Patents Represented by Attorney Michael Best & Friedrich LLC
  • Patent number: 6630763
    Abstract: A solid core angular position resolver including stator coils and a coil-less rotor, the improvement wherein the rotor comprises a core having a substantially circular cylindrical configuration having on its surface a notch extending substantially helically over part of the surface of the cylindrical configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: MPC Products Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Baranovskis
  • Patent number: 6629403
    Abstract: An automatic packaging machine has mandrels with a plurality of fingers for gripping an object. A cam track has contours which defines the location of positions along a conveyor carrying the mandrels. The fingers are closed by a spring and opened by a cam follower encountering a contour of cam track. This way a plurality of objects having a variety of widths may be carried by the fingers without requiring a readjustment of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Tisma
  • Patent number: 6627329
    Abstract: A plated material having a substrate, and a plating formed on the substrate, or on an undercoating formed on the substrate further has a layer formed on the plating from an organic compound capable of combining chemically with a component of the plating, and a lubricating layer formed on the layer of an organic compound. The lubricating layer is substantially a fluid film of a high molecular compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry
    Inventor: Tadashi Shintani
  • Patent number: 6626692
    Abstract: There is provided an insertion and withdrawal connector apparatus in which a plurality of connectors can move only in a range of capable of engaging and separating with and from a plurality of mating connectors within a connector receiving body. A connector receiving body (1) has a pair of parallel frames (3), a pair of frame blocks (4) positioned at both end portions, and a plurality of partition members (5). One connector (10) and one mating connector are received in each of a plurality of space portions, that is, receiving chambers partitioned by a pair of frames, a pair of frame blocks, and a plurality of partition members. Each of the partition members has a pair of lances (5f, 5g) having a spring characteristic and each of the connectors has a pair of interlocking groove portions (10g) on both side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Maeda, Yoshinori Mizusawa, Osamu Hashiguchi, Kazuomi Sato, Hisashi Ishida, Hiroyuki Tsuzuki, Masahiro Yamada, Masahiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6626302
    Abstract: A rack is provided having a track which is adapted to removably support a plurality of items in a predetermined pattern or order. The track comprises a plurality of interconnected levels so that the items may move along the track between the different levels and the items are readily accessible from all locations on the track. Clips may be used to sectionalize the rack and to balance the load on the rack while it spins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Ricklef E. Barrett, Steven C. Thompson, Martin L. De Land, Steven T. D. Oatman
  • Patent number: 6623326
    Abstract: A sound producing unit and a light emitting unit are provided in the toy body so as to be actuated when combined proximally with another toy body. A battery-powered, electro-mechanical device includes a bipolar magnet, which automatically generates sound-effects and flashing lights depending on its position. The stimulus may include at least one of a sound producing unit or a flashing light emitting unit arranged in at least one of the proximally located combined toy vehicle bodies. The device includes an actuator/sensor, an electronic circuit board, a sound-effects generator, an amplifier, a speaker, LED lamps and driver. Combinable toy vehicles and the like include toy vehicle bodies such as battling starships with at least one detachably combined toy adapted to actuate a stimulus appealing to the sense such as at least one of a sound producing unit and a light emitting unit arranged in at least one of the toys and the proximally located combined toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Judkins
  • Patent number: 6619489
    Abstract: A number of panels and shelves are formed of wires which are arranged to intersect. These panels and shelves are secured together to form a rack for holding bottles, which rack is supported by four corner posts. The vertical placement of the shelves is adjustable along the height of the corner posts by use of adjustable support collars which fit around each post and are captured by each corner of a shelf. A plurality of A-frames are removably secured to the shelves to form areas or compartments in which the bottles or the like may be stored. The A-frames are positioned next to each other so as to support an inverted pyramid of bottles between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Steven M. Kessel, Peterjohn R. C. Walters, Jerry W. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6616473
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes first and second connectors fitted to each other in a first direction. The first connector includes a locking member extending in the first direction and displaceable in a second direction, a lever extending from the locking member in a third direction, a protruding portion protruding from the lever in the second direction, and an unlocking arm extending in the first direction and displaceable in the third direction. The second connector has a locking portion to be engaged with an engaging portion of the locking member in the first direction when the first and the second connectors are fitted to each other. Engagement between the engaging portion and the locking portion is released when the protruding portion is pressed by a cam portion of the unlocking arm to displace the locking member in the second direction through the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Kazushi Kamata, Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: 6618470
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal has an active call-up device for a user who tends to leave it, frequently; when an in-coming call/mail reaches the portable communication terminal in the absence of the user, a data processor periodically activates the active call-up device so that the active call-up device gives rise to excitative indication such as vibrations, flicker and/or rumble; the excitative indication forces the user to pay the attention to the incoming call/mail not responded yet so that the user immediately responds to the call/mail after returning to the portable communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Shibuya
  • Patent number: 6616467
    Abstract: In a folding-type electronic apparatus in which first and second base members (81, 83) are connected by a hinge element (11) to be rotatable around a predetermined axis with respect to each other, the hinge element has a receptacle portion for receiving a flexible conductor element (41). An end of the flexible conductor element is connected to a first electric element mounted on the first base member. Another end of the flexible conductor element is connected to a second electric element mounted oh the second base member. The flexible conductor has an intermediate portion located between the ends thereof and received in the receptacle portion of the hinge element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ibaraki, Mamoru Suzuki, Noriyuki Konishi, Masao Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6616107
    Abstract: A clamp, clamping means incorporating the clamp, and a method of clamping are disclosed. The clamp includes means for clamping a securing tie therein, together with means for attachment to a surface, and, in combination with a securing tie, provides a clamping means suitable for clamping objects to a fixed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Karmilok Limited
    Inventor: Karl Michael Hargreaves
  • Patent number: 6609612
    Abstract: A closure for a beverage receptacle is provided with a selectively operable dispense feature. A plurality of hollow plungers containing different additives are disposed in the closure and are selectively operable to pierce a rupturable seal, permitting contents to be dispensed into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek
  • Patent number: 6610240
    Abstract: A method of injection molding a part having two undercut regions using a two-part mold. A combined pin-in-a-sleeve extends into the cavity in each of the mold parts in order to form a bore in a part to be molded in that cavity. Each pin provides a portion shaped to form an undercut region in the bore. The pins abut each other. After an injection molded part is made, the mold opens a limited and discrete distance to allow the molded part to be released from the hold of the mold cavity. Then, the mold opens fully for the continuation of a multi-step operation to pull the pins out of the undercut regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: C.J. Associates, Ltd.
    Inventors: James S. W. Lee, Chiu-Keung Kwan
  • Patent number: D479476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Chaney Instrument Company
    Inventors: Patrick J. Devlin, Allan C. Ahrens, Pat Nielsen
  • Patent number: D480052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhito Hisamatsu, Masayuki Kikuchi, Akira Kimura
  • Patent number: D480122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Baseball Marketing Ideas, L.L.C.
    Inventors: John G. Ciesar, James W. Kendall, Christopher B. Houghton
  • Patent number: D480215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: AMCO Houseworks LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Mastroianni
  • Patent number: D480219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: AMCO Houseworks, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Mastroianni
  • Patent number: D480437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Classroom Safe-T Products, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Bruce Stoneberg
  • Patent number: D480878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Amco Houseworks LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Mastroianni