Patents Issued in June 10, 2014
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Patent number: 8747087Abstract: In some examples, a scroll pump 10 may include two scrolls, which are co-operable for pumping fluid from an inlet to an outlet on relative orbiting motion of the scrolls. Each scroll may include a respective scroll base from which a respective scroll wall extends generally axially towards the base of the opposing scroll. At least a first portion of one or each of the respective scroll walls has formed in an axial end face thereof a plurality of pockets distributed along the first portion for disrupting leakage of fluid from a high pressure side of the scroll wall to a low pressure side of the scroll wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Edwards LimitedInventors: Clive Frederick Collie, Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook
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Patent number: 8747088Abstract: A compressor may include a compressor housing, an oil sump, an intake chamber, a compression mechanism, a drive shaft, and a first oil passage. The oil sump may be in communication with the compression mechanism. The intake chamber may be defined within the housing. The drive shaft may include first and second ends with an oil inlet passage located therebetween. The first end may be disposed within the intake chamber and may be drivingly engaged with the compression mechanism. The second end may extend outside of the housing for driven engagement external to the housing. The oil inlet passage may be located within the intake chamber. The first oil passage may be disposed within the housing and in communication with the oil sump and the oil inlet passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John P. Elson, Jeffrey L. Berning, John P. Sheridan
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Patent number: 8747089Abstract: An O-ring has a shape including a first portion that is arranged side by side with a suction port in an axial direction, a second portion that is arranged side by side with a suction port, and a third portion that connects these portions. The first portion and the second portion are arranged to be displaced from each other in the axial direction. The third portion is arranged to extend in a direction different from a circumferential direction between the suction port and the suction port when a pump body is viewed in a radial direction. Thus, the suction ports can be located closer to each other in the axial direction. Therefore, the axial direction length of the pump body can be reduced, and size reduction of a rotary pump device can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignees: Advics Co., Ltd., Denso CorporationInventors: Yuki Nakamura, Kunihito Ando, Nobuhiko Yoshioka, Takahiro Naganuma, Tomoaki Kawabata
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Patent number: 8747090Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a driving element which is provided inside a sealed container; and a rotary compression element which is provided inside the sealed container so as to be located below the driving element. A refrigerant discharge pipe is inserted from a side surface of the sealed container above the driving element into the sealed container, and is opened in the horizontal direction. A refrigerant compressed by the rotary compression element is discharged from a discharge hole into the sealed container, and is discharged from the refrigerant discharge pipe to the outside of the sealed container. The position of the discharge hole is set to a position below an area A1 on the opposite side of the opening direction of the refrigerant discharge pipe from a line L1 passing an opening surface of the refrigerant discharge pipe and perpendicular to the opening direction of the refrigerant discharge pipe.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Takashi Sato
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Patent number: 8747091Abstract: A water injection type screw compressor wherein gas sucked from an intake flow is supplied to a rotor chamber, compressed and discharged into a discharge channel as compressed fluid together with water supplied to the rotor chamber, comprises a water separator disposed in the discharge channel to separate water and gas from compressed fluid, a water channel connecting the water separator to a compressor main body for supplying the rotor chamber with the water separated in the water separator, and an oil circulation channel including an oil pump, an oil filter, and a housing for storing oil for supplying the oil to where lubrication is needed. Further, a part of the water channel is arranged passing through an oil trap formed at the bottom inside the housing for storing oil. Thus, oil temperature increases can be minimized in simplified structure having no oil cooling means such as an oil cooler.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventor: Toru Noguchi
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Patent number: 8747092Abstract: The invention disclosed apparatuses and methods to do nanoimprint lithography using a deformable mold. Generally, the apparatus has a chamber with a transparent section on its top wall, which is capable of vacuuming and pressurizing. The deformable mold fixed firmly onto a hollow mold holder around its full periphery is attached to top inner surface of the chamber and positioned underneath the transparent section. The central area of the mold is freely accessible from underneath through the opening of the mold holder. An enclosed volume referring to mold mini-chamber is formed between the mold/holder and top wall of the chamber. Inside chamber, a stage assembly is installed. A chuck to vacuumly hold a substrate is mounted on top of the stage assembly. At beginning of the imprinting, the substrate with a layer of resist is positioned underneath the mold at a predetermined gap between them. Then, the substrate is moved up to contact with the mold either under vacuum or under atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Nanonex CorporationInventors: Wei Zhang, Hua Tan, Lin Hu, Stephen Y. Chou
