Patents Represented by Attorney Leonard J. Kalinowski
  • Patent number: 5337605
    Abstract: An enclosure for a film-type humidity sensing element includes identical enclosure members which snap together to form an enclosure with the humidity sensing element sandwiched between the members, each of the members including a lead mounting area on its inner surface for mounting the mounting ends of electrical leads, the leads being connected to contact portions of the humidity sensing element interiorly of the enclosure by a metal-filled conductive adhesive which is introduced into the enclosure through access openings after the enclosure members have been assembled together. The enclosure is adapted for mounting on a circuit board in both horizontal and vertical orientations and independently of the lead structure of the sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Bruce R. Schultz, Kirk P. Henderson, Arthur Barootian
  • Patent number: 5337909
    Abstract: A container of a heat set plastic material adapted for hot fill applications includes a plurality of elongated vertically oriented vacuum panels in its sidewall and first and second circumferentially extending inwardly directed reinforcement ribs which are located in the label mounting areas above and below the vacuum panels and which cooperate with upper and lower label bumpers of the container to support the upper and lower edges of the vacuum panels permitting the center portions of the panels to flex inward during filling and sealing the container with a hot liquid, but resisting deformation of the container sidewall in compensating for the hot-fill vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Hoover Universal, Inc.
    Inventor: Dwayne Vailliencourt
  • Patent number: 5048582
    Abstract: A compartmented handbag having a plurality of interior compartments includes a directional map that identifies the contents and/or locations of the compartments within the handbag, making the contents of the compartments easily accessible. The compartments are numbered and the directional map includes a list of the numbered compartments and identifying indicia which is individually correlated to correspond with the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventor: Georgia L. Whitfield
  • Patent number: 4951776
    Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft system is activated by a magnetically coded card and associated card reader to activate a normally closed solenoid valve which is connected in the brake line to permit normal operation of the vehicle, the valve being closed when unoperated, preventing brake fluid to return to the master cylinder, whereby the brakes of the vehicle are locked, preventing operation of the vehicle. The valve has its fluid inlet connected to the brake line and its fluid outlet connected to the outlet of the master brake cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Inventor: Herman C. Jeter
  • Patent number: 4872588
    Abstract: A new and improved lined carton having a carton, hinged inner and outer flaps, and a liner inside the carton a portion of which is attached to and along a portion of the outer flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Inventor: Teodoro A. Texidor
  • Patent number: 4777377
    Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft system which is activated by a key switch or by a magnetically coded card and associated car reader to activate a latching solenoid valve to one state for disabling functions of the vehicle, preventing operation of the vehicle, or to the opposite state for enabling operation of the vehicle. The system requires a specified voltage at a level higher than the voltage of the vehicle battery to prevent compromising of the system as by the use of jumper cables or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Inventor: Herman C. Jeter
  • Patent number: 4481952
    Abstract: A swallowable capsule for obtaining samples of gastric and/or intestinal fluids, the capsule defining an inner fluid receiving chamber having an inlet port which is normally sealed off from the exterior of the capsule by way of a blocking means including a mass the properties of which change upon contact with the suitable fluids present in the digestion tract, causing the means to communicate the inlet port with the outside of the capsule allowing a sample of the fluid to be aspirated into the chamber. Located within the chamber is a closing means normally maintained in a flow permitting position by a mass which glues the necessary parts of the closing means together in such a way that the parts cannot move, so that the action of the closing means is neutralized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Inventor: Jerzy Pawelec
  • Patent number: 4425997
    Abstract: A display and storage device for articles such as coins, medals, tokens and the like includes a pair of plate members, identical in size and configuration, which are adapted to be assembled together by way of complimentary ridges and channels which become aligned when the two plate members are placed together in a particular orientation. An article to be stored is placed between a pair of flexible transparent sheets which in turn are positioned between the plate members, the edges of the sheets being compressed together by the plate members when they are assembled. A plurality of the storage devices may be mounted on an apertured display board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Inventor: Robert F. Grant
  • Patent number: 4385688
    Abstract: A display and storage device for articles such as coins, medals, tokens and the like includes an envelope of a transparent material which is open-ended to receive an article, and a flat, sleeve-like member having a longitudinal slot therein, permitting the holder envelope with an article contained therein to be slipped into the sleeve member, an inner edge of the slot being tapered to compress and close the open end of the envelope thereby formng a generally airtight enclosure of the article, and the sleeve member having a central aperture for enhancing viewability of the article. A plurality of the storage device may be mounted on an apertured display board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Inventor: Robert F. Grant
  • Patent number: 4207664
    Abstract: A pulling tool for extracting bushings, bearings or similar devices from a blind hole consists of first and second pulling members and a drive member. The pulling members are inserted into a central recess of a bushing or bearing, and a threaded shank portion of the drive member is inserted into an axial opening between the pulling members, engaging threaded inner surfaces of the pulling members and moving the pulling members apart to cause lip portions at the inner ends of the pulling members to be driven behind the bottom edge of the bushing or bearing. As the drive member is turned, the pulling members back up onto the drive member, carrying with them the bushing or bearing. One of the pulling members has a recess on a side surface of its outer end to receive a tool for preventing rotation of the pulling members relative to the drive member when the pulling tool is used to remove a bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Inventor: Louis Zoula
  • Patent number: 4171776
    Abstract: A door mounted actuating device for use with a spray container includes a frame for supporting the container and locating its spray nozzle at door top height, and an actuating mechanism having a pivotally mounted lever arm and a plunger assembly including a plunger rod movable to pivot the lever arm to depress the spray nozzle of the container causing a spray of fluid from the container both upon opening and closing of the door. The lever arm carries an adjustable member adjacent to the nozzle which is adjustable to vary the amount of spray. The plunger rod is adjustable to permit the actuating unit to spray only upon opening of the door, and a stop mechanism of the plunger assembly is adjustable to permit the actuating unit to spray only upon closing of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Inventor: Chris R. Pagliaro
  • Patent number: 3945755
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting torque to a load includes a pair of pulleys vertically spaced apart by a great distance for movably mounting a long endless belt in a substantially vertical disposition to move it freely in a closed loop path, a plurality of spaced-apart arm devices connected to and extending from the belt, and a plurality of weights adapted to be carried by the arm devices. The weights and the arm devices are arranged in pairs, and each one of the pairs provides a larger moment acting through the belt on at least one of the pulleys when falling vertically downwardly under the force of gravity and alternately provides a relatively smaller opposing moment acting through the belt on at least one of the pulleys when being pulled vertically upwardly by the belt, whereby torque may be transmitted from at least one of the pulleys for driving the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Inventor: Scipio S. Gentile
  • Patent number: 3944892
    Abstract: A cathode ray oscilloscope assembly adapted to be connected to a circuit for conveying electrical input signals and electrical power thereto, includes a cathode ray oscilloscope tube adapted to be connected to the input circuit to establish an electron beam for illuminating the face of the tube screen, a deflection device mounted on the tube neck portion and connected electrically to the input circuit for moving selectively the beam, a rear end circuit panel fixedly connected to the tube and extending transversely to the neck portion of the tube, a plurality of side circuit panels extending forwardly from said rear panel toward the tube screen parallel to the axis of the neck portion of the tube to form an open boxlike configuration with the rear end panel for receiving the neck portion of the tube, and connectors interconnecting mechanically the adjoining marginal edges of the side panels to the rear panel and interconnecting electrically circuit elements mounted on the rear end and side panels for controlli
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: Norcon Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Johnson, Douglas E. Scott