Patents Assigned to E Corporation
  • Patent number: 12292623
    Abstract: Display apparatus includes reflective layer with reflective material with stacks of additional layers thereon. Each stack has an optically switchable layer. Switching elements are on a side of the reflective layer opposite to the stacks or form part of the reflective layer. Each switching element applies heating to a switchable portion of the optically switchable layer to change appearance of the switchable portion when viewed from the viewing side of the display apparatus. The optically switchable layer includes phase change material switchable between stable states each having a different refractive index. The phase change material switches by applying heat between the stable states. Switching the optically switchable layer causes the apparatus to provide one or both of the following effects for incident radiation within a predetermined frequency range: (i) a change in reflectivity of a factor of at least 50; or (ii) a change in phase within 5% of n?/2 radians, where n is an integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: E Corporation
    Inventors: Harish Bhaskaran, Peiman Hosseini, Ben Broughton
  • Patent number: 9206961
    Abstract: Disclosed are elevated lights and methods of maintaining illumination in elevated lights for an airfield. The elevated lights have a substrate having a mounting surface, LEDs, a reflector, and an LED driver circuit. The LEDs are disposed on the mounting surface of the substrate and configured such that a primary illumination axis of each LED is oriented along a longitudinal axis of the elevated light. The reflector is configured such that the light emitted from the LEDs is reflected radially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elevated light. The driver circuit is configured to provide a current to the LEDs and detect failure of one or more of the LEDs. Illumination is maintained by providing a current to the LEDs, detecting a voltage change across the LEDs, determining, based on the voltage change, LED failure, and altering the provided electrical current in order to maintain illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: D M E Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio Bastiani, Jerome Brown
  • Patent number: 8528352
    Abstract: The defrost timer is typically provided to remove frost on an evaporator in a refrigerator. The defrost timer includes a circuit board, a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, a switching unit, a first AC line, a second AC line, a third AC line and a fourth AC line. The first AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the first terminal and the switching unit. The second AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the second terminal and the switching unit. The third AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the third terminal and the switching unit. The fourth AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the fourth terminal and the switching unit. Distance between the third AC line and the fourth AC line is at least 5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo E&E Corporation
    Inventors: Takatomo Kawamukai, Kazutoyo Fukukura
  • Publication number: 20130186951
    Abstract: An intelligent fastener having a head and an externally threaded shank for threaded engagement with a structural member. The head has a recess formed in the top surface for mounting an RFID tag with a memory containing information specific to the fastener—such as fastener identification, specified torque value and other information—an antenna for enabling bidirectional communication with an RFID tag reader, and a torque value sensor for determining the torque applied to the fastener by a fastener installation tool. Once installed, the existing torque on a collection of fasteners is measured by using an RFID tag reader to scan the information stored in the memory of each fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Silicon Valley Micro E Corporation
    Inventors: Shengbo Zhu, Su Shiong Huang
  • Patent number: 8370087
    Abstract: A bicycle power meter has a strain gauge sensor assembly mounted on a relatively compressible portion of the end of the rear fork of the bicycle frame. The relatively compressible portion is near the rear hub and subject to the forces exerted by the cyclist to the crankset, and transferred via the chain, and sprocket assembly to the hub. The sensor assembly has two ohmically interconnected stretch sensors each having a first layer bearing a variable resistance element, whose resistance changes with displacement of the compressible portion, and a second layer for providing support for the first layer. The sensor assembly is connected in a bridge circuit to two other resistances to generate signals representative of cyclist applied force. These signals are processed along with velocity signals to generate power signals and the power signals are supplied to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Valley Micro E Corporation
    Inventors: Shengbo Zhu, Su Shiong Huang
  • Publication number: 20120321492
    Abstract: An electric motor driven fan device has a base member with walls forming an enclosure, an electrically powered motor located within the enclosure and having an output shaft coupled via a bearing mounted in an upper wall of the base member to one end of a flexible drive shaft rotatably enclosed in a bendable sheath secured to the base member. The other end of the flexible drive shaft is coupled via a second bearing to a driven shaft secured to a multi-bladed fan. The other end of the bendable sheath is secured to the outer race of the second bearing. The predominant mass of the device is at the bottom, which reduces the footprint of the lower portion. The bendable sheath enables the attitude of the fan to be manually adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Silicon Valley Micro E Corporation
    Inventors: Shengbo Zhu, Su Shiong Huang
  • Publication number: 20120093569
