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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (Sept. 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois. *** Hamilton Sundstrand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 22 -- Hamilton Sundstrand, Rockford, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,022,711) developed by Wayne H. Oldenburg, Roscoe, Ill., and Donald G. Kilroy, Rockford, Ill., for a "wire fault locating in distributed power systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrical fault locating system for distributing power from an input to a plurality of output channels provides fault detection and locating for each of the plurality of output channels. Each of the plurality of output channels is monitored by a fault detection circuit to detect the presence of an electrical fault. In response to a detected fault condition, the fault detection circuit isolates the output channel from the input and generates an output identifying the output channel on which the fault was detected. A fault locating device injects a high-frequency (HF) signal onto the input of the electrical system, the HF signal is distributed to each of the plurality of output channels, and the monitored reflection of the HF signal is monitored by the fault locating device to calculate a distance to the detected fault. The distance calculated by the fault locating device is combined with the channel identification provided by the fault detection circuit to generate a specific location associated with the detected fault." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,356). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,22,711.PN.&OS=PN/80,22,711&RS=PN/80,22,711 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Robertshaw Controls Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Robertshaw Controls, Carol Stream, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,022,657) developed by James E. Pearson, Downers Grove, Ill., and Richard Louis Elkin, Schaumburg, Ill., for a "washing machine wiring to reduce mechanical timer contact welding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A control circuit for a washing machine that avoids contact bounce short circuit failures is provided. A washing machine that utilizes an induction motor including a starting winding used to start rotation of the motor at the beginning of a cycle. Such washing machines require that the motor be operated in both directions during different cycles. To enable such operation, a mechanical timer uses a pair of single pole, double throw switches in a switching assembly to reverse the L1 and neutral connections to the starter winding. To avoid the contact shorting problem, the control wiring runs either the L1 or neutral side of the voltage source, or both, through the centrifugal switch to open the input contact(s) once the motor has reached its operating speed. Then, if the switching assembly has L1 and N contacts touching at the same time, it will not result in a dead short." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,647). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,22,657.PN.&OS=PN/80,22,657&RS=PN/80,22,657 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Focal Point Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Focal Point, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,022,641) developed by five co-inventors for a "recessed LED down light." The co-inventors are Raymond Janik, Wheaton, Ill., Stephen H. Yuen, Darien, Ill., Michael T. Thornton, Burr Ridge, Ill., David E. Doubek, LaGrange, Ill., and Peter F. Thornton Jr., Westmont, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment of the present invention, a light emitting diode (LED) recessed down light fixture comprises a housing, a reflector assembly mounted to the housing, and an LED circuit board attached to the housing over the reflector assembly. The LED circuit board includes a plurality of resistors electrically connected to the LED circuit board, a bridge rectifier, and a plurality of at least 80 miniature LEDs electrically connected to the LED circuit board and configured to provide light. The plurality of miniature LEDs are separated into a plurality of LED clusters. Each cluster is electrically connected to at least one resistor. Further, the plurality of miniature LEDs are arranged in a configuration such that a voltage differential across any two proximate LEDs is less than 36 volts. The down light fixture further comprises a lens cover attached to the top end of the reflector assembly." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2009 (12/434,452). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,22,641.PN.&OS=PN/80,22,641&RS=PN/80,22,641 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Caterpillar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,022,582) developed by four co-inventors for a "liquid cooled permanent magnet rotor." The co-inventors are Matthew W. Dames, Brimfield, Ill., Jonathan M. Baumann, Peoria, Ill., Perry G. Cruce, Marquette Heights, Ill., and David M. Fee, Groveland, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A permanent magnet rotor for an electrical generator includes a rotor shaft and a rotor core mounted coaxially upon the rotor shaft. The rotor core defines a plurality of longitudinal core passages which include a segment of a rotor cooling circuit, and further includes a permanent magnet outer core component mounted on an inner core component and including a plurality of permanent magnets. A cooling liquid containment mechanism for the permanent magnet rotor includes a first liquid containment cover coupled to the inner core component and a second liquid containment cover coupled to the inner core component. The liquid containment covers are configured to contain cooling liquid passed from an inlet segment of the rotor cooling circuit defined by the rotor shaft into the plurality of longitudinal core passages, and thenceforth into an outlet segment of the rotor cooling circuit also defined by the rotor shaft. The liquid containment covers are mounted on the inner core component at locations radially inward of a cylindrical outer surface thereof." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/317,812). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8022582.PN.&OS=PN/8022582&RS=PN/8022582 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Clear Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Clear Wireless, Kirkland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,023,484) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for obtaining a mobile internet protocol address." The co-inventors are Feng Huang, Herndon, Va., Lei Zhu, Overland Park, Kan., David S. McGinniss, Aurora, Ill., and Mohammad Hassan Partovi, Potomac, Md. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In various embodiments, methods and systems are provided for acquiring a mobile internet protocol address in a communication network. In an embodiment, a gateway node generates an extension where the extension comprises an authentication node identifier associated with a user identifier. The gateway node then sends a mobile internet protocol request message to a mobile network internet node where the mobile internet protocol request message comprises the extension. The mobile network internet node can then send a mobile internet protocol access request message to an authentication node utilizing the authentication node identifier obtained from the extension. In response to receiving a mobile internet protocol access accept message at the mobile network internet node transferred from the authentication node where the mobile internet protocol access accept message comprises the mobile network internet node key, the mobile network internet node assigns the mobile internet protocol address to the mobile station associated with the user identifier. A mobile internet protocol session accept message is sent to a mobile station wherein the mobile internet protocol session accept message comprises the mobile internet protocol address." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2008 (12/264,955). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,023,484.PN.&OS=PN/8,023,484&RS=PN/8,023,484 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Etymotic Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Etymotic Research, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,022,775) developed by Stephen Drake Julstrom, Chicago, and Timothy Scott Monroe, Schaumburg, Ill., for "systems and methods for maintaining a drive signal to a resonant circuit at a resonant frequency." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for maintaining a drive signal to a resonant circuit at a resonant frequency are provided. A system for maintaining a drive signal to a resonant circuit at a resonant frequency can include: an oscillator configured to provide an output to a phase comparator and a drive circuit, the drive circuit configured to provide a drive signal to a resonant circuit; a phase detector configured to receive a filtered version of the drive signal from the resonant circuit and provide a phase-indicating signal to the phase comparator; and the phase comparator, wherein the phase comparator is configured to provide a signal based on the phase difference between the oscillator output and the phase-indicating signal, wherein the signal from the phase comparator is used to control the frequency of the oscillator such that the phase difference converges to a fixed value." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2009 (12/576,065). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,022,775.PN.&OS=PN/8,022,775&RS=PN/8,022,775 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** CTS Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- CTS, Elkhart, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,022,777) developed by James L. Stolpman, Bloomingdale, Ill., and Jeffrey A. McCracken, Sugar Grove, Ill., for an "ovenized crystal oscillator assembly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An oscillator assembly including an oscillator seated on a pad of thermally conductive material formed on the surface of a printed circuit board and covered by a lid defining an oven for the oscillator. In one embodiment, a plurality of heaters are located on different sides of the oscillator and at least partially seated on the pad for evenly transferring heat to the pad and the oscillator. In one embodiment, the oscillator is a temperature compensated crystal oscillator and an integrated amplifier controller circuit on the printed circuit board integrates at least one operational amplifier for controlling the heater(s) and one or more transistors for providing heat to the oven. A canopy seated on the pad and covering the oscillator can be used for transferring heat more evenly to the oscillator. A cavity in the bottom of the printed circuit board defines an insulative air pocket." The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/380,313). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,022,777.PN.&OS=PN/8,022,777&RS=PN/8,022,777 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hamilton Sundstrand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Hamilton Sundstrand, Rockford, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,023,245) developed by Frank Z. Feng, Loves Park, Ill., and Steven A. Davidson, Pecatonica, Ill., for a "lightning strike mitigation for aircraft." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lightning mitigation system for use on an aircraft employs parasitic capacitance associated with a motor/generator to dissipate voltage provided as a result of a lightning strike. The motor/generator includes a set of windings defined by an outer periphery and a case that surrounds the set of windings. A parasitic capacitance is defined by the airgap separating the windings of the motor/generator from the case. A motor controller is electrically connected to the set of windings and includes a filter circuit. The filter circuit includes an equivalent capacitance that is selected based on the parasitic capacitance associated with the motor/generator such that a lightning strike results in a large portion of the voltage being dissipated by the parasitic capacitance of the motor/generator." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2008 (12/250,307). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,023,245&OS=8,023,245&RS=8,023,245 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NXP Assigned Patent for Electronic Clamps for Integrated Circuits and Methods of Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- NXP, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (8,022,727) developed by Dennis Koutsoures, Oak Park, Ill., for "electronic clamps for integrated circuits and methods of use." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic clamp is provided for an integrated circuit having a first voltage island (1) to which an output signal (clamp out) of the clamp is applied and a second voltage island (2) operative to produce an input signal (clamp in) to the clamp, where power to the second voltage island can be switched off to save power. The clamp comprises a latch (22) which stores or retains the clamp value (0 or 1) of the input signal (clamp in) during a reset period and clamps the output signal (clamp out) to the stored or retained value in response to a clamp enable signal, (clamp in) in order to protect the first voltage island from a non-stabilised input signal." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2009 (12/864,241). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,022,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,022,727&RS=PN/8,022,727 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,022,615) developed by XiaoPing Bai, Lake Zurich, Ill., Sen Yang, Palatine, Ill., and Wenyong Zhu, Lindenhurst, Ill., for a "light generating layer for a reflective display." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A self emission device (644) that emits light (526). The self emission device can include at least one light emission layer (104) encompassing an area, and generating light over such area in a distributed fashion. The self emission device also can include a first electrode (113) interfacing with a first side (116) of the light emission layer and a second electrode (114) interfacing with a second side (117) of the light emission layer. The first electrode and the second electrode can provide energy used by the light emission layer to illuminate. The self emission device can be a component of a display (100) comprising a reflective display panel (102)." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2007 (11/838,227). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,022,615.PN.&OS=PN/8,022,615&RS=PN/8,022,615 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** J. Baxter Brinkman International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- J. Baxter Brinkman International, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,022,821) developed by Peter D. Joseph, Twin Lakes, Wis., and David A. Saathoff, McHenry, Ill., for a smart power supply. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power supply, such as for powering and supplying communication data to devices connected with a low voltage line, is disclosed. For example, a converter device is coupled with an alternating current voltage source. The converter device down-converts an alternating current voltage to a direct current voltage. A switching device is in communication with the converter device. A processor is in communication with the switching device. The processor outputs a signal to the switching device. The switching device generates a square wave signal as a function of the signal from the processor and the direct current voltage. A remote device is controlled by data encoded in the square wave signal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/334,594). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,022,821.PN.&OS=PN/8,022,821&RS=PN/8,022,821 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1062245 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |