Patents Represented by Attorney Lorusso, Loud & Kelly
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Patent number: 6805733Abstract: An outwardly projecting air purifier including a support, a generally cylindrical array of UV lamp assemblies mounted to the support, wherein each UV lamp assembly includes a reflector having a generally parabolic inner surface and a UV lamp so mounted to the reflector that the inner surface of the reflector reflects a portion of the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the lamp in an outward, radial, direction is described herein. The air purifier also includes a convex shaped deflector element so mounted to the support that the airflow is deflected by the deflector element and brought near the lamps.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Sanuvox TechnologiesInventors: Stuart Engel, Normand Brais, Marc Lupien
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Patent number: 6804053Abstract: A light transmitting type screen that enables the viewer to see through to its back side, when the screen is stuck on transparent object such as a show window or a transparent window glass or when it is used as a transparent object, and that is capable of forming clear images projected from a projected thereon is provided. The screen includes a light scattering layer having a front-scattering property, which is composed of spherical microparticles having a mean particle diameter in a certain range dispersed in a binder having a refraction index in a certain range. The light scattering layer is sandwiched between transparent objects such as high-molecular weight resin sheets or show window glass via an adhesive layer or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Kimoto Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Etori, Yasunori Sugiyama
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Patent number: 6802545Abstract: An improved window sash lock keeper is provided having a slot to provide clearance for a burr, which is typically found on a surface upon which such a sash lock keeper is mounted. The improved keeper is typically mounted flush to a surface of an extruded window component. The clearance slot allows the keeper to be mounted with improved precision and thereby reduces interferences caused by misaligned window hardware.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Truth Hardware CorporationInventor: Edward J. Subliskey
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Patent number: 6802290Abstract: A device for igniting a fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, particularly a stationary gas engine, with at least one light source, an optical transmission device and launching optics for focusing light into the combustion chamber. At least one master light source is provided for the continuous or periodic delivery of untriggered master light pulses, which themselves, are not capable of igniting. The optical transmission device has at least one amplifier, which can be selectively triggered and which amplifies individual or groups of master light pulses to an energy level that is sufficient for igniting the fuel/air mixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: GE Jenbacher GmbH & Co OHGInventors: Ernst Wintner, Ken-ichi Ueda
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Patent number: 6802792Abstract: In an oil pressure control device, a clutch apply control valve is provided in an oil passage between a control valve and a linear solenoid valve. The clutch apply control valve is changed between a first position where an input port and an output port are connected so as to supply a control pressure to a control oil chamber, and a second position where another input port and the output port are connected so as to supply the control oil chamber with a D range pressure, instead of the control pressure. Therefore, the clutch apply control valve makes it possible to reliably supply an engaging pressure to a clutch even in the case of a failure of the control valve or the like to ensure good responsiveness of the clutch.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Fujimine, Akira Fukatsu, Kazuyuki Noda, Masahiko Ando, Kazutoshi Nozaki, Toshiki Kanada
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Patent number: 6798584Abstract: A lens apparatus for projection includes a plurality of lenses on an optical axis. A shading plate 11 for covering the peripheral portion of the lens to block off light entering the peripheral portion is provided as a single member on the optical axis with the lenses to omit an inking process. In addition, the shading plate 11 is integrally provided with a contrast compensating plate 13 for compensating a projected image, so that it is not required to provide any portions for supporting the contrast compensating plate 13. Moreover, a shading wall 23 for blocking off light leaking out of the peripheral portion of the lens is provided on the peripheral portion of the shading plate 11. Thus, it is possible to provide a lens apparatus for projection, which has a simple structure and which can be easily assembled to reduce the producing costs.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Sekinos Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Matsumoto, Kumajiro Sekine, Yasuhiro Sekine, Yasaburou Ootaka
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Patent number: 6797426Abstract: A fuel cell with enhanced cell output includes a fuel electrode which has a fuel-diffusion layer for diffusing fuel and a fuel-reactive layer for reaction of the fuel; an oxygen electrode which has an oxygen-diffusion layer for diffusing oxygen and an oxygen-reactive layer for reaction of the oxygen; and an electrolyte layer between the fuel electrode and the oxygen electrode. The fuel-reactive layer is in contact with the fuel-diffusion layer, and the oxygen-reactive layer is in contact with the oxygen-diffusion layer. Further, the fuel-diffusion layer has high water-repellency than the oxygen-diffusion layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Equos ResearchInventors: Taizo Yamamoto, Masafumi Kobayashi, Kenji Yamana, Hidemi Kato
