Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10254181
    Abstract: A system and method for creating one or more magnetically conditioned regions on a rotatable shaft or disk-shaped torque sensing element, wherein rotation noise produced by the element due to magnetic field variations is substantially negated, and a system and method for creating one or more magnetically conditioned regions on a rotatable shaft or disk-shaped element to allow the element to function as part of a rotational speed or rotational position sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ursetta, Joshua C. Sautner
  • Patent number: 10253937
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a light generation unit, and a first lens configured to change an optical path of light generated by the light generation unit. The light generation unit includes a flexible array, and a plurality of groups of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips disposed on the flexible array, the plurality of groups of micro LED chips includes a first group of micro LED chips and a second group of micro LED chips, and a shape of a first micro LED chip in the first group of micro LED chips is different from a shape of a second micro LED chip in the second group of micro LED chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Juung Jo
  • Patent number: 10253442
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a top-loading type washing machine which includes a drum including a drum body opened at upper and lower sides thereof, and a drum base coupled to the lower side of the drum body, a hub fixed to the drum base, an upper balancer installed to the drum body, for reducing vibrations generated when the drum rotates, and a lower balancer fixed to one of the hub and the drum base, for reducing vibrations generated when the drum rotates. The top-loading type washing machine can effectively remove eccentricity or vibrations generated during the rotation of the drum, since the lower balancer is installed at the lower side of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangjun Lee, Youngjong Kim
  • Patent number: 10256568
    Abstract: Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: littleBits Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Aya Bdeir
  • Patent number: 10254038
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a refrigerant pipe extending in a vertical direction, a plurality of heat-exchange fins through which the refrigerant pipe passes, a pair of frames supporting both sides of the refrigerant pipe, an auxiliary defrost heater provided at an upper portion of the refrigerant pipe and configured to heat an upper region of the refrigerant pipe during a defrosting operation, a defrost heater disposed below a lower end of the refrigerant pipe and configured to heat the refrigerant pipe and air outside the refrigerant pipe during the defrosting operation, and a defrost heater cover disposed between the defrost heater and the lower end of the refrigerant pipe and covering an upper portion of the defrost heater. The defrost heater cover defines a plurality of air holes that allow air heated by the defrost heater to flow upward to the refrigerant pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jiwon Jung
  • Patent number: 10257837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a frame in a wireless communication system, in particular, a high density wireless LAN system, and a station apparatus for performing the same. To this end, a station for transmitting a frame configures a radio frame for a second type station, including a frame part for a first type station and a frame part for the second type station, wherein the frame part for the second type station includes a first signaling field (SIG A) for the second type station and a second signaling field (SIG B) for the second type station. The SIG A for the second type station includes modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information applied to the SIG B for the second type station, and the MCS level applied to the SIG B for the second type station supports an MCS having level than the lowest MCS level defined for the first type station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongguk Lim, Wookbong Lee, Hangyu Cho, Jinyoung Chun, Jinsoo Choi, Eunsung Park
  • Patent number: 10252467
    Abstract: A temperature control method of printing and a device thereof are provided, wherein the method and the device is adapted to a 3D printer which has a discharge nozzle. The control method includes the following steps. A temperature rule table is provided, and the temperature rule table is formed by a printing speed parameter and a discharge speed parameter of the 3D printer. At least one printing speed information and at least one discharge speed information are received. Corresponding temperature information is obtained from the temperature rule table according to the printing speed information and the discharge speed information. Further, a temperature of the discharge nozzle is adjusted according to the printing speed information, the discharge speed and the at least one temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventors: Kwan Ho, Yu-Chuan Chang
  • Patent number: 10257744
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method for supporting, by a serving base station, cancellation of interference signals from signals received at a target terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving scheduling information of at least one neighboring base station from the at least one neighboring base station; configuring a set of auxiliary information for canceling the interference signals of a target terminal on the basis of the scheduling information of the at least one neighboring base station; and transmitting the set of auxiliary information for canceling the interference signals of the target terminal to the target terminal, wherein the auxiliary information comprises at least one of demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) related information and cell-specific reference signal (CRS) related information in association with interference signals from respective neighboring base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunsun Kim, Jonghyun Park, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Hyungtae Kim
