Patents Represented by Attorney Michael Best & Fredrich
  • Patent number: 7441408
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brake fluid reservoir comprising at least two lateral mounting lugs (10, 11) designed to be placed either side of a central mounting lug (20) of a brake master cylinder. Collinear holes (12, 13, 21) traverse these lugs and are designed to receive a mounting pin (3). The said lugs include at least one device for the axial immobilization of the mounting pin (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philippe Bourlon, Daniel Grech
  • Patent number: 7165360
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention employ a modular room including a plurality of modular room components (e.g., anchor assemblies, upright assemblies, etc.). These anchor assemblies and upright assemblies can take different forms permitting assembly of a modular room or modular structure in different manners, and in some cases provide for interchangeable interior and exterior wall panels and components. In some embodiments, a bracket assembly is coupled to an substantially vertical elongated upright for improved strength and stability. Preferably, the anchor assembly has a base plate with at least one edge at an angle with respect to the rest of the base plate for additional strength. If desired, the vertical position of the upright with respect to the base plate can be adjusted. In some embodiments, one or more overhead trusses are used to stabilize the walls of a modular room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: L & P Property Management
    Inventor: Steven C. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6978906
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide structure that can be installed within a warehouse-type rack to convert the rack for use as a merchandise and display rack. In this manner, warehouse-type racks can be provided with a greater degree of adjustability to accommodate a larger number of shelving and product storage and display configurations. The structure installed within a warehouse-type rack can include secondary uprights connected to secondary front-rear stretchers. Preferably, the connections between the secondary uprights and the secondary front-rear stretchers are adjustable so that the secondary uprights can be secured in different positions within the warehouse-type rack. In some embodiments, the secondary uprights can be secured in different front-rear positions in the rack and/or can be secured in different vertical positions with respect to the secondary front-rear stretchers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Andrew S. Wishart, Steven C. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6224001
    Abstract: An outwardly opening fuel injector comprises a valve needle movable within a bore and engageable with a seating to control the supply of fuel from the bore, the needle being moveable outwardly of the bore to move the needle away from its seating, the needle being biased towards its seating by a spring, the spring engaging a spring abutment arrangement associated with a part of the needle remote from the part thereof engageable with the seating, the spring abutment arrangement further acting to guide movement of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Michael Peter Cooke, Malcolm David Dick Lambert, Trevor Alan Fuller
  • Patent number: 5183073
    Abstract: A rotatable control device including a body housing a control structure and having an external box; a control shaft journalled in the boss for rotation about an axis and having an internal portion connected to the control structure and an external portion extending outwardly from the boss; an operating handle having an inner end portion connected to the external portion of the control shaft, a gripping end portion for rotating the control structure between first and second positions and an intermediate portion; first and second locking structure circumferentially spaced on the body at locations corresponding to the positions of the intermediate portion of the handle when the control structure is in the first and second positions, respectively; a slider member slidably mounted on the intermediate portion of the handle for reciprocative movement between locked and unlocked positions; interlocking structure for cooperating with the first and second locking structure, when the handle is in the first and second po
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Milwaukee Valve Company, Inc
    Inventor: John L. Roberts
  • Patent number: D598844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ryan Harrison, Taku Ohi
  • Patent number: D419805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: San Jamar, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Fluegge, Brian Hubanks