Patents Represented by Attorney Jacobson Holman PLLC
  • Patent number: 8177261
    Abstract: A device for collecting fuel leaks on the feed pipes of an interface, such as a fuel injection system for a thermal engine. Each feed pipe includes at each end a nut to secure the feed pipe in position on an interface, behind which nut is arranged a device for collecting fuel leaks. The recovery unit includes a spout and is integral with the nut and with the feed pipe in a sealing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Senior Automotive Blois SAS
    Inventor: Thierry Guerineau
  • Patent number: 8178040
    Abstract: A medical fluid management apparatus which includes a plurality of processor systems with respectively associated software programs. The fluid management apparatus has a fluid treatment component and/or a fluid source which can be connected to a patient via a fluid line. The processor systems are connected via a data transfer system to a data input apparatus via which an updating of the software programs belonging to the respective processor systems can take place. After actuation of an operating mode switch, a detection system, while taking into account the existing version of the software programs and/or the existing processor systems, determines which software programs have to be loaded via the data input apparatus. The medical fluid management apparatus allows a simple and user-friendly updating of the operating software even with a complex design of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Helge Brauer
  • Patent number: 8174157
    Abstract: An electrically commutated DC motor (1) for a liquid pump (2) with a pump housing (3) with a suction connector (4) and a pressure connector (5) for connection to a hydraulic circuit, an essentially disk-like pump rotor (6) mounted to rotate in the pump housing, consisting of an impeller (7) with several pump vanes and a permanent magnet (8), a partition (11) separating a pump space (9) from a dry space (10), in which the partition is arranged in an axial gap (12) between the pump rotor (6) and several axially aligned wound stator poles (14) of the DC motor. The present invention configures a DC motor, so that it can be installed simply and reliably, is designed particularly robust and therefore has a very long operating lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bühler Motor GmbH
    Inventors: Olai Ihle, Georg Bernreuther, Klaus Weiske
  • Patent number: 8171688
    Abstract: A wooden building element for producing planar constructions, especially for constructing the upright walls of a building. Also, a corner building element adapted to the wooden building element and to a building constructed using the elements. The wooden building elements have two approximately rectangular support bases and two wall panels that are approximately equal in area. The support bases are maintained at a distance from each other by a plurality of supports that are aligned vertically in relation to the finished building and that delimit an interior compartment for the insertion of insulating material and building installations. The wall panels are fastened to the outer surfaces of the support bases and are set off therefrom in relation to longitudinal edges that are aligned approximately horizontally to the finished building and high edges that are aligned approximately vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Junker Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Junker
  • Patent number: 8172459
    Abstract: Support structures for positioning sensors on a physiologic tunnel for measuring physical, chemical and biological parameters of the body and to produce an action according to the measured value of the parameters. The support structure includes a sensor fitted on the support structures using a special geometry for acquiring continuous and undisturbed data on the physiology of the body. Signals are transmitted to a remote station by wireless transmission such as by electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared, sound and the like or by being reported locally by audio or visual transmission. The physical and chemical parameters include brain function, metabolic function, hydrodynamic function, hydration status, levels of chemical compounds in the blood, and the like. The support structure includes patches, clips, eyeglasses, head mounted gear and the like, containing passive or active sensors positioned at the end of the tunnel with sensing systems positioned on and accessing a physiologic tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
  • Patent number: 8172457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a sensor for determining the hydrocarbon dew point in a gas, in particular in a gaseous fuel. According to the invention a roughened condensation surface is provided on a planar measurement surface of a transparent body. Light is shone onto the roughened condensation surface through the transparent body and the intensity of the light reflected back into the transparent body is measured. The hydrocarbon dew point temperature can be inferred from changes in the intensity of the light which is reflected back when heating or cooling the condensation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bartec Benke GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Boehm
  • Patent number: 8172972
    Abstract: An insulating panel 1 comprises a first sheet 2, a second sheet 4, and a body of insulating foam 5 between the sheets 2, 4. The foam 5 has a plurality of longitudinally extending conduits 7 through which a heat exchange medium such as air is circulated. A barrier 10 is used to create an enlarged void space for air circulation. The barrier is located below profile crowns 3 to prevent foam from entering the crowns 3 and to create additional foam-free voids below the crown. Heat transfer efficiency is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Kingspan Research and Developments Limited
