Patents Assigned to THE CO., LTD.
  • Portable device, battery pack, display controlling method, and display controlling program
    Patent number: 9031801
    Abstract: A portable device driven by a secondary battery which is chargeable and dischargeable, the portable device including a full charge detecting unit configured to detect full charge of the secondary battery in receipt of a report of the full charge and acquires capacity data indicative of a capacity of the secondary battery, a memory controlling unit configured to store the capacity data acquired by the full charge detecting unit in a memory unit, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit of the portable device to display the capacity data stored by the memory controlling unit in chronological order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Sugaya, Takanori Asai
  • Input receiver circuit having single-to-differential amplifier, and semiconductor device including the same
    Patent number: 9030262
    Abstract: An input receiver circuit including a single-to-differential amplifier and a semiconductor device including the input receiver circuit are disclosed. The input receiver circuit includes a first stage amplifier unit and a second stage amplifier unit. The first stage amplifier unit amplifies a single input signal in a single-to-differential mode to generate a differential output signal, without using a reference voltage. The second stage amplifier unit amplifies the differential output signal in a differential-to-single mode to generate a single output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Chul Cho, Yoon-Joo Eom, Young-Jin Jeon, Yong-Cheol Bae
  • Phase-change memory devices including thermally-isolated phase-change layers and methods of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 9029828
    Abstract: Provided are a phase-change memory device and a method of fabricating the same. The device may include memory cells provided at intersections of word lines and bit lines that extend along first and second directions crossing each other, and a mold layer including thermal insulating regions, such as air gaps, that may be provided between the memory cells to separate the memory cells from each other. Each of the memory cells may include a lower electrode electrically connected to the word line to have a first width in the first direction, an upper electrode electrically connected to the bit line to have a second width greater than the first width in the first direction, and a phase-change layer provided between the lower and upper electrodes to have the first width in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gyuhwan Oh
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 9030638
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrical field is applied to a liquid crystal material right above a common electrode and a pixel electrode using plural pairs of electrodes rather than one pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Hideki Uochi
  • Viewfinder and imaging apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 9031402
    Abstract: A viewfinder 3 includes a finder optical system S2 including first and second lens groups L1, L2; a zoom frame 6 provided with first and second cam grooves 63, 64 configured to rotate about an optical axis A2 to move the first and second lens groups L1, L2 in the optical axis direction in accordance with the shapes of the first and second cam grooves 63, 64; and a diopter adjuster 9 configured to adjust the diopter of the finder optical system S2. The diopter adjuster 9 changes the position of the zoom frame 6 in the optical axis direction to adjust the diopter of the finder optical system S2, and adjusts, during rotation of the zoom frame 6, the position of the zoom frame 6 in the optical axis direction such that the diopter of the finder optical system S2 is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hino
  • Electric driving type utility vehicle having regenerative brake force distribution control function, and regenerative brake force distribution control method thereof
    Patent number: 9031728
    Abstract: An electric driving type utility vehicle having a regenerative brake force distribution control function, and a regenerative brake force distribution control method thereof are provided. The utility vehicle includes: a controller for controlling an output and a recovery of a motor; recovery sensing means for sensing a recovery braking state when the motor is driven; a power measurement unit for measuring the amount of recovery power generated in the recovery braking state; and a power switching unit for automatically switching a drive mode from a two-wheel drive mode to a four-wheel drive mode or vice versa according to the load condition. The present invention can switch the present mode to the four-wheel drive mode by operating the power switching unit according to the control of the controller when sensing the recovery brake through the recovery sensing means in the driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Daedong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Do Im
  • Compound action snips
    Patent number: 9027253
    Abstract: Compound action snips includes include first and second handles pivotally connected to each other, and first and second blades. The first handle includes first and second walls arranged opposite to each other. The second wall includes a recess. The first blade is mounted to the first handle. The second blade is mounted to the second handle. A fastener inserts through the first wall, the first blade, and the second wall. A fixing element is received into the recess and threaded onto the fastener, so that a top surface defined on the fixing element is not exposed out of the second wall of the first handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: AllProfessional Mfg. Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hsin-Te Huang
  • Process for producing reduced glutathione
    Patent number: 9028669
    Abstract: Reduced glutathione is produced by a process for producing reduced glutathione by electroreduction of oxidized glutathione using a cathode cell and an anode cell separated from each other by a separating membrane, comprising using, as a solution in the cathode cell, an aqueous oxidized glutathione solution having a pH adjusted to higher than 3.0 and not more than 7.0 by adding a base, in which oxidized glutathione itself also acts as a conducting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Fukumoto, Mitsutaka Kino
  • Compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
    Patent number: 9028978
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting device including an organic layer containing the compound of Formula 1: wherein R1 to R4, X and Y, a and b, and m and n are defined as in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeong-Suk Kim, Dong-Woo Shin, Sung-Soo Bae, Ji-Hye Shim, Dae-Yup Shin, Byoung-Ki Choi
  • Organic electro-luminescence display device and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9030095
