Patents By Attorney, Agent, or Firm Thomas J. Tighe

• U.S. Patent Number D362,467
  
• U.S. Patent Number D362,278
  
• U.S. Patent Number D322,492
  
• U.S. Patent Number 6,718,913
  A conduit network on a bristle face of a brush communicates with a supply of cleansing or rinsing effluent under pressure, and dispenses the
• U.S. Patent Number 6,688,613
  A roller skating device combining advantages of conventional roller and in-line skates, and skateboards is presented. A “boot” (as defined herein) for snugly encasing
• U.S. Patent Number 6,688,597
  A casino game apparatus having a table layout similar to, or the same as, a craps game table using conventional craps rules, but without
• U.S. Patent Number 6,516,860
  A telescoping wand safely encloses the control ends of a set of lift cords of vertically raisable “blinds” (as defined in the specification). The
• U.S. Patent Number 6,496,376
  A set of modules from which custom passive backplanes can be assembled coplanarly couple together and are mounted on a rigid base plate which
• U.S. Patent Number 6,442,842
  A hair cutting device is connected to a vacuum source to draw hair into a cutting chamber and includes a mechanism for cutting which
• U.S. Patent Number 6,441,343
  Low voltage, high current electrical energy is supplied in a closed conductive loop. Preferably, the current is induced into the loop by a transformer.
• U.S. Patent Number 6,414,278
  A pizza warmer and oven system in which a plurality of pizza warmers containing a phase change material can be charged to their preferred
• U.S. Patent Number 6,413,194
  A rigid surface upon which a person sits is elastically supported, preferably by a gas-filled bladder assembly which includes two inflatable bladders, one circumscribing
• U.S. Patent Number 6,213,736
  An electric motor pump for corrosive, electric conductive, cryogenic and/or hazardous liquids which is submerged in the liquid, comprising a centrifugal pump in a
• U.S. Patent Number 6,162,137
  A combination ball mark repair tool, golf club support and cigar cutter. The invention includes a prier for prying up ball marks which are
• U.S. Patent Number 6,147,863
  An industrial computer including a passive backplane generally compliant with the PCI/ISA industrial standard promulgated by the PICMG technical committee, but with certain exceptions.
• U.S. Patent Number 6,093,030
  An apparatus for electrically coupling a plurality of DUT terminals to corresponding terminals of a circuit. The apparatus includes a corresponding plurality of contact
• U.S. Patent Number 5,937,070
  A first major aspect of the invention relates to an active noise cancellingsystem which detects ambient noise and applies electro-accoustic processing thereto to produce
• U.S. Patent Number 5,934,526
  In the preferred embodiment, opposing jaws are biased closed for graspingthe clasp of a string type bracelet. Prior to grasping, as the clasp is
• U.S. Patent Number 5,900,997
  For a person who for whatever reason is required to remain prone, i.e.lying face downward, for long periods of time, a parallelepiped housing has
• U.S. Patent Number 5,862,234
  A bilateral transducer (18) for use in an active noise cancellation systemboth senses ambient noise and produces acoustic waves to cancel the noise. The
• U.S. Patent Number 5,844,150
  A hydrostatic measurement module senses elevation relative to a fluid reservoir under a reference pressure. The measurement module further includes a plurality of functions
• U.S. Patent Number 5,842,579
  One or more concentric rings of component seats are rotatable about the rings' center. The seats are uniformly angularly spaced and the rings are
• U.S. Patent Number 5,791,912
  A contact array includes: (1) a plurality of uniform columns each for providing electrical continuity between things respectively in contact with opposite ends of
• U.S. Patent Number 5,735,222
  Vertical suspension legs are clamped to a margin of a desk top. The suspension legs support a tray at a plurality of selectable vertical
• U.S. Patent Number 5,727,188
  A control wheel attached to a control wheel column is movably mounted to a control housing that is securely fastened to a support surface
• U.S. Patent Number 5,726,365
  A hydrostatic measurement module senses elevation relative to a fluid reservoir under a reference pressure. The measurement module further includes a plurality of functions
• U.S. Patent Number 5,677,634
  A plurality of electrical circuit components having capacitance, e.g.ceramic capacitors, are tested simultaneously in a corresponding plurality of test channels. They are stressed by
• U.S. Patent Number 5,649,382
  An easily assembled, light weight, wall mountable picture frame fordisplaying posters, pictures, documents or other generally planar objects. The picture frame has hard plastic
• U.S. Patent Number 5,646,940
  At a transmitting end, frequencies used to a construct a digital signal aresubstantially removed from an analog signal by a notch filter circuit to
• U.S. Patent Number 5,564,988
  A golf ball receiving area can be the size of a conventional golf drivingrange, and is coordinately subdivided in area by pluralities of uniformly
• U.S. Patent Number 5,564,720
  A lightweight, portable wheeled game cart can be compacted, as by folding,and attached to a shoulder harness so that it can be carried by
• U.S. Patent Number 5,562,136
  A router guide to enable a router to be free floating within selectedplanes above a workpiece. A support platform is adjustable in height and
• U.S. Patent Number 5,552,933
