Patents Represented by Attorney Abelman Frayne & Frayne
  • Patent number: 8008890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charge equalization apparatus, which can enable the primary windings and the secondary windings of transformers to be easily manufactured, can control the flow of charges into batteries depending on the charged states of series-connected batteries, and can prevent overcurrent from flowing into batteries that are currently being charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: SK Energy Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Joong Hui Lee, Soo Yeup Jang, Jeon Keun Oh, Gun Woo Moon, Chong Eun Kim, Hong Sun Park, Chol Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 7181790
    Abstract: A protective cover for a comforter has a bottom face and a top face which form a flexible woven fabric envelope. The cover is formed from a single-piece envelope including an edge which is at least partly closed in a permanent manner and three edges having fast opening and closing devices allowing the two faces of the envelope to be partly separated in order for the comforter to be placed on one of the faces of the envelope, so that the comforter is covered by the other face and at least two edges of the faces are joined with the aid of the fast opening and closing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Inventor: José Wirtz
  • Patent number: 5870847
    Abstract: A repeller includes a tube receiving a covering device connected to a frame via a connector. A handle is pivotally connected to a top of the covering device. The frame contains a repelling device and batteries. The connector is configured to have a hole defined in a surface thereof, a shoulder formed in parallel with the surface and an extension vertically extended downward from the shoulder, such that the connector is able to be connected with the covering device through the hole and mounted to the frame via the extension. Accordingly, a user is able to raise the batteries upward by just simply lifting the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Angelique Hsiao
  • Patent number: 5017628
    Abstract: A self-leveling silicone composition, which is useful as a sealant in contact with asphalt, cures upon exposure to moisture in the atmosphere to an elastomer having an elongation of at least 1200 percent, and a modulus at both 50 and 100 percent elongation of less than 25 pounds per square inch. The composition consists essentially of a hydroxyl endblocked polydiorganosiloxane, non-acidic, non-reinforcing treated filler, diacetamido functional silane, aminoxysilicon crosslinking compound, and non-reactive silicone fluid diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: John E. Dietlein
  • Patent number: D656035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Wonders Holding BV
    Inventor: Marcel Wanders