Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Dike, Bronstein, Roberts & Cushman, Intellectual Property Practice Group
  • Patent number: 6575459
    Abstract: A recording-medium transport device includes a pair of pinch rollers arranged closer to a printing head than to a subordinate roller and pinching and transporting a belt and a sheet of paper toward the printing head. The pair of pinch rollers can pinch the sheet of paper together with the belt, while maintaining the belt flat. As such, an image of high quality can be formed, e.g., printed on the recording medium. Furthermore, the recording medium does not divert from a transporting path. Thus reliable image formation can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeaki Kakiwaki, Kaoru Higuchi, Len Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6570124
    Abstract: A laser processing method includes the steps of irradiating a projection mask having a light transmitting area, for allowing a laser beam to be transmitted therethrough, with the laser beam; and irradiating a processing target with the laser beam transmitted through the light transmitting area. A spot of the laser beam on the projection mask is shaped so as to irradiate a portion in the vicinity of first edges of the light transmitting area, the first edges extending in one direction, and so as not to irradiate a portion in the vicinity of second edges of the light transmitting area, the second edges extending in a second direction which is different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventor: Kuniaki Okada
  • Patent number: 6556517
    Abstract: A magneto-optical head device includes a light source, an objective lens which condenses a light beam emitted from the light source, an auxiliary lens which converts an effective numerical aperture of the light beam condensed by the objective lens to irradiate a recording medium with the light beam, and a magnetic reproducing head which is integrated into the auxiliary lens. The magneto-optical head device can thus be decreased in size and information can be reproduced from both surfaces of a disk since the magnetic reproducing head is integrated into the auxiliary lens. Further, when a thermomagnetic recording medium is employed as the recording medium, the magneto-optical head device can reproduce information recorded at a high track density and a high line density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junsaku Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6521835
    Abstract: A cable raceway for carrying cables, e.g., fiber optic cables, across interior or exterior spaces is disclosed. The cable raceway includes a series of support channels and a plurality of main channels, each main channel being disposed in an overlaying relationship between successive pairs of support channels. An elongated slot is formed through end portions of the main channels, and bolts pass through spacers attached to the support channels and disposed in the elongated slots. The cable raceway also includes a plurality of covers set over respective channel members. Each cover includes a top portion; a pair of opposing sides extending downward perpendicularly from the top portion; and, a pair of steps formed on inner surfaces of respective sides adjacent to the top portion, thereby extending longitudinally along the length of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: K. & M. Realty Trust
    Inventor: Karl A. Walsh
  • Patent number: 6515383
    Abstract: A device and method for substantially enhancing the cooling of electric machines, e.g., motors and generators, is described. A hermetically-sealed chamber surrounds electric wire winding end-turns at either end of the stator core, and contains at least one phase-change coolant. The coolant removes heat from the stator winding through the end-turns, where often temperatures are the greatest, through cyclical ebullition, whereby heat generated by the stator winding end-turns boils and, subsequently, vaporizes the liquid coolant. The hot, vaporized coolant is removed through at least one vapor return passage and collects, cools, and condenses on the stator cooling jacket, which removes heat from the vaporized coolant. The liquid condensate precipitates into a wicking matrix, which continuously returns the liquid condensate through capillarity to the liquid coolant pool that partially wets the wicking matrix and winding end-turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: SatCon Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Ognibene, Jerome Kiley
  • Patent number: 6456571
    Abstract: A magneto-optical recording medium comprising a recording magnetic layer made of a perpendicularly magnetized film and a multilayer reproducing film, wherein the multilayer reproducing film has two reproducing magnetic layers which are in a in-plane magnetized state at room temperature and shift to a perpendicularly magnetized state with a rise in temperature and an in-panel magnetized layer disposed between the two reproducing magnetic layers, which is in an in-plane magnetized state from room temperature to a Curie temperature and has a lower Curie temperature than the recording magnetic layer and the reproducing magnetic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junji Hirokane, Noboru Iwata
  • Patent number: 6438089
    Abstract: In an optical pickup device, the numerical aperture (NA) of an objective lens is set at 0.7 or more, and the ellipticity of polarized light of a light beam which is incident upon the objective lens is set to be larger than (1.4×NA)−0.7. According to the structure, an optical pickup device which can prevent deterioration of the jitter and crosstalk characteristics, for example, due to oval deformation of a beam spot can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Kitamura, Yukio Kurata, Tetsuo Iwaki