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Patent number: 8747093Abstract: A spinneret for producing nanofibers from a viscous liquid using electrostatic spinning in an electric field is described. The spinneret includes one or more narrow annular bodies radially centered about and axially spaced along a central axis. The annular bodies may be discs, rings, or coils.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Deakin UniversityInventors: Tong Lin, Xungai Wang, Xin Wang, Haitao Niu
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Patent number: 8747094Abstract: A multilayer molding apparatus, comprising: a fixed platen; a movable platen; an intermediate platen positioned between the fixed platen and the movable platen to be movable in the direction to come close or be opened, and having a surface facing the fixed platen, a surface facing the movable platen, and a housing space that goes therethrough from the surface facing the fixed platen to the surface facing the movable platen; and a rotary platen rotatably supported by the intermediate platen inside the housing space of the intermediate platen, and having at least one pair of parallel surfaces facing the fixed platen and the movable platen, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the intermediate platen facing the fixed platen and the movable platen is a mold mounting surface on which a mold can be mounted directly or indirectly.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: UBE Machinery Corporation, Ltd.Inventors: Akio Okamoto, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Toshikazu Iwamoto, Atsushi Shinada, Etsuji Ota
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Patent number: 8747095Abstract: In a mold clamping mechanism for an injection molding machine, a mold platen stiffness adjusting plate is attached to a mold platen (a movable platen, a fixed platen) at the mold attachment surface thereof. The mold platen stiffness adjusting plate is provided, at the mold attachment surface thereof, with elements for mold attachment that have the same shapes and are arranged on the same places as those provided on the mold platen at the mold attachment surface thereof. Accordingly, the same mold can be attached to the mold platen stiffness adjusting plate attached to the mold platen, and can also be attached to the mold platen from which the mold platen stiffness adjusting plate is detached.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventors: Satoshi Takatsugi, Koichi Nishimura, Masatoshi Senga
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Patent number: 8747096Abstract: A system includes a plane or a plate constituting a mobile traverse or a fixed platen of a press, a half-die associated to the traverse, at least a first hole afforded in the traverse or in the half-die and aligned with a second hole afforded respectively in the half-die or in the traverse, a third hole intersecting the second hole and opening externally on an edge of the traverse or the half-die, connector having a part blocked in the first hole and a part inserted in the second hole, blocking member activatable from outside located in the third hole such as to act on the part of the connector inserted in the second hole, where the first hole and the part of the connector inserted therein are independent of the orientation of the connector in the first hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' CooperativaInventors: Marco Fini, Rossano Mosca
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Patent number: 8747097Abstract: Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLCInventor: Nathaniel B. Pettis
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Patent number: 8747098Abstract: A thermoplastic pultrusion die system for pultruding a thermoplastic composite includes a first pultrusion die member with a curved, concave top surface; a second pultrusion die member with a curved, convex bottom surface; a curved die cavity gap formed between the a curved, concave top surface of the first pultrusion die member and the curved, convex bottom surface of the second pultrusion die member; a die cavity gap adjustment mechanism that imparts movement to at least one of the first pultrusion die member and the second pultrusion die member to vary the die cavity gap from closed to a specified location to open at a specified location; a pultrusion gripper mechanism having one or more grippers in series, and a computer numerical control (CNC) computer system controlling the die cavity gap adjustment mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Ebert Composites CorporationInventors: David W. Johnson, Scott A. Garrett, Stephen G. Moyers
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Patent number: 8747099Abstract: A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed, at least one of the cavity blocks including an ejection mechanism ejecting the molded part and including at least one ejector movable between a molding position and an ejection position. The ejector is guided to move between its two positions along a curved path, or a circular arc, of shape that corresponds to a shape of a portion of the mold part to be extracted from the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Philippe Bouthemy, Serge Dillenseger, Patrick Pourfilet, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
