Patents Assigned to TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  • Publication number: 20120243121
    Abstract: A disk drive includes a spindle motor attached to a disk drive base. The spindle motor includes a hub that rotates about a spindle rotation axis. An annular disk is mounted on the hub. A clamp contacts a top surface of the hub. The clamp includes first and second pluralities of openings therethrough. The clamp is attached to the hub by a plurality of fasteners, each of the plurality of fasteners passing through one of the first plurality of openings. Each of the second plurality of openings has a closed outer periphery within the clamp. Each of the first plurality of openings is disposed directly between the spindle rotation axis and a corresponding one of the second plurality of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: THOMAS A. TACKLIND
  • Publication number: 20120243595
    Abstract: A method and system of providing a phase reference signal includes generating a reference signal having a reference frequency, modulating the reference signal at a modulation frequency lower than the reference frequency to obtain a modulated drive signal, receiving the modulated drive signal at a phase reference, and generating the phase reference signal based on the modulated drive signal. The phase reference signal including multiple reference tones having corresponding tone frequencies clustered around multiples of the reference frequency. A spacing between adjacent tones of the multiple reference tones is the same as the modulation frequency or an integer multiple of the modulation frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Keith F. Anderson, Loren C. Betts
  • Publication number: 20120245504
    Abstract: The present invention is an improved separating device for providing the malabsorptive component of a minimally invasive weight reduction system. This device may be a sleeve, liner, or tubular sheath that alters absorption of compositions through walls of hollow organs (stomach, intestines). The improvement involves better long-term retention through the ability of the device to engage with the interserosal fibrotic tissue formed in an intussusception. The separating device may be a distal extension of a retaining member that is directly engaged with and retained by intussuscepted tissue. Intussusception shrinks a hollow organ to provide a volume reducing restrictive component of a weight reduction system. Securing the separating device to an intussusception avoids retention problems of reference art devices as interserosal fibrosis helps secure the device. Also provided are an apparatus for retaining the device, a device and method for delivering the separating device, and a method for removing it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: HOURGLASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ivan Tzvetanov, Fan Zhang, Darin Buxbaum, Charles Hsu, Michael Reo
  • Publication number: 20120243070
    Abstract: A display for displaying images that includes a transreflective electrowetting layer operable to a transparent-state where light passes through the transreflective electrowetting layer and a reflective-state where light is reflected by the transreflective electrowetting layer; a non-reflective layer underlying the transreflective electrowetting layer; and an emissive layer proximate to the transreflective electrowetting layer. The display combines light emitting elements such as OLED's with transreflective electrowetting elements to provide a display that can operate in high ambient light conditions without undesirably high power dissipation by the OLED's, and can operate under low ambient light or no ambient light conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: FREDERICK F. KUHLMAN, ANDREW P. HARBACH, CARL W. BERLIN
  • Publication number: 20120243443
    Abstract: An Autonomous System domain comprising a topology transparent zone comprising a plurality of topology transparent zone nodes at least some of which are topology transparent zone edge nodes, wherein the topology transparent zone nodes are interconnected with one another via a plurality of internal links, and a plurality of neighboring external nodes connected to the topology transparent zone edge nodes via a plurality of external links, wherein no link state advertisements (LSAs) describing the internal links are distributed to the neighboring external nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Renwei Li, Huaimo Chen
  • Publication number: 20120241935
    Abstract: A package-on-package structure includes first and second package structures and bumps. The first package structure includes a carrier, a chip configured on the carrier, a heat spreader, and an encapsulant. The chip is electrically connected to the carrier through conductive wires. The heat spreader includes a support portion located on the chip and connection portions located respectively at two opposite sides of the support portion. The heat spreader has a circuit layer thereon, covers the chip and the conductive wires, and electrically connects the carrier through the circuit layer on the connecting portions. The encapsulant encapsulates the chip, the conductive wires, a portion of the heat spreader, and a portion of the carrier. The bumps are configured on the support portion. The second package structure is configured on the first package structure and is electrically connected to the first package structure through the bumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: CHIPMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Wen Chou, Yu-Tang Pan
  • Publication number: 20120243184
    Abstract: A differential signal pair transmission structure adapted to a wiring board and including a first signal path and a second signal path is provided. The first signal path includes a first upper trace, a first lower trace and a first conductive through via. The second signal path includes a second upper trace, a second lower trace and a second conductive through via. A portion of the first signal path and a portion of the second signal path overlaps in the normal projection onto the upper or lower surface of the wiring board. Normal projections of the first and the second signal path projecting onto the upper surface of the wiring board are substantially symmetric with respect to a line which is perpendicular to a segment connecting normal projections of axes of the first and the second through via onto the upper surface and passes through the midpoint of the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Sheng-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20120244979
    Abstract: A system for operating a hybrid vehicle that includes a chargeable energy storage device, a single dynamo (motor/generator combination) an internal combustion engine, and a torque coupling device configured to variably couple the engine to the dynamo. The torque coupling device is such that using only a single dynamo, the system is able to operate in different modes expected of hybrid vehicles, such as: electric drive only, engine drive only, electric and engine drive combined, and charging of the chargeable energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: DUANE D. KRUGER
  • Publication number: 20120246090
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the generation of shipping labels that aid in delivery of shipments. In one example, at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure is identified that is to be used to deliver each one of a plurality of shipments, where each of the shipments corresponds to one of a plurality of destination locations. A shipping label is generated for each of the shipments. Each shipping label expresses both a respective one of the destination locations and a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure employed to deliver a corresponding one of the shipments to a respective one of the destination locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Charles M. Griffith, Jinqian Li, Jonathan J. Shakes, Jin Lai
  • Publication number: 20120245472
    Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring the vital signs of a user is disclosed herein. The monitoring device is preferably comprises an article, an optical sensor, an accelerometer and processor. The optical sensor preferably comprises a photodetector and a plurality of light emitting diodes. A sensor signal from the optical sensor is processed with a filtered accelerometer output signal from the accelerometer to create a filtered vital sign signal used to generate a real-time vital sign for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: IMPACT SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nikolai Rulkov, Mark Hunt, Donald Brady
