Patents Represented by Attorney Lawrence E. Laubscher

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  • Module for electrical apparatus, particularly, a field bus module
    Patent number: 6961233
    Abstract: A field bus module assembly includes a generally rectangular base module adapted for mounting on a fixed support, an input/output module, and a connecting module for connecting the input/output module with the base module, the base module including a lateral projecting portion adapted for insertion in sealed relation within a corresponding recess contained in the base module of an adjacent assembly. The base module includes a housing formed of a synthetic plastic insulating material, a plurality of bus bar conductors mounted on the housing, a protective cover member covering the bus bar conductors, and a mass of encapsulating material hermetically sealing the space around the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Michael Hoeing, Thorsten Wuensche, Walter Hanning
  • Drive system for stability and directional control of vehicles and aircraft
    Patent number: 6957731
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a bilaterally symmetrical machine such as a vehicle or aircraft is provided to precisely control and vary engine power delivered to a pair of opposed drive mechanisms of the assembly. Each drive mechanism includes a first differential clutch connected with a power source via a power splitter, a drive element such as a wheel or propeller connected with the first differential clutch, and a first braking device connected with the first differential clutch to independently control the delivery of power to the drive element. A second differential clutch may be provided for each drive mechanism to control movement of the drive mechanism in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Towles Lawson, Jr.
  • Dispenser for paste-like products
    Patent number: 6955278
    Abstract: A dispenser includes an improved closure arrangement for sealing the dispenser in such a manner that oxidation of the paste-like product to be dispensed is avoided. The main headpiece is spring biased upwardly toward a first position relative to the container and to the product delivery piston, whereupon the upper end surface of the piston is spaced a given distance from the headpiece, and a cylindrical bearing surface on the headpiece closes the product supply outlets contained in the piston. When the main headpiece is depressed downwardly by the given distance toward an intermediate second position in which the headpiece engages the adjacent piston end surface, the bearing surface on the main headpiece is displaced downwardly to open the piston outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Wilden AG
    Inventor: Willy Lorscheidt
  • Socket for electrical parts
    Patent number: 6945792
    Abstract: A socket for electrical parts is provided with a latch operative mechanism that opens and closes latches 3, synchronized with an operation of a socket cover 2. The latch operative mechanism open the latches 3 in a state with the socket cover 2 being pushed to a lowest position, and closes the latches 3 with a rise of the socket cover 2 from the lowest position, and also moves the latches 3 relatively downward with respect to a socket body 1a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Hayakawa
  • Device and method for exhaust gas circulation of internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6945240
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for an internal combustion engine mounted with a turbocharger in which a turbine is disposed in an exhaust passage and a compressor is disposed in an intake passage, when the exhaust gas recirculation is carried out, a port formed at the intake passage on the downstream side of the compressor is opened. As a result, since an intake air on the downstream side of the compressor is released to the atmosphere and a negative pressure in the exhaust passage is lowered, a differential pressure between an exhaust pressure in the intake passage and the negative pressure in the intake passage is increased, to improve an exhaust gas recirculation rate, so that a NOx discharge amount can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kobayashi, Shigemi Kobayashi, Takaaki Matsumoto, Nozomi Kaise
  • Optical transducer with farfield modifier
    Patent number: 6943967
    Abstract: An optical transducer includes a light-emitting device with a light output that has an angular spatial intensity distribution exhibiting multiple peaks. A lens is closely coupled to the light-emitting device to reduce the angular spread of the spatial intensity distribution, preferably to a single peak on the optical axis. The lens is preferably a ball lens coupled to the light-emitting device by a refractive glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Zarlink Semiconductor AB
    Inventor: Erik Zetterlund
  • Golf club set with progressive weight pad
    Patent number: 6935967
    Abstract: A set of golf club irons of the blade type is characterized by a weight pad behind the impact area of the club face which progressively increases in height through the set from the long irons to the short irons. In addition, the thickness of the sole portion of each head increases through the set to progressively increase the weight at the bottom of the club heads. The clubs provide improved feel to the golfer which enable the golfer to work the ball more easily during execution of a golf shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Mahaffey, Ryan Roach, Ronnie F. McGraw
