Patents Assigned to ADVANCED
  • Patent number: 9664608
    Abstract: Simultaneous Multiple Sample Light Scattering systems and methods can be used for polymer stability testing and for applying stressors to polymer or colloid solutions including heat stress, ultrasound, freeze/thaw cycles, shear stress and exposure to different substances and surfaces, among others, that create a polymer stress response used to characterize the polymer solution and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: ADVANCED POLYMER MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    Inventors: Wayne Frederick Reed, Michael Felix Drenski, Alex Wayne Reed
  • Patent number: 9666906
    Abstract: The present application discloses a high voltage electrolyte including an electrolyte solvent which includes a mixture of a dinitrile solvent and a nitrile solvent and is stable at voltage of about 5 V or above. The dinitrile solvent may include at least one selected from the group consisting of malononitrile, succinonitrile, glutaronitrile, adiponitrile, pimelonitrile, suberonitrile, azelanitrile and sebaconitrile. The nitrile solvent may include at least one selected from the group consisting of acetonitrile, propionitrile, butyronitrile, pivalonitrile and capronitrile. The present application also discloses a lithium ion battery including the above high voltage electrolyte. The lithium ion battery exhibits a cyclic performance of greater than about 300 cycles and with a capacity retention of greater than about 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NANO AND ADVANCED MATERIALS INSTITUTE LIMITED
    Inventors: Kam Piu Ho, Kwok Keung Paul Ho, Ranshi Wang, Yeming Xu, Wai Chun Luk, Mei Mei Hsu
  • Publication number: 20170146801
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a head-mounted display device comprises an augmented reality display, a camera positioned to capture images of at least one eye of the user at different times, an ambient light sensor, a speaker, and one or more processors that process the images to determine a change in size of at least one pupil of the user independent of a change in output from the ambient light sensor, determine at least one of an eye microsaccade amplitude, an eye microsaccade frequency, an eye gaze direction, and vergence, and provide a form of audio alert signal or a form of display alert signal when the change in size of at least one pupil indicates constriction or dilation and the eye microsaccade amplitude passes an eye microsaccade amplitude threshold, the eye microsaccade frequency passes an eye microsaccade frequency threshold, the eye gaze direction changes, or the vergence changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Advanced Insurance Products & Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Stempora
  • Publication number: 20170145245
    Abstract: The present invention provides an economical route to environmentally friendly polymeric coatings with a high content of raw materials from renewable resources. These polymeric coatings offer performance characteristics that are competitive with conventional coating systems. The unique polymers on which this invention is based are copolymers of triglyceride oils, such as soybean oil, linseed oil, or another natural oil, with a vinyl compound, such as an acrylate or methacrylate, or a vinyl aromatic monomer. The present invention more specifically discloses a water dispersible, self-crosslinkable prepolymer composition which is comprised of a triglyceride oil having appended thereto (1) hydroxyl groups, (2) epoxy groups, (3) moieties which contain at least one aldehyde group or at least one ketone group, and (4) moieties which contain at least one vinyl and/or substituted vinyl group. In one embodiment of this invention the moiety which contains at least one vinyl group is derived from maleic anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony D. Pajerski
  • Publication number: 20170145886
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a emission control system that includes a emission control substrate having a plurality of passages to facilitate at least one catalytic reaction in an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. A magnetic field generator responds to a control signal by generating a magnetic field to inductively heat the emission control substrate. A magnetic shield is configured to direct at least a portion of the magnetic field to the emission control substrate. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Advanced Technology Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Crawford, John Douglas
  • Publication number: 20170147608
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a search in a processor-in-memory (PIM) system having a first processor and at least one memory module includes receiving one or more images by the first processor. The first processor sends a query for a search of memory for a matching image to the one or more images to at least one memory module, which searches memory in the memory module, in response to the received query. The at least one memory module sends the results of the search to the first processor, and the first processor performs a comparison of the received results from the at least one memory module to the received one or more images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Ping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170149165
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided, which includes: a housing having a port and an opening; an insulating body having a tongue plate formed in the housing; a plurality of conductive terminals provided on the insulating body; and a seal body formed between the tongue plate and the port. The tongue plate protrudes from the port to a region outside of the housing, such that the housing is free from enclosing the tongue plate. A seal body is provided between the tongue plate and the port to seal off the port so as to be waterproofed, without increasing the contour size of the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun TSAI, Pin-Yuan HOU, Chung-Fu LIAO, Long-Fei CHEN, Chien-Tsung CHUANG, Yun-Jhong WONG
  • Publication number: 20170146127
    Abstract: A non-conductive multi-layered ringed sealing gasket for mating pipe joints along a piping assembly comprising at least two mutually joined ring-shaped bodies. The ringed sealing gasket can be comprised of a metal and the bottom gasket section is separated from the top gasket section by an inner portion that is comprised of one or more non-conductive materials that are ductile but do not flow during dynamic motion and forces associated with the motion of the pipe joints wherein at least one layer of the inner portion includes rings with toroidal wrapped fibers having voids filled with adhesives such that shear forces occurring during movement of the piping assembly are distributed predominantly in the tensile direction along the axial length of the fibers, thereby eliminating cracking of the gasket under excessive loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: AOI (Advanced Oilfield Innovations, Inc.)
