Patents Represented by Law Firm Bachman and LaPointe
  • Process and apparatus for use in recycling composite materials
    Patent number: 7867436
    Abstract: A process for recycling composite materials includes the steps of feeding a quantity of composite material composed of at least one polymer and aluminum into at least one first reactor; heating the composite material in a non-oxidizing environment at a temperature sufficient to volatilize the at least one polymer and form a hydrocarbon by-product and aluminum in the at least one first reactor; feeding the aluminum free of the at least one polymer into a second reactor; and heating the aluminum in a non-oxidizing environment at a temperature sufficient to melt the aluminum in the second reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: TSL Engenharia, Manutencao e Preservacao Ambiental Ltda.
    Inventors: Roberto Nunes Szente, Milton Oscar Szente
  • Cognitive UWB system and cognitive UWB data communication method
    Patent number: 7864830
    Abstract: A cognitive UWB system and a cognitive UWB data communication method. The system includes a cognitive UWB transmitter and a cognitive UWB receiver. The cognitive UWB transmitter includes a channel encoder for correcting error of data, a preamble inserter for inserting a preamble into the data, a mask information inserter for inserting mask information into the data, a cognitive UWB pulse generator for generating a pulse based on the mask information and the channel environment information, a pulse position modulator for modulating the pulse, and a radio frequency transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Inha-Industry Partnership Institute
    Inventors: Jaeho Hwang, JaeMoung Kim
  • Method for firing a ceramic and refractory metal casting core
    Patent number: 7861766
    Abstract: In an investment casting process, a composite core is formed as a combination of ceramic casting core element and a non-ceramic casting core element. The core is heated in an oxidative atmosphere and then heated in a non-oxidative atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mario P. Bochiechio, Steven J. Bullied, Lea D. Kennard, Carl R. Verner, John J. Marcin, Jr.
  • Linear element, especially a spectacle side, and method of producing it
    Patent number: 7862167
    Abstract: A linear element, especially a spectacle side, of the type comprising a flexible metal core coated with a flexible elastomer for comfort and/or appearance. Its structure is composed of a plurality of rigid plastic rings placed in fixed positions around predetermined areas of the flexible metal core so that each can serve as a point of intermediate mechanical attachment of the flexible elastomer with respect to the core. The cross section of the rings are inscribed within that of the elastomer surrounding it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Logo SA
    Inventor: Pierre Parent
  • Method for repairing loose molded-in bushings
    Patent number: 7857026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for bonding a component, such as a bushing, into a part, such as a panel. The method broadly comprises attaching a vacuum chamber to a surface of the part, seating the component into a slot in the part, and applying an adhesive material about a circumference of the component while drawing a vacuum in the vacuum chamber to allow the adhesive material to flow between the part and the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel M. Stadtlander
  • Dispersion strengthened rare earth stabilized zirconia
    Patent number: 7858212
    Abstract: A process for forming a coating on a substrate, such as a turbine engine component, is provided. The process comprises the steps of providing a rare earth oxide stabilized zirconia composition, blending the first rare earth oxide stabilized zirconia composition with at least one additional constituent selected from the group consisting of TiO2, Al2O3, a blend of Al2O3—TiO2, La2Zr2O7, and 20 wt % Yttria Stabilized Zirconia; and depositing the blended powder onto the substrate. Articles having the coating formed from the above process are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin W. Schlichting, Paul H. Zajchowski, Susan Manning Meier
  • Connection structure and method of connecting field coil and lead wires in vehicle alternator
    Patent number: 7859158
    Abstract: A connection structure and a connection method of connecting field coils and lead wires in a vehicle alternator. The connection structure includes a rotor assembly, a rear fan, and a rotor insulator. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft, a spool bobbin, and rotor segments. In the connection structure, a soldering or welding process is performed on twisted parts, which are formed by twisting field coils and lead wires around each other, the twisted parts are bent in the guide pockets of the rotor insulator, epoxy is applied to the outer surfaces of the twisted parts and the inner surfaces of guide pockets, and the rear fan is coupled to the front of the rotor insulator so that the inner surfaces of the protrusion hubs of the rear fan are in close contact with the guide pockets of the rotor insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Sang-Chul An, Il-Woo Ha, Jae Pio You
  • Method of improving input and output performance of raid system using matrix stripe cache
    Patent number: 7861035
    Abstract: A method of improving the Input/Output (I/O) performance of a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) system using a Matrix Stripe Cache (MSC). The method includes a first step of generating a rxw matrix, that is, a read and write matrix, present before row combination, through a unit MSC that will perform writing on a disk, a second step of generating a rxw matrix, that is, a final read and write matrix, from the rxw matrix present before row combination, which is generated at the first step, through row combination, and a third step of performing reading based on the row-combined rxw matrix generated at the second step, performing an XOR operation on the row-combined rxw matrix on a row basis, and performing writing on the row-combined rxw matrix on a column basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Baek, Kyu Ho Park
  • Vane or rotor blade
    Patent number: 7857596
    Abstract: An unmixed plastic sheet, which is made of a thermoplastic material and which is composed of a number of body segments that are adjacent to one another in a plane, interconnected and made of a closed-cell foam material. The body segments are thermoplastically welded to one another at their abutting lateral faces while forming flat weld seams. The flat weld seams form a plastic intermediate layer, which has few pores, and which is provided in the form of a web structure that, when viewed from above, is reticular and reinforces the plastic sheet. The inventive plastic sheet is preferably used as a core layer in sandwich composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd
    Inventors: Dietmar Rakutt, Lukas Berger
  • Coating process for fatigue critical components
    Patent number: 7854966
    Abstract: A coating process for fatigue critical components is provided. The coating process comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a first modulus of elasticity, depositing a layer of a material having a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity onto the substrate, and depositing a coating over the material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Aaron T. Nardi
  • Homogenous synthetic mud-to-cement cementing glasses
    Patent number: 7855170
    Abstract: A synthetic glass family in the quaternary phase field of CaO—SiO2-Al2O3-MgO (CSAM) with hydraulic and pozzolanic properties for use in differing applications in the gas and oil well cementing area. A method of making a mud-to-cement (MTC) slurry and a method for treating oil and gas wells with the MTC slurry containing a homogenous amorphous synthetic glass made from a mixture of inorganic materials selected from the group consisting of CSAM, wherein the cementing glasses with the mixture of inorganic materials are in a 100% amorphous phase with a degree of crystallization of zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: INTEVEP, S.A.
