Patents Issued in April 24, 2018
  • Patent number: 9953718
    Abstract: First memory cells are programmed to an intermediate level from a lowest level, corresponding to a lowest data state, where the first memory cells are to be programmed from the intermediate level to levels other than the lowest level. The first memory cells are not read or verified at the intermediate level. Different first memory cells of the first memory cells that are programmed to the intermediate level are respectively programmed to different levels of the levels other than the lowest level from the intermediate level. A second memory cell is programmed to a lower level than the different levels of the levels other than the lowest level from the lowest level while the different first memory cells are respectively programmed to the different levels of the levels other than the lowest level from the intermediate level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmine Miccoli, Christian Caillat, Akira Goda
  • Patent number: 9953719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flash memory cell with only four terminals and decoder circuitry for operating an array of such flash memory cells. The invention allows for fewer terminals for each flash memory cell compared to the prior art, which results in a simplification of the decoder circuitry and overall die space required per flash memory cells. The invention also provides for the use of high voltages on one or more of the four terminals to allow for read, erase, and programming operations despite the lower number of terminals compared to prior art flash memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Hieu Van Tran, Anh Ly, Thuan Vu
  • Patent number: 9953720
    Abstract: A method and circuit for implementing a hidden security key in Electronic Fuses (eFuses), and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The circuit includes a race condition circuit coupled to a latching structure. The race condition circuit is characterized including respective driver strengths of each stage in the race as well as a sampling clock during chip testing. The data is used to store drive strengths for each stage in eFuses and is used to get a logical one or logical zero out of the final latching stage of the race condition circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Karl R. Erickson, Phil C. Paone, David P. Paulsen, John E. Sheets, II, Gregory J. Uhlmann
  • Patent number: 9953721
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a gate driver circuit, a touch display device and a touch display driving method. The gate driver circuit includes a plurality of GOA unit groups arranged successively and control units arranged between every two adjacent GOA unit groups, each of the GOA unit groups comprising a plurality of shift registers which are cascaded. The control unit is configured to output a start control signal at a high level to a signal input end of a first stage shift register of a next GOA unit group corresponding thereto, after a last stage shift register of a previous GOA unit group corresponding thereto completes driving for a corresponding gate line and a predetermined time elapses, so as to pre-charge the first stage shift register of the next GOA unit group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Ma, Dong Yang
  • Patent number: 9953722
    Abstract: A method of controller optimization utilizing over-sampling read (OSR) in a memory device includes performing a first internal read at a predetermined threshold level and transferring the first internal read measurement to the controller, performing a second internal read in a range that is between the predetermined threshold level plus a first predetermined value and the predetermined threshold level minus a second predetermined value, and determining whether a cell level falls in the range and transferring the second internal read measurement to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Pignatelli, June Lee, Fan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9953723
    Abstract: An input/output terminal characteristic calibration circuit may include a plurality of input/output terminals a subset of which is configured to partially and selectively receive a characteristic calibration signal according to an external input, such that characteristics of the input/output terminals corresponding to the characteristic calibration signal are calibrated. The input/output terminal characteristic calibration circuit may also include a characteristic calibration signal generation circuit coupled to the plurality of input/output terminals in common through a test signal line, and configured to provide the characteristic calibration signal to the plurality of input/output terminals in common through the test signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nak Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 9953724
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods are described that include a stack of memory dies and a logic die. Method and devices described include those that provide for repartitioning the stack of memory dies and storing the new partitions in a memory map. Repartitioning in selected configurations allows portions of memory to be removed from use without affecting the rest of the memory device. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 9953725
    Abstract: A method of operating a semiconductor memory device is provided. In a method of operating a semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array which includes a plurality of bank arrays, memory cells in a first region of the memory cell array are tested to detect one or more failed cells in the first region, a fail address corresponding to the detected one or more failed cells is determined and the determined fail address is stored in a second region different from the first region, in the memory cell array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye-Sin Ryu, Sang-Uhn Cha, Hoi-Ju Chung, Seong-Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 9953726
