Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fredrikson & Byron
  • Patent number: 8279558
    Abstract: An assembly includes a slider and a suspension assembly. The slider includes an air bearing surface and a slider mounting surface opposite the air bearing surface. There are a plurality of slider pads on the slider mounting surface. The suspension assembly includes a plurality of suspension pads on a suspension mounting surface. Each of the suspension pads is connected to one of the slider pads with a solder joint so that the slider mounting surface has at least one of a pitch, roll, or yaw angle with respect to the suspension mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Joel David Limmer, Bradley Jay Ver Meer
  • Patent number: 8275088
    Abstract: A perforated plate support supports dual-cooled fuel rods, each of which has concentric outer and inner tubes and is coupled with upper and lower end plugs at upper and lower ends thereof, and guide thimbles, each of which is used as a passage for a control rod. The perforated plate support is formed as a support plate having the shape of a flat plate, which includes internal channel holes, each of which has a diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the inner tube, guide thimble holes, each of which has a diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the guide thimble, and sub-channel holes around each internal channel hole. The upper or lower end of the dual-cooled fuel rod is coupled to the support plate such that the outer diameter of the inner tube is matched with the diameter of the internal channel hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Korea Atomic Energy Research institute, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho Yoon, Hyung-Kyu Kim, Jae-Yong Kim, Young-Ho Lee, Kang-Hee Lee, Tae-Hyun Chun, Wang-Kee In, Dong-Seok Oh, Chang Hwan Shin, Kun-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 8272469
    Abstract: The invention provides a trunnion bearing assembly for the drive system of a snow blower, mower, tractor, or other self-propelled utility vehicle. In certain embodiments, the trunnion assembly comprises a bearing having ball bearings, roller bearings, or another type of bearing set. This can provide free relative rotation of several components of the bearing assembly relative to a trunnion housing of the bearing assembly. This rotation is imparted when a friction disk of the assembly engages a spinning motor flywheel of the drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Oconomowoc Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Kyle C. Stoehr, Scott T. Breyer
  • Patent number: 8273008
    Abstract: A shielding assembly for an infusion system includes a plurality of compartments and a door for each compartment, and provides a radioactive radiation barrier for the compartments. One of the compartments contains a radioisotope generator of the infusion system and another of the compartments may contain a waste bottle of the infusion system. An opening into each of the generator and waste bottle compartments may be oriented upward, and the opening into the latter may be at a higher elevation than the opening into the former, for example, to facilitate independent removal and replacement of each. A door of at least one of the compartments, other than the generator compartment, when closed, may prevent the door of the generator compartment from being opened. A cabinet structure for the infusion system may enclose the shielding assembly and secure the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Quirico, Ernest Balestracci, Daniel Darst, Eric J. Krause, Vishal N. Lokhande, Jacob S. Childs, Peter B. Madson, Daniel V. Clements
  • Patent number: 8269193
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a handheld fluorometer and method of determining a concentration of a product within a sample. In some cases the handheld fluorometer includes an immersible sensor head that measures a fluorescence of the product and a controller that calculates the concentration of product. In some cases the handheld fluorometer includes a handheld controller module, an immersible sensor head connected to the controller module, a sample cup for containing a water sample, and a fastener that removably fastens the sample cup about the immersible sensor head. In some cases the sensor head is angled with respect to the controller module and the fluorometer provides a substantially stable base. The sample cup can be removed to acquire a sample of water containing the product and then refastened about the sensor head for determining the concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Christensen, Eugene Tokhtuev, Brian Philip Carlson, Paul R. Kraus, Benedict F. Pesigan, Jill Marie Klegin, Adrian Eugene Hartz, Michael Patrick Kremer
  • Patent number: 8271367
    Abstract: Embodiments provide computerized stress testing for evaluating the effect of changes in the financial position of one or more borrowers. A stressed financial parameter (e.g., a risk rating or financial ratio) is generated for a borrower based on a selection of a borrower account type, a stress amount for applying to the account type, and additional financial inputs corresponding to the borrower. In some cases the stressed financial parameter is generated as a function of an unstressed financial parameter for the borrower, the stress amount, a numerator factor corresponding to the selected account type, and a denominator factor corresponding to the selected account type. Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided with the stress testing functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: WebEquity Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Todd M. Classen
  • Patent number: 8259415
    Abstract: A slider includes a slider body and a bond pad. The bond pad is positioned on the slider body and has a bonding surface with a recessed channel for directing solder flow. Separately related, an assembly includes a suspension assembly including a suspension mounting surface and a suspension pad on the suspension mounting surface. A slider is positioned adjacent the suspension mounting surface, with a slider pad aligned with the suspension pad. A recessed channel is in at least one of the slider pad or the suspension pad. A solder joint is formed between the suspension pad and the slider pad and extends into the recessed channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Erik Jon Hutchinson, Christopher Michael Unger
  • Patent number: 8260411
    Abstract: A medical device having incorporated electrodes that can be used for delivering drugs or other therapeutic fluids at a uniform rate over an extended area to an internal anatomical location of a patient's body. The device can also be used for aspirating excess fluid from an internal anatomical location of a patient's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Twin Star Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Mathew Odland, Bradford G. Staehle, Scott R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8250774
    Abstract: A system for mounting an object such as a flat screen television on a surface such as a wall. A mounting template is fastened to the surface and defines multiple sets of openings corresponding to multiple mounting configurations. Wall brackets are removably secured within the openings and are then fastened to the surface. Object spacers are fastened to mounting locations on the object corresponding to the mounting configuration of the wall brackets, and are connected to the wall brackets to secure the object to the wall. A level may be secured within the mounting template. The mounting template may include fold lines to facilitate packaging and storage of the mounting template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Townsend, Patrick Plehn, Keith Charvonia
  • Patent number: 8248611
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a handheld optical measuring device and method of measuring an optical property of a liquid sample. In some embodiments the optical measuring device includes a handheld controller module having an immersible sensor head and a sampling member including a sample cup and an attachment member that couples the sample cup to the handheld controller module. In some embodiments the attachment member is an elongated rigid member that is hingedly coupled to the controller module, thus providing a folding configuration for enclosing the sensor head with the sample cup during measurements, transportation, and/or storage. In some embodiments the attached sample cup provides a protective shell for the immersible sensor head during use and/or when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Christensen, Eugene Tokhtuev, Christopher J. Owen
  • Patent number: 8245451
    Abstract: An under deck drainage system for use with a deck. The system includes at least one starter strip mounted to one or more joists of the deck, a plurality of clips coupled with the starter strip, where the clips are slidable along the starter strip. The system further includes an elongate channel member coupled with at least one of the plurality of clips, and the elongate channel member has at least one channel therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventor: Tim Whitten
  • Patent number: D666928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Elrod
  • Patent number: D667141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Allan Block LLC
    Inventor: Timothy A. Bott
  • Patent number: D667235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: For Your Ease Only, Inc.
    Inventor: Lori Greiner
  • Patent number: D667236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: For Your Ease Only, Inc.
    Inventor: Lori Greiner
  • Patent number: D667237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: For Your Ease Only, Inc.
    Inventor: Lori Greiner
  • Patent number: D667238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: For Your Ease Only, Inc.
    Inventor: Lori Greiner
  • Patent number: D667589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Lori Greiner
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    Patent number: D667681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Carlson Products
    Inventor: Alan Carsten
  • Patent number: D668067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Ottlite Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David Frisch