Patents Represented by Law Firm Holman and Stern
  • Patent number: 6204608
    Abstract: A field emission display device is disclosed. The device comprises an upper plate and a lower plate that are vacuum-packaged in parallel, wherein the lower plate is composed of matrix-addressable pixels, wherein the pixel formed on an insulation substrate comprises a field emitter array, a control thin-film transistor having a drain connected to an emitter electrode of the emitter array, and an addressing thin-film transistor having a drain connected to a gate electrode of the control thin-film transistor. Designing the control thin-film transistor to have a large parasitic capacitance between the source and the gate, one can obtain an active matrix display having a memory function and eliminate a conventional complex fabricating process of a memory capacitor, thereby simplify a panel fabricating process remarkably and largely increase the aperture ratio of a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yoon Ho Song, Jin Ho Lee, Seung Youl Kang, Sung Yool Choi, Kyoung Ik Cho
  • Patent number: 6202512
    Abstract: A torsion screwdriver includes a positioning sleeve, a locking tube, a plurality of locking cylinder rods, a curved spring strip, a rotary member, a coupling sleeve, and a bit-driving shaft. The locking tube is disposed in the positioning sleeve, and is formed with rod-retaining slots for receiving the locking cylinder rods. The curved spring strip has one end connected to the locking tube, and the other end abutting against a projection at a front end of the positioning sleeve. The coupling sleeve is disposed in a sleeve-receiving hole of the locking tube, which is communicated with the rod-receiving slots, such that rotation of the positioning sleeve in a first direction results in co-rotation of the coupling sleeve with the positioning sleeve, whereas rotation of the positioning sleeve in a second direction results in idle rotation of the positioning sleeve relative to the coupling sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventors: Daniel J. O'Brien, Chih-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 6203184
    Abstract: A blender for delivery of blend additives to a plastics extrusion device has a mixing chamber for reception of materials to be blended. Batches of blend materials are delivered to the mixing chamber from material supply bins via a weight hopper. Within the mixing chamber, a mixing screw circulates and mixes the blend materials prior to discharge through an outlet to an extrusion process line. As material is discharged, a material level sensor is uncovered and calls for a further batch of blend materials to be discharged from the weigh hopper into the mixing chamber. The screw has a pair of mixing blades of opposed pitch to direct material inwardly from outer ends of the screw towards a center of the screw located above the outlet. Excess material above process demand requirements is delivered to the outlet by the screw. This excess material is directed upwardly away from the outlet and recirculated towards outer ends of the screw and remixed without material within the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Vervant Limited
    Inventor: James Joseph O'Callaghan
  • Patent number: 6205229
    Abstract: The television having a device for preventing vibration of speaker comprises a speaker. The speaker is fixed on one wall toward a hollow portion formed in an enclosure, and an opening for emitting sound is formed on the enclosure. A vibration plate faces the speaker to be positioned in the opening at a predetermined interval from the speaker. And, a mounting means for mounting the vibration plate on the enclosure is provided. Therefore, vibration of speaker emitting medium/low bandwidth sound outside and vibration of cabinet in which the speaker is mounted is minimized so that quality of sound becomes high and sound having high power is emitted outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nam-Gyue Park
  • Patent number: 6202687
    Abstract: The system opens and closes an n×m array of liquid pathways using n+m valves. The pathways (2) run from top to bottom of a body (1). Control bars (4), also with liquid pathways (2), are inserted in channels (3). These are movable by a power source. The liquid pathways are opened to pass liquid when the pathways in the body and the control bars are aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Bioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Han-Oh Park
  • Patent number: 6205327
    Abstract: Radio mobile terminal provided with an additional chip card reader of prepaid chip cards, which can be made available both on a terminal realized according to the TACS technology and on a terminal employing the GSM technology. The prepaid chip card embodies the payment means for the radio mobile telephone service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Telecom Italia Mobile S.P.A.
    Inventor: Mauro Sentinelli
  • Patent number: 6204817
    Abstract: A portable radio communication device, comprising: a housing (78); antenna means for transmitting and receiving RF signals; transmitting and receiving circuits arranged in the housing; at least a conductive portion; antenna feeding means; and, a user interface. The antenna means includes a transmitting antenna (60, 61), and a receiving antenna (60, 61, 65, 78). The transmitting antenna, and the receiving antenna have orthogonal radiating characteristics in relation to each other. The transmitting and the receiving antennas can be of an electric dipole type or a magnetic dipole type. An antenna system including a transmitting and a receiving antenna is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Allgon AB
    Inventor: Olov Edvardsson
  • Patent number: 6202826
    Abstract: An apparatus for feeding chip components is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first component reservoir for storing chip components in bulk, a second component reservoir for two-dimensionally storing the chip components in a space so that the chip components are not overlapped in their thickness direction, and a component alignment path for one-dimensionally aligning the chip components. The apparatus further includes an alignment plate for moving the chip components from the first component reservoir to the component alignment path thorough the second component reservoir by the upward and downward movements of the alignment plate. The apparatus further includes a movable plate, which moves in a predetermined direction when the chip components are caught or drawn between itself and the alignment plate, and a roller device for feeding the chip components in the component alignment path to a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Pop Man Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Shimada
  • Patent number: 6201760
    Abstract: A method for performing a read data operation in a double data rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) capable of effectively issuing two data within one clock cycle for high-speed operation. The method includes the steps of simultaneously accessing two memory cells and prefetching data stored in the two memory cells, which includes first and second bit data. The method continues by latching the first and second bit data, generating signals to synchronize the first and second bit data with rising and falling edges of a clock and to control an issue of the first and second bit data, and issuing the first and second bit data in response to the generated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Kyung Yun, Jong-Hee Han
  • Patent number: 6200677
    Abstract: PURPOSE: To obtain a polyolefin resin composition excellent in heat and aging resistances and useful for films for self-adhesive tape substrates of good workability by mixing a base comprising a specified olefin resin with a high-mol. wt. hindered phenol antioxidant and a zinc compound. CONSTITUTION: A resin composition prepared by mixing 100 pts. wt. resin base comprising at least one member selected from among a polyethylene, an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, an ethylene/alkyl acrylate copolymer, an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer and a mixture thereof with 0.1-10 pts. wt. high-mol. wt hindered phenol antioxidant and 1-20 pts. wt. zinc compound. Examples of the zinc compound to be used are desirably inorganic compounds and include zinc borate and zinc oxide. As the high-mol. wt. hindered phenol antioxidant, one having a mol. wt. of 500 or above is particularly desirable from the viewpoint of nonblooming properties, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Scapa Group PLC
    Inventors: Peter James Richardson, Peter William Salthouse, Joseph Preston, Edward John Stewart
  • Patent number: 6199507
    Abstract: A milking machine of a kind having a milk line to a milk receiver through which a vacuum is drawn, the machine being operable in (i) a milking mode and in (ii) a cleaning mode, wherein there is provided a cleaning line for cleaning fluid into the milk line, and wherein, when the machine is in its cleaning mode, cleaning fluid pooling and/or pooled in the cleaning line is caused to move (wholly or in part) under the action of a gas (e.g. ambient air) impulse into the pooling and/or pooled cleaning fluid from the cleaning line into the milk line and preferably the milk receiver. In moving from the cleaning line into the milk line which is of greater cross-section the fluid under the action of a transition zone flaring from the smaller conduit into the larger conduit, and a transition zone flushing flow flaring means flares to the surface of the milk line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: DEC International NZ Limited
    Inventor: David Edward Lindsay Cassells
  • Patent number: 6201470
    Abstract: A device usable in a plurality of environments such as in buildings, transport vehicles, pedestrian aids and sirens for producing a locating sound of broad band noise. The broad band noise is formed from frequencies emitted simultaneously within a human hearing range. An alerting sound may also be emitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sound Alert Limited
    Inventor: Deborah Jane Withington
