Patents Represented by Law Firm Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
  • Patent number: 8351231
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a power converter with an arm including switching devices connected in parallel, realizing long lifespans of switching devices. An inverter includes an upper and a lower arm, and gate drive circuits each driving the corresponding arm according to a gate control signal Gup_s indicating ON/OFF periods. Each arm includes switching devices connected in parallel. Each gate drive circuit includes: a switching gate control circuit 230u bringing a switching device 210u into conduction at the beginning of the ON period and bringing the same out of conduction within the ON period; and a conduction gate control circuit 231u bringing switching devices 211u and 212u within a period from when the switching device 210u is brought into conduction until the same is brought out of conduction, wherein the switching device 210u has a lower parasitic capacitance than the switching devices 211u and the 212u.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Tagome
  • Patent number: 8349886
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a glucokinase activator which is useful as a pharmaceutical agent such as agents for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, obesity and the like, and the like. The present invention is a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tsuneo Yasuma, Osamu Ujikawa
  • Patent number: 8351958
    Abstract: To provide a mobile device which can accurately identify a location of the mobile device in relation to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Mototaka Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 8348024
    Abstract: A motor-driven disk brake system is capable of preventing a pressing member from moving beyond a predetermined position at a time of stopping a motor. When a command for system termination is issued, motor current is reduced intermittently, which correspondingly reduces a motor displacement gradually such that a return force is spent gradually on a return displacement of a motor and a piston, thereby preventing a rotational speed of a rotor from increasing. A large accelerated backward movement of the motor and the piston beyond a predetermined position due to inertia is thereby prevented, because the return force does not act all at once during the return displacement of the motor and the piston. Accordingly, the piston is stopped near a standby position of non-braking state before system termination. As a result, a next activation of the motor-driven disk brake system can be conducted promptly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohma Yamaguchi, Yoshinari Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8347470
    Abstract: Portable robot for carrying out the drilling process in the assembly of aeronautical components which are secured on a support known as a stand. The robot comprises a displaceable platform in order to permit it to be located close to the stand, and an arm, which supports a frame comprising a beam intended to support a drilling head that can be displaced in the three axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Javier Gonzalez Sáinz, Juan Ramón Astorga Ramírez, Agustin J. Sáenz Fernández, Valentin Collado Jiménez
  • Patent number: 8349031
    Abstract: The invention provides a battery separator comprising a porous resin film and a crosslinked polymer supported thereon and having iminodiacetic acid groups in side chains of the polymer chains. The iminodiacetic acid group is preferably represented by the formula wherein M1 and M2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a lithium atom, a potassium atom, a sodium atom, or triethylamine. It is preferred that the layer of the crosslinked polymer is substantially nonporous or solid, and ion conductive, and that the crosslinked polymer has in the molecule oxetanyl groups which are capable of cation polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Take, Shunsuke Noumi, Sadahiro Nakanishi, Yoshihiro Uetani, Keisuke Kii, Kinkou Sho
  • Patent number: 8350474
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front plate and a rear plate disposed in such a manner as to face the front plate. The front plate has a display electrode and a dielectric layer covering the display electrode. The dielectric layer contains substantially no lead components but contains MgO, SiO2, and K2O. A content of MgO is in a range between 0.3 mol % and 1.0 mol %, both inclusive. The content of SiO2 is in a range between 35 mol % and 50 mol %, both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ota, Kazuhiro Morioka, Akira Kawase, Morio Fujitani, Tatsuo Mifune
  • Patent number: 8352003
    Abstract: A highly miniaturized biosensor and a sensor unit, which can meet a demand for further miniaturization. With this invention, miniaturization is possible, and the number of production steps including those for assembling individual parts can be reduced. Accordingly, mass production will be possible, and cost reduction and high reliability will be achieved. A light emitting unit (21) and a light receiving unit (22) are disposed in a same recess (24) formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate (23), and a light shielding cover substrate (27) having a first light guide section (25) and a second light guide section (26) is disposed on an upper side of the semiconductor substrate (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Kyushu University, National University Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Renshi Sawada, Eiji Higurashi
  • Patent number: 8352594
    Abstract: A network monitoring device which monitors a network in which data is transmitted through relays, includes a monitoring frequency recording unit (111) which records monitoring frequencies for monitoring transmission statuses of the relays, a selection probability generating unit (112) which generates selection probability information which is probability values for the relays, a monitoring object determining unit (113) which determines, according to the monitoring frequency and the selection probability information, a relay the transmission status of which is to be monitored, a transmission status obtaining unit (106) which obtains transmission status information indicating a transmission status on the relay determined, a transmission status recording unit (107) which records the transmission status information, an activation level calculating unit (109) which calculates, using the transmission status information, activation level indicating suitability of the monitoring on the transmission statuses of the re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Ishii, Takao Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8348283
