Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pillsbury Winthrop LLP Intellectual Property Group
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Patent number: 6590360Abstract: A control device for a permanent magnet motor serving as both a starter for an engine and a generator in a motor vehicle is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masami Hirata, Tsuyoshi Shinohara, Kyouichi Okada, Isao Kishimoto, Kazuo Nagatake
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Patent number: 6464577Abstract: A process for manufacturing a register for ventilating air includes molding a deflector member having a plurality of shafts and a plurality of first deflector plates. The deflector member is made from a first resin. A connector member, which holds the plurality of shafts rotatably and connects the first deflector plates swingably, is molded from a second resin that possess characteristics that prohibit it from fusing with the first resin. Next, a frame-shaped member, made from a third resin and having a plurality of second deflector plates, is molded by the process. Then, the deflector member, which includes the connector member, is assembled with the frame-shaped member. A knob for operating the first deflector plates can be molded integrally with one of the first deflector plates.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2001Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazumichi Shigeno, Shigeru Yabuya, Akira Azumi, Shigenori Shibata
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Patent number: 6447562Abstract: An abrasive includes an alumina-based fiber bound by a matrix resin which contains diamond abrasive grains therein, and a diamond abrasive grain layer provided on the surface of the bound fiber. The abrasive is formed into, for example, a flat plate having a thickness in a range of 0.45 to 1.2 mm, and the diamond abrasive grain layer is provided on at least any one of opposite surfaces of the bound fiber. Flat filaments having a ratio of a long axis to a short axis of the cross-sectional shape thereof in a range of 1.3 to 1.8 are used for the alumina-based fiber.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignees: XEBEC Technology Co., Ltd., Taimei Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiko Sumiyoshi, Takuma Miyazawa
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Patent number: 6379755Abstract: An electroless plating reaction catalyst is imparted to a substrate and then the catalyst is deactivated or removed at desired locations by irradiating with an energy beam to form groove portions in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1993Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Ohmi, Hiroshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 6356139Abstract: A reference voltage generator, comprising: reference voltage generation means for generating a reference voltage having a potential level through an output node by a power-up signal; noise removing means for a noise which is caused in a ground terminal and is provided to the output node; and reference voltage level adjusting means being connected between the output node of the reference voltage generation means and the ground terminal and for adjusting the potential level of the reference voltage from the reference voltage generation means.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2000Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seop Lee
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Patent number: 6345652Abstract: This invention relates to an improved separator, commonly referred to as a “lath”, “stick”, “sticker”, or “crosser”, that is used in the lumber industry to separate pieces of lumber in a stack or bundle. The separator features, in one embodiment, a plurality of grooves traversing the length of the separator to permit air circulation within the grooves, and a plurality of ridges between the grooves to support the pieces of lumber. In another embodiment, a second plurality of grooves traverse the length of the separator and the first grooves to form a cross-hatching of grooves to permit air circulation within the grooves, and forming a plurality of protrusions to support the pieces of lumber over the grooves.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1998Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Inventor: David M. Townsend
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Patent number: 6345137Abstract: A wavelength division multiplex optical star coupler comprises an input port which inputs a first optical signal, a first optical coupler which divides the first optical signal input from the input port into a plurality of first optical signals, a plurality of input/output ports, each of which outputs one of the plurality of first optical signals divided by the first optical coupler and inputs a second optical signal, an output port which outputs the second optical signal, and a second optical coupler, provided between the input port and the first optical coupler or between the first optical coupler and the input/output ports, which provides the first optical signal to the input/output ports and the second optical signal to the output port.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1999Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshihiro Imajo
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Patent number: 6345139Abstract: Even if there is a temperature variation, a positional discrepancy at a colliding surface of an active surface of a semiconductor laser and an optical waveguide is suppressed, resulting in realization of a semiconductor light emitting element coupled with optical fiber of stable operation. In order to realize the above object, a semiconductor light emitting element coupled with optical fiber comprises a substrate, an optical waveguide disposed on the substrate and including a core and a cladding layer covering the core, a semiconductor light emitting element disposed on the substrate and comprising an output end-surface facing one end of the core of the optical waveguide, and an optical fiber comprising a core an end of which faces the other end of the core of the optical waveguide, wherein the cladding layer sandwiches both surfaces of the semiconductor light emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2000Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuyoshi Fuse, Masanobu Kimura, Kiyoyuki Kawai, Ritsuo Yoshida
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Patent number: 6332729Abstract: A pen-shaped applicator (1) for applying a liquid, in particular glue, on a substrate comprises a container (2) out of which the liquid can be pressed and a dosing part (6) arranged on one end face of the container (2) and having a dispensing layer (8) with openings for the liquid. A spring-loaded valve body (13) with which a valve seat (12) is associated is arranged inside the dispensing layer (8). The dispensing layer (8) is made of plastics and formed in a single piece with the dosing part (6), in particular by injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Kores Holding Zug AGInventor: Peter Koreska
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Patent number: 6296269Abstract: An air bag cover is formed of synthetic resin and is connected to and held by the body of a car in a plurality of discontinuous portions thereof along the peripheral edge of an opening formed on the interior side of the car in such a manner that the air bag cover not only can cover an air bag folded in the peripheral edge of the opening on the car interior side, but also, when an air bag main body of the air bag is developed and expanded, can be so opened and moved as to allow the air bag main body to project toward the opening side. The air bag cover further includes a restricting wall which projects toward the body of the car in such a manner that it can connect together these connecting/holding portions while the restricting wall is disposed on the back surface side of the air bag cover, in more particular, on the side of the folded air bag main body that is distant from the opening and on the opening side of connecting/holding portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Nagai, Chiharu Totani, Fumitake Kobayashi, Tadao Tanaka, Hiroyuki Tajima, Hiroshi Ishiyama
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Patent number: 6286995Abstract: In a temperature sensor inserted into a hole formed in a wall of an exhaust gas passage thereby to set a temperature sensitive element in position in the passage, a metal rib in close contact with a hole for preventing the leakage of the exhaust gas is welded over the entire outer peripheral surface of a metal outer cylinder at the end thereof nearer to the passage, and a cylindrical metal sleeve for covering lead wire connecting portions is welded over the entire periphery of a protrusion of the rib at a position further away from the passage than the coupling portion between the rib and the outer cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Sotoo Takahashi, Matsuo Fukaya
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Patent number: 6213804Abstract: A socket for receiving a semiconductor component (10) having an electric terminal (12) comprises a contact (31), to which the electric terminal is connected, and a driving mechanism for moving the contact (31) toward the electric terminal (12) when the semiconductor component is inserted into an insertion position in the socket. The driving mechanism has a movable separation member (40) for keeping the contact (31) away from the insertion position of the semiconductor component (10) when the semiconductor component is not inserted in the socket. The socket also has a spring (50) which is compressed as the semiconductor component (10) is inserted, and pushes back the movable separation member (40) toward the semiconductor component.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Advantest CorporationInventor: Shigeru Matsumura
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Patent number: D480954Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Scoop Creation, Inc.Inventor: Shozo Furuta
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Patent number: D481306Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Scoop Creation, Inc.Inventor: Shozo Furuta