Patents Represented by Attorney Volpe and Koenig
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 8328077
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for soldering photovoltaic solar cells includes providing a first and second PV cell, a holder, soldering ribbon and a mass reflow oven. The method further includes placing the soldering ribbon in a fixture groove in the holder. The method further includes placing the first and second PV cell in the holder such that the soldering ribbon is position in a desired position on the first and second PV cell. The method further includes placing the holder and the first and second PV cell with the soldering ribbon into the mass reflow oven. The method further includes heating the holder and the first and second PV cell with the soldering ribbon in the mass reflow oven to solder the first and second PV cell. The method further includes cooling the holder and the first and second PV cell with the soldering ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Willie, Chris Stratas, David Geiger
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 8324938
    Abstract: A self-timed implementation of single-stage and two-stage self-timed trigger circuits with single-rail data input is provided. This is achieved by a circuit containing storage unit with element indicating transition termination, single-rail data input, control input, data output, and indication output, into which a conversion unit is added which converts single-rail data input and control input signals and has data input, control input, data output and control output. An additional feedback output allows for speeding-up transition of device, which is a source of the single-rail data input of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPI RAN)
    Inventors: Igor Anatolievich Sokolov, Yury Afanasievich Stepchenkov, Yury Georgievich Dyachenko
  • 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: 8325007
    Abstract: A metal strip resistor is provided with a resistive element disposed between a first termination and a second termination. The resistive element, first termination, and second termination form a substantially flat plate. A thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive thermal interface material such as a thermally conductive adhesive is disposed between the resistive element and first and second heat pads that are placed on top of the resistive element and adjacent to the first and second terminations, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark L. Smith, Todd L. Wyatt, Thomas L. Bertsch, Rodney J. Brune
  • Patent number: 8322959
    Abstract: A self-boring screw (2) having a boring section (6) attached to the free end of the screw shaft (4), two vanes (12) radially protruding from the boring section, the edges of the vanes facing toward the boring tip (8) of the boring section (6) being configured as boring blades (13). The boring section (6) includes a chip discharge zone (14) that is configured such that the edges of the vanes (12) facing toward the boring tip (8) forms a cutting point (S) with a boring radius (16), the cutting point having a distance (A) to the screw shaft (4) that is at least ? of the cutting edge length of the bore tip (8). The chip discharge zone (14) makes it possible that the chips produced by the boring blade (10) at the boring tip (8) can be discharged freely and without buildup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: SFS intec Holding AG
    Inventor: Roland Mair
  • 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