Patents Assigned to Technologies To Be, Inc.
  • Fixing device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 7711304
    Abstract: A fixing device may include a fixing roller, an endless fixing belt, a pressing member forming a first nip portion between the fixing roller and the fixing belt, and a separating member forming a second nip portion between the fixing roller and the fixing belt. The first nip portion and the second nip portion may satisfy the formulas P1×?1>P2×?2, and ?1>?2, wherein P1 represents a total load to the fixing roller applied by the pressing member at the first nip portion, P2 represents a total load to the fixing roller applied by the separating member at the second nip portion, ?1 represents a frictional coefficient between the fixing belt and the sliding surface of the pressing member, and ?2 represents a frictional coefficient between the fixing belt and the sliding surface of the separating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Horie
  • Integrated circuit and electrostatic discharge protection circuit
    Patent number: 7710695
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and a protection circuit capable of protecting electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage. The integrated circuit comprises a first pad, a ground pad, a second pad, a device circuitry, a discharging unit, and a discharging controller. The discharging unit comprises first and second transistors in series. The discharging controller comprises an ESD connection unit, and a voltage clamping unit. The ESD connection unit, coupled to the first pad and the discharging unit, receives an ESD pulse to establish a first control voltage to turn on the first transistor in the ESD event. The voltage clamping unit, coupled to the ESD connection unit and the first, second and ground pads, clamps the ESD pulse to establish a second control voltage to turn on the second transistor in the ESD event, and receives an operation voltage at the first pad to turn off the second transistor in normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ke-Yuan Chen
  • Method and apparatus for determining information associated with a particular multicast channel in a multicast network
    Patent number: 7710983
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining information associated with a particular multicast channel in a multicast network are disclosed. In accordance with the method, a request message requesting information associated with the particular multicast channel is generated and sent to the multicast network. Further, the request message is propagated downstream in a recursive manner via a multicast topology of the multicast network. A response to the request message is propagated upstream via the multicast topology to generate a response message including requested information associated with the particular multicast channel. The information may comprise number of users receiving the particular multicast channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Danyang Zheng, Ping Li, Jack C. Cham, Charles Shen
  • Sprue removal in an injection molding machine
    Patent number: 7708919
    Abstract: A method of removing solidified sprue plastic from an injection molding machine uses a picker assembly that includes an end-effector with a gripper. The injection molding machine has a stationary platen with a first mold, and has a moveable platen with a second mold. The method includes moving the gripper in a direction that is generally perpendicular to a direction that the second mold moves while the first mold and the second mold are opening. The method also includes grabbing the solidified sprue plastic before the first mold and the second mold reach a fully open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Patterson, Leonard J. Turco, Michael T. Nemet
  • Method and system for providing network management based on defining and applying network administrative intents
    Patent number: 7710900
    Abstract: Method and system for providing a dynamic network configuration and management based on defining and applying high level administrative intents including retrieving one or more attributes associated with one or more logical groups in a network, determining one or more network policies based on the one or more retrieved attributes, associating the one or more logical groups to a respective network group identifier, and generating a network group list associated with the one or more network group identifiers, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Andrews, Navindra Yadav, Shree Murthy
  • Voltage controlled oscillator with improved voltage oscillation frequency characteristic
    Patent number: 7710207
    Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with improved frequency characteristics is provided. The VCO includes a converting circuit supplied between a bias voltage and a ground voltage for converting the control voltage into a control current, a replica bias circuit coupled to the converting circuit for providing a swing voltage, and a ring oscillating circuit coupled to the replica bias circuit having at least two delay units coupled in series for successively delaying an input signal as the oscillating signal after a period of delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: VIA Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Ching-Yen Wu
  • Hydrocarbon emission scavenger
    Patent number: 7708817
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon adsorber and a thermoplastic resin combined and formed to a porous scavenger for insertion into the air intake system of a motor vehicle engine. The resulting porous scavenger adsorbs volatile hydrocarbon molecules from raw fuel remaining in the air intake when the engine is shut off. The adsorbed molecules are then stripped or purged from the scavenger and reintroduced into the air intake when the engine is next started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Hurley, Samuel A. Incorvia
  • Food transport system and method
    Patent number: 7708135
    Abstract: A food transport system and method are provided for transporting a packaged food item from one floor of a restaurant, such as a cooking or preparation floor, to another floor of the restaurant, such as a serving or dining floor. The food transport system includes a conveyor that transports a food-item supporting carrier along a closed-loop pathway. The carrier includes a rack with a plurality of spaced-apart food-item support members. On an upward portion of the pathway, the carrier passes a pick-up station having a pick-up rack with a plurality of spaced-apart food-item support members, the carrier support members passing between the pick-up support members to pick up the food item. On a downward portion of the pathway, the carrier rack passes through a drop-off rack in a similar manner, thus depositing the food item on the drop-off rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Restaurant Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ellerth, Gavin Walker
  • Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating traffic in a physical layer device
    Patent number: 7710974
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for dynamically allocating bandwidth to a plurality of client devices coupled over a network to a physical layer device (PHY). The PHY is preferably configured to utilize a connection criteria, such as bandwidth requirement for the client devices, to negotiate and connect the devices to a host device in a desired order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel C. Biederman
  • High surface area capacitor structures and precursors
    Patent number: 7709877