  • Patent number: 10254794
    Abstract: A lifting type electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a lifting mechanism. The second body includes a fixing plate and a moving plate. The lifting mechanism is connected between the fixing plate and the moving plate and is adapted to move the moving plate between the initial position and the lifted-up position. The lifting mechanism includes a first moving member, a pressing member, at least one second moving member, and at least one elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Ying Wu, Ming-Chung Liu, Hsin-Chieh Fang
  • Patent number: 10257577
    Abstract: A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Christopher Chambers, Wayne Scott, Mark Momot
  • Publication number: 20190103803
    Abstract: A device for stabilizing a direct current (DC) distribution system includes a capacitor unit charged by a DC voltage supplied by a power supply stage of the distribution system. The device further includes an inverter that has three pair of switching elements. The device also includes a controller that controls a plurality of switches thereof to selectively enable an inverter circuit or a voltage stabilizing circuit of the DC distribution system. The device alleviates instability of DC voltage which may be generated in a transient period, or to drive a motor connected to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Mun Seok SEO, Seongju KIM, Joonsik AN
  • Publication number: 20190100923
    Abstract: A channel for receiving a retaining member to secure shade material to a roller shade is provided. The channel comprises a first and second retaining lip sections that define an opening into the interior cavity of the channel, a first bottom wall section opposite the first retaining lip and aligned along a first plane, and a second bottom wall section opposite the second retaining lip and aligned along a second plane offset from the first plane. The second retaining lip comprises an outer lip wall that tapers towards the interior cavity and is aligned along the same first plane as the first bottom wall section. The top end of the retaining member is inserted through the opening and into the interior cavity along the first plane under the first retaining lip and over the outer lip wall and the first bottom wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Agnieszka Wynar
  • Publication number: 20190099994
    Abstract: A transfer printing paper is provided. The transfer printing paper includes a release layer and a conductive layer. The conductive layer is formed on the release layer and is suitable for being transferred to a flexible material layer. After being transferred to the flexible material layer, the conductive layer is configured to be electrically in contact with a wearer wearing the flexible material layer, so as to conduct a physiological signal of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Haraikawa, Jen-Chien Chien, Yin-Tsong Lin, Tsui-Shan Hung
  • Patent number: 10250373
    Abstract: A method and a user equipment for transmitting control information in a communication system are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes multiplying a transmission information symbol s for the control information by a frequency direction sequence c(k) to generate a first output sequence s(k), where s(k)=s*c(k), k=0, . . . , Nk?1, and Nk corresponds to a number of subcarriers included in a resource block allocated for an uplink control channel; multiplying the first output sequence s(k) by a time direction sequence x(n) to generate a second output sequence s(k, n), where s(k, n)=s(k)*x(n), n=0, . . . , Nn?1, and Nn corresponds to a number of symbols used for transmission of the control information in a transmission time interval; and transmitting the second output sequence s(k, n) through the uplink control channel in the transmission time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Hee Han, Min Seok Noh, Yeong Hyeon Kwon, Hyun Woo Lee, Dong Cheol Kim, Jin Sam Kwak
  • Patent number: 10250478
    Abstract: There are provided a first communication time ascertaining unit that ascertains with a ping command communication delay time in communication with a smartphone, a communication state determining unit that determines whether a communication state is satisfactory in the communication with the smartphone based on the ascertained communication delay time, and a communication switching unit that switches a communication channel used for the communication with the smartphone, from one communication channel to another communication channel when the communication state in the communication with the smartphone is determined to be unsatisfactory. Therefore, the switching of the communication channel is performed only when it is ascertained that the communication state with the smartphone is unsatisfactory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Shunichi Suto
  • Patent number: D844619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Byron Wendling, Wayne Owens, André Poulheim
  • Patent number: D845040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghan Ryu, Hewon Kihl
  • Patent number: D845262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jongyoun Shin, Hyoungwon Kim, Younsoo Kim, Byungmu Huh
  • Patent number: D845263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yooseok Kim, Sunha Park, Jeongrok Lee, Byungmu Huh
  • Patent number: D845277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sanghoon Yoon