Patents Examined by Vu Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11667803
    Abstract: Curable ink compositions include a curable aromatic monomer composition, and surface treated metal oxide nanoparticles. The surface treated metal oxide nanoparticles are surface treated with a mixture of at least two silane-functional surface treatment agents, at least one aromatic-containing silane-functional surface treatment agent and at least one silane-functional surface treatment agent comprising a co-polymerizable group. The curable ink composition is inkjet printable, having a viscosity of 30 centipoise or less at a temperature of from room temperature to 60° C., and is free from solvents. The curable ink composition, when printed and cured, has a refractive index of 1.55 or greater, and is optically clear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Evan L. Schwartz, Claire Hartmann-Thompson, Sonja S. Mackey, Wayne S. Mahoney, Saswata Chakraborty, Kelly A. Volp
  • Patent number: 11665958
    Abstract: Provided are a compound capable of improving the luminous efficiency, stability and lifespan of an organic electronic device, an organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DUK SAN NEOLUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung Keun Park, Min Ji Jo, Sun Hee Lee, Soung Yun Mun, Yong Wook Park, Jin Woo Shin
  • Patent number: 11663863
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for operating a rotorcraft comprising a plurality of engines configured to provide motive power to the rotorcraft. The rotorcraft is operated in a first flight regime. A target output power range for at least one of the plurality of engines is determined, the target output power range associated with operating the rotorcraft in a second flight regime different from the first flight regime in which at least one first engine of the plurality of engines is operated in an active mode to provide motive power to the rotorcraft and at least one second engine of the plurality of engines is operated in a standby mode to provide substantially no motive power to the rotorcraft. A graphical representation of the target output power range for the second flight regime is produced via a flight display in a cockpit of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Patrick Manoukian, Philippe Beauchesne-Martel, Stephen Mah
  • Patent number: 11655390
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating fluid including: a hydroxy group-containing resin; an inorganic layered compound; and a liquid medium, in which a ratio (outflow time (B)/outflow time (A)) of outflow time (B) of a coating fluid at 5° C. measured by a Zahn cup to outflow time (A) of a coating fluid at 24° C. measured by a Zahn cup is 1.40 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Oosaki, Mizuki Sato, Daisuke Shibata
  • Patent number: 11655316
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards method for modifying a polymer flow index. As an example, a method for modifying a polymer flow index can include providing monomers to a polymerization reactor, providing a chromium catalyst to the polymerization reactor, and providing an active amount of a flow index modifier to the polymerization reactor, wherein the flow index modifier is selected from carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, 2,4-hexadiene, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Charles D. Lester, Mark G. Goode, Timothy R. Lynn, Kevin J. Cann, John H. Moorhouse, William Albert Matthews, Kefu Sun, Francois Alexandre
  • Patent number: 11654939
    Abstract: In an autonomous driving apparatus and method, the apparatus includes a sensor unit, an output unit, a memory, and a processor configured to control the autonomous driving of an ego vehicle based on a map information stored in the memory. The processor generates an actual driving trajectory and an expected driving trajectory of a surrounding vehicle around the ego vehicle based on driving information of the surrounding vehicle detected by the sensor unit and the map information and controls one or more of the driving of the ego vehicle and provides communication with an external organization, based on a state of a passenger detected by the sensor unit when an autonomous driving mode of the ego vehicle is turned off, and based on an autonomous driving risk of the ego vehicle determined based on a trajectory error between the actual driving trajectory and expected driving trajectory of the surrounding vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Hwan Jeon, Jun Han Lee, Hyuk Lee, Soon Jong Jin
  • Patent number: 11655206
    Abstract: Provided are a nitrogen-containing compound, an electronic element, and an electronic device, and the present disclosure belongs to the technical field of organic materials. The structure of the nitrogen-containing compound is as shown in chemical formula (1); and the nitrogen-containing compound can improve the properties of an electronic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHAANXI LIGHTE OPTOELECTRONICS MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Yang, Peng Nan
  • Patent number: 11655384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based ink containing a pigment (A), a water-soluble organic solvent (C), a surfactant (D) and water, in which a content of water in the water-based ink is not less than 40% by mass and not more than 65% by mass, a boiling point of the water-soluble organic solvent (C) is not higher than 230° C., and a content of a high-boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of not lower than 250° C. in the water-based ink is not more than 4% by mass, and the surfactant (D) contains a silicone-based surfactant (d-1) and an acetylene glycol-based surfactant (d-2) which satisfy the following conditions 1 and 2: Condition 1: [(content of component (d-1))/(content of component (C))]×100=0.15 to 4; and Condition 2: [(content of component (d-2))/(content of component (C))]×100=0.35 to 1.65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azusa Kuroda, Yuta Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11651539
    Abstract: Method for generating media content items on demand starts with a processor receiving an animation file including a first metadata based on an animation input. The animation file is associated with a media content identification. The processor generates puppets associated with frames in the animation file using the first metadata. The processor causes a puppet matching interface to be displayed on a client device. The puppet matching interface includes one of the puppets in a first pose. The processor receives a puppet posing input associated with a second pose from the client device. The processor causes the one of the puppets to be displayed in the second pose in the puppet matching interface by the client device. The processor can also generate a second metadata based on the puppet posing input. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Kotsopoulos, Michael Kozakov, Yingying Wang, Nicholas Hendriks, Derek Spencer
  • Patent number: 11648918
