Patents Represented by Attorney Nexsen Pruet, LLC

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  • Method for forming a capacitor having a copper electrode and a high surface area aluminum inner layer
    Patent number: 7605048
    Abstract: High capacitance value capacitors are formed using bimetal foils of an aluminum layer attached to a copper layer. The copper side of a bimetallic copper/aluminum foil or a monometallic aluminum foil is temporarily protected using aluminum or other materials, to form a sandwich. The exposed aluminum is treated to increase the surface area of the aluminum by at least one order of magnitude, while not attacking any portion of the protected metal. When the sandwich is separated, the treated bimetal foil is formed into a capacitor, where the copper layer is one electrode of the capacitor and the treated aluminum layer is in intimate contact with a dielectric layer of the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignees: Kemet Electronics Corporation, Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Dunn, Jovica Savic, Philip M. Lessner, Albert K. Harrington
  • Bottle cap with combination lock
    Patent number: 7600648
    Abstract: A locking cap for a container has a combination lock built into the top. Two or more thumbwheels with numbers or letters are mounted beneath the top surface of the cap or gung plugs. The thumb wheels have through holes corresponding to the numbers or letters. One or more pins are slidably mounted in the cap. The pins are locked by the thumb wheels unless the through holes are in alignment. The pins either project through holes in the container or abut inwardly, projecting portions with the top of the container to prevent turning of the cap unless the pins are retracted. Combinations of numbers or letters can be preset at manufacture, or selected at or after sale, using plugs to fill selected through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Inventor: Douglas Taylor Hamer
  • Compact micro-porous media degasser
    Patent number: 7585455
    Abstract: A degasser (10) for molten metal with a microporous plate (11). The microporous plate has at least one internal passageway (13) and an interface tube (12) attached to the microporous plate in flow communication with the internal passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Porvair PLC
    Inventor: Leonard S. Aubrey
  • Tools for evaluating and reporting canopy integrity
    Patent number: 7580800
    Abstract: A set of tools is provided for inspecting and obtaining critical data concerning the support structure of a canopy on support columns. The data obtained is entered into a computer programmed to generate a structure integrity report based on the data. The tools include a measurement wheel, an electronic level, a digital camera, a laser distance meter, an ultrasonic thickness gauge and optionally, a ladder and a drill. The computer can be local to the inspection or remote, and, if the latter, in communication with a personal digital assistant with wireless telephone capability into which the user can enter data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Canopex
    Inventors: Neil S. Winter, D. Eric Wilson
  • Powder compaction pressing process for capacitor anodes
    Patent number: 7569080
    Abstract: A powder compaction process using opposed rib and channel punches which are interleaved and a production method are used to produce capacitor elements having a uniform compaction density and which are free of surface imperfections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Kemet Electonics Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Poltorak
  • High voltage solid electrolytic capacitors using conductive polymer slurries
    Patent number: 7563290
    Abstract: A method for forming a capacitor including forming an anode from a valve metal; forming an oxide on the anode to form an anodized anode; dipping the anodized anode into a slurry of conductive polymer; drying the intrinsically conductive polymer; and providing external terminations in electrical contact with the anode and the conductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Kemet Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yongjian Qiu, Randy S. Hahn, Keith R. Brenneman
  • Asymmetric mechanical shunt switch for use in a socket of a string of lights
    Patent number: 7557497
    Abstract: An asymmetrical shunt switch for use in a socket of a string of lights resides in an otherwise typical lamp of a string of lights. The present switch is a shaped spring held in position between the two conducting terminals by a holder so that both of its lateral sides contact the terminals when the base is removed. When the base is inserted, a depending prong on the bottom corner of the base presses one side of the shaped spring away from its terminal and thereby allows current to flow through the Dumet wires to the filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Tech Patent Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Gibboney, Andy Kuo-An Pan, Kao Bin Pan
  • Composite deck system
    Patent number: 7555800
    Abstract: A composite a deck system having a deck component and a concrete component. The deck component of the present invention includes deck sections, each having a longitudinally-extending rib with spaced apart sidewalls connected to a top wall. At the opposing ends of the sidewalls can be included side edges or webs having upturned flanges with an opening or openings along the flanges that are dimensioned to facilitate composite action between the deck sections and the concrete. The system includes a first deck section, as described, adjacent to a second deck section, wherein the side edges of the first and second deck sections are in juxtaposed relation. These deck sections can be combined with concrete to form a composite deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Consolidated Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Collins
  • Mechanical shunt for use in a socket in a string of lights
    Patent number: 7554266
    Abstract: A mechanical shunt for use in a socket of a string of lights resides in an otherwise typical lamp of a string of lights. The present shunt is a horizontal spring held in position by a shunt holder between the two conducting terminals on the interior walls of the socket so that the lateral ends of the shunt contact the terminals when the base is removed. When the base is inserted, a depending prong on the bottom of the base presses the shunt into a V-shaped surface formed in the shunt holder to pivot the lateral ends away from the terminals and allow current to flow through the Dumet wires to the filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung-Wei Johnny Chen
