Patents by Inventor Man To

Man To has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING BIOPOLYMER AND METHOD OF RECOVERING REAGENT FOR SYNTHESIZING BIOPOLYMER
    Publication number: 20090093625
    Abstract: An apparatus for synthesizing a biopolymer includes a reaction chamber, an outlet tube connected to the reaction chamber, a plurality of recovery tanks connected to the outlet tube, and a plurality of recovery valves configured to open or block the passageway between the outlet tube and each of the recovery tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Min Chi, Man-Hyoung Ryoo, Hyeong-Jun Kim, Jung-Hwan Hah, Won-Sun Kim, Sun-Ok Jung
  • Fuel Injector Cleaning Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090090399
    Abstract: A fuel injector cleaning apparatus comprises a platform including a delivery channel, a first orifice adapted for connecting to a source of cleaning fluid and in communication with the delivery channel. An outlet device has one end mounted on the platform and another end for coupling to a fuel injector. A switch device mounted on the outlet device is moveable between a first condition so as to allow the cleaning fluid flow out of the outlet device and a second condition so as to stop the cleaning fluid from flowing out of the outlet device. A pumping device has one end mounted on the platform and another end operably moveable so as to introduce the cleaning fluid into the platform and to the outlet device, whereby the cleaning fluid is released from the outlet device at a predetermined pressure so as to clean the fuel injector thoroughly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Man Lee-Liao
  • Anti-slip footwear
    Publication number: 20090090031
    Abstract: A moisture repellant tread is provided for a positive displacement of moisture to secure the traction in the bottom of a shoe. The tread comprises a base plate and multiple short bundles of absorbent fibers. The base plate has a top surface locally bonded to the outsole with a lateral clearance between the base plate and outsole about the bonded areas, a bottom surface for contacting a floor and multiple closely arranged recesses open to the bottom surface and communicating through smaller openings formed at the top surfaces concentrically of the recesses. The fiber bundles are partially implanted in the recesses for displacing water absorbed from the floor upon contact through the openings at the top surfaces to the lateral clearance whereby the tread secures an increased traction as a wearer steps on the tread through the shoe even on a film of moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Man-Young Jung
  • Wavelength-Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network For Embodying Wavelength-Independent Operation of Wavelength-Locked Fabry-Perot Laser Diodes by Injecting a Low Noise Broadband Light Source
    Publication number: 20090092390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) which embodies wavelength-independence of wavelength-locked Fabry Perot-Laser Diode (F-P LD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Chang-Hee Lee, Ki-Man Choi
  • ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE TUBE
    Publication number: 20090093834
    Abstract: A new concept of an acupuncture needle tube is invented. The needle tube includes a cylindrical body, a large diameter portion defined on the upper portion of the cylindrical body, a small diameter portion defined on the lower portion of the cylindrical body, the small diameter portion extending from the lower end of the large diameter portion to the lower end of the cylindrical body, and a needle gateway formed along with the lateral of the upper and lower tube on the cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Heon Man Sirh
  • Beta-cryptoxanthin production using a novel lycopene beta-monocyclase gene
    Publication number: 20090093015
    Abstract: Novel lycopene beta-monocyclase genes were identified and used to transform a host cell to produce ?-cryptoxanthin. The host cell produces lycopene and is transformed to express the novel lycopene ?-monocyclase that converts lycopene into ?-carotene. The host cell is further transformed to express a lycopene hydroxylase that hydroxylates ?-carotene to 3-hydroxy-?-carotene and a lycopene ?-bicyclase that converts 3-hydroxy-?-carotene to ?-cryptoxanthin. The host cell is grown under conditions whereby ?-carotene is produced which is hydroxylated to 3-hydroxy-?-carotene and which is converted into ?-cryptoxanthin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Kemin Foods, L.C.
    Inventors: Michael Tai-Man Louie, Emily-Jean Fuerst
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090090947
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first area and a second area, a first active structure disposed in the first area, a second active structure disposed in the second area, a first transistor disposed in the first area and a second transistor disposed in the second area. The second active structure may have a height substantially the same as a height of the first active structure. The first transistor includes a first gate structure enclosing an upper portion of the first active structure, a first impurity region formed at a lower portion of the first active structure, and a second impurity region formed at the upper portion of the first active structure. The second transistor includes a second gate structure formed on the second active structure and third impurity regions formed at an upper portion of the second active structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Jae-Man Yoon, Yong-Chul Oh, Hui-Jung Kim, Hyun-Woo Chung, Kang-Uk Kim
  • 6-, 7-, or 8-Substituted Quinazolinone Derivatives and Compositions Comprising and Methods of Using the Same
    Publication number: 20090093504
    Abstract: Provided are quinazolinone compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: George W. Muller, Hon-Wah Man
  • RETRACTOR APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL CORD
    Publication number: 20090090803
    Abstract: A modular cord retractor apparatus includes a spring-driven reel and may be used with a range of different electrical appliances incorporating a dual conductor cord. Fixed and rotating electrical contact pairs provide power to the cord reduce noise and wear. Rotating contacts are disposed at axially opposing ends of an axle assembly supporting the reel. Each rotating contact has a contact surface intersecting the axis and each fixed contact is mounted to a fixed reel mount. The axle assembly includes first and second axle portions of a dielectric material, each receiving a respective electrically-conductive strip, with the rotating contacts located proximate one end of each strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: HON WAY PLASTIC & METAL MFG. CO. LTD
    Inventor: Hon Man Choi
  • Digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to narrow-band illumination from a narrow-band illumination subsystem for a time duration controlled using a photodetector operated independently from said area-type image sensing array
    Patent number: 7513430
    Abstract: A portable digital image capturing and processing system comprising: an image formation and detection subsystem; a narrow-band illumination subsystem; a narrow-band transmission-type optical filter subsystem; an automatic light exposure measurement subsystem; and an automatic illumination control subsystem. The image formation and detection subsystem has an area-type image sensing array for detecting digital images of objects formed thereon by image formation optics providing a field of view (FOV) for the system. Within the FOV of the image formation and detection subsystem, the narrow-band illumination subsystem produces a field of narrow-band illumination consisting essentially of a narrow band of wavelengths of visible illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoxun Zhu, Yong Liu, Ka Man Au, Rui Hou, Hongpeng Yu, Xi Tao, Liang Liu, Wenhua Zhang, Anatoly Kotlarsky, Sankar Ghosh, Michael Schnee, Pasqual Spatafore, Thomas Amundsen, Sung Byun, Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, John Bonanno, C. Harry Knowles
  • Methods for forming damascene wiring structures having line and plug conductors formed from different materials
    Patent number: 7514354
    Abstract: Methods are provided for forming dual damascene interconnect structures using different conductor materials to fill via holes and line trenches. For example, a method for forming an interconnection structure includes depositing dielectric material on a semiconductor substrate and etching the dielectric material to form a dual damascene recess structure including a via hole and trench. A layer of first conductive material is then conformally deposited to fill the via hole with the first conductive material, and the layer of first conductive material is etched to remove the first conductive material from the trench and an upper region of the via hole below the trench. A layer of second conductive material is then deposited to fill the trench and upper region of the via hole with the second conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ki-Chul Park, Ja-Hum Ku, Seung-Man Choi
  • Stacked multi-chip package with EMI shielding
    Patent number: 7514774
    Abstract: A stacked multi-chip package with an EMI shielded component has first and second substrates mounted together by a grid array of metallic connecting nodes, such as a solder Ball Grid Array. Each substrate has a conductive plane associated with it. An electronic component is mounted between the first and second substrates and is surrounded by a group of the metallic connecting nodes that are also electrically connected to the conductive planes of both substrates to form a conductive Faraday cage about the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Lap Wai Leung, Yu-Chih Chen, Man-Lung Sham, Chang-Hwa Chung
  • Method for transmitting input/output requests from a first controller to a second controller
    Patent number: 7516356
    Abstract: Provided are a method for monitoring paths between a first controller and second controller. A determination is made as to whether one path has been unavailable for a predetermined time period in response to detecting that the path is unavailable. Indication is made that the path is in a first failed state if the path has been unavailable for more than the predetermined time period and indication is made that the path is in a second failed state if the path has not been unavailable for the predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Chien-Chiung Chen, Chung Man Fung, Patricia Chiung Lu, Minh-Ngoc Le Huynh
  • FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090085218
    Abstract: A flash memory device may include a first insulating layer on a base insulating layer on a substrate, a lower wire layer that fills a trench in the first insulating layer, a first insulating interlayer and a second insulating layer stacked in sequence on the first insulating layer and the lower wire layer, a middle wire layer that fills a trench in the second insulating layer, and a second insulating interlayer and an upper wire layer stacked in sequence on the middle wire layer, wherein the lower wire layer. The middle wire layer and the upper wire layer may be electrically connected to each other and the first insulating layer may include a low-k layer in contact with the base insulating layer. In addition, each of the first insulating interlayer, the second insulating layer, and the second insulating interlayer may include an FSG layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheon Man SHIM
  • SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG UNIT
    Publication number: 20090085329
    Abstract: A side curtain air bag unit includes a cover; an air bag housed in the cover; at least one mounting flap extending from the air bag and fastened to a vehicle body; a ramp holding the air bag and cover therein, mounted adjacent to an upper end of a B-pillar trim to guide deployment of the air bag such that the B-pillar trim does not interfere with the deployment; and a fastening member having a first end secured to the cover, and a second end which passes through the ramp and is secured to the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Dae Young Kwak, Eung Man Kim
  • LINE MARKER
    Publication number: 20090084868
    Abstract: A line marker includes a main body and a rod. The main body has a wheel axle set at a bottom of its front side and rear side respectively and the wheel axle has two wheels fitted at its two ends. The main body also includes a paint-spraying base having a positioning hole and a pressing block located below and paralleled the positioning hole with a proper distance for pressing a spraying head to start spraying. The rod is connected with the main body by its lower portion, having a lever fixed at its upper end, connected with a pulling line by its one end. The pulling line has its other end connected with the pressing block to activate it to move. So, controlling the lever to pull the pulling line, the pressing block can be moved to activate the paint spray can to carry out spraying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
  • Ultrasonic distance sensor and robot cleaner using the same
    Publication number: 20090088900
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an ultrasonic distance sensor that is capable of extending an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a wave transmitter to sense the distance between an object located in a wide region and an installation body having the sensor installed therein and a robot cleaner using the same. The ultrasonic distance sensor includes a wave transmitter to transmit an ultrasonic wave, an ultrasonic wave extender to extend the ultrasonic wave, and a wave receiver to receive the ultrasonic wave reflected from an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Won Kim, Kyung Hwan Yoo, Jun Pvo Hong, Jae Man Joo, Woo Ran Chung
  • Biosensor using nanoscale material as transistor channel and method of fabricating the same
    Publication number: 20090085072
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a biosensor using a nanoscale material as a channel of a transistor and a method of fabricating the same. A biosensor according to example embodiments may include a plurality of insulating films. A first signal line and a second signal line may be interposed between the plurality of insulating films. A semiconductor nanostructure may be disposed on the plurality of insulating films, the semiconductor nanostructure having a first side electrically connected to the first signal line and a second side electrically connected to the second signal line. A plurality of probes may be coupled to the semiconductor nanostructure. A biosensor according to example embodiments may have a reduced analysis time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Moon-Sook Lee, Byeong-Ok Cho, Man-Hyoung Ryoo, Takahiro Yasue, Jung-Hwan Hah
  • SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090085184
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same, and more particularly, a semiconductor package and a method of fabricating the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first package that comprises a first substrate, at least one first semiconductor chip stacked on the first substrate, and first conductive pads exposed on a top surface of the first substrate; a second package disposed below the first package such that the second package comprises a second substrate, at least one second semiconductor chip, and second conductive pads exposed on a bottom surface of the second substrate; and a connection unit that extends from the first conductive pads to the second conductive pads such that the connection unit covers a side surface of the first package and a side surface of the second package in order to electrically connect the first package to the second package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Sang SONG, In-Ku KANG, Kyung-Man KIM
  • Card connector
    Patent number: D589894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei Chiao Hung, Hsin Tsung Ho, Shu Man Chiang