    Abstract: A compensation control system is provided for preventing braking inconvenience of a flex brake that compensates for brake hydraulic pressure only for initial braking when a brake mode is forcibly switched, thus allowing a driver to recognize a change in braking force, and thereby improving stability when a vehicle is driven. The control system forcibly switches the brake mode, selected by a driver when a booster system fails, into a normal brake mode, and compensates to reduce the magnitude of brake hydraulic pressure, which is to be reduced when the brake mode is forcibly switched, during initial braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Se-Ra Hwang, Gwan-Hyeong Cha, Gab-Bae Jeon
  • Patent number: 11649372
    Abstract: A coating composition for application to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator. The coating composition includes a carrier and a binder comprising an elastomeric resin in an amount of at least 50 weight %, wherein the elastomeric resin has an Elongation to Break of at least 500% according to DIN 53 504. The coating composition has an Ohnesorge number (Oh) of from about 0.01 to about 12.6. The coating composition has a Reynolds number (Re) of from about 0.02 to about 6,200. The coating composition has a Deborah number (De) of from greater than 0 to about 1730.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: John R. Moore, Michael R. Koerner, Christian Jackson, Bradley A. Jacobs, Shih-Wa Wang, Matthew Irwin, Matthew Boland, Joanne Hardy, Daniel Naugle, Kevin O'Connor, Barry Snyder
  • Patent number: 11647671
    Abstract: Provided are a compound and an organic electro-optical device containing the same. The compound has a structure represented by Formula I. The organic electro-optical device comprises an anode, a cathode, and at least one organic thin film layer located between the cathode and the anode. The molecule of the compound provided by the present disclosure has higher rigidity, a large conjugated system, a deeper LUMO energy level, a higher triplet energy level and good molecular stability, and is not easy to crystallize, and thus the compound can be used as an electron transport material or a hole blocking material of the organic electro-optical device, facilitating the reduction of the turn-on voltage of the device, the improvement of current efficiency and the increase of service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Wenjing Xiao, Wei Gao, Lei Zhang, Wenpeng Dai, Quan Ran, Jinghua Niu
  • Patent number: 11637247
    Abstract: A compound for an organic optoelectronic device is represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein Ar1 may be a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C18 aryl group, L1 may be a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C20 heteroarylene group, or a combination thereof, and L2 may be a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Min Kang, Jun Seok Kim, Nanheon Lee, Byoungkwan Lee, Sangshin Lee, Dongyeong Kim, Min Seok Seo, Eun Sun Yu, Ho Kuk Jung
  • Patent number: 11637327
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can cause a battery component including the functional layer to display a balance of both high blocking resistance and high process adhesiveness. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion. The core portion is formed by a polymer A and the shell portion is formed by a polymer B including not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass % of a cyano group-containing monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Sugimoto, Keiichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11634571
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer (RAHECO) and a plastomer (PL) as well as a process for the preparation of said polypropylene composition and a film obtained from said polypropylene composition (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Markus Gahleitner, Jingbo Wang, Carl-Gustaf Ek, Klaus Bernreitner
  • Patent number: 11634164
    Abstract: An operation selection device includes a memory and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa, Makoto Matsushita, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11623926
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an electroluminescent material which is formed of a compound having a structure of Formula (I), an OLED display panel utilizing the compound and an electronic device having the OLED display panel. The OLED display panel includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic thin film layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic thin film layer comprises an electron transport layer which comprises any one or a combination of at least two of the compounds. The electroluminescent material has a triplet energy level ET of ?2.7 eV, a HOMO energy level of ??5.85 eV, and a glass transition temperature of >120° C. This compound improves luminous efficiency in the OLED display panel and the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Wei Gao, Jinghua Niu, Wenpeng Dai, Yan Lu, Yang Li, Ying Liu
  • Patent number: 11626566
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a mixed layer, an emission layer, and a buffer layer and satisfies one of Equation 1 or Equation 2 and Equation 3: T1(D)?T1(Mix)+0.3 eV??Equation 1 T1(H)?T1(Mix)+0.3 eV??Equation 2 T1(Mix)<T1(Buffer)+0.5 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungjin Chu, Kyungsik Kim, Sungwook Kim, Seulong Kim, Tsuyoshi Naijo, Yunjee Park, Sungsoo Bae, Dongchan Lee, Hyewon Choi, Jaeweon Hur
  • Patent number: 11625963
    Abstract: A management apparatus for managing a work machine capable of operating in a plurality of work modes, comprising: a work information reception unit configured to receive work information of the work machine; a change information reception unit configured to receive, if a work mode of the work machine is changed, work mode change information from the work machine; a storage unit configured to store the work information and the work mode in association with each other; and a specifying unit configured to specify a failure based on information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu Dobashi
  • Patent number: 11618474
    Abstract: A safety system for an autonomous electronic vehicle having a body and a platform. The safety system includes at least one mechanical connection unit and a safety control module. The mechanical connection unit connects the body to the platform, and is transitionable between a first state, in which the body is attached to the platform at the mechanical connection unit, and a second state, in which the body is released from the platform at the mechanical connection unit. The safety control module is programmed to prompt the mechanical connection unit to transition from the first state to the second state under circumstances of an imminent collision event. In some embodiments, the safety control module is programmed to determine a safety path for passengers within the body and/or others in the collision zone based on conditions surrounding the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: David W. Carroll