    Abstract: A suspension control apparatus selectively performs at least one of: compression-stroke control performed when a wheel load is increased, for setting a damping-force characteristic of at least one of damping-force variable dampers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be increased among a plurality of wheels, to a hard side in an early stage of a compression stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to a soft side in a latter stage of the compression stroke; extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in an early stage of an extension stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in a latter stage of the extension stroke; compression-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force variable dampers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel loa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naofumi Harada, Yoichi Kumemura, Tatsuya Gankai
  • Patent number: 8349373
    Abstract: This invention relates to a dietary supplement for use in a weight loss program, which alleviates insulin resistance in the presence of the metabolic syndrome. The dietary supplement includes, in combination, berberine, banaba leaf extract, and inositol. Also provided is a method of treatment in a weight loss program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Conrad Anton Smith
  • Patent number: 8349192
    Abstract: A method for collapsing a microbubble includes applying stimulation to the microbubble during the gradual decrease of the its size. As a result, the microbubble floating in a solution that decreases in size due to the natural dissolution of a gas contained in the microbubble and disappears after a while, has the speed of its size decrease enhanced and causes the microbubble to disappear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Reo Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Takahashi, Kaneo Chiba
  • Patent number: 8350916
    Abstract: To provide an image processing device that calculates a parameter used for correcting large video jitter with high accuracy even when the accuracy of a sensor for measuring a movement of a photographing device is low. The image processing device includes: a constraint condition generating unit (130) that generates a constraint condition using sensor information such that a parameter value falls within a range; and a parameter calculating unit (140) that calculates the parameter according to the constraint condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Ohmiya, Masayuki Kimura, Hitoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8351211
    Abstract: In an attachment structure for attaching an attached-plate to a printed substrate which is installed in a mechanical chassis, the mechanical chassis includes a positioning pin for positioning the printed substrate; and the attached-plate includes a guide groove that engages with the positioning pin and is slidably guided in a predetermined path, a fixing portion to the printed substrate, and an engaging portion that engages with a side portion of the printed substrate. By causing the attached-plate to slide along a substrate side of the printed substrate with the guide groove being engaged with the positioning pin, the guide groove is guided by the positioning pin, whereby the engaging portion engages with the side portion of the printed substrate. In the engagement state, by fixing the fixing portion of the attached-plate to the printed substrate, the attached-plate is attached to the printed substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Maeda, Yasue Chihara, Yuji Ariyoshi
  • Patent number: 8349479
    Abstract: A battery mounting mechanism includes a terminal connector, a first stopper, a second stopper, and a release button. The first stopper is disposed movably in the Z axis direction with respect to the terminal connector. The second stopper is disposed on the opposite side of the terminal connector with respect to the first stopper, and is disposed movably in the Z axis direction with respect to the terminal connector. The release button is arranged to release the restriction of the first battery or the restriction of the second battery by the first stopper, and arranged to drive the first stopper and the second stopper in the Z axis direction with respect to the terminal connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okita, Naritoshi Kagaya
  • Patent number: 8350932
    Abstract: Provided is an image generation device generating a high-quality image of an object under a pseudo light source at any desired position, based on geometric parameters generated from a low-quality image of the object. The image generation device includes: a geometric parameter calculation unit (102) that calculates a first geometric parameter regarding a surface structure from light source position, viewpoint position, and geometric normal information regarding the surface structure; a high-resolution database unit (103) that stores an exemplum indicating a mesostructure of a portion of the surface and has a spatial resolution higher than the geometric normal information; an exemplum expansion unit (104) that increases the exempla to be spatially expanded; a geometric parameter modification unit (105) that modifies the first geometric parameter using the increased exempla; and an image generation unit (106) that generates an output image by applying the modified geometric parameter to a reflection model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Lorcan MacManus, Neil Dodgson
  • Patent number: 8349807
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to a method whereby a humoral immune response is induced more efficiently in producing an antibody against an antigen protein by gene immunization. A fusion gene composed of a gene encoding the full-length of a part of the antigen protein or a gene encoding a chaperonin subunit or a chaperonin subunit linkage linked thereto is administered to express the fusion gene in the animal, thereby inducing a humoral immune response to an antigen protein by administering. An example of the chaperonin includes Escherichia coli GroEL. There is also provided with a composition for immunization, a method for producing an antibody, a method for producing a hybridoma, and a method for producing a monoclonal antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Joe Chiba, Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joe Chiba, Jun-ichi Hata, Naoki Nishiguchi, Masahiro Furutani
  • Patent number: D673875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Swarovski Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Clemens Neuner
  • Patent number: D673876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Swarovski Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christian Ehrenstrasser
  • Patent number: D673877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Swarovski Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christian Ehrenstrasser