Patents Represented by Law Firm Burns, Doane, Swecker and Mathis
  • Patent number: 6948889
    Abstract: A tool intended for chip removing machining includes a holder and a cutting insert which have respective connecting surfaces arranged to engage each other and define an interface. A ridge having a tapering cross-sectional shape is formed in one of the connecting surfaces, and a groove having a tapering cross-sectional shape is formed in the other connecting surface, which groove receives the ridge. Both of the ridge and groove are in the shape of curves as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the respective connecting surface. The curve shape may be circular, elliptical, or polygonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Sandvik Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Peder Arvidsson
  • Patent number: 6949489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid supported catalyst usable for the polymerization of conjugated dienes, to a process for the preparation of said catalyst and to a process for the polymerization of conjugated dienes using said catalyst. The solid supported catalyst according to the invention comprises the reaction product of a) a complex represented by formula M(Ar)(AlX4)3, where M is a rare earth metal selected from among the metals having an atomic number of from 57 to 71, inclusive in Mendeleyev's periodic table of elements, Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, Al is aluminum and X is selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, and b) a solid support comprising at least one inorganic metal oxide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Fanny Barbotin, Christophe Boisson, Roger Spitz
  • Patent number: 6950035
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an image obtaining means for obtaining an image of a view from a vehicle, a displaying means for displaying the image obtained by the image obtaining means in a monitor display provided in the vehicle, an inputting means for inputting a target parking position, at which the vehicle is parked, on the monitor display, a detecting means for detecting a relative relationship between the vehicle and the target parking position, and a judging means for judging whether or not the vehicle can be parked at the target parking position based upon the relative relationship detected by the detecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuu Tanaka, Yoshifumi Iwata, Hisashi Satonaka, Tomohiko Endo, Mitsuhiko Morita, Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Seiji Kawakami, Hiroaki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 6949959
    Abstract: The invention relates to signal conversion devices to be used for the receiving radio devices. The attained technical result is the detection and conversion of signals in an electrical two-terminal device, a data loss level being minimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Antennas LLC
    Inventor: Georgy Mikhailovich Zaitsev
  • Patent number: 6948267
    Abstract: An ice resurfacing machine laser control is used to optimize the ice layer on an artificial ice track, such as an ice hockey rink and is adapted for use in ice resurfacing machines. The thickness of an ice layer is optimized with a beam for a laser transmitter. The ice resurfacing machine comprises a laser receiver and mechanisms to regulate the elevation of the scraper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Kalannin Kaspek Oy
    Inventor: Timo Pirilä
  • Patent number: 6948890
    Abstract: A drill for chip removing machining includes a front cutting end, a rear securing portion, and a shank extending therebetween. The cutting end includes at least one cutting edge. The drill has at least one internal chip channel and at least one internal flush channel formed in a longitudinal pillar portion of the drill. All portions of the drill are formed of the same material, such as cemented carbide, wherein the chip channel has a surface roughness no greater than 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Seco Tools AB
    Inventors: Mattias Svensson, Mikael Grönquist, Johnny Bruhn
  • Patent number: 6949551
    Abstract: Dihalopropene compounds, process for their preparation, compositions comprising them and their use as pesticides What is described are dihalopropene compounds of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are halogen, Y is —O—, —S— or —NH—, X is —O—, —S(O)r— or —NR5— (where r=0, 1, 2 and R5 is hydrogen or C1-C8-alkyl), X? is a direct C—C bond, —O—, —S(O)r— or —NR5— (where R5 is as defined above), R3 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, C1-C8-alkyl, C1-C8-haloalkyl, C1-C8-alkoxy, C1-C8-haloalkoxy, C3-C10-cycloalkyl or has one of the meanings defined for A, A has the meaning given in the description (inter alia aryl, heterocyclyl), B is a divalent bridge having the meanings given in the description (inter alia alkylene) and R4 is a monovalent C6-C14-aryl radical or nitrogen-containing heteroaryl radical having at least one ring heteroatom which has the meanings given in the description. These compounds can be used for preparing pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience S.A.
