Patents Assigned to CO
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Patent number: 9168888Abstract: The invention relates to a belt height adjustment device for fixed connection to a bearing structure (1) of a vehicle seat, having a lever (2) and a belt deflection fitting (3) which is rotatably movable relative thereto. The lever (2) is pivotably connected to the bearing structure (1) to provide an axis of rotation. The lever (2) further includes a fixing device which can be fixed with respect to its pivotal movement relative to the bearing structure (1). The fixing device is configured to prevent the pivoting of the lever (2) relative to the bearing structure (1), and in particular, in the downward direction, and is configured to engage automatically in prespecified lever angle positions on an upward movement of the lever (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: ISRINGHAUSEN GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Reiner Kroencke, Austin Jennings
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Patent number: 9170379Abstract: Disclosed are an optical fiber connector an assembly method therefor. The connector is used for matching with an optical fiber adapter, and comprises a connector casing, a ceramic ferrule (2), a spring (4) and a boot (8), wherein the connector casing has a lateral width of 2.5 mm to 4.5 mm, is formed by inserting and locking a front casing (1) and a rear casing (5) and forms a cavity; the tail of the connector casing is connected to the boot (8), the external front end of the connector casing contains a guiding block (101) and a combined elastic arm successively in the rearward direction, and a retaining convex block (104) is arranged on the combined elastic arm; the tail end of the ceramic ferrule (2) is fixed to a tailstock (3) of the ceramic ferrule and penetrates through a through hole at the front end of the connector casing; and the spring is compressed between the tailstock (3) of the ceramic ferrule and a stop block (501) formed by the inner walls of the connector casing.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: SUNSEA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Guo Yang, Qiyue Wang
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Patent number: 9170628Abstract: An energy-savings control system can control the showcase, refrigerator and freezer so that they can run with the reduced energy consumption by responding to the electric current values flowing in each respective one of the showcase, etc. A freezing-machine is provided in each respective one of the showcase, refrigerator and freezer in which the electric current values flowing in the freezing-machine may be detected at time intervals of every one minute, and the average electric current values during the continuous time period of 30 minutes may be computed from the electric current values as detected above. If it is determined that the freezing-machine's operating rate as computed above is greater than the freezing-machine's predetermined operating rate, the freezing-machine installed therein may be controlled so that the electromagnetic valve can be switched to its opened position.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: TECHNOMIRAI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuo Miwa
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Patent number: 9171872Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an offset printing substrate and a method of manufacturing a display substrate, the method includes forming a first coating layer on a base substrate on which is formed a first concave pattern having a first width. An intermediate substrate is also formed upon the first coating layer of the base substrate, the intermediate substrate having a pattern corresponding to the first concave pattern. An offset printing substrate is also formed upon the pattern of the intermediate substrate, the offset printing substrate having a second concave pattern is formed to correspond to the pattern of the intermediate substrate, and the second concave pattern has a second width smaller than the first width.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyu-Young Kim, Youn-Gu Lee, Dae-Young Lee, Nam-Ok Jung
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Patent number: 9172214Abstract: A spark plug includes a center electrode, a ceramic insulator provided with an axial hole, a metal shell, and a ground electrode having a facing surface that faces a leading end surface of the center electrode. An annular space is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the center electrode and an inner peripheral surface of the axial hole and is opened toward a leading end side, and when C (mm) is a distance between the outer peripheral surface of the center electrode and the inner peripheral surface of the axial hole in the opening of the annular space, C?0.2 mm is satisfied. In a cross-section which includes the axial line and is orthogonal to the center axis of the ground electrode, a contour line of lateral surfaces of the ground electrode has a curved shape convexed outward.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventor: Kaori Suzuki
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Patent number: 9172253Abstract: A battery pack charger and a method of charging a battery pack may properly charge a battery pack regardless of the number of cells in the battery pack. The battery pack charger includes a voltage sensing unit configured to sense an output voltage of the battery pack being charged with a predetermined voltage for a predetermined period, a controller configured to determine a number of cells in the battery pack in accordance with the output voltage, and a power source charge and discharge unit configured to supply a charge voltage to the battery pack, the charge voltage being determined in accordance with the number of cells in the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-Hong An, Jae-Soon Kim
