Patents Represented by Attorney Varndell & Varndell, PLLC
  • Patent number: 7028113
    Abstract: Enabled is operation, including confirmation of the data content of a PC card on a display screen or outputting the data onto an output unit, according to the operation of another terminal unit connected to a network. A module to be removably inserted by a PC card and an output unit for displaying and printing input data are connected through an interface. The module and a terminal unit are connected for data transmission and reception through a communicating unit for communicating data on a predetermined communication protocol. By inserting the PC card in the module, the data of the PC card is converted into a data form to be data-processed on the output unit and into a data form suited for a communication protocol of the communicating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6975364
    Abstract: A radio television and frequency modulation monitor transmitting receiving control apparatus is constructed to include at least one receiving module respectively installed in a respective monitor controlled by a remote controller, and a radio television and frequency modulation transmitting control module connected to an audio video signal source, which can be a digital video disk player, cathode ray tube television, digital video disk game machine, digital video disk internet game machine, organic light emitting diode display, or notebook computer, and adapted for transmitting signal data from the remote controller through an infrared transceiver of each receiving module to the audio video signal source and transmitting audio video output signal from the audio video signal source to each receiving module for output through each monitor in which one of the at least one receiving module is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Inventor: Hui-Lin Lin
  • Patent number: 6948201
    Abstract: A care bed used commonly for bathing and toileting allowing a labor burden on a carer in bathing and toileting of a bedridden sufferer to be minimized, which could not be performed by a conventional care bed, comprising a bed having a plurality of vertical grooves disposed on a bath tub; arms fittedly inserted to the plurality of vertical grooves, and a lift capable of horizontally raising and longitudinally moving the arms after the arms are fittedly inserted into the plurality of vertical grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Inventor: Junichi Yoshimori
  • Patent number: 6941201
    Abstract: This travel control apparatus for vehicles is provided with a fellow vehicle judgement device adapted to judge whether a fellow vehicle coming close to a subject vehicle traveling on a track is present or absent, and a device for shifting a traveling course of the subject vehicle when a judgement that a fellow vehicle coming close to the subject vehicle is present is given by the fellow vehicle judgement device, so as to have the subject vehicle traveling along a solo traveling course set on the track travel along a course set close to a shoulder of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 6932442
    Abstract: An elastic-bodied crawler, in which damages, such as local wear, coming-off of driven projections and the like in use, are prevented from being brought about, and frictional resistance is decreased at engaging portions to provide for durability, comprises a body with a reinforcement layer of reinforcement cables embedded therein circumferentially, driven projections provided in a predetermined pitch on an inner peripheral surface of the body, lug portions formed on an outer surface of the body, and reinforcement members (driven projection reinforcement cables) embedded to bridge the driven projections and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Hori
  • Patent number: 6932936
    Abstract: To provide manufacturing method for a double tube having a hole formed therein and a mold for implementing such method, which reduce the time required for manufacturing, do not leave shavings in the gap between the outer tube and the inner tube, and offer highly accurate hole positioning. The manufacturing method for a double tube having a hole formed therein pertaining to the present invention uses a mold in which a punch is located in at least one of the split mold halves that form the outer circumferential surface, an indentation is formed by drawing the punch into the mold, and fluid pressure is applied between the outer tube and the inner tube of the double tube located within the mold to form a hole in the circumferential wall of the outer tube via such indentation. Furthermore, the punch is placed in the mold in a watertight fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignees: Sanoh Industries Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Pipe & Tube Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ezure
  • Patent number: 6929170
    Abstract: A solder deposition method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (1) providing a solder slab; (2) providing a complementary means having a plurality of through holes; (3) providing a circuit element, which is composed of an insulating body and a plurality of embedded conducting terminals; (4) placing the circuit element under the complementary means and the solder slab above the complementary means, and injecting a plurality of solder bits taken from the solder slab by a punching device through the complementary means into the solder-retaining units of the conducting terminals. This method is advantageous in the simplicity of soldering instrumentation and process, which significantly reduces production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Patent number: 6922989
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a plural pressure oil energies selective recovery apparatus which can selectively recover pressure oil energies stored in plural pressure oil actuators, based upon recovery conditions. A priority for recovering a return pressure oil from a hydraulic actuator is set in advance for an operation lever of each of the plural hydraulic actuators. If the operation lever is in the non-actuation state at a preceding detection point, the plural pressure oil energies selective recovery apparatus recovers a return pressure oil from a corresponding hydraulic actuator. If the operation lever is in the actuation state, the plural pressure oil energies selective recovery apparatus does not recover a pressure oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinobu Nagura, Kazuhiro Maruta, Nobumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6921655
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide enzymes that have high endoglucanase activity and yet exhibit high activity even under alkaline conditions, and genes encoding the same. The enzyme according to the invention has the following properties: a) exhibiting endoglucanase activity; and b) capable of completely removing fuzz from regenerated cellulose fabrics at a concentration of 1 mg of the protein/L or below. The enzyme of the invention having endoglucanase activity is a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 11; a modified protein thereof exhibiting endoglucanase activity; or a homologue of the protein or the modified protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Nakamura, Tatsuki Moriya, Yuko Baba, Koji Yanai, Naomi Sumida, Tomoko Nishimura, Kouichirou Murashima, Akitaka Nakane, Takashi Yaguchi, Jinichiro Koga, Takeshi Murakami, Toshiaki Kono
  • Patent number: 6921382
