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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182745 | Automatic analyzer An automatic analyzer having a positioning member connected to a nozzle support jig used to install a rinse nozzle having a suction member. The positioning member is present at a lower position than that of the suction member, has a vertically movable construction, ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176845 | Form cylinder of a printing press comprising a plurality of sections in series on its circumferential surface in its axial direction, and printing couple comprising such form cylinder A form cylinder of a printing machine includes a plurality of sections in series in an axial direction of the cylinder surface. At least one printing form is arranged in each one of these sections. The form cylinder has at least one channel, also extending in the ax... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176275 | Method and apparatus for de-duplication after mirror operation De-duplication operations are applied to mirror volumes. Data stored to a first volume is mirrored to a second volume. The second volume is a virtual volume having a plurality of logical addresses, such that segments of physical storage capacity are allocated for a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175189 | Fast generalized decision feedback equalizer precoder implementation for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output wireless transmission systems A technique is used to realize a generalized decision feedback equalizer (GDFE) Precoder for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems, which significantly reduces the computational cost while resulting in no capacity loss. The technique is suitabl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174368 | Reading method, responder, and interrogator Transmission and reception of the identification number to/from an interrogator includes an interrogator that reads a recognition number from a responder by radio. When a clock pulse is modulated on a high-frequency carrier and transmitted to the responder from the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170990 | Integrated remote replication in hierarchical storage systems Remote replication is implemented with hierarchical storage. In exemplary embodiments, a first storage site has a first storage system providing an upper tier of storage and a second storage system providing a lower tier of storage. A remote second storage site has ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166232 | Metrics and management for flash memory storage life Embodiments of the invention provide a method and a system for the management of availability and reliability of flash memory media. In one embodiment, a method of evaluating reliability of flash memory media comprises measuring a flash memory remaining life for eac... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165620 | Radio communication apparatus with a bus dedicated to data transmission Disclosed is the hardware construction of a radio communication apparatus that can meet advanced radio communications. A control bus for transferring control signals between a main processor and components is separated from a data bus for transferring transmission/r... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156293 | Method and apparatus for a unified storage system A unified storage system for executing a variety of types of storage control software using a single standardized hardware platform includes multiple storage control modules connected to storage devices for storing data related to input/output (I/O) operations. A fi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155766 | Methods and apparatus to provision power-saving storage system A power-saving computer system comprises a plurality of storage areas provided by one or more storage systems, including at least one first storage area which is always powered on and at least one second storage area which is periodically powered on and off accordin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151119 | Method and apparatus for secure data mirroring a storage system A secure data mirroring capability in a storage system includes encrypting data blocks in a primary volume in preparation for a data mirroring operation. The encrypted data blocks are mirrored to a secure secondary volume. Host systems provide keys from which encryp... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150645 | Automatic analzyer Measurement of the uncertainty used for quality control typically involves a plurality of factors. When the uncertainty exceeds a clinical permissible value, time is required for a medical technologist to investigate and to determine the factor causing the uncertain... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145603 | Method and apparatus for data recovery using storage based journaling A storage system maintains a journal and a snapshot of one or more data volumes. Two journal entry types are maintained, an AFTER journal entry and a BEFORE journal entry. Two modes of data recovery are provided: “fast” recovery and “undo-able” recovery. A c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141485 | Printing machine system A printing system is provided with a first printing machine that includes at least one printing unit and a first folding funnel which is located at an exit of the printing unit. A second printing machine, with a second printing unit and a drier, together with a fold... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140810 | Storage management command control in virtualized environment Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a method for creating a command device in a storage system in a server virtualization environment. The storage system is coupled to a host computer having a virtual machine. The host computer includes a memory and a pro... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132448 | Steam turbine test facility, low-load test method, and load dump test method A steam turbine test facility 1 includes a test steam turbine 2 which simulates the behavior of a real steam turbines 11 included in the steam turbine plant 10, and a motor-generator 4 connected to the test steam turbine 2. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131682 | System and method for replacing contents addressable storage Data is migrated from a first CAS (contents addressed storage) system to a second CAS system. When the migration process is started, the second CAS system retrieves a list of the objects stored on the first CAS system. The second CAS system, based on the list, retri... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128351 | Seals in steam turbine A seal structure for a steam turbine is provided, which is capable of suppressing transfer of heat generated by a friction between a rotating portion and a fixed portion to the rotating portion and of suppressing an increase in the temperature of the rotating portio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127679 | Printing unit of a printing press, comprising at least two frame parts, the position of which relative to one another can be changed A printing unit of a printing press is comprised of at least two frame parts, the position of at least one of which, relative to the other, can be changed. Cooperating ones of these frame parts are placed against each other along a common joining surface, in a first... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127678 | Method and apparatus for providing information about printing plates to be manufactured for a new production of a printing press A method and an apparatus are used for providing information about printing plates to be manufactured for a new production of a printing press. A use of at least one of the printing plates, at its point of use in the printing press, is visualized on a display of a d... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127672 | Method and device for controlling at least one rotating component of a printing press At least one rotating component of at least one printing unit is regulated to a target value for a temperature, representing the component temperature, by a temperature controller. At least one drive of an assembly of the printing machine is regulated or controlled,... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127671 | Printing unit of a printing machine, and method for using a printing unit A printing unit of a printing machine is configured having at least two frame parts, a spacing between which can be modified. Several form cylinders and several transfer cylinders, which cooperate to print a web, are located on each of the at least two frame parts. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122212 | Method and apparatus for logical volume management for virtual machine environment Logical volume management for storage subsystem in virtual machine environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage system comprises a storage subsystem including a processor, a memory, one or more virtual disks, and one or more logical disks each correspondin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118043 | Vehicle washing installation with artificial turf covered wash bay A vehicle washing installation includes a wash bay having a floor for supporting a vehicle to be washed and a washing apparatus for washing a vehicle. An artificial turf covers the floor of the wash bay which functions to pre-filter dirt and debris from the water us... | 02/21/2012 |
| D654541 | Game tile shuffling and inverting device | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112839 | Synthetic grass cleaning element for vehicle washing apparatus A cleaning element for washing a vehicle includes a support having a layer of synthetic grass material mounted thereto. The support maybe a rotatable support which forms a rotary brush. The cleaning element also may be a solid curtain of synthetic grass material or ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112378 | Methods and systems for performing root cause analysis A root cause analysis engine uses event durations and gradual deletion of events to improve analysis accuracy and reduce the number of required calculations. Matching ratios of relevant rules are recalculated every time notification of an event is received. The calc... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107348 | Optical pickup apparatus for use on a multi-layered optical information storage medium An optical pickup apparatus for use on multi-layered optical information storage medium in which influences of reflected light, which result in crosstalk from adjacent layers in a multi-layered optical disk, are mitigated. In an astigmatic optical system of the opti... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102750 | Super resolution producing apparatus capable of adjusting reproduction power When a super resolution technology for optical disks is used in a situation where optical disk management information is formed with a signal that cannot be reproduced by a reproduction method based on a conventional optical disk technology, optical disk drives cann... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099575 | Virtual machine control program and virtual machine system The program attains compatibility of suppression of an overhead accompanying page exception handling in the case of operating a program whose amount of memory use is large on a virtual machine and suppression of the overhead accompanying page exception handling in t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099499 | Storage and service provisioning for virtualized and geographically dispersed data centers Geographically dispersed data centers each include servers and storage systems and are in communication with each other. An application is installed on a guest operating system on a virtual machine set up on a server at a first data center. The application accesses ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096800 | Fine-structure transfer apparatus and method A fine-structure transfer apparatus includes a stamper, a stage on which to place a transfer element having a coating of resist, and a device for heating the resist coating to be vaporized or a device for supplying a vapor of the resist into a space between the stam... | 01/17/2012 |
| D652412 | Mounting panel for an audio-video assembly | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091427 | Nondestructive inspection apparatus and nondestructive inspection method using guided wave Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a technique for quickly detecting a defective portion including wastage, which has occurred in piping having a straight piping portion or a bending zone, in the nondestructive inspection using a guided wave. A guided wave sensor... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085633 | Optical disc drive When a multilayered optical disc is used, the signal-to-noise ratio of a read signal is decreased as effective reflectance is extremely low due to the influence of reflection and absorption by front recording layers. Further, when a high-frequency modulation technol... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077306 | Defect inspection apparatus A high speed defect inspection apparatus has a high-speed detector that includes a plurality of image sensors. The image sensors are arranged with gaps between them in the pixel direction to form two lines. The image sensors are arranged in a zigzag pattern so that ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075840 | Automatic multi-purpose analyzer An automatic multi-purpose analyzer performs qualitative and quantitative analysis of biological samples such as blood, urine, etc. and includes a plurality of analysis units connected in series through a transfer line for transferring the sample, wherein failure ca... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071025 | Automatic analyzer An automatic analyzer having a smaller size, allowing a larger number of reagents to be loaded, and having a higher processing capability. Reagent disks are disposed inside and outside a reaction disk. Reagent probes are disposed to be able to suck reagents from the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069788 | Method for providing printing formes at installation positions on one of a plurality of forme cylinders disposed in a printing press and for disposing of used printing formes from the printing press Printing plates are prepared at installation positions on one of a plurality of plate cylinders disposed in a printing machine. A plurality of flat printing plates, which are provided for a printing process to be carried out by the printing machine itself, and which... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069787 | Printing couple, printing press, and methods for operating a printing couple A printing group of a printing press includes at least one form cylinder that has at least one axially extending opening on the external surface of the cylinder. That at least one axially extending opening forms a channel in the cylinder and in which channel several... | 12/06/2011 |
