Patents Assigned to A & A Company
  • Heterocyclic compound and use thereof
    Patent number: 9221836
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formulas wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, and a prodrug thereof have a superior renin inhibitory activity, and are useful as agents for the prophylaxis or treatment of hypertension, various organ damages attributable to hypertension and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takanobu Kuroita, Yasuhiro Imaeda, Kouichi Iwanaga, Naohiro Taya, Hidekazu Tokuhara
  • Reel mower with easily removable cutting units having easily removable motors
    Patent number: 9220193
    Abstract: A reel mower has a double A arm suspension that lowers a reel cutting unit into a cutting position in a tail down orientation and that levels the reel cutting unit out as it lifts the reel cutting unit into a transport position. The reel cutting unit yaws during turns about a substantially vertical axis having a negative caster angle. The suspension has clamps that can be flipped open or closed to quickly attach or detach the reel cutting unit. A drive motor can be quickly attached or detached to the reel cutting unit using a pivotal wire form. An active counterbalance system automatically offsets the increasing weight of a grass basket on the reel cutting unit to maintain quality of cut. The grass basket maintains a constant spacing relative to the reel cutting unit when the reel cutting unit pitches to improve clipping collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Gerald E. Goman, Gary R. Lamusga, Todd P. Legault, Robert D. Patton, Ricky A. Galewski
  • Dried highly fibrillated cellulose fiber
    Patent number: 9222222
    Abstract: A mixture of lyocell fiber and low DP or standard DP cellulose pulp fiber having a Canadian Standard Freeness of 250 mL CSF or less is dried and has a Canadian Standard Freeness of 250 mL CSF or less. The pulp is 10% to 75% of the total weight of fibers in the mixture. Both the dried product and the process of making it are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser NR Company
    Inventor: Andrew J. Dodd
  • Systems and methods for identifying different types of traction motors in a vehicle system
    Patent number: 9221480
    Abstract: A control system including a measurement module configured to receive motor measurements that represent operating parameters of plural traction motors of a common vehicle system as the vehicle system propels along a route. The control system also includes an analysis module configured to compare the motor measurements to an expected measurement. The expected measurement corresponds to a designated motor type. The analysis module is configured to determine that at least one of the traction motors is different from the designated motor type based on comparing the motor measurements to the expected measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daum, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
  • Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to measure online audiences
    Patent number: 9224094
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described. An example method includes obtaining panelist data corresponding to a plurality of panelists accessing web pages at measured locations, classifying the panelist data according to demographic information of the panelists, generating a virtual panel based on an estimate of web page access at unmeasured locations, and classifying page view data associated with the unmeasured locations based on data corresponding to the virtual panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: James R. Oliver, Herbert F. Stackhouse, Peter C. Doe, Qian Tang, Michelle Ha
  • Cartridge for an aerosol delivery device and method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article
    Patent number: 9220302
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The cartridge may include a base, a reservoir substrate, and an atomizer. The reservoir substrate may define a cavity therethrough. The atomizer may comprise a liquid transport element and a heating element extending at least partially about the liquid transport element. The atomizer may extend through the cavity through the reservoir substrate such that the heating element is positioned proximate an end of the reservoir substrate. Ends of the liquid transport element may extend to an opposing end of the reservoir substrate. A related method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: John DePiano, David Smith, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Frank S. Silveira, Steven Lee Alderman, Grady Lance Dooly, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Stephen Benson Sears, John William Wolber, Michael Laine
  • Piezoelectric inkjet die stack
    Patent number: 9221247
    Abstract: A piezoelectric inkjet die stack includes a circuit die stacked on a substrate die, a piezoelectric actuator die stacked on the circuit die, and a cap die stacked on the piezoelectric actuator die. Each die in succession from the circuit die to the cap die is narrower than the previous die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tony S. Cruz-Uribe, Joseph E. Scheffelin, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Silam J. Choy
  • Composite substrate for layered heaters
    Patent number: 9224626
    Abstract: A method of forming a heater assembly for use in semiconductor processing includes thermally securing a heater substrate to an application substrate; and applying a layered heater to the heater substrate after the heater substrate is secured to the application substrate. The application of the layered heater includes applying a first dielectric layer onto the heater substrate, applying a resistive heating layer onto the first dielectric layer, and applying a second dielectric layer onto the resistive heating layer. The heater substrate defines a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is matched to a coefficient of thermal expansion of at least one of the first dielectric layer and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the resistive heating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jacob R. Lindley, Dean J. Meyer, Alexander D. Glew
  • Capacity planning of multi-tiered applications from application logs
    Patent number: 9223622
    Abstract: One embodiment collects performance data for an application server that processes transactions received from a client computer to a database server. An application log is created from the performance data and used for capacity planning in a multi-tiered architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ludmila Cherkasova, Ningfang Mi, Mehmet Kivanc Ozonat, Julie A. Symons
