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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Michigan (Aug. 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Michigan. *** Harman International Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- Harman International Industries, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,515,084) developed by four co-inventors for a "passive sound pressure level limiter with balancing circuit." The co-inventors are Joshua James Barr, Bangor, Mich., Medford Alan Dyer, San Diego, Alan Dean Michel, Fishers, Ind., and Christopher Todd Welsh, Fishers, Ind. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A passive sound pressure level (SPL) limiter is provided that can be used with audio sources of varying drive levels and headphones or earphones of varying sensitivity. The SPL limiter includes a control circuit and left and right channel limiting circuits, each of which includes a pair of FETS. The SPL limiter may include a balancing circuit that separates the control signal output by the control circuit into left and right channel control signals. The SPL limiter may also include a microphone, for example integrated into an earpiece cable." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2011 (13/043,313). 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=8515084.PN.&OS=PN/8515084&RS=PN/8515084 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Assigning WAN Links to Subflows Based on Wan Link Characteristics and Application Preferences ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,514,865) developed by four co-inventors for "assigning WAN links to subflows based on WAN link characteristics and application preferences." The co-inventors are Puneet Sharma, Palo Alto, Calif., Sung-Ju Lee, Los Altos, Calif., John T. Brassil, Los Gatos, Calif., and Kang G. Shin, Ann Arbor, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "WAN link preferences for subflows of an application flow are determined. The characteristics of WAN links operable to transmit the subflows are also determined. The WAN link preferences are compared to the WAN link characteristics, and the subflows are assigned to the WAN links based on the comparison." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2004 (10/835,404). 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=85,14,865.PN.&OS=PN/85,14,865&RS=PN/85,14,865 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Toyota Motor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- Toyota Motor, Erlanger, Ky., has been assigned a patent (8,514,660) developed by Stephane M. Roussel, San Jose, Calif., and Umesh N. Gandhi, Farmington Hills, Mich., for a "range sensor optimized for wind speed." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sonar system having an acoustic wave range sensor which may be displaceable so as to reduce noise is provided. The sonar system further includes a wind sensor operable to detect wind velocity, an actuator coupled to the acoustic wave range sensor, and a processor. The actuator is coupled to the acoustic wave range sensor and operable to change the position of the acoustic wave range sensor. The processor is operable to process the wind velocity, determine the effect the wind has on the echo, and actuate the actuator so as to adjust the position of the acoustic wave range sensor to a position wherein the performance of the acoustic wave range sensor is optimized under dynamic wind conditions." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2010 (12/869,640). 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=8,514,660&OS=8,514,660&RS=8,514,660 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ink-Logix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- Ink-Logix, Royal Oak, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,514,545) developed by Ronald H. Haag, Lake Orion, Mich., for an in-molded capacitive switch. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An article of manufacture having an in-molded capacitive switch and method of making the same are shown and described. In one disclosed method, a conductive ink sensing zone is printed on a film. The film is formed to a desired shape and put in an injection mold. A molten plastic material is introduced into the injection mold to form a rigid structure that retains the film." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/106,250). 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=8,514,545&OS=8,514,545&RS=8,514,545 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,514,101) developed by four co-inventors for a "driving maneuver assist on full windshield head-up display." The co-inventors are Roy J. Mathieu, Rochester Hills, Mich., Thomas A. Seder, Northville, Mich., Joseph F. Szczerba, Grand Blanc, Mich., and Dehua Cui, Northville, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to dynamically register a graphic on a driving scene of a source vehicle utilizing a graphic projection display includes monitoring source vehicle information and monitoring road information. A preferred driving maneuver and a driving scene location of the preferred driving maneuver are identified based on the monitored source vehicle information and the monitored road information. A graphic exemplifying the preferred driving maneuver is determined and a location of the graphic is dynamically registering upon the graphic projection display corresponding to the driving scene. The dynamically registered location is based on the driving scene location of the preferred driving maneuver. The graphic is displayed upon the graphic projection display." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2011 (13/309,716). 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=85,14,101.PN.&OS=PN/85,14,101&RS=PN/85,14,101 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,514,099) developed by Thomas A. Seder, Northville, Mich., Joseph F. Szczerba, Grand Blanc, Mich., and Dehua Cui, Northville, Mich., for a "vehicle threat identification on full windshield head-up display." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to dynamically register a graphic identifying a potentially threatening vehicle onto a driving scene of a vehicle utilizing a substantially transparent windscreen head up display includes monitoring a vehicular environment, identifying the potentially threatening vehicle based on the monitored vehicular environment, determining the graphic identifying the potentially threatening vehicle, dynamically registering a location of the graphic upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display corresponding to the driving scene of the vehicle, and displaying the graphic upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display, wherein the substantially transparent windscreen head up display includes one of light emitting particles or microstructures over a predefined region of the windscreen permitting luminescent display while permitting vision therethrough." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2010 (12/903,267). 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=85,14,099.PN.