    Inventor: James Carolan
  • Patent number: 8168113
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a ceramic molded part from a suspension/dispersion with a solids content and a fluid content by depositing solids content at the periphery of a porous self-supporting support that is at least partially immersed in the suspension/dispersion and has the same shape as the molded part to be prepared, but with a reduced size, wherein: the solids content contains oxide-ceramic particles; the porous self-supporting support is detachably connected with a discharge in a zone that is not immersed in the suspension/dispersion; the suspension/dispersion is moved towards the porous self-supporting support by means of a positive pressure difference between a pressure prevailing in the suspension/dispersion and a pressure prevailing in the discharge; wherein the fluid content of the suspension/dispersion enters in the porous self-supporting support with depositing solids content at the periphery of the porous self-supporting support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Stephan, Norbert Thiel, Enno Bojemüller
  • Patent number: 8168684
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of producing liquid hydrocarbons, preferably internal combustion engine fuels, using feedstocks of coal or methane. Depending on the nature of the feedstock it is subjected to a gasification and/or reforming process and/or water gas shift process which produces a syngas that is rich in carbon dioxide and hydrogen rather than carbon monoxide and hydrogen as in the conventional process. The carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined in a Fischer Tropsch process to produce desired hydrocarbons and water. The energy requirements of the gasification/reforming process to produce a syngas that is rich in carbon dioxide and hydrogen is considerably less than the energy requirements for gasification/reforming process for producing the conventional carbon monoxide rich syngas. This reduction in energy consumption reduces considerably the quantities of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere compared to conventional processes that are based on carbon monoxide rich syngas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
    Inventors: Diane Hildebrandt, David Glasser, Bilal Patel, Brendon Patrick Hausberger
  • Patent number: 8169718
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wide-angle zoom lenses dedicated to single-lens reflex digital cameras, which attains zoom ratio greater than 2. Such a wide-angle zoom lens has four groups of lens pieces, namely comprising the leading or foremost 1st lens group of negative refractivity closest to an objective field, the succeeding 2nd lens group of positive refractivity, the third lens group of negative refractivity, and the trailing 4th lens group of positive refractivity arranged in this order to move each lens group to vary optical power; and the 1st lens group includes a front subset of the lens pieces of negative refractive power and a rear subset of negative refractive power. The front-end lens piece in the 1st lens group is shaped in negative meniscus lens that has its concave surface faced toward an imaging plane and has the opposite surfaces shaped aspherical. The front and rear subsets of the 1st lens group meet requirements of a focal length as expressed in the following formula: 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Tamron Co., Ltd., Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Dayong Li, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 8169333
    Abstract: A motion detector, in particular suitable for animals, comprising at least one motion element, wherein an element movable within a predetermined area is located, which brings about an electrical connection in at least one position, wherein the movable element is a magnetic element, which can move along a path of travel formed by a cavity in the motion element, and wherein, near the path of travel, at least one magnetically sensitive switching element is placed, which can be influenced by the magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: NEDAP Agri B.V.
    Inventors: Albertino Bernardo M. Verstege, Otto Theodorus J. Zents, Hans Benedictus
  • Patent number: 8168394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting, in vitro, an infection with a microorganism, such as the hepatitis C virus, in a biological sample, by simultaneously detecting an antigen of this microorganism and the antibodies against this same antigen, and also to the reagents and kits implementing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Pasteur
    Inventors: François Rieunier, Muriel Feyssaguet, Stéphanie Henriot, Nadine Lambert
  • Patent number: D658444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Mateja Kra{hacek over (s)}ovec Pogorel{hacek over (c)}nik
  • Patent number: D658447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Xiongtai Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiong Ying
  • Patent number: D658448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Xiongtai Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiong Ying
  • Patent number: D658449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Xiongtai Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiong Ying
  • Patent number: D658450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Xiongtai Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiong Ying
  • Patent number: D658551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Secure Site Design, LLC
    Inventor: Gerald P. Skalka
  • Patent number: D658830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Matej Kamnar
  • Patent number: D659392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Dolce & Gabbana S.r.l.
    Inventors: Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana