Patents Assigned to Solutions
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Publication number: 20170115583Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner contains a plurality of toner particles each including a toner core and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the toner core. The shell layer has at least one first domain having a film shape and a plurality of second domains each having a particle shape. The first domain is formed substantially from a non-crosslinked resin. The second domains are formed substantially from a crosslinked resin. The crosslinked resin has a glass transition point 45° C. or more greater than the non-crosslinked resin. The first domain has an average height from the surface of the toner core of at least 10 nm and less than 50 nm. The second domains have an average height from the surface of the toner core of at least 50 nm and no greater than 100 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Kazuki TSUCHIHASHI
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Publication number: 20170118796Abstract: A method includes, at an applications server, analyzing application flows with respect to at least one device connected to a network; at the application server, generating an adaptive timer value based on application flows of the at least one device; sending the adaptive timer value to at least one server; sending, from the at least one server, the adaptive timer value to the at least one device; and adopting, at the at least one device, the adaptive timer value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2014Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks OYInventors: Swaminathan ARUNACHALAM, Ram LAKSHMI NARAYANAN
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Publication number: 20170113226Abstract: A cone crusher may include a crushing cone held on a driven eccentric bushing. The eccentric bushing may rotate in a radial direction about a spindle. The spindle may be fixedly clamped in a spindle receptacle provided in a housing lower part. The spindle may comprise a cylindrical upper bearing portion that is braced in a bore that forms the spindle receptacle by way of an upper mechanical clamping device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG, ThyssenKrupp AGInventors: Siegbert Fischer, Hans Jügen Mecke
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Publication number: 20170117161Abstract: An electronic support structure comprising one or more layers of copper features such as copper routing layers, laminated within a dielectric material comprising continuous glass fibers in a polymer matrix wherein pairs of adjacent layers of copper features are coupled by a via layer, and where terminations on at least one side of the electronic support structure comprise a modified bond-on-trace attachment sites comprising selectively exposed top and partial side surfaces of copper features in an outer layer of copper features for conductive coupling solder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: Zhuhai Advanced Chip Carriers & Electronic Substrate Solutions Technologies Co. Ltd.Inventors: Dror HURWITZ, Alex HUANG
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Publication number: 20170117992Abstract: A method is disclosed comprising defining a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ profile for a user terminal among a plurality of HARQ profiles available. In an embodiment, the HARQ profile indicates a first time interval between downlink transmission being received in the terminal and corresponding uplink control information being expected to be transmitted from the terminal, and a second time interval between the uplink control information being transmitted from the terminal and corresponding downlink retransmission at earliest being expected to be received in the terminal. In another embodiment, the HARQ profile indicates a third time interval between uplink transmission being received in a base station and corresponding downlink information being expected to be transmitted from the base station, and a fourth time interval between the downlink information being transmitted from the base station and corresponding uplink retransmission at earliest being expected to be received in the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Frank Frederiksen, Esa Tapani Tiirola
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Patent number: 9635638Abstract: A computing device determines responsiveness of a user to notification sounds output by the computing device, by determining whether for each notification sound the user acknowledged a notification corresponding to the notification sound on the computing device. The computing device can determine characteristics of the notification sounds output by the computing device. The computing device recommends suggested notification sounds that promote user acknowledgment to notifications, for use in relation to future notifications. The computing device may determine other notification sounds that share the characteristics of the notification sounds for which the user acknowledged the notifications corresponding to the notification sounds on the computing device. The suggested notification sounds can include the other notification sounds, and/or the notification sounds output by the computing device for which the user acknowledged the notifications corresponding to the notification sounds on the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Jennifer Lynn Burlingham, Gary David Cudak, Joseph Francis Herman, James Ray Lee, John M. Weber
