Patents Represented by Attorney Hugh A. Sidley & Austin Abrams
  • Patent number: 6012541
    Abstract: A failure detection system for detecting an operational failure of a rack and pinion type of hydraulically controlled power steering system which employs a power cylinder to assist the driver in manipulating front wheels of the vehicle by utilizing hydraulic pressure applied to a steering gear connected to the front wheels utilizes a pressure switch for detecting a specified level of oil pressure provided by the power cylinder to be at operational failure when the vehicle speed remains higher than a specified speed for a specified time period, the pressure switch detects the specified level of hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Futoshi Nishioka, Kenji Umayahara
  • Patent number: 6003758
    Abstract: A dual pocket envelope according to the present invention includes a first blank having first, second and third panels, a fourth panel is glued in an overlying relation to the second panel along a generally U-shaped adhesive line to form a first pocket. The third panel is folded over the fourth panel and glued to the panel along respective side edges to provide a second pocket. The first panel includes a closure flap with adhesive coating. Each of the openings of the first and second pockets are disposed in a staggered or cascade relation so that when the closure flap is folded onto the pocket openings, the adhesive separately seals each of the pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Webcraft Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Mattia, Robert W. Rudderow, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5990214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid compositions comprising mixtures of esters derived from a) diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol and b) benzoic or toluic acid. The freezing point of the ester mixture is below the freezing points of the constituent esters when the relative concentrations of the constituent esters are within specified limits. The invention also relates oils and lubricants containing the present liquid ester compositions as plasticizing additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Velsicol Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: William David Arendt, Thomas Joseph Bohnert, Mark Stephen Holt
  • Patent number: 5795641
    Abstract: A method is provided for triple extrusion of a foam material, a coating and one or more flexible flanges attached to the coating or foam material. All three materials are coextruded through a common die and are useful for forming window sashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Marley Mouldings Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Pauley, Noel E. King, Douglas H. Chin
  • Patent number: 5795942
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing water soluble conductive polyaniline composite represented by the formula(III) which comprises reacting emeraldine base-type polyaniline(EB) representing by the formula(I) with poly(ethyleneglycol) hydrogen sulfate (PEGSF) represented by the formula(II), and to water soluble conductive polyaniline composite synthesized by the said process ##STR1## wherein, x is an integer or fractional number; y is 0 to 1 ##STR2## wherein, n is 4 to 200. ##STR3## wherein, x and n are same as defined above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Suh Bong Rhee, Chang Jin Lee, Xianhong Wang
  • Patent number: D384511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Syroco, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley Gresens
  • Patent number: D421588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Kitamura