&OS=PN/85,14,099&RS=PN/85,14,099 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,514,037) developed by Chih-Cheng Hsu, Rochester Hills, Mich., and Andrew J. Namou, Southfield, Mich., for a "dual bipolar magnetic field for rotary high-voltage contactor in automotive lithium-ion battery systems ." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device and method for operating automotive battery system relays and related switches. By aligning a magnetic field with a direction of current flow in a contact plate disposed between magnets that are producing the field, a generated Lorentz force can be used to promote arc extinguishing during a relay opening sequence, while simultaneously reducing the tendency of the Lorentz forces to interfere with the operation of a solenoid or other switch-activating mechanisms. By using a rotary-based mechanism to establish contact between a contact plate and current-carrying terminals, the likelihood of inadvertent opening of the relay is reduced. Such devices and methods may be used in conjunction with hybrid-powered and electric-powered vehicles." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2011 (13/113,488). 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=85,14,037.PN.&OS=PN/85,14,037&RS=PN/85,14,037 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,514,062) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for learning and setting warm placard pressure threshold for a direct tire pressure monitoring system." The co-inventors are Dilip B. Patel, Novi, Mich., Greg Swadling, Milford, Mich., Thomas Michael McQuade, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Jim Michael Weinfurther, Farmington, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for setting a warm placard tire pressure threshold for a motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system that initiates a learn mode in the tire pressure monitoring system, starts a timer upon determining a vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined speed threshold, stops the timer upon determining the vehicle speed is less than or equal to the predetermined speed threshold or a predetermined period of time has expired, detects a plurality of tire pressures for a tire location while the timer is timing, stores the plurality of tire pressures, averages the plurality of tire pressures to determine a warm placard tire pressure threshold upon the predetermined period of time expiring, and sets the warm placard tire pressure threshold in the tire pressure monitoring system." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2010 (12/833,361). 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=85,14,062.PN.&OS=PN/85,14,062&RS=PN/85,14,062 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,513,915) developed by Vipul M. Patel, Northville, Mich., for a "vehicle alignment for inductive charging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Vehicle alignment for inductive charging includes a control system and logic configured to execute on the control system. The logic is configured to define a first orientation for a first antenna and a second antenna, which are disposed on a vehicle. The logic is also configured to define a second orientation specifying a location of a vehicle charging device disposed on the vehicle relative to the first and second antennae. The logic is further configured to determine a location of an inductive charging device relative to the vehicle by performing triangulation analysis using data from the first and second orientations in conjunction with signals received from the first and second antennae. The logic is also configured to calculate a direction to the location using voltage values from the signals, such that movement of the vehicle in the direction brings the vehicle charging device closer to the inductive charging device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2010 (12/909,243). 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=85,13,915.PN.&OS=PN/85,13,915&RS=PN/85,13,915 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Versus Technology, Fleetwood Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- Versus Technology, Traverse City, Mich., and Fleetwood Group, Holland, Mich., have been assigned a patent (8,514,071) developed by Harry G. Derks, Holland, Mich., William S. Buehler, Zeeland, Mich., and Michael B. Hall, Holland, Mich., for a "real-time method and system for locating a mobile object or person in a tracking environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A real-time method and system for locating a mobile object or person in a tracking environment. The method includes modulating a first carrier signal with a first packet including a first set of data to obtain a modulated first signal and transmitting the first signal. The first signal contains the first packet and has a first precision and a first range within the environment. The steps of modulating and transmitting are repeated until a modulated second signal is received within a time period after the step of transmitting. The second signal contains a second packet including a second set of data and has a second precision and a second range within the environment. The second signal is demodulated to obtain the second packet. Location is determined within the environment based on the second packet." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2010 (12/845,228). 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=85,14,071.PN.&OS=PN/85,14,071&RS=PN/85,14,071 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GK Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- GK Licensing, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,513,572) developed by James C. Schumacher, Royal Oak, Mich., Curt D. Hite, Chesterfield Township, Mich., and Tracy E. Roberts, Shelby Township, Mich., for a "modular paint oven using radiant and convection heat." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An oven apparatus 24 having a modular construction for curing paint on the surface of a vehicle body 26 using radiant and convection heat. The oven apparatus 24 includes a plurality of oven modules, each extending along an axis A along a length B. Each oven module 30 includes an interior shell 52, an outer shell 54 and a wall cavity 56 therebetween. A plurality of Z-shaped rails 84 are disposed in the cavity 56, wherein a rail leg 86 of each Z-shaped rail fixedly engages the outer shell 54. Further, a plurality of support clips 90 are disposed in the wall cavity 56 and fixedly engage the interior shell 52. The support clips 90 each have a clip cavity 96 for receiving a rail leg 88 of a Z-shaped rail 84 for allowing axial movement between the interior and outer shells 52, 54 while restricting transverse movement between the interior and outer shells 52, 54." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2011 (13/087,526). 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=85,13,572.PN.&OS=PN/85,13,572&RS=PN/85,13,572 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. 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