Patents Represented by Attorney Brown & Michaels, PC

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  • Remote variable camshaft timing control valve with lock pin control
    Patent number: 7124722
    Abstract: A VCT system having a housing, a rotor, a locking pin, and a spool valve. The spool valve has a spool slidably located in a bore with a plurality of ports. The spool has a plurality of lands that block the ports. When the spool is in the advance position, the plurality of lands allow fluid through the ports from the retard chamber to the advance chamber. When the spool is in the retard position, the plurality of lands allow fluid through the ports from the advance chamber to the retard chamber. When the spool is in the null position, the plurality of lands allow fluid from a source to the advance and retard chambers. When the spool is in the locked position, the plurality of lands allow fluid supplied to one of the advance chamber or the retard chamber to move the locking pin to a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Franklin R. Smith
  • Creep locking retention mechanism (Clip)
    Patent number: 7118503
    Abstract: A device having an allowance for creeping is provided. The device includes: a base member having a receiving element; and an overlaying member, subject to creeping, overlaying on top of the base member, the overlaying member having a region at one end thereof, wherein a tip member is free from restriction or force exerted thereon due to creeping deformation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew C. Shum
  • Dimerdiol derivatives and composition of matter including the dimerdiol derivatives
    Patent number: 7112706
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a dimer diol derivative and a composition containing the dimer diol derivative which have an excellent water-holding property, an excellent pigment dispersion property and further a high level of safety. The dimer diol derivatives according to the present invention is a dimer diol derivative represented by the following chemical formula 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Croda Japan KK
    Inventors: Takeshi Koresawa, Yasuhiro Shiren, Isamu Noda, Hiroyuki Tanabe, Mie Noda, Akio Otera
  • Grid type electrostatic separator/collector and method of using same
    Patent number: 7105041
    Abstract: An electrical type grid electrostatic collector/separator removes particles from an air stream. The apparatus includes multiple parallel grids that act as the porous material, enclosed in a sealed compartment so that the entrained air flows parallel and between one or more centrally located grids. A direct current high voltage field is established between the grids with the polarities alternating between facing grids. Finer particles may be temporally collected on plate or grid assemblies that are located out of the airflow. When non-conductive particles are present, external methods of pre-charging by corona discharge are preferably used. When non-conductive particles are present, both internal and external methods of pre-charging by corona discharge are used with the external method being preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Inventor: John P. Dunn
  • Defect-free semiconductor templates for epitaxial growth
    Patent number: 7101444
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one defect-free epitaxial layer. At least a part of the device is manufactured by a method of fabrication of defect-free epitaxial layers on top of a surface of a first solid state material having a first thermal evaporation rate and a plurality of defects, where the surface comprises at least one defect-free surface region, and at least one surface region in a vicinity of the defects, the method including the steps of selective deposition of a second material, having a high temperature stability, on defect-free regions of the first solid state material, followed by subsequent evaporation of the regions in the vicinity of the defects, and subsequent overgrowth by a third material forming a defect-free layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: NL Nanosemiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Vitaly Shchukin, Nikolai Ledentsov
  • Device for collecting statistical data for maintenance of small-arms
    Patent number: 7100437
    Abstract: A device for collecting data on small-arms usage that senses when a shot has been fired from a gun using its acceleration, acoustic noise or RF emissions; measures the interval between shots so that the firing rate may be determined; measures the time at which each shot has been fired; measures the temperature of the barrel when each shot is fired; stores any combination of temperature, firing rate, firing intervals and time data for subsequent analysis and has an electrical interface to transfer data from the device to a computer or other data collection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Design Consulting USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Arthur Johnson, Joseph Duane Kulesza
  • Sprocket for a silent chain and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 7097580
    Abstract: A sprocket for preventing the partial wear on the teeth of the sprocket. The teeth of the sprocket comprised of a pair of side portions located on opposite sides of a tooth and a central portion located between the pair of sides. The pair of side portions has a hardness greater than the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: BorgWarner Morse TEC Japan K.K.