    Abstract: A safety syringe has a barrel, a needle hub movably received in the barrel and having a hollow cone with a flange formed on an inner periphery of the hollow cone and a plunger with a hook formed to correspond to the flange of the needle hub such that when the hook engages with the flange of the needle hub, the needle hub is ready to be pulled back into the barrel by a rearward movement of the plunger so that the syringe is ready to be disposed of safely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Biotop Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tun-Chi Lee, Ting Shen
  • Patent number: 6919865
    Abstract: A display device for displaying information toward outside of a work machine is installed in the work machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatake Tamaru
  • Patent number: 6917307
    Abstract: A management method and system for a parking lot utilizes multiple parking space sensors to detect the using status of each parking space. A computer is provided to connect to all parking space sensors and controls a display board that is placed at the entrance of the parking lot to show which position is available. Thus, the display board provides the guiding function to the vehicle driver that enters the parking lot. Further, the guiding function is performed by multiple modules mounted on all paths in the parking lot to identify a proper direction so that an available position is easily found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventor: Shih-Hsiung Li
  • Patent number: 6915631
    Abstract: A forward/backward switching control apparatus for a hydraulic drive vehicle that includes the following structures. A variable displacement type hydraulic pump driven by an engine for discharging pressure oil in both directions. An electromagnetic pump inclination angle control mechanism making the discharge displacement of the variable displacement type hydraulic pump variable and for causing the same to discharge in both directions. An electric control outputting signals to run the hydraulic drive vehicle forward, backward and forward/backward. A control device outputting, when the electric control is switched forward/backward to output the forward/backward signal and when the time for switching the forward/backward signal is not longer than a preset time, a first modulate signal for delaying the return times from the forward position to the neutral position and from the backward position to the neutral position to the electromagnetic pump inclination angle control mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kado, Yuuichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6914192
    Abstract: A set of conductor and an adapter-connector to allow easier process, reliable securing and guaranteed effective contact with its adapted electronic device is characterized by that the conductor containing a main portion, a resilient arm and a conduction part; both of the resilient arm and the conduction part being extended in parallel from one end of the main portion; the resilient arm being further bent in opposite direction to extend for a certain length, then further bent for a certain angle; a contact being provided on the resilient arm at a level higher than that of the top of the main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Patent number: 6910691
    Abstract: A cubic puzzle includes eight identical elementary pieces. Each elementary piece is composed of eight identical blocks. The lower layer has a first, a second, and a third block linearly connected to a side face of each other and a fourth block transversely and securely connected to a side of the third block. The upper layer has a fifth block securely connected to a side of a sixth block, wherein the fifth block is formed on top of the first block, and a seventh block securely connected to a side of an eighth block, wherein the seventh block is formed on top of the fourth block. A position relationship between the sixth block and the fifth block and the seventh block to the eighth block corresponds to a position relationship between the fourth block and the third block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Inventor: Sywan-Min Shih
  • Patent number: 6907916
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus of a work machine which facilitates maintenance such as cleaning, check and remedy of cooling equipments such as a radiator, an oil cooler and an after cooler is provided. A frame which forms an opening portion on a ventilation passage is provided on an upper stream side of a fan, and a radiator and an oil cooler or a radiator and an oil cooler and an after cooler are arranged in parallel at the opening portion of the frame. At least one of the radiator and the oil cooler or at least one of the radiator and the oil cooler and the after cooler is mounted to the frame detachably. A fan shroud is mounted to the frame. A part of the fan shroud may be detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Koyama
  • Patent number: 6907902
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a hydraulic signal output device having a smaller installation space, and thereby enabling to make an installation space of hydraulic machines in an operation room smaller and that of other than the hydraulic machines larger. In addition to this, the present invention intends to allow externally restricting an operation in the operation room. In order to attain the intentions, in a hydraulic signal output device of the present invention, a PPC valve, an EPC valve and a shuttle valve are integrally formed. In one invention, in addition to the above, a pressure oil output port in a pressure-reducing valve in the PPC valve is communicated with a pressure oil input port of a switching valve in an electromagnetic valve, and a pressure oil output port of the switching valve in the electromagnetic valve is communicated with a pilot pipe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Kaneda, Shuuji Hori, Naoki Ishizaki, Yasuhiro Satou, Masayoshi Mototani
  • Patent number: 6902027
    Abstract: A piping structure of a crawler driving hydraulic motor able to reduce a reduction in strength of a vehicle body frame and shorten the exposure length of a hydraulic piping in the exterior of the vehicle body frame, and reduce a damage opportunity due to an external obstacle, etc. Therefore, the hydraulic piping is connected from a hydraulic pump arranged within the vehicle body frame to left-hand and right-hand crawler driving hydraulic motors respectively attached to one-end sides of left-hand and right-hand crawler track frames arranged on left-hand and right-hand outsides of the vehicle body frame. The hydraulic piping extends through a frame rear wall constituting the vehicle body frame, and is taken out to the exterior of the vehicle body frame, and is connected to the left-hand and right-hand crawler driving hydraulic motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Soga, Eiji Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 6898878
    Abstract: An improvement in a piping arrangement for swing type hydraulic excavators achieved. Piping is provided on a cylinder for an implement from a side of the swivel frame through the swing bracket, the swing bracket is formed on a side thereof with a piping hole, which extends outside from an interior thereof, and piping for that cylinder for an implement, which is disposed in the vicinity of the swing bracket, is performed from the interior of the swing bracket through the piping hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Yoshida, Kiyoshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: D512101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventor: Nick Hsu