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Patent number: 9305951Abstract: A pixel structure of a CMOS image sensor pixel structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The structure comprises a photosensitive element (37) and a multi-layer structure of a standard CMOS device arranged on the silicon substrate (31). A deep groove (38) having a light-transmitting space therein is formed above the photosensitive element, a side wall of the deep groove is surrounded by a light reflection shielding layer (39) continuously arranged in a longitudinal direction to reflect the light incident on the light reflection shielding layer. The side wall of the deep groove is surrounded by metal interconnects, vias, contact holes and polysilicon in annular configurations, thus the incident light on the deep grove is substantially completely reflected, which avoids the optical crosstalk and effectively improves the optical resolution and sensitivity of the pixel and the performance and reliability of the chip.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTDInventors: Xiaoxu Kang, Yuhang Zhao
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Patent number: 9301961Abstract: Compounds that bind to phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase III? (PI4KIII?) and inhibit the binding of PI4KIII? to its substrate and/or inhibit PI4KIII? activity may be used in the treatment and/or prevention of an autoimmune or inflammatory disorder, or organ or cell transplant rejection. A new assay for identifying compounds for use in treating and/or preventing those pathological conditions, which comprises measuring the inhibition of PI4KIII? activity, is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&DInventors: Jean Herman, Thierry Louat, Qiuya Huang, Bart Vanderhoydonck, Mark Waer, Piet Herdewijn
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Patent number: 9303697Abstract: A driving system of an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle comprising the same are provided. The driving system comprises: a driving motor, a transmission and a hydraulic system. The transmission may include an input shaft, an output shaft, a first transmission unit, a first clutch, a second transmission unit and a second clutch.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY, BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Yi Ren, Guangquan Chen, Kaizhao Li, Daqi Chen, Hengjun Zhai, Shuanghong Jing, Xin Wen
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Patent number: 9306523Abstract: A class D amplifier receives and amplifies a differential analog signal which is then differentially integrated. Two pulse width modulators generate pulse signals corresponding to the differentially integrated analog signal and two power units generate output pulse signals. The outputs the power units are coupled to input terminals of integrators via a resistor feedback network. An analog output unit converts the pulse signals to an output analog signal. The differential integration circuitry implements a soft transition between mute/un-mute. In mute, the integrator output is fixed. During the soft transition, the PWM outputs change slowly from a fixed 50% duty cycle to a final value to ensure that no pop noise is present in the output as a result of mode change.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. LtdInventors: Ru Feng Du, Qi Yu Liu
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Patent number: 9302241Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing nanocapsules having a liquid lipid core and a solid shell and charged in their lipid core with at least one hydrophilic active agent involving combining microemulsions where the active agent remains in the hydrophilic phase of a first microemulsion and chill-hardening the mixture to obtain the nanocapsules charged with the hydrophilic active agent. The nanocapsules comprise the lipid core which is liquid at room temperature and the nanocapsules are encapsulated in a film which is solid at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: UNIVERSITE D'ANGERS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)Inventors: Jean-Pierre Benoit, Olivier Thomas, Patrick Saulnier, Alyaa Adel Ramadan
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Patent number: 9306416Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for controlling power modes in electronic devices are provided. A system may include an electronic device and an input device that sends power mode selection information via a network to a power mode selection receiving component in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a first power component that powers a first component, and a switching component that controls the first power component. The electronic device may include a second power component that powers a second component. The switching component may control the second power component. The power mode selection receiving component and the switching component may be powered independently of the first and the second component. If the power mode selection information indicates an off mode, the electronic device may provide power to the power mode selection receiving component and the switching component and not to the first and the second component.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: D&R Tech LLCInventors: Deepak Massand, Rajan Jetley
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Patent number: 9302651Abstract: A method for cleaning a windscreen of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes a phase of remotely activating a cycle of cleaning a windscreen of the vehicle, the cleaning cycle including at least one wiping phase with the aid of a wiping device of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Gérald Caillot, Dominique Dias, Frédéric Giraud, Izumi Sakai
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Publication number: 20160090393Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula X: where Ra, Rb, R2, R7, and X are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds described herein are prodrugs of compounds having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; methods of using these compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA R&D IP, LLCInventors: Adam D. Hughes, Melissa Fleury
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Publication number: 20160091638Abstract: A method for producing a colloidal alcoholic suspension of fluorine-doped SnO2 particles. It also pertains to the colloidal loidal suspension thus obtained and to its uses, especially in the manufacture of an antistatic coating for an optical article, such as an ophthalmic lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicants: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE), SHANGHAI UNIVERSITYInventors: Stephanie Pega, Jian Zhao, Liyi Shi, Shuai Yuan, Zhuyi Wang, Yin Zhao
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Publication number: 20160092965Abstract: A pay-at-the-table device is augmented to include an imaging sub-system having one or more image-capture components. A front-facing image sensor records video, or takes still photos. A wide view image sensor/lens captures a view of an entire table (or some portion thereof). When table images are captured by the imaging system, image post-processing is used to ensure that any details that can identify the individual patrons are masked or otherwise obscured; in this way, only generic demographic data (e.g., number of patrons, gender, approximate age, etc.) is captured, and all such data is maintained anonymously and without reference to any payment or other information that might provide the restaurant with the patron's true identity. The image-capture components may also include image sensors enable events (e.g., drinks needing refills, entrée arrival, etc.) to be monitored. An infrared image sensor captures thermal data, which can identify the temperature of the prepared food.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: Tabletop Media LLC d/b/a ZioskInventors: Viren R. Balar, Kevin C. Mowry, Jeffrey E. Taylor, Christopher M. Wellheuser, Vernon Y. Franklin
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Patent number: 9295268Abstract: For producing an aerated confectionery mass, a raw confectionery mass is fed at a feed rate from a supply to an aeration unit for introducing gas into the confectionery mass and wherein the aerated confectionery mass is fed to a production line for the production of confectionery or tablets. The feed rate of the raw confectionery mass is controlled such that it corresponds to the demand of the production line, the amount of introduced gas is controlled in response to the feed rate of the confectionery mass so that the aeration level of the confectionery mass remains substantially constant and the temperature of the aeration mass within the aeration unit is controlled such that it remains substantially constant and independent from the feed rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.Inventors: Stephan Simbuerger, Stephen Malcolm Pearson, Egidijus Bizys
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Patent number: 9297837Abstract: A voltage sensor for obtaining a light signal representative of an AC voltage in a live electrical wire having a surrounding electrical field, comprising: a conducting device adapted to be placed in the surrounding electrical field and in galvanic isolation to the live electrical wire for causing a movement of charges and extracting a current from the movement of charges; a micro-light source for emitting a light signal, the micro-light source being operatively connected to the conducting device for receiving the extracted current and being directly powered by the extracted current, an intensity of the light signal being related to a value of the AC voltage in the electrical wire; a light guide, operatively coupled to the micro-light source, for receiving and propagating the light signal over a distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUEInventor: Marc Levesque
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Patent number: 9297044Abstract: The present invention discloses the identification of a fibrosis susceptibility gene locus, the CTGF gene locus, which can be used for detecting predisposition to, diagnosis and prognosis of fibrosis as well as for the screening of therapeutically active drugs. The invention resides, in particular, in a method which comprises detecting in a sample from the subject the presence of an alteration in the CTGF gene locus, the presence of said alteration being indicative of the presence or predisposition to fibrosis.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Universite D'Aix-MarseilleInventors: Alain Dessein, Violaine Arnaud, Christophe Chevillard
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Patent number: 9297510Abstract: An LED lamp is provided. The LED lamp includes a base; a heat radiation member disposed on the base and having a cavity therein; an LED module disposed on a bottom wall of the cavity; and a fixing frame mounted in the cavity so as to press the LED module on the bottom wall of the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Feihong Long
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Patent number: 9295804Abstract: A mouthpiece for controlled delivery of a breathing gas including oxygen, preferably an increased ratio of oxygen with respect to ambient air, to the respiratory tracts of a user which includes a valve having two modes; a closed default mode, which substantially impedes any flow of the breathing gas through the valve; and an active open mode, which allows for a substantial flow of the breathing gas through the valve, wherein the open mode can be activated by the user manipulating the valve with his/her mouth. Such a valve may be used in a device for delivery of breathing gas and in an apparatus for controlled delivery of the breathing gas to the respiratory tracts of a user. A method for controlled delivery of the breathing gas to the respiratory tracts of a user may include operating the valve.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: RESMED R&D GERMANY GMBHInventor: Stefan Schätzl
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Patent number: 9300339Abstract: A wireless handle for a battery tester, comprising a wireless signal transmitting/receiving means capable of exchanging information with a battery tester through wireless communication; an information input means; an information output means; and a signal processing and control means, wherein the wireless signal transmitting/receiving means, the information input means, and the information output means are coupled with the signal processing and control means. The wireless handle enables an operator to control some functions of the battery tester and/or monitor detected information remotely during the process of testing, which can increase efficiency of the testing and avoid any disturbance of the testing circuits caused by the information input means and the information output means.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Danaher (Shanghai) Industrial Instrumentation Technologies R&D Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shounan Luo, Junlong Sheng, Tao Zhong
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Patent number: 9297590Abstract: The present invention relates to a regenerator including a packed bed of energy storage elements made of a material having the following chemical analysis: 25%<Fe2O3<90%, 5%<Al2O3<30%, CaO<20%, TiO2<25%, 3%<SiO2<50%, Na2O<10%, Fe2O3+Al2O3+CaO+TiO2+SiO2+Na2O>80%, and other compounds: complement to 100%.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEENInventors: Benoît Watremetz, Claude Jacquot, Daniel C. Sherman, Hassan S. Niknafs, Thomas Szymanski, John Stewart Reid
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Publication number: 20160083372Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where X, Ra, Rb, R2, and R7 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are prodrugs of compounds having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; methods of using these compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA R&D IP, LLCInventors: Melissa Fleury, Adam D. Hughes
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Patent number: D752399Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: D & J Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Walsh, Jordan Levick
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Patent number: D752413Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: NU D LIMITEDInventor: Christopher Bransgrove