condition of the heat treatment; and d) connecting a second terminal to the heated first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Arima Display Corp.
    Inventor: Min-Rei Jiang
  • Multi-insert cap blow-molding method and spoiler for vehicle manufactured using the same
    Patent number: 7422269
    Abstract: A multi-insert cap blow-molding method for molding a hollow plastic product which is integrally formed with elongate fastening members. Each fastening member is seated in a groove defined in a lower mold. Each fastening member is composed of an elongate outer insert cap and an inner insert cap which is positioned in the outer insert cap to be separated from a bottom surface of the outer insert cap and to divide a space defined in the outer insert cap into an upper space and a lower space. A hollow parison is positioned between an upper mold and the lower mold. Hot air is blown into the parison with the upper and lower molds enclosing the parison to mold the parison and integrally fuse a portion of the parison to an inner surface of the fastening member. Then, the resultant product which is cooled, discharged and finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Moya International Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Hong Nahm, O Yeol Kwon
  • Multi-insert cap blow-molding method and spoiler for vehicle manufactured using the same
    Patent number: 7422718
    Abstract: A multi-insert cap blow-molding method for molding a hollow plastic product which is integrally formed with elongate fastening members. Each fastening member is seated in a groove defined in a lower mold. Each fastening member is composed of an elongate outer insert cap and an inner insert cap which is positioned in the outer insert cap to be separated from a bottom surface of the outer insert cap and to divide a space defined in the outer insert cap into an upper space and a lower space. A hollow parison is positioned between an upper mold and the lower mold. Hot air is blown into the parison with the upper and lower molds enclosing the parison to mold the parison and integrally fuse a portion of the parison to an inner surface of the fastening member. Then, the resultant product which is cooled, discharged and finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Moya International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Hong Nahm, O Yeol Kwon
  • Active matrix electrochromic display
    Patent number: 7420727
    Abstract: The present invention is an active matrix electrochromic display architecture where the active components are placed on the backplane of the display, thereby maximizing the viewable pixel area. The cathode of the electrochromic pixel is placed on top of the active components, with respect to the viewer, thereby allowing the active components to be as large as desired while not interfering with the viewable area of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: NTERA Limited
    Inventor: Micheal Cassidy
  • Cable handling apparatus
    Patent number: 7419137
    Abstract: A feed control assembly for feeding a cable on to a rotatable reel has a primary guide for controlling the location of the cable as it feeds on to the reel, and a drive assembly arranged to reciprocate the primary guide means as the cable feeds through the primary guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: IB Supplies PTY Ltd.
    Inventor: Ian Charles Boon
  • Method and apparatus for computing SIR of time varying signals in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 7421045
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting symbols of a common pilot channel (CPICH) to generate an accurate signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) estimate in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-stationary mean of a group of the CPICH symbols is estimated, the CPICH symbols are delayed, and the CPICH symbols are corrected by dividing the delayed CPICH symbols by the estimated non-stationary mean of the group of CPICH symbols. In another embodiment, a signal power estimate is generated based on the magnitude of CPICH symbols, a noise power estimate is generated by subtracting the signal power estimate from a total power estimate based on the magnitude of the CPICH symbols, and a SIR estimate is generated for symbols that have undergone a time varying gain by dividing the signal power estimate by the noise power estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Philip J. Pietraski
  • Composite of polymer or ceramic materials and component made of such a composite
    Patent number: 7419714
    Abstract: A composite of polymer or ceramic material has reinforcing fibers. The composite is for use in manufacturing medical implants like osteosynthesis plates, endoprostheses, screw coupling elements, surgical instruments, and similar components. The fibers and fibrous parts are made from a material that absorbs X-rays so that it can be seen during X-ray examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Sepitec Foundation
    Inventors: Fritz Magerl, Roger Roland Tognini, Erich Wintermantel, Jörg Mayer, Thomas Andreas Peter, Walter Spirig
  • Iterative turbo decision feedback receiver
    Patent number: 7418052
    Abstract: Turbo encoded data is received in a wireless communication system. A signal is received including the turbo encoded data. An initial data estimation is performed on the received signal. At least one iteration of turbo decoding is performed on the estimated data. A subsequent data estimation is performed using the received signal and the result of the turbo decoding. At least one iteration of turbo decoding is performed on a result of the subsequent data estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Wang
  • Fuel cell with capacitor attached to the fuel cell separator plate
    Patent number: 7416796
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitor-embedded fuel cell. The capacitor-embedded fuel cell comprises a membrane electrode assembly including a hydrogen ion exchange membrane consisting of a polymeric electrolyte, and a pair of gas diffusion electrodes disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the hydrogen ion exchange membrane, respectively, a pair of separator plates located on outer surfaces of the gas diffusion electrodes and having gas passages formed therein, respectively, and a polymer capacitor located on an outer surface of one of the pair of separator plates while being electrically connected in series to the separator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul Jung, Choong Nam Park
  • Sanitary check valve
    Patent number: D576704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Gilcher