  Light reflective buttons according to this invention are made from aplurality of fused strata, the top stratum having an exposed reflective area, preferably of
• U.S. Patent Number 5,552,807
  The foot pedal assembly of the present invention generates and providesthree inputs to a personal computer. Each of the two foot pedals of the
• U.S. Patent Number 5,551,979
  A dipping head dips planar arrays of electronic components, disposed incarriers, into sheets of termination paste that are conveyed to a dipping site by
• U.S. Patent Number 5,519,255
  A "normal mode" allows a hijacker to drive away but disables the vehicleafter a short delay. An optional "valet mode" allows others, e.g. parking
• U.S. Patent Number 5,517,869
  A device for providing one or more signals that are functions of a sensormodule's altitude relative to a reference body of liquid. The sensor
• U.S. Patent Number 5,511,807
  A wheeled hamper has a hinged lid that freely pivots between a closedposition and a position, preferably past ninety degrees, at which the lid
• U.S. Patent Number 5,492,354
  An apparatus for mounting an auxiliary wheel on a bicycle wheel. Aresiliently flexible arm, such as a coil spring, laterally spaces from a wheel
• U.S. Patent Number 5,481,997
  A kayak having a kayak-style hull with one or more cockpits, and an inboardpower device that accelerates water and directs it out a steerable
• U.S. Patent Number 5,464,133
  A disposable container for liquids having a remotely cleavable sealallowing the liquids to be poured into an inlet spout, such as an oil inlet
• U.S. Patent Number 5,445,176
  A moisture control system which overrides power supplied to electricallyoperated irrigation control valves such that a preset amount of moisture content of soil is
• U.S. Patent Number 5,416,956
  A ring to which things can be tied, hooked or otherwise linked is pivotallyaffixed to the end of an elongated shank. At the opposite
• U.S. Patent Number 5,410,541
  At a transmitting end, frequencies used to a construct a digital signal aresubstantially removed from an analog signal by a notch filter circuit to
• U.S. Patent Number 5,401,126
  A bit usable in combination with a rotatory driver, such as a drill, forextracting a remnant of a cut-off pipe from a pipe socket.
• U.S. Patent Number 5,337,772
  A shelter has a framework of resilient wire in two separate closed loops.Both loops have a memory urging them to lie circularly in a
• U.S. Patent Number 5,321,642
  Convergent and extrapolated samples are provided for synthesizing sinewaves. In a first embodiment, memory having the sine function, sin(x), mapped therein provides convergent samples.
• U.S. Patent Number 5,321,615
  Guide elements along paths and turns of a network emit guide signals forguiding vehicles along the paths and through the turns. Control elements, located
• U.S. Patent Number 5,317,220
  An embodiment has an armature member having a linear core with transverseopen slots distributed over its length. Two sets of coils are disposed in
• U.S. Patent Number 5,266,773
  A source of electrical energy travels along with a vehicle the controlelements of which are to be warmed so as to prevent or inhibit
• U.S. Patent Number 5,238,577
  A body of liquid containing charged particles is caused to flow in astream. High level turbulence in the stream is preferably removed by a
• U.S. Patent Number 5,185,911
  An apparatus for converting side operated controls of a machine to be frontoperated. A front control panel or apron is vertically mounted on the
• U.S. Patent Number 5,184,068
  A device for automatically presenting electronic devices to a tester fortesting. A plurality of carriers, each for carrying a set of electronic devices are
• U.S. Patent Number 5,177,986
  A belt-like device for securing one object to another object, e.g. skis,snowboards, skateboards, bicycles, and the like to fixed poles to prevent theft. Two
• U.S. Patent Number 5,160,929
  Binary encoded information having a word size of 3N bits, where "N" is apositive integer, plus a parallel data clock are converted to corresponding
• U.S. Patent Number 5,131,535
  A transport medium for orderly, in-process transportation of assembledelectrical devices during backend processing. A carrier tray is comprised of a plurality of carrier units
• U.S. Patent Number 5,099,430
  For a body rotating on an axis and having a moment of inertia relative tothe axis, an apparatus for dynamically suppressing unwanted rotational phenomena
• U.S. Patent Number 5,092,661
  A rim bead flange of a ground surface vehicle, pneumatic tire wheel iseffectively, and in one embodiment actually, extended radially outward to an extent
• U.S. Patent Number 5,074,317
  A programmed computer having an integral speech synthesizer andpre-programmed scripts conducts interactive methods of treating a person suffering from enuresis. The computer, preferably at
• U.S. Patent Number 4,986,383
  A variable displacement, hydraulic pump/motor has its rotatable cylinderblock concentrically affixed to a drive shaft segment of a self-propelled vehicle, the pump/motor has selected
• U.S. Patent Number 4,964,808
  A contact leaf bank for an electrical contactor preferably etched from asingle uniform sheet of resiliently flexible, electrically conductive material comprises a ground sheet
• U.S. Patent Number 4,960,399
  A hand-portable console device for use by underwater divers. A housinghaving at least a forward, water-vented storage compartment adapted to have an external illumination
• U.S. Patent Number 4,944,327
  A T-shaped housing has a first channel defined by the housing which whencoupled to a fluid distribution conduit forms a segment of the conduit.