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Patent number: 9172286Abstract: Disclosed is a leveling motor, which removes a gap from a threaded portion converting a rotating force of the leveling motor into an axial feeding force to minimize a movement error and enable a leveling operation to be precisely controlled, and includes a housing, a shaft axially moving in the housing and having on an outer circumference thereof a threaded portion, a threaded pipe provided on an outer circumference of the shaft and having on an inner circumference thereof a grooved portion that corresponds to the threaded portion, and an elastic member supplying an upward elastic force to the shaft, whereby the threaded portion axially comes into close contact with the grooved portion by the elastic force of the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Suhyoung Lee
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Patent number: 9172504Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for downlink channel transmission. The method for downlink channel transmission includes: sending PDCCH information, where original information of the information includes a first part of the information and a second part of the information; the second part of the information includes downlink control information DCI content information, and the first part of the information includes indication information for indicating a related parameter of the DCI content information in the second part of the information; after receiving the PDCCH, obtaining, by a receiving end, the first part of the information and verifies it, if correct, obtaining the related parameter of the DCI content information in the second part of the information according to the indication information, and performing convolutional decoding for specific DCI content information in the second part of the information according to the related parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuchun Wu
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Patent number: 9172575Abstract: The present invention provides a correlator and a demodulation device including, first and second filter sections having different non-overlapping pass-frequency characteristics, first and second delay circuits that delay the signals output from the first and second filter section by one effective OFDM symbol period, first and second complex conjugate circuits that take the complex conjugates of the delayed signals, first and second complex operation sections that compute the complex-multiplies of the signals from the first and second filter sections and the respective signals for the first and second complex conjugate circuits, first and second moving average processing sections that take moving averages of GI lengths, proportion determination circuit that compares the maximum values of the autocorrelations from each of the first and second moving average processing circuits, and selection-combination circuit that selects the autocorrelation having the largest maximum value based on the comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroji Akahori
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Patent number: 9171490Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes determining a driving mode including a two-dimensional (ā2Dā) mode and a three-dimensional (ā3Dā) mode and charging a voltage which varies according to the driving mode to at least one subpixel in a unit pixel of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoung-Ju Shin, Joo-Young Kim, Ji-Woong Jeong, Tae-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 9171932Abstract: A display panel includes a gate line, a gate electrode, a planarization layer, a gate insulation layer, an active layer, a data line, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a pixel electrode. The gate electrode extends from the gate line. The planarization layer covers the gate line and the gate electrode to have an opening exposing a portion of the gate electrode formed therethrough. The gate insulation layer covers a portion of the gate electrode exposed by the opening and the planarization layer. The active layer is formed on the gate insulation layer and corresponds to the gate electrode. The data line is formed. The source electrode extends from the data line to cover a portion of the opening. The drain electrode is spaced apart from the source electrode and covers a portion of the opening. The pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se-Hyoung Cho, Chong-Chul Chai, Mee-Hye Jung
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Patent number: 9169403Abstract: A powder coating composition for PC strand coating which, when used for the coating of a PC strand, can advantageously form a coating film having an even thickness at low cost without causing uneven thickness or stringness is disclosed. The powder coating composition of this invention for PC strand coating is characterized by having a melt viscosity of 3,000-15,000 poise.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignees: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., SUMITOMO (SEI) STEEL WIRE CORP.Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirai, Yoshitaka Ishihara, Koichiro Natori, Toshihiko Niki, Yoshihiko Touda, Takayuki Yamagiwa
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Patent number: 9169875Abstract: A lip portion of an end seal is born against a metallic core to make no interference against an end cap. The metallic core controls deformation of the lip portion to improve the close engagement of the lip portion with a guide rail. The lip portion is composed of an outside lip extending outwards and an inside lip extending inwards of the slider. A root portion where the inside and outside lips are merged together is secured to the metallic core in such a relation that the metallic core bears stress exerted on respective center lines of the outside and the inside lips. The metallic core is composed of a mounting portion having a mounting surface, a bent portion extending widthwise of the slider and biased or deflected more outward of the slider to prevent the lip portion from make any interference with the end cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuichi Shibuya
