Patents Represented by Law Firm McGlew & Tuttle
  • Patent number: 7603886
    Abstract: A breath alcohol-measuring device for breathing gas sampling has a mouthpiece (2), for receiving the exhaled breathing air (1) of a test subject, provided with a first flow diaphragm (3). A first pressure sensor (6) is connected to the mouthpiece via a first gas line upstream of the flow diaphragm (3). An alcohol sensor (4) is connected to the mouthpiece (2) via an inlet channel downstream of the flow diaphragm (3) and to a sampling system (5) for a breathing gas sample from the breathing air (1) via a second gas line. The second gas line between the alcohol sensor (4) and the sampling system (5) has a second flow restriction (diaphragm 7) and is connected to a second pressure sensor (9). An evaluating and control unit (8) receives the measured signals of the pressure sensors (6, 9) and of the alcohol sensor (4) and actuates the sampling system (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Burkhard Stock
  • Patent number: 7600743
    Abstract: The convector includes at least one finned tube bundle (7) in the tubes of which a fluid to be cooled is made to circulate and at least one fan (11) producing an air flow that strikes the outside of said finned tubes. The convector includes an adiabatic chamber (13) through which a air flow (F1) passes, positioned upstream of the tube bundle (7), inside which water is nebulized and vaporized. The adiabatic chamber (13) is defined by side walls (5) and by at least two evaporation honeycomb fill packs (15, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Frigel Firenze S.p.A.
    Inventors: Filippo Dorin, Riccardo Paoletti
  • Patent number: 7597335
    Abstract: A control arm for the wheel suspension of a motor vehicle with an arm body 1 made of at least one sheet metal part and at least one pivotal point for connection to a fixing point on the vehicle body side is introduced, whereby the pivotal point is designed as a circular mounting bushing 2 for an elastic bearing element 3. According to the present invention, the wall of the mounting bushing 2 is molded in one piece with the arm body 1 and consists of a bearing area 4 having a ring-shaped design as well as a mounting strap 5 fixed on the arm body 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Frank Nachbar
  • Patent number: 7599754
    Abstract: After specifications of a power converter are determined, circuit parameter values, a semiconductor device to be used, and an equivalent circuit of the semiconductor device are determined, and parameter values of the equivalent circuit are extracted. Semiconductor device loss is calculated from semiconductor device equivalent circuit parameter data, circuit parasitic parameter data, and circuit basic parameters. Determination as to whether or not the circuit loss optimal value has been achieved is made in consideration of power conversion circuit component parameter data. When the optimal value has not been achieved, the circuit parasitic parameter values are set again so as to create the circuit parasitic parameter data. When the optimal value has been achieved, the semiconductor device loss and the circuit parasitic parameter values at that time are output as design data, and the power converter is designed by use of the optimized semiconductor device loss and circuit parasitic parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hiromichi Oohashi, Kazuto Takao, Yuusuke Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7597298
    Abstract: A carrying device for medical devices provides simple adjustment operation. The carrying device has a height-adjustable bracket (1) designed in the form of a parallelogram cranking mechanism with a self-locking pneumatic spring (13). A supply unit (21) for medical devices is arranged at one end of the bracket (1). A handle (22) with an electric release element (23) is arranged at the supply unit (21). A valve, which releases the blocking function, is opened within the pneumatic spring (13) during the actuation of the release element (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Papendieck, Lothar Petermann
  • Patent number: 7597299
    Abstract: A height-adjustable carrying device with a parallelogram cranking mechanism has a self-locking pneumatic spring (6), with a valve for abolishing the blocking function. A release element (22), with which the valve (24) is actuated, is arranged according to the present invention at a handle (20) for swiveling the carrying device in one assembly unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Papendieck, Gunnar Wiegandt
  • Patent number: 7591263
    Abstract: A device is provided for measuring the differential pressure in anesthetic dispensing devices, with which the differential pressure can be measured between two lines (2, 6) for supplying gaseous components to a mixing site (3). The device has at least one differential pressure sensor (11), which is connected with the lines (2, 6) for supplying the gaseous components. Buffer elements (12, 12?) are integrated in the connection between the lines (2, 6) for supplying the gaseous components and the differential pressure sensor (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Claus Bunke, Matthias Witt, Rainer Kunz, Jürgen Müller, Sven Heyer, Heye Harms, Uwe Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7592572
    Abstract: A cartridge heater, especially a compressed cartridge heater (1) has at least one heating coil (8, 9), which is arranged exposed in a metallic tubular body (2) and is embedded in a granulated insulating material. The ends of heating coil portions (8, 9) are provided with terminals (7) projecting from the tubular body (2). To make it possible to manufacture such a cartridge heater with minimal effort in terms of labor and material, a flat insulating plate (10) coordinated in its width with the internal diameter of the tubular body (2) is provided as the carrier. The heating coils (8, 9) extend along the two flat sides of the insulating plate (10) and the two heating coils (8, 9) are connected to one another by a coil section (12, 12?), which is led around a deflecting edge (27) of the insulating plate (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Türk + Hillinger GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Schlipf
  • Patent number: 7584919