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Patent number: 6793864Abstract: A novel composition useful for golf ball covers that comprises a blend of a diisocyanate/polyol polyurethane prepolymer with a curing agent comprising a blend of slow-reacting diamine with a fast-reacting diamine such as dimethylthio 2,4-toluenediamine and diethyl 2,4-toluenediamine, respectively. A golf ball cover made with this composition exhibits the characteristic feel and playability of a balata cover with superior durability characteristics (cut and shear resistance) which exceed those of a balata or ionomer cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Dunlop SportsInventors: Pijush K. Dewanjee, Michael Tzivanis
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Patent number: 6788433Abstract: In a character information processor adapted to print an input character string in accordance with a designated printing attribute on a print medium which is limited in at least one of the transversal or longitudinal directions, the type of currently loaded print medium is detected; a fixed phrase is selected by a user from a plurality of stored fixed phrases; and the selected fixed phrase is printed in accordance with a printing attribute determined by the detected type of the print medium and stored fixed phrase information.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1999Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignees: King Jim Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Kenichi Tanabe, Kenji Watanabe, Shinichi Tsukagoshi, Masahiko Nunokawa
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Patent number: 6787241Abstract: A film obtained by heating a coating of a resin composition at a temperature lower than 300° C. but not lower than 40° C. in air or in an inert atmosphere. The resin composition includes a hydrosilylated polymer obtained by reacting at least one hydridosilsesquioxane compound of the following formula (1): (HSiO3/2)n (1) wherein n is an integer of 4-1000, with at least one compound of the following formula (2) R1—C≡C—R2 (2) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a monovalent organic group or a monovalent organosilicon group and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group of the formula: —(R′)q—C≡C—R where R′ represents a divalent organic group or a divalent organometallic group, R represents a monovalent organic group or a monovalent organosilicon group and q is 0 or 1 with the proviso that when R1 is a hydrogen atom R2 is a hydrogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Toshiaki Kobayashi, Teruyuki Hayashi, Masato Tanaka, Kouichi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 6786465Abstract: A valve for controlling the rate of fluid flow therethrough by rotating a rotor about a spindle having an inlet bore in communication with an eccentrically oriented o-ring set into an eccentrically oriented slot formed in the rotor. The perimeter of the eccentric slot is modified to provide customized unique fluid flow response curves.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Beswick Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. Beswick, Gary A. Treadwell
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Patent number: 6786205Abstract: A common rail intensifier fuel injection system includes a plurality of fuel injectors respectively associated with cylinders of an internal combustion engine. A common rail supplies fuel at an intensified pressure to the fuel injectors and receives the fuel at the intensified pressure, alternately, from at least two fuel pressure intensifying circuits. At least one of the fuel pressure intensifying circuits includes a fuel pressure intensifier having an operating chamber for receiving and discharging an operating fluid, and a fuel chamber of a diameter smaller than that of the operating chamber for receiving fuel at a low pressure from the fuel supply and discharging the fuel at the intensified pressure into one of the fuel pressure intensifying circuits. A control valve, in a first position, connects the operating fluid source with the operating chamber of the fuel pressure intensifier and, in a second position, connects the operating chamber of the fuel pressure intensifier with a drain.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Environmental Production AgencyInventors: Mark Spencer Stuhldreher, Andrew James Moskalik
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Patent number: 6779985Abstract: A vacuum generating device designed to generate negative pressure in an absorption means, such as an absorption pad, of a vacuum system, is disclosed. The vacuum generating device accomplishes the recent trend of compactness and smallness of such devices, effectively protects its ejector unit from damage, and does not have an increased production cost in comparison with conventional vacuum generating devices. The vacuum generating device includes a block body having an air inlet port, a vacuum port, and an air outlet port, an ejector unit functioning to generate negative pressure in response to an action of compressed air flowing thereto via the air inlet port, and a control valve mechanism functioning to open or close air supply paths branching from a main flow path to an air inlet chamber of the ejector unit and the vacuum port. The block body has a recess, formed by depressing a surface of the block body to a predetermined depth.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Korea Pneumatic System Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
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Patent number: 6780479Abstract: There is provided a hot-melt transfer ink image-receiving sheet which is excellent in abrasion resistance as well as image density and halftone dot reproducibility of a recorded image and useful as a contact printing film in the photomechanical process. In this hot-melt transfer ink image-receiving sheet 4 having an image-receiving surface 3 on a support 1, the image-receiving surface 3 has surface roughness (JIS-B0601) of 0.15-0.60 &mgr;m in terms of arithmetic mean deviation Ra and 1.0-3.0 &mgr;m in terms of 10-point height of irregularities Rz.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Kimoto Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimichi Katsuoka, Hironori Sato, Junichi Nouda