  • Patent number: 6403543
    Abstract: A soap bar with suspended articles dispersed in a random manner throughout the bar. The articles may contain various skin conditioning, fragrance, or other aesthetic elements that are appealing to the consumer. The process for making the disclosed soap bar is also disclosed. The process comprises forming a gel matrix into which the articles are suspended before being added to the primary soap mixture. The gel matrix of the present invention is formed with a suspending agent which is particularly advantageous when used in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Original Bradford Soap Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Edmund D. George
  • Patent number: 6400428
    Abstract: A display device of a multi-panel system is composed of plural liquid crystal panels which are jointed together by means of a bonding agent, and offers an image displayed on a large screen, wherein at least one edge portion of an end surface of a connected part of each liquid crystal panel is chamfered. According to the described arrangement, an internal stress generated by the curing shrinkage of the bonding agent at the chamfered portion is dispersed when joining the liquid crystal panels together, thereby preventing an occurrence of cracks at the edge portion. In this way, light scattering due to cracks at the joint between liquid crystal panels can be prevented. Accordingly, a liquid crystal display device of a large screen that offers excellent visibility in which a joint between liquid crystal panels does not stand out can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Izumi
  • Patent number: 6392965
    Abstract: An optical pickup device comprises a semiconductor laser, an optical system which converges light projected by the semiconductor laser onto an optical disk and directs reflected light from the optical disk to a photoreceptor element, and a photoreceptor element which detects the reflected light; the photoreceptor element including at least two main photoreceptive domains divided from one another by a dividing line, which receive reflected light corresponding to a focusing error of the light projected onto the optical disk, and at least one auxiliary photoreceptive domain which detects reflected light which exceeds the main photoreceptive domains in a defocused state; in which the auxiliary photoreceptive domain is provided adjacent to an end of said main photoreceptive domains in the direction of the dividing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tetsuo Ueyama
  • Patent number: 6391418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate for information recording media, which comprises aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 40,000, and 0.01 to 40 parts by weight of a biphenyl compound, a terphenyl compound or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corp.
    Inventors: Masaya Ueda, Hiroyoshi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 6379776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to An anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article having an alkali shut-off film and a photocatalytic film in the order laminated on the surface of glass substrate, in which dents and projections having an arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) from 1.5 to 80 nm and mean interval (Sm) of dents and projections from 4 to 300 nm are formed thereon, and to An anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article having an alkali shut-off film, a photocatalytic film, and a silicon oxide monocomponent equivalent layer or a layer of organosilane including at least one kind of functional group selected from polyalkyleneoxide group, alkyl group, alkenyl group and aryl group in its molecules or its hydrolyzed substance, laminated in the order on the surface of a glass article. The abovementioned anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article can be used for window glasses of automobiles and buildings, and glasses, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., NSG Techno-Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tada, Koji Shimoda, Akihiko Hattori, Kazuhiro Doushita, Takashi Sunada
  • Patent number: 6368311
    Abstract: Featured is a device for draining fluids and/or gas from body cavities, including at least a pressure control chamber and a collection chamber being fluidly coupled by a one-way valve thereby establishing a waterless seal between the collection chamber, including the patient, and the suction source. The pressure control chamber also includes a waterless suction pressure control regulator that controls and maintains the suction pressure at or about a selected value. Preferably, the regulator includes a spring operated valve. The device also includes a vent path arrangement having an intermediate chamber and at least two passages that are perpendicular to two adjacent surfaces within the intermediate chamber. The two passages and intermediate chamber are arranged so liquid in the collection chamber does not flow and contaminate the upstream portions of the device when the device is resting on its front side or backside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Deknatel Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Valerio, Trinh Phung, Anthony R. Carlone, Victor E. Santos, Lawrence F. Travers
  • Patent number: 6358315
