Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Charles Brown
  • Container for the windshield washing liquid of a car
    Patent number: 5000333
    Abstract: Container for the windscreen washing liquid of a car, being provided with a seat for the housing of car accessory devices, as well as with fasteners associated to it for the fastening of said accessory devices on the container in correspondence of said seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Alfa Romeo Auto S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Petrelli
  • Device for fixing an object to a support, and object incorporating at least one such fixing device
    Patent number: 5000607
    Abstract: A device for fixing an object to a support comprises, in a plate forming part of the object, at least one hole for a fixing to pass through. A gasket is applied to the plate at the location of the hole, and a bearing washer is disposed between the gasket and a head of the fixing. An immobilizing device associated with the bearing washer opposes movement of the bearing washer parallel to the plate and to allow movement of the bearing washer perpendicular to the plate. A confinement device associated with the gasket prevents the gasket escaping from the space between the bearing washer and the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Legrand
    Inventors: Roger Parlatore, Alain Leluc, Robert Brousse
  • Automatic control system for a clutch coupling two rotating shafts
    Patent number: 4997071
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with an automatic control system for a clutch for coupling two rotatable shafts. The system comprises a piston for controlling a clutch mounted between two shafts. Control of the piston is obtained through a pressurized fluid which acts according to the position of a slide member which is movable in relative rotation controlled by a coupling device sensitive to a speed difference between the shafts. The invention is applicable to an automotive vehicle so as to put it temporarily into four wheel drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventors: Gino Villata, Mario Mangano
  • Aircraft ground handling vehicle
    Patent number: 4997331
    Abstract: An AGHV comprising a chassis 10 having front 11, 12 and rear 15, 16 wheels thereon, a support platform 25, 26 being movably mounted on the chassis 10 and jib 30 being provided on the chassis 10 for loading the nosewheels of an aircraft onto the platform 25, 26; said platform 25, 26 being longitudinally movable between the first position wherein said nose wheels can be loaded thereon so as to be supported by the platform 25, 26 on the chassis 10 and a second position which is clear of said first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Soil Machine Dynamics Limited
    Inventors: Timothy W. Grinsted, Alan R. Reece
  • Contour reading device suitable for use on eyeglass frames
    Patent number: 4995170
    Abstract: A device for reading contours, as of eyeglass frames, comprises a feeler adapted to be applied to an article in order to read its contour. A carriage supports the feeler and is movable to-and-fro on a guide. A drive motor moves the carriage on the guide. A floating mounting is disposed between the feeler and the drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Essilor International Cie General d'Optique
    Inventors: Francois Brule, Alain Chansavoir
  • Control device for a coupling means such as a clutch
    Patent number: 4995488
    Abstract: A servo control device comprises a motor and continuously acting friction device, which is coupled to the output shaft of the motor and arranged in a housing having an aperture through which the motor output shaft extends. The housing is mounted so as to float radially in a mounting which is provided for it in a casing. Resilient tongues are provided so as to act between the housing and the mounting. The invention is particularly applicable to the motorized servo control of a clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventors: Patrice Bertin, Yvon Sevennec
  • Friction pad carrier disc, in particular for an automotive vehicle clutch
    Patent number: 4993531
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a carrier disc for clutch friction pads comprising a central portion and radial blades. Each blade is joined individually to the central portion by a generally radial blade foot, and is cantilevered asymmetrically from either side of this foot. Each blade is divided into zones by transverse shoulders. For a given diameter, the terminal zone of that portion of the blade that is cantilevered to the greatest extent with respect to the blade foot, and which is intersected by the endmost shoulder, is joined to the central zone by a second foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventor: Gino Villata
  • Hydraulic brake system for a large rotating mass
    Patent number: 4991695
    Abstract: This relates to a hydraulic brake system particularly adapted for use in conjunction with large rotating masses. The system includes at least two calipers which are widely spaced. In accordance with the system, there is positioned adjacent each caliper a solenoid valve and there is at each valve a constant supply of hydraulic fluid under pressure so that when the valve is actuated there is an immediate supplying of hydraulic fluid under pressure to each caliper. The arrangement permits an early response time as compared to systems wherein the system must be pressurized from a remote source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Continental Plastic Containers
    Inventors: Ernest W. Hellmer, Frank W. Pfohl
  • Method and apparatus for injection molding of multilayer preforms
    Patent number: 4990301
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for forming multiple layer preforms wherein the various layers may be varied as to number, material, thickness and position in the preform by controlling the injection of the specific materials as to timing, quantity and rate of delivery. Most specifically, a featured aspect is the ability to simultaneously deliver to an injection nozzle and through such injection nozzle into a preform mold cavity two or more molten plastic materials simultaneously. This is possible by way of a multiple gate nozzle and a plurality of separately operable metering pots all controlled by way of a timing device. The timing device may also control the rate of the dispensing an individual material from each of the metering pots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Continental PET Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Suppayan M. Krishnakumar, Wayne N. Collette, Thomas E. Nahill
