Patents Assigned to CO
  • Patent number: 9176606
    Abstract: Dot mark decoding circuitry sets an initial value of a relative position of each of dot marks with respect to a corresponding lattice point; and then sequentially executes, in repetition, a calculation process of calculating a projective transformation matrix based on a position of each dot mark in a pixel coordinate system and a position obtained by adding the relative position to the position of a corresponding lattice point; a transformation process of transforming the position of each dot mark from the position in the pixel coordinate system to a position in a L coordinate system using the projective transformation matrix; a generation process of generating the relative position information based on the post-transformation position of each dot mark and the position of the corresponding lattice point; and an update process of updating the relative position in accordance with the relative position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiichi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 9178117
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, and an electrode on at least one of the first conductive semiconductor layers or the second semiconductor layer. The electrode includes an adhesive layer on the light emitting structure, a barrier layer on the adhesive layer, and a bonding layer on the barrier layer. The barrier layer includes a plurality of grain boundaries, and the grain boundaries include interstitial elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Han Byul Kang
  • Patent number: 9179560
    Abstract: Disclosure relates to a board block for vehicles. A housing forms an outer appearance of the board block of the present invention. The housing includes a housing body and a housing cover. A interior space is formed in the housing body, and a first connection unit is formed at one side of an upper end of the housing body. The housing cover covers the upper end of the housing body and the first connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC TERMINAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Bae Yoon, Jeong Hun Lee, Ja Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9177859
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is disclosed, which includes: a carrier having at least an opening; a plurality of conductive traces formed on the carrier and in the opening; a first semiconductor element disposed in the opening and electrically connected to the conductive traces; a second semiconductor element disposed on the first semiconductor element in the opening; and a redistribution layer structure formed on the carrier and the second semiconductor element for electrically connecting the conductive traces and the second semiconductor element. Since the semiconductor elements are embedded and therefore positioned in the opening of the carrier, the present invention eliminates the need to perform a molding process before forming the redistribution layer structure and prevents the semiconductor elements from displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan-Heng Chen, Chun-Tang Lin, Yan-Yi Liao, Hung-Wen Liu, Chieh-Yuan Chi, Hsi-Chang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9178389
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless power transmission system, including: a transmission unit generating and transmitting power for charging a battery; a reception unit receiving the transmitted power and charging the battery with power; and a transmission control unit detecting a charging status of the battery by using the transmitted power, and, if the charging status of the battery is in a damage section due to reflective power, controlling the transmission unit to transmit power lower than power of a normal operation, whereby damage of transmission and reception devices due to a reflective wave can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Hwang, Kyung Joon Han, Tah Joon Park
  • Patent number: 9174273
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for controlling a molten metal surface in a mold that are effective to various disturbances are provided. The method and the apparatus for controlling a molten metal surface level in a mold according to the present invention perform the following operations of: measuring the molten metal surface level in the mold of a continuous-casting machine; changing a reference position of oscillation of the mold based on the difference between a molten metal surface setting value set in advance as a desired value of the molten metal surface and a measured value of the molten metal surface level; and making the reference position of oscillation follow molten metal surface fluctuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: JP STEEL PLANTECH CO.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sekiguchi, Shigeo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9175715
    Abstract: A functional element having a shaft part and a head part has at least one feature providing security against rotation which is provided in the region of a sheet metal contact surface of the functional element. The functional element is characterized in that each feature providing security against rotation comprises a recess provided in the sheet metal contact surface of the functional element with a raised portion disposed at least substantially centrally in the recess or with a raised portion surrounding the recess. With this design the functional element can be straightforwardly be inserted in a thick sheet metal part or in a sheet metal part of higher strength and thus a security against rotation of high quality can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: PROFIL VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jiri Babej
  • Patent number: 9179275
    Abstract: A first message is sent by an MSC/VLR and it is determined that a user equipment is in an abnormal state according to the first message. A second message is sent to the user equipment. The second message is used to instruct the user equipment to initiate attachment to the MSC/VLR. An apparatus includes a receiving module, a first determining module and a sending module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.
