Patents Represented by Law Firm Haverstock, Medlen & Carroll
  • Patent number: 5508570
    Abstract: A fast parasitic-insensitive continuous-time filter and equalizer integrated circuit uses an active integrator. The integrator has a left-half plane pole. A feedback path is provided that includes a resistive impedance which comprises a MOS transistor operated in the triode region. The resistive impedance is adjustable for cancelling the pole. The feedback path also includes a capacitive impedance coupled in series with the resistive impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Micro Linear Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos A. Laber, Paul R. Gray
  • Patent number: 5503721
    Abstract: A method for activating photoreactive compounds by supporting sample vessels containing a photoreactive compound at a selected temperature and irradiating the sample vessels while holding the sample vessels at a fixed relationship with the irradiating source so as to uniformly irradiate the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: HRI Research, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Hearst, George D. Cimino, John E. Hearst, Stephen T. Isaacs
  • Patent number: 5466672
    Abstract: Methods for treating cancer are described, including methods for treating colon and pancreatic cancer. Bacterial toxins and portions of bacterial toxins are employed as both diagnostic and therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Ophidian Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir M. Kushnaryov, Philip N. Redlich, Sidney E. Grossberg, J. James Sedmak
  • Patent number: 5464755
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and media for the isolation and presumptive identification of various bacteria. In particular, the organisms commonly associated with urinary tract infections are distinguished based on their colonial morphology and color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Biolog, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Bochner
  • Patent number: 5461742
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying textile treatment finishing agents to garments or garment work pieces is provided. The apparatus includes a rotating drum and a nozzle for generating a fine mist or fog of textile treatment agents inside the rotating drum. The apparatus can be constructed as a dedicated processing machine, or a conventional, industrial washer or dryer can be fitted with an appropriate nozzle and feed lines to provide a dual purpose machine which can be used for its originally intended purpose, and can be selectively used for applying textile treatment agents. Uniform coverage of the surface of the garment is assured by tumbling the garments through the fog created by the nozzle means. By controlling the size of the droplets, and the time during which mist or fog is generated, the amount of chemical agent absorbed by the garments can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Dilip Pasad, Frank Garcia
  • Patent number: 5458265
    Abstract: An integrated automated manufacturing system for finishing individual garments is provided. The system includes a conveyor system, a fixture constructed for movement on the conveyor in a predetermined orientation, a form mounted on the fixture for holding a garment for finishing in a predetermined fixed orientation relative to the fixture, and finishing stations to which the conveyor carries garments mounted on the fixtures. The fixture mounted form can be inflatable so that the garment mounted thereon can be inflated to its fully extended, three-dimensional form, and the finishing station can include a blower to inflate the form prior to the initiation of a finishing step. The finishing stations can include robot-manipulated tools, such as spray guns or abrasive wheels, for applying chemical or mechanical finishes to selected areas of the fixture mounted garment, washing and drying of the garments, automated garment inspection, or the application of tags and labels to the garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Gary K. Hester, Conrad L. Fernandez, Jon McNeill, Ted M. Ray, William Traynor
  • Patent number: 5456654
    Abstract: An electromagnetic transducer for improving hearing in a hearing impaired person comprises a magnet assembly and a coil secured inside a housing which is fixed to an ossicle or a middle ear. The coil is more rigidly secured to the housing than the magnet. The magnet assembly and coil are configured such that conducting alternating electrical current through the coil causes magnetic fields or the coil and the magnet assembly to cause the magnet assembly and coil to vibrate relative to one another. Because the coil is more rigidly secured to the housing than the magnet assembly, the vibrations of the coil cause the housing to vibrate. The vibrations are conducted to the oval window of the ear via the ossicles. In alternate embodiments, transducer is secured to ossicular prostheses that are secured within the middle ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Geoffrey R. Ball
  • Patent number: 5455721
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatic sector pulse generation and split field calculation in disk drives without the use of tables improves the seek latency of a disk drive system because it does not have to wait for the INDEX mark or the beginning of a frame, before beginning an operation it has been instructed to perform. The system can be designed to start from any point on the disk and begin calculations as if it were starting from the INDEX mark or the beginning of a frame. The calculations performed for each servo mark calculate the number of sectors and split fields which can be stored between servo marks on the disk. Multiple calculations can be performed between two servo marks. A counter is used to keep track of the number of servo marks for which the system has performed calculations. This counter is compared to the number of the last previously detected servo mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Siamack Nemazie, Petro Estakhri, John Schadegg
  • Patent number: 5447038
    Abstract: A broad range cooling system is provided which can operate over a temperature range of -25.degree. F. to 75.degree. F. under any expected ambient temperatures. The system includes two compressor systems which are configurable to operate independently and as a cascade system to provide multiple cooling temperatures for multiple loads each having a particular temperature requirement. There are multiple evaporator systems for cooling air which is used to cool the product; one evaporator system for each desired temperature. Each evaporator system is provided a thermal expansion valve, a corresponding thermostatic bulb and a thermostat to control the temperature in a corresponding chamber. The container is partitioned into chambers, each chamber having an evaporator system so that each evaporator system provides positive temperature control within its chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Reefco Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Mikhail M. Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 5443976
