Patents Represented by Law Firm Dvorak & Traub
  • Patent number: 5360493
    Abstract: In a method of producing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excelling in deep drawability, a steel material is used which consists of: a basic composition including 0.01% or less of C, 0.1 to 2.0% of Si, 0.5 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.02 to 0.2% of P, 0.05% or less of S, 0.03 to 0.2% of Al, 0.01% or less of N, 0.001 to 0.2% of Nb, and 0.0001 to 0.008% of B in such a way that the respective contents of C, Nb, Al, N, Si, Mn and P satisfy the following formulae:5.ltoreq.Nb/C.ltoreq.30, 10.ltoreq.Al/N.ltoreq.80, and 16.ltoreq.(3.times.Si/28+200 .times.P/31)/(Mn/55).ltoreq.40; Fe remnant; and inevitable impurities, the method including the steps of:performing rolling on the steel material with a total reduction of 50% or more and 95% or less while effecting lubrication thereon in a temperature range of not higher than the Ar.sub.3 transformation temperature and not lower than 500.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Saiji Matsuoka, Hidetaka Kawabe, Eiko Yasuhara, Kei Sakata, Toshiyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 5360146
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser for a viscous liquid includes a hollow cylinder and a plunger axially slidably accommodated within the cylinder. The plunger has a tapered front section with an outer diameter at its rear end which is slightly smaller than the cylinder inner diameter, a drum-like intermediate section with a reduced outer diameter, and a cylindrical rear section with a maximum outer diameter which is slightly greater than the cylinder inner diameter, wherein these sections are axially aligned with, and connected to each other. The rear section has a plurality of resiliently deformable flap regions defined by, and between a plurality of axial slits in its outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Musashi Engineering Inc.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 5360673
    Abstract: A semifinished product for electric contact made from a composite material based on silver-tin oxide is described as well as a powder-metallurgical process of making said product. The structure of the semifinished products contains regions which contain no metal oxide or very little metal oxide in alternation with regions which contain the entire metal oxide component or a greatly predominating/share thereof in a fine division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Doduco GmbH + Co. Dr. Eugen Durrwachter
    Inventors: Ursula Mayer, Roland Michal, Karl E. Saeger
  • Patent number: 5356494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent non-aging property at room temperature and excellent drawability, said steel sheet having a dual-phase structure composed of a high-temperature transformed ferrite phase and a low-temperature transformed ferrite phase having high dislocation density.The invention also relates a high strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent non-aging property at room temperature and bake hardenability, as well as excellent drawability. This steel sheet is produced by preparing a hot-rolled steel sheet, cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a rolling reduction not smaller than 60%, annealing the cold rolled steel sheet at a temperature which is not lower than the .gamma. transformation start temperature but below the A.sub.c3 transformation temperature, and cooling the annealed steel sheet at a rate not smaller than 5.degree. C./sec but not greater than 100.degree. C./sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Okada, Kei Sakata, Susumu Satoh, Masahiko Morita, Toshiyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 5356454
    Abstract: A mold powder for use in continuous casting, containing specified amounts of CaO, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, TiO.sub.2, Li.sub.2 O, BaO, MgO, F and Na.sub.2 O, and further containing at least one of BN and C as aggregate. The mold powder, when used in continuous casting of a steel rich in strong reducing metal elements such as Al, Ti, REM and so forth, remarkably suppresses generation of deterioration in the surface quality of the slab and break out of the slab which are attributable inferior lubrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Itoyama, Hidenari Kitaoka, Toshikazu Sakuraya, Kenichi Sorimachi, Saburo Moriwaki, Sumio Yamada, Chikashi Tada, Takahiro Mitumune, Shinichi Kaneko, Masafumi Maeda
  • Patent number: 5351717
    Abstract: A high differential pressure control valve having a plurality of stages of high resistance ports forming a high resistance passage and one or more low resistance ports forming a low resistance passage in a cage. The number of stages of low resistance ports is smaller than that of the high resistance ports so that a fluid at the side of an inlet passage is introduced into the high resistance passage under a low open degree range and into both the low resistance passage and the high resistance passage under a medium and a high open degree ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Bailey Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Saito
