Patents Represented by Law Firm McGlew & Tuttle
  • Patent number: 7047623
    Abstract: A device is provided for installing at least one linear motor line in the grooves (14) of an inductor (15) which is situated underneath a cover plate (10). The device includes a vehicle (31) which can be moved on the cover plate (10), a supply (34) of line (16), a device (36, 40) for forming the meander of the line (16), a device (35) for drawing the line (16) from the supply (34) and for delivering the line (16) to the device (36) and a tool (42) for pressing the line (16) into the grooves (14). The line may be installed automatically, even if the spacing of the grooves varies in dimension, by providing for an assembly slide (46) which can be moved in relation to the vehicle (31). The slide is located at least partially under the cover plate (10) and the device (36, 40) and tool (42) are located thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Thyssenkrupp Transrapid GmbH, NKT Cables GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Funken, Christian Rosin
  • Patent number: 7049213
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a contact substrate (10) as well as to a contact substrate with through-plating between a connector arrangement (21) arranged at the top of a dielectric carrier substrate (12) and the underside of the carrier substrate, wherein the connector arrangement extends along an aperture margin (22) of a substrate recess (15), and the underside (11) of the carrier substrate (12) is supported by a backstop (23), wherein a formed solder material part (24) is placed in the substrate recess (15), and in a subsequent method-related step said formed solder material part (24) is deformed within the substrate recess so as to form a formed contact part (50), such that radial displacement of the material of the formed solder material part in the substrate recess results in a non-positive connection between an intrados surface (28) of the substrate recess and the connector arrangement (21), and that the formed contact part provides through-plating between the connector arrangement
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Pac Tech-Packaging Technologies GmbH, Smart Pac GmbH Technology Services
    Inventors: Elke Zakel, Ghassem Azdasht
  • Patent number: 7045999
    Abstract: A bearing for a control arm of a wheel suspension of a vehicle has at least one sensor (18, 28, 38, 48, 58) arranged in or at the bearing (11, 21, 31, 41). The sensor determines the relative movement of the vehicle parts connected to each other by the bearing (11, 21, 31, 31, 41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Metin Ersoy, Joachim Spratte, Bernd Grannemann
  • Patent number: 7043827
    Abstract: A device for loading a rivet and the like in a rivet holder belt which can continuously and securely load a large number of rivets and the like to the rivet holder belt includes: a hopper 11 for storing the rivets and the like at random; a chute 14 which is continuous from the hopper 11 to guide the rivets and the like that are contained in the hopper 11 to a delivery position of a rivet wheel 15; the rivet wheel 15 which rotates to receive the rivets and the like from the lower end of the chute 14 and store them one by one in each of plural grooves 29 that are formed in the rims of flange bodies; a pushing member 42 which is provided to face the circumference of the rivet wheel 15 to push the rivets and the like resting in the grooves 29 of the rivet wheel 15 into holding notches 37 of a rivet holder belt 36 that is guided along the rivet wheel 15; and a sprocket 35 which is provided in a trunk 27 of the rivet wheel 15 and feeds the rivet holder belt 36 while engaging with engagement holes 38 that are opened
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Opt Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ohuchi, Hirokatsu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7043774
    Abstract: A bowl is provided having a back (3) presenting to the user the surface of a urinal (3A) designed to convey into the bowl the urine that is projected against it. There are likewise provided: an annular seat (6); a mobile front-covering panel (9) for covering the surface (3A); and a device for positioning the front-covering panel (9) and the seat (6), to enable their positioning according to a first configuration, with the panel (9) forming a backrest and covering of the surface (3A) and the seat (6) resting on the base (1) of the bowl, or else in a second configuration, with the panel (9) and the seat (6) set away at the front from the bowl and from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Marcello Picchi
  • Patent number: 7044048
    Abstract: A drive unit is provided for the coaxial twisting movement of two stabilizer halves of a motor vehicle axle stabilizer with a tubular housing. Two housing halves are provided having an interior of which a hydraulically movable actuating piston is arranged displaceably in relation to the longitudinal axis of the housing. The longitudinal displacement of the piston is converted by an intercalated cam drive into a rotary movement of the housing halves around their common longitudinal axis. The housing halves are fixed with their respective free ends facing away from one another at a stabilizer halve. A hydraulically actuated releasing piston is pretensioned against a spring element and arranged at each opposite flat sides of the actuating piston, wherein the releasing pistons make possible the displacing movement of the central actuating piston in the pretensioned position and fix the actuating piston in its middle position in the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventor: Metin Ersoy