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Patent number: 9635653Abstract: Communications of a time division duplex radio frame provided with at least one special subframe including at least one pilot period is provided such that at least one special subframe is used for signalling of critical control information. Other subframes of the radio frame than the at least one special subframe are flexibly allocated for use as downlink and uplink subframes of the radio frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Peter Skov, Li Zhang
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Patent number: 9635203Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image reading circuit, an instruction accepting circuit, a timer circuit, a standby time determining circuit, and a reading start timing control circuit. The instruction accepting circuit accepts an image reading instruction. The timer circuit sets a preliminary specified reference event as an origin. The timer circuit measures an elapsed time from the origin until the instruction accepting circuit accepts the image reading instruction. The standby time determining circuit determines a standby time based on the elapsed time measured by the timer circuit. The reading start timing control circuit causes the image reading circuit to start image reading of the document at an elapse of the standby time determined by the standby time determining circuit from the reference event when the reference event occurs after the standby time determining circuit determines the standby time.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Mizue Kadobayashi
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Patent number: 9635193Abstract: Provided is a document reading device that can cause an image processing part to execute automatically image processing operations corresponding to respective plural functions, depending on a document mounting condition on a platen without performing a setting operation on a panel part. A system control part causes a document detection sensor to detect a part (periphery) of the document. The image processing operations corresponding to respective plural functions are made on image data of the document read by a scanner part. Further, when the platen cover plate open-close detection sensor detects that the platen cover plate is closed, the image processing part is allowed to execute a function that is assigned to the document detection part that has read the document.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Ryosuke Kato
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Patent number: 9633582Abstract: An improved advertising and labeling method comprising forming a substantially planar label, die-cutting a plurality of openings in at least two opposing locations on the label, such that the openings are configured to align with a plurality of openings on a display device and locating a fastening device within at least one of the plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John R. Widener, Kristi Huffman
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Patent number: 9632522Abstract: Current mirror bias circuit with voltage adjustment. A biasing system can include an input configured to receive an input current and an output configured to provide an output current. The biasing system can include a first transistor having a first base coupled to the input and a first collector coupled to a supply voltage. The biasing system can further include a second transistor having a second base coupled to the output, a second collector coupled to the input, and a second emitter coupled to a ground voltage. The biasing system can include a voltage adjustment component having a voltage adjustment input coupled to a first emitter of the first transistor and a voltage adjustment output coupled to the output. The voltage adjustment component can be configured to reduce a voltage from the voltage adjustment input to the voltage adjustment output substantially independent of a magnitude of a current through the voltage adjustment component.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Tony Quaglietta
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Patent number: 9630304Abstract: A compressor mounting assembly that supports a variety of compressors and may be adapted to attach to a vehicle is disclosed herein. The compressor mounting assembly may contain structure that allows pivoting, rotation, and vertical adjustment to facilitate on-site testing, inspection, and/or manipulation of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Donan Solutions, LLCInventor: Robert A. Nolan, III
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Patent number: 9630141Abstract: A natural gas stream is passed through a single membrane element that is fabricated with two or more distinct types of membrane fibers. The membrane fibers have different characteristics in order to reduce the number of membrane elements required for gas separation and to improve gas separation performance due to changing gas composition because of permeation as the gas travels through the membrane element.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignees: Cameron Solutions, Inc., Petronas Carigali Sdn BhdInventors: Richard D. Peters, George E. Mahley, III, Atsushi Morisato, Fatimah Binti A. Karim, Hatarmizi Bin Hassan, Zalina Binti Ali, Wan Atikahsari Wan Zakaria, Faudzi Mat Isa, Faizal Bin Mohamad Fadzillah
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Patent number: 9631964Abstract: A material flow sensor for a harvesting machine comprising an acoustic chamber comprising an impact plate and a housing, microphone, a pneumatic impulse line connecting the housing and the microphone, and an electronics module, wherein the housing is shaped so as to direct sound waves created by crop matter striking the impact plate into the pneumatic impulse line, wherein the sound waves move through the pneumatic impulse line into the microphone, which detects the sound waves and converts them into an electrical signal that is a representation of the sound power derived from the sound waves, which in turn is a representation of the mass of the crop matter striking the material flow sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLCInventors: Joshua N. Gelinske, Barry D. Batcheller, Paul A. Nystuen, Adam A. Reich, Bradley R. Thurow, Bradley K. Schleusner
