Patents Examined by Marlon T. Fletcher
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Patent number: 11804201Abstract: Provided is a device for reporting a tuning status by sound on the basis of an audio signal acquired. The device includes: a signal acquisition means for acquiring the audio signal; a comparison means for comparing the frequency of the audio signal with a reference frequency corresponding to the audio signal; and a generation means for generating a first sound signal when the frequency of the audio signal is lower than the reference frequency and generating a second sound signal different from the first sound signal when the frequency of the audio signal is higher than the reference frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Roland CorporationInventor: Masato Ueno
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Patent number: 11798727Abstract: An inductor component includes an inductor wiring line that extends in a plane, a magnetic layer that is formed of an organic resin containing a magnetic powder and that covers the inductor wiring line, and a nonmagnetic-body insulating layer that is formed of an organic resin containing an insulating nonmagnetic powder and that covers a principal surface of the magnetic layer. The inductor component further includes a close-contact layer that is located between the magnetic layer and the insulating layer and that contains the magnetic powder, the nonmagnetic powder, and an organic resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Yamauchi, Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Ryo Kudou
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Patent number: 11798730Abstract: In an inductor component, an inductor wiring is provided inside an element body. The inductor wiring includes a wiring main body and a skirt portion adjacent to the wiring main body in a height direction of the inductor wiring. A dimension in a height direction in the wiring main body is larger than a dimension in the height direction in the skirt portion. A dimension of the skirt portion in a width direction in the inductor wiring increases as a distance from the wiring main body in the height direction increases. A dimension in the width direction of a distal end of the skirt portion is larger than a dimension in the width direction of the wiring main body.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Isamu Miyake
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Patent number: 11787661Abstract: A method for moving an elevator car of an elevator for evacuating passengers from the elevator car in the event of a power failure, wherein a brake blocks a vertical movement of the elevator car, includes the steps of: applying an electrical pulse or a plurality of electrical pulses to the brake of the elevator car to release the brake and unblock the vertical movement of the elevator car, the brake being released for as long as the particular electrical pulse is applied to the brake; determining a covered height which the elevator car has covered during the application of the particular electrical pulse; comparing the determined covered height with a predetermined distance; and terminating the application of the particular electrical pulse to the brake when the determined covered height is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: INVENTIO AGInventors: Astrid Sonnenmoser, Ivo Lustenberger, Thomas Hartmann
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Patent number: 11783994Abstract: An inductor array component includes a substantially flat plate-shaped main body including a magnetic layer having resin and metal magnetic powder contained in the resin, a first inductor wiring and a second inductor wiring disposed on the same plane in the main body and adjacent to each other, and a plurality of first vertical wirings extending in a first direction of a normal direction with respect to the plane so as to penetrate through inside of the main body and being exposed on a side of a first main surface of the main body. Also, the inductor array component includes a plurality of second vertical wirings extending in a second direction of the normal direction with respect to the plane so as to penetrate through the inside of the main body and being exposed on a side of a second main surface of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Akinori Hamada
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Patent number: 11783981Abstract: A coil component is provided in which the insulation between coil conductor layers can be enhanced. The coil component includes an element body; and a coil provided in the element body and spirally wound along a first direction. The coil has a plurality of coil conductor layers stacked along the first direction. The element body has a first area between the coil conductor layers adjacent to each other along the first direction in the element body, and has a second area other than the first area. The first area has a pore area rate less than a pore area rate in at least a part of the second area.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Sakai
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Patent number: 11783993Abstract: An inductor according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a base body having a mounting surface, a top surface, and a first end surface; first and second external electrodes attached to the mounting surface and spaced from each other; and an internal conductor disposed in the base body and extending linearly from the first external electrode to the second external electrode. One end of the internal conductor is exposed from the mounting surface and connected to the first external electrode, and the other end of the internal conductor is exposed from the mounting surface and connected to the second external electrode. The base body is partitioned into a first region and a second region, the first region being enclosed by the internal conductor and the mounting surface, and a ratio of an area of the second region to an area of the first region is 0.95 to 1.0.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Arai, Naoya Terauchi
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Patent number: 11780703Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for digital control of elevator and other access gateways are described herein. More specifically, embodiments comprise systems and methods for retrofitting or outfitting elevator systems with digital control systems that can be universally applied to virtually every manufacturer's elevator systems.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventors: Leandre Adifon, Nino Mario Bianchi, Marco Maria Ceriani, Alessandro Ferraro, Luciano Mozzato
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Patent number: 11783982Abstract: A coil component includes a body; a coil portion disposed inside the body; a noise removal portion disposed to contact a surface of the body; an insulating layer disposed inside the noise removal portion; first and second external electrodes each connected to the coil portion and disposed on the insulating layer to overlap the noise removal portion; and a third external electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes and contacting the noise removal portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hwi Dae Kim, Dong Hwan Lee, Sang Soo Park, Chan Yoon, Dong Jin Lee, Hye Mi Yoo
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Patent number: 11783992Abstract: An inductive component is disclosed, the inductive component comprising a metal structure, comprising a bare conductor wire, a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are integrally formed with the bare conductor wire, wherein a first thickness of the first electrode is greater than that of the bare conductor wire and a second thickness of the second electrode is greater than that of the bare conductor wire; and a magnetic body encapsulating the bare conductor wire, at least one portion of the first electrode, and at least one portion of the second electrode, wherein the first lateral surface of the first electrode and the second lateral surface of the second electrode are embedded inside the magnetic body.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CYNTEC CO., LTD.Inventors: Pei-I Wei, Cheng-Hao Chang, Shing Tak Li