  • Patent number: 7044850
    Abstract: An open patient care unit with a bed (1), with inner and outer air discharge channels (20, 30) extending around the bed (1) at least over some sections, and with at least one air exhaust or a purgative suction unit (4) arranged above the bed (1), wherein the air discharge channels (20, 30) are directed such that they converge toward the air exhaust or purgative suction unit (4), and wherein ambient air delivered via a first fan (6) is discharged from the outer air discharge channels (30), and air, which is conditioned in terms of humidity and/or temperature and is delivered via a second fan (8) from the air exhaust or purgative suction unit (4), is discharged from the inner air discharge channels (20), has the essential advantage that a hood, which is used in incubators, is not used at all, so that switching over between different operating states is not necessary, and cooling down of the patient is thus avoided, but good access is at the same time ensured for the care providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jochim Koch, Artur Chung-Che Kuo
  • Patent number: 7040191
    Abstract: A device is provided for adjusting a connecting piece (6) mounted rotatably by a mounting device (5). The connecting piece is particularly part of a pedal mechanism of a motor vehicle coupled with a transmission unit (7) for transmitting the movement of the connecting piece (6). An adjusting mechanism (4) is provided for adjusting the position of the connecting piece (6). A locking unit prevents the unintentional adjustment of the connecting piece (6). The mounting device (5) comprises a bearing shell (3) and a baseplate (1). The bearing shell (3) is movably connected to the baseplate (1) arranged stationarily at the vehicle. The bearing shell (3) can be moved along the baseplate (1) upon the loosening of the locking unit such that the position of the transmission unit (7) coupled with the connecting piece (6) remains unchanged during the adjustment of the connecting piece (6) mounted in the mounting device (5), so that the adjusting mechanism (4) is integrated within the mounting device (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AB
    Inventors: Andree Burgstaler, Jan Dütz, Simone Papke
  • Patent number: 7040608
    Abstract: A bearing for wheel suspensions in a motor vehicle includes a metallic housing with a pot-shaped vertical section, a rubber buffer arranged in the housing, and an inner part. The inner part can be connected to a piston-and-cylinder unit and is fixed in the rubber buffer. A reinforcing part, which is supported axially and/or radially at the inner wall of the housing, is arranged in the rubber buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Boge Elastmetall GmbH
    Inventor: Christof Schāfer
  • Patent number: 7040565
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the speed of logs (3) on discharge or output from a rewinding machine. The apparatus include; structure for slowing down the logs (3) rolling along a log discharge or output plane (5). This structure includes a roller (6) located above the log output put plane (5) and having axis (a) parallel to the axis of the logs (3). The same roller is driven into rotation about its axis with a preset angular speed so as to intercept each of the logs (3) and slow down the motion thereof along the plane (5). The surface of the roller (6) is pliable and elastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Perini Fabio
  • Patent number: 7037022
    Abstract: A ball-and-socket joint, preferably for chassis suspensions and/or steering mechanisms of motor vehicles, is presented, which has a ball pivot pin (1), which is accommodated rotatably and tiltably in a joint housing (8) with one of its free ends with a spherical joint area (3). The other free end of the ball pivot pin (1) is fixed to a body part. The ball-and-socket joint has a stop device for limiting the tilting movement of the ball pivot pin (1) in the joint housing (8), which comprises a stop element, which is arranged in the bottom area (11) of the joint housing (8) rotationally symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the sphere and cooperates with the end-side joint area (6) of the ball pivot pin (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schönhoff, Markus Fischer
  • Patent number: 7032595
    Abstract: A device for metering anesthetic is provided such that a new anesthetic is immediately available for the metering when the anesthetic is changed. The metering device has an assembly unit that can be removed from the medical apparatus as a module with a reservoir (4) for a liquid anesthetic, an intermediate container (9) arranged downstream of the reservoir (4), a metering gas source (11) connected to the intermediate container (9) and a metering element (14) for anesthetic on the discharge side of the intermediate container (9). An evaporator chamber (15) may be provided for evaporating the metered anesthetic. A connecting device lets through at least anesthetic vapor as an interface between the assembly unit (1) and the medical apparatus (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Claus Bunke, Uwe Bausch, Winfried Kimmig, Uwe Bartels, Sven Pasdzior, Bernhard Schaible, Heiko Dickfeld, Dirk-Stefan Reichert, Martin Meyer, Matthias Witt, Ralf Dittmann
