Patents Represented by Attorney Bourque and Associate

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  • Method and apparatus for forming high-speed liquid
    Patent number: 7380918
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming high-speed water droplets takes advantage on a synergy of features disclosed by the present invention including a low Weber number in a chamber in which a liquid stream breaks up into droplets; a reduced break up distance for forming the water droplets by introducing turbulence into the liquid source, thereby providing a unit or tool that is of practical size; accomplishing the generation of high-speed water droplets without using a complex driver; reducing the liquid's surface tension thereby facilitating the creating of near spherical droplets; and maintaining the droplets in form until they strike the surface of a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Synergy Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Dean, Jr., David F. Nelson, Matthew L. Brown, Richard W. Couch, Mark W. Blanchard
  • Method of processing and sorting aggregate material
    Patent number: 7380674
    Abstract: A method of processing and sorting aggregate materials includes providing an aggregate material processing device which has aggregate material holding region having an opening over which may be pivotably and removably placed an aggregate material sorting device. The method involves causing the aggregate material processing device to engage with a supply of unsorted aggregate material such that the unsorted aggregate is forced over the aggregate material sorting device thereby causing some of the unsorted aggregate material to fall through the sorting device and into the aggregate material holding region while some of the unsorted aggregate material remains on a top region of the aggregate material sorting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Inventor: Norman Vaine
  • Turbo machinery speed monitor
    Patent number: 7355828
    Abstract: This invention relates to a speed monitor apparatus for monitoring speed and acceleration of rotating turbine equipment (turbomachinery) and for operating an overspeed trip to shut down the equipment in the event that the speed or acceleration exceed predetermined thresholds. The invention provides a speed monitor module having an output switch comprising a plurality of armature clamped relays such that first armatures form a first electrical path only when both first armatures are open or when both first armatures are closed and second armatures provide a second electrical path when either or both second armatures are open or closed such that the second electrical path is discontinuous when either first armature is stuck in an open or closed position causing either second armature to remain floating between an open and closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: ICS Triplex Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Ian Jones
  • Gas treatment apparatus
    Patent number: 7351381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas treatment apparatus for treating the exhaust gas stream from an internal combustion engine. The apparatus comprises several compartments within which one or more treatments are to be performed upon a gas flowing through the compartments. At least one compartment includes a treatment element secured against axial movement at each end. The treatment element is secured at least at one end by removable axial retaining apparatus. The removable axial retaining apparatus includes a secured member secured against axial movement. The treatment element is removable from within the compartment by axial movement after the removable axial retaining apparatus has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Eminox Limited
    Inventors: William Frederick Ball, Anthony John Gault, Charles Patrick Harrod
  • Multiple face three-axis CNC machine
    Patent number: 7343656
    Abstract: A CNC machine for automatically re-indexing and machining multiple faces of a workpiece includes a traditional three-axis CNC machine and a gripper tool. A bar stock defining a first and at least a second workpiece is loaded within a first and a second vice on the table such that the first workpiece is disposed within the first vice and at least a portion of the second workpiece is disposed within the first and the second workpiece. The CNC machine machines the first face of the workpiece within the first vice. Next, the CNC machine grasps the first workpiece using the gripper tool removably disposed within the spindle. The first workpiece is re-indexed and is loaded into a third vice disposed on the table and the next face of the first workpiece is machined. A support rack is preferably used to support a portion of the bar stock overhanging the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: George Gordon Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Belanger, David M. Lorenzo, Ronald L. Downing
  • Musical instrument with multiple resonance chambers
    Patent number: 7342158
    Abstract: A device, system and method for a musical instrument are disclosed herein. The exemplary musical instrument may have a first resonance chamber having a first bridge coupled to a surface of the first resonance chamber and a second resonance chamber having a second bridge coupled to a surface of the second resonance chamber. At least one string may couple the first bridge to the second bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Inventor: Dane Olson
  • Fiber optic drop wire splice kit
    Patent number: 7343077
    Abstract: The present invention features a system and method for securely holding a fiber optic drop cable splice in place and for creating a watertight splice by encapsulating two or more fiber optic cables having one or more spliced fiber optic strands in an enclosure with an encapsulant to create a permanent, watertight fiber-optic splicing system and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Uraseal, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Mann, John K. Burnham, Michael H. Bubak, Pamela K. LaRoche, Kevin D. Scott, Duston W. Shost, Joseph E. Bradley, James J. Decknick
  • Circuit board with shielded connection
    Patent number: 7335029
    Abstract: A combination circuit board and clamping device includes a circuit board having a conductor strip that conducts electrical voltage. A connection for a shielded cable with a device to clamp the cable sheath is provided on the circuit board. This device is in contact with the conductor strip carrying the electrical voltage. The clamp device for the cable sheath consists of a contact piece with a metallic base plate and clamp springs that project on one side and are separated from one another, between which the cable insulated up to the cable sheath is received. The circuit board includes pass-through apertures into which to insert these clamp springs, and the contact piece with the cable end secured between contact springs is attached to the circuit board by means of a cable binder, for whose proper positioning the circuit board includes openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Bäckeralf, Frank Welzel, Jens Willmann
  • Jewelry
    Patent number: D562171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventor: Cathi Remington
  • Diamond plated motorcycle console
    Patent number: D562735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Morse
  • Wall sconce
    Patent number: D564125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forgo
    Inventor: George Chandler
  • Wall sconce
    Patent number: D566877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forge, LLC
    Inventor: George Chandler
  • Hygiene bottle and cannula
    Patent number: D568465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: MP pharmaceutical LLC
    Inventor: Maryse Pierre
  • Wall lamp
    Patent number: D568525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbardton Froge, LLC
    Inventor: George Chandler
  • Wall lamp
    Patent number: D568526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forge, LLC
    Inventor: George Chandler
  • Electrical switch
    Patent number: D568824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Inventor: Alexander P. Benoit
  • Furniture front
    Patent number: D569138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Siematic Mobelwerke GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich-Wilhelm Siekmann
  • Lamp
    Patent number: D570524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forge, LLC
    Inventor: George Chandler
  • Lamp
    Patent number: D570529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forge, LLC
    Inventor: George Chandler
  • Lamp
    Patent number: D570530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forge, LLC
    Inventor: George Chandler