Patents Represented by Attorney Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.

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  • Power transmission unit with hydraulic clutch dependent on rotational speed
    Patent number: 6196368
    Abstract: A power transmission unit having an input section and an output section and a hydraulic clutch which depends on the rotational speed difference, in which unit a hydrostatic displacement machine (20) generates a pressure on the occurrence of a rotational speed difference between the input section (1; 6) and the output section (6; 1), which pressure causes a reduction in the rotational speed difference. The displacement machine consists of parts (21, 22) respectively drive-connected to the input section and the output section and one of the sections (1; 6) forms a housing (4) containing the displacement machine, the displacement machine drawing in working fluid from a suction space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Steyr-Daimler-Puch Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Eibler
  • Cooling device for a vehicle combustion motor
    Patent number: 6196169
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a cooling-air fan (10), a radiator assembly (2) and a fan shroud (18) which extends from a fan ring (9), enclosing the cooling-air fan, as far as the radiator assembly. In order, with given dimensioning of the radiator assembly (2) and cooling-air fan (10), to increase the cooling capacity, the fan shroud (18) forms, in the part (12) which projects laterally beyond the projection of the cooling-air fan (10), a vertical flow duct (23) and, in the part (11) which projects beyond the radiator assembly (2), a collecting chamber (22) which is in flow connection with the vertical flow duct (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Steyr-Daimler-Puch Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Emerich Schreiner
  • Locally administrable, biodegradable and sustained-release pharmaceutical composition for periodontitis and process for preparation thereof
    Patent number: 6193994
    Abstract: This invention relates to locally administrable, biodegradable and sustained-release pharmaceutical composition for periodontitis and process for preparation thereof, which can show continuous drug effect for a long time by controlling the release time and by making the drug remain in the periodontal pocket for a prolonged time. The composition is prepared by i) making a microsphere containing the physiologically active substance, ii) making the mixture of the microspheres and water-soluble polymer such as polysaccharides iii) making the mixture into the form of film or strip or/and iv) coating the film or strip with a cation aqueous solution such as calcium and barium. The present pharmaceutical composition can be easily administered using forceps, has minimized side effects and maximizes the effect by releasing the active substance at the minimum dose, and make the patients feel comfortable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Samyang Corporation
    Inventors: Jae-Yong Lee, Min-Hyo Seo, In-Ja Choi, Jee-Hyang Kim, Chaul-Min Pai
  • Oil soluble coking additive, and method for making and using same
    Patent number: 6193875
    Abstract: A method for making an oil soluble coking process additive, includes the steps of: providing mixture of a metal salt in water wherein the metal salt contains a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and mixtures thereof; providing a heavy hydrocarbon; forming an emulsion of the mixture and the heavy hydrocarbon; heating the emulsion so as to react the metal salt with components of the heavy hydrocarbon so as to provide a treated hydrocarbon containing oil soluble organometallic compound, wherein the organometallic compound includes the metal and is stable at a temperature of at least about 300° C. The oil soluble additive and a process using same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Pereira, Jose Guitian, Jose Cordova, Ramon Salazar, Monsaris Pimentel, Alice Dupatrocinio
  • Apparatus for tapping current from a busbar
    Patent number: 6191502
    Abstract: In an apparatus for tapping current from a busbar by means of a roller which is arranged, for example, on a trolley, the one roller is also intended to have associated with it at least one further roller, adjacent to it and at a distance from the same busbar. In addition, at least one further busbar is provided parallel to said busbar on which further rollers for tapping current roll. In addition, each roller is assigned a connection to an electrical load and a contact spring leads from the connection to the roller circumference and makes contact at the roller circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Montech AG
    Inventors: Erich Grossenbacher, Christoph Rüetschi
  • Pneumatic conveying apparatus
    Patent number: 6190094
    Abstract: Apparatus includes a pneumatic conveyor for supporting the articles to be conveyed and air under pressure in the conveyor to convey the articles, wherein the conveyor includes a first elongated channel with a first hollow interior volume, a second elongated channel communicating with the first elongated channel and having a second hollow interior volume, with the communication between the first and second elongated channels including openings in the second elongated channel to permit the flow of air under pressure from the first elongated channel to the second elongated channel. Control is provided to control the amount of air flowing through the openings responsive to the density of the population of articles along the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: David Rediess, Eric Kerkmaz
  • Transgenic mice expressing the HIK-ras 4B chimeric gene
    Patent number: 6191342
    Abstract: A transgenic mouse whose genome comprises the H/K-ras 4B chimeric gene to form a mammary tumor and, particularly, the expression vector producing H/K-Ras 4B chimeric protein by using MMTV (mouse mammary tumor virus) promoter. This protein contains the first 164 amino acids of the H-Ras followed by the last 24 amino acids of K-Ras 4B. The second, it relates to the transgenic mouse expressing the H/K-Ras 4B protein with a mammary tumor, and the third, the method of preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: LG Chemical Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Saeng Choi
  • Temperature controlled case
    Patent number: 6185951
    Abstract: Case includes at least one compartment for product storage, at least one access opening providing entrance to said compartment and at least one shelf within the compartment for holding product. Refrigeration is provided operatively associated with the compartment for maintaining a selected temperature therein including at least one of (1) transparent cooling coils above the shelf with a cooling medium flowing therethrough, and (2) cooling within the shelf with a cooling medium therein, whereby a cooled, temperature controlled environment is provided for the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: In-Store Products Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Lane, Michael B. Davidson
  • Material in powder or wire form on a nickel basis for a coating and processes and uses therefor
    Patent number: 6187115
    Abstract: A material in powder or wire form on a nickel basis for the production of a coating with a high level of resistance to corrosion and wear by means of a thermal coating process is of the following composition (in percent by weight): C 0.005-1.0;  Cr 10.0-26.0; Mo  8.0-20.0; Fe  0.1-10.0; Si 3.0-7.0; B 1.0-4.0; Cu 0.1-5.0; Ni Balance. The material in powder form can be alloyed and sprayed out of the melt or agglomerated out of different alloyed and non-alloyed metal powders. The coating material can also be used in the form of a filling wire or an alloyed and cast bar material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Castolin S.A.