  • Energy absorbing system for a vehicle steering column
    Patent number: 6932387
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for adjusting an energy absorbing system of an automobile vehicle steering column mounted in a support assembly which is connected to and attached to the structure of the vehicle by fixing devices each having a respective fixing axis. At least one fixing device includes at least one energy absorbing capsule disposed in the support assembly on a retaining axis and clamped in the support assembly by fastening devices. The fixing axis and the retaining axis coincide. The fastening devices are independent of the fixing devices and include a nut and a rod shoulder in order to allow adjustment to achieve the required clamping of the fastening devices to obtain the required energy absorption. Adjustment of the clamping of the energy absorbing capsule or capsules is therefore independent of the clamping of the devices for fixing the support assembly to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: NACAM France SA
    Inventors: André Laisement, Alain Carrer, Jean-Marc Gatti
  • Optical mapping apparatus with optimized OCT configuration
    Patent number: 6927860
    Abstract: OCT apparatus includes an interferometer, having an input beam splitter and a 50/50 output splitter. The splitting ratio of the input splitter may be optimized depending on the source power of light source and on the mismatch of the balanced receiver. The input splitter is a plate beam-splitter to minimize the stray reflected light in the interferometer and allow sequential operation of the apparatus in the OCT or in the confocal regime. The switching between the two regimes may be at will, or synchronous with the en-face scanning which results in quasi-simultaneous OCT/confocal imaging or in alternatives frames, confocal and OCT. By using polarization sensitive elements, two channels are provided in each regime, OCT and confocal. The two confocal polarization sensitive channels may allow adjustments of compensators prior to OCT measurements or OCT imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: OTI Ophthalmic Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Gh. Podoleanu, David A. Jackson, John A. Rogers, George M. Dobre, Radu G. Cucu
  • Embedded loop delay compensation circuit for multi-channel transceiver
    Patent number: 6920155
    Abstract: A circuit for measuring and compensating for propagation delays in a communication system is described. In communication systems such as wireless networks a number of base stations operate within cells to provide wide area coverage. In such systems a base station controller will communicate with each base station to provide certain information including a synchronizing time stamp. When the distance between the base station controller and each of the individual base stations is not a constant a propagation delay introduced by this distance differential will mean that the time stamp transmitted from the base station controller will not reach all the base stations at the same time. This invention relates to a system and method of measuring respective propagation delays and for introducing a compensating value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Zarlink Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Manjuprakash Rama Rao
  • Food and exercise calculator
    Patent number: 6917897
    Abstract: A food and exercise calculating aid enables an individual to quickly determine how much of a selected exercise is necessary to burn off the calories consumed by a selected food item. Nutritional information for various food items and metabolic equivalent information for various exercises are stored in memories. The user accesses the memories for selected foods and exercises, as well as for the user's weight, and the aid calculates the exercise time duration necessary for the selected food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Mork Marketing, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel L. Mork
  • Contact unit and socket for electrical parts
    Patent number: 6902410
    Abstract: There are provided a pair of contacts which are housed in a hole portion formed in an insulation member, to be brought into contact with two connection objects, a conductive member provided on an internal circumference surface of the hole portion, and a resilient member which urges the contacts outwards and is deformed due to the urging of the contacts to electrically connect the contacts to the conductive member, wherein the connection objects are pressed to be in contact with the two contacts, thus bending the resilient member, so that the contacts are brought into contact with the conductive member at fixed positions to thereby ensure a stable electrical connection between the two connection objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Socket for electrical parts
    Patent number: 6902424
    Abstract: A socket for electrical parts, which detachably holds an electrical part such as an IC package on a mounting portion thereof and connects the electrical part electrically to external circuit, capable of improving the heat dissipation capability of a heat sink which dissipates the heat generated from the electrical part, in a state of being in contact with the electrical part mounted on the mounting portion, and also capable of preventing damage to the electrical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Naoaki Takayama, Hiroshi Miyazaki
