Patents Represented by Attorney Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

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  • Method of wiring lighting fixtures to achieve uniform voltage drop
    Patent number: 7699481
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a method for wiring lighting systems, primarily low voltage, landscape lighting systems. The inventive method operates to equalize voltage drop across such lighting systems. The inventive method involves running a home run wire from a power source or transformer to a wiring hub. Two or more light fixtures having equal length wire leads are connected to the home run wire in the wiring hub. Each of the light fixtures are then arranged in the landscape lighting system around the wiring hub. Uniform voltage drop is achieved through the creation of equal distances between multiple light fixtures and a common power source. The common home run wire and equal length wire leads results is an equal distance from a common power source to each light fixture in the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventor: Nate Mullen
  • Tank filters adaptable for placement with a guide wire, in series with the lead wires or circuits of active medical devices to enhance MRI compatibility
    Patent number: 7702387
    Abstract: A tank filter is provided for a lead wire of an active medical device (AMD). The tank filter includes a capacitor in parallel with an inductor. The parallel capacitor and inductor are placed in series with the lead wire of the AMD, wherein values of capacitance and inductance are selected such that the tank filter is resonant at a selected frequency. A passageway through the tank filter permits selective slidable passage of a guide wire therethrough for locating the lead wire in an implantable position. The Q of the inductor may be relatively maximized and the Q of the capacitor may be relatively minimized to reduce the overall Q of the tank filter to attenuate current flow through the lead wire along a range of selected frequencies. In a preferred form, the tank filter is integrated into a TIP and/or RING electrode for an active implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Warren S. Dabney, Richard L. Brendel
  • Method of treating for pests
    Patent number: 7690148
    Abstract: A process for removing or treating harmful biological and chemical substances from an enclosure, such as a building or vehicle by using heated air. The method of the present invention is non-toxic and can be performed in a relatively short amount of time while effectively killing and removing a large proportion of dead organisms and substantially reducing volatile organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventor: David E. Hedman
  • Adjustable carpenter's measuring tool
    Patent number: 7690126
    Abstract: A measuring tool for use particularly in carpentry combines the features of a square, a level and a bevel tool into a single device. The measuring tool includes a handle which supports a slide rule at one end and a pitch slide which can be adjustably positioned within the handle through the advancement and retraction of a thumb bolt into the handle. The thumb bolt may be advanced by either turning the thumb bolt and/or advancing the thumb bolt against a spring biased ratcheting mechanism. The thumb bolt may be retracted either by turning and/or by disengagement of the spring biased ratcheting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventor: Michael F. Morrell
  • Suction device
    Patent number: 7691164
    Abstract: A suction device for a cyclone filter of a hand-guided work apparatus includes a blower which is located in a housing and a starting unit with a cable drum which is rotatably mounted about an axis, wherein ambient air sucked in with dirt particles is divided by the cyclone filter into a first air stream which is largely freed from dirt particles and into a second air stream loaded with dirt particles. The housing has an inlet and an outlet for the second air stream, which has a simple configuration and a good suction performance for air laden with dirt particles. The blower is mounted rotatably about an axis which is arranged coaxially to the cable drum axis and the housing is designed with a channel which is connected to the inlet and opens in the region of the cable drum axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: DOLMAR GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Kellermann
  • Bottled food basket
    Patent number: 7690523
    Abstract: A food storage and retrieval system includes a food storage container and a basket disposed within the container. The basket includes a base and a plurality of wings disposed about a periphery of the base. The wings are pivotally attached to the base and biased to engage an inner surface of the container. An elongated handle is slidable through the base. The handle includes a flange at a lower end thereof for engaging a facing surface of the base to lift the basket within the container, and a key selectively engageable with the base to push the basket downwardly within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventor: Robert E. Harris
  • Starter device for an engine unit with improved damping
    Patent number: 7690277
    Abstract: A device for starting an internal combustion engine for hand-held tools, chainsaws, lawnmowers, trimmers and the like, includes a rotatable pulling medium roller which can be brought into functional connection with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine in order to bring about a rotation of the crankshaft. The starting device has a simply configured functional connection between the crankshaft and the pulling medium roller and effectively reduces the force peaks reaching the pulling medium roller. To accomplish this, a deformation body having elastic deformation behaviour is arranged in the functional connection between the pulling medium roller and the crankshaft. The deformation body compensates for leading or lagging of the crankshaft with respect to the pulling medium roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Dolmar GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Kellermann, Klemens Krahn
