Patents Assigned to THE CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 9656275
    Abstract: A centrifuge including a rotor, a rotor chamber accommodating therein the rotor and having an opening, a motor configured to rotate the rotor, a door configured to close the opening of the rotor chamber, an input unit configured to receive an input of an operation condition, a display unit configured to display an operating status, and a control unit configured to control rotation of the motor, wherein the control unit is configured to perform a program operation under an operation condition including a plurality of steps, and wherein the control unit is configured so that a specific step of stopping the rotation of the rotor and permitting the door to be opened or closed can be set as at least one of the plurality of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Ooyama, Kahoru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9656668
    Abstract: An automobile anti-collision and anti-misoperation throttle system with a relay for controlling positive-negative rotation of a motor relates to a system which directly transforms automobile anti-collision signals and throttle-misoperation signals into brake operating signals. The sensor switch (K0) is connected to and controls the relay reversed power controller (2), the relay reversed power controller (2) controls and supplies electric power to the limit-switch-integrated motor assembly (3), the limit-switch-integrated motor assembly (3) drives the sleeved stretching rope (4), the limit-switch-integrated motor assembly (3) also cuts off a reversed power circuit of the relay reversed power controller (2), and the sleeved stretching rope (4) transmits a motor rotation drift of the limit-switch-integrated motor assembly (3) to the automobile brake pedal (5); the sensor switch K0 is connected to the anti-collision controller (11) in parallel, for respectively controlling the automobile brake pedal (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG XIANAN AUTOMOBILE BREAKING SYSTEM CO., LTD
    Inventor: Changsong Yan
  • Patent number: 9657971
    Abstract: The invention provides a first-order phase-transition La(Fe,Si)13-based magnetocaloric material showing small hysteresis loss, and preparation and use thereof. The material has a NaZn13-type structure, is composed of granules with a particle size in the range of 15˜200 ?m and not less than 15 ?m, and is represented by chemical formula La1-xRx(Fe1-p-qCopMnq)13-ySiyA?. The method for preparing the material comprises steps of preparing the material La1-xRx(Fe1-p-qCopMnq)13-ySiyA? by smelting and annealing; and then crushing the material into powder with a particle size in the range of 15˜200 ?m. Without changing the components, a La(Fe,Si)13-based magnetocaloric material showing small hysteresis loss and strong magnetocaloric effect can be obtained by adjusting the particle size within the range of 15˜200 ?m. Utilization of this type of materials in the practical magnetic refrigeration application is of great significance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, HUBEI QUANYANG MAGNETIC MATERIALS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengxia Hu, Ling Chen, Jing Wang, Lifu Bao, Rongrong Wu, Baogen Shen, Jirong Sun, Huayang Gong
  • Patent number: 9657742
    Abstract: A solar fan has a solar panel deposited inside a transparent protective plate that is positioned at a surface of a casing, so that solar energy can be converted into electricity that is then transmitted to a solar cell in the casing for storage. The solar fan has two blade sets that can be angularly adjusted with respect to a case of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SPEEDTECH ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ko-Chien Chu
  • Patent number: 9660107
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for crystalline junctionless transistors used in nonvolatile memory arrays are introduced. Various embodiments in accordance with this disclosure provide a method of fabricating a monolithic 3D cross-bar nonvolatile memory array with low thermal budget. The method incorporates crystalline junctionless transistors into nonvolatile memory structures by transferring a layer of doped crystalline semiconductor material from a seed wafer to form the source, drain, and connecting channel of the junctionless transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Colinge, Carlos H. Diaz, Ta-Pen Guo
  • Patent number: 9660197
    Abstract: A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: Also disclosed is an organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer and the condensed cyclic compound of Formula 1. An organic light-emitting device including the condensed cyclic compound of Formula 1 may have low driving voltage, high efficiency, a high luminance, and long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Hwan Hwang, Hye-Jin Jung, Kwang-Hyun Kim, Young-Kook Kim, Jong-Woo Kim, Hyoung-Kun Kim
  • Patent number: 9661790
    Abstract: The invention provides a backplane with adjustable curvature and its application. The backplane includes an active layer and a passive layer connected with the active layer. The active layer is formed by a material with a first thermal expansion coefficient, and the passive layer is formed by a material with a second thermal expansion coefficient. The first thermal expansion coefficient is greater than the second thermal expansion coefficient. It further includes a temperature sensor set on the backplane and a temperature controller electrically coupled to the backplane to adjust the backplane temperature. A fast and continuous adjustment to the curvature of the backplane can be achieved by controlling the temperature of the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yajun Yu, Chengling Lv, Guofu Tang
  • Patent number: 9658387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and more particularly to a double-screen display device. The device includes: a first display panel and a second display panel; a light source; a polarization beam splitter configured to divide light emitted from the light source into P light and S light, and cause one of the P light and the S light to be incident on a first optical module and the other one to be incident on a second optical module; the first optical module configured to transmit received light to the first display panel; the second optical module configured to transmit received light to the second display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huan Wang, Wugen Xin
  • Patent number: 9659127
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a user interface to receive an input selecting a plurality of circuit devices, a storage to store electrical current information and a Scattering parameter regarding input/output ports of the plurality of circuit devices, respectively, a calculator to calculate impedance per number of de-coupling capacitors based on the stared S-parameters and to calculate an accumulated noise value per number of the decoupling capacitors based on the calculated impedance and the electrical current information, and a controller to determine a number of the de-coupling capacitors based on the calculated accumulated noise values and to control the user interface to display the determined number of the de-coupling capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: S-PRINTING SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-yeol Jung, Sang-ho Lee, Jeong-nam Cheon, Seung-hun Park
  • Patent number: 9661265