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Patent number: 8747100Abstract: An injection mold assembly for manufacturing multiple-component articles includes opposed first and second mold halves and mold cores carried by the first mold half. Each of the mold cores is mounted for rotation between a first position and a second position about an axis of rotation. The mold halves are mounted for movement in reciprocal directions along an axis of reciprocation between an open position and a closed position forming molding cavities between the mold cores and the second mold halves. The axes of rotation of the mold cores are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Tech Mold, Inc.Inventor: Tod M. Grimm
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Patent number: 8747101Abstract: The present invention provides a burner design and method for a high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) liquid fuel gun that generates turbulent atomization and uses one or more jets as an injection method for liquid fuel and oxygen to improve the combustion inside the combustion chamber. The burner uses preheated oxygen and preheated fuel to improve vaporization prior to combustion of the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sulzer Metco (US) Inc.Inventors: William P. Rusch, Mark Spaulding, Martin Hacker
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Patent number: 8747102Abstract: An ignitor spark indicator 100 is described that monitors RF signals within a flame rod 25 located near a spark rod 23. The signal from the flame rod 25 is processed to provide a waveform that indicates when electrical arcing is occurring. The indication when arcing is occurring is also provided to flame-detecting equipment. The flame-proving device 60 only operates when the arcing is not produced so that the flame-detecting device 60 does not confuse the arcing with a flame reducing the false positive determinations.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: ALSTROM Technology LtdInventors: Stanley Joseph Boguszewski, Paul Herbert Chase
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Patent number: 8747103Abstract: Apparatus for sensing the presence of a flame issuing from the flow of fuel through an elongate oven burner comprises an electrical current sensor immersed in a flame having carbon atoms which support such current. The fuel is ignited by a spark igniter. Should no flame exist after a predetermined time interval, or if the flame is extinguished, the supply of fuel to such burner is terminated and the spark igniter is disabled.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventor: James A. Glidden
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Patent number: 8747104Abstract: Liquated gas lighter with non-adjustable flame height, comprising a gas reservoir, a burner and a gas flow limiting device consisting of a microporous membrane gripped between a first seating body and a second seating body. First seating body has a through hole that comes out on one side directly into microporous membrane and on the other side into reservoir. Second seating body has a seating surface in contact with membrane, a groove formed in seating surface, an outlet duct and a linking passage between groove and outlet duct. Through hole is facing, at least partially and through microporous membrane, groove.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Flamagas S.A.Inventor: Joan Lucas-Puig-Gros
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Patent number: 8747105Abstract: An insert tube is used for the repair or improvement of a pre-heating tube for air arranged in an exhaust gas pathway of a fuel burner. A pre-determined radial gap exists between the outer surface of the insert tube and the inner surface of the pre-heating tube for air such that the insert tube can be slid into the pre-heating tube for air. The insert tube is provided in the vicinity of each end with at least one groove that runs around its circumference. In the groove there is arranged at least one sealing ring of an elastic material. The sealing ring mounted in the groove has an external diameter that exceeds the internal diameter of the preheating tube for air. The sealing ring forms a seal against the inner surface of the pre-heating tube for air and prevents leakage through the sealing ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Valmet Power ABInventor: Lennart Nordh
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Patent number: 8747106Abstract: An energy independent dry corn fractionation ethanol production system which utilizes at least one product of a dry corn fractionation process as fuel to generate power for the production of ethanol. Specifically, power production devices and methods of generating power from dry corn fractionation products for the production of ethanol.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: MOR Technology, LLCInventors: Kenneth E. DeLine, Daniel L. Claycamp, Daniel Fetherston
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Patent number: 8747107Abstract: A gas lighter with safety mechanism comprising an inner frame mounted on top of a fuel reservoir and provided with a valve for releasing fuel contained in the fuel reservoir; an outer frame mounted on top of the inner frame and having two supports each of which is provided with a L-shaped supporting hole including a vertical section and a horizontal section; a lever sandwiched between the two supports and pivotable with respect to the outer frame to actuate the valve; a flint disposed between the two supports; a friction wheel rotatably sleeved on a shaft between the two supports, the shaft are movably supported in the supporting holes, the friction wheel is separate from the flint when the shaft is moved to the vertical sections while contacts the flint to enable to generate sparks by rotating the friction wheel when the shaft is moved to the horizontal sections.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Tien Sung Electric Company LimitedInventor: Ka Wai Mok