  • Publication number: 20120245257
    Abstract: This invention provides a pellet derived from recycled waste products in particular from a mixture of two or more of cellulose fibers, recyclable plastic, glass and ceramics and other recyclable products such as tetra paks. The pellets can be used to make a variety of extruded or injection molded products including household trim and moldings, decking, shutters, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GLOBAL PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Carlo Fascio
  • Publication number: 20120242577
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for positioning a cursor on a screen. In one embodiment, a system comprises the screen and a keyboard. First, a selected region is initialized to be a whole region of the screen. The selected region is then divided into a plurality of sub-regions, wherein each of the sub-regions respectively corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined keys of the keyboard. Whether the predetermined keys have been pressed is then detected. When one of the predetermined keys has been pressed, the selected region is then set to be the sub-region corresponding to the pressed predetermined key. The position of the cursor is then moved to a center point of the selected region. The dividing step, the detecting step, the setting step, and the moving step are then repeated until the area of the selected region is less than an area threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Guanghui WU
  • Publication number: 20120246153
    Abstract: Methods and systems for searching over a large corpus of data to discover relevant information artifacts based on similar content and/or relationships are disclosed. Improvements over simple keyword and phrase based searching over Internet scale data are shown. A search query may be modified or relaxed based on the search terms and a contextual relationship therebetween. The search results may be ranked based on both a data ranking corresponding to the data entries in the corpus and a query ranking corresponding to the search query and/or the modified or relaxed search query. In this manner, the accuracy and relevance of the search results is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: ORBIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Todd PEHLE
  • Publication number: 20120243010
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which performs a process on data stored in advance in accordance with operation by a verified user. The apparatus includes a user authentication portion for performing user authentication on a second user in a state where a first user is verified and logs in the image forming apparatus, an access control portion for, in a login state where both the first user and the second user are verified, giving a permission to perform a process on user data to which one of the first user and the second user determined based on a login order is granted access, and an operation control portion for, in the login state, accepting operation that relates to the user data and falls within at least one of an operation permission given in advance to the first user and an operation permission given in advance to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20120243870
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising a first node configured to communicate with a second node to generate a wavelength assignment, wherein the first node is configured to send a wavelength availability information to the second node. Included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method, comprising receiving a wavelength availability information, and updating the wavelength availability information using a local wavelength availability information. Also included is a method, comprising acquiring a local wavelength assignment information, calculating a local wavelength availability information, and transmitting the local wavelength availability information to a subsequent network element on a lightpath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Bernstein, Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20120236681
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing and distributing a cleaning solution for use in a vehicle washing facility. The method includes receiving pre-measured raw chemical material at a distributor's facility, diluting the pre-measured raw chemical material using a mixing apparatus at the distributor's facility to form a cleaning solution, packaging at least a portion of the cleaning solution into containers at the distributor's facility, and delivering at least one of the containers from the distributor's facility directly to the vehicle washing facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: R. LEWIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: William Lewis, John G. Lenhart
  • Publication number: 20120237789
    Abstract: A metal-clad polymer article includes a polymeric material with or without particulate addition. The polymeric material defines a permanent substrate. A metallic material covers at least part of a surface of the polymeric material. The metallic material has a microstructure which, at least in part, is at least one of fine-grained with an average grain size between 2 and 5,000 nm and amorphous. The metallic material has an elastic limit between 0.2% and 15%. At least one intermediate layer can be provided between the polymeric material and the metallic material. A stress on the polymeric material, at a selected operating temperature, reaches at least 60% of its ultimate tensile strength at a strain equivalent to the elastic limit of said metallic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTEGRAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Wang, Nandakumar Nagarajan, Klaus Tomantschger, Mioara Neacsu
  • Publication number: 20120235994
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retrieving, manipulating, and viewing 3D image objects from 3D virtual microscope slide images (“3D digital slides”) are provided. An image library module provides access to the imagery data in a 3D digital slide and constructs 3D image objects that are coextensive with the 3D digital slide or a 3D sub-portion thereof. From within the 3D image object, cross layer planar views spanning various depths of the 3D digital slide are constructed as well as 3D prisms and other shaped image areas. The image library module allows a 3D image object to be sliced into horizontal and vertical views, skewed cross layer views and regular and irregular shaped 3D image areas for viewing by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: APERIO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Ole Eichhorn
  • Publication number: 20120235212
    Abstract: Embodiments of a pixel including a photosensitive region formed in a surface of a substrate and an overflow drain formed in the surface of the substrate at a distance from the photosensitive area, an electrical bias of the overflow drain being variable and controllable. Embodiments of a pixel including a photosensitive region formed in a surface of a substrate, a source-follower transistor coupled to the photosensitive region, the source-follower transistor including a drain, and a doped bridge coupling the photosensitive region to the drain of the source-follower transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gang Chen, Sing-Chung Hu, Duli Mao, Hsin-Chih Tai, Yin Qian, Vincent Venezia, Rongsheng Yang, Howard E. Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20120233836
    Abstract: A tissue scaffold fabricated from bioinert fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a bioinert composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the bioinert fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the porous matrix is provided by bioinert fiber fused and bonded into the rigid three-dimensional matrix having a specific pore size and pore size distribution. The tissue scaffold supports tissue in-growth to provide osteoconductivity as a tissue scaffold, used for the repair of damaged and/or diseased bone tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: BIO2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jemes Jenq Liu