    Abstract: Methods are provided for transmitting an emoticon to another party in video telephony communication. Another party's video data is displayed on a first area of a display unit, a user's video data is displayed on a second area of the display unit, and a plurality of emoticons is displayed on a third area of the display unit in a video telephony communication. One of the plurality of emoticons is selected during the video telephony communication from a user input. The selected emoticon is displayed on the first area or on the second area and transmitting the selected emoticon to another party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hwan Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Chae-Whan Lim
  • Patent number: 9659755
    Abstract: A plasma generator includes: an arc chamber having a plasma generation region in which plasma is generated in the inside thereof; a magnetic field generator configured to apply a magnetic field to the plasma generation region; and a cathode configured to extend in an axial direction along an applying direction of the magnetic field applied to the plasma generation region and provided with a cathode cap that emits thermal electrons at a front end thereof. The cathode cap protrudes toward the inside of the arc chamber in the axial direction and has a shape of which a width in the radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction becomes smaller toward the inside of the arc chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES ION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masateru Sato
  • Patent number: 9657912
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a base that is open toward a front and includes a low beam light-distribution pattern forming component; a lens body disposed forward of the base; a first light-emitting device; and a second light-emitting device. Incident light is refracted in a lower portion of the lens body, and the incident light and exiting light travel in substantially same direction in an upper portion of the lens body. The first light-emitting device is disposed behind the lower portion of the lens body, the second light-emitting device is disposed further forward than the first light-emitting device and behind the upper portion of the lens body, and the low beam light-distribution pattern forming component is disposed in front of the first light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Makoto Kai, Hiro Aoki, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 9658674
    Abstract: Provided is a method of a mobile system, comprising executing an application at the mobile system, determining an execution condition of the application, and controlling a performance of the mobile system in response to a result of the determined execution condition before the application performs an actual workload. The mobile system optimization method enhances the performance of the mobile system by utilizing the same resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Patent number: 9659241
    Abstract: A method for operating a portable large format inkjet printer includes determining an output image size of an output image to be printed on a stationary flat media; selecting a source image to serve as the output image; displaying a preview of the output image superposed with an output image grid defining a plurality of output image area portions; selecting a serial order of printing each of the output image area portions; selecting a next output image area portion based on the serial order; printing the selected next output image area portion at a media print area of the stationary flat media; and repeating the acts of selecting the next output image area portion and printing, for each of the plurality of output image area portions, until an entirety of the output image area has been printed at the media print area of the stationary flat media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sam Norasak, Michael A. Marra, III, Bruce A. Deboard
  • Patent number: 9660091
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The TFT includes: an active layer; a bottom gate electrode disposed below the active layer to drive a first region of the active layer; and a top gate electrode disposed on the active layer to drive a second region of the active layer. The TFT controls the conductivity of the active layer by using the bottom gate electrode and the top gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eok-su Kim, Myung-kwan Ryu, Kyoung-seok Son, Sung-hee Lee
  • Patent number: 9660645
    Abstract: Disclosed is a door handle module for a vehicle. The module includes a pulse transformer configured to transform a first discharge pulse ({circle around (7)}) of a first voltage level (V1), which is discharged from a touch sensor, to a second discharge pulse {circle around (8)} with a rising section which increases the first discharge pulse ({circle around (7)}) to a second voltage level (V2) which is higher than the first voltage level; an effective pulse generator configured to generate an effective pulse ({circle around (10)}) using a voltage detected in the rising section of the second discharge pulse ({circle around (8)}); and a charge amplifier configured to amplify the effective pulse ({circle around (10)}) to an analog voltage in an analog form and output the amplified analog voltage as a signal for controlling locking and unlocking of a vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Chul Lim
  • Patent number: 9657769
    Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing with which friction-reducing effects are obtained and the total volume of effluent oil is limited. In a slide bearing an end of the narrow groove on a downstream side of the rotation direction is disposed at the position which is adjacent to a mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction and not communicated with the mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction and an end of the narrow groove on an upstream side of the rotation direction is disposed at the position which is the upstream side from the end on the downstream side of the rotation direction and is rotated by an angle no more than 90 degrees from the mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 9660113
    Abstract: A solar cell apparatus according to the embodiment includes a support substrate including a plurality of patterns; a back electrode layer on the support substrate; a light absorbing layer on the back electrode layer; a buffer layer on the light absorbing layer; and a front electrode layer on the buffer layer, wherein the patterns are formed in an undercut structure including a first inner side surface, a second inner side surface and a bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hoon Nam, Jung In Jang
  • Patent number: D787482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moonjung Jang, Jihyun Moon, Eun-ae Lee
  • Patent number: RE46411
    Abstract: A trigger assembly includes a body having a pivot, and a hook is mounted to the pivot. The body has a chamber, and a path communicates with the chamber. A first positioning unit is located in the path, and a safety member is located in the chamber which has two slots and the. The first positioning unit contacts the slots. An activation member is located on the top of the safety member and has a guide groove and a positioning hole. A guide rod on the safety member is located in the guide groove. A second positioning unit is located in the body and contacts the positioning hole. A pivotal member is pivotably connected to the body and has an end contacting a push portion of the activation member. A spring is mounted to the protrusion and contacts the inside of the body. The trigger assembly includes two safety protections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Man Kung Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Hui Chu