  • Stannous chloride compositions
    Patent number: 9220667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate composition comprising: c) a particulate source of stannous chloride; d) and silicon dioxide (also referred to as hydrated silica or silica). The invention further relates to a method for improving the flowability of particulate stannous chloride by admixing silica with it. The composition of the invention has been found to give improved flow properties to stannous chloride when compared to the absence of an anti-caking agent, as assessed via methods of powder characterization detailed in the European Pharmacopoeia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ross Strand, Owen Thurlby
  • Transistors with wrapped-around gates and methods for forming the same
    Patent number: 9224849
    Abstract: A device includes a substrate, a semiconductor strip over the substrate, a gate dielectric wrapping around the semiconductor strip, and a gate electrode wrapping around the gate dielectric. A dielectric region is overlapped by the semiconductor strip. The semiconductor strip and the dielectric region are spaced apart from each other by a bottom portion of the gate dielectric and a bottom portion of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Colinge, Kuo-Cheng Ching
  • Method and apparatus for object/material detection
    Patent number: 9223045
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to compare the size of a target from the first sensor information with the size of the target from the second sensor information to determine whether an anomaly exists based upon the size comparison. In one embodiment, the size of the target from the first sensor information is affected by dielectric constants for at least one material of interest associated with the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Waseem Naqvi
  • Suspension of solid biomass particles in a hydrocarbon-containing liquid
    Patent number: 9222031
    Abstract: A process to prepare a suspension of solid biomass particles in a hydrocarbon-containing liquid for a catalytic cracking process is provided. A catalytic cracking process and subsequent processing of the cracked product from such suspension of solid biomass particles in the hydrocarbon-containing liquid is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Andries Quirin Maria Boon, Johan Willem Gosselink, John William Harris, Andries Hendrik Janssen, Sander Van Paasen, Colin John Schaverien, Nicolaas Wilhelmus Joseph Way
  • Method and apparatus for file encryption/decryption
    Patent number: 9224002
    Abstract: A file encrypting method and apparatus, and a file decrypting method and apparatus is provided. The method includes following steps: creating a virtual disk; the virtual disk receiving a writing request from a file system, encrypting data in the writing request; and notifying the file system to write the encrypted data into a corresponding physical disk, so that the file system writes the encrypted data into the corresponding physical disk after receiving a notification from the virtual disk. The methods and apparatuses can employ the virtual disk to encrypt data in the writing request and decrypt the data required by the reading request, and this manner achieves highly-reliable, secure and effective file encrypting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ting-Li Bi
  • Carriage interaction compensation
    Patent number: 9221262
    Abstract: Operation of a carriage is controlled to actuate a mechanism. The carriage is controlled according to a feed forward term and a feedback term, to compensate interaction of the carriage with the mechanism. Thus, the carriage is to engage the mechanism at a reduced velocity for quiet operation, and fully and reliably actuate the mechanism without stalling the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP.
    Inventor: Robert D. Davis
  • Pivotable head restraint
    Patent number: 9221371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a head restraint having a head rest element that is provided with at least one retaining rod, in particular on the seat back of a vehicle seat, wherein the head rest element can be reversibly moved from a working position into a stowage position and in particular can be locked in the working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Alisan Akyildiz
  • Paste composition for electrode and photovoltaic cell
    Patent number: 9224517
    Abstract: A paste composition for an electrode, the paste composition comprising: phosphorous-containing copper alloy particles in which the content of phosphorous is from 6% by mass to 8% by mass; glass particles; a solvent; and a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichiro Adachi, Masato Yoshida, Takeshi Nojiri, Mitsunori Iwamuro, Keiko Kizawa, Takuya Aoyagi, Hiroki Yamamoto, Takashi Naito, Takahiko Kato
  • Selection of AFP objects in print data by use of stacks
    Patent number: 9225852
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing stacks to identify Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) objects. The system includes a memory and a controller. The memory is able to store AFP print data. The controller is able to perform a parsing process on the AFP print data to identify AFP objects. During the parsing process the controller is able to: (A) advance a parsing location within the AFP print data, and (B) if the parsing location corresponds with a BEGIN field for an AFP object, then push an entry representing the AFP object onto a stack. During the parsing process, the controller is further able to (C) determine whether the stack matches a pattern of entries defined by a rule, (D) if the stack matches the pattern, then process the AFP object at the parsing location to perform an action defined in the rule, and (E) repeat operations (A)-(D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Wagner
  • On-board service tool and method
    Patent number: 9222239
    Abstract: A self-contained, on-board diagnostic system integrated with a control system and method of using the same. Various control system coefficients and parameter settings may be set and edited with the on-board system, without the use of external hardware. In certain embodiments, an operator panel display may be used as a display for the on-board system. A menu navigation scheme can be employed to access a plurality of screens in an organized, efficient manner. The on-board system can be adapted for use with a tracked trencher and/or other mobile equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Ty Hartwick
  • Floor panel with faux stone pattern
    Patent number: D746068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventor: Mark C. Zeamer