    Abstract: A high surface area capacitor structure includes a storage electrode with recesses. An upper surface of the storage electrode has a maze-like appearance. Low elevation regions of a hemispherical grain polysilicon layer may remain on the upper surface of the storage electrode. The storage electrode or portions thereof may be lined or coated with dielectric material. The dielectric material may space a cell electrode of the high surface area capacitor structure apart from the storage electrode. One or both of the storage electrode and the cell electrode may be formed from polysilicon. Intermediate structures, which include mask material over contiguous low elevation regions of a layer of hemispherical grain polysilicon, which may have a maze-like appearance, and apertures located laterally between the low elevation regions of the layer of hemispherical grain polysilicon, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Green, Darwin A. Clampitt
  • Medicament container, a medicament dispensing kit for administering medication and a method for packaging the same
    Patent number: 7708719
    Abstract: A medicament container, medicament dispensing kit and packaging process that minimizes exposure of the medication to oxygen to prevent degradation of the medication are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Wilmot, C. Michael Mesa
  • Memory access circuit
    Patent number: 7710816
    Abstract: A memory access circuit is provided. The memory access circuit includes a latch circuit, a feedback reset circuit, and a gate latch circuit. The latch circuit receives a high level input signal and outputs a first signal. The feedback reset circuit generates a second signal and a reset signal according to the first signal. The gate latch circuit generates a pre-charge signal and an enable signal according to the first signal and the second signal. The memory is accessed according to the pre-charging signal and the enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yi-Cheng Hsieh
  • Dead reckoning system
    Patent number: 7711483
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method of dead reckoning navigation for a vehicle uses a set of accelerometers. Sensed accelerometers from the set are converted into a vehicle body frame of reference set of accelerations. The resulting converted accelerations are then used to determine a dead-reckoning longitudinal acceleration for the vehicle. By integrating the longitudinal acceleration along a heading for the vehicle, a dead-reckoning-determined location for the vehicle is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: SiRF Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Jaime B. Colley
  • Panel-mount connectors with latching features
    Patent number: 7708589
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided for mounting onto a panel having a panel opening. The connector assembly includes a connector and a latch. The latch is configured to mount on the connector, and attach to the panel as the housing is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph B. Shuey
  • Primary side control module and method for protection of MOSFET against burnout
    Patent number: 7710702
    Abstract: A primary side control module for a switching power supply and a method for protecting a MOSFET that is controlled by a controller chip of the type that includes a timing network and switching drive output pins. The module includes the controller chip and the MOSFET. The controller chip provides a gating signal at the switching drive output pin to the MOSFET that may regulate the passage of current through the primary winding of a transformer of a switching power supply. A circuit branch provides communication between the throughput of the MOSFET and the timing network pin of the controller chip. A capacitor is provided within the circuit branch to differentiate the throughput and provide a signal characterized by downgoing spikes that result in protection of the MOSFET from burnout due to abnormalities associated with the internal operation of the controller chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Global Power Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jo-Chien Kuo
  • Recliner
    Patent number: 7708345
    Abstract: A recliner has a chair frame that provides support to a seat and back rest. The frame includes a recliner assembly that includes a bracket that is connected to the backrest enabling reclining movement of the backrest as the bracket moves through a correspondingly shaped bracket slot in a recliner base plate, and where the bracket rotates about an axis that approximates the position of the rotational axis of the hip of a seated user. The reclining chair can also be part of a modular system of components that enable one or more seating units to be in a spanned or ganged configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Grabowski, John Henry Heyder, Jeremy Franklin Foreman, Michael A. Johnson, Aaron Jon Schradin
  • Apparatus and process for treating dielectric materials
    Patent number: 7709814
    Abstract: Apparatuses and processes for treating dielectric materials such as low k dielectric materials, premetal dielectric materials, barrier layers, and the like, generally comprise a radiation source module, a process chamber module coupled to the radiation source module; and a loadlock chamber module in operative communication with the process chamber and a wafer handler. The atmosphere of each one of the modules can be controlled as may be desired for different types of dielectric materials. The radiation source module includes a reflector, an ultraviolet radiation source, and a plate transmissive to the wavelengths of about 150 nm to about 300 nm, to define a sealed interior region, wherein the sealed interior region is in fluid communication with a fluid source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Waldfried, Christopher Garmer, Orlando Escorcia, Ivan Berry, III, Palani Sakthivel, Alan C. Janos
  • Memory elements having patterned electrodes and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 7709289
    Abstract: A memory element having a resistance variable material and methods for forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a plurality of first electrodes over a substrate and forming a blanket material stack over the first electrodes. The stack includes a plurality of layers, at least one layer of the stack includes a resistance variable material. The method also includes forming a first conductive layer on the stack and etching the conductive layer and at least one of the layers of the stack to form a first pattern of material stacks. The etched first conductive layer forming a plurality of second electrodes with a portion of the resistance variable material located between each of the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Daley, Joseph F. Brooks
  • Access transistor for memory device
    Patent number: 7709885
    Abstract: An access transistor for a resistance variable memory element and methods of forming the same are provided. The access transistor has first and second source/drain regions and a channel region vertically stacked over the substrate. The access transistor is associated with at least one resistance variable memory element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Daley, Kristy A. Campbell, Joseph F. Brooks
  • Disk drive comprising gray code implemented with servo bursts
    Patent number: 7710676
    Abstract: A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk including a plurality of servo tracks defined by a plurality of servo sectors, wherein each servo sector comprises a plurality of servo bursts. The disk drive further comprises a head actuated over the disk. A servo sector is read to generate a read signal which is processed to demodulate the servo bursts into a position error signal (PES) representing an offset of the head from a target radial location on the disk. The read signal is also processed to decode the servo bursts into a Gray codeword representing at least part of a servo track address, wherein the servo track address represents a servo track the head is over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack M. Chue