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Patent number: 8747108Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of burners, particularly in burners intended for household use, such as stoves.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Mabe, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Jose Arturo Lona Santoyo, Ernesto Arias Del Campo, Roberto Cabrera Botello
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Patent number: 8747109Abstract: The invention consists of a rapidly crosslinkable, two-component silicone elastomer together with a specially designed tray that serves as a form for the silicone resin and forms an integral portion of a dental appliance.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventors: James V. Crivello, Lewis R. Morrison
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Patent number: 8747110Abstract: An orthognathic planning system applied with at least a dental cast includes an articulator, a detecting device, at least a label module and a data processing device. The dental cast is mounted on the articulator. The detecting device is disposed with respect to the articulator. The label module has at least a label and is disposed on the dental cast. The data processing device is signally connected with the detecting device and stores midface and mandible image data. The detecting device traces the label and provides position data, and the data processing device provides orthognathic planning data in accordance with the position data and the midface and mandible image data. The present invention also discloses an orthognathic planning method.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: National Cheng Kung UniversityInventors: Jing-Jing Fang, Tung-Yiu Wong, Tung-Chin Wu, Tai-Hong Kuo
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Patent number: 8747111Abstract: A suction handle, a suction handle assembly, and an oral care system. The suction handle can include a first axis oriented along a longitudinal direction, a first conduit having a first bore oriented along the first axis, and a second conduit adapted to be coupled to the first conduit, which can have a second bore oriented along the first axis. The first conduit and the second conduit can be movable with respect to one another in the longitudinal direction between a first position in which there is no fluid communication between the first and second bores, and a second position in which there is fluid communication. An actuator can be coupled to at least one of the first conduit and the second conduit that which can pivot about a second axis oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to the first axis between a first and second actuator position.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Alan R. Dombrowski, Clark F. Bow
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Patent number: 8747112Abstract: The present application relates to a fitting for insertion into a dental implant in an insertion orientation defining a central insertion axis (X) and an insertion direction (D) of the fitting. The fitting includes at least one resilient spring member being expandable perpendicularly to the insertion axis (X) of the fitting for impeding a movement of the fitting relative to the dental implant along the insertion axis (X) when inserted into the dental implant. It further includes an alignment feature for rotationally aligning the fitting relative to the dental implant about the insertion axis (X). The fitting is characterized in that the alignment feature extends further in the insertion direction (D) than the spring member.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AGInventor: Philipp Brun
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Patent number: 8747113Abstract: Tooth whitening system includes a moldable dental tray of sufficiently moldable material so that a user can form the tray to substantially match the configuration of the user's teeth, in use. Moldable dental tray includes a raised region and a valley that are adjacent to and free of contact with a corresponding raised region and valley of a user's tooth adjacent a user's gum line. Thus, a tooth provided on the moldable dental tray is free of contact with the user's gingiva, in use. Tooth whitener includes a carrier, a whitening agent, and a sufficiently adhesive so that both the tooth whitener and the moldable dental tray are adhered to a user's tooth for a sufficiently long period of time to achieve a whitening of the user's tooth by the whitening agent. Tooth whitener and tray can be made of organic, natural materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Dentovations Inc.Inventors: Damon J. Brown, Graham K. Parish-Philp
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Patent number: 8747114Abstract: A set or assembly for producing at least one temporary crown or bridge material has a carrier for accommodating a crown and bridge material and a crown and bridge material in an amount that is at least sufficient for the production of a tooth crown. The crown and bridge material is a light-curing and, in particular, flowable single-component material, and the carrier that can be adapted to the tooth situation is transparent or translucent. In another aspect, a method for producing a temporary tooth crown or bridge and a temporary tooth crown or bridge produced by the method are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Kettenbach GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Matthias Suchan, Alexander Bublewitz, Jens-Peter Reber