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for testing storage elements that include a variable impedance element switchable between a first impedance state and a second impedance state. The apparatus includes an interconnect circuit for coupling storage elements in a selected arrangement. The apparatus includes an impedance sensing circuit operable to measure at least a resistive component of an impedance of the coupled storage elements and a test controller operable to configure the interconnect circuit and initiate measurement of the combined impedance of the coupled storage elements by the impedance sensing circuit. The impedance sensing circuit compares the measured impedance with at least a resistive component of an expected impedance. The storage elements and apparatus may form part of an integrated circuit. A storage element may include a correlated electron switch, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Joel Thornton Irby, Mudit Bhargava
  • Patent number: 9953727
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a structure which includes a twin-cell memory which is configured to program a plurality of write operations, a current sense amplifier which is connected to the twin-cell memory and is configured to sense a current differential and latch a differential voltage based on the current differential, and at least one current source which is connected to the current sense amplifier and is configured to add an offset current to the current sense amplifier to create the differential voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: John A. Fifield, Eric D. Hunt-Schroeder, Darren L. Anand
  • Patent number: 9953728
    Abstract: Examples include a resistive random access memory (RRAM) array to support a redundant column. Some examples include an RRAM cell at a cross point of a column line and a row line of the RRAM array. A first column line may be coupled to a first input of a first current-steering multiplexer and the first current-steering multiplexer may have an output coupled to a first current sense amplifier and a select input coupled to a first column select signal. A second column line may be coupled to a second input of the first current-steering multiplexer and coupled to a first input of a second current-steering multiplexer. The second current-steering multiplexer may have an output coupled to a second current sense amplifier and a select input coupled to a second column select signal. A third column line may be coupled to a second input of the second current-steering multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Emmanuelle J Merced Grafals, Brent Buchanan, Le Zheng
  • Patent number: 9953729
    Abstract: A radiation generating apparatus comprises a fuel storage unit 20 for storing a mixed liquid 61, a pressure application unit 10 for applying a pressure to the mixed liquid 61, a jet formation unit 30 for forming a jet 61a of the mixed liquid 61, a reaction unit 44 for forming the jet 61a of the mixed liquid 61 therein, a pressure adjustment unit 41 for setting a pressure in the reaction unit 44 lower than an internal pressure of the jet formation unit 30, and a light source unit 45 for irradiating a particle group 63a with laser light L1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watari, Katsunobu Nishihara, Masaru Takagi, Nakahiro Satoh, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hirofumi Kan
  • Patent number: 9953730
    Abstract: The strip is of the type comprising a wall portion for delimiting a cell with interlaced strips, a spring formed in the strip and provided on the wall portion for biasing a fuel rod extending through the cell away from the wall portion, the spring comprising a cantilevered tab formed in the strip and a contact portion formed at least partially in the tab and protruding from the tab for contacting a fuel rod received in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Michael Liebler, Bernd Dressel, Kevin Elliott, William D. Bishop, Jeffrey C. Morris
  • Patent number: 9953731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation protection arrangement, in particular for attachment to a support rail, which is attached to a side of a treatment table, comprising: a holder on which a radiation protection drape is arranged, wherein the holder is attachable to the support rail and comprises a fastening means with which the holder can be fastened to the support rail. The fastening means is formed on a side of the holder and comprises at least one first bracket part and at least one second bracket part. The first and the second bracket parts each have an L-shaped profile with a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first and the second bracket parts are arranged such that the first legs are aligned in parallel and the second legs face each other. The first bracket part is arranged at an upper edge of the holder and the second bracket part is arranged at the lower edge of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MAVIG GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Buchmeyer
  • Patent number: 9953732
    Abstract: The invention concerns a radiation protection curtain including at least two layers arranged parallel to each other, for use with a means of transporting objects to be scanned on a production line in a direction through the radiation protection curtain. At least one first layer is configured as a radiation protection layer. This at least one first radiation protection layer is preceded in the transport direction outwards by at least one additional separate stand-alone layer. This at least one additional layer is configured as a mechanical protection layer for the purpose of protecting the radiation protection layer behind it from mechanical effects, and the at least one additional mechanical protection layer includes at least one segment that is located on an already-installed radiation protection layer at predefined positions in such a way that it can be replaced individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Wipotec Wiege- und Positioniersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Thomas, Manuel Allmann
