Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 8680739
    Abstract: When a conventional technology is employed, it is difficult to manufacture a magnet row because magnets are disposed so that N-poles face each other while S-poles face each other. Further, magnetic reluctance is increased because a generated magnetic flux obliquely crosses an air gap in which the magnets are disposed. Furthermore, the conventional technology is at a disadvantage in that magnetic flux interference occurs between neighboring magnetic poles. The present invention has been made to address the above problems and provide a rotary electrical machine capable of generating high torque at low speed. The rotary electrical machine includes a rotor disc and an armature. The rotor disc is configured so that plural rectangular magnets whose longitudinal direction crosses the direction of rotor disc rotation are disposed on the rotor disc, and that the polarities of neighboring magnets differ from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Takafumi Koseki
  • Patent number: 8677699
    Abstract: A rotary supporting member supports a parallel member rotatably with respect to an upper beam. A first brace connects an opposite-end side of the parallel member with an opposite-end side of a lower beam. A second brace connects another opposite-end side of the parallel member with another opposite-end side of the lower beam. An intersection position of the first brace with the second brace is positioned more adjacent to a side of the upper beam than where an intermediate position between the upper beam and the lower beam is present. Damper members dispose respectively so as to be interposed between the parallel member and the upper beam, connecting the parallel member with the upper beam, and being disposed to make a pair at least on both sides each of which is separated away from the rotary supporting member to interpose the rotary supporting member therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tagawa
  • Patent number: 8678284
    Abstract: A method for creating a highly accurate nanostructure is provided, the method includes: (i) creating a highly accurate nanostructure prototype, wherein the highly accurate nanostructure prototype, when illuminated with a predefined illumination, provides a unique optical pattern; (ii) creating at least one highly accurate nanostructure mold from the highly accurate nanostructure prototype, wherein each highly accurate nanostructure mold enables a creation of a highly accurate nanostructure that is substantially similar to the highly accurate nanostructure prototype and which, when illuminated with the predefined illumination, provides the unique optical pattern; and (iii) molding the highly accurate nanostructure using the highly accurate nanostructure mold, wherein the highly accurate nanostructure, when illuminated with the predefined illumination, provides the unique optical pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventor: Jacob Scheuer
  • Patent number: 8679621
    Abstract: An autonomic conductivity restoration system includes a solid conductor and a plurality of particles. The particles include a conductive fluid, a plurality of conductive microparticles, and/or a conductive material forming agent. The solid conductor has a first end, a second end, and a first conductivity between the first and second ends. When a crack forms between the first and second ends of the conductor, the contents of at least a portion of the particles are released into the crack. The cracked conductor and the released contents of the particles form a restored conductor having a second conductivity, which may be at least 90% of the first conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Blaiszik, Susan A. Odom, Mary M. Caruso, Aaron C. Jackson, Marta B. Baginska, Joshua A. Ritchey, Aaron D. Finke, Scott R. White, Jeffrey S. Moore, Nancy R. Sottos, Paul V. Braun, Khalil Amine
  • Patent number: 8680255
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for diagnosing a particular type of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), HBx/8p11-positive HCC, in a subject by detecting the presence of a specific, non-naturally occurring polynucleotide sequence that indicates integration of a portion of the human hepatitis B virus (HBV) sequence into the human genome on chromosome 8 in the 8p11 integration region. A kit and device useful for such a method are also provided. In addition, the present invention provides a method for treating an HBx/8p11-positive HCC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventor: Nathalie Wong
  • Patent number: 8682406
    Abstract: A high temperature superconductor structure including: a substrate on which at least one buffer layer is deposited, a superconductor layer on the buffer layer, the superconducting layer composed of superconductor material that forms at least two substantially parallel superconductor filaments that continuously extend along the length of the substrate wherein at least two superconductor filaments are separated from each other by at least one insulating strip wherein the insulating strip continuously extends along the length of the substrate and is composed of insulating material with a resistivity greater than about 1 m?cm. Also disclosed are methods of producing high temperature superconductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: University of Houston System, Superpower, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkat Selvamanickam, Senthil Sambandam
  • Patent number: 8679449
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing decahedral titanium oxide particles, wherein the decahedral titanium oxide particles are produced by allowing a reaction gas containing titanium tetrachloride to flow into a reaction pipe having a partial double-pipe structure in which a hollow internal cylinder is inserted into an upstream portion of a hollow external cylinder, the method comprising: performing a preheating on the reaction gas containing titanium tetrachloride and a barrier gas not containing metal chlorides in a region on the upstream side of a downstream end of the hollow internal cylinder, while allowing the reaction gas to flow into the hollow internal cylinder and the barrier gas to flow between the hollow internal cylinder and the hollow external cylinder; and performing a main heating on the reaction gas in a downstream region apart from the downstream end of the hollow internal cylinder to thermally decompose the titanium tetrachloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Bunsho Ohtani, Yasushi Kuroda, Noriyuki Sugishita
  • Patent number: 8680941
    Abstract: A microwave harmonic processing circuit includes (n?1) parallel open ended stubs differing in length, connected in parallel to an output terminal of a serial transmission line at a single point, and having predetermined electrical lengths corresponding to second to higher n-th (n is any integer) harmonics, respectively, the serial transmission line having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of a transistor and having a predetermined electrical length; a first strip conductor connecting the serial transmission line to two parallel open ended stubs of the (n?1) parallel open ended stubs at a single connecting point; a second strip conductor connecting the (n?3) parallel open ended stubs to each other at a single connecting point; a ground layer disposed between first strip conductor and second strip conductor; and a via electrically connecting a connecting portion of first strip conductor and a connecting portion of second strip conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Electro-Communications
    Inventors: Kenta Kuroda, Kazuhiko Honjo
  • Patent number: 8678380
    Abstract: A paper sheet processing device is provided which can more simply detect the attachment/detachment of the magazine accommodating paper sheets and that the amount of paper sheets has reached a predetermined level and can reduce costs. The paper sheet processing device of the present invention has a magazine 5 which is attachable to/detachable from to a frame and capable of accommodating paper sheets, a moving member 53 which moves when the amount of paper sheets accommodated in the magazine 5 reaches a predetermined level, and a detection sensor 35 for detecting the movement of the moving member 53. The moving member 53 is supported on the magazine 5, and is moved by the attachment/detachment operation of the magazine 5 when the magazine 5 is not mounted on the frame so that the detection sensor 35 can detect that the moving member 53 has moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Takao Nireki
  • Patent number: 8680132
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods in the field of medicinal chemistry. The compounds and compositions provided herein relate to spiro-oxindoles which function as antagonists of the interaction between p53 and MDM2, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ascenta Licensing Corporation, Sanofi
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 8680369
    Abstract: Sunn hemp plants capable of flowering and producing seed when grown in the continental United States are provided. Two plant varieties capable of flowering and producing seed when grown in the continental United States, named AU Golden and AU Durbin, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventor: Jorge Mosjidis
  • Patent number: 8678594
    Abstract: A spectral interferometry apparatus and method are disclosed, that can be used to monitor or measure an unknown length by following a characteristic of an indicating signal. The measurement is performed by adjusting an optical path difference (OPD) in an interferometer part of an interferometer configuration until sound or light or both are obtained with the desired strength and pitch. Embodiments are presented where the unknown length is the eye length. Spectral interrogation of the interferometer optical output is achieved by reading the signal of an analogue photodetector array in a spectrometer or by tuning a swept source and processing the signal of a photodetector. Sound of different pitches are produced either directly in this process, or by using a nonlinear amplifier, or a mixer. For enhanced signal, the array may be driven by a nonlinear clock or the swept source may be driven by a distorted driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: University of Kent at Canterbury
    Inventors: Adrian Podoleanu, Michael Leitner
  • Patent number: 8679790
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for enhanced gene expression. The invention provides a composition comprising a 28-codon leader sequence operably linked to a desired gene which encodes the desired protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Joshua B. Plotkin, Grzegorz Kudla
  • Patent number: 8677548
    Abstract: A curling broom includes an elongate shaft having opposed first and second ends, the first end being graspable by a sweeper and being attached to a broom head attachment plate located at the second end. A curling broom head is attached to the broom head receptacle for sweeping an ice surface. The broom head includes a base section, a reflective constituent selected to reflect infrared radiation which can be a layer secured to a bottom surface of the base section, or the top of the woven fabric or both or a reflective powder incorporated into a foam pad attached to the base section, (or the foam pad being metalized), or an outer surface of an outer fabric layer being metalized and secured to the base section. Infrared radiation generated by sweeping the ice is reflected by the reflective layer back towards the ice surface for further heating the ice surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Western Ontario
    Inventors: Thomas Jenkyn, Scott Arnold, Jeffrey Wood
  • Patent number: 8680322
    Abstract: A method for producing an ?-acyloxycarbonyl compound of the present invention includes performing an intermolecular reaction between a carboxylic acid and a carbonyl compound selected from the group consisting of ketones, aldehydes, and esters, which have a hydrogen atom at the ?-position, using a hydroperoxide as an oxidizer and an iodide salt as a catalyst precursor, thereby introducing an acyloxy group derived from the carboxylic acid into the ?-position of the carbonyl compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ishihara, Muhammet Uyanik
  • Patent number: 8679747
    Abstract: The invention herein disclosed provides for devices and methods that can detect and control an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore in the absence of requiring a terminating nucleotide. The devices and methods are also used to determine rapidly (˜>50 Hz) the nucleotide base sequence of a polynucleotide under feedback control or using signals generated by the interactions between the polynucleotide and the nanopore. The invention is of particular use in the fields of drug discovery, molecular biology, structural biology, cell biology, molecular switches, molecular circuits, and molecular computational devices, and the manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Felix Olasagasti, Kate Lieberman, Seico Benner, Mark A. Akeson
  • Patent number: 8678980
    Abstract: A movement device for flexing and/or straightening a joint of a user includes a first anchor element adapted to be positioned adjacent a jointed appendage of a user at a first position. A second anchor element is adapted to be positioned about the jointed appendage at a second position, wherein the jointed appendage is located between the first anchor element and the second anchor element. A spring member is positioned between the first and second anchor elements wherein the spring member is fixedly secured to the second anchor element and moveable through the first anchor element to thereby allow the spring member to bend about a joint of the appendage when said appendage is flexed. The spring member is configured to exert bending forces in opposition to working muscles of the user to straighten or flex the joint of the appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Edward M. Land, H. Lee Mantelmacher
  • Patent number: 8679749
    Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding variant polypeptides of DsRed are provided herein. The DsRed variants have increased bacterial expression, reduced aggregation, increased solubility, shifted emission spectra or increased brightness relative to a wild-type DsRed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Glick, Daniel E. Strongin, Robert Keenan, Rita L. Strack, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya
  • Patent number: 8680070
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for reducing or inhibiting bone resorption, osteoclast differentiation and stimulation and the loosening of medical prostheses by administering a compound or agent that modulates an adenosine receptor such as the adenosine A2A receptor, in particular, an agonist of an adenosine A2A receptor. The invention also extends to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such an agent that modulates an adenosine receptor such as an adenosine A2A agonist and to prosthetic devices containing such an agent that modulates an adenosine receptor such as an A2A agonist on one or more surfaces or within the prosthetic device such as, for example, suspended in the cement forming the prosthetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Bruce N. Cronstein, Aranzazu Mediero Munoz
  • Patent number: 8680574
    Abstract: A hybrid nanostructure array having a substrate and two types of nanostructures, including a set of first nanostructures extending from the substrate and a set of second nanostructures interspersed among the first nanostructures. The first and second nanostructures comprise structures having nanoscale proportions in two dimensions and being elongate in the third dimension. For example, the nanostructures can be nanotubes, nanowires, nanorods, nanocolumns, and/or nanofibers. Also disclosed is a hybrid nanoparticle array using two different types of nanoparticles that have all three dimensions in the nanoscale. The two types of nanostructures or nanoparticles can vary in composition, shape, or size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventor: Anastasios John Hart