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for producing monocrystals, in particular of gallium arsenide monocrystals, the crystal growth is carried out with a thermal shock resistant nucleus which is freely standing within a nucleus channel and the interspace in the nucleus channel between the nucleus and the crucible is filled with liquid boric oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignees: Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Küssel, Thomas Bünger, Tilo Flade, Berndt Weinert, Klaus Sonnenberg
  • Patent number: 6352765
    Abstract: A magneto-optical recording medium includes at least a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer and a third magnetic layer which are layered in this order, the first magnetic layer being formed of a perpendicularly magnetized film having a relatively small wall coercivity and a relatively large wall mobility compared with the third magnetic layer in the vicinity of a predetermined temperature, and the magneto-optical recording medium satisfies conditions Tc2<Tcomp1<Tc1 and Tc2<Tcomp1<Tc3 where Tcomp1 is a compensation temperature of the first magnetic layer, Tc1, Tc2 and Tc3 are Curie temperatures of the first, second and third magnetic layers, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Iwata, Junji Hirokane
  • Patent number: 6347925
    Abstract: A flywheel energy storage system, including a plurality of pumps arranged in parallel for simultaneously drawing-off and absorbing substantially all of the gases that evolve from a flywheel assembly during high-speed operation, is disclosed. The plurality of pumps includes at least one pump, e.g., a water sorbent, for pumping mainly water vapor; and, at least one pump, e.g., a getter pump, for pumping mainly active gases. The plurality of pumps is disposed in a gas storage chamber that is separate from the main housing of the flywheel system. A drag pump assists the plurality of pumps in the gas storage chamber by pumping the evolved gases from the main housing to the gas storage chamber for subsequent absorption by the plurality of pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Beacon Power Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan G. Woodard, Jeremiah I. Rathbun
  • Patent number: 6346322
    Abstract: A magneto-optical recording medium includes at least a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer, a non-magnetic intermediate layer and a fourth magnetic layer which are layered in this order, the first magnetic layer being formed of a perpendicularly magnetized film having a relatively small wall coercivity and a relatively large wall mobility compared with the third magnetic layer in the vicinity of a predetermined temperature, the second magnetic layer being formed of a magnetic film whose Curie temperature is lower than the Curie temperatures of the first magnetic layer and third magnetic layer, the fourth magnetic layer being a perpendicularly magnetized film with a uniform magnetization direction and forming a region having a uniform magnetization direction in the first magnetic layer by magnetostatic coupling with the first magnetic layer when the second magnetic layer is heated to a predetermined temperature or a higher temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Iwata, Junji Hirokane
  • Patent number: 6339422
    Abstract: A display control circuit of the present invention includes: a clock generator for generating a first clock signal having a single frequency; a frequency divider for dividing the frequency of the first clock signal generated by the clock generator, thereby providing a second clock signal; a selection signal generation section for generating a selection signal upon which one of a binary display mode and a gray-scale display mode is selected; a selector for selecting one of the first clock signal and the second clock signal based on the selection signal; and a display circuit for performing one of the binary display mode and the gray-scale display mode using the selected clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidenori Kuwajima, Toshio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6317280
    Abstract: A thermomagnetic recording and reproducing head includes a floating slider, and a heating head, a reproduction-use magnetic head as an MR head and a recording-use magnetic head as a thin-film inductive head mounted on the floating slider in this order from an upstream side of a track. The heating section of the heating head is formed by boron nitride or ruthenium oxide, and has a width narrower than the widths of the reproduction-use magnetic head and recording-use magnetic head. Moreover, the recording layer of a disk medium is made from an N-type ferrimagnetic material, the coercive force of the recording layer at a recording temperature and saturation magnetization thereof at a reproduction temperature are adjusted, and the compensation temperature of the recording layer is adjusted to be substantially room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junsaku Nakajima, Takeshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: RE37932
    Abstract: A supermicrocellular foamed material and a method for producing such material, the material to be foamed such as a polymerplastic material, having a supercritical fluid, such as carbon dioxide in its supercritical state, introduced into the material to form a foamed fluid/material system having a plurality of cells distributed substantially throughout the material. Cell densities lying in a range from about 109 to about 1015 per cubic centimeter of the material can be achieved with the average cell sizes being at least less than 2.0 microns and preferably in a range from about 0.1 micron to about 1.0 micron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Daniel F. Baldwin, Nam P. Suh, Chul B. Park, Sung W. Cha