Patents Examined by Richard Chang
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Patent number: 9860910Abstract: A method and an apparatus for obtaining a mapping between a random access parameter and a resource are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention, where the method includes: obtaining a random access parameter list, and obtaining a serial number of a parameter in the random access parameter list; obtaining a resource list; and obtaining a mapping between the random access parameter and a common enhanced dedicated channel resource in the resource list according to the obtained serial number of the random access parameter and the total number of resources in the obtained resource list, so that a network side device determines, according to the random access parameter sent by a UE, whether a corresponding common enhanced dedicated channel resource is available. In this way, a mapping between a signature and a default common E-DCH resource can be defined, and a problem of relatively low random access efficiency is solved.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lingli Pang, Xiaoxiao Zheng, Xueli Ma, Fan Wang
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Patent number: 9853854Abstract: An example method includes selecting, by a network device, a remote LFA next hop as an alternate next hop for forwarding network traffic from the network device to a destination, wherein the selected remote LFA next hop provides node protection to a primary next hop node on the shortest path from the network device to the destination. The method includes, for each candidate remote LFA next hop, performing a forward shortest path first (SPF) computation having the respective candidate remote LFA next hop as a root to compute a path segment between the respective candidate remote LFA next hop and the destination, wherein each of the candidate remote LFA next hops is the egress of a respective potential repair tunnel between the network device and candidate remote LFA next hop, and selecting the remote LFA next hop based at least in part on the computed path segments.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Pushpasis Sarkar, Hannes Gredler, Shraddha Hegde, Harish Raghuveer
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Patent number: 9845705Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for dressing centering a bearing compartment in a gas turbine engine. A nut may be inserted through an outer case of a gas turbine engine. The nut may be coupled to a strut which centers a bearing compartment. The nut may be rotated to achieve a desired tension on the strut to center the bearing compartment. A retaining plate comprising a collar may be positioned over the nut. A swaging tool comprising a swaging ramp may be positioned over the nut. The swaging tool may be forced against the retaining plate using a draw-in bolt. The swaging ramp may contact the collar and form indentations in the collar to lock the nut in place.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Tim R. Bedard, Steven J. Bauer, Christine F. McGinnis
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Patent number: 9839962Abstract: An outer member and an inner member constituting a wheel bearing device are assembled and the brake rotor is fixed to the hub ring of the inner member. In this state, the pad slide surfaces of the brake rotor are lathed with the reference provided by a wheel pilot end surface. Alternatively, the wheel pilot end surface of the hub ring by chucking the knuckle pilot of the outer member with the wheel bearing device put in its assembled state, and the pad slide surfaces of the brake rotor are lathed with the reference provided by the wheel pilot end surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyotake Shibata, Kazunari Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Shigeoka, Taku Nishiki, Kazuo Komori, Takao Maeda
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Patent number: 9839291Abstract: A method of manufacturing a connecting rod is provided. The method includes the steps of (1) forming, on a long rod material, a rotation transmitting portion having a non-circular cross section; (2) cutting the rod material to provide the rotation transmitting portion at each of both ends; and (3) forming, by cutting work, a small-diameter column portion and a tapered portion at a first end of the cut rod material from a tip-end side. The small-diameter column portion has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rotation transmitting portion. The tapered portion is provided continuously from the small-diameter column portion and gradually increases in diameter. The rotation transmitting portion is provided continuously from the tapered portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hirohito Aoi, Tomohiro Enokijima
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Patent number: 9828918Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting an inner radial surface of a radial member of a turbomachine from corrosion are provided. The method may include shaping the inner radial surface of the radial member and a corresponding outer radial surface of a corrosion-resistant liner. The method may also include heating the radial member to increase a diameter of the inner radial surface of the radial member, and inserting at least a portion of the corrosion-resistant liner into the radial member. The method may further include attaching the corrosion-resistant liner to the inner radial surface of the radial member to thereby protect the inner radial surface of the radial member of the turbomachine from corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Dresser-Rand CompanyInventors: Byron L. Mohr, David C. Seib