  • Pliers-type handtool having insulation removing means
    Patent number: 6895836
    Abstract: A pliers-type handtool includes fixed and movable handle members pivotally connected intermediate their ends, a movable jaw member pivotally connected with the fixed handle member jaw end, and a toggle device connecting the movable jaw member with the movable handle member. A cutting member is mounted for reciprocation within a chamber defined between the fixed handle member and the movable jaw member. When the toggle device is operated from an expanded condition to a collapsed condition, the cutting member is displaced away from the clamping jaws, thereby to remove from the conductor the insulation layer that is severed from the conductor by opposed knife blades carried by the cutting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Detlev Hetland, Günther Hanning, Hartmut Schmode
  • Ultra low power analog to digital converter
    Patent number: 6894633
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter for ultra low power applications, such as pacemakers, has a digitizer for producing a digital output signal from a sampled analog input signal. The digitizer is normally in off state to save current. A sample-and-hold circuit stores a plurality of successive samples of the analog input signal. A control element turns on the digitizer in response to an activation signal, sequentially applies the stored samples to the digitizer in response to the activation signal and thus reconstructs the signal as it existed prior to the activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Zarlink Semiconductor AB
    Inventor: Ake Sivard
  • Connector apparatus adapted for the direct plug-in connection of conductors
    Patent number: 6893286
    Abstract: An electrical connector arrangement includes a resilient contact adapted for direct engagement with the bare wire of an insulated conductor without the use of any assembly tool, characterized in that the resilient contact includes a first leg having a first end containing a window opening, a second leg having a first end extending at an acute angle through the window opening for clamping engagement with a conductor bare wire that is also inserted in the same direction therein, and a connecting portion connecting the other ends of the first and second legs to define a closed loop. A clamping edge at the extremity of the first end of the second resilient contact leg engages the bare wire and cooperates with a first edge of the window opening to prevent the withdrawal of the bare wire from the window opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bjoern Drewes, Eckard Beins, Herbert Fricke, Joerg Richts, Siegfried Storm, Thomas Tappe, Udo Pruessner
  • Modified asphalt with partitioning agent
    Patent number: 6884831
    Abstract: A modified asphalt and method for making the same is characterized by the addition of a partitioning agent to a polymer modifier material such as synthetic rubber to prevent reagglomeration of the rubber. The partitioning agent reduces the time required to disperse the modifier material in asphalt to be modified and also reduces the viscosity of the modified asphalt so that the modified asphalt is easier to handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventor: Mohammed Memon
  • Tool for fastening or loosening threaded couplings for cables
    Patent number: 6883403
    Abstract: A hand tool for tightening or loosening a threaded cylindrical member relative to a corresponding threaded socket, including a generally rectangular wrench body which contains a generally circular opening for coaxially receiving the cylindrical member, a generally disk-shaped locking cam that is moveably connected with the wrench body for displacement between extended and retracted positions extending within and withdrawn from the circular opening, respectively, thereby clamping the threaded cylindrical member when the locking cam is extended into the circular opening, and a handle member operable when the cam is in the extended position to rotate the wrench body with the cylindrical member clamped thereto relative to the threaded socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Drewes
  • Level indicator having thermochromic leucodye inks
    Patent number: 6880396
    Abstract: A level indicator and method is provided which is intimately affixed to the outside surface of the outside wall of a container, for use in the determination of the level of the interface between a liquid and the void volume above it within a container. The level indicator includes a thermochromic leucodye ink layer which has at least one, and usually at least two, leucodye inks. Each of the leucodye inks responds chromatically within a different operating temperature range. In one embodiment, the level indicator vertically extends substantially the height of the container. In an alternative embodiment, the level indicator vertically extends along the height of the container, in the region of the top portion of the container, and at least above the legal safe-fill level of the liquid within the container such that overfilling of the liquid in the container is detectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Inventor: Joseph Rait
  • Gift package weight
    Patent number: D505376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Inventor: Alan Beckerman