Patents Assigned to TCM
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Publication number: 20160274135Abstract: A cell smearing apparatus comprising: a mixed solution container accommodation unit accommodating a mixed solution container containing a mixed solution of cells and a preservation solution; a suction unit suctioning the mixed solution from the mixed solution container accommodated in the mixed solution container accommodation unit; a sensor unit sensing variation of the mixed solution suctioned by the suction unit; and a controller controlling a suctioning speed of the suction unit based on a value sensed by the sensor unit. The present invention allows cells to be examined to be smeared as a monolayer on a slide for microscopic examination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: TCM Korea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Chul PARK, Hee Jae JOO, Dong Jin SHIN
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Publication number: 20160264845Abstract: Composition and methods using the compositions are disclosed, where the compositions include heterocyclic aromatic amines, substituted heterocyclic aromatic amines, poly vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amines, co-polymers of vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amine and non amine polymerizable monomers (ethylenically unsaturated mononers and diene monomers), or mixtures or combinations thereof reacted with sulfonic acids, alkyl sulfonic acids, sulfosuccinates, sulfamic acids, sulfuric acids or partially neutralized amine or other alkali sulfonate and/or reacted with alpha hydroxyl carboxcylic acids which form coatings that alter self-aggregating properties and/or aggregation propensities of the particles and surfaces. Furthermore, the coating can be used to improve filtration of fluids through particulate matter and it is found that the coating will increase hydrocarbon liquid and gas flow through or over treated particulates and surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: Sumisaujana TCM Chemicals Sdn. Bhd.Inventors: Raynard VELDMAN, Arthur Thomas GILMER, Mohammad Zaki Hasra SHAFIE, Norazlam NORBI
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Publication number: 20160264857Abstract: Composition and methods using the compositions are disclosed, where the compositions include heterocyclic aromatic amines, substituted heterocyclic aromatic amines, poly vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amines, co-polymers of vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amine and non amine polymerizable monomers (ethylenically unsaturated mononers and diene monomers), or mixtures or combinations thereof reacted with sulfonic acids, alkyl sulfonic acids, sulfosuccinates, sulfamic acids, sulfuric acids or partially neutralized amine or other alkali sulfonate and/or reacted with alpha hydroxyl carboxcylic acids which form coatings that alter self-aggregating properties and/or aggregation propensities of the particles and surfaces. Furthermore, the coating can be used to improve filtration of fluids through particulate matter and it is found that the coating will increase hydrocarbon liquid and gas flow through or over treated particulates and surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: Sumisaujana TCM Chemicals Sdn. Bhd.Inventors: Raynard VELDMAN, Arthur Thomas GILMER, Mohammad Zaki Hasra SHAFIE, Norazlam NORBI
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Patent number: 9134447Abstract: An apparatus for use in detecting at least one object hidden behind a wall or surface such as a metal fastener finder or a metal stud finder including a handle and a flexible member. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end and has a size and shape for being grasped by a hand of a user. The flexible member extends from the distal end of the handle, is movable or bendable independently of the handle, and includes multiple magnetic elements that are spaced apart from each other such that when a magnetic element is attracted to at least one hidden object, the flexible member bends to accommodate magnetic attraction between the at least one magnetic element and the at least one hidden object.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: TCM GLOBAL INC.Inventors: Kevin Tin, Ken Ung
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Publication number: 20150152320Abstract: Composition and methods using the compositions are disclosed, where the compositions include heterocyclic aromatic amines, substituted heterocyclic aromatic amines, poly vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amines, co-polymers of vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amine and non amine polymerizable monomers (ethylenically unsaturated mononers and diene monomers), or mixtures or combinations thereof reacted with sulfonic acids, alkyl sulfonic acids, sulfosuccinates, sulfamic acids, sulfuric acids or partially neutralized amine or other alkali sulfonate and/or reacted with alpha hydroxyl carboxcylic acids which form coatings that alter self-aggregating properties and/or aggregation propensities of the particles and surfaces. Furthermore, the coating can be used to improve filtration of fluids through particulate matter and it is found that the coating will increase hydrocarbon liquid and gas flow through or over treated particulates and surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Sumisaujana TCM Chemicals Sdn. Bhd.Inventors: Raynard VELDMAN, Arthur Thomas GILMER, Mohammad Zaki Hasra SHAFIE, Norazlam NORBI
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Patent number: 8858954Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating liver fibrosis or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, comprising 50 to 90% by weight of Cordyceps sinensis mycelium powder, and 10 to 50% by weight of condensed astragalus powder.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: TCM Biotech International Corp.Inventors: Huan Ching Hsu, Ya Chun Wang