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Patent number: 9826805Abstract: Provided is a jewelry ring comprising a substrate, a first coating of a metallic nitride or a metallic boride, and an external metallic coating. Also provided is a metallic article comprising a substrate comprising tungsten carbide, cobalt, tungsten, titanium, titanium carbide, zirconium, tantalum or aluminum; a first coating of a metallic nitride or a metallic boride; and an external metallic coating. A method for making a jewelry ring comprising a substrate, a first coating of a metallic nitride or a metallic boride, and an external metallic coating is additionally provided. Further provided is a method for making a metallic article comprising a substrate comprising tungsten carbide, cobalt, tungsten, titanium, titanium carbide, zirconium, tantalum or aluminum; a first coating of a metallic nitride or a metallic boride; and an external metallic coating.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Frederick Goldman, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Derrig
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Patent number: 9821356Abstract: A rigid coupler for use in electrically isolating an electrically conductive fluid conveyance system is described. The rigid coupler includes a nonconductive liner having a first end configured to couple to a first adjoining section of the fluid conveyance system, and a second end, opposite said first end, configured to couple to a second adjoining section of the fluid conveyance system. A reinforcing structure circumscribes the nonconductive liner and is coupled to a portion of the nonconductive liner extending between the first and second ends of the nonconductive liner. The reinforcing structure includes a multi-axial braided fiber material impregnated with a matrix material. A fiber overwrap is hoop wound about at a least a portion of the reinforcing structure between the first and second ends of the nonconductive liner.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: David Cohen, Arvid J. Berg, James P. Irwin
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Patent number: 9821365Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a camshaft for an internal combustion engine a metal tubular element is expanded within a mold with the aid of a fluid at high pressure fed into the tubular element and with a simultaneous axial compression of the tubular element. The cams of the camshaft are formed in subsequent steps, starting from intermediate cams and ending with end cams. In a first step of the method, the intermediate cams are formed in a first mold. In a subsequent step, the end cams are formed within auxiliary molds which surround, only throughout a predetermined length, end portions of the tubular element which project from the mold which surrounds the already formed intermediate cams. In this subsequent step, the tubular element is compressed axially by axially displacing two clamp members, which grip and surround completely, throughout a predetermined length, the end portions of the tubular element which project outwardly from the auxiliary molds.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Marco Colosseo, Daniele Bassan
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Patent number: 9815103Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel foil 2 with a thickness equal to or less than 300 ?m is disposed to face a punch 12, and the stainless steel foil 2 is subjected to drawing in a state in which an annular region 2a of the stainless steel foil 2 that is in contact with a shoulder portion 12d of the punch 12 is set to a temperature up to 30° C. and an external region 2b outside the annular region 2a is set to a temperature of from 40° C. to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsunari Norita, Norimasa Miura
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Patent number: 9807626Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a processing method of a wireless fidelity technology and a user equipment, where implementation of the method includes: detecting whether a radio link failure occurs at an air interface of a wireless fidelity network; resetting a bottom layer of the wireless fidelity network, and suspending a radio bearer to an access point of the wireless fidelity network, when it is detected that the radio link failure occurs at the air interface of the wireless fidelity network, during a process that a base station distributes mobile data for a user equipment by using the wireless fidelity technology; and restoring the radio bearer to the access point of the wireless fidelity network, when the resetting of the bottom layer of the wireless fidelity network is completed, and it is detected that the air interface of the wireless fidelity network is restored to be normal.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Wen Gao
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Patent number: 9806863Abstract: A mobile station device transmits channel quality indicators for a plurality of system bands, wherein each of the plurality of system bands includes a plurality of subbands comprising a set of contiguous resource blocks, and wherein each of the channel quality indicators is derived to satisfy a condition assuming a subband of the plurality of subbands, and wherein the number of the resource blocks within the subband is based on a frequency bandwidth of a system band of the plurality of system bands and the system band includes the subband.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshizo Nogami, Shohei Yamada
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Patent number: 9802664Abstract: Methods for welding motor vehicle body component subassemblies at a weld stations are disclosed. First and second pallets may be arranged for reciprocal movement between a load/unload station and the weld station and the pallets are alternately moved from a load/unload station to the weld station while the other pallet is moved from the weld station to a load/unload station. Each pallet may have a plurality of substations for receipt of component subassemblies and, while each pallet is at the load/unload station, the component subassembly at each substation is moved to the next successive substation and a further component is added to the moved component.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Comau LLCInventor: Velibor Kilibarda