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Patent number: 8747115Abstract: An approach for building an ontology is provided. Based on a grammar, extracted complex triples are syntactically transformed to identify core terms. The syntactically transformed complex triples are semantically transformed into simplified triples referring to new terms that conceptualize the core adjectives, adverbs and verbs, and assigning the core terms to respective definitions and keys in a reference ontology, thereby retaining the semantics of the complex triples. Based on a meta-schema of the reference ontology, an enrichment transformation of the simplified triples is performed to create simplified and enriched triples by adding relations derived from a correspondence each term in the simplified triples has with the reference ontology and by adding representations of semantics of reference ontology definitions of the terms. The simplified and enriched triples are stored as an ontology representing knowledge in an application providing the free-form text from which the complex triples were extracted.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Freddy Lorge, Matthew A. Pantland, Tom Rojahn
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Patent number: 8747116Abstract: A real-time virtual reality welding system including a programmable processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem, at least one mock welding tool capable of being spatially tracked by the spatial tracker, and at least one display device operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem. The system is capable of simulating, in virtual reality space, a weld puddle having real-time molten metal fluidity and heat dissipation characteristics. The system is further capable of displaying the simulated weld puddle on the display device in real-time.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Zboray, Matthew Alan Bennett, Matthew Wayne Wallace, Jeremiah Hennessey, Yvette Christine Dudac, Zachary Steven Lenker, Andrew Paul Lundell, Paul Dana, Eric A. Preisz
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Patent number: 8747117Abstract: The present invention is a visual cuing device which allows users to rapidly and easily identify ECG/EKG cardiac arrhythmias and twelve lead ECG/EKG arrhythmias. A visual cuing device contains a plurality of panels with a plurality of graphically displayed ECG/EKG abnormalities alternated with visually high-contrast, solid colored text sections. A visual cuing device may also contain additional tools, such as a heart rate reference line, time reference line or baseline window to aid in analysis and interpreting ECG/EKG strips. A visual cuing device may also be adapted to display using a touch screen or other user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: EKG Concepts, LLCInventor: Gary Krause
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Patent number: 8747118Abstract: A method of surveying a population of voters concerning a pool of contestants to obtain a consensus comprises generating a digital list of all possible pairs, triplets or quadruplets of contestants in the pool and/or sublist of such small subsets of contestants in a subpool such as a social network, presenting to voters in the population at a web site each small subset of contestants in the digital list and/or digital sublist, and for each small subset of contestants presented prompting the voter to select a preferred contestant among the contestants that appear in the small subset of contestants. The voters may also be contestants. A tally of preferred contestants among all voters is assembled as is a tally among contestants from the subpool, and contestants may be ranked. The voting may be applied to costume contests, pet contests, political elections, market surveys and other data collection methods.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventor: Michael Go Onghai
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Patent number: 8747119Abstract: The present invention discloses a rotatable electrical plug. The rotatable electrical plug includes a housing, a first conductor, a second conductor, a third conductor, and a rotator. The first conductor, the second conductor, and the third conductor are provided in a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a third conductive region in the housing respectively, wherein the projection regions of the first conductive region and the second conductive region in the normal direction of the housing are overlapped. Both of the first conductor and the second conductor are of a tubular form formed by a single metal sheet, and the first conductor, the second conductor, and the third conductor are electrically contacted to a first contactor, a second contactor, and a third conductor in the inner side of the rotator respectively. The volume of the rotatable electrical plug is greatly reduced so as to enhance the convenience.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jung-Hui Hsu
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Patent number: 8747120Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a central processing unit (CPU) comprises an insulating housing having a plurality of terminals received therein and a pick-up cap removably assembled to the insulating housing for carrying and placing the CPU onto the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a plurality of receiving slots sunk from top surfaces of two sidewalls thereof and a plurality of wedge-shaped grooves disposed between the receiving slots on one same sidewall. The pick-up cap defines a plurality of hooks extending therefrom for buckling to the insulating housing. The pick-up cap also defines a plurality of latches corresponding to the receiving slots and a plurality of releasing arms corresponding to the grooves. The latches received in the receiving slots can clasp the CPU to retain the CPU on the pick-up cap and be released the CPU when the releasing arms are pulled outwardly.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Albert Harvey Terhune, IV