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Publication number: 20140271290Abstract: A pump has a packing nut extending into an open end of the plunger bore and a device coupled to the packing nut. The device includes first body coupled to a second body to form a body of the device. A first post connected to the body and a second post connected to the body. The first post extending into a first opening of the packing nut and the second post extends into a second opening of the packing nut to couple said device to said packing nut. A stop forms a portion of the device. When the body is in a locked orientation, the stop of the device abuts or will abut, when the nut is rotated in a loosening direction, a connecting assembly of the pump. When the body is in the unlocked orientation, the second post is moveable, relative to the first body and the first post, in a direction out of the second opening, and a first portion of said second body, exclusive of said second post, is moveable in a direction relative to said first body and first post.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: TCM INVESTMENTS, INC.Inventors: Nikolas Ryan DAVIS, Jacob Daniel RUPP
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Patent number: 8722056Abstract: The present invention relates to novel and non-obvious methods and media for preparing fermentation products of Cordyceps sinensis. The present invention also relates to novel and non-obvious compositions comprising fermentation products of Cordyceps sinensis produced by the methods of the invention or obtained from other sources. The present invention also relates to novel and non-obvious methods of treating patients by administering the compositions of the invention. In one embodiment, the Cordyceps sinensis mycelia is Paecilomyces hepiali mycelia. In another embodiment the compositions of the invention are used to treat patients infected with hepatitis C.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: TCM Biotech International Corp.Inventors: Ya-Chun Wang, Wang-Sheng Ko, Chih-Cheng Chang
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Patent number: 8658181Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating liver fibrosis or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, comprising 50 to 90% by weight of Cordyceps sinensis mycelium powder, and 10 to 50% by weight of condensed astragalus powder.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: TCM Biotech International Corp.Inventors: Huan Ching Hsu, Ya Chun Wang
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Patent number: 8490250Abstract: An extension pole and tool holder apparatus is described. A first rod has a distal end and a proximal end, and a first rod aperture extending from the distal end toward the proximal end. It also includes a transversely-extending aperture portion that is longitudinally spaced from the distal end. A second rod also has distal and proximal ends, the second rod being disposed in a telescoping, longitudinally-moveable arrangement with respect to the first rod. The second rod typically has a second rod aperture with a longitudically-extending aperture portion extending from the distal end toward the proximal end. A third rod has a protruding member extending transversely outwardly therefrom, the third rod being mountable within the first and second rods such that the protruding member is trapped within the transversely-extended aperture portion of the first rod aperture and the longitudinally-extended aperture portion of the second rod aperture.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: TCM Consulting LLCInventor: Scott M. Lanz
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Publication number: 20120144626Abstract: An extension pole and tool holder apparatus is described. A first rod has a distal end and a proximal end, and a first rod aperture extending from the distal end toward the proximal end. It also includes a transversely-extending aperture portion that is longitudinally spaced from the distal end. A second rod also has distal and proximal ends, the second rod being disposed in a telescoping, longitudinally-moveable arrangement with respect to the first rod. The second rod typically has a second rod aperture with a longitudinally-extending aperture portion extending from the distal end toward the proximal end. A third rod has a protruding member extending transversely outwardly therefrom, the third rod being mountable within the first and second rods such that the protruding member is trapped within the transversely-extended aperture portion of the first rod aperture and the longitudinally-extended aperture portion of the second rod aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: TCM CONSULTING LLCInventor: Scott M. Lanz
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Publication number: 20110228829Abstract: A method and system for management of radio frequency channels in a wireless communications network including at least one access point and at least one mobile device coupled for wireless communication to the access point, the method including periodically generating a transmission channel testing scenario which includes a plurality of transmission channels for testing by the access point; transmitting data between the access point and said mobile device over each transmission channel according to the scenario; testing Quality of Service (QoS) parameters in the access point and the mobile device over each said transmission channel; determining a transmission channel from the scenario having best QoS parameters; and reconfiguring the access point to transmit on the transmission channel having best QoS parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: TCM MOBILE LLCInventors: Roman Kazarnovski, Tal Gamburg, Haim Yashar