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Patent number: 6780790Abstract: A semiconductor device having a barrier insulating film covering a copper wiring is formed by a plasma enhanced CVD method. The method includes supplying high frequency power of a frequency of 1 MHz or more to a first electrode, and holding a substrate on which copper wiring is formed on a second electrode facing the first electrode; supplying a film forming gas containing an alkyl compound and an oxygen-containing gas between the first and second electrodes while regulating gas pressure of the film forming gas to 1 Torr or less; and supplying high frequency power to either of the first and second electrodes to convert the film forming gas into a plasma, and allowing the alkyl compound and the oxygen-containing gas of the film forming gas to react to form a barrier insulating film covering the surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignees: Canon Sales Co., Inc., Semiconductor Process Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimi Shioya, Yuhko Nishimoto, Tomomi Suzuki, Kazuo Maeda
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Patent number: 6782161Abstract: A laser apparatus provided with an aiming beam using a method for the injection of both laser light and aiming beam forming light in an optic fiber will be described herein. More specifically, the present disclosure describes a method, an injection module and a laser apparatus designed to inject laser light into the core and aiming beam forming light into the cladding of the optic fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2001Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Derma Laser Inc.Inventors: Daniel Barolet, Jean-François Cormier, Philippe Gagnon, Marc-André Boucher, Jacques Godin, Pascal Bourqui, Deni Bonnier, Michel Doucet
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Patent number: 6779339Abstract: The method of treating a fuel lean exhaust containing NOX and SO2 includes splitting the exhaust into major and minor portions for flow through multiple flow paths each of which contains a particulate trap and an absorber containing a NOX oxidation catalyst and a nitrate absorbent. The major portion is passed through a flow path in the lean state at a first temperature to convert the NOX to nitrate and the SO2 to sulfate. After the first period of operation flows are switched so that one flow path receives a minor exhaust portion for a second period of time during which fuel is injected into that flow path along with diversion of a portion of exhaust from another flow path through a bypass.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Environmental Protection AgencyInventors: Christopher A. Laroo, Charles R. Schenk, Joseph F. McDonald, Byron J. Bunker, Brian A. Olson, Robert E. Moss, Daniel C. Stokes, Paul Anthony Way
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Patent number: 6779159Abstract: A defect inspection method and a defect inspection apparatus accurately determine whether potential defects on a surface of a wafer are true defects, and restrains the oversight or the like of defects, permitting reliable quality assurance and accurate quality control to be achieved. The number and positions of detected potential defects are used as the parameters for determining whether potential defects are true defects. The density of potential defects is determined, and the determined density is compared with a set value to decide whether the potential defects are true defects. A surface of a wafer is captured using a differential interference microscope, and the image is processed to count the number of potential defects observed on the surface. The potential defects are detected at the spots where luminance shifts in the captured image. A spatial filter is applied to the captured image to enhance the area where the luminance shifts, and the enhanced area is binarized.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Yokoyama, Yutaka Nakashima
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Patent number: 6777837Abstract: A hybrid-vehicle drive unit supports a motor-generator with high precision, improving the efficiency of the motor-generator, and reducing the size of the motor-generator, independent of any influence of centering precision of the crank shaft and of deformation of the torque converter. According to the invention, a motor housing is disposed between a converter housing and an internal combustion engine, and a bearing is fitted to a lateral wall provided in a front portion of the motor housing. Rotor supporting members are independently supported by the bearing. Eccentric rotation of the crank shaft resulting from explosive vibrations of the engine is counteracted by two flex plates. Owing to a predetermined clearance, one of the rotor supporting members as a separate component is free from the influence of deformation of the torque converter.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeo Tsuzuki, Kenji Omote, Masahiro Hasebe, Satoru Wakuta, Keiichi Shinohara, Atsushi Tabata, Yutaka Taga, Seiji Nakamura, Masaya Amano
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Patent number: 6774200Abstract: A molding obtained by heating a hydrosilylated polymer at a temperature higher than the softening point or melting point thereof. The hydrosilylated polymer is obtained by reacting at least one hydridosilsesquioxane compound of the following formula (1): (HSiO3/2)n (1) wherein n is an integer of 4-1000, with at least one divinylsiloxane compound of the following formula (2): CH2═CH—SiR2—O—(SiR2.O)q—(SiR′2.O)q′—SiR2—CH═CH2 (2) wherein R and R′ are independently selected from alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, aryl groups and substituted aryl groups, and q and q′ are each an integer of 0 or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Toshiaki Kobayashi, Teruyuki Hayashi, Masato Tanaka