  • Frequency selective passive component networks for implantable leads of active implantable medical devices utilizing an energy dissipating surface
    Patent number: 7689288
    Abstract: Decoupling circuits are provided which transfer energy induced from an MRI pulsed RF field to an energy dissipating surface. This is accomplished through broadband filtering or by resonant filtering. In a passive component network for an implantable leadwire of an active implantable medical device, a frequency selective energy diversion circuit is provided for diverting high-frequency energy away from a leadwire electrode to a point or an area spaced from the electrode, for dissipation of high-frequency energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Warren S. Dabney, Christine A. Frysz, Buehl E. Truex, Henry R. Halperin, Albert C. Lardo
  • Multi-layer combination of an electric stimulation electrode and a wound dressing
    Patent number: 7689285
    Abstract: In order to make available a wound dressing (100) with at least one energy transfer agent (11, 12) and a wound dressing (13), namely a combination of wound dressing and electrode for the stimulation treatment, with which an uniform electrostimulation of the wound can be achieved so that the wound healing process is considerably improved, it is proposed that the energy transfer agent has at least two layers and that the energy transfer agent (11, 12) has at least two adjacent layers (11, 12), a first layer (11)—energy supply—and a second energy—distribution of energy—(12), whereby the first layer (11) has a lower electric resistance and the second layer (12) a higher electric resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: GerroMed Pflege und Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Luca Garabet
  • Inventory control system
    Patent number: 7689480
    Abstract: An inventory control system includes a storage module having a continuous track and a plurality of individual storage units stacked in multiple columns or rows. Each storage unit is engaged with the track for selective movement along the track. An inventory control unit is associated with the storage module and has a user interface, a processor, a memory, and a mechanism for inputting object information, including storage unit placement. The processor receives the object information from the inputting mechanism, and stores the object information in the memory for user access therefrom via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Worthwhile Products
    Inventor: Stan Solomon
  • Composite suspension system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7681898
    Abstract: A composite suspension system for a vehicle includes a mechanical suspension system supporting the body of the vehicle with respect to an axle and a pneumatic suspension system to selectively provide support for the body relative to the axle. Under heavy loads, the pneumatic suspension system may be inflated to support the body relative to the axle. When not under heavy loads the pneumatic suspension system may be deflated so as not to interfere with the support provided by the mechanical suspension system. A control system regulates a compressor connected to the pneumatic suspension system to inflate the same. The control system also regulates access of the pneumatic suspension system to a vacuum source to deflate the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: TLC Suspensions, LLC
    Inventors: Vernon Jeffrey Mullican, Vernon T. Mullican
  • Process for manufacturing an LED lamp with integrated heat sink
    Patent number: 7676915
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an LED lamp assembly includes anodizing at least a portion of a surface of an electrically and thermally conductive base, such as an aluminum or aluminum alloy base, so as to form an electrically insulating coating. The base may form a heat sink or be coupled to a heat sink. Circuit traces are formed on the anodized surface of the base, which include LED landings. LEDs are electrically and mechanically attached to the LED landing by a conductive metallic solder such that heat generated from the LED is transferred efficiently through the solder and circuit traces LED landings to the base and heat sink through a metal-to-metal contact pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Artak Ter-Hovhanissian Patent Trust
    Inventor: Artak Ter-Hovhannissian
  • Printable multi-part form
    Patent number: D611984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Precision Dynamics, Corporation
    Inventors: Sherif Ali, Kim Canchola, Russell Smith, Tracy Tenpenny, Jeffrey Kerlin, Mike Erwin, James Brown
  • Emergency eyewash unit
    Patent number: D612064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Haws Corporation
    Inventors: Victor C. Strandberg, Ian T. Roberts, Joshua D. Linn
  • Ashtray
    Patent number: D612980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Stuart Sobek
  • Ashtray
    Patent number: D612981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Stuart Sobek
  • Ashtray
    Patent number: D612982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Stuart Sobek
  • Mounting bracket
    Patent number: D613578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: D & D Group Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Filip Tejszerski
  • Informational sign
    Patent number: D613800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventor: James Miller
  • Multi-exercise device
    Patent number: D613804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventor: Charles Perez