Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Dick & Harris
  • Patent number: 6086110
    Abstract: A vibration decoupling exhaust connector is provided having a flange for mounting the connector to a flange or housing surface of an exhaust system component, such as an exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine. A liner tube is resiliently supported in the flange, by a vibration damping resilient metal mesh ring. A bellows is sealingly connected to the liner tube and the flange, in order to provide flexible sealing of the connector, for substantially precluding escape of exhaust gases from the joint when the connector is in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Senior Engineering Investments AG
    Inventors: Karl O. Lee, Scott C. Cwik, Robert C. Clarke
  • Patent number: 6076475
    Abstract: A divisible shipping platform apparatus for supporting and transporting loads, in which the apparatus is easily divided into multiple independent shipping platform units for subsequent transporting and handling loads. The divisible shipping platform apparatus comprises a platform member separated from a bottom panel member by a series of pylons. The platform member and bottom panel member are constructed with one or more frangibility lines dividing the platform member and bottom panel member into divisible regions. Inasmuch as those frangibility lines and divisible regions are substantially aligned, independent shipping platform units may be separated from the divisible shipping platform apparatus upon exertion of a force on the divisible regions and, in turn, the frangibility lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Kuhn, Robert Miller, Elizabeth G. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6076557
    Abstract: Accumulators/compensators for pressurized fluent material systems are provided, in which a continuous substantially non-permeable, flexible membrane (like a bellows) surrounds or is surrounded by a non-gaseous support medium, all within a surrounding housing. Various combinations of support media, which may include internal gas-filled cavities, are described and illustrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Senior Engineering Investments AG
    Inventor: Thomas James Carney
  • Patent number: 6063037
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a biopsy needle for extracting bone marrow from a living bone. The biopsy needle comprises an outer cannula, an inner cannula slidable therein, an obturator and an ejector rod. The outer cannula has a proximal end, affixed to a handle, and a distal end which has a tapered inner diameter. The inner cannula likewise has a proximal end, affixed to an interlocking handle, and a distal end. The inner cannula distal ends consists of a tissue receiving region and a tissue grasping mechanism. The tissue grasping mechanism comprises a resilient deformable wall with an asymmetric configuration, preferably, two opposing slits, and a structure-maintaining spanning member. The tissue grasping member is which are deformed and at least partially closed upon insertion into the tapered region of the outer cannula. In operation, this deformation severs a tissue sample into the receiving region of the inner cannula, which may then be withdrawn from a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Manan Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Manfred Mittermeier, Alan M. Hable
  • Patent number: 6050954
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a biopsy needle orientation fixture for use in association with diagnostic mammography equipment, and in particular, a horizontal stereotactic mammography x-ray machine having a radiation source. The biopsy needle orientation fixture comprises a substantially L-shaped frame having both horizontal and vertical members. The horizontal and vertical members are joined at one end, while the second end of the horizontal member houses a vertical needle guide, and the second end of the vertical member houses a horizontal needle guide. The horizontal and vertical needle guides allow a biopsy procedure to be performed accurately along both vertical and horizontal needle pathways. The fixture further comprises a means for mounting the substantially L-shaped frame to the stereotactic mammography x-ray machine, and a displacement from alignment with the horizontal needle path in the horizontal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Manan Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Manfred Mittermeier
  • Patent number: 6051005
    Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided for use during laparoscopic surgical procedures, such as gall bladder removal operations. The instrument includes an elongated shaft, with a short, wedge-shaped blade extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. A handle is positioned at the opposite end of the shaft, from the blade. The blade is configured to be inserted into and through a surgical sheath, to be able to perform incisions in a patient's abdomen, by upward pulling motions on the instrument, while the handle remains outside the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Inventors: Edward P. Brandsey, Mrugendra Gandhi
  • Patent number: 6036071
    Abstract: An attachment apparatus for attaching a vehicle accessory to a vehicle structure including a first bracket member, a second bracket member and an interfacing member for interfacing the first bracket with the second bracket. The first bracket member includes a base member having an opening extending therethrough, and a member for attachment to a vehicle structure. The second bracket includes a carriage member having at least one post member extending outwardly therefrom, and a member for attachment to a vehicle accessory. The interfacing member interfaces the post member with the opening of the first bracket, to, in turn, maintain at least a portion of the first bracket and at least a portion of the second bracket member in overlying abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Cobbs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jerome Hartmann, Thomas R. Steinhagen
  • Patent number: 6027017
    Abstract: A container apparatus convertible from a shipping container having two or more adjacent trays into one or more display trays for the display of articles therewithin. The apparatus includes at least two trays and a tray cover. Each of the two trays includes a front panel, a back panel, two side panels and a bottom panel. Upon articulation, the height of the two side panels is greater than the height of at least one of the front and back panels. The tray cover includes two end panels, with at least one end panel having at least one tab member for positioning between the articles and at least one of the front and back panels, respectively, to secure the tray cover within each of the at least two trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne H. Kuhn, Steven C. Burau
  • Patent number: D420404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Vtech Electronics Limited
    Inventor: Ivy W. M. Yiu
  • Patent number: D422033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Vtech Electronics Limited
    Inventors: Maisy Min-Shih Wai, Frederick Lam-Tak Tsang
  • Patent number: RE36630
    Abstract: A thermal isolation coupling system for attaching a high-temperature fluid-bearing tube to an aperture in a housing, in which a separate low temperature flow is established. Locking means attaches the tube end to the housing, in a particular desired position relative to the aperture. A tube support member connects the tube end to the locking means and facilitates positioning of the extreme tip of the tube end in the low temperature flow, in substantially non-heat conducting isolation from the aperture and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Senior Engineering Investments AG
    Inventor: Mark John Davey
  • Patent number: D422587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Vtech Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon James Wild
  • Patent number: D422638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Cobbs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jerome Hartmann, Thomas R. Steinhagen
  • Patent number: D424003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Cobbs Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Thomas Steinhagen
  • Patent number: D425345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Cobbs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, Jerome J. Hartmann
  • Patent number: D427085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Cobbs Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Thomas Steinhagen
  • Patent number: D427173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Vtech Communications Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Chan, Steve Hughes, Andrew Jones, Stascha Offenbeck
  • Patent number: D427531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Cobbs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jerome J. Hartmann, Patrick L. Ohm, Stephen J. McPhilliamy, William Webb
  • Patent number: D427532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Cobbs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jerome J. Hartmann, Patrick L. Ohm, Stephen J. McPhilliamy, William Webb
  • Patent number: D428234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Imaginings 3, Inc.
    Inventor: Sidney Diamond