Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Publication number: 20170122798
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing measurement method for vibration displacement using state variation principle which achieves real time implementation through super high-speed DSP or FPGA as well as improves precision as much as picometer level and at the same time saves memory capacity compared to conventional invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Wan Sup Cheung, Kyung Min Baik
  • Patent number: 9642249
    Abstract: A disclosure provides a resin composition, a prepreg, and a substrate employing the same. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the resin composition includes a polyphenylene ether compound, and a bismaleimide. The prepreg includes a cured product of the resin composition. The substrate includes a product fabricated by the resin composition or the prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wei-Ta Yang, Li-Chun Liang, I-Hong Lin, Chung-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 9638829
    Abstract: An autonomous and controllable system of sensors and methods for using such a system of sensors are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Faranak Davoodi, Farhooman Davoudi
  • Patent number: 9638923
    Abstract: An optical element for terahertz waves that transmits terahertz-wave incident beams through itself after being compressed into half or less a wavelength of the beam, the optical element comprising: a substrate that allows terahertz waves to be transmitted through itself; and a conductive coat that covers a surface of the substrate and is capable of blocking the waves, wherein the coat has an aperture provided in a circular region and ring-shaped grooves, provided on a surface of the coat, having the same center as the circular region and having radii which increase every fixed length, and wherein in the circular region, four or more fan-shaped tips each having an arc with the same radius of curvature as the radius of the region, are arranged at equal distances toward the center of the circle without contacting each other as the arc contacts an outer periphery of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Dmitry Bulgarevich, Mitsuharu Shiwa
  • Patent number: 9637384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new fullerene derivatives of formulae 1a-d, 2 and 3: method of synthesizing said derivatives, and applications thereof in organic photovoltaics, e.g., organic solar cells. In particular, the fullerene derivatives of the present invention are soluble in non-halogenated solvents such that an environmental-friendly and low-cost fabrication method for industrialization of solar cell based on the new fullerene derivatives is provided. An ink formulation for forming a thin film on a substrate of organic photovoltaics comprising at least one of the fullerene derivatives of the present invention is also provided. Greater than 3% power conversion efficiency of the organic solar cells (area=0.16 cm2) formed based on the fullerene derivatives of the present invention with less pollution and lower cost in fabrication can be achieved in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NANO AND ADVANCED MATERIALS INSTITUTE LIMITED
    Inventors: Wing Leung Wong, Lai To Leung, Liang Zhang, Chi Mei Chow, Haojun Zhu, Lai Fan Lai, Kwok Keung Paul Ho
  • Patent number: 9637446
    Abstract: A stable and easily producible compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group; and R2 and R3 represent each independently a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group: provided that in at least one of R1, R2 and R3, at least one hydrogen atoms are substituted by a fluorine atom, and each of R1, R2 and R3 is attached via its carbon atom to a carbon atom to which a nitrileoxide group is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tadashi Kanbara, Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Haruhiko Mouri, Toshikazu Takata, Yasuhito Koyama, Satoshi Uchida, ChenGang Wang, Cheawchan Sumitra
  • Patent number: 9640984
    Abstract: A current limiting device for a power grid includes a first current limiting reactor; a first smart fast switch connected with the first current limiting reactor in parallel; a current transformer sleeved on a bus bar located on one side of a circuit resulting from the parallel connection of the first current limiting reactor with the first smart fast switch to monitor the current in the bus bar in real time; and a controller connected with the current transformer to control the switch-off of the first smart fast switch when the current in the bus bar is higher than a first preset value and the switch-on of the first smart fast switch when the current in the bus bar is smaller than a second preset value, wherein the first preset value is higher than the second preset value. The current limiting device improves the operational reliability of a power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: STATE GRID NINGXIA ELECTRIC POWER TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ANHUI HUIDIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaogui Al, Chuan Wang, Yongning Huang, Yiping Fan, Guoyong Zhang, Yanjun Li, Ning Pan, Shuang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9640391
    Abstract: A method for growing a transition metal dichalcogenide on a substrate, the method including providing a growth substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; providing a source substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; depositing a transition metal oxide on at least a portion of the first side of the source substrate; combining the growth substrate with the source substrate such that the first side of the growth substrate contacts the transition metal oxide, the combining producing a substrate stack; exposing the substrate stack to a chalcogenide gas, whereby the transition metal oxide reacts with the chalcogenide gas to produce a layer of a transition metal dichalcogenide on at least a portion of the first side of the growth substrate; and removing the source substrate from the growth substrate having the layer of the transition metal dichalcogenide thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Eui-Hyeok Yang, Kyung Nam Kang
  • Patent number: 9638667
    Abstract: A method for in-situ detection of coating defects on a buried pipeline. The pipeline is under cathodic protection or otherwise carries a current applied to its pipe walls. A magnetic field sensor array is placed within the pipeline and moved along its length. As the sensor array travels, it detects the magnetic fields within the pipeline. The sensor output is compared with “expected” data, which represents interior magnetic fields of the pipeline without coating defects. Because electrical current leaks through a coating defect, the current is altered on the pipe wall at the defect. This in turn alters the interior magnetic fields, and a change in the interior magnetic fields indicates a coating defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jay L. Fisher, Pavan K. Shukla
  • Patent number: 9638697
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a monoclonal antibody, which is suitable for the quantitative analysis of asparagine synthetase in a cell. The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes asparagine synthetase that is present in a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY CO., LTD., AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takao Hamakubo, Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Hiroko Iwanari, Osamu Arai, Toshiyuki Kitoh, Masahito Tsurusawa