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Patent number: 9169938Abstract: A forward check valve and a fuel cell system in which fluid control is performed with increased reliability when a highly active fluid is used are structured such that when an edge portion of a cap is joined to an edge portion of a valve housing, a peripheral edge portion of a diaphragm is pushed and sandwiched by a peripheral edge portion of the cap and a placement portion. Further, the diaphragm is formed of rubber. As a result, the peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm is compressed by the peripheral edge portion of the cap and the placement portion, so that the degree of contact at a contact portion between the placement portion and the peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm becomes very high. Consequently, in the forward check valve, joints of the members including a joint of the edge portion of the cap and the edge portion of the valve housing do not contact methanol.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuzo Higashiyama
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Patent number: 9171516Abstract: The present invention provides a gate driver on array circuit. The gate driver on array circuit comprises: multiple gate driver on array units connected in cascade. The n-th gate driver on array unit of the gate driver on array circuit comprises a (n?2)-th signal input terminal 21, a (n+2)-th signal input terminal 22, a clock signal first input terminal 23, a clock signal second input terminal 24, a first low-level input terminal 25, a second low-level input terminal 26, a first output terminal 27 and a second output terminal 28. The n-th gate driver on array unit further comprises: a pulling-up driving unit 32, a pulling-up unit 34, a first to a third pulling-down unit 36, 37, 38. The present invention adds a second low-level signal, which uses the second low-level to decrease the voltage difference (Vgs) between the gate and the source of the thin film transistor of the first output terminal, so that the leakage current of the thin film transistor is less and can be controlled precisely.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Limei Zeng, Shihchyn Lin
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Patent number: 9171605Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting a concentrated address of a semiconductor device using an n-bit address. The method includes dividing the n-bit address into k groups, wherein each of n and k is an integer equal to or greater than 2, for each group of the k groups, detecting one or more concentrated sub addresses corresponding to the group, and generating at least one concentrated address by combining the one or more concentrated sub addresses for the k groups.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-Sik Kim, Won-Il Bae, Myeong-O Kim, Min-Soo Kim, Ho-Seok Seol, Min-Sang Park, Kyo-Min Sohn, Chi-Hwan Lee, Sang-Joon Hwang
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Patent number: 9171689Abstract: A method for making carbon nanotube field emitter includes providing a carbon nanotube array formed on a surface of a substrate. A plurality of carbon nanotubes of the carbon nanotube array is selected and pulled out a carbon nanotube film by a drawing tool, wherein the carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes oriented along a fixed direction. The carbon nanotube film is cut to a plurality of uniform carbon nanotube sub-films along the fixed direction. The plurality of carbon nanotube sub-films is treated to a plurality of carbon nanotube yarns. The plurality of carbon nanotube yarns is fixed on a surface of a conductive base, and cutting off the plurality of carbon nanotube yarns by a laser beam, to form a carbon nanotube field emitter.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng Liu, Li-Jiang Xu, Duan-Liang Zhou, Chun-Hai Zhang, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 9172258Abstract: A cell balancing circuit controlling balanced discharge of a plurality of battery cells, the cell balancing circuit having a balancing part sensing voltages of the battery cells, a controller responsive to an output of the balancing part to select one of the battery cells for discharge of the cell, and a resistance controller controlling discharge of the selected cell. The resistance controller includes at least one discharge circuit connected to the battery cells; and a plurality of resistors connected to output signal channels of the discharge circuit, the resistors being selectively connected in series according to a control signal of the controller to discharge the selected cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Joonwoo Song
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Patent number: 9172470Abstract: A communication device includes four signal sending chips, four signal receiving chips, a first optical module and a second optical module. Each of the first optical module and the second optical module includes a main body and four lenses formed on the main body. The first optical module has four signal sending channels corresponding to the four lenses thereof, and the second optical module has four signal receiving channels corresponding to the four lenses thereof. The first optical module and the second optical module are individual from each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: I-Thun Lin
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Patent number: 9167893Abstract: The invention relates to a folding table including: two tabletop members that are coupled to each other pivotably with one edges of the tabletop members serving as an axis, and are able to be folded; leg members that are disposed on a lower surface of a tabletop formed by unfolding the two tabletop members; a separation biasing unit that causes two leg members to move away from each other; and a movably coupling unit that couples the leg members to the tabletop members in such a manner as to be moveable from the one edge side to the other edge side. When the tabletop members are pivoted to unfold the tabletop, the separation biasing unit and the movably coupling unit cause the leg members to be unfolded along the lower surface of the tabletop.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: NEWTEC JAPAN Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tokuhiro Shiraishi