  • Patent number: 7033278
    Abstract: The joint comprises two spiders 18 and a central core 16 forming a housing 24 for the sliding movement—in a transverse plane—of a basically discoidal constraint member 20 forming the seats 20A for the spherical end heads 1 OC, 14C of the two forks. The constraint member 20 moves about inside the housing 24. Between each of the two surfaces 24A, 24B and the opposing face of the constraint member 20, an elastic laminar ring 40 shaped like a Belleville washer is interposed, its annular edges being in continuous annular contact with the surface 24A or 24B and with the opposing face of the constraint member 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Edi Bondioli
  • Patent number: 7031807
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device for apparatuses having parts freely movable in space, particularly handling equipment such as industrial robots or driverless transportation means, as well as a method for securing such apparatuses by means of such a safety device. The apparatuses have switching means which in the case of a collision of the moving parts with persons or objects emit a control signal through which the moving parts can be stopped or an emergency program can be started up, which brings about a movement sequence opposing the approach movement. The invention is characterized in that the safety device is constructed in the form of a tactile sensor system formed from optical waveguides and located on moving parts of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Heiligensetzer, Fritz Steininger
  • Patent number: 7025558
    Abstract: A process for the reliable operation of turbocompressors with a surge limit control and a surge limit control valve is described, in which the compressor delivers gases with different compositions and the composition of the gas (molecular weight) affects the performance characteristic of the turbocompressor and hence the position of the surge limit in the performance characteristic. The different compositions of the gases are compensated here with the effect on the position of the surge limit and consequently on the position of the surge limit control line by using predetermined design values for the gas constant R, the isentropic exponent k and the compressibility number z within the surge limit control for the determination of the delivery head ?h and the volume flow V and plotting them in the form of a predetermined surge limit line (FIG. 2, FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Man Turbo AG
    Inventor: Wilfried Blotenberg
  • Patent number: 7020944
    Abstract: A device (1) is provided for pressing out a component pressed into a bearing bore of a bearing eye of an axle component. The device includes a support bell (2) being supported at the bearing eye in the area around the bearing bore and a pressure piece (20), which can be pushed axially through the bearing bore together with the component. The pressing device can be operatively positioned or mounted to the support bell (2) and to the pressure piece (20) for the pressing-out operation. To make it possible to carry out the pressing-out operation simply and reliably, provisions are made for arranging a clamping plate (12), which can be detachably connected to the support bell (2) and via which the support bell (2) is held at the bearing eye (24) in a firmly seated manner, at the bearing eye (12) axially opposite the support bell (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Klann Spezial Werkzeugbau GmbH
    Inventor: Horst Klann
  • Patent number: 7017890
    Abstract: A vibration-damped rubber mount is provided to ensure good sliding friction properties over a broad spectrum of spring rigidities with a simple design in a vibration-damped rubber mount with an inner part, which is surrounded by an outer sleeve, where an elastomer ring body is provided between the inner part and the outer sleeve for vibration damping, it is proposed that the elastomer ring body (4) is arranged radially on the outside at the inner wall of the outer sleeve (3) and radially on the inside at a sleeve-like bearing shell (5), which slidingly cooperates with the inner part (1), forming a ball-and-socket joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventor: Martin Rechtien
  • Patent number: 7013542
    Abstract: Process for the mechanical transformation of a thread (F) of vegetable, animal or artificial or synthetic origin, characterized in that it includes abrading the thread (F) when the latter is supported in the air between two supports (55, 56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: Unitech Textile Machinery S.p.A., Pecci Filati S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pierluigi Marrani, Solitario Nesti, Marcello Barni, Maurizio Poggiali
  • Patent number: D520384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Chopard International SA
    Inventor: Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
  • Patent number: D521659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: W. T. Chen