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Patent number: 8747121Abstract: Described systems and methods allow the manufacture of compact television (TV) tuner modules comparable in size to standard RF connectors. In some embodiments, a compact TV tuner module (tuner can) includes a metallic housing mounted on an external printed circuit board (PCB), a radio-frequency (RF) connector, an internal PCB within the housing, and a bare-silicon TV tuner chip centrally mounted on a side of the internal PCB facing away from the RF connector, directly opposite a central contact made directly a central pin of the RF connector and a central area of the internal PCB. A major dimension of a shielded internal volume enclosed by the housing is less than 150% of an outer shell of the RF connector, and may be about equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the RF connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Cresta Technology CorporationInventor: Rainer Hoffmann
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Patent number: 8747122Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing electrical connection of two large circuit cards through multiple discrete land grid array (LGA) sites. Each of the circuit cards includes a plurality of LGA sites. A first circuit card includes a plurality of LGA interposers locally aligned at the respective LGA sites of the first circuit card. A board-to-board connection hardware assembly connecting a second circuit card to the first circuit card includes a elongated carrier defining a cavity receiving a plurality of load springs coupled to an associated bearing block for loading and maintaining flatness of the LGA sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Terry F. Banitt, John L. Colbert, Jason R. Eagle, Roger S. Krabbenhoft
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Patent number: 8747123Abstract: An apparatus is described for burn-in and/or functional testing of microelectronic circuits of unsingulated wafers. A large number of power, ground, and signal connections can be made to a large number of contacts on a wafer. The apparatus has a cartridge that allows for fanning-in of electric paths. A distribution board has a plurality of interfaces that are strategically positioned to provide a dense configuration. The interfaces are connected through flexible attachments to an array of first connector modules. Each one of the first connector modules can be independently connected to a respective one of a plurality of second connector modules, thereby reducing stresses on a frame of the apparatus. Further features include for example a piston that allows for tight control of forces exerted by terminals onto contacts of a wafer.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Aehr Test SystemsInventors: Donald P. Richmond, II, Kenneth W. Deboe, Frank O. Uher, Jovan Jovanovic, Scott E. Lindsey, Thomas T. Maenner, Patrick M. Shepherd, Jeffrey L. Tyson, Mark C. Carbone, Paul W. Burke, Doan D. Cao, James F. Tomic, Long V. Vu
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Patent number: 8747124Abstract: An eye-of-the needle (EON) pin contact is provided for being received within an electrical via that includes conductive material. The EON pin contact includes a compliant segment having two opposing spring arms and an opening defined between the spring arms. The compliant segment is configured to be received within the electrical via such that the spring arms engage the conductive material of the electrical via. A tip segment extends from the compliant segment. The tip segment is configured to be received into the electrical via before the compliant segment is received into the electrical via. The tip segment includes a broach that is configured to displace the conductive material as the tip segment is received into the electrical via to plow a path through the conductive material for reception of a corresponding one of the spring arms.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventor: David Allison Trout
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Patent number: 8747125Abstract: A method of mitigating EMI in an electronic device includes selecting a subset of surface-mount socket connectors on an electronic device to be connected with corresponding working plug connectors and connecting the working plug connectors with the selected subset of socket connectors by inserting the working plug connectors into the selected subset of socket connectors. The method further includes positioning a dummy plug in each of the unselected surface-mount socket connectors, the dummy plug comprising a flexible foam material configured to attenuate electromagnetic radiation by absorption and having a dummy plug profile generally matched to a socket profile of the corresponding socket connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Edward J. Bodette, Michael H. Crowder, Rudolf E. Rehquate, Edward S. Suffern
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Patent number: 8747126Abstract: An adapter is provided for electrically connecting an interior surface of a conduit and an external surface of a cable. The adapter includes a flat strip extending longitudinally from first to second ends with first and second transverse edges and composed of an electrically conductive and mechanically flexible material. The strip includes a longitudinal ribbon that forms a ring for wrapping around the cable by curling the first and second ends together in a direction transverse to the sheet, and a plurality of first and second incisions from the transverse edges towards the ribbon, the incisions being disposed at respective intervals that correspond to a longitudinally regular pattern. The first incisions form tapering tabs for bending in the direction transverse to the sheet to produce petals that extend radially inward from the ring to engage the cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Blaise L. Corbett, David J. Griffiths