  • Patent number: 9953733
    Abstract: A system using a radioisotope concentrator device comprising a body having at least one injection port and at least one valve being configurable between a first open configuration for allowing fluid communication between the at least one injection port and the concentrator column and a second open configuration to prevent fluid communication between the at least one injection port and the concentrator column in use, the system further comprising an injection device comprising an eluent for eluting through the concentrator column via the at least one injection port when the at least one valve of the radioisotope concentrator device is in a selected open configuration in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Cyclopharm Limited
    Inventors: Van So Le, Nabil Marcos, James McBrayer
  • Patent number: 9953734
    Abstract: A microstructure manufacturing method includes forming a first insulating film on an Si substrate, exposing an Si surface by removing a part of the first insulating film, forming a recessed portion by etching the Si substrate from the exposed Si surface, forming a second insulating film on a sidewall and a bottom of the recessed portion, forming an Si exposed surface by removing at least a part of the second insulating film formed on the bottom of the recessed portion, and filling the recessed portion with a metal from the Si exposed surface by electrolytic plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinan Wang, Takashi Nakamura, Takayuki Teshima, Yutaka Setomoto, Shinichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9953735
    Abstract: An X-ray lens arrangement for forming a radiation pattern as a focal track is disclosed. The pattern comprises at least one 3-dimensional focal track of radiation. The aforesaid lens arrangement has a main axis passing through intensity weighted centroids of the X-ray source and the pattern. The lens arrangement includes at least one reflecting surface of continuously varying Rowland arcs. Each point belonging to the focal track is linked to each elemental point composing an emitting surface of said source by a corresponding Rowland arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: CONVERGENT R.N.R LTD
    Inventors: Aharon Bar-David, Zeev Burshtein, Zeev Harel
  • Patent number: 9953736
    Abstract: An aluminum electric wire includes an annealing conductor that is made up of elemental wires made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.90-1.20 mass % Fe, 0.10-0.25 mass % Mg, 0.01-0.05 mass % Ti, 0.0005-0.0025 mass % B, and the balance being Al and has a tensile strength of 110 MPa or more, a breaking elongation of 15% or more, and an electric conductivity of 58% IACS or more, and an insulating material covering the conductor. The wire is produced by casting an aluminum alloy prepared by rapidly solidifying a molten aluminum alloy having the above composition, producing the wires by subjecting the alloy to plasticity processing, producing the conductor by bunching the wires, subjecting the wires or the conductor to annealing at 250° C. or higher, and then covering the conductor with the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Otsuka, Masanobu Yoshimura, Kotaro Maeda, Jun Yoshimoto, Masashi Kimura, Taichirou Nishikawa, Misato Kusakari, Shinichi Kitamura, Hiroaki Takai
  • Patent number: 9953737
    Abstract: An electrical wire comprises a central Aluminum wire, wherein the central Aluminum wire is surrounded by at least one Copper wire and the aluminum wire and the copper wire are uncoated such that the Copper wire is in direct contact with the central Aluminum wire. 3-23% by volume of the electrical wire is made of Aluminum and the rest is made of Copper. At least one of the central wire and the surrounding wire has a purity of at least 95% to provide a high degree of contact between Aluminum and Copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas Tullholm
  • Patent number: 9953738
    Abstract: An electroconductive resin composition and a molded product thereof. The electroconductive resin includes 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polymer resin; 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a carbon nanotube aggregate formed of a plurality of carbon nanotubes having an average outer diameter of 8 to 50 nm and an average inner diameter that is 40% or more of the average outer diameter; and 5 to 15 parts by weight of carbon black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Soo Hwang, Wan Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 9953739
    Abstract: The composition described herein for the prevention of corrosion comprises: sacrificial metal particles more noble than a metal substrate to which the composition contacts; carbonaceous material that can form electrical contact between the sacrificial metal particles; and means for providing an anticorrosion coating material for the metal substrate. The composition can form a coating on a metal substrate surface. A method for applying the composition for the prevention of corrosion is also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Tesla Nanocoatings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorma Antero Virtanen, Todd Hawkins
  • Patent number: 9953740
