Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael J. Bell
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Patent number: 6786783Abstract: An engine installation jig and method for installing an engine in a marine vessel according to predetermined engine installation criteria. The jig comprises a longitudinal member, two lateral crossbar members and a fixture head. The jig also includes leveling devices for manipulating the position of the jig relative to the marine vessel and at least one leveling sensor for providing a visual indication of the planar orientation of the jig within the marine vessel. The jig is coupled to the marine vessel via the leveling devices and the fixture head. Once the jig has been aligned and installed, engine mount holes are drilled in either the stringers or the stringer brackets of the marine vessel, the engine set into the marine vessel so that the engine mounts align with the drilled engine mount holes, and the engine installed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2003Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Volvo Penta of the AmericasInventors: Bruce Herbkersman, Bobby Heninger, Casey Lynn, Rick Richert
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Patent number: 6785944Abstract: An engine installation jig and method for installing an engine in a marine vessel according to predetermined engine installation criteria. The jig comprises a longitudinal member, two lateral crossbar members and a fixture head. The jig also includes leveling devices for manipulating the position of the jig relative to the marine vessel and at least one leveling sensor for providing a visual indication of the planar orientation of the jig within the marine vessel. The jig is coupled to the marine vessel via the leveling devices and the fixture head. Once the jig has been aligned and installed, engine mount holes are drilled in either the stringers or the stringer brackets of the marine vessel, the engine set into the marine vessel so that the engine mounts align with the drilled engine mount holes, and the engine installed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Volvo Penta of the AmericasInventors: Bruce Herbkersman, Bobby Heninger, Casey Lynn, Rick Richert
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Patent number: 6725282Abstract: A wearable computer system includes a processing unit (102) and a number of peripherals. The processing unit and peripherals are coupled in a daisy-chain fashion utilizing a serial bus (120). The processing unit has a single connector for implementing the serial bus, and peripherals each have two connectors for propagating the serial bus. The wearable computer system has only one unused connector at any one time, thereby reducing excess bulk and weight due to excessive unused connectors. When a peripheral interrupts the processing unit, the processing unit relinquishes the serial bus to the interrupting peripheral. Alternatively, peripherals are assigned time slots within which the peripherals can utilize the serial bus.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1999Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Bath Iron WorksInventors: Peter W. Grzybowski, Charlene J. Todd, Russell W. Adams
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Patent number: 6627138Abstract: A slag cement mixture and process of making the same is disclosed. The slag cement mixture is composed of cupola slag and portland cement. The cupola slag is optionally ground granulated. One embodiment of the process includes rapidly quenching the slag by submersion into water or by spraying water onto it, and grinding the resulting product to achieve a fineness of at least 6,000 cm2/g. The process also includes the addition of 35% ground granulated cupola slag to portland cement to achieve a stronger and harder cement than portland cement alone.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Inventors: Willie W. Stroup, Randy D. Stroup, James H. Fallin
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Patent number: 6554243Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member having a top and bottom surface. The bottom surface contacts a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly, retractable from a lowered position to a raised position. The wheel assembly includes a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector. The wheel bracket includes an axle, at least one wheel, and a handle extending outwardly from the wheel bracket. The handle is used to pivotally rotate the wheel assembly about a transverse axis. When the handle is rotated away from the base member, the wheel assembly is placed in a lowered position whereby the wheel contacts the support surface thus separating the bottom surface of the base member from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: 6543075Abstract: A shoe cover application device having a holding member for holding a shoe cover open in a receiving position to accommodate the insertion of a user shoe. The shoe cover application device also includes a separation member that separates the shoe cover from the holding member allowing the shoe cover to constrict around the user's shoe inserted into the shoe cover while the shoe cover was in the receiving position. Shoe covers of various materials, shapes and sizes may be used with the shoe cover application device of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Inventors: Goktan Gultekin, Gurkan Gultekin, Barbaros Soylerkaya
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Patent number: 6532686Abstract: A continuous form disposable shoe cover, separably linked to at least one other shoe cover or a shoe cover lineal, and the production process of the shoe cover and associated lineal. The shoe cover has a securing portion for securing the shoe cover to a shoe upon insertion of the shoe into the shoe cover. The continuous form disposable shoe cover also includes a guide portion. The guide portion is manipulated to place the shoe cover in a receiving position to receive a shoe. The shoe cover may also be used with an automatic shoe cover application device, where the guide portion functions to facilitate the conveyance of the shoe cover and associated lineal through the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Inventors: Goktan Gultekin, Gurkan Gultekin, Barbaros Soylerkaya
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Patent number: 6521039Abstract: A slag cement mixture and process of making the same is disclosed. The slag cement mixture is composed of cupola slag and portland cement. The cupola slag is optionally ground granulated. One embodiment of the process includes rapidly quenching the slag by submersion into water or by spraying water onto it, and grinding the resulting product to achieve a fineness of at least 6,000 cm2/g. The process also includes the addition of 35% ground granulated cupola slag to portland cement to achieve a stronger and harder cement than portland cement alone.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Inventors: Willie W. Stroup, Randy D. Stroup, James H. Fallin
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Patent number: 6495372Abstract: A test method and apparatus for determining the content of carboxylic acid-based corrosion inhibitors in a coolant or heat exchange fluid. The amount of acidic reagent added to the coolant or fluid between two pH equilibrium points is measured to determine the amount of inhibitors. The refractive index can be measured to determine the amount of freezing point depressant.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1999Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Texaco Inc.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Maes, Peter Roose, Filip Van Kenhove
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Patent number: 6468373Abstract: A molded frame backboard assembly is disclosed including a unitary molded plastic frame and rebounding surface bonded thereto. The frame preferably is formed as one piece of plastic material having sufficient strength and rigidity to support the rebound surface and may include an internal reinforcing structure integrally molded therewith. The rebounding surface preferably is an acrylic sheet bonded at its edges to the peripheral edge of the frame. The peripheral edge of the frame is raised to support the rebounding surface such that, when attached, the rebounding surface sits flush with the peripheral edge of the frame so that the edges of the rebounding surface are not left exposed. The rebounding surface is bonded to the frame by flame treating or corona treating portions of the frame and applying an adhesive bonding material such as silicon thereto to secure the rebounding surface to the frame. A cavity is formed between the rebounding surface and the frame within the interior portion of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Anthony G. Grinwald, Jeff D. Breitzman
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Patent number: 6427963Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1999Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: D464553Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Inventor: Julian Brown
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Patent number: D470382Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Zwilling J.A. Henckels AGInventor: Dorian Kurz
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Patent number: D471072Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Zwilling J.A. Henckels AGInventor: Michael Gordner
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Patent number: D474645Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Zwilling J.A. Henckels AGInventors: Ulla Kaufmann, Martin Kaufmann
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Patent number: D484619Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: The Sky FactoryInventor: William Witherspoon
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Patent number: D485875Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventor: Ronald White
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Patent number: D493391Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventor: David M. Gunter
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Patent number: D497962Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Craig Saunders, Lindsey Tufts, Jr.
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Patent number: D498180Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: John E. Fowler, David M. Gunter