    Inventors: Ingo Kretschmer, Peter Heimgartner, Gary Robert Heath
  • Gripping device
    Patent number: 6186570
    Abstract: The gripping device includes two gripper jaws operative to hold gripping elements thereon, a drive operative to move the gripper jaws, a housing for the gripper jaws, and at least one channel having channel walls. The gripper jaws are arranged in the channel such that they can move parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Montech AG
    Inventors: Albrecht T. Trenner, Christian Wullschleger
  • Arrangement on which it is possible to walk and/or drive
    Patent number: 6182319
    Abstract: In the case of an arrangement on which it is possible to walk and/or drive and which is intended for bridging over and/or under, for example, roads, comprising a bottom member (1) which is connected, via cross-struts (2), to handrails (10) and/or a top flange (3), the intention is for a cross-strut (2) to comprise, at least in part, a box profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Peter Maier Leichtbau GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Maier, Branislav Kmet
  • Method and apparatus for optimizing production from a gas lift well
    Patent number: 6182756
    Abstract: A method for optimizing production from a gas lift well includes the steps of: obtaining a statistical model of production behavior of a gas lift well, the production behavior including known patterns of at least one production characteristic and corresponding operating parameters; operating the gas lift well at initial operating parameters; obtaining a real time value of the production characteristic from the gas lift well at the initial operating parameters; comparing the real time value of the production characteristic to the model to determine whether a known pattern is detected; and if a known pattern is detected, adjusting the operating parameters to the corresponding operating parameters. An apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Gonzalo Garcia, Aaron Ranson
  • Method of producing and stacking components
    Patent number: 6182360
    Abstract: A method of producing and stacking components from individual layers which are punched, cut or the like out of a hardened material strip. According to the method, layers are removed from a hardened material strip, the removed layers are pressed back into the material strip and pressed out of the latter in a subsequent station (ii). They are then inserted into a stack magazine in which the individual layers are centered and assembled to form a component, the component then being removed from the stack magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Feintool International Holding AG
    Inventor: Johannes Haack
  • Dispenser assembly and insert tank for same
    Patent number: 6179170
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a container defining a main reservoir for holding a liquid product; a nozzle assembly connected to the container for dispensing liquid from the container; and an inner tank member disposed in the container and defining an active reservoir for holding the liquid product. The inner tank member includes an inlet communicating the active reservoir with the main reservoir, and the nozzle assembly is communicated with the active reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: George M. Bachand
  • Cryogenic tank wall
    Patent number: 6178754
    Abstract: A structural cryogenic tank wall has an outer skin and an inner skin between which is a cavity containing a thermally insulative structure. The cavity is empty of any gas and contains at least one sensor for continuously verifying that the vacuum is maintained in order to monitor the structural integrity of the outer and inner skins and sealing of the cryogenic tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Agence Spatiale Europeenne
    Inventor: Christian Francois Michel Dujarric
  • Bank note discriminating apparatus and bank note drawing means detecting method
    Patent number: 6179110
    Abstract: A bill validator is provided which comprises a rotator with a slit and being rotatably attached to the bill validator, the slit being capable of aligning with a passageway when the rotator is in an initial position; a driving device for rotating the rotator; and a validator control circuit for judging authenticity of the bill by outputs of detective sensors and for controlling the driving device. The validator control circuit produces outputs to operate the driving device and thereby to rotate the rotator so as to wind some pulling string connected to the bill around the rotator after the bill passes the slit of the rotator, and the circuit evaluates the rotation rate of the rotator, and detects the unauthorized pulling string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ohkawa, Yuuki Saito, Yasumasa Suzuki, Kazuhiko Okamoto
  • Two stage process and apparatus for photocatalytic and catalytic conversion of contaminants
    Patent number: 6179972
    Abstract: A process comprises passing a contaminated gaseous stream through a photocatalytic stage and, thereafter, through a catalytic stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: KSE, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Kittrell
  • Pharmaceutical composition, containing medium-chain fatty acids as active ingredients, for dental caries and periodontal disease
    Patent number: 6180599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new use of medium-chain fatty acids in prevention and treatment of dental caries and a pharmaceutical composition containing medium-chain fatty acids as active ingredients. Particularly, the present invention relates to the use of the salt form of medium-chain fatty acids; nonanoic acid, capric acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, tridecanoic acid or myristic acid, for prevention and treatment of dental caries and periodontal disease. The pharmaceutical composition containing medium-chain fatty acids as active ingredients may include lectins and/or fluoride in addition to medium-chain fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Byung-Moo Min
  • Pipe end machining unit
    Patent number: 6176163
    Abstract: A pipe end machining unit (1) is provided with a housing (2) which is composed of two parts (2a, 2b). The clamping device (13) and the tool support (9) are supported in the upper housing part (2a). The lower housing part (2b) is of modular design and accommodates at least those components (18) which are relevant for controlling the motor. With a pipe end machining unit (1) designed in such a manner, conversion from an electrical drive to a pneumatic drive, or vice versa, is possible in a simple manner and within a very short time. Furthermore, the essential parts can be standardized, which results in major advantages from the manufacturing point of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrverbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Kramer
  • Pie tin
    Patent number: D436494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventors: Peter Ernest McDonald, Margaret Anne McDonald, John Edwin Milligan