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a dispersant which has excellent dispersibility and which is able to inhibit the oxidation of dispersed particles. Disclosed is a dispersant comprising a graft copolymer having a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (II): (Symbols shown in the general formulae (I) and (II) are as described in the Description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Omori, Naonobu Yoshi, Michihiro Ogura, Tomoki Murata, Mikiko Hojo
  • Patent number: 9953741
    Abstract: Molded plastic products having fine particles of copper-based compound with relatively low price, simple process and good economic feasibility and productivity, and method of manufacturing the products are provided. A chemical structure of the molded plastic products is CuxMy, wherein M is any one selected from groups 15 to 17 of the periodic table, x/y is 0.5-1.5. Also the molded plastic products comprises thermoplastic resin which contains dispersed therein copper-based particles reacts copper sulfate with any one salt, selected from among sulfuric salt, hydrofluoric salt and hydrochloric salt, at a molar ratio of 1:1 in an aqueous solution at a temperature of 10˜80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BS SUPPORT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Woo Baek, Mun Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 9953742
    Abstract: A cable separator comprising a preshaped article having a longitudinal length, wherein said preshaped article is substantially entirely formed of a foamed polymer material having a glass transition temperature greater than 160° C. and being halogen-free is provided. A data communications cable comprising a plurality of conductors and the cable separator of the present invention, wherein said cable separator separates the plurality of conductors is provided. A method of manufacturing a cable comprising the separator of the invention is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott M. Brown, Stephen A. Thwaites, Srinivas Siripurapu
  • Patent number: 9953743
    Abstract: A printed circuit board has a printed wiring board and a semiconductor package mounted on the printed wiring board. The printed wiring board and the semiconductor package are connected with a plurality of solder balls. An underfill material covering the plurality of solder balls is filled between the printed wiring board and the semiconductor package. The underfill material has a relative dielectric constant of 8.6 or more and 54.4 or less. Thus, crosstalk noise generated in wiring in the out-of-plane direction is reduced without increasing the mounting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kondo, Shoji Matsumoto, Seiji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9953744
    Abstract: Electrical insulating paper according to an embodiment of the present invention is used while being immersed in electrical insulating oil, and includes a paper base material mainly containing cellulose, an adsorption layer formed on an entire surface of the paper base material by adsorption, and a moisture barrier layer formed by being chemically bonded to the adsorption layer. The moisture barrier layer includes an amphipathic molecule containing both a hydrophobic hydrocarbon group and a hydrophilic functional group in one molecule. The amphipathic molecule is chemically bonded to the adsorption layer via the hydrophilic functional group. The hydrophobic hydrocarbon group covers the surface of the paper base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohhei Aida, Hisashi Morooka, Kenichi Kawamura, Akira Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9953745
    Abstract: A shielded wire includes an electrical wire including a conductor portion and a covering portion, a shield braid in which electrically conductive wire members are braided, and which covers an outer circumference of the electrical wire, a tubular sheath disposed on an outer circumference of the shield braid and made of an insulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ohgushi, Satoru Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 9953746
    Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, and an insulation layer provided around the conductor. The insulation layer includes an inner layer located on a conductor side and an outer layer provided around the inner layer. The inner layer includes a halogen-free resin composition including a base polymer (A). The outer layer includes a cross-linked body obtained by cross-linking a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition including a base polymer (B) and a halogen-free flame retardant. The base polymer (A) includes a thermoplastic resin (a1) having an aromatic ring in a backbone chain. The base polymer (B) includes a polyolefin component. A thickness of the inner layer is not less than 0.03 mm and not more than 70% of a thickness of the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Tamotsu Kibe, Mitsuru Hashimoto, Mamoru Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9953747
    Abstract: A cable for power distribution applications includes a plurality of wires bundled into the cable. The plurality of wires typically is comprised of interior wires and peripheral wires with the peripheral wires surrounding the interior wires. At least one wire is coated with a high emissivity coating that includes at least 10 weight percent aluminum oxide and a metal oxide other than aluminum oxide. Characteristically, the wire coated with the high emissivity coating has an emissivity greater than about 0.5 in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum and a surface area at least 50 times greater than the surface area of a bare wire prior to being coated with the high emissivity coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Shawn E. Dolan, Mark W. Ziehm, Eric C. Kuhns, Michael Lombardo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9953748