    Inventor: Yijun Yu
  • Patent number: 9179582
    Abstract: An exemplary electronic device with connectors and fasteners for alignment of the connectors includes a panel, a printed circuit board, and a shell. The printed circuit board includes a number of connectors arranged thereon. A number of holes are defined in the shell for expose the connectors. The printed circuit board defines a number of through holes therein. The panel defines a number of positioning holes therein. The shell forms a number of positioning posts thereon, and each positioning post defines an engaging hole therein. The present disclosure also includes a number of fasteners. Each fastener includes a first and a second positioning part. The first positioning part inserts through a corresponding through hole and a corresponding positioning hole to connect the printed circuit board and the panel. The second positioning part is engagingly received in the engaging hole of a corresponding positioning post of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Yuan Chang
  • Patent number: 9175580
    Abstract: The mechanical lash adjuster is arranged between a cam and one end of the stem of a valve urged by a valve spring. The lash adjuster comprises an unrotatable housing having a thread, a plunger subjected to the force of the cam and formed with a thread in engagement with the thread of the housing, and a plunger spring urging the plunger against the action of the valve spring. The lead and flank angles of the engaging threads are set such that the engagement threads can slidably rotate under a given shaft load applied to the plunger unless the frictional torque TB, generated by the friction between the slidable frictional surface F2 of the plunger and a shaft load transmission member to act on the plunger, exceeds the thrust torque TF imparted by the shaft load to the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NITTAN VALVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kubota, Michihiro Kameda
  • Patent number: 9175788
    Abstract: To provide a hollow poppet valve having an improved heat reduction effect. In a hollow poppet valve (10) having a valve head (14) and a stem (12) integral with the valve head (14), the hollow poppet valve (10) is formed with an internal cavity S that extends in the valve head (14) and the stem (12). The internal cavity S is charged with a coolant (19) and an inert gas. The internal cavity S has a generally disk-shape internal cavity S1 and an internal stem cavity S2 formed in the stem (12) and connected to the internal valve head cavity S1 at a right angle. During a reciprocal motion of the valve (10), a vertical convective flow of coolant (19) along the axis L of the valve (10) is established at least in the internal valve head cavity S1, thereby enhancing its heat reduction effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NITTAN VALVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Onuma, Jin Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9178003
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first insulating layer arranged between the active layer and the gate electrode, and a second insulating layer arranged between the gate, source, and drain electrodes. The OLED display also includes a third insulating layer covering the source and drain electrodes, wherein an opening is defined in each of the second and third insulating layers and wherein the openings substantially overlap. The OLED display further includes a pixel electrode formed in the openings defined in the second and third insulating layers and including a semi-permeable metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Park, Sun Park, Yeong-Ho Song, Ji-Hoon Song, Chun-Gi You, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9177190
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor module includes a lens, a filter, a first reflector, an image capturing module for capturing a first fingerprint image and a second fingerprint image, and at least one first light source for providing the needed light source at the time of the image capturing module capturing the fingerprint image. A top surface and a bottom surface of the lens are planes. The lens defines at least one first area and a second area. The filter is disposed under the lens. The filter is corresponding to the first area of the lens for reflecting the first fingerprint image corresponding to the first area. The first reflector is disposed under the lens. The first reflector is corresponding to the second area of the lens for reflecting the second fingerprint image corresponding to the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ssu Hsuan Chou, Nien Ting Weng, Sheng Yuan Lin
  • Patent number: 9178811
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for generating a label forwarding table for a non-destination router on a ring topology. Embodiments of the present invention further provide an apparatus for generating a label forwarding table for a non-destination router on a ring topology and a method and system for generating two label switching paths LSPs of different ring directions on a ring topology. Technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are based on a clockwise label forwarding table and a counterclockwise label forwarding table that are generated for each non-destination router on the ring topology. When it is found that traffic cannot be forwarded to a destination router by using one of the two label forwarding tables, the non-destination router performs traffic switching and uses the other label forwarding table to forward the traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weifeng Li
  • Patent number: 9179249
    Abstract: A method for positioning a wireless terminal, and a related device and system are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a wireless terminal, a positioning service period and an identifier of a positioning channel from a first access point; switching, by the wireless terminal, to the positioning channel in the positioning service period; and broadcasting, by the wireless terminal, a location measurement message through the positioning channel, so that at least three access points in an access point group where the first access point is located obtain positioning measurement data after receiving the location measurement message, so as to estimate a location of the wireless terminal. Embodiments of the present invention can shorten positioning time of the wireless terminal, reduce power consumption, and improve utilization of a network wireless channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiming Ding
  • Patent number: 9178323
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, an insulating arm, a movable terminal, and a fixed terminal. The insulating body has an insertion hole concavely formed from its front end surface, and a first receiving slot formed at a side of and in communication with the insertion hole. The insulating arm extends from the insulating body and has an extending portion partially entering the insertion hole. The movable terminal has a first fixing portion fixed in the insulating body, an elastic arm extending backward from the first fixing portion and located between the insertion hole and the insulating arm, and a first contact portion extending backward from the elastic arm. The first contact portion crosses the insulating arm, and is located at a side of the insulating arm away from the insertion hole. The fixed terminal has a second contact portion capable of connecting/disconnecting from the first contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Patent number: 9175726
    Abstract: A bearing module including a first bearing component and a second bearing component which are mounted such that the first bearing component and the second bearing component can move relative to one another, the first bearing component being an outer ring extending in a circumferential direction and the second bearing copmonent being a corresponding inner ring, a raceway is provided on one of the outer bearing and the inner bearing ring, and corrosion protection is provided at a side of the raceway, the corrosion protection being anodic corrosion protection and including one of a sacrificial anode or an impressed current anode. A separate protection means is provided, which is comprised of an oligodynamically acting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eduard Beresch, Christian Schulte-Noelle, Claus Mueller, Ahmed Hafit
  • Patent number: 9178266
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna module for a vehicle, wherein an upper assembly comprises a first circuit board, wherein a lower assembly comprises a second circuit board, wherein at least one of the two assemblies is fastened on a vehicle body part of the vehicle, wherein an electrical contact part is arranged on the assembly in each case, wherein the two contact parts respectively comprise at least one antenna contact, and wherein the lower assembly is fixable on the upper assembly. In this case, the second contact part, when the lower assembly is fixed, is displaceable in a plane lying approximately parallel to the vehicle body part from a first position in a displacement direction linearly into a second position, wherein the contact parts are electrically disconnected from one another in the first position and wherein the contact parts are electrically connected in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Burg, Jens Lachnitt
  • Patent number: 9178447
    Abstract: Control circuits and related methods are provided. One exemplary control circuit includes a solid state switching device for coupling to a first tap of a motor and a control device coupled to the solid state switching device. The control device is configured to switch the solid state switching device to apply a signal to the first tap in response to a demand for operation of the motor at a second parameter to operate the motor at the second parameter. The control device is also configured to switch the solid state switching device to apply a signal to the first tap in response to a demand for operation of the motor at a first parameter to operate the motor at the first parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: John F. Broker, Roger R. Maus
  • Patent number: D742112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Felix Heck, YuNa Oh, JuSuek Lee, Youna Kim, YeonYoung Nam, Jaeho Jang