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Patent number: 11776737Abstract: An inductor element includes a core including a first core portion and a second core portion that are disposed to face each other in a first direction; and a conductor including a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion that are exposed from the core at a predetermined interval therebetween on one side of a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a connecting portion which connects the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion and of which at least a part is interposed between the first core portion and the second core portion. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are disposed to overlap both of the first core portion and the second core portion as seen from the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Chen Wang, Satoshi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11776742Abstract: A connection section of a terminal electrode includes a reference surface, and an end portion of a wire and the connection section of the terminal electrode are connected to each other via a weld lump rising from the reference surface. A cover section to regulate an upper limit of the rise of the wire from the reference surface is provided in the terminal electrode. The cover section is so positioned as to cover at least part of the wire when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the reference surface extends.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Igarashi, Koji Onishi
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Patent number: 11776727Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic portion that includes metal particles and a resin material, a coil conductor embedded in the magnetic portion and having a core portion, and outer electrodes electrically connected to the coil conductor. The magnetic portion includes a magnetic outer coating and a magnetic base having a protrusion portion. The coil conductor is disposed on the magnetic base such that the protrusion portion is located in the core portion. The magnetic outer coating is disposed so as to cover the coil conductor, and the bottom surface of the magnetic base includes a recessed portion in an area opposite to the protrusion portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gota Shinohara, Takuya Ishida
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Patent number: 11767193Abstract: An illustrative example elevator system includes a plurality of elevator cars. A dispatch controller assigns a first one of the elevator cars to travel to a landing in response to a first request for elevator service at that landing. At least one call button is operative to place a second request while the first one of the elevator cars is situated at the landing in response to the first request. The dispatch controller assigns a second one of the elevator cars to travel to the landing in response to the second request.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Bradley Armand Scoville, Sandeep Sudi
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Patent number: 11769619Abstract: A coil component includes a support substrate, a coil portion disposed on one surface of the support substrate and having one end and the other end connected by a plurality of turns, a body in which the support substrate and the coil portion are embedded, a lead portion extending from one end of the coil portion, and an auxiliary lead portion disposed between one end of the coil portion and the other end of the coil portion, and extending from the coil portion to be spaced apart from the lead portion, on one surface of the support substrate. The lead portion and the auxiliary lead portion are exposed to an external surface of the body to be spaced apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kwang Il Park
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Patent number: 11769617Abstract: A laminated coil component in which the reliability can be improved by suppressing a decrease in the bonding strength between an extended conductor layer and an external electrode. The laminated coil component includes an element body; a coil placed inside the element body and including a plurality of coil conductor layers that are electrically connected; and an external electrode formed on an outer surface of the element body and electrically connected to the coil via an extended conductor layer electrically connected to the coil. The extended conductor layer has an average crystal grain size less than an average crystal grain size of each of the coil conductor layers.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Sakai
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Patent number: 11769622Abstract: Disclosed is an inductor device and method of manufacturing the same. The inductor device includes an insulating layer, a coil pattern formed on two opposing surfaces of the insulating layer, a first insulating film and a second insulating film formed with different insulating materials on the coil pattern, and a magnetic member formed to enclose the insulating layer, the coil pattern and the first and the second insulating films. By forming thin dual insulating films having a high adhesive strength and breaking strength on an inductor coil, it is possible to improve Ls characteristics of the inductor device and increase the inductance.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: In-Seok Kim, Yong-Jin Park, Young-Gwan Ko, Youn-Soo Seo, Myung-Sam Kang, Tae-Hong Min
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Patent number: 11763970Abstract: A coil electronic component includes a support substrate including a metal plate having a plurality of through-holes formed therein, a coil pattern disposed on at least a surface of the support substrate and having a core region in the center of the coil pattern, an encapsulant disposed on at least a portion of the support substrate, the coil pattern, and at least a portion of the metal plate, and an external electrode disposed outside of the encapsulant and connected to the coil pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyung Jin Jeon, Soon Kwang Kwon, Seon Woo Oh
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Patent number: 11763980Abstract: A coil component in which a crack is rarely generated around a coil conductor layer. The coil component includes an element body; and a coil provided in the element body and spirally wound along a first direction. The coil has a plurality of coil conductor layers stacked along the first direction. The element body has a vicinity area located in a vicinity of each of the coil conductor layers, and has a non-vicinity area other than the vicinity area. The vicinity area has a pore area rate less than a pore area rate in at least a part of the non-vicinity area.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Sakai
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Patent number: 11763982Abstract: An inductor includes a body in which a plurality of insulating layers on which a plurality of coil patterns are arranged are stacked, and first and second external electrodes disposed inside the body, wherein the plurality of coil patterns are connected by coil connecting portions and form a coil in which opposing ends thereof are connected to the first and second external electrodes, and the first and second external electrodes are directly connected to the opposing ends of the plurality of coil patterns inside the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sa Yong Lee, Mi Sun Hwang