Patents Represented by Law Firm Wigman, Cohen, Leitner & Myers
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Patent number: 5706601Abstract: A trap and method for trapping a mouse or other rodent. The present invention is directed to an animal trap, particularly to a mouse trap or the like in combination with an enclosure in the form of a plastic bag inside a cover. The enclosure is contoured so as to fit within the cover and has an open rear end to admit an entry therein of the rodent. When the rodent enters the enclosure and touches a pad end of the trigger member, the spring-loaded striker is released from a catch position and kills the rodent within the enclosure by entering the lower portion of the cover through two vertical slots without penetrating the enclosure. The enclosure is then pulled from the cover by the user and disposed of. The bag can be of the colored plastic type, so the user will not even see the mouse inside of it.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1995Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Inventor: Robert P. Dail
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Patent number: 5707400Abstract: A method of treating patients suffering from refractory hypertension includes identifying a patient suffering from the disorder and applying a stimulating electrical signal to the patient's vagus nerve predetermined to modulate the electrical activity of the nerve and to alleviate the hypertension. The step of applying the stimulation may be performed manually by the patient, or automatically following detection of the hypertension by sensing the patient's blood pressure, or, preferably by continuous or periodic application without use of a sensor. The stimulating signal is a pulse waveform with programmable signal parameter values including pulse width, output current, frequency, on time and off time.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1995Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: Cyberonics, Inc.Inventors: Reese S. Terry, Jr., Ross G. Baker, Jr., Andre Marquette
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Patent number: 5705528Abstract: Novel farnesyl derivatives which are inhibitors of the prenylated protein thyltransferase enzyme, and useful as anti-cancer drugs, have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents farnesyl, geranyl or geranyl-geranyl;Z represents C--R.sup.6 or N;R.sup.2 represents H, CN, the groups COOR.sup.7, SO.sub.3 R.sup.7, CONR.sup.7 R.sup.8 and SO.sub.2 NR.sup.7 R.sup.7, wherein R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, and the groups COOM and SO.sub.3 M, wherein M is a cation;R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each independently hydrogen, carboxyl, alkyl, alkenyl, aminoalkyl, nitroalkyl, nitro, halo, amino, mono- or di-alkylamino, mercapto, mercaptoalkyl, azido, or thiocyanato;X represents O, S, SO, SO.sub.2, NH or Se; and the quaternary ammonium salts and N-oxides of the compounds of formula I wherein Z is N.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1994Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Ramot University Authority for Applied Research & Industrial DevelopmentInventor: Yoel Kloog
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Patent number: 5703809Abstract: A method of high speed reading of data from an EPROM, in which a memory array is programmed based on device status at intersections of rows and columns of the array to store data therein as 0's and 1's, uses a capacitive overcharging and discharging technique to enable fast voltage stabilization without drawing significant current. A row containing the memory element to be read is quickly overdriven to overcharge an effective capacitance associated with the row to substantially the maximum level of the EPROM supply voltage which may exceed the programmed threshold voltage of the selected memory element. The effective capacitance is thereupon discharged to a predetermined voltage level below both the maximum level of the supply voltage and the programmed threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Microchip Technology IncorporatedInventors: Richard Hull, Randy L. Yach
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Patent number: 5703416Abstract: A circuit for providing protection from effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) at input pins and internal nodes of an integrated circuit (IC) includes a regenerative comparator (Schmitt trigger) to perform triggering functions in response to input pulses applied to the input pin, resulting in hysteresis between high and low trigger voltages. The hysteresis extends durations of false pulses induced by presence of EMI at the input pin. A filter is coupled to the regenerative comparator, with a filter response time with a duration at least as great as the expected largest duration of EMI-induced false pulses including extended duration attributable to the hysteresis, for filtering out the EMI-induced false pulses. A pulse generator is coupled to the filter, for generating a pulse for application to the IC whenever a pulse applied to the input pin has a duration exceeding the duration of the filter time constant.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Microchip Technology IncorporatedInventors: Stephen C. Hinkle, Richard Hull
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Patent number: 5703339Abstract: A safety switch has a key (1) which, when inserted into and removed from a key channel (9), forcibly rotates a cam plate (7) and so switches over the switch. The safety switch further has an interlocking device for the cam plate (7) which is disposed adjacent the latter, can be forcibly released by the key (1) when it is introduced into the key channel (9) and has at least one locking member (21) which can be displaced in translation and, in its locked position, engages in an interlocking manner with a housing disposed adjacent the cam plate (7). The locking member (21) can be displaced into the released position by the key (1) by means of an actuating member (15) which is moveable together with the locking member (21) and is integral therewith. The part of the actuating member (15) which projects into the key channel (9) in the locked position is connected to the locking member (21) by means of a material section which is laterally guided past the axis of rotation (6).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Euchner & Co.Inventors: Werner Rapp, Peter Schmidt
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Patent number: 5703561Abstract: A resistor device can be cheaply produced without a troublesome processing and without a complicated manufacturing process, obtaining a construction which has a stable efficiency. The resistor body 24 which can change a resistance value by selecting a plurality of end portions is clamped between a pair of the insulation sheets 31a, 31b. Moreover, both of these insulation sheets 31a, 31b are clamped between a pair of cover plates 32a, 32b. The end portion of the resistor body 24 is connected to the electric conductor piece 26 fixed to the base 25 and the first, second, and fourth terminals 27, 28, 30. The fuse 43 is provided between the electric conductor piece 26 and the third terminal 29.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Calsonic Kohwa Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuko Yamamoto, Takeya Osakada, Iwao Tsugi