  • Patent number: 5351042
    Abstract: A battery-less electronic cylinder lock comprises an electromagnet or other electrical release mechanism controlled by an electronic circuit. A cooperating key comprises a battery and a code producing circuit. When the key is inserted in the lock, power for the lock is supplied from the battery to the electronic circuit and the electromagnet by means of a transformer coupling arrangement with a primary portion in the key and a secondary portion in the lock. Alternatively, power may be supplied via electrical contacts on the key and on the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Yale Security Products Limited
    Inventor: Walter J. Aston
  • Patent number: 5350469
    Abstract: To fill insulating glass panes with a heavy gas, one of the glass plates (40) of which the insulating glass pane is formed is initially only partly joined to the other glass plate (42) during assembly and to that end is flexed along one edge so that a gap is temporarily left between the glass plate (40) and the spacer (41) and a heavy gas can be introduced through that gap to fill the interior space of the insulating gas pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Lenhardt, Uwe Bogner
  • Patent number: 5350075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for a load hoist comprising a load device supported by a lifting cable and a driver for driving the load device in a horizontal direction. The driver is arranged to be actuated by the movement of the lifting cable in the lateral direction in order to displace a supported load device, together with an associated load, in an appropriate direction. The displacement may be controlled by load personnel who maneuver the load device, causing the load to move in a desired direction. The invention results in simple and efficient actuation of a load hoist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Inventor: Sture Kahlman
  • Patent number: 5347755
    Abstract: An automatically actuated door arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a plurality of slidable doors which are opened and closed by an electric motor/cable arrangement. Open and close switches control the opening and closing of the doors. A sensor device provides the open doors/close doors signals to the controller, and eventually to the motor. The motor is connected to the cable drive by a clutch arrangement which allows slippage should the movement of the doors become obstructed. The door travel path may be arranged in a slight V-shape, to allow for more efficient sealing of the door bottoms. A controller is provided to receive, process, and distribute electronic signals for controlling the extent of the door opening, the speed of opening and closing, and other operating parameters. The controller includes a series of indicators for monitoring the status of the door arrangement, and also includes inputs for altering the operating parameters of the door arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Ready Metal Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Dale R. Jaster, Russell J. Vestuto, Ronald S. Maruszak
  • Patent number: 5346236
    Abstract: In a suspension device 20 for a bicycle, a partitioning member 91 is disposed in a fluid chamber in a fork leg 23 beneath a damping force generating device 24 in the slidable fashion for axial sliding movement of said fork leg 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventor: Toshio Ohma
  • Patent number: 5343753
    Abstract: A detector tube is supplied with air at an adjustable pressure balanced by at least two adjustable leak flow rates in the conduits 4 and 7 in order to adjust the position of ball in the tube. The possible manual inclination of tube between an extreme vertical position and position slightly inclined to the horizontal is a complementary means of adjustment. The detector tube can be used for the detection and measurement of micropressures and micro flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Societe Civile d'Etudes et de Recherches Revo'Reg
    Inventor: Guy Boutin
  • Patent number: 5337796
    Abstract: A transporting apparatus for a container 1 has a sequentially arranged filling process path 13C for performing filling process for the container 1, a empty container infeed starwheel 12 for introducing the container 1 into the filling process path 13C, a discharge starwheel 16 for feeding out the container 1 from the filling process path 13C and a discharge conveyer 17. One of the empty container infeed starwheel 12, and the discharge starwheel 16 and the discharge conveyer 17 is arranged in an intersecting manner with respect to the filling process path 13C with a different level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignees: Kao Corporation, Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ohmori, Shigemi Hatanaka, Yasuhiro Honma, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Eiichi Saito, Ichiro Hamano
