Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm S. Koehler
  • Patent number: 6496979
    Abstract: A method and system of installing applications for a plurality of mobile devices from a storage source, wherein each mobile device is of a different type, includes storing on the storage source a plurality of applications. Each application is designed for a unique type of mobile device. The mobile device is connected to the storage source and the type of mobile device is detected. A selected application is then transferred to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James Chen, Kevin Shields
  • Patent number: 6494529
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a panel for selectively closing or at least partially opening the roof opening. An operating mechanism for the panel comprises a plate-shaped link, which is connected to the panel at the location of at least one point of attachment via an at least substantially vertical lip on the underside of the panel. The link and the lip are provided with a hole for allowing passage of a fixing element therethrough. The link includes two plate members at least at the location of the point of attachment, between which the lip of the closure element is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Christiaan Leonardus Johannes Manders
  • Patent number: 6491338
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening that can be closed by a movable closure element. A sliding sunscreen is positioned under the closure element, wherein the sunscreen at least partially is a material that exhibits variable light transmission. The light transmission can be varied automatically or manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Rene Fernand Emile De Torbal
  • Patent number: 6493758
    Abstract: A method and system for transferring offline browsing content information of a wide area network from a host computer to a mobile device includes connecting the mobile device to the host computer and obtaining characteristic information of the mobile device pertaining to at least one of hardware and software capabilities of the mobile device. The content information is transferred from the host computer to the mobile device as a function of the characteristic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Jay F. McLain
  • Patent number: 6490563
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method of proofreading text in a computer system includes receiving text from a user into a text editing module. At least a portion of the text is converted to an audio signal upon the detection of an indicator, the indicator defining a boundary in the text by either being embodied therein or comprising delays in receiving text. The audio signal is played through a speaker to the user to provide feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Dong Li, Xuedong Huang, Yun-Chen Ju, Xianghui Sean Zhang
  • Patent number: 6485093
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle comprising a roof opening that can be closed by a panel of which at least the rear edge can be pivoted upward and downward. A three-dimensional body is provided on the underside of said panel to influence the air flow, near the rear edge of the panel. The three-dimensional body generates swirls in the air flow over the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Petrus Gerardus Marie Reivers
  • Patent number: 6486684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the position of an object that can be moved forward and backward along a fixed path, such as a closure element of an open roof construction for a vehicle. The device includes a driving unit for the object and a pulse generator, which is driven by the driving unit, for delivering pulses during the movement of the object along the path. The device further includes a slow potentiometer, which potentiometer is likewise driven by the driving unit and which is connected to the driving unit via a transmission, such that the potentiometer passes through its range of values maximally once during a complete movement of the object along its fixed path. The slow potentiometer provides a monitoring function with respect to the position signal that is based on the number of registered pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Nabuurs
  • Patent number: 6471286
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in the fixed roof comprises a stationary part for attachment to the roof, having stationary guide rails on either side of the roof opening and slidable slides with operating mechanisms therein. A closure means supported by the operating mechanisms is adjustable between a closed position in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position in which it releases the roof opening at least partially. Each operating mechanism comprises a curve plate attached to the closure means and having a guide track with which a guide member connected to the slide may engage. The slide includes a height-adjustable part which is equipped with the guide member being in engagement with a further guide track in a curve part connected to the stationary part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Christiaan Leonardus Johannes Manders, Theodorus Gerardus Fransiscus Van Rooij
  • Patent number: 6464292
    Abstract: An open roof construction or assembly for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a stationary part to be fixed to the roof. An upper closure element supported by said stationary part is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in which it releases the roof opening at least partially. A slidable lower closure element supported by said stationary part can move forward and backward, to which end it is slidably guided in guide rails at its edges or outer portions. The lower closure element includes hook members as engaging elements at said edges, which engage in the associated guide rails and which run substantially clear of the guide rails during normal operation of the open roof construction. The engaging elements will move into engagement with the guide rails when an excessive, upward load is exerted on the lower closure element, so as to retain said lower closure element in its correct position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Christian Leonardus Johannes Manders
  • Patent number: 6457369
    Abstract: A loading assembly for applying a load to a test specimen includes a container having a volume of compressible fluid for providing a spring. A cylinder having a bore operably connected to the container. A piston is slidable in the bore and is operably coupleable to the test specimen. A valve fluidly coupled to the bore selectively provides fluid to the bore to displace the piston. A controller controls the valve to cause nonresonant displacement of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: MTS Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Niel R. Petersen
  • Patent number: 6454346
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in open roof constructions, which are particularly, but not exclusively of the rail-to-rail type. The side beams of these open roof constructions are generally attached directly to the reinforcement beams on the longitudinal edges of the roof of the vehicle. According to the invention the side beams are manufactured from special extrusion sections which are very easily adaptable to various designs of the open roof construction, which are mountable into the vehicle in a rational manner, and which enable the provision of additional functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Nabuurs
  • Patent number: 6450568
