Patents Examined by Ramon Barrera
  • Patent number: 8754731
    Abstract: A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes at least one coil with a passage extending through the coil in an axial direction. The solenoid further includes a plunger configured to move in the axial direction within the passage. The plunger includes a cylindrical outer surface with a substantially uniform diameter and a circumferential notch. The cylindrical outer surface includes a first portion with a first diameter on one side of the circumferential notch, and a second portion with the first diameter on an opposite side of the circumferential notch. The circumferential notch includes a portion with a second diameter that is less than the first diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Remy Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Santichen, Michael D. Bradfield
  • Patent number: 8737051
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a cover and a display module mounted on the cover, the cover includes a cover body and a seal gasket molded on the cover body, the seal gasket is molded from thermosetting rubber. The seal gasket is permanently clamped between the cover body and the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Nai-Lin Yang, Hai-Bo Li, Wei Gong, Min Zhuo
  • Patent number: 8737082
    Abstract: An electronic component and housing interlocking system is provided. The system includes a device housing configured to hold a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a projection from a side of the printed circuit board. The system also includes a locking member having a tab coupled at a first end of the tab to a side wall of the device housing and free at a second end of the tab such that the tab is configured to flex about the first end when the printed circuit board is slid into the device housing and the projection is pushed against the second end of the tab. The tab includes an opening configured to receive the projection after being slid past the second end such that the tab engages the printed circuit board within the device housing in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Soon Seng Kang
  • Patent number: 8729994
    Abstract: The invention refers to a Rotary Solenoid comprising a stator and rotor that can rotate around a rotational axis. The rotor has a rotor shaft on which a rotor disc is arranged. The rotor disc is, seen in the direction of the circumference, polarized alternating magnetically. The stator carries at least one coil. On the coil windings of electrically conducting wire are provided. For guiding the magnetic flow of the magnetic field generated by the coil a pole face consisting of several partial pole faces is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: SVM Schultz Verwaltungs-GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Winfried Willburger, Daniel Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 8729989
    Abstract: A magnetic trigger mechanism is provided. The magnetic trigger mechanism operates in conjunction with a plurality of magnetic sensors. The magnetic trigger mechanism includes: a magnet; a body, with its one side provided with a recess and its other side located near the plurality of magnetic sensors; and a moveable section, provided in the recess in a movable manner, comprising an accommodating space for restraining the magnet therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Ching-Tang Chang
  • Patent number: 8729995
    Abstract: In one aspect, a fuel injector includes an injector body that defines a fuel inlet, a drain outlet and a nozzle outlet. A direct operated check valve is positioned in the injector body and includes a needle valve member with an opening hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in a nozzle supply passage, and a closing hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in a needle control chamber. The needle valve member is movable between a first position at which the nozzle supply passage is blocked to the nozzle outlet, and a second position at which the nozzle supply passage is open to the nozzle outlet. A needle control valve is positioned in the injector body and includes a control valve member movable between a first position at which the needle control chamber is fluidly connected to the drain outlet, and a second position at which the needle control chamber is fluidly blocked to the drain outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jayaraman Venkataraghavan, John McDonnell, Nadeem Bunni, Christopher D. Hanson
  • Patent number: 8724302
    Abstract: Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Otto Whitt, III, Eric Joseph Wahl, David C. Vandervoort, Todd David Pleake, Rob Huala, Summer L. Schneider, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Matthew David Mickelson, Joel Lawrence Pelley, Timothy C. Shaw, Ralf Groene, Hua Wang, Christopher Harry Stoumbos, Karsten Aagaard
  • Patent number: 8718309
    Abstract: In the invention a speaker apparatus acoustically combines the earpiece and hands free functions. Thus a speaker has acoustically separated functions for acting as the earpiece and as the hands free. The speaker apparatus has a back cavity having an outlet so that the damped sound of the outlet operates as the earpiece. The front of the speaker apparatus operates as the louder hands free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Weskström, Benedict Slotte
  • Patent number: 8717131
    Abstract: An improved panel system for covering a glass or plastic surface is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts, James L. Richards
  • Patent number: 8707895
    Abstract: A device for applying a magnetic field to a container comprises an adjustable magnetic field generator. The adjustable magnetic field generator is adjacent to the container and has a magnet having one magnetic pole adjacent a wall of the container and another magnetic pole away from the wall of the container. The adjustable magnetic field generator comprises a magnet. The intensity of magnetic field applied to the container gradually decreases from the container wall adjacent the magnetic pole of the magnet to the opposite container wall. Method for coloring anode coatings using the device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Shu-Xiang Zhou, Chia-Wen Tsao
  • Patent number: 8704621
