Patents Examined by Thomas Saitta
  • Strip for holding and protecting electrical contacts
    Patent number: 4615927
    Abstract: The contacts (4) have a body (4a) intended to pass through an opening in a card (5) and to be brazed on one side (5a) thereof, and a head (4b) of larger width than the body (4a), intended to be positioned on the other side (5b) of the card, this head (4b) being intended to receive a complementary contact.The strip is formed of a band (1) of plastic material resisting the heat released during brazing and having cells (2) opening on one side, these cells being adapted to receive sealingly, by elastic deformation, the heads (4b) of the contacts (4) and being spaced apart according to a given pitch.With this type of strip, a large number of contacts (4) can be positioned in a single operation on a printed circuit card (5), the heads (4b) of the contacts being protected during the brazing and washing operations from contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts Corporation
    Inventor: Hubert A. Holzmann
  • Detector system for measuring the intensity of a radiation scattered at a predetermined angle from a sample irradiated at a specified angle of incidence
    Patent number: 4575244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detector system for measuring the intensity of a radiation scattered at a predetermined angle from a sample (10) irradiated at a specified angle of incidence. The detector system comprises a path to transmit an incident beam of radiation onto the sample (10) and at least one radiation sensor (15,16,17,18; 35,36, . . . ; 45) positioned in the path of the radiations scattered from the sample (10). According to the invention the detector system has a dome positioned in the path of the radiation scattered from the sample (10). The dome is provided with at least one concave reflecting surface (11,12,13,14; 31,32, . . . ; 41) located in a range corresponding to the predetermined scattering angle, and the or each concave reflecting surface forms the image of the sample (10) onto a radiation sensor (15,16,17,18; 35,36, . . . ; 45). For example a 0.degree./45.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Kozponti Elelmiszeripari Kutato Intezet
    Inventors: Karoly Kaffka, Bela Nadai, Andras Czabaffy, Lorand Horvath
  • Deformable polymeric compositions
    Patent number: 4565722
    Abstract: A shaped polymeric composition, for surgical or dental use, can absorb liquid and thereby expand or contract in one direction, substantially without similar expansion or contraction in another direction. Embodiments of the invention are breast implants, tapered dental inserts, and tubular bodies for use as nerve approximation sheaths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Inventors: Donald J. Highgate, John D. Frankland