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Patent number: 5702396Abstract: An osteosynthesis plate. An osteosynthesis plate is disclosed having a regular knob profile, preferably a spherical knob profile, whereby the knob height, measured between the deepest profile point and the peak of the knobs, is between a selected optimal range of heights, and the distance between successive knobs, measured between the highest points of two successive knobs, is between a selected optimal range of distances.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Inventors: Johannes Franz Hoenig, Kevin Thomas Stone
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Patent number: 5702154Abstract: A series of vehicle seats, in particular airline passenger seats, which can be adjusted from three seats of normal width to two seats of enlarged width and vice versa, displays a coupling device through which two side parts of the seat back of the middle seat can be connected alternatively with the middle part or the seat backs of both outside seats. The coupling device connects the gear with the hand lever through a telescopically elongatable shaft only in the swinging area of a hand lever used for an adjustment between the middle position and an end position. The elongatable shaft includes a first section equipped with a spline bore hub and a second section that can be shifted axially relative to the first, which is formed on one part of its length like a spline shaft which only meshes with the spline bore hub when the gears connect.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.Inventor: Frank-Heinrich Schonenberg
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Patent number: 5702732Abstract: In addition to a feeding structure for pieces of dough and a removal device, the device for the production of pretzels displays a working platform, a stand with a holding device and two grippers set up on its underside, a structure for measuring the position of the pieces of dough, and a structure for the control of the grippers. In addition to the working platform, retaining clips that can be transported lengthwise from the pieces of dough with sensors assigned to them are provided in the area taken up by the ends of the pieces of dough before the looping process; the sensors are independent of one another and can be transported independently of the end of the piece of dough until they have reached the end of the piece of dough, after which the retaining clips are closed to grasp the piece of dough at a definite place.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Inventor: Oswald Piller
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Patent number: 5701790Abstract: In an upper tool, a stripper plate (35) is disposed movably up and down at a lower end portion (13a) of a punch guide (13) for housing a punch (27) also movably up and down, via a shock damping member (33). Further, the shock damping member (33) is formed into an annular body disposed so as to enclose an annular gap (X) formed between the lower end portion (13a) of the punch guide (13) and the upper surface (65) of the stripper plate (35). The upper tool can reduce noise sound generated during punching processing, and further prevent chips produced during punching processing from adhering onto the workpiece and the shock damping member, thus protecting the workpiece from being scratched by the chips and further improving the life time of the shock damping member.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Amada Metrecs Company, LimitedInventor: Hiroshi Saito
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Patent number: 5697965Abstract: A catheter for facilitating intracardiac atrial defibrillation includes an elongated flexible member that has a proximal end and a distal end. The flexible member further has a plurality of lumens that extend from the proximal end to the distal end thereof. An opening is formed through the flexible member adjacent the distal end thereof. One of the lumens communicates with the opening. A balloon envelope is secured to the periphery of flexible member and surrounds the opening. Connected to one end of the lumen associated with the opening is an air inlet tube. A syringe is provided to supply air through the inlet tube, through the lumen and out the opening in order to inflate the balloon envelope. A plurality of spaced apart electrode bands are secured around the periphery of the flexible member in a predetermined pattern. A plurality of electrical leads extend through the proximal end of the flexible member and through corresponding lumens to supply electrical current to the electrode bands.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1996Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: ProCath CorporationInventor: Joseph C. Griffin, III
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Patent number: 5697801Abstract: In a connector terminal inspecting device for inspecting conduction of terminals (79) of a connector (39) having a housing (45) formed with a hood portion (41), which comprises: a connector reception member (29) for supporting the housing (45) of the connector (39) to be tested; and an inspection member (31) disposed movably toward and away from the connector reception member and having a plurality of conduction inspecting pins (67), in particular, the inspection member (31) is formed with a plurality of pin accommodating chambers (65) for accommodating the conduction inspecting pins (67) and further with an engaged inspection portion (63) engaged with the hood (41) of the connector (39) to be tested.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1995Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masanori Tsuji, Motohisa Kashiyama, Shizuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 5695030Abstract: A park mechanism for an automotive transmission having an output shaft comprises a rotatable lock ring structure connected to the output shaft, a non-rotatable lock ring structure positioned in proximity to the rotatable lock ring structure, and a pressure mechanism (preferably, including a spring-biased piston within a pressure chamber) responsive to application of pressure thereto for moving the non-rotatable lock ring structure to a disengaged position for non-engagement with the rotatable lock ring structure, and responsive to the release of pressure therefrom for moving the non-rotatable lock ring structure to an engaged position for engagement with the rotatable lock ring structure. Preferably, the rotatable lock ring structure is provided with at least one receptacle or tooth, and the non-rotatable lock ring structure is provided with at least one tooth receivable in the receptacle or tooth.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1995Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: Applied Kinetics CorporationInventor: William E. Medcalf, Jr.