• U.S. Patent Number 4,926,118
  A station for testing electrical devices under elevated and depressedtemperature conditions, said devices being transported through and tested in the station while held in
• U.S. Patent Number 4,838,296
  A sensor disposed in the ground has a characteristic which changesgenerally predictably in relation to the moisture content of the ground. A signal is
• U.S. Patent Number 4,752,902
  N stages of BCD adders receive as a first addend BCD encoded informationrepresenting a desired frequency. They receive as a second addend the outputs
• U.S. Patent Number 4,736,322
  A device and method for simulating the heartbeat, pressure, and respirationwaveforms of a human being. A memory contains a plurality of sets of individual
• U.S. Patent Number 4,666,407
  System and method for producing a pattern of radar radiation encountered bya object in the scan path of a radar, commonly referred to as
• U.S. Patent Number 4,635,370
  A caliper for the direct reading of the size of nuts, boltheads andfittings. On each leg of the caliper is a linear scale, one
• U.S. Patent Number 4,609,359
  An educational game for developing recognition skills regarding items of significance on a map, the map being any generally two dimensional depiction of a
• U.S. Patent Number 4,603,248
  An involuted track is defined by a spiralled wall normal to a planar surface. The planar surface is rotated coaxially with respect to the
• U.S. Patent Number 4,580,335
  Process for the manufacture of rotors for asynchronous electrical motors with spherical air gaps. These rotors are designed as permanent magnets with low coercive
• U.S. Patent Number 4,574,220
  A three wire, single phase AC, power transmission bus having an AC source wire, a neutral wire, and a fluorescent lamp ballast wire. A
• U.S. Patent Number 4,534,747
  A transmission rotatable coaxially about a crankshaft. The transmission isrotatable to three positions: forward, idle, and reverse. Four pulleys are rotatably affixed to the
• U.S. Patent Number 4,513,800
  A spacer, such as a block, upon which a tire is driven and positioned upon.Engaged with the spacer is a bracket means for temporary
• U.S. Patent Number 4,507,567
  A conducting foil strip sandwiched between a mylar sheet and a mylar tapeforms a conductor-insulator strip. An inner and an outer conductor-insulator strip are
• U.S. Patent Number 4,506,213
  A plurality of shuttle means receive untested devices from a feed track andposition the devices in electrical contact with a contactor for testing. The
• U.S. Patent Number 4,505,479
  A shell forming the walls of a bat comprising a striking portion, anintermediate portion and a handle portion. The shell is filled with structural
• U.S. Patent Number 4,498,252
  A footwear protector with a shield portion which is a generally U-shapedwall with an open front adapted to follow the general contour of the
• U.S. Patent Number 4,493,665
  A fin which can be secured in the channel of a curved fin box in aplurality of locations. The fin has a grooved flange
• U.S. Patent Number 4,478,582
  An educational system for teaching and learning English grammar and syntaxcomprising a plurality of sets of individually manipulable members, preferably cards, each representing a
• U.S. Patent Number 4,422,732
  A display system utilizing a cross-sectionally shaped beam and electricsignal to create a desired form by changing the optical characteristics of an electrooptic material.
• U.S. Patent Number 4,397,151
  A pair of spooling means, such as cylinders, are rotatable about fixed andparallel axes. An elongated member with a planar surface moves in reciprocating
• U.S. Patent Number 4,395,918
  A device for determining the flow rate of a liquid flowing from an opendischarge. The liquid is directed into a bucket with a first
• U.S. Patent Number 4,382,159
  In acoustical sound processing equipment, a combination microphone and blowactuated keying and unkeying means. The speaking person blows a first time into a tube