  • Low temperature curable conductive adhesive and capacitors formed thereby
    Patent number: 7554793
    Abstract: An improved conductive adhesive and capacitor formed using the improved conductive adhesive. The conductive adhesive has: 60-95 wt % conductor; 5-40 wt % resin; wherein the resin has: 55-98.9 wt % monomer defined by the formula: wherein: R is an aliphatic group of 1 to 10 carbons; R1 is an aliphatic group of 1 to 10 carbons; R2 is an alkyl, alkyl ether, aryl ether, silane or silicone; and wherein R and R1, R and R2 or R1 and R2 may be taken together to form a cyclic alkyl or aryl group; 0.1-15 wt % catalyst; 1-30 wt % accelerant defined by the formula: wherein R3 is an alkyl or substituted alkyl of 1-10 carbons; and R4 is an alkyl or substituted alkyl of 1-10 carbons with the proviso that at least one of R3 and R4 is substituted with a OR5 wherein R5 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl; and 0-15 wt % filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Kemet Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Antony P. Chacko
  • Radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel
    Patent number: 7554101
    Abstract: In favor of adhesion between phosphor layer and support in a radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel comprising as an arrangement of layers, in consecutive order, a support, a precoat layer and a phosphor or scintillator layer having needle-shaped phosphor or scintillator crystals, said precoat layer comprises as a binder an organic cross-linkable monomer, oligomer, polymer or a mixture thereof and a pigment in a weight ratio of pigment to binder in the range from 1/10 to 10/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Agfa HealthCare
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Tahon, Carlo Uyttendaele
  • Compact micro-porous media degasser
    Patent number: 7547409
    Abstract: A degasser (10) for molten metal with a microporous plate (11). The microporous has at least one internal passageway (13) and an interface tube (12) attached to the microporous plate in flow communication with the internal passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Poevair PLC
    Inventor: Leonard S. Aubrey
  • Method and device for the detection of very small quantities of particles
    Patent number: 7547554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting very small quantities of particles. The inventive method is based on a detection of antigen-antibody reaction products and provides a very high detection sensitivity all the way to the femtomolar or attomolar range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Inventor: Constantin Odefey
  • Interposer decoupling array having reduced electrical shorts
    Patent number: 7545623
    Abstract: A capacitor array with a multiplicity of capacitors with terminations of alternating polarity wherein the terminations are arranged in M columns and N rows. A circuit is provided with terminations in a grid of L columns and K rows wherein the terminations are of alternating polarity with the proviso that a first terminal with L={acute over (?)}M has the same polarity as a second terminal with L={acute over (?)}M+1 wherein {acute over (?)} is an integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Kemet Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Randall, Garry Renner
  • Method for fabricating a medical device that includes a capacitor that does not require oxide reformation
    Patent number: 7544218
    Abstract: A therapeutic medical device system comprising an electrolytic capacitor including an anode, cathode and an electrolyte. The anode is anodized in an electrolyte comprises an aqueous solution of alkanol amine, phosphoric acid and an organic solvent preferably defined by formula 1: CH3—(OCH2CH2)m—OCH3 ??Formula 1 wherein m is an integer from 3 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignees: Kemet Electronics Corporation, Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Norton, Joachim Hossick-Schott, Mark Edward Viste, Brian John Melody, John Tony Kinard
  • Marine water conversion
    Patent number: 7536967
    Abstract: A marine water conversion apparatus capable of pumping ocean surface water several hundred feel below the surface to cause sufficient cooler water to rise to the surface to prevent formation of or to moderate hurricanes. The apparatus is remotely controlled and includes a propulsion system for moving it to a new location or in predetermined patterns through use of a global positioning system and computerized controls. Power for driving the pumps may be provided by a wind turbine driven electric generator at the upper end of an upper tube section pivotally connected to a float tank on a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Inventor: Gerald L. Barber
  • Framing system for mounting flexible sheets
    Patent number: 7526902
    Abstract: A framing system for mounting flexible sheets of material, such as screening in an opening in a wall or porch includes U-shaped channels, or lineals, having at least one external built-in groove for receiving a spline strip for holding an edge of the sheet in place in the groove. Four lineals define a rectangular opening over which the sheet is stretched and then secured in place by jamming its edges into the external spline grooves of the surrounding four lineals with the spline strips to hold the sheet in place. Universal fasteners hold the lineals to the porch walls. The universal fasteners also have alignment grooves on their upper surface, lower surface or both of these surfaces that are useful for receiving an alignment string or wire to align a series of the fasteners across a surface so that they are in line to receive and accurately align a single lineal or multiple lineals arranged end to end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Marhaygue, LLC
    Inventors: Guerry E. Green, Robert T. Hokum, Jr.
  • Ink compositions for ink jet printing
    Patent number: RE40847
    Abstract: Radiation curable ink compositions for ink jet contain radiation curable monomers containing vinylether and acrylate functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Luc Vanmaele, Emiel Verdonck
  • Anode
    Patent number: D599309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Kemet Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Guerrero, Jeff Poltorak, Lance Paul Thornton, Yongjian Qiu
  • Carafe
    Patent number: D600064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Protect Plus, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Charles Beckman, Robert W. Lackey