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Patent number: 7965694Abstract: An access point in a wireless packet communication system is disclosed. The access point has an antenna for receiving IP data encoded according to a wireless IP communication protocol. The access point also has a combiner having an input coupled to said antenna and having first and second outputs. The access point further has a first decoder for receiving encoded IP data on a first channel at a first output of said combiner. The access point also has a second decoder for receiving encoded IP data on a second channel at a second output of said combiner. The access point further has a router for receiving unencoded IP data from said first decoder at a first input, and receiving unencoded IP data from said second decoder at a second input, said router having a single output for passing unencoded IP data from said first decoder and said second decoder.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: TCM Mobile LLCInventors: Haim Yashar, Abraham Shani, Meir Meiner
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Patent number: 7864736Abstract: A method of roaming in a packet communication system during a call is disclosed. The method of roaming has a scanning process and a connection process. During the scanning process, one or more available access points (AP's) are scanned-for. The one or more available AP's are prioritized into a prioritized AP list based on at least one criterion in addition to a received signal strength indicator (RSSI). During the connection process, a decision is made to roam from an existing AP to a new AP. A connection is made to the new AP, wherein the new AP is selected from the prioritized AP list. Associated methods, systems, and data signals are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: TCM Mobile LLCInventors: Haim Yashar, Carmi Peleg, Abraham Shani, Roman Kazarnovski
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Publication number: 20100317486Abstract: A first motor 3 and a second motor 4 of variable displacement type are in parallel to each other connected to a hydraulic pump 2 in a closed circuit, through which the output torque from the first motor 3 is transmitted to an output shaft 6. A clutch control unit 10 controls a clutch device 15 as: when the engine speed is N1, which is the case where the accelerator pedal is fully depressed, the clutch is disengaged at the vehicle speed v1. When the engine speed is N3(<N1), which is the case where the accelerator pedal is half depressed, the clutch is disengaged at the vehicle speed v3(<v1).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicants: TCM CORPORATION, HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Koji Takano, Genichiro Ishimaru, Kazuo Ishida, Kazuo Chonan
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Patent number: 7836536Abstract: A floor section is formed at the rear of a vehicle body, at one side of the vehicle body. A lifting floor device having a floor body lifted and lowered by a lifting drive device is placed above the vehicle body. The floor body has a cutout at the left side of the floor body, at the rear half thereof. The right side of the floor body is used as a passage for a physically handicapped person. A stairway device is provided between the floor body and the floor section as a passage for an able-bodied person, on the floor body side in the cutout, and the stairway device is pivotable in a vertical plane. A lifting table is placed behind the vehicle body, on the left side thereof so that the lifting table can face the rear end of the passage for a physically handicapped person.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: TCM CorporationInventors: Kenichi Motohashi, Akihiko Fujimoto, Koji Ichinose, Toru Kikuchi, Koichi Takemoto
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Publication number: 20100138118Abstract: This invention provides a traveling system for an engineering machine, adapted to limit a maximum traveling speed of the machine without causing decreases in engineering work efficiency or in accelerating performance during a start of traveling, and to improve fuel efficiency by suppressing a loss of engine output horsepower under the limited state of the maximum traveling speed. During fourth-gear shift control process, capacities of first and second hydraulic motors 23, 24 are controlled in coordinative form and the second hydraulic motor 24 has its minimum tilting amount limited to a tilting amount limit q2cmin. In addition, when a tilting amount of the first hydraulic motor 23 reaches a minimum tilting amount q1min, the engine 10 has its maximum engine speed limited to a first engine speed limit Ncmax1 (e.g., 1,800 rpm).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicants: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., TCM CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenobu Tsukada, Kazunori Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Yasuo Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20100101888Abstract: [Problem] To provide a steering system for a construction vehicle, which is suited not only for traveling on general roadways but also for work at construction sites and can perform high-reliability steering control. [Solution] A steering system for a construction vehicle is provided with a directional control valve 5 for controlling a flow of pressure oil to body-articulating hydraulic cylinders 2 that perform steering and also with a steering-wheel-operated signal generation means 6 for outputting by operation of a steering wheel 7a a pilot signal to the directional control valve 5 for switching the valve 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicants: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., TCM CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kentaro Itoga, Hiroyuki Azuma, Kazunori Nakamura
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Patent number: D681902Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: TCM CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Hiraoka, Shigehisa Hagura, Toshihiko Terashima, Munehito Adachi, Koji Shiizaki, Masahiro Takatsuji, Jun Fujita, Junichi Murakami, Yoshinori Mochida
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Patent number: D703908Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: TCM CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Hiraoka, Shigehisa Hagura, Toshihiko Terashima, Munehito Adachi, Koji Shiizaki, Jun Fujita, Junichi Murakami, Hironori Hirakawa