  • Composite cap including tamper indicating feature
    Patent number: 4989740
    Abstract: This relates to a composite closure which incorporates the conventional closure of the press-on, twist-off type including a metal shell having in the center of an end panel thereof a tamper indicating button. The composite closure includes an overcap which is frictionally interlocked with the shell and wherein the shell has been modified so that the curl at the lower edge of the skirt thereof is outturned as opposed to being inturned and the rougher coating for receiving the sealing compound increases the frictional connection between the overcap and the metal shell. In addition, the overcap is provided with a tamper indicating band which is interlocked with the container finish so as to prevent both axial upward movement and circumferential movement of the tamper indicating band relative to the container finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Continental White Cap, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter A. Vercillo
  • Plastic container with glass-like appearance, parison for and method of making same
    Patent number: 4990382
    Abstract: A laminated container blow molded from an extruded parison wherein both the parison and the resultant blow molded container are of a multi-layered construction. Most particularly, the parison is provided with a thin outer gloss coat which maintains the clarity and gloss of the resultant container so as to provide the container with a glass-like appearance. In the forming of the parison, the thin gloss coat is extruded with the remainder of the parison and is bonded to the remainder of the parison by an adhesive layer. The thin outer gloss coat is particularly effective when a relatively thick intermediate layer of the parison is formed of reground scrap containers. Usually the relatively thick intermediate layer is formed of a blend of the reground scrap containers and virgin polypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Continental Plastic Containers, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Weissenstein, Timothy Heisel
  • Torque transmission with a hydraulic coupling unit and locking clutch
    Patent number: 4987981
    Abstract: In a torque transmission, particularly for an automotive vehicle, of the kind including a hydraulic coupling unit and a locking clutch, the latter comprises essentially a piston and a clutch plate, the piston being mounted slidably on a hub to enable the friction pad to be gripped. The piston is coupled with the clutch plate through profiled coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Valeo
    Inventors: Pierre Casse, Jean-Claude Bochot
  • Box and blank for forming same
    Patent number: 4986466
    Abstract: A box of the wrap around type for bottles and like products. The box is readily formed from a substantially rectangular blank while maintaining a bottom panel thereof in a flat state and folding front and rear panels upwardly with the front and rear panels carrying end forming panels which, when joined together, complete the box. The bottom panel will also have at opposite ends thereof end forming panels which either may be full height and tucked between the end forming panels carried by the front or rear panels, or in the form of glue flaps which will be disposed externally of the end forming panels carried by the front and rear panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Continental Can Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald S. Colby
  • Control unit for the pilot lamps of the instrument board of an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 4987404
    Abstract: A control unit for verifying the functionality of the pilot lamps installed on the instrument board of an automotive vehicle is proposed, wherein a central control unit continuously monitors the functional condition of the devices monitored by the pilot lamps and wherein by means of hand-operated actuation device, the functionality of the pilot lamps can be verified also while the car is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Alfa Lancia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Gerosa, Edoardo Rogora, Ezio Villa, Andrea Susa
  • Automobile seal and trimming gasket
    Patent number: 4984843
    Abstract: A seal and trimming gasket is proposed having a substantially .omega.-shaped section, formed from a fixing web and two wings which are substantially of C-shaped section and are connected to the sides of the web. The free lips of the two wings are partly superposed so that on closing the door, the projecting lip of the first wing is lowered and is retained directly by the door edge and also by the projecting lip of the second wing, this lip also being bent by the door edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Alfa Lancia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ezio Villa, Giuseppe Biazzi, Giorgio Guelfi
  • Stratiform product in sheet form for packaging purposes
    Patent number: 4985299
    Abstract: The stratiform product in sheet form for packaging purposes comprises at least one impact-resistant film, made e.g., from a closed-cell foamed polyethylene, and a layer constituted by an elastomeric mass endowed with properties of selective and repetitive adhesion. Between this impact-resistant film and the layer of elastomeric mass, a support for this latter layer can be provided, which is constituted, e.g., by a non-woven fabric or by a plastic film. The product for packaging purposes protects the packaged articles against the impacts and the environmental agents, keeps said packaged articles fixed in a predetermined relative position and makes it possible inspections and/or checks to be carried out, with the initial integrity of the package being subsequently restored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Inventor: Piero R. Clerici
  • Wrist watch
    Patent number: D313940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: ECO Swiss S.p.A.
    Inventor: Eric Bonnet
  • Wrist watch
    Patent number: D315312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Eco Swiss S.p.A.
    Inventor: Eric Bonnet
  • Support strap bracket
    Patent number: D315861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventor: Isaac Sachs
  • Container body for liquids or the like
    Patent number: D315869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: Continental PET Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne N. Collette