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Patent number: 9632453Abstract: A differential transformer magnetic permeability sensor includes a substrate, a drive coil, a first differential coil, a second differential coil, a first interconnection pattern, and a second interconnection pattern. The first differential coil is disposed at a side of a first surface of the substrate, and an induced voltage is generated therein when the drive coil is driven. The second differential coil is disposed at a side of a second surface of the substrate, and an induced voltage is generated therein when the drive coil is driven. The first interconnection pattern is located on the first surface and allows the first differential coil to serve as a reference coil, and the second differential coil as a sensing coil. The second interconnection pattern is located on the second surface and allows the second differential coil to serve as a reference coil, and the first differential coil as a sensing coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yukihiro Aikawa
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Patent number: 9631843Abstract: A magnetic device is provided for a magneto caloric heat pump regenerator. Magnets are arranged within two magnetic flux circuits in a manner than that provides at least four fields of increased magnetic flux density. The regenerator can be used to move working units of magneto caloric material through the fields of increase magnetic flux to provide for heating and cooling as part of heat pump cycle. The orientation of the magnets provides concentrated fields of magnetic flux to induce the magneto caloric effect while optimizing the size of the magnets required to create the fields.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Michael Alexander Benedict
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Patent number: 9632965Abstract: Ethernet physical sublayer (PHY) devices each provide PHY register data. One or more of the Ethernet PHY devices are connected to each of one or more management data input/output (MDIO)/management data clock (MDC) interfaces to which a number of MDIO/MDC controllers are connected. Each MDIO/MDC controller polls a corresponding MDIO/MDC interface to receive the PHY register data from the one or more Ethernet PHY devices connected thereto. The MDIO/MDC controllers store portions of the PHY register data received from the Ethernet PHY devices to a memory to which an interface is connected. A processor connected to the interface accesses the portions of the PHY register data stored to the memory. The processor can retrieve the portions of the PHY register data over the interface more quickly than the MDIO/MDC controllers can retrieve the PHY register data over the MDIO/MDC interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventor: Anthony E. Baker
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Patent number: 9631825Abstract: An air filter assembly is configured to deliver filtered air to a room. The assembly may include a main housing having at least first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface differs from the second surface, one or more first air filters proximate to the first surface, wherein the one or more first air filters is configured to discharge a first portion of filtered air through the first surface in a direct direction, and one or more second air filters proximate to the second surface. The one or more second air filters is configured to discharge a second portion of filtered air through the second surface in a second direction that differs from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Nortek Air Solutions, LLCInventor: Zareer Cursetjee
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Patent number: 9632738Abstract: At least one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses in an image forming system is a report accepting image forming apparatus that accepts a last exit report. Upon accepting the last exit report, the report accepting image forming apparatus executes a last exit process and transmits, to any other of the plurality of image forming apparatuses in the image forming system listed on a list, a last exit notification including a command for commanding the any other of the plurality of image forming apparatuses to execute the last exit process so that the any other of the plurality of image forming apparatuses also executes the last exit process.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Tetsuya Nishino
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Patent number: 9634619Abstract: Improved power amplifier (PA) bias circuit having parallel emitter follower. In some embodiments, a bias circuit for a PA can include a first bias path implemented to couple a base node of an amplifying transistor and a supply node, with the first bias path being configured to provide a base bias current to the base node. The PA can further include a second bias path implemented to be electrically parallel with the first bias path between the base node and the supply node. The second bias path can be configured to provide an additional base bias current to the base node under a selected condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Lynn Gerard, Ramanan Bairavasubramanian, Dwayne Allen Rowland, Matthew Lee Banowetz