Patents Represented by Attorney Dennison, Schultz & MacDonald
  • Patent number: 8202347
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for a remelt block containing aluminum designed for making aluminum alloy for the aircraft industry in which scrap containing mainly aluminum alloys used in the aircraft industry is supplied during a supply stage, the scrap is melted in a smelting furnace in order to obtain an initial molten metal bath during a smelting stage, the initial molten metal bath is subjected to purification by fractional crystallization in order to obtain a solidified mass and a bath of residual liquid during a segregation stage, and the solidified mass is recovered in order to obtain a remelt block during a recovery stage. The invention is particularly useful for the recycling of aluminum alloys used in the aircraft industry as it makes it possible to purify scrap of series 2XXX or series 7XXX alloys for iron and silicon, without eliminating additive elements such as zinc, copper and magnesium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Constellium France
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Verdier, Jean-Remi Butruille, Michel Leroy, Didier Valax
  • Patent number: 8202258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic needle. The plastic needle of the invention is made of a polyarylethercetone polymer. The invention finds industrial applicability in particular in medical and analysis fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Seft Holding SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Zambaux, Jean Rousseau
  • Patent number: 8192969
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for interfering with pathological cells survival processes, i.e. inducing directly or indirectly apoptosis, on living pathological cells, by using magnetic fields without adversely affecting normal cells. Static (S) and extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields are used having low intensity comprised between 1 and 100 mT, preferably comprised between 1 and 30 mT. In particular SELF fields are used which are different sequences of S and/or ELF fields, i.e. S fields followed by ELF fields, ELF fields followed by S fields, S and ELF field together, as well as the presence of S or ELF fields alone, said ELF fields having a field frequency comprised between 1 and 1000 Hz. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises means for generating static magnetic (S) fields crossing a working environment and/or means for generating electromagnetic extremely low frequency (ELF) fields over the working environment in addition to the S fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventor: Santi Tofani
  • Patent number: 8177894
    Abstract: A canister includes a canister case having an adsorbent chamber, an adsorbent housed in the adsorbent chamber of the canister case, a filter disposed between the adsorbent chamber and a port mounted on an end wall of the adsorbent chamber, and a tentative filter engaging projection provided in the adsorbent chamber. The filter is loosely fitted within the adsorbent chamber and then welded on the end wall of the adsorbent chamber. The tentative filter engaging projection tentatively holds the filter loosely fitted within the adsorbent chamber in a welding step of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshida, Tsuneyuki Kurata, Norihisa Yamamoto, Yukihiro Kaneda
  • Patent number: 8177893
    Abstract: One aspect according to the present invention includes a fuel vapor processing apparatus having a case containing a mixture of an adsorption material and a heat storage material therein. A mixing ratio of the heat storage material to the adsorption material is set to be higher for a central area away from a circumferential wall of the case or a flow passage defined in the case than for an outer peripheral area close to the circumferential wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryuji Kosugi
  • Patent number: 8171916
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a fuel pump for supplying fuel in a fuel tank to an engine, a pressure regulator and a three-way valve disposed in a valve chamber. The pressure regulator includes a pressure regulating chamber and a control pressure chamber and adjusts a fuel pressure in the pressure regulating chamber depending on a fuel pressure in the control pressure chamber. A control pressure passage for flowing the fuel to the control pressure chamber and the valve chamber is formed in a unit case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Nishibu, Toshio Nishio, Yoko Iwao
  • Patent number: 8171649
    Abstract: A laser device, including a cradle with a laser unit exiting from this, the cradle being connected to a base element, relative to which the cradle can be adjusted in terms of inclination by at least one actuating drive. In order to achieve a secure mounting of the cradle for the laser unit with simple structural means, while at the same time eliminating any play between the mutually tilting parts, it is proposed that the cradle be connected to the base element, first, by a solid joint, and secondly by two adjusting drives, wherein the adjusting drives are arranged with respect to the solid joint so that the lines of connection between lengthwise axis of the solid joint and the adjusting drives subtend a right angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Stabila Messgerate Gustav Ullrich GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriel Kallabis, Thomas Kremer
  • Patent number: 8151768
    Abstract: One aspect according to the present disclosure includes a first coupling device and a second coupling device. The first coupling device can mechanically couple the canister and the accessory component to each other. The second coupling device can couple the canister and the accessory component to allow flow communication with each other. The second coupling device is operable in conjunction with the operation of the first coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kaneda, Tsuneyuki Kurata, Masamitsu Hayakawa, Naohito Buseki
  • Patent number: 8156156
    Abstract: A method of structuring and compressing labeled trees of arbitrary degree and shape for optimal succinctness, the method including a transform for compressing and indexing tree shaped data, using path sorting and grouping to linearize labeled tree shaped data into two coordinated arrays, one capturing the structure of the tree and the other capturing the labels of the tree. Additional navigational operations and basic searching may be performed on the transformed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Universita di Pisa
    Inventors: Paolo Ferragina, Fabrizion Luccio, Giovanni Manzini, Shanmugavelayut Muthukrishnan
  • Patent number: 8152426