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Patent number: 9802238Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel foil 2 with a thickness equal to or less than 300 ?m is disposed to face a punch 12, and the stainless steel foil 2 is subjected to drawing in a state in which an annular region 2a of the stainless steel foil 2 that is in contact with a shoulder portion 12d of the punch 12 is set to a temperature up to 30° C. and an external region 2b outside the annular region 2a is set to a temperature of from 40° C. to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsunari Norita, Norimasa Miura
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Patent number: 9807684Abstract: A machine-to-machine device is configured to execute an application and comprises a cellular network interface for wireless communication of data for the application with a cellular network. It has subscription information allowing it to register with more than one cellular network. The device may be registered with one cellular network, selected as having a received signal quality measurement of at least a predetermined level that is based upon a quality of service level defined by the application. It is also provided that the device may identify that a quality measurement for a packet-switched communication link fails to meet a predetermined level. In response, the machine-to-machine device may be deregistered from one cellular network and registered with another cellular network.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing LimitedInventor: Martin Bell
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Patent number: 9794765Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless local area network discovery method, a device, and a system. The method specifically includes: acquiring an access point (AP) identifier of an AP of a wireless local area network and a first measurement result that is obtained by a first user equipment UE, where the AP identifier is associated with the first measurement result; acquiring a second measurement result that is obtained by a second UE; and determining, according to the second measurement result and the first measurement result, whether the second UE is located within coverage of the AP. By using the technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention, it may be determined that the second UE is located within the coverage of the AP, and the AP is accurately accessed when it is necessary.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haiyan Luo, Tianle Deng
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Patent number: 9790798Abstract: A method is provided of processing one or more blades of a row of blades which forms part of a rotor for a gas turbine engine. The method includes: providing a rotor disc having a slot for mounting one or more blades; applying tape at one or both sides of the slot such that when the blades are loaded in the slot the tape reduces a range of tilt angles which can be adopted by the blades; loading the blades in the slot; and performing a processing operation on the loaded blades.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Gemma Alexandra Raven, Christopher Jonathan Taylor, Alexander David May, Andrew Alan Robert Baird
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Patent number: 9783965Abstract: A method for manufacturing a main body of a faucet comprises separately molding a base body in which a valve V is installed, a first part in which a hot water passage and connecting portion are formed, a second part in which the cold water inlet and a connecting portion are formed, and a third part in which a water discharge port and connecting portion are formed, the base body and three parts being formed of a composition of ABS resin and glass fibers and combining the base body with the connecting portions of the three parts; integrating the base body and three parts into a main body of a faucet by overlaying the surfaces of the combined main body with ABS resin molten at temperate of 190° C. to 210° C. by injection molding process; and plating nickel-chromium on the exterior of the main body for protection of external molding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Inventor: Byung Gyou Song
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Patent number: 9788315Abstract: Provided is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission method of a base station for a mobile communication system based on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). The method includes acquiring downlink control information of a resource corresponding to a carrier among a plurality of carriers, identifying at least one Control Channel Element (CCE) index based on an indicator of the carrier among the plurality of carriers, generating a PDCCH for the downlink control information based on the identified CCE index, and transmitting the PDCCH through a predetermined carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jae Chon Yu, Jin Kyu Han, Youn H. Heo, Joon Young Cho, Ju Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9781701Abstract: According to an aspect of this disclosure, a radio communication device is provided including a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology; a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Short Range radio communication technology; a first processor configured to control the first transceiver to receive and transmit data packets in accordance with a first data transmission frame; a second processor configured to control the second transceiver to receive and transmit data packets in accordance with a second data transmission frame; wherein the first processor is further configured to control the first transceiver such that the first transceiver does not transmit a data packet during at least a time period provided for a first transmission of a respective data packet transmitted by the second transceiver in accordance with the second data transmission frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Bruno Jechoux, Francois Deparis, Matthias Hofmann, Volker Aue