    Inventor: Naoji Sakamoto
  • Pivoting chain guide and tensioner assembly
    Patent number: 7097579
    Abstract: A pivoting chain guide and tensioner assembly for use with an endless chain loop comprising: at least one bracket plate, a tensioner attached to the at least one bracket plate, and a guide attached to the bracket plates. The bracket plate surrounds the chain at least partially between a driving and a driven sprocket and at least one of the plates has a hole for a pivot at a center axis. The tensioner comprises a tensioner arm with a chain sliding face for contacting the outside of the chain and a biasing means. The guide has a chain sliding face that contacts the outside of the chain. When a high local load is applied to the chain, the load is received by the end of the guide, forcing the guide to move away from the chain, such that the bracket plate pivots, moving the tensioner relative to the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: George L. Markley
  • Trigonometry calculator
    Patent number: 7096239
    Abstract: A trigonometry calculator is programmed with four selectable calculations of unknown parameters of any plane triangle having three known parameters. The calculations accept known parameters of SIDE SIDE ANGLE, SIDE ANGLE SIDE, SIDE SIDE SIDE, and ANGLE ANGLE SIDE and from such inputs calculate unknown angles and sides. The calculator can also be programmed to make a series of calculations determining three unknown parameters for any plane triangle having three known parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Inventor: Stephen Bihun
  • Element for aiding in the cementation of fixed dental prosthesis
    Patent number: 7090492
    Abstract: An element for aiding in the cementation of a fixed dental prosthesis that results in equal pressure being applied to the prosthesis comprising a block having a first end (M) and a second end (d). The first end (M) is thicker than the second end (d), and when the first end is mesially placed and the second end is distally placed between two dental arcades, equal pressure is applied to the prosthesis. The block may be frustropyramidal, frustroconical, or helical in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: José María Rodríguez del Val
  • Inductively generated streaming plasma ion source
    Patent number: 7081711
    Abstract: A novel pulsed, neutralized ion beam source is provided. The source uses pulsed inductive breakdown of neutral gas, and magnetic acceleration and control of the resulting plasma, to form a beam. The beam supplies ions for applications requiring excellent control of ion species, low remittance, high current density, and spatial uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Applied Pulsed Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Glidden, Howard D. Sanders, John B. Greenly
  • Fiber-based displays containing lenses and methods of making same
    Patent number: 7082236
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic display that combines the optical function of the display and part of the electronic function of the display into an array of individual fibers. The individual fibers contain a lens or optical function and at least one set of electrodes. Containing the lens function and the address electrode in the same fiber assures alignment of each pixel with its representative lens system and allows for the fabrication of very large three-dimensional, direct view displays. The electronic part of the displays can function as a plasma display (PDP), plasma addressed liquid crystal (PALC) display, field emission display (FED), cathode ray tube (CRT), electroluminescent (EL) display or any similar type of display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Chad Byron Moore
  • Apparatus for administering aerosols
    Patent number: 7077125
    Abstract: A stationary inhalation apparatus for the individual controlled inhalation of therapeutic aerosols comprises a drug-release means 3, at least one drug reservoir 2, a reader 4 for reading out a patient's individual parameters and/or the aerosol parameters stored in a memory means and a control unit connected to the drug-release means 3 and the reader 4 for releasing the drug as a function of the read-out parameters. This stationary inhalation apparatus 1 permits the administration of different drugs to a multitude of patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: InAMed GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Scheuch
  • Foldable type cellular telephone
    Patent number: 7076280
    Abstract: A second connecting portion 22 of a second inside portion 2A is formed with an opening portion 24 extending all the way from an inner peripheral surface of the connecting hole 23 to an outer surface of the connecting portion 22 and towards a second outside portion 2B. This opening portion 24 is set both in size dimension and configuration such that a fitting portion 32a of a hinge pin 32 can be inserted into the connecting hole 23 via the opening portion 24. The second outside portion 2B is formed with a shielding portion 25 for shielding the opening portion 24. The shielding portion 25 is formed with a protruding portion 26 which is brought into the opening portion 24. A distal end face of the protruding portion 26 is generally in contact with the fitting portion 32a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Oshima
  • Intelligent wavelength division multiplexing systems based on arrays of wavelength tunable lasers and wavelength tunable resonant photodetectors
    Patent number: 7075954
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexing system based on arrays of wavelength tunable lasers and wavelength tunable resonant photodetectors is disclosed. The system allows self-adjusting of the resonance wavelength of the wavelength tunable photodetectors to the wavelengths of the laser light emitted by the lasers. No precise wavelength stabilization of the lasers is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: NL Nanosemiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai Ledentsov, Vitaly Shchukin
  • Multi-stage high voltage solid state switch
    Patent number: 7072196
    Abstract: A method for triggering a high voltage solid state switch comprised of a set of thyristors connected in series. Initiating switch turn-on requires command triggering of only the lowest voltage thyristor, thereby eliminating the need for expensive high voltage pulse transformers or optically isolated triggers. Triggering of one thyristor causes a redistribution of voltage across the switch, generating a current flowing through the snubber circuit across each untriggered thyristor. This current is coupled to the gate of each thyristor causing all of them to turn on simultaneously. This results in an inexpensive method for triggering a high voltage solid state switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Applied Pulsed Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Glidden, Howard D. Sanders
  • Compliant chain guide with blade spring
    Patent number: 7063635
    Abstract: A chain guide has an elastic member and a wear face. The wear face has the elastic member captured therein. The wear face has an inside surface and an outside surface. The first surface is disposed to contact a chain. The other surface is in contact with the elastic member. Through the compliance of the wear face and the elastic member, the chain guide absorbs some degree of impacts and transverse vibrations, both of which can affect chain control, guide wear, and bracket fatigue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Mariano Garcia
  • Hinge with catch
    Patent number: 7059018
    Abstract: A pair of projection elements 42, 42 are formed on the opposite sides of an inner link 4. Each projection element 42 is formed with a cutout recess 42b. A fitting shaft part 72a, which is formed on each end of an abutment shaft 72, is inserted into the cutout recess 42b through an open part thereof and turnably fitted to a bottom part of the cutout recess 42b. A second abutment part 71c of a coiled spring 71 is abutted with an enlarged-diameter part 72b of the abutment shaft 72. The abutment shaft 72 is biased towards the bottom side of the cutout recess 43b from the open part side thereof by the coiled spring 71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Koshikawa, Kazuyoshi Oshima
  • Silent chain
    Patent number: 7056248
    Abstract: A Hybrid Roller/Silent chain that has the wear resistance of a roller chain combined with the noise performance of a silent chain. This is accomplished with the use of bushings that allow increased bearing area for the articulating members of the chain, specifically by allowing load to be transmitted through both the inside and outside diameter of the bushing in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Roger P. Butterfield
  • Compliant chain guide with multiple joints
    Patent number: 7056246
    Abstract: A chain guide with Multiple Joints having a plurality of sections (62, 64, 66) with each section conjoined together via a link (68) is provided. Each of the plurality of sections (62, 64, 66) has a partial upper side (12i) which forms, in part, an upper side of the chain guide. All of the partial upper side (12i) of the plurality of sections (62, 64, 66) together form the upper side of the chain guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: BorgWarner INc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Foster, Mariano S. Garcia