  • Patent number: 9640328
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode including a nanostructure and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly, an electrode including a substrate, and a plurality of metal nanocups or nanorings spaced apart from one another and disposed on the substrate, and openings thereof are aligned above the substrate, and a method of preparing the electrode. An electrode of the present invention includes catalytic metal having a structure of the plurality of nanocups or nanorings and thus, an area, in which a reactant participating in an oxidation or reduction reaction is able to be in contact with catalytic metal, may become wider in comparison to that of a typical electrode having catalytic metal in the shape of a flat thin film. Accordingly, an efficiency of the oxidation or reduction reaction may be improved due to catalytic metal and eventually, a power generation efficiency of a cell may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Gun Young Jung, Hui Su Jeong
  • Patent number: 9636656
    Abstract: Methods are described and related devices, compositions, and systems, in which a caged compound is administered to a biological environment, the caged compound being caged with a long wavelength absorber, the long wavelength being a wavelength greater than or equal to 750 nm; and irradiating the biological environment to excite the long wavelength absorber with light at a wavelength in a range from 900-1100 nm, thus decaging the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Dennis A. Dougherty, Robert H. Grubbs, Mark Humayun, Clinton J. Regan, Azita Emami
  • Patent number: 9637815
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of forming a fine pattern, and more particularly, to a method of forming a fine pattern using only sputtering, which enables the fine pattern to be simply formed at low cost, thus exhibiting superior productivity and economic benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Young Sik Song
  • Patent number: 9640660
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an asymmetric FinFET is provided in the invention, comprising: a. providing a substrate (101); b. forming a fin (102) on the substrate (101), wherein the width of the fin (102) is defined as a second channel thickness; c. forming a shallow trench isolation; d. forming a sacrificial gate stack on the top surface and sidewalls of the channel which is in the middle of the fin, and forming source/drain regions in both ends of the fin; e. depositing an interlayer dielectric layer to cover the sacrificial gate stack and the source/drain regions, planarizing the interlayer dielectric layer to expose sacrificial gate stack; f. removing the sacrificial gate stack to expose the channel; g. forming an etch-stop layer (106) on top of the channel; h. covering a photoresist film (400) on a portion of the semiconductor structure near the source region; i.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Keke Zhang
  • Patent number: 9640736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silicon nano crystal light emitting diode, including: a photoelectric conversion layer formed of a silicon nitride layer including a silicon nano crystal; an electron injection layer formed on the photoelectric conversion layer; and a hole injection layer, which faces the electron injection layer with the photoelectric conversion layer interposed therebetween, has an energy band gap higher than that of the photoelectric conversion layer, and has a refractive index lower than that of a silicon thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chul Huh, Bong Kyu Kim, Chang Geun Ahn
  • Patent number: 9641292
    Abstract: Disclosed are a load modulation-based beamspace MIMO transmission method and apparatus. The beamspace MIMO transmission apparatus may include a plurality of impedance loading circuits each including a plurality of imaginary impedance devices, a beamspace MIMO control unit calculating loading values of the plurality of imaginary impedance devices, corresponding to a spatial multiplexing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) sample, and an RF chain unit generating a first signal having a predetermined carrier frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung Eun Hong, Il Gyu Kim, Seung Chan Bang
  • Patent number: 9637611
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a polymer nanocapsule and a preparing method thereof, and more particularly, a 3D covalent molecular network nanocapsule, and a preparing method thereof. According to the present invention, a nanocapsule having thermal stability and solvent resistance due to a 3D covalent molecular network structure may be easily prepared without performing an additional post-processing process such as addition of a cross-linking agent or catalyst or removal of a template or core. Since the nanocapsule formed as described above may support an organic dye, metal particles, and the like, it is expected that the nanocapsule will be variously applied to material storage and transport, drug delivery, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ji-woong Park, Ji-Yoon Jeong, Su-Young Moon
  • Patent number: 9638343
    Abstract: A valve actuator, valve, and method of actuation of a valve are disclosed. The valve actuator includes a shape memory alloy element attachable to a valve body, capable of use with a valve to cause movement of the valve between first and second positions responsive to at least a threshold amount of temperature change of the shape memory alloy element. The valve actuator further includes a negative-differential spring applied to the shape memory alloy element, thereby reducing the threshold amount of temperature change needed to cause movement of the valve between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Eric Wright Gilbertson, Franz Hover, Donald Bryan Freeman, Jose Arellano
  • Patent number: 9641845
    Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding images are disclosed. The method for encoding images comprises the steps of: deriving a scan type of a residual signal for a current block according to whether or not the current block is a transform skip block; and applying the scan type to the residual signal for the current block, wherein the transform skip block is a block to which transform for the current block is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether or not transform for the current block is to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Kyung Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 9638521
    Abstract: Methods and systems for non-line-of-sight positioning are disclosed for arbitrarily short to long ranges, where positioning is achieved using a single anchor not requiring tri-/multi-lateration or tri-/multi-angulation. Magnetoquasistatic fields can be used to determine position and orientation of a device in two or three dimensions. Two or three axis coils can be used in receivers and transmitters. The magnetoquasistatic equations are solved in different scenarios, taking into consideration the image signals originating from the interaction between the fields and ground/earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Darmindra D. Arumugam