  • Patent number: 6199869
    Abstract: A sealing device comprising an annular support structure, a first annular sealing lip made of rubber and supported by the annular support structure, and a second annular sealing lip adjacent to the first annular sealing lip, the second annular sealing lip being made of resin and supported by the annular support structure. The first sealing lip made of rubber is located on the side to be scaled of the second sealing lip made of resin, and grease is held in a space formed by the first and second sealing lips and a shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Nok Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Furuyama, Kaoru Anzue, Kouichi Mizunoya, Satoshi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 6201164
    Abstract: A hydrocolloid gel composition, especially a wound gel composition, which comprises: a) a water insoluble, water swellable cross-linked cellulose derivative; b) an alginate; and c) distilled water in a sufficient amount to make up the difference between the amount of ingredients a)+b) and 100% and wherein the gel comprises from 0.05 to 5.00% by weight of alginate, shows better absorption capacity than known gels, accelerates the healing by serving as a slow-release system for active ingredients promoting wound healing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Trine Wulff, Sven Per Magnus Aagren, Peter Sylvest Nielsen
  • Patent number: 6199798
    Abstract: A device for releasably fastening covering panels, in particular ceiling panels in aircraft, on a load-bearing structure, having at least two fastening elements. In order to make it possible for the covering panels to be removed and fastened quickly and easily without the aid of tools, and for loose constituent parts to be avoided, it is provided that all the constituent parts of the fastening elements are connected either to the covering panel and/or to the load-bearing structure, and that all those constituent parts of the fastening elements which are connected to the covering panel are arranged exclusively on that side of the covering panel which is directed toward the load-bearing structure, and that at least one fastening element is designed as a movable bearing, e.g. as a bolt, for absorbing the forces which act essentially perpendicularly with respect to the covering panel, and at least one fastening element is designed as a fixed bearing, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Fischer Advanced Composite Components Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Walter A. Stephan, Hermann Filsegger
  • Patent number: 6199515
    Abstract: A water heater baffle having an inlet and an outlet for the passage of water therethrough, the baffle being arranged to force the water entering the baffle through a labyrinth before exiting the baffle in a direction substantially 90° to its general flow of entry into the baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Beatrae Sadia Heating Limited
    Inventor: Alan Clarke
  • Patent number: 6199671
    Abstract: A piston-type rail retarder includes a shock absorber having a cylinder defining a cavity between a pair of end walls. A piston rod extends axially through one of the end walls, and a piston is mounted on the piston rod between the end walls so as to divide the cavity into first and second working chambers containing a damping fluid. A first array of passages extends through the piston and communicates between the first and second chambers, and a sprung valve assembly is provided for obturating the first array of passages in the event of the velocity of the piston rod relative to the cylinder exceeding a predetermined value. The first valve mechanism includes a valve plate and a spring for biasing the valve plate into an open position. An array of restricted orifices extend through the valve plate and communicate directly with the corresponding array of first passages when the valve plate is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: New Joules Engineering (Sales) Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Cornelius Johannes Thyssen
  • Patent number: D438693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Traditional Craft Limited
    Inventor: Paul Martin
  • Patent number: RE37094
    Abstract: Compounds of formula in which R1 represents H, an alkyl or a substituted alkyl, R2 represents H or alkyl and R3 represents an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted aromatic group, which can be a phenyl or a heterocyclic group comprising one or more hetero-atoms chosen from O, S and N, or R2 and R3 considered together represent the group which is optionally substituted on the phenyl ring, and Z represents a heterocycle comprising one or more heteroatoms chosen from O, S and N, fused with an aromatic ring which can comprise a hetero-atom and can be substituted, the said heterocycle being optionally substituted on N, when it comprises such an atom, by an alkyl or a substituted alkyl group, and the salts of these compounds with acids or bases. Use of these compounds as medicaments. No figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Daniel Fréhel, Danielle Gully, Gérard Valette, Jean-Pierre Bras
  • Patent number: D439234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Telefonica S.A.
    Inventor: Carlos Narrillos Hortigüela