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Patent number: 5690155Abstract: There is provided a new and useful golf bag cover for the improved protection of a golf bag and its contents from rain and like precipitation. The cover is made up of first and second flexible planar sheets, each of elongated and preferably generally rectangular configuration. The first sheet has a top and a bottom portion while the second sheet also has a top and a bottom portion but the top portion extends beyond the top portion of the first sheet. The second sheet is further provided with an overlapping pair of flaps at an upper area of the second sheet extending downwards over the top portion of the first sheet. The first and second sheets are fastened substantially continuously along a side edge of each of said sheets.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1995Date of Patent: November 25, 1997Assignee: Dak Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Thomas D. Millar
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Patent number: 5687721Abstract: A device and method are disclosed for noninvasively measuring the concentration of sugar in the blood of a human subject. The method includes generating a beam of monochromatic light, confining the light beam to a predetermined optical path to impinge on a preselected portion of the body of the subject, polarizing the light beam, and performing both a static extinction measurement using the monochromatic light and a dynamic polarization measurement using the polarized light to obtain a measurement of the concentration of sugar in the blood in the preselected body portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1995Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Inventor: Burkhard Kuhls
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Patent number: 5689431Abstract: A player position determining and course management system for a golf course having a plurality of roving units for use by players in playing the course is disclosed. Each roving unit includes a central processing unit (CPU) including a data processor for executing various tasks ranging from fastest execution of a task to slowest execution of a task on a schedule of priorities of task completion, a real-time means for controlling the processor to give the tasks priority ranging from fastest execution of a task with highest priority to slowest execution of a task with lowest priority, and a means for precisely timing functions of the system including modulating means utilizing a common digital modulation technique for digitally modulating data transmitted to and from all of the roving units.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1995Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignee: Leading Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Richard W. Rudow, John Coffee, Douglas L. Lecker, Tuan Pham, Kirk Bingeman
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Patent number: 5685812Abstract: The turret punch press has a body frame (3); a ram (51) for striking a punch (41) to punch out work (W) in cooperation with a die (35); an upper turret (39) rotatably mounted on the body frame and having a plurality of punches (41), any desired punch being selectively located at a punch area (A1); and a lower turret (33) also rotatably mounted on the body frame and having a plurality of dies (35), any desired die mated with the desired punch being selectively located at the same punch area (A1). In particular, the upper turret (39) is formed smaller in diameter than the lower turret (33), and further the upper turret (39) is dislocated eccentrically from the lower turret (33) toward the punch area (A1) to provide an open die exchange area (A2) over a part of the lower turret (33). Or else, the upper turret (39) is formed with a cutout portion (53) to provide an open die exchange area (A2) over a part of the lower turret (33) when the upper turret is disposed concentrically on the upper turret (39).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1996Date of Patent: November 11, 1997Assignee: Amada Mfg. America Inc.Inventors: Yoshiharu Seto, Shunzo Hirose
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Patent number: 5685746Abstract: A female terminal for receiving a plate-shaped male terminal includes a terminal body consisting of a wire connection portion and an electrical connection portion to connect with the the male terminal. The electrical connection portion has a pair of opposing elastic plates for elastically pinching the male terminal therebetween. The female terminal further includes a protective member for covering the electrical connection portion. The protective member has an opening defined at a front portion thereof and slits formed on sidewalls of the protective member. When connecting the inclined male terminal with the female terminal, the leading end of the male terminal is initially introduced into the protective member through either one of the slits. By pivotal movement of the male terminal thereafter, the male terminal can be connected to the female terminal so as to be in alignment therewith.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1995Date of Patent: November 11, 1997Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Toshiro Maejima
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Patent number: D387914Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.Inventors: Frank Beermann, Bernd Rager, Dieter Armbrecht