    Abstract: An OLED device is disclosed. The OLED device includes a first substrate including a driver element and a connection electrode connected to the driver element, a second substrate including an organic light emission diode element, a contact spacer electrically connected to the connection electrode, and a sealant disposed into a cavity which is formed by the first and second substrates, the connection electrode, the organic light emission diode element, and the contact space. Herein, the sealant is bonded to the contact spacer and the connection electrode and maintains the electric connection between the contact spacer and the connection electrode. In this manner, the driver element and the organic light emission diode element are protected from external oxygen and/or moisture, and the electric connection between the connection electrode and the contact spacer is reinforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Ho Kwon, Hyo Dae Bae, Seong Ho Mo
  • Fluid control device
    Patent number: 9028226
    Abstract: A fluid control device includes a vibrating plate unit, a driver, a flexible plate, and a base plate. The vibrating plate unit includes a vibrating plate including first and second main surfaces, and a frame plate surrounding the surrounding of the vibrating plate. The driver is bonded to the first or the second main surface of the vibrating plate and vibrates the vibrating plate. The flexible plate includes a hole provided therein, and is bonded to the frame plate so as to face the vibrating plate. The base plate is bonded to the main surface of the flexible plate on a side opposite to the vibrating plate. A size relationship between the coefficients of linear expansion of the material of the base plate and the frame plate is equal to a size relationship between the coefficients of linear expansion of the material of the vibrating plate and the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Hirata, Yukiharu Kodama, Kenta Omori, Masaaki Fujisaki
  • Airbag device
    Patent number: 9027954
    Abstract: An airbag device (1), having an airbag (10), is installed in a side wall (91) inside a vehicle cabin. The airbag (10) includes an inflatable section (30) configured to be inflated with gas and is disposed in an upper portion of the side wall (91). An inflator (2) supplies gas to the inflatable section (30), inflating and deploying the airbag (10) downward. A connecting member (50) connects the airbag (10) and the vehicle body (99) and is pulled between the vehicle body (99) and the airbag (10) that is being inflated and deployed. When the airbag (10) is inflated and deployed, a support portion (51) of the connecting member (50) supports the inflatable section (30) from the side wall (91) side of the airbag and pushes it toward the inner side of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Yuta Minami
  • Medical guidewire
    Patent number: 9028428
    Abstract: A guidewire includes a core shaft, an outer coiled body covering at least a portion of the core shaft, and an inner coiled body positioned between the outer coiled body and the core shaft. The inner coiled body covers the at least a portion of the core shaft and a resin material is filled between the inner coiled body and one of the outer coiled body and the core shaft to form a resin layer. Preferably, a space between the inner coiled body and the other of the outer coiled body and the core shaft is not filled with the resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Maki
  • Downlink PMI coordination based on base station antenna configuration
    Patent number: 9030949
    Abstract: A Mobile Station (MS) apparatus and a Base Station (BS) apparatus, and methods for their operation in a wireless communication system, are provided. The method for operating the MS includes receiving Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) subset information from a BS, determining downlink channel quality of the BS, determining a PMI for the BS based on the PMI subset information and the determined downlink channel quality of the BS, and transmitting the determined PMI to the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuangfeng Han, Zhen Wang, Eunyong Kim, Clerckx Bruno
  • Substrate treatment systems using supercritical fluid
    Patent number: 9027576
    Abstract: Substrate treatment systems are provided. The substrate treatment systems may include a treating device configured to treat a substrate with a supercritical fluid, and a supplying device configured to supply the supercritical fluid to the treating device. The treating device may include a supercritical process zone in which the substrate is treated with the supercritical fluid, and a pre-supercritical process zone in which the supercritical fluid is expanded and then provided into the supercritical process zone to create a supercritical state in the supercritical process zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jhin Cho, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kwangsu Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kuntack Lee, Wonho Jang, Yongmyung Jun
  • Impedance tuning circuit and integrated circuit including the same
    Patent number: 9030229
    Abstract: An impedance tuning circuit includes a calibration unit and a post-processing unit. The calibration unit generates an initial pull-up code and an initial pull-down code by performing a calibration operation using an external resistor during an initial impedance tuning operation. The post-processing unit outputs the initial pull-up code and the initial pull-down code as a final pull-up code and a final pull-down code during the initial impedance tuning operation, and generates the final pull-up code and the final pull-down code by using the initial pull-up code and the initial pull-down code during a subsequent impedance tuning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung Hoi Koo
  • Spring clamp
    Patent number: 9027913
    Abstract: A spring clamp includes a first body which comprises a gripping portion and a clamping portion, a second body which comprises a gripping portion and a clamping portion, a first pivot element which pivotally connects the first body and the second body, and a locking mechanism which comprises at least a pair of friction pair components. The first friction pair component is arranged on the first body, and includes a first friction pair element; and the second friction pair component is arranged on the second body, and includes a second friction pair element. The first and second friction pair elements rub against each other to effect the locking function. The rubbing of the friction pair elements occurs mainly in the plane perpendicular to the first pivot element axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Hangzhou Great Start Industrial Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Great Start Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yueming Li
  • Bicycle handlebar
    Patent number: D729032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Black Gu
  • Packaging box
    Patent number: D729069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Ajichi, Henry Ho
  • Tire tread
    Patent number: D729151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyung Jin Kim