    Abstract: A binder management system having a cabinet with shelves for removable storage of searchable binders. Each binder has a body with front and rear covers and a spine. Inside the body is a binder mechanism for removably retaining sheet media. Each binder has externally extending upper and tower ohmic contact members which ohmically engage conductive members mounted on the shelf surfaces near the front. Each binder has a binder identification circuit coupled to an LED mounted on the binder spine in a location visible when the binder rests on a shelf. When a binder identification signal from a host computer is presented to the shelf conductive members it is transferred by the binder contact members to the binder identification circuit. If the signal matches, the LED is activated to aid the user in finding the binder. An LED and an optional audible indicator are mounted on the shelves to further aid the user in finding the sought binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Silicon Valley Micro E Corporation
    Inventors: Shengbo Zhu, Su Shiong Huang
  • Publication number: 20110119027
    Abstract: A pedometer has first and second signal generators mounted along the inner margin of a first shoe and separated by a fixed distance. A sensor and transmitter assembly is mounted along the inner margin of a second shoe. The sensor and transmitter assembly includes a sensor, a microcontroller unit and a wireless transmitter. A pair of impulses is received by the microcontroller unit each time the shoes pass in close proximity to each other. The microcontroller unit generates various pedestrian performance data based on the impulses. The pedestrian performance data is wirelessly transmitted to a display unit carried by the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Silicon Valley Micro E Corporation
    Inventors: Shengbo Zhu, Su Shiong Huang
  • Publication number: 20110067423
    Abstract: The defrost timer is typically provided to remove frost on an evaporator in a refrigerator. The defrost timer includes a circuit board, a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, a switching unit, a first AC line, a second AC line, a third AC line and a fourth AC line. The first AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the first terminal and the switching unit. The second AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the second terminal and the switching unit. The third AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the third terminal and the switching unit. The fourth AC line is provided on the circuit board and connects the fourth terminal and the switching unit. Distance between the third AC line and the fourth AC line is at least 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO E & E Corporation
    Inventors: Takatomo Kawamukai, Kazutoyo Fukukura
  • Publication number: 20110040500
    Abstract: A bicycle power meter has a strain gauge sensor assembly mounted on a relatively compressible portion of the end of the rear fork of the bicycle frame. The relatively compressible portion is near the rear hub and subject to the forces exerted by the cyclist to the crankset, and transferred via the chain, and sprocket assembly to the hub. The sensor assembly has two ohmically interconnected stretch sensors each having a first layer bearing a variable resistance element, whose resistance changes with displacement of the compressible portion, and a second layer for providing support for the first layer. The sensor assembly is connected in a bridge circuit to two other resistances to generate signals representative of cyclist applied force. These signals are processed along with velocity signals to generate power signals and the power signals are supplied to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Silicon Valley Micro E Corporation
    Inventors: Shengbo Zhu, Su Shiong Huarg
  • Publication number: 20100152904
    Abstract: A refrigeration device may provide a snooze feature, in which the compressor of the refrigeration device is turned off for a predetermined period of time in response to a user command. The refrigeration device may also provide a quick chill feature, in which the compressor of the refrigeration device is turned on for a predetermined period of time in response to a user command. User commands for controlling the operation of the refrigeration device may be provide through a control panel, a remote control or a network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO E & E Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Kawaguchi, Kunimitsu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7634918
    Abstract: A refrigeration device may provide a snooze feature, in which the compressor of the refrigeration device is turned off for a predetermined period of time in response to a user command. The refrigeration device may also provide a quick chill feature, in which the compressor of the refrigeration device is turned on for a predetermined period of time in response to a user command. User commands for controlling the operation of the refrigeration device may be provide through a control panel, a remote control or a network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo E & E Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Kawaguchi, Kunimitsu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 6422895
    Abstract: A receptacle for receiving telephone plug and wide-band cable plug includes a body with a terminal having at least 8 pins connected to the body and an inlet defined in the body. A first recess and a second recess are respectively defined in the body so as to respectively receive a first checking member and a second checking member. The first checking member has a first contact portion and the second checking member has a second contact portion which extends in the inlet so that when a smaller telephone line plug is inserted in the inlet, the second contact portion is not pushed, and the second contact portion is pushed to contact the first contact portion when a lager wide-band cable plug is inserted in the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: M M E Corporation
    Inventor: Mei-Chia Lien
  • Patent number: 6364694
    Abstract: A socket has a body, an enlarged pin, a detecting pin and multiple contact pins. The enlarged pin and the detecting pin are separately secured in the body. The contact pins are secured in the cavity of the body in a row between the enlarged pin and the detecting pin. The enlarged pin is longer than each contact pin so that an enlarged section is formed on the enlarged pin. A lateral rod is formed on the detecting pin and extends to a position below the enlarge section of the enlarged pin. Consequently, the socket can automatically indicate whether a plug inserted into the socket is a cable plug or a telephone plug. The socket can be used with different types of modular communications plugs. The cost for manufacturing the computer or a modem that can accommodate different transmission media is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: M M E Corporation
    Inventor: Mei-Chia Lien
  • Patent number: 6332335
    Abstract: By supplying a refrigerant utilized for cooling brine at a brine chiller unit (4) to a cooler (21) of a blast chiller (2), the internal space at the blast chiller (2) is cooled. In addition, the brine cooled at the brine chiller unit (4) is supplied to an ice heat storage tank (23) during the night and is supplied to a cold trap (7) during the daytime by switching a three way reversing valve (17). Thus, ice-making and chilled water storage are achieved at the ice heat storage tank (23) during the nighttime so that a tumble chiller (3) performs cooling during the daytime by using the chilled water that has been stored at the ice heat storage tank (23). Consequently, during the daytime, three coolers, i.e., the vacuum cooler (1), the blast chiller (2) and the tumble chiller (3), can be operated with a single brine chiller unit (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: K E Corporation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeki Kajimoto, Tsuneo Harukawa
  • Patent number: 6267755
    Abstract: A method of hair depilation using an Nd:YAG laser which causes local heating at the hair bulb due to the absorption of the oxyhemoglobin contained in the capillaries. The Nd:YAG laser operates at 1060 nanometers. Each pulse is a special pulse having a first portion and a second portion, where power output in the first portion is 20 times greater than power output in the second portion. That way, the first portion of each pulse is used to quickly heat up the tissue to a damaging temperature, and the second portion maintains that temperature to cause hair removal for the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: M & E Corporation of Delaware
    Inventors: Gabriele Clementi, Gian Franco Bernabei, Mauro Galli
  • Patent number: 6085541
    Abstract: A multiplicity of water passage pipes (4) are received in a horizontal, cylindrical-shaped drum (3), which is provided at an upper portion thereof with a discharge port (3a) and an inflow port (3b) for a refrigerant. Fixed to both ends of the drum (3) are a water introduction cylinder (6) and a discharge cylinder (7), which is bent downward to be substantially L-shaped. A heat exchanger (1) is secured such that en end thereof on a side of the discharge cylinder (7) is disposed above a cold water tank (2). An interior of the cold water tank (2) is divided into a first tank (2a) and a second tank (2b) by a partition (8), over which water can flow. A piping for supplying a cold water to a facility for utilization of the cold water is connected to a bottom or a lower portion of the first tank (2a), on which the cold water from the heat exchanger (1) falls. A path for water recovery from the facility for utilization of the cold water is connected to the second tank (2b) through a return piping (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: K E Corporation Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuneo Harukawa
  • Patent number: 5734320
    Abstract: An emergency warning gear includes: a casing; a turning light device and a flash light device provided on an outside of the casing; a loudspeaker provided in an inner space of the casing; a microphone connectable with the loudspeaker; a radio device; and an attaching device which removably attaches the casing on a roof panel of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T G E (T G E Corporation)
    Inventor: Toshihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5065423
    Abstract: The user of a new pager places it into "registration mode" by commands entered through the pager's user interface. In registration mode, the pager displays previously stored identification code and begins rapidly searching through a list of candidate paging channels. The user then telephones the paging system clearinghouse and provides the identification code. Upon receiving this information, the paging system broadcasts an initialization message addressed to the new pager. Included in the message may be initialization data, such as a list of alternative frequencies on which the paging data may be found. The pager quickly receives this message (due to its rapid searching operation) and stores any initialization data in data registers for future reference. The pager then displays a message to the user confirming the pager's proper operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: AT&E Corporation
    Inventor: Garold B. Gaskill
  • Patent number: 5054051
    Abstract: A system and method to autodial a telephone number, employing (1) an electronic wristwatch which includes means for receiving radio paging messages and a memory for storing a database of predetermined multidigit telephone numbers and (2) a collapsible compact telephone handset, which does not have a dialing key pad. The electronic wristwatch and the handset includes short range transceivers so that a data communication link can be established between the electronic wristwatch and the handset. Circuitry is provided to transmit telephone numbers stored in or received by the electronic wristwatch to the telephone handset and to automatically dial such telephone numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: AT&E Corporation
    Inventor: Don G. Hoff