Patents Represented by Attorney Adams Evans P.A.
  • Patent number: 7374401
    Abstract: A turbine airfoil a plurality of cooling holes formed in the external surface of the airfoil in fluid communication with a cooling circuit. The cooling holes have a metering section and a diffuser section opening to the external surface of the airfoil. The diffuser section has top, bottom and opposed side walls, where at least the opposed side walls and one or the other of the top and bottom walls of the diffuser section have a downstream diverging, bell-shaped configuration for achieving a flow of the cooling film from the cooling circuit with enhanced spread, enhanced attachment and less turbulence to a downstream surface of the airfoil local to each respective cooling hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Ching-Pang Lee
  • Patent number: 7334997
    Abstract: A rotor assembly or “blisk” for a gas turbine engine includes a metallic hub having an annular flowpath surface, and at least one blade extending outwardly from the flowpath surface. The blade includes a metallic body having a first density. The metallic body defines a shank portion and an airfoil portion having opposed pressure and suction sides, and is integral with the hub. An insert having a second density less than the first density is carried by the body, and the insert and the body collectively define an airfoil shape. A method is also provided for manufacturing a rotor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Apostolos Karafillis
  • Patent number: 7322649
    Abstract: A child safety seat, including a seat body having a seat bottom and a seat back. A vehicle seat attachment assembly is carried by the safety seat for securing the safety seat to rigid anchorage units carried by a vehicle proximate to a vehicle seat. The attachment assembly has a transversely-extending coupling assembly carried by the safety seat. First and second connectors are mounted on the coupling assembly for transverse adjustable alignment relative to respective first and second transversely spaced-apart rigid anchorage units. The safety seat may be attached to first and second rigid anchorage units that have differing degrees of spacing between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Patent number: 7320471
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for mounting a toddler seat to a pram or stroller having a framework is disclosed. The mounting arrangement includes a first support element that is pivotably attached to the framework and a second support element connected to the first support element. Also included is a mounting portion to attach the toddler seat. The second support element in a first deployed configuration is attachable to the framework to configure the mounting arrangement for the seating of a toddler and the second support element is further releasable from the framework to allow the mounting arrangement to fold or collapse to a compact folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Britax Childcare Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Wieslaw Maciejczyk
  • Patent number: 7314204
    Abstract: OBJECT An object of the present invention is to provide such a seat slide apparatus employing substantially box-like shape in cross section, which is small size, light weight and a high strength without increasing the number of component parts and weight or the like. SOLVING MEANS There is employed such a constitution that a substantially box-like shape in cross section is formed by a base portion 11a and right and left vertical walls 11b of an upper rail 11, and a base portion 15d and right and left vertical walls 15e of a locking member 15; and further at the outer side thereof, a substantially box-like shape in cross section identical to conventional shape is formed with the upper rail 11 and the lower rail 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushikigaisha Imasen Denki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Mitsunao Kohmura
  • Patent number: 7311578
    Abstract: A riding toy includes a body simulating a physical object and having a recessed area adapted to receive a human rider's torso. A harness is adapted to be worn by a human carrier, such that the rider is supported in front of the carrier and the body is supported in front of the rider. The body may take on various forms including vehicles and animals, and may include one or more interactive features. The body may also be worn directly by the rider, or may be mounted on a rolling chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen C. Stanley, David K. Stanley
  • Patent number: 7303102
    Abstract: A carrying apparatus for carrying objects, such as books. The carrying apparatus includes an elongate strap for being wrapped around an object and at least one direction-changing device positioned on a side of the object. The elongate strap is threaded through the at least one direction-changing device to form a pocket for receiving and securing the object in a carrying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Inventor: Minetta L. Werts
  • Patent number: 7303234
    Abstract: A passenger seat includes a frame, a bottom, a back, and a headrest, and incorporates a cylindrical motion support member. The support member includes a stationary member carried by the passenger seat, including a concave surface having a cylindrical curvature. A moveable member has a convex surface with a cylindrical curvature disposed in contact with the concave surface, and a support surface for supporting at least a part of a passenger's body The moveable member is selectively positionable along the concave surface. In another variation, the seat back and/or seat bottom is moveable in a conical motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Brian Dowty, Alexander Filip Grauls
  • Patent number: 7300112
    Abstract: A passenger seat frame assembly includes first and second seat frames, each defining a curved shape corresponding to the profile of an anatomically-appropriate seat bottom and seat back; a seat base for being attached to a supporting surface, the seat base being disposed centrally between the first and second seat frames; a first beam comprising a first hollow body having a first end attached to the first seat frame, a second end attached to the second seat frame, and a central portion disposed between the first and second ends. The central portion of the first beam is attached to the seat base. A baggage guard rail extends between the first and second seat frames. The baggage guard rail is loaded in tension and the first beam is loaded in compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7300113
    Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Baloga, Adrian Simms
  • Patent number: 7296331
    Abstract: A method is provided for centering a workpiece on a metal shaping machine. First and second guide plates have respective first and second aligned bores therein for supporting a centering pin mounted therein for axial movement between a retracted position and a use position. At least one spring is engaged with the centering pin for exerting a predetermined axial bias against the centering pin in the direction of the workpiece for urging the centering pin into the use position. The centering pin is locked in the use position during the operation of the machine on the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Edward Mascarenas, James Henry Madge
  • Patent number: 7291933
    Abstract: A double alternator for a vehicle and a vehicle electrical system employing the double alternator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Inventor: Ron Heidebrink
  • Patent number: 7290986
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposed pressure and suction sidewalls extending generally along a radial axis. The airfoil includes a tip cap extending between the pressure and suction sidewalls; and spaced-apart suction-side and pressure-side tip walls extending radially outward from the tip cap to define a tip cavity therebetween. The pressure-side tip wall includes a continuously concave curved arcuate portion, at least a section of which extends circumferentially outward from a radial axis of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Edward Stegemiller, Chander Prakash, Leslie Eugene Leeke, Kevin Samuel Klasing, Ching-Pang Lee
  • Patent number: 7281894
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposed pressure and suction sidewalls extending generally along a radial axis. The airfoil includes a tip cap extending between the pressure and suction sidewalls; and spaced-apart suction-side and pressure-side tip walls extending radially outward from the tip cap to define a tip cavity therebetween. The pressure-side tip wall includes a continuously concave curved arcuate portion, at least a section of which extends circumferentially outward from a radial axis of the airfoil. At least a portion of the pressure-side tip wall is recessed from the pressure sidewall to define an outwardly facing tip shelf, such that the pressure-side tip wall and the tip shelf define a trough therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Chander Prakash
  • Patent number: 7282681
    Abstract: A method of producing a metallic component includes: providing a body made of a first alloy; providing a preform comprising a metallic powder made of a second alloy and formed in the shape of an extension of the body; and heating the preform with microwave energy to sinter the metallic powder together and to bond the preform to the body. The method may be used to make new components as well as to repair or modify existing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Kelly
  • Patent number: 7281358
    Abstract: A roofing system having shingles. The shingles include a front side, a back side, a pair of spaced-apart side edges, and spaced-apart top and bottom edges, an adhesive, and a backing material. The adhesive is applied to a portion of the shingle for affixing the backing material to the shingle and covering a portion of the back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventor: Charles T. Floyd
  • Patent number: D552609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Gyrocam Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Kornblum, Kenneth L. Sanborn
  • Patent number: D555963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventor: Allan Andrews
  • Patent number: D558849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Japana Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiroh Taira, Shinobu Midorikawa, Hironobu Matsuura
  • Patent number: D569596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Japana Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Terashima