    Inventors: Yibran Perera, Virginia Buccellato, George Quercia, Aiskely Blanco
  • Process for improving and recuperating waste, heavy and extra heavy hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 7854836
    Abstract: A process for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon includes the steps of obtaining a heavy hydrocarbon; contacting the heavy hydrocarbon with a solvent at upgrading conditions so as to produce a first product comprising a mixture of upgraded hydrocarbon and solvent and a second product comprising asphaltene waste, water and solvent; and feeding the first product to a separator to separate the upgraded hydrocarbon from the solvent. A system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: INTEVEP, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Chirinos, Felix Silva, Gerson Siachoque, Miguel Marquina, Miguel A. Paraco, Galanda Morfes, Carlos Conde
  • Enhanced weldability for high strength cast and wrought nickel superalloys
    Patent number: 7854064
    Abstract: A method for repairing a turbine engine component comprises the steps of providing a turbine engine component formed from a nickel-based superalloy, removing any defects from the turbine engine component, the removing step comprising subjecting the turbine engine component to a solutioning heat treatment using a heating rate in the range of from 29 degrees Fahrenheit/minute to approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit/minute as the component passes through a temperature in the range of from 1100 degrees Fahrenheit to 1600 degrees Fahrenheit, and welding the turbine engine component to effect the repair. A deliberately slow post-solution treatment cooling rate is used to substantially prevent weld cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: David R. Malley
  • Surfactant package for well treatment and method for using same
    Patent number: 7854263
    Abstract: A surfactant blend for servicing wells includes a first non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of between about 10 and about 15; a second non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of between about 2 and about 6; and an anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Mas, Alicia Colina, Williams Aular
  • Joint for the transmission of rotational motion
    Patent number: 7854659
    Abstract: The invention provides a joint for the transmission of rotational motion between two rotatable elements, including a first, driven, element consisting of a shaft portion and a head portion, the head portion including a first recess and a second, contiguous, recess in the form of the female partner of a coupling having coupling faces, and a second, driving, element consisting of a shaft portion, a collar portion of a diameter freely fitting into the first recess, and the male partner of the coupling, wherein the respective dimensions of the coupling faces of the male and female partners differ to such an extent that the second element is tiltable out of alignment with the first element while retaining its engagement with the first element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Mag-Eh, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nissan Rom, Alexandre Khavronine
  • Method of compensating for distortion caused by fingerprint input sensors of heterogeneous fingerprint recognition systems
    Patent number: 7856128
    Abstract: A method of correcting distortion caused by fingerprint input sensors of heterogeneous fingerprint recognition systems. The method includes a first step of fabricating a measurement pattern for measuring resolutions of a fingerprint input sensor, a second step of measuring image resolutions of an image, acquired by the fingerprint input sensor, using the fabricated measurement pattern for predetermined locations and directions, a third step of designing control lines for compensating for the distortion caused by the fingerprint input sensor, based on the measured resolutions, a fourth step of obtaining average horizontal and vertical resolutions of the acquired image, a fifth step of modeling the control lines based on a ratio of the average horizontal resolution to the vertical average resolution, and a sixth step of compensating for the distortion of the acquired image based on results of the modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Inha-Industry Partnership Institute
    Inventors: Hak Il Kim, Young Chan Han
  • Surfactant package for well treatment and method using same
    Patent number: 7854802
    Abstract: A surfactant blend for servicing wells includes a first non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of between about 10 and about 15; a second non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of between about 2 and about 6; and an anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Mas, Alicia Colina, Williams Aular
  • Device for discharging tire sealant from a container
    Patent number: 7854242
    Abstract: A device for discharging tire sealant (3) from a container (2), the container (2) is connectable to a closure element (1). The pressure source (6) is able to be connected to the closure element (1) and, when a positive pressure is produced in the container (2), a removal opening (12) is able to be released in order to discharge tire sealant (3) from the container (2) into a tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Doukas AG
    Inventor: Michael Stehle
  • Apparatus for measuring the relative position of two parts
    Patent number: 7852066
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring the relative position of two parts with a deformable coil, which is connected to both parts and deforms according to their relative position, wherein the inductance of the coil depends on shape and is thus a measure of the relative position, and wherein the coil has a magnetic circuit which is closed in the manner of a toroidal coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gert Krammer
  • Connecting device for spinal osteosynthesis
    Patent number: 7850718
    Abstract: A connecting device for spinal osteosynthesis has an osseous anchoring device, a connector that accommodates a joining shaft and is fixed to one end of the anchoring device, and a tightening device for immobilizing the joining shaft. The connecting device is characterized in that the connector is fixed to the anchoring device with the aid of a pin that penetrates the anchoring device and embodies a pivot joint. Furthermore, the device comprises an arrangement for stabilizing the connector relative to the anchoring device when the device is implanted in the patient, the stabilizing arrangement being located on the plane encompassing the shaft and the anchoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Spinevision
    Inventors: Stephane Bette, Dominique Petit, Didier Thibout, Gerard Vanacker