Patents Assigned to A & A Company
  • Vehicle body damper brace
    Patent number: 11820431
    Abstract: A vehicle body damper brace including: a rod member having an elongated shape; a housing including a tubular part arranged externally about the rod member; an elastic connector including a first connection body comprising a viscoelastic material, the elastic connector elastically connecting the rod member and the housing to each other in an axis-perpendicular direction; and a regulator provided on at least one axial side of the first connection body and separately from the elastic connector, the regulator suppressing an amount of relative displacement between the rod member and the housing in a prizing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Munehiro Wada, Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Takashi Kume
  • Continuous-forms color measurement system
    Patent number: 11820124
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for measuring a web. One embodiment is a measurement system that includes rollers which receive a web of print media marked with a printed job, a controller which determines that a segment of the web is stationary at the measurement system, an image measurement device that inspects the printed job, and a repositioning mechanism that repositions the segment within the measurement system relative to the image measurement device while portions of the web external to the measurement system remain stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Larry M Ernst
  • Multi-bit flip flop
    Patent number: 11824538
    Abstract: A circuit includes a multi-bit flip flop, an integrated clock gating circuit connected to the multi-bit flip flop, and a control circuit connected to the integrated clock gating circuit and the multi-bit flip flop. The control circuit compares output data of the multi-bit flip flop corresponding to input data with the input data. The control circuit generates an enable signal based on comparing the output data of the multi-bit flip flop corresponding to the input data with the input data of the multi-bit flip flop. The control circuit provides the enable signal to the integrated clock gating circuit, wherein the integrated clock gating circuit provides, based on the enable signal, a clock signal to the multi-bit flip flop causing the multi-bit flip flop to toggle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Lin Liu, Shang-Chih Hsieh, Wei-Hsiang Ma
  • Demarcation template for hazardous contaminant testing
    Patent number: 11821819
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to demarcation templates for demarcating a test area on a test surface and for providing visual guidance to a user to precisely and accurately swab the test surface in order to determine the presence and/or concentration of an analyte of interest on the test surface. In one aspect, the analyte of interest is a hazardous contaminant. Some templates can include alignment markings around the border demarcating the test area to provide such guidance to users, and can include graphical use instructions on a removable central portion of the template. The template can be adhesive to be securely fixed to the test surface for accurate demarcation of the test area throughout sampling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Matthew Oshinski, Austin Jason Mckinnon
  • Rapid-release anchor and fitting
    Patent number: 11821457
    Abstract: The embodiments described and claimed herein are rapid-release anchors and fittings for securing equipment to a surface of a vehicle. The embodiments described and claimed herein utilize a surface-mountable anchor capable of releasably engaging with a fitting. The anchor has channel with an open top end and an open bottom end that allow the anchor to be received and removed in both directions, up and down. The anchor includes a locking mechanism that is configured to permit single-handed insertion of the fitting into the anchor. Also disclosed herein are systems comprising multiple anchors and fittings that serve as brackets for the securement of larger devices, cabinets, handles and other pieces of equipment within a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: VALEDA COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Girardin, Roberto Ansourian, Jonathan Garcia
  • Defect measurement device, defect measurement method, and inspection probe
    Patent number: 11821870
    Abstract: An inspection probe (100) includes a Hall element (3) which detects the density of magnetic flux flowing in a magnetic circuit formed by a yoke (1), a magnet (2), and a magnetic pipe (P). A second outer circumferential surface (12a) of the yoke (1) is arranged to be located closer to the magnetic pipe (P) than a first outer circumferential surface (11a) of the yoke (1) is to the magnetic pipe (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toyokazu Tada, Hidehiko Suetsugu