    Abstract: Compacting device for the low-metal compaction of a powder with a casing which at least in part surrounds a working chamber, with a feed arrangement arranged on the casing and feeding a powder, which is to be compacted, into the working chamber, with at least a compacting roller which is rotatably arranged in the working chamber, comprises a roller jacket and, together with an opposing wall, forms a compacting gap for compacting the powder therein, characterised in that the at least one compacting roller consists of ceramic, at least on the roller jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Joint Solar Silicon GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Adler, Andreas Gölz, Holger Kirchner, Armin Müller, Torsten Sill, Raymund Sonnenschein
  • Patent number: 7584752
    Abstract: A device and a process for determining the change in the functional residual capacity (FRC) in a simple manner. Based on a first respiration phase for mechanical respiration, a recruitment maneuver is performed for this during a second respiration phase, and respiration is switched back to mechanical respiration during a third respiration phase. Reference values Uref/1, Uref/3 are formed from the end-expiratory values of the impedance measured signals U during the first respiration phase and the third respiration phase, and the difference ?U (?FRC) between the reference value Uref/3 of the third respiration phase and the reference value Uref/1 of the first respiration phase is an indicator of the change in the functional residual capacity of the lung of the test subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Yvo Gärber, Hans Matthiessen, Dieter Weismann, Eckhard Teschner
  • Patent number: 7584590
    Abstract: A machine for harvesting and boxing leaf vegetables cultivated in greenhouses, comprises a main frame (11) holding a front cutting bar, first and second moving belts (21, 22) for transferring the product longitudinally from the cutting bar towards the rear, and a platform supporting workers and a number of pallets of boxes. At least one transporter (23) is provided at the rear of the machine and positioned transversally to the forward direction of the machine, and designed to receive the product from the second moving belt and to deposit the product in the boxes. An operating group (30) comprising the front cutting bar (20), the first and second moving belts (21, 22) and the at least one transporter (23) can be moved with a secondary frame between a central position and a protruding lateral position from at least one side relative to the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventor: Enrico Mola
  • Patent number: 7581493
    Abstract: A device is provided for engaging and/or disengaging a roller with or from a first mating roller. The device includes a second mating roller, with which the roller is engaged, and with a basic unit, with which the roller can be moved to or away from the first mating roller in the circumferential direction of the second mating roller. A process for engaging and/or disengaging a roller of a printing press with or from a first mating roller is provided wherein the roller is engaged with a second mating roller and the roller is guided in the circumferential direction of the second mating roller in the state in which it is engaged with the second mating roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG
    Inventors: Andres Miescher, Andreas Zahnd
  • Patent number: 7582787
    Abstract: Charge control agent whose active ingredient is a zinc compound of an alkylsalicylic acid derivative, the compound being a zincified alkylsalicylic acid derivative which is an alkylphenol derivative having a carboxyl group introduced thereto; Toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising said charge control agent, a coloring agent and a binder resin for toner; Charge control resin particles comprising solidified milled particles of a thermally kneaded mixture of at least said charge control agent and a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Orient Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihide Isoda, Tetsuji Kihara, Tohru Tsuruhara
  • Patent number: 7578293
    Abstract: A compressed air respirator has prolonged operating time due to a rebreathing feature. The respirator has a compressed air reserve (1) with a connected demand air supply valve (2), wherein the demand air supply valve (2) is connected with a reversible breathing gas reservoir (4) with adjustable volume. A rebreathing line (25) for the user of the apparatus has an expiration valve (88), wherein the rebreathing line (25) is connected with the breathing gas reservoir (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hans Matthiessen, Kai Kück
  • Patent number: 7578120
    Abstract: A gas turbine plant having a compressor (1), one or more combustion chambers (2), a high-pressure gas turbine (3) and a power turbine (24) includes a device whereby water or water vapor is injected into the flow of the combustion air compressed by the compressor (1). The injection nozzles (22) are arranged in a bend (20) of an external connection housing (18), which consists of a radial housing part (19) connected to the outlet of the compressor (1) and of an axial housing part (21) connected to the intake of the combustion chamber (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Man Turbo AG
    Inventors: Hans-Otto Jeske, Emil Aschenbruck
  • Patent number: 7576413
    Abstract: The present invention provides a packaged stacked semiconductor device which includes bumps serving as external electrode terminals, the bumps being provided on both a front surface and a back surface of the device, and which is sacked on another semiconductor device, substrate, or board having electrode terminals so that the bumps are directly and electrically connected to the electrode terminals. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having through-electrodes formed therein. The semiconductor device has, on the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a wiring layer connected to the through-electrodes, an insulating film formed on the wiring layer, additional wiring formed on the insulating film, post electrodes connected to the wiring, and external connection bumps connected to the post electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Kyushu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Masamichi Ishihara, Akira Izumi
  • Patent number: D598602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: FLOS SpA
    Inventor: Joris Laarman
  • Patent number: D600475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Inventor: Ryojin Ide
  • Patent number: D600849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: FLOS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Jay Osgerby, Edward Barber
  • Patent number: D601738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Hess AG Form + Licht, P.C.
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Schneider