    Abstract: There is disclosed an open roof construction for a vehicle, comprising a roof opening formed in the roof of the vehicle, which can be closed by means of at least one closure element which can be moved forward and backward between an open position and a closed position. A flow-influencing flap is mounted at a location of a part of the open roof construction which co-operates with a front edge of the closure element in the closed position of said closure element. The flap is pivotable about a pivot pin extending substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, between a first position, in which it extends substantially parallel to the local air flow, and a second position, in which it extends at an angle with respect to the local air flow, wherein pivoting of the flap is prevented in the closed position of the closure element, while pivoting of the flap to a second position, under the influence of the local air flow, is possible in the open position of the closure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Carlo Jansen
  • Patent number: 6447056
    Abstract: A vehicle having an open roof construction comprising a fixed roof provided with at least two openings which are separated from each other by a central part, and a stationary part fixed to the roof, at least two adjustable closure elements supported by said stationary part, which are each adjustable between a closed position, in which they close the respective roof opening, and an open position, in which they release said opening at least partially. Two movable, substantially rigid screens are mounted under said closure elements, the screens of which are movable between a position in which they are positioned substantially under the respective roof opening and a position in which they release said opening at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Wilhelmus Maria Nabuurs
  • Patent number: 6449589
    Abstract: A method for transforming a first set of rule expressions forming a first grammar to a second set of rule expressions forming a second grammar includes identifying at least one left-recursive category of the first grammar; and applying a left-corner transform to substantially only the left-recursive rule expressions of the first grammar in forming the second grammar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Robert C. Moore
  • Patent number: 6431987
    Abstract: A spherical swivel includes a base assembly having a clevis and a ball joined to the clevis. A swivel eye is movably joined to the ball. An elastomeric band positioning device includes an elastomeric band that is secured at opposite ends to the base assembly and is further secured to the swivel eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: MTS Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Tushar, Paul J. Leska, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6429658
    Abstract: An ignition timing device for timing an engine having a timing port includes a sensor securable in the timing port to provide a timing mark signal. An ignition sensor is adapted to provide an ignition signal. A comparator receives the timing mark signal and the ignition signal. The comparator provides an output signal indicative of substantial simultaneous occurrence of timing mark signal and the ignition signal. An indicator receives the output signal and is operable as a function thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Thomsen, Richard L. Clements
  • Patent number: 6419309
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame to be fixed to the roof. The frame includes guide rails extending on either side of the roof opening. At least one adjustable closure element is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in which it has been moved rearwards to a position above the fixed roof. An operating mechanism disposed between the closure element and the guide rails comprises a supporting member which supports said closure element, a guideway extending at least in a longitudinal direction of the guide rail, and a slide which is capable of sliding movement along said guide rails. The slide includes first and second guide members which are in engagement with the guideway for the purpose of moving the closure element upon movement of the slide. The first and second guide members are formed on the slide in spaced-apart relationship in the longitudinal direction of the guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Petrus Kaandorp, Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen
  • Patent number: 6419310
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame and an adjustable closure element. Said closure element is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in which it releases the roof opening on the front side. The frame comprises at least one guide rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. An operating mechanism for the closure element is provided for effecting a pivoting movement of the closure element and a movement of the closure element in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The operating mechanism includes an element which is at least substantially stationary during the pivoting movement of the closure element and which moves along with the movement of the closure element. A correction mechanism is provided for moving the closure element slightly in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail upon pivoting movement of said closure element about a pivot member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Christiaan Leonardus Johannes Manders
  • Patent number: 6412859
    Abstract: A folding roof for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame to be mounted in the opening, which frame comprises a passage opening and a flexible cover for selectively closing or releasing the opening. A control beam which is attached to the opening side of the cover, is guided in guide rails at its lateral ends. A driving mechanism is connected to the control beam and selectively moves the control beam for opening or closing the folding roof. A push-off element can come into engagement with the frame when the control beam approaches the closed position. A transmission mechanism positioned between the push-off element and the drive mechanism pulls the control beam to the closed position with increased driving force during the last part of the closing movement. The push-off element is provided laterally of the control beam and co-operates with the stationary guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Edwin Johannes Richardus Wilhelmus Thijssen, Renatus Arnoldus Teunissen, Joseph Petrus Johannes Sanders
  • Patent number: 6394540
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame to be fixed to the roof, which includes at least one guide rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the open roof construction. A closure element supported by the frame is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in which it releases the roof opening at least partially. An operating mechanism for adjustably supporting said closure element includes a slide which is capable of sliding movement in said guide rail and which is of U-shaped cross-section, at least locally. The slide is made up of two interconnected parts, with each part being L-shaped in section in at least two places. The bending lines between the legs of the L-shaped sections are staggered in said two places, preferably by a distance equal to the thickness of the material of the L-shaped parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Inalfa Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Christiaan Leonardus Johannes Manders