  • Package structure and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 11823887
    Abstract: A package structure includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor package, first bump structures and second bump structures. The semiconductor package is disposed on the circuit substrate, wherein the semiconductor package includes a center region and side regions surrounding the center region. The first bump structures are disposed on the center region of the semiconductor package and electrically connecting the semiconductor package to the circuit substrate. The second bump structures are disposed on the side regions of the semiconductor package and electrically connecting the semiconductor package to the circuit substrate, wherein the first bump structures and the second bump structures have different heights and different shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Sheng Lin, Han-Hsiang Huang, Chien-Sheng Chen, Shu-Shen Yeh, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Recovery system for an inkjet type dispenser
    Patent number: 11820153
    Abstract: In one example, a single valve assembly having multiple bi-stable cam actuated valves each to open and close a corresponding one of multiple separate liquid flow channels. In one example, a liquid recovery system for an inkjet type dispenser includes a reservoir, an interconnect to connect to a removable container, a flow channel from the reservoir to a printhead unit and back to the reservoir and from the reservoir to the interconnect, a pump to pump ink from the reservoir along the flow channel, and a bi-stable cam actuated valve to open and close the flow channel downstream from the pump between the reservoir and the interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Chris Arnold
  • Seat for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11820256
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle including support links enabling a rotating motion and a sliding motion between a seat frame and seat rails, the support links being mounted so that the seat may be rotated in the forward and rearward directions as in a seesaw motion about a shaft of a vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle, so as to easily implement a facing mode posture, in which passengers sit facing each other, a relaxed comfort posture, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jung, Deok Soo Lim, Bong Ku Kim, Hyun Kyu Moon, Mu Young Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Do Park, Sang Soo Lee
  • Methods for producing fabs and IgG bispecific antibodies
    Patent number: 11820828
    Abstract: Methods for producing Fabs and IgG bi-specific antibodies comprising expressing nucleic acids encoding designed residues in the CH1/CL interface are provided. Also provided are Fabs and IgG bi-specific antibodies produced according to the provided methods as well as nucleic acids, vectors and host cells encoding the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Eli Lilly and Company, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Stephen John Demarest, Karen Jean Froning, Brian Arthur Kuhlman, Andrew Philip Leaver-Fay
  • 4-azaindole compounds
    Patent number: 11820768
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) N-oxides, or salts thereof, wherein G, A, R1, R5, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of signaling through Toll-like receptor 7, or 8, or 9, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Alaric J. Dyckman, Dharmpal S. Dodd, Christopher P. Mussari, Trevor C. Sherwood, Brian K. Whiteley, John L. Gilmore, Sreekantha Ratna Kumar, Laxman Pasunoori, Pitani Veera Venkata Srinivas, Srinivasan Kunchithapatham Duraisamy, Subramanya Hegde, Rushith Kumar Anumula
  • Door opener assembly for push type fuel door
    Patent number: 11821248
    Abstract: A fuel door opener assembly for a push type fuel door includes a pop-up part installed inside a housing and a locking part installed inside the housing. The pop-up part includes a plunger installed to be slidable inside the housing in a state of being elastically supported, a door catch connected to the fuel door, installed to pass through the housing, disposed coaxially with the plunger, brought into contact with an end portion of the plunger, and configured to pop up the fuel door, a cam being selectively restrained by the locking part and configured to restrain sliding of the door catch when restrained by the locking part, and a plunger spring configured to elastically support the plunger toward the door catch inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SAMBO A & T Co., Ltd., Southco Manufacturing & Technology (Shanghai) Co., Limited.