    Inventors: Ranjit K. Singh, Daniel Maurice Lerner, Andrew Lerner, Andre Orban
  • Publication number: 20170145631
    Abstract: A rope having a core for providing strength to the rope, where at least a metal or composite woven or warp knitted fabric having multiple substantially parallel elongated metal elements is provided around the core for protecting said core from impact and cutting, and where the multiple substantially parallel elongated elements are in the warp direction and held by yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: BEKAERT ADVANCED CORDS AALTER NV
    Inventors: Hendrik ROMMEL, Veerle VAN WASSENHOVE, Thomas HANSELAER
  • Publication number: 20170143758
    Abstract: A method of treating a human subject which is effected by intermittent inhalation of gaseous nitric oxide at a concentration of at least 160 ppm is disclosed. The method can be utilized for treating a human subject suffering from, or prone to suffer from, a disease or disorder that is manifested in the respiratory tract, or from a disease or disorder that can be treated via the respiratory tract. The disclosed method can be effected while monitoring one or more of on-site and off-site parameters such as vital signs, methemoglobin levels, pulmonary function parameters, blood chemistry and hematological parameters, blood coagulation parameters, inflammatory marker levels, liver and kidney function parameters and vascular endothelial activation parameters, such that no substantial deviation from a baseline in seen in one or more of the monitored parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Advanced Inhalation Therapies (AIT) Ltd.
    Inventors: David Greenberg, Yossef Av-Gay
  • Publication number: 20170144534
    Abstract: A container including an inner wall including an opening sealed by a plate of a technical module including at least one technical device, the sealing of the opening resulting from insertion of the plate into the opening in a main direction. The plate of the technical module includes a flange including a bearing surface, and the inner wall of the vessel includes a bearing directed towards the inside of the container, which acts as a seat for the flange, to block passage of the plate of the technical module through the opening towards outside of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Franck DHAUSSY, Gwereg PAOLINI
  • Publication number: 20170143406
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for cutting and sealing of tissue such as bone and soft tissue. Devices, systems and methods include delivery of energy including bipolar radiofrequency energy for sealing tissue which may be concurrent with delivery of fluid to a targeted tissue site. Devices include debridement devices which may include a fluid source. Devices include inner and outer shafts coaxially maintained and having cutters for debridement of tissue. An inner shaft may include electrodes apart from the cutter to minimize trauma to tissue during sealing or hemostasis. Devices may include a single, thin liner or sheath for electrically isolating the inner and outer shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC
    Inventor: Eliot F. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20170144969
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polyamine conjugates, its isomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also relates to process of preparation of polyamine conjugates, its stereoisomers, prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds of the present disclosure are useful in the treatment, prevention or suppression of diseases mediated by microbes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: The Secretary of State for Health, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
    Inventors: Miles Carroll, Jayanta Haldar, Mohini Mohan Konai
  • Publication number: 20170149063
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel positive electrode which is produced using a rubber being an inexpensive material and is capable of enhancing a charge and discharge capacity and cyclability of a lithium-ion secondary battery, and the lithium-ion secondary battery composed of the positive electrode. In the lithium-ion secondary battery, the positive electrode comprises a current collector and an electrode layer formed on a surface of the current collector, the electrode layer comprises an active material, an electrically-conductive additive and a thermosetting resin binder subjected to thermosetting, and the active material comprises a sulfur-based positive-electrode active material prepared by heat-treating a starting material comprising a rubber and sulfur under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tatsuya KUBO, Akihiro YAMANO, Naoto YAMASHITA, Toshikatsu KOJIMA, Masahiro YANAGIDA
  • Publication number: 20170147932
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for predicting collapse of a structure using throw-type sensors and a system for the same. The system includes at least one throw-type sensor for measuring a collapse characteristic of a structure on fire after having been thrown into the structure in a fireplace and wirelessly transmitting measured data, and a computer for receiving the measured data transmitted from the at least one throw-type sensor and predicting whether or not the structure on fire will collapse by analyzing the measured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hoon SOHN, Min-Koo KIM, Seong-Heum YOON
  • Publication number: 20170144537
    Abstract: A container including sealed walls for containing a liquid, one of the walls forming a container bottom, the container bottom including a plurality of partitions defining therebetween areas contained consecutively inside one another, each of the areas communicating with an adjacent contained area via a passage including a threshold. The threshold of the passage between one area and an adjacent contained area is a low point of the area and a high point of the adjacent contained area, for any given area. The passage between the given area and the area in which the given area is contained, and the passage between the given area and the area contained within the given area are arranged in angular sectors defined by imaginary geometric angles opposed at the vertex thereof, the vertex being located in line with a lower-level area of the container, the angles having a size of less than 45°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Franck DHAUSSY, Gwereg PAOLINI
  • Publication number: 20170143873
    Abstract: A method for sterile packaging of a surface modified implantable device includes irradiating a surface of the device such that the hydrophobicity of the surface is decreased and, optionally, the device is simultaneously sterilized. The surface of the sterile, surface-modified implantable device is then covered in a polar solution to prevent hydrophobic recovery of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventor: Atoosa Lotfi
  • Publication number: 20170149403
    Abstract: A class-D amplifier includes an error amplification circuit, a duty signal generator, a level selection circuit, a driver and control block and an output stage. The class-D amplifier divides peal levels of an error signal into multi-level and changes a scheme for modulating the error signal when the error signal crosses each level boundary of the multi-level thereby to have an effect such as the error signal is folded. Therefore, the class-D amplifier drives output nodes with multi-level and thus the class-D amplifier may increasing efficiency while reducing EMI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Gyu-Hyeong Cho, Ji-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 9656077
    Abstract: The present application relates to a new stimulation design which can be utilized to treat neurological conditions. The stimulation system produces a combination of burst and tonic stimulation which alters the neuronal activity of the predetermined site, thereby treating the neurological condition or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk De Ridder
  • Patent number: D788013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED ACCESSORY CONCEPTS LLC
    Inventor: Scott Cover