    Abstract: A rotation indicator device comprises a body having a bore, whereby the body is adapted to be releasably mounted on a polygonal fastener or other multi-angled component in any selected position. At least part of the body which defines the bore is formed of a resilient material of suitable grip and flexibility characteristics, such as silicone rubber material, and the bore has an edge margin which is of a tapered profile in cross-section so that the body can be snugly mounted onto the fastener or other component without any relative rotation occurring between the device and the fastener or other component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Business Lines Limited
    Inventor: Michael Marczynski
  • Patent number: 8148195
    Abstract: A process for forming at least one local contact area of a substrate of an electrical component for contacting the contact area with a connector, in which the substrate, on the contact side, is provided with a sintered porous metal layer. To make available a mechanically durable, electrically faultless solderable contact area, it is proposed that the porous layer be compacted and/or removed in the contact area to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Schott Solar AG
    Inventors: Axel Metz, Stefan Bagus, Stefan Dauwe, Tobias Droste, Peter Roth, Andreas Teppe
  • Patent number: 8131032
    Abstract: An apparatus for defining the lumen-intima interface and media-adventitia interface of a blood vessel, for example the carotid artery, comprises a means for acquisition of a two-dimensional representation, generated by an ultrasonographic machine, of a longitudinal or transverse cross section of the vessel. In the two-dimensional representation a region of interest (ROI) is defined comprising the interface lumen-intima and the interface media-adventitia of the vessel. In the ROI N search paths are then defined from the inside to the outside of the vessel. Along each search path i the values f(n, m) are taken of the two-dimensional representation, which are then subject to filtering obtaining filtered values. This allows retrieving discontinuity points of the two-dimensional representation and then localizing the lumen-intima and media-adventitia interfaces through further logical operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: CNR—Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Esaōte S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Demi, Vincenzo Gemignani, Francesco Faita
  • Patent number: 8123665
    Abstract: Interfolding machine of sheet material for making a stack of interfolded sheets (1) equipped with cutting and transferring means, including, for example, a cutting roller 2 that operates the division of the web (10) into sheets (11) of determined length. The cut sheets (11), all having the same length, are carried along the machine up to a transfer roller (3) that transfers them to an “overlap” roller (4). In particular the cutting roller (2) has peripherally a first series of cutting blades (21a)-(21d) arranged at a first angular distance equal to 90° and a second plurality of cutting blades (21?a)-(21?c) arranged at a second angular distance equal to 120°. The length of sheets 11 is therefore achieved by the angular distance existing between the blades (21). In order to adjust the length of the sheets, or cut-off length, one selects the blades on the cutting roller (2) located at an angular distance corresponding to the desired sheet length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: MTC-Macchine Trasformazione Carta S.R.L.
    Inventor: Alessandro De Matteis
  • Patent number: 8118248
    Abstract: A cutting mill for crushing broken polycrystalline needle-shaped silicon material, which contains particles that have an aspect ratio of AI with 5<AI ?30, and/or broken Si wafer consisting of laminar particles, wherein the cutting mill has an interior space that is lined with silicon and/or plastic, wherein the cutting mill has a rotational body configured as a multi-sided column, wherein said rotational body, in the regions facing the interior space of the cutting mill, is lined with silicon or features silicon, and wherein blades which run parallel with the longitudinal edges of the rotational body and are disposed in the rotational area of the rotational body, are arranged in the interior space of the cutting mill, and are adjustable with respect to the rotational body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Schott Solar AG
    Inventors: Hilmar Von Campe, Werner Buss, Ingo Schwirtlich, Albrecht Seidl
  • Patent number: 8113379
    Abstract: A hot cup lid providing alternating modes of access to the contents of a cup, the lid including an enlarged drinking opening selectively closed by a tear flap, and a smaller sipping opening diametrically aligned with the drinking opening and adjacent the periphery of the lid, the tear flap including a sealing lug thereon engageable within and closing the sipping opening upon pivotal movement of the flap to open the drinking opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Dopaco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Cai, Michael G. Bodary
  • Patent number: 8117227
    Abstract: A method for analyzing data from the web that determine the importance that a chosen subject has in society, e.g., subject matter relating a concert, a scientific discovery, a football match, a person, a corporation, a brand, or a car, and analyze such data that can represent the entire society better than the known techniques. The method according to the invention can avoid malicious alterations and is able to measure and detect the temporal relations among all the web resources that talk about a particular topic or subject matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Scuola Normale Superiore Di Pisa
    Inventors: Simone Montangero, Marco Furini
  • Patent number: 8108971
    Abstract: A pivot hinge for roof windows with a sash pivoting around the axis located between the upper and the lower member of a window, has a balancing system, which ensures the state of equilibrium of a window sash when its centre of gravity is located outside the sash rotating axis and the friction spring of the hinge is unable to hold the sash pivoted in each its position. At the same time the window fittings, its assembly, installation in a roof and its appearance remain unchanged. Also the method of separating of both hinge parts (taking a sash out of a window frame) remains unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Fakro PP Spolka Z O.O.
    Inventor: Ryszard Florek
  • Patent number: D653086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Polimes S.A.
    Inventor: Hernando Morales
  • Patent number: D654421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Daiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabuxhiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugiyama, Toshiaki Abe
  • Patent number: D658974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Daiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jun Komeno