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Patent number: 8747127Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a receiving slot, a mating plate slidably received in the receiving slot, an ejection mechanism, and a resetting mechanism. The mating plate is exposed at a front end of the receiving slot and is provided with a urging portion and a first engaging portion. The ejection mechanism is provided with a stopping portion for correspondingly stopping the urging portion, so that the ejection mechanism can drive the mating plate to slide outwards. The resetting mechanism is provided with a second engaging portion for being correspondingly engaged with the first engaging portion, so that the resetting mechanism can drive the mating plate to return to an original position.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhi Yong Zhou, Yong Quan Wu, Jun Liu, Chang Wei Huang
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Patent number: 8747128Abstract: A locking device is provided for an electrical socket. The locking device includes a device body having a projecting member projecting from the device body, wherein the projecting member is adapted for engagement with an aperture provided in an electrical socket. The projecting member has first and second positions. In a first position the projecting member is adapted for engagement with the aperture and the locking device can be connected and disconnected from the socket. In a second position, the projecting member cannot disengage from the aperture and the projecting member is lockable in the second position. The electrical socket may be a power cable receiver on an electrical appliance, or a power supply socket.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Jean-Michel Rodriguez
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Patent number: 8747129Abstract: A charging connector (10) is provided for connection to a vehicle-side connector provided in a vehicle to charge a battery installed in the vehicle. The charging connector (10) includes a main body (11) with a connecting portion (13) connectable to the vehicle-side connector, a protection cap (30) made of an insulating material and to be mounted on the connecting portion (13) when the connecting portion (13) is separated from the vehicle-side connector, and a cable (W) drawn out from the main body (11) for connection to a power supply. The protection cap (30) is removed from the connecting portion (13) and attached to the cable (W) when connecting the connecting portion (13) to the vehicle-side connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Toshifumi Ichio
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Patent number: 8747130Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing; a slide slidably mounted to the housing, wherein the slide comprises a rack section with teeth; a cam member and a connector position assurance (CPA) member. The cam member is rotatably mounted to the housing. The cam member comprises a caming surface adapted to contact a cam portion of a mating electrical connector. The cam member comprises a gear section with teeth engaging the teeth of the slide. The CPA member is movably connected to the housing. The CPA member is adapted to directly engage the cam member for preventing the cam member for rotating relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.Inventors: Adam P. Tyler, Jeffrey S. Campell, Franklin A. Holub
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Patent number: 8747131Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10), a number of contacts (30) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell (20) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space (60), and an ejector (50) assembled on the insulative housing. The ejector includes a cam portion (51) and a shaft (52) actuating the cam portion. The cam portion includes a pivoting portion (510), a first arm portion (511) and a second arm portion (512) respectively and angularly extending from the pivoting portion, and at least one positioning portion (513) extending from the pivoting portion along a vertical direction. At least one of the metal shell and the insulative housing defines a hole (19, 25) receiving the at least one positioning portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusho Nakase, Xiao-Dong Hu, Shi-Jie Tan, Zhen-Ye Lin
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Patent number: 8747132Abstract: An arrangement having a processor electrically to, and mounted on, a portion of a surface of a motherboard. A plurality of memory cards is plugged into memory board slot type connectors on a surface of the memory card printed circuit board with the surface of the memory card printed circuit board being perpendicular to the surface of the motherboard. A right angle backplane connector has a first end disposed perpendicular to, and electrically connected to the surface of a motherboard and a second end disposed on the surface of, and electrically connected to, the memory card printed circuit board. The plurality of memory cards is parallel to the surface of the motherboard. An injector/ejector mechanism is provided for removing the memory printed circuit board from an electrical connector receptacle mounted to the motherboard by camming action.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Lawrence J. Feroli, Kenneth M. Sullivan, Albert F. Beinor, Jr.