    Abstract: An electric wire protecting device is used in order to be capable of being installed in a narrow wiring area like one in a small aircraft, and to minimize a risk of an electric arc inside electric wire bundles at low costs. To this end, the electric wire protecting device includes: power wire groups each of which is an assembly of one or more power wires at the same potential; a tape for binding the power wire groups at different potentials from one another into one bundle at a constant pitch; and a spacer extending in a direction of extension of the power wire groups, and inserted in boundaries between the power wire groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syusaku Yamamoto, Ko Yatabe
  • Patent number: 9953749
    Abstract: A resistor element includes a base substrate having first and second surfaces opposing each other; a resistor layer disposed on the first surface of the base substrate; first and second terminals disposed on opposing end portions of the base substrate, respectively, and electrically connected to opposing sides of the resistor layer, respectively; a third terminal disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal on the second surface of the base substrate and spaced apart from the first terminal and the second terminal; and electrostatic discharge (ESD)-preventing members connecting the first terminal and the third terminal to each other and connecting the second terminal and the third terminal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Hyun Park, Hae In Kim
  • Patent number: 9953750
    Abstract: A sintered Nd base magnet segment has a coercive force high at the periphery and lower toward the inside. A method for preparing the magnet includes the steps of: (a) providing a sintered Nd base magnet block having surfaces and a magnetization direction, (b) coating the surfaces of the magnet block excluding the surface perpendicular to the magnetization direction with a Dy or Tb oxide powder, a Dy or Tb fluoride powder, or a Dy or Tb-containing alloy powder, (c) treating the coated block at a high temperature for causing Dy or Tb to diffuse into the block, and (d) cutting the block in a plane perpendicular to the magnetization direction into a magnet segment having a coercive force distribution on the cut section that the coercive force is high at the periphery and lower toward the inside and a constant coercive force distribution in the magnetization direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Miyata, Takehisa Minowa, Hajime Nakamura, Koichi Hirota, Masakatsu Honshima
  • Patent number: 9953751
    Abstract: A R-T-B based permanent magnet which not only has equivalent magnetic properties as the existing Nd—Fe—B based permanent magnet as well as light mass but also can be suitably used as a magnet for field system of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine. The magnet can be obtained in a case where the composition of the compound for forming the main phase is (R1-x(Y1-zLaz)x)2T14B (R is rare earth element(s) consisting of one or more elements of Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe or Fe and Co as essential elements, 0.0<x?0.5 and 0.0<z?0.5), by making the abundance ratio of Y4f/(Y4f+Y4g) satisfies 0.8?Y4f/(Y4f+Y4g)?1.0 when the Y occupying the 4f site of the tetragonal R2T14B structure is denoted as Y4f and the Y occupying the 4g site is denoted as Y4g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Yuji Umeda, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9953752
    Abstract: A method for producing grain-oriented electrical steel sheets includes subjecting a steel slab to hot rolling to obtain a hot rolled sheet, the steel slab having a composition consisting of, by mass % or mass ppm, C: 0.08% or less, Si: 2.0% to 4.5% and Mn: 0.5% or less, S, Se, and O: less than 50 ppm each, sol.Al: less than 100 ppm, N: 80 ppm or less, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and satisfying the relation of sol.Al (ppm)?N (ppm)×(26.98/14.00)?30 ppm; then subjecting the hot rolled sheet to annealing and rolling to obtain a cold rolled sheet; then subjecting the cold rolled sheet to nitriding treatment, under specific condition, before, during or after primary recrystallization annealing; then applying an annealing separator on the cold rolled sheet; and subjecting the cold rolled sheet to secondary recrystallization annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shingaki, Hiroi Yamaguchi, Yuiko Wakisaka, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takashi Terashima
  • Patent number: 9953753
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a magnetic body having internal coil patterns. The magnetic body includes a core part including the internal coil patterns; and upper and lower cover parts disposed above and below the core part, respectively. Magnetic wires are disposed in the core part, and magnetic plates are disposed in the upper and lower cover parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeong Cheol Moon
  • Patent number: 9953754
    Abstract: Provided are a medical apparatus and a method of operating the same. The medical apparatus includes a body including a user input unit to which a user instruction is input, a display device displaying a medical image and is rotatable about the body, and a locking member setting the display device to be rotatable when the display device is touched and fixes the display device when the display device is not touched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-deok Kim, Jung-sik Song, Yeon-ho Kim, Yu-ri Kim
  • Patent number: 9953755
