Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael F. Striker
  • Patent number: 6579317
    Abstract: An arrangement for coupling at least partially a hearing device implantable in a middle ear or a passive auditory ossicles prosthesis on an ascending bracket of a human ossicle chain, the arrangement has a body, and a clip provided on the body and formed so as to automatically mount on an ascending bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik
    Inventor: Heinz Kurz
  • Patent number: 4963121
    Abstract: A liquid pressure tensioner for a driving gear mechanism and comprising a liquid pressure unit received within an open cavity of a tubular projecting member that slides along a tubular frame body and has an end portion which engages an endless member of the gear mechanism, the liquid pressure unit including two tubular members slidable relative to each other of which tubular members one member defines a reservoir for storing operating fluid received in a hollow space of the tubular frame body, a high pressure chamber formed between the two tubular members, a conduit for communicating fluid from the reservoir to the high pressure chamber, and a check valve in the conduit for preventing flow of the fluid from the high pressure chamber back to the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Nittan Valve Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Himura, Hiroshi Suzuki