    Inventors: Seong-Muk Lee, Yeong-Bae Park, Joon-Ho Hong
  • Absorbent article with function-formed topsheet, and method for manufacturing
    Patent number: 11819393
    Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may include a plurality of discrete low bulk portions arranged in a pattern disposed along a longitudinal axis of the article, which facilitate z-direction movement of fluid through the topsheet and inhibit spreading of a fluid stain along the topsheet in the x and y directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Arman Ashraf, Misael Omar Aviles, Lennie CruzMurphy, Adrien Grenier, John Lee Hammons, Paul Thomas Weisman, Nathan Ray Whitely
  • Polymer voltage-dependent resistor
    Patent number: 11823821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer voltage-dependent resistor (PVDR) in various physical forms and methods for manufacturing the varistor. The body of the PVDR is composed of a polymer matrix having a filler composed of doped zinc oxide particles, other semi conductive particles or metal particles uniformly distributed therein. Conductive electrodes may be affixed to the polymer matrix and electrical leads attached to the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Company Limited
    Inventors: Chun-Kwan Tsang, Jianhua Chen, Yi-Hua Deng
  • DC fast charging station for electric vehicles
    Patent number: 11824380
    Abstract: A DC charging circuit for an electric vehicle includes a neutral-point clamped (NPC) rectifier and a DC/DC buck converter. The NPC rectifier is configured to convert three-phase AC power to a first DC voltage at a rectifier output stage. The DC/DC buck converter includes a first DC stage coupled to the rectifier output stage, and a second DC stage configured to be coupled to the electric vehicle. The DC/DC buck converter is configured to convert the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage to be supplied to the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fei Xu, Ahmed Elasser, Silvio Colombi, Kum Kang Huh
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 11819114
    Abstract: A toothbrush handle includes a support structure formed of clarified polypropylene and a body formed of thermoplastic elastomer disposed on the support structure. The support structure includes a web having a thickness in a first direction orthogonal to an axis of the toothbrush handle of less than 2 millimeters and at least one rib depending from the web and having a thickness in a second direction, orthogonal to the axis and angled relative to the first direction, of less than about 2 millimeters. The body at least partially covers the web and the at least one rib. The handle has a light transmissivity of greater than 40% through a portion of the handle at which the body covers the web and the at least one rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Douglas Hohlbein, Chi Shing Wong
  • Method and device used in communication node for wireless communication
    Patent number: 11825542
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device used in a communication node for wireless communications. A communication node determines that an RLF occurs in a first cell; when a second cell is in a first state, as a response to determining that the RLF occurs in the first cell, determines that the second cell enters into a third state, transmits a first message; when a second cell is in a second state, as a response to determining that the RLF occurs in the first cell, transmits a second message; when the second cell is in a third state, as a response to determining that the RLF occurs in the first cell, transmits the first message; the first message is used for a radio link recovery; the second message is used for a radio connection re-establishment; when the second cell is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang
  • Apparatus for assisting lane change, vehicle, system having the same, and method thereof
    Patent number: 11820378
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting a lane change includes: a storage configured to store information for the lane change; and a processor that classifies a plurality of lane change steps for the lane change from a position of a host vehicle in an original lane to a target lane, and determines whether to output a warning of a dangerous situation in each lane change step of the plurality of lane change steps when the dangerous situation occurs. When the host vehicle is positioned on a boundary line of the target lane or goes over the boundary line of the target lane, the processor assists the lane change without outputting the warning based on a driving situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Eon Oh, Hoi Won Kim, Doo Jin Um
  • Dispersion and jettable composition containing cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles and a zwitterionic stabilizer
    Patent number: 11820906
    Abstract: An example of a dispersion includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, and a balance of water. An example of a jettable composition includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, a surfactant, a co-solvent, and a balance of water. A method for improving the stabilization of a jettable composition includes incorporating a zwitterionic stabilizer in the jettable composition, which includes the cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, the surfactant, the co-solvent, and the balance of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen G Rudisill, Vladek Kasperchik, Alexey S. Kabalnov, Shannon Reuben Woodruff, Thomas M. Sabo
  • Display device and infrared light cut-off film
    Patent number: 11822075
    Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a display unit configured to have display information and emits visible light having a continuous spectrum; an infrared cut-off part configured to transmit the visible light from the display unit and to reduce the amount of infrared light striking the display unit; and a reflecting part configured to reflect the visible light having passed through the infrared cut-off part. The infrared cut-off part includes a first polymer film and a second polymer film, the first polymer film includes an infrared cut-off layer configured to reduce infrared light transmission, and the second polymer film includes a high-retardation polyester film and is disposed between the first polymer film and the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuji Saito, Noboru Iwata, Atsushi Ono, Kentaro Tamura