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes: a main body including: a first cover; an electromagnet having a first terminal extending toward the outside from a bottom surface of the first cover; and a contact portion that opens and closes according to a magnetic attractive force of the electromagnet, and has a second terminal extending toward the outside from the bottom surface of the first cover; a cable line drawn out to the outside of the electromagnetic relay; and a printed circuit board that fixes the cable line to at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal by dip soldering, and electrically connects the cable line to the at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Yoichi Hasegawa, Takashi Yuba, Daiel Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 8704622
    Abstract: A switch arrangement for electric currents has at least two contacts to be closed and opened. At least one of the contacts is formed by sections of an electrically conductive pathway of a foil. At least one magnet assigned to the foil. At least one magnetic component is placeable in the magnetic field of the magnet and facing the magnet on the other side of the foil. When the magnetic body is placed in the magnetic field of the magnet it is attracted to the magnet causing the foil to be squeezed and the contacts to make contact, closing the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventor: Martin Koepsell
  • Patent number: 8698583
    Abstract: An improved magnetic attachment system is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts
  • Patent number: 8698094
    Abstract: A permanent magnetic lens array for charged-particle focusing includes a first sheet of soft magnetic material, wherein the first sheet of soft magnetic material includes a plurality of snorkel cone protrusions arranged in an array pattern, wherein each snorkel cone is axially symmetric and includes an opening passing from a first surface of the first sheet of soft magnetic material to a second surface of soft magnetic material, and a plurality of permanent magnetic elements, wherein each permanent magnetic element is axially symmetric and arranged concentrically with a snorkel cone of the first sheet of soft magnetic material, wherein the snorkel cones of the first sheet of soft magnetic material and the plurality of permanent magnetic elements are configured to form a plurality of magnetic lenses, wherein each magnetic lens has a magnetic field with an axial component oriented perpendicular to the first surface of the soft magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Sears, Mehran Nasser-Ghodsi, Khashayar Shadman
  • Patent number: 8699215
    Abstract: Flexible hinge spine techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Otto Whitt, III, Eric Joseph Wahl, David C. Vandervoort, Todd David Pleake, Rob Huala, Summer L. Schneider, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Matthew David Mickelson, Joel Lawrence Pelley, Timothy C. Shaw, Ralf Groene, Hua Wang, Christopher Harry Stoumbos, Karsten Aagaard
  • Patent number: 8692637
    Abstract: A magnetic force profile system and related methods and devices based on a sequence of magnets arranged according to a code and acting on a complementary sequence of non-polarized magnetic attraction elements, for example, iron, soft iron, steel, and others. Variations include the addition of polarity codes to the first sequence of magnets, and operation with electromagnets. Exemplary attachment devices and lock and key devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research LLC
    Inventors: James L. Richards, Larry W. Fullerton, Mark Roberts
  • Patent number: 8687377
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a housing, a circuit board, and a module. The circuit board is located in the housing, and includes a first surface and a second surface located opposite the first surface. The module is provided on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a first notch and a connection portion to be connected to the housing at the periphery. The first notch is provided with a second notch extending toward an area between the connection portion and a module fixation area where the module is fixed on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaru Harashima, Norihiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 8680957
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay (1) is formed by assembling a drive part (30), mobile body (50) that moves when the drive part (30) is driven, and a plurality of contact mechanisms (60, 70) that switch the contact and separation of contacts (61d, 62d, 71d, 72d) by the movement of the mobile body (50) in a body (40). Furthermore, a partition wall (21) is provided inside a case (20), which is fitted over the body (40), and a latching part (42) is provided in a location on the body (40) corresponding to the partition wall (21). In the state where the case (20) is fitted over the body (40), the front end of the partition wall (21) is latched to the latching part (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Kato
  • Patent number: 8674796
    Abstract: A relay includes: a plurality of fixed terminals arranged to have fixed contacts; and a movable contact member arranged to have a plurality of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts. The relay further includes: a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member such that the respective movable contacts come into contact with the corresponding fixed contacts; a plurality of first vessels provided corresponding to the respective fixed terminals and arranged to have insulating property; a second vessel joined with the plurality of first vessels; and an air-tight space formed by the plurality of fixed terminals, the plurality of first vessels and the second vessel to allow the movable contact member and the respective fixed contacts to be placed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima
  • Patent number: 8674795
    Abstract: A magnetic actuator unit is provided for a circuit breaker, such as a medium voltage vacuum circuit breaker. The magnetic actuator unit includes a core, a coil, an actuating shaft, a first movable plate, a second movable plate, and a non-magnetic flat insert arranged between the core and the second movable plate. The magnetic actuator unit configured to switch the circuit breaker ON and OFF by moving the first movable plate between an ON position and an OFF position. The non-magnetic flat insert and the second movable plate are configured to adjust a holding force of the magnetic actuator unit provided by the second movable plate at the OFF position. The holding force is sufficient for holding the second movable plate at the OFF position against outer forces that are acting on the magnetic actuator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Christian Reuber