    Inventors: Jörg Tiebes, Ralf Braun, Joachim Dickhaut, Harald Jakobi, Stephen Lindell, Vincent L. Salgado, Eva Wojtech, Daniela Jans, Jutta Maria Waibel, Waltraud Hempel, Ronald Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 6949628
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for in vitro diagnosis of an infection by human cytomegaloviruses. The process consists of contacting cells, possibly carrying the infection, with a monoclonal antibody reacting with a polypeptide of molecular weight 68,000, induced by human cytomegalovirus and which possesses a protein-kinase activity. The detection of the reaction is preferably carried out by immunofluorescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sante de la Recherche Medicale
    Inventors: Florian Horaud, Susan Michelson, Octavian Barzu, Andre Boue, Claire Amadei
  • Patent number: 6950710
    Abstract: An electrode lead, which is used as an implantable electrode lead and a symptom of disconnection of which can be found and detected at an early stage before complete disconnection. Also, an implantable medical instrument which uses this electrode lead safely is provided. More specifically, in an implantable electrode lead obtained by connecting conductor wires 23 and 27 with large electrical resistances and conductor wires 20 and 26 with small electrical resistances parallel to each other, when one of the low-strength conductor wires 20 and 26 is disconnected, a change in electrical resistance of the implantable electrode lead can be detected and informed. Hence, a symptom before total disconnection of the implantable electrode lead can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Shirakawa, Yoshizo Ishizuka, Fuminori Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 6949222
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for monitoring and control in the sterilization of an object (1) which, for the purpose of sterilization, is electron irradiated from an electron radiation source (2) past which the object is led or conveyed. The system includes a detector (11), a converter (13), a generator (18), a process control unit (19), as well as an ejector mechanism (26) which is disposed to be activated for ejecting the sterilized object (1) on receipt of a negative comparison signal from the process control unit (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA
    Inventors: Håkan Möller, Lars Näslund, Anders Kristiansson
  • Patent number: 6949793
    Abstract: Provided is a memory device formed using quantum devices and a method for manufacturing the same. A memory device comprises a substrate; a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate so as to be separated from each other by a predetermined interval; a memory cell which is formed on the surface of the substrate to connect the source region and the drain region, and has a plurality of nano-sized quantum dots filled with material for storing electrons; and a control gate which is formed on the memory cell and controls the number of electrons stored in the memory cell. It is possible to embody a highly efficient and highly integrated memory device by providing a memory device having nano-sized quantum dots and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-bong Choi, Soo-doo Chae
  • Patent number: 6948649
    Abstract: The high yield ratio problem intrinsic in high-strength steel pipes is solved and a method of producing a steel pipe, while securing the pipe roundness is provided. A steel pipe produced from a steel plate by forming and welding is subjected to 0.3 to 1.2% of expansion and then to 0.1 to 1.0% of reduction. The steel pipe produced by this method has a structure in which martensite and/or bainite accounts for more than 80% as expressed in terms of area percentage, and has a yield strength of not lower than 551 MPa and a yield ratio of not higher than 93%. The pipe reduction is desirably carried out at a lower work ratio as compared with the pipe expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Takahashi, Akio Yamamoto, Tomoaki Ikeda, Tetsuya Fukuba
  • Patent number: 6950236
    Abstract: An antireflection film having a low reflectance and giving non-tinged reflected light with a low cost, which comprises: a transparent substrate; and a low-refractive layer having a lower refractive index than said transparent substrate, wherein the antireflection film has an average specular reflectance of 0.5% or less at an incidence angle of 5° in a wavelength region of from 450 to 650 nm, and, when CIE standard illuminant D65 in a wavelength region of from 380 to 780 nm is incident on the antireflection film at an incidence angle of 5°, the regular reflection light has a color having a* and b* values in a ranges specified by ?7?a*?7 and ?10*?b*?10 in the CIE 1976 L*a*b* color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Hokazono, Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6945967
    Abstract: An absorbent product, such as a sanitary towel, includes a stiffening element (6) which is intended to contribute to the three-dimensional shape of the product during its use. The stiffening element (6) is in a plane state before use of the product and has a stiffness in the dry state of in the order of 1-15 N measured according to ASTM D 4032-82. The stiffening element has a width at the transition between the crotch portion (3) and the front portion (1) on the sanitary towel which is adapted to the distance between the muscle tendons of the wearer on both sides of the crotch of the wearer in the groin of the latter and which is of the order of 15-45 mm. The product has different stiffness along a center line extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, as a result of which the product is predestined to curve in predetermined places along the center line when the product is fitted on the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Solgun Drevik, Fredrik Asp
  • Patent number: 6944972
    Abstract: An article of footwear having an upper, an outsole defining a ground engaging surface, and a sole disposed between the upper and the outsole. The sole includes an energy return system having a first rigid plate, a second rigid plate spaced a predetermined distance from the first rigid plate, and at least one separating element disposed therebetween to maintain the spacing between the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventor: Rainer K. Schmid
  • Patent number: 6945968
    Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent product, such as a diaper or an incontinence garment, comprising a casing, an outer side of the casing being distal from the body of the wearer in use of the garment and an inner side being proximal to the body of the wearer in use of the garment, said casing having a front part, a rear part and a crotch part lying between the front and rear parts, the casing comprising an absorbent structure, whereby the absorbent product further comprises a fastening system, for attaching opposing side portions of the front and rear parts to each other, comprising at least two cooperating fastening elements, wherein the first element functions as a landing zone for the second element, characterized in that the first element comprises at least one skewing-preventing part, which skewing-preventing part prevents the front and rear parts to slide relative one another, as it adheres to the inner part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Charlotth Svensson, Anna Svernlöv
  • Patent number: 6945902
    Abstract: An output shaft supporting structure includes an output shaft having a hollow space opened in one end side, an intermediate shaft whose one end having an insert portion inserted into the hollow space, an extension housing placed on the edge of a casing, a first bearing and a second bearing disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the output shaft and the inner peripheral surface of the extension housing, a third bearing disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the insert portion and the inner peripheral surface of the hollow space. A part of rotational elements of a planetary gear set is supported between the outer peripheral surface of the insert portion closer to one end of the intermediate shaft than the third bearing and the inner peripheral surface of the hollow space, and at least a portion of axial position of the third bearing is located between the first bearing and the second bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoya Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 6945607
    Abstract: A walk-in apparatus of a vehicle seat slide includes an upper rail and a lower rail, a lock plate for locking the upper rail position on the lower rail, a release lever engaging with the lock plate for releasing the locking, a supporting lever engaging the release lever, a reclining plate rotating when the seat back rotates more than a predetermined forward angle, a memory plate on the lower rail within a predetermined range, a first supporting portion on the supporting lever for holding the release lever at a first position where the lock plate unlocks when the supporting lever is out of the memory plate range and a second supporting portion provided on the supporting lever for holding the release lever at a second position and waiting for the upper rail to be locked when the reclining plate disengages with the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kojima
  • Mug
    Patent number: D509707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Sweda Company, LLC
    Inventor: Kuang-Hsia Tien
  • Patent number: D510015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Inventor: Paul E. Hostetler