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Patent number: 8747133Abstract: A card edge connector 100 includes a longitudinal insulating housing 1, a set of terminals 2 set in the insulating housing 1 and a lock mechanism 5 for locking a daughter card 9. The insulating housing 1 has an elongated slot 112 and a pair of towers 12 positioned at two opposite ends thereof. The lock mechanism 5 includes a locking portion 51 locking the daughter card 9 and an operating portion 52 moving the locking mechanism 5. A depression 55 is formed at one end of the lock mechanism 5 close to the locking portion 51. The card edge connector 100 further includes a handle column 6 received in the depression 55 and extending out of the depression 55. Hence, we can operate the lock mechanism 5 easily, and at the same time, the room the card edge connector occupies can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xue-Hai Shen, Zhuang-Xing Li
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Patent number: 8747134Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in coupling system for the transfer of high-power energy and for the transfer of a fluid under pressure, consisting of at least one coupler plug (2, 2?) and at least one coupler socket (3, 3?) with at least one electrical conductor (4, 5), respectively. The coupler plug (2, 2?) can be introduced into the coupler socket (3, 3?) to produce a coupled state and can be removed from the coupler socket (3, 3?) to produce a decoupled state. The plug-in coupling advantageously comprises at least one electromechanical protection system consisting of at least one electronic switch means (35) and at least one mechanical switch means (4, 11), arranged inside the coupler socket (3) and/or the coupler plug (2), said mechanical switch means establishing or separating the electroconductive connection, the electronic switch means (35) and the mechanical switch means (4, 11) being independently controllable.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventor: Gerhard Schlögl
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Patent number: 8747135Abstract: A method for selecting power from two or more circuits made from a multiple circuit duplex module comprising a chassis having an electrical chassis receptacle providing a plurality of connection points for the selection of power from two or more different circuits; a duplex element having at least one electrical duplex receptacle thereon to deliver power from one of the two or more different circuits to an external device in electrical contact with the at least one duplex receptacle; first conductor means for electrically connecting the at least one duplex receptacle to selected connection points in the chassis receptacle; wherein the duplex element is connectable to the chassis in different orientations, the orientation of the duplex element determining which one of the two or more different circuits is electrically connected to the at least one duplex receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd.Inventors: Geoff Gosling, Mogens Smed, Steven Van Beveren
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Patent number: 8747136Abstract: A contact-making apparatus is provided for producing a low-voltage connection between a motor vehicle (1) and a charging apparatus. The contact-making apparatus has at least one motor vehicle contact element (11, 12) associated with the motor vehicle, and with at least one charging contact element (15, 16) associated with the charging apparatus. To simplify the production of a low-voltage connection between a motor vehicle and a charging apparatus, the charging contact element (15, 16) has a charging contact face (17, 18) that can fit on the charging apparatus movably relative to a motor vehicle contact face and has a configuration matched to the configuration of the motor vehicle contact face on the motor vehicle contact element (11, 12).Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Steffen Maurer, Edmund Sander