  • Patent number: 5332080
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a horizontal conveyor (2), which comprises an endless conveying element (5) having supporting surfaces (11, 12 ), on which the insulating glass panes (20) stand. Backing means (16) for the insulating glass panes (20) extend above the horizontal conveyor and define a plane of travel (34) for the panes. The horizontal conveyor (8) is displaceable in a direction which is at right angles to the direction of conveyance and parallel to that one supporting surface (11), which is adjacent to the plane of travel for the panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Lenhardt, Rudolf Bernhardt
  • Patent number: 5328196
    Abstract: A wheel suspension system for a bicycle is provided with a telescopically coupled sliding tube and a fork leg forming a suspension assembly with a shock absorber assembly. The fork leg is provided satisfactorily high rigidity for withstanding torsional torque which is potentially exerted through a brake lever during application of a brake. The fork leg with sufficient rigidity can be formed from a tubular material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Showa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Ohma
  • Patent number: 5325911
    Abstract: A continuously cast slab of Fe-Ni series alloy comprising 30-50 wt % of Ni or further 0.001-0.03 wt % of B and the balance of Fe is controlled to an eqiaxial crystal ratio of 20% or 30% in accordance with the existence or nonexistence of B content in the continuous casting and, if necessary, subjected to an electromagnetic stirring treatment or the like for controlling the eqiaxial crystal ratio and then heated at a temperature of not lower than 950.degree. C., 1000.degree. C. and 1100.degree. C. to economically produce Fe-Ni series alloys having improved effect for restraining streaks during etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaomi Tsuda, Toshihiko Taniuchi
  • Patent number: 5326648
    Abstract: A zinc or zinc-alloy plated steel sheet having an improved weldability and plating properties, as well as a method for making the same is provided. Even when the substrate steel sheet is the one which is difficult to deposit a zinc or zinc-alloy layer by conventional methods, such as an extra low carbon steel sheet, the present invention enable a reliable production of a galvanized steel sheet suffering from no plating failure or insufficient adhesion as well as a reliable production of a galvannealed steel sheet suffering from no plating failure or streaking of the alloyed layer.The zinc or zinc-alloy plated steel sheet having improved weldability comprises an extra low carbon steel sheet, an iron-carbon plated layer or a carbon-rich layer generated by diffusion of the iron-carbon plated layer on at least one major surface of the extra low carbon steel sheet, and a zinc or zinc-alloy plated layer on the iron-carbon plated layer or the carbon-rich layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Chiaki Kato, Yasuji Uesugi, Nobuyuki Morito, Akira Yasuda, Kouichi Yasuda, Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 5323951
    Abstract: In this invention, a back end portion of a preceding sheet bar and a front end of a succeeding sheet bar are cut in a transfer line at an entrance side of a finish rolling mill so that at least both side edge regions of these sheet bars are contacted with each other at a butted contact state thereof and a gap is formed between both end portions and then portions to be joined int he preceding and succeeding sheet bars are locally heated and pushed to join them while gradually enlarging a joining area, whereby the required time is largely reduced as compared with the conventional technique and also it is attempted to miniaturize the heating apparatus and shorten the length of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Toshisada Takechi, Masanori Ebihara, Fujio Aoki, Kunio Yoshida, Naoki Hatano, Hiroshi Sekiya, Toshiaki Amagasa, Kuniaki Sato, Takashi Kawase, Hideo Takekawa, Norio Takashima, Takashi Ishikawa, Masanori Kitahama
  • Patent number: 5323267
    Abstract: A beam sampler comprises a substrate made of highly transparent fused silica or zinc selenide, both capable of sustaining high power laser beams. The substrate defines an outer surface through which the light beam being sampled propagates. A sinusoidal diffracting relief is etched on this outer surface directly into the light-propagating material of the substrate. When a light beam propagates through the outer surface of the substrate, the three-dimensional diffracting relief extracts from this light beam at least one pair of low power beam samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Gentec Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Galarneau, Pierre Langlois, Michel Belanger, Julie Frechette, Jean-Marie Trudeau, Marie Cote
  • Patent number: D348034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Mont Blanc Industri AB
    Inventor: Gerhard Mann