    Abstract: Method for controlling heat transfer between two objects. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a first current through a first electromagnet disposed about a container holding magnetorheological fluid to generate a first magnetic field such that particles in the magnetorheological fluid align with the first magnetic field to conductively couple a first conductive element to a second conductive element; and providing a second current through a second electromagnet disposed perpendicular to the first electromagnet to generate a second magnetic field perpendicular to the first magnetic field such that the particles in the magnetorheological fluid align with the second magnetic field to conductively uncouple the first conductive member from the second conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Barron, Chelsie M. Peterson
  • Patent number: 9953756
    Abstract: An RF transformer is provided. The RF transformer includes a ferrite core and a winding coil structure formed around the ferrite core. The winding coil structure is in electrical contact with a center portion of the ferrite core. The winding coil structure is essentially electrically and physically spaced from external portions of the ferrite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Leon Marketos, Erdogan Alkan
  • Patent number: 9953757
    Abstract: In a laminated coil component include coil conductors are respectively included on magnetic layers and a carbon paste is included on a magnetic layer. The coil conductors include a partial coil conductor and a partial coil conductor respectively corresponding to an outer side portion circle and an inner side portion circle defining two circles. A width of the carbon paste at least partially overlaps an interval between the outer side portion circle and the inner side portion circle defining the two circles, and extends circularly along the two circles. The carbon paste is shifted to the interval between the outer side portion circle and the inner side portion circle defining the two circles at the time of pressure-bonding the magnetic layers. The carbon paste vanishes when being calcined to define an air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Eshima, Tomoya Yokoyama, Takayuki Okada
  • Patent number: 9953758
    Abstract: A magnetic element is disclosed, and includes a magnetic core, at least one winding set and at least one heat conduction pipe. The magnetic core includes two magnetic columns arranged oppositely, and two magnetic plates arranged oppositely. The magnetic plates respectively cover two opposite end surfaces of each magnetic column to mutually form a closed magnetic flux path with the magnetic columns. Each of the magnetic columns includes a plurality of first magnetic blocks stacked together. Each of the magnetic plates includes at least one second magnetic block. The winding set binds one of the magnetic columns. The heat conduction pipe is disposed internally in one of the magnetic columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ai-Xing Tong, Teng Liu
  • Patent number: 9953759
    Abstract: A coil component includes a component main body, a coil conductor, first and second external terminal electrodes and first and second extended conductor layers The first and second extended conductor layers are extended in directions toward the first main surface from one end portions of the first and second external terminal electrodes in a state of forming uniform and edges, and connect the one end and the other end of the coil conductor and the first and second external terminal electrodes, respectively, with distances larger than distances extending in normal line directions of outer peripheral edges of the circulating conductor layers and equal to or smaller than distances extending in tangent line directions of the outer peripheral edges of the circulating conductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeru Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9953760
    Abstract: A transformer arrangement and transformer for mitigating transient voltage oscillations. The transformer included a transformer core enclosing at least one core leg. A winding is wound around one of the at least one core leg. The winding extends from a first winding terminal to a second winding terminal and includes a first winding section along a first conductor extending from the first winding terminal to a first intermediate end point, and a second winding section along a second conductor extending from a second intermediate end point to the second winding terminal. The transformer arrangement further includes an external passive electric component connected between the first intermediate end point and either the second intermediate end point or the second winding terminal arranged to decrease an effective difference between capacitive and inductive voltage distributions between the intermediate end points such that transient voltage oscillations in the winding are mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Dierk Bormann, Lars Liljestrand, Martin Carlen, Thorsten Steinmetz, Philipp Buttgenbach, Jens Tepper
  • Patent number: 9953761
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for contactless energy transmission by means of induction. There are a plurality of coils arranged in a matrix, the coils having at least one conductor that surrounds a central axis of the coil at least once in one turn. The central axis stands vertically on the surface surrounded by the conductor in the geometric center of area of the surrounded surface. The coils are arranged adjacent to one another in a planar unit that extends in a first dimension, in a second dimension, and in a third dimension. The extension of the planar unit in the first dimension and in the second dimension is significantly greater than in the third dimension. The central axis of each coil stands at least locally at least nearly perpendicular to the surface spanned by the first dimension and the second dimension. The coils are also arranged in a regular manner within the planar unit in rows and/or columns such that each coil has at least two or three immediately adjacent coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter-Dominik Scholz, Artjom Galliardt
  • Patent number: 9953762
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contactless connector (100), a system including the contactless connector (100) and a corresponding mating connector (200), and a manufacturing method for the contactless connector. In order to enable the contactless connector (100) to transmit/receive power to/from the corresponding mating connector (200), the invention suggest providing at the contactless connector an inner ferrite element (102) and an inductive coupling element (110) arranged to at least partially surround the inner ferrite element. An outer ferrite element (107) of the contactless connector is arranged to at least partially surround the inductive coupling element (110), wherein a front end (108) of the outer ferrite element (107) facing the mating (101) end of the contactless connector is recessed in an axial direction of the contactless connector with respect to a front end (103) of the inner ferrite element (102) facing the mating end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wijnand Van Gils, Peter Dirk Jaeger, Gied Habraken, Guus Mertens, Saining Ren, Lawrence Bernardo dela Cruz, Rex Pius Huang, Ali Abdolkhani
  • Patent number: 9953763
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a plurality of power sources and at least one power receiver, in which power transfer from the power sources to the power receiver is performed in wireless by using magnetic field resonance or electric field resonance. In the system, one of the plurality of power sources is designated as a master power source and the other one or more power sources are designated as slave power sources. In addition, the master power source controls the plurality of power sources and the at least one power receiver to perform the power transfer. This allows the system to perform the power transfer in an optimum state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Masakazu Taguchi, Satoshi Shimokawa, Hiroyasu Kawano, Kiyoto Matsui
  • Patent number: 9953764
    Abstract: In a solenoid magnet assembly, and a method for manufacture thereof, the magnet assembly includes a number of concentrically aligned coils, each including a winding impregnated with a resin. Each coil is mechanically restrained so as to hold the coils in fixed relative positions relative to each other when forming the magnet assembly. The mechanical restraint can be formed by annular support sections bonded to the respective coils, lugs bonded to the respective coils, or by lugs that are at least partially embedded in a crust formed on a radially outer surface of the respective windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Ian Dunckley, David William Neil Edington, Edward Wedderburn Kershaw, Matthew John Longfield, Peter Neil Morgan
  • Patent number: 9953765
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component mounting structure includes a laminated ceramic electronic component including a ceramic body, first and second inner electrodes in the ceramic body including opposed portions including at least portions of which are opposed to each other in a thickness direction of the ceramic body, a first terminal electrode electrically connected to the first inner electrode, and a second terminal electrode electrically connected to the second inner electrode; and a circuit board including first and second electrode lands electrically connected to the first and second terminal electrodes and on which the laminated ceramic electronic component is mounted, wherein widths of the first and second electrode lands are smaller than widths of the first and second inner electrodes at the opposed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Takeuchi, Masashi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9953766
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including an electrode structure including internal electrodes stacked to face each other with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween and alternately exposed to first and second end surfaces thereof and ceramic bands enclosing regions spaced apart from the first and second end surfaces of the electrode structure; and external electrodes covering the first and second end surfaces of the electrode structure and at least portions of surfaces of the electrode structure connected to the first and second end surfaces of the electrode structure, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Tack Shin, Jae Yeol Choi, Ji Hea Kim
  • Patent number: 9953767
    Abstract: There is provided a conductive polymer having high conductivity with excellent heat resistance. Using the conductive polymer, there can be provided solid electrolytic capacitors having low ESR, high reliability, and less leakage current. There can be also provided conductive films having high conductivity and superior heat resistance. There is provided a conductive polymer dispersion liquid obtained by a method in which in the presence of a copolymer from styrenesulfonic acid, and at least one kind of a non-sulfonic acid monomer selected from the group consisting of methacrylate, acrylate, and an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing alkoxysilane compound or its hydrolysate, thiophene or its derivative is polymerized by oxidation polymerization in water, or in an aqueous solution comprising a mixture of water and a water miscible solvent to produce the conductive polymer dispersion liquid. Using the conductive polymer as solid electrolyte, a solid electrolyte capacitor can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TAYCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sugihara, Kei Hirota, Kazuto Fujihara