    Abstract: Antivenoms to snake, spider, scorpion and jelly fish venoms are produced for the treatment of humans and animals, and for analytical use. The antivenom is purified with an antigen matrix containing a single whole venom or a plurality of whole venoms covalently attached to an insoluble support such as aldehyde-activated agarose. Preferably, the whole venoms forming the plurality of whole venoms are selected from the four whole venoms from C. atrox, B. atrox, C. adamanteus and C. durissus terrificus. A combination of immobilized C. atrox and C. durissus terrificus whole venoms can substantially purify antivenom reactive with all four venoms. The antivenom can be horse or avian such as chicken antivenom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Inventor: Sean B. Carroll
  • Patent number: 5442457
    Abstract: A multi-line facsimile communication system, where two or more telephone lines are used simultaneously to transmit messages in order to increase the aggregate channel capacity and thereby increase transmission speed and reduce the transmission time. The system further incorporates back channel technology to transmit certain status information from the receiving facsimile machine to the transmitting facsimile machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Inventor: Hamid Najafi
  • Patent number: 5428411
    Abstract: Protective eyewear for sports activities and the like having a resilient rigid frame is disclosed. Included is a sealing area around the eyes having a web which diverges outwardly in every direction toward the lens frame. The frame is curvedly contoured around the face of the user and in conjunction with the diverging web, provides both maximum eye protection and peripheral visibility. A semi-rigid frame provides for temple mounting and obviates the need for around-the-head straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Inventor: Rudolph J. Kopfer
  • Patent number: 5428564
    Abstract: A content addressable memory cell includes six transistors connected together to perform memory read, memory write, and matching operations. This cell has the ability to perform typical memory write and memory read operations as well as the capability of signalling whether or not its stored data matches data that is being searched for. A cross-coupling scheme is used in the memory cell so that a high potential will always be stored on the gate of a transistor whose source is at ground. This cross-coupling scheme increases the amount of charge stored on the storage transistor and decreases the required frequency of refresh operations. In addition to the transistors configured to store data, an additional transistor configured as a diode is used as a rapid discharge path to maximize the efficiency of the cell during a read operation. During a match operation another transistor is utilized to discharge the Match line quickly in the event the stored data does not match the data that is being searched for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Advanced Hardware Architectures, Inc.
    Inventor: Kel D. Winters
  • Patent number: 5427488
    Abstract: A threaded fastener has a casing enclosing at least three radially inwardly biased arcuate segments positioned to engage the threads of a bolt or hollow threaded member. The casing defines spaced apart internal frustoconical surfaces positioned to engage corresponding surfaces of the segments in the same axial direction. The radially inner ends of the frustoconical surfaces are directed toward a first end of the fastener, and the diameter of the radially inner end of the frustoconical surface away from the first end of the fastener is less than the radially outer diameter of the other frustoconical surface. The threads of the segments substantially fully engage the threads of the bolt or hollow threaded member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Inventors: Robert L. Fullerton, Alan Virdee
  • Patent number: 5425244
    Abstract: A broad range cooling system is provided which can operate over a temperature range of -25.degree. F. to 75.degree. F. under any expected ambient temperatures. The system includes two compressor systems which are configurable to operate independently, or as a cascade system, depending upon the desired temperature requirements of the load in relation to the ambient. There are two separate evaporator systems for cooling air which is used to cool the product; one evaporator system for each compressor. In single compressor mode, the selected compressor is used to cool its respective evaporator system and each compressor system is automatically configured to utilize the primary condenser to convert hot gas to a liquid. In cascade cooling mode, the lower compressor system is automatically reconfigured to utilize an evaporator side of a heat exchanger to convert hot gas to a liquid and to utilize the primary condenser to evaporate the liquid to a cold gas while absorbing heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Reefco Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Mikhail M. Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 5424610
    Abstract: An outboard ballast which allows a compact fluorescent light bulb and its associated ballast to be positioned within a standard table lamp having a standard-size harp. The ballast is divided into separate sections so that the sections and their housing can extend into an area beyond the harp and below the socket of the lamp fixture. A three-way switch circuit is provided to be adaptable with common table lamp fixtures. The configuration of the present invention provides security features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Lumatech Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Pelton, Louis Temesvary
  • Patent number: 5418473
    Abstract: A complete logic family which is SEU immune is constructed, using logic/circuit design techniques, to recover from an SEU, regardless of the shape of the upsetting event. The logic family provides a redundancy of data to be used to restore data lost by an SEU. Two transistor networks are used, a p-channel network and an n-channel network. Each transistor network consists of a plurality of input transistors and a feedback transistor. The feedback transistor is sized to be weak compared to the input transistors. The transistor networks are designed to either resist an SEU or to shutdown until the SEU is over and then the network which is not shutdown will restore the data of the network that was hit by the SEU. The logic family can prevent glitch propagation from an upset node and can be implemented in a standard, commercial CMOS process without any additional processing steps. The logic family includes but is not limited to an Inverter, 2-input Nand, 2-input Nor, 3-input OrNand and a 3-input AndNor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Idaho Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: John Canaris
  • Patent number: D358542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Inventor: Richard H. Byrd, Jr.
  • Patent number: D359477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Palo Alto Design Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Shoda
  • Patent number: D360477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Lumatch, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Pelton, James G. O'Carroll, Louis Temesvary