Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pearne & Gordon
  • Patent number: 8047360
    Abstract: A single-lobe filter bag for infusion products comprises: a length (2) of filter material forming a chamber (3) containing a charge of the infusion product; the length (2) comprises a first closed top end (5) formed by a first join (S1) between two first end edges of the length (2); a second bottom end (7) closed by a second join (S2) designed to form a bottom surface (11) of the filter bag (1) and formed by two second end edges (7a, 7b) placed over each other to form a central extension of the second end (7); the second end edges (7a, 7b) are positioned face to face with each other and joined in such a way as to form a tab (12) that protrudes from the bottom surface (11); two sides (8, 9) which connect the first end edge (5) and the second end edge (7) and which are at least partly folded onto each other to form a fold towards the inside of the chamber (3); a string (13) joined, at one end, by a knot (A1) to the length (2) and, at the other end, by a knot (A2) to a tag (14), the string (13) being looped arou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ima Flavour S.R.L.
    Inventors: Dario Rea, Rodolfo Caroli, Sauro Rivola
  • Patent number: 8049518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitive sensor system provided for a moving object 21.The system comprises an antenna device with a first 26 and a second portion 39 which are movable in relation to each other, the two portions 26,39 being connected in parallel for capacitive influence from the surroundings. The first portion 26 constitutes in an electrical conductive part of said moving object 21 and the second section 39 constitutes in an electrical conductive device arranged at a rest position for the moving object 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Lars-Ake Wern, Jan Johansson
  • Patent number: 8047272
    Abstract: A low-cost, high-temperature heat exchanger is made from a notched piece of metal, the metal being folded back and forth upon itself to form a monolith. The notches in the metal piece create openings, communicating with distinct sides of the monolith. Ducts are attached to the openings. Cut pieces of corrugated metal, which may have a catalyst coating, are inserted between folds of the monolith. The heat exchanger may be used as part of a fuel cell system, or in other industrial applications, to recover waste heat, or to conduct various catalytic and non-catalytic reactions. The invention also includes an element, or building block, for a high-temperature heat exchanger, including a folded metal monolith with metal combs inserted, the monolith and the combs defining seams which are hermetically sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Catacel Corp.
    Inventors: William A. Whittenberger, Gordon W. Brunson, John H. Becker
  • Patent number: 8049425
    Abstract: A lamp is provided having an arctube having a light-transmitting envelope. The arctube is surrounded by a gaseous medium confined by a containment envelope such as a hermetic shroud. The gaseous medium is preferably He or H2 or Ne or another gas whose thermal conductivity is greater than that of N2 at 800° C., or a mixture thereof, to help cool the arctube. The inside and/or outside of the shroud may be coated with a diffusion barrier. To help cool the hot spot of the arctube the gap between the shroud and the envelope can be made small, the portion of the shroud wall near the arc can be thickened, the arctube can be offset above the longitudinal axis of the shroud, and the return lead of the arctube can be located between the shroud and the arctube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary Robert Allen, David C. Dudik, Viktor K. Varga, Robert Baranyi, Agoston Boroczki, Elizabeth A. Guzowski, Jianwu Li, Rocco T. Giordano, Svetlana Selezneva, Amol S. Mulay
  • Patent number: 8048476
    Abstract: Evaporation chamber for depositing a protective film on a surface, where a dielectric layer is formed, of front substrate, front substrate is formed a display electrode and the dielectric layer thereon; transporting unit for transporting front substrate into evaporation chamber; gas introducing units for introducing gas containing H2O into evaporation chamber; and partial pressure detecting unit for measuring a certain partial pressure of gas within evaporation chamber, extending from the center of deposition space of evaporation chamber to the downstream of transport direction of front substrate are provided. Gas containing H2O is introduced from gas introducing units such that the partial pressure of gas is controlled in the partial pressure detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Maeshima, Yoshimasa Takii, Masashi Morita, Yoshiyasu Honma, Mitsuo Saitoh
  • Patent number: 8045737
    Abstract: According to the invention, a real ear acoustic coupling quantity representative of the acoustic coupling of a hearing instrument to the user's ear or an anatomical transfer quantity—for example the Real-Ear-to-Coupler-Difference (RECD), the Microphone Location Effect (MLE), the Coupler Response for Flat Insertion Gain (CORFIG), and/or the Real Ear Open Gain (REOG)—is obtained from a transfer function representative of an acoustic transfer from the receiver to the outer microphone such as a signal feedback threshold gain. The obtained quantity may be used for setting a fitting parameter of the hearing instrument, for example a gain correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventor: Alfred Stirnemann
  • Patent number: 8042587
    Abstract: A tape cutting device that cuts off an empty tape, which is discharged from a tape feeder after supplying components to a component mounting apparatus by pitch-feeding a tape containing the components, by opening and closing two cutting blades actuated by a pneumatic actuator driven by a supply of a pressurized air from a pneumatic pressure source controlled by a control valve, comprising: a blade closing mechanism which closes said two cutting blades when the supply of the pressurized air from the pneumatic pressure source to the pneumatic actuator is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kimiyuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8038690
    Abstract: A vascular graft for anastomosis of blood vessels or ducts comprises piercing means (3) for engaging an end portion (8/8?) of a blood vessel or prosthesis and means (6, 6?) for precisely guiding one or more piercing elements (3) to pierce the wall of the vessel or prosthesis to a predetermined depth and in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Newman Medical KFT
    Inventor: Enzo Borghi
  • Patent number: 8038481
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle includes an exterior component and an interior component received inside the exterior component. Main electrical connectors have exterior end portions aligned with main connector openings of the interior component and have interior end portions disposed in alignment with main terminal channels of the exterior component. First and/or second central connectors each having substantially circular portions extend from an end plate of the exterior component and have exterior portions extending to a central connector opening of the interior component. Also featured is a method for electrically connecting the electrical receptacle to a controller device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason Creighton, Deeder Aurongzeb, Laszlo Ilyes, Tony Aboumrad
  • Patent number: 8041494
    Abstract: A dangerous drive predicting apparatus is provided which is capable of rapidly recognizing a future situation of the own vehicle by other vehicles. The dangerous drive predicting apparatus is equipped with: drive information detecting section 110 for detecting drive information containing at least one of a drive action and vehicle information; traffic environment detecting section 120 for detecting a traffic environment around a first vehicle; driving characteristic producing/storing section 130 for producing and storing a driving characteristic every traffic environment based upon the drive information and the traffic environment; and a driving characteristic transmitting section for transmitting the driving characteristic to a second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kubotani, Makoto Mochizuki, Koji Arata, Toshihiro Sota, Kazuhiko Iwai
  • Patent number: 8041068
    Abstract: Loudspeaker has frame, magnetic circuit, voice coil, diaphragm, first combination and second combination. First combination and second combination are both provided closer to magnetic circuit than diaphragm, the inner rims of which are connected to voice coil while the outer rims are to frame. First combination has first damper and first edge wherein first edge has first edge protrusion protruding in a direction toward diaphragm. Second combination has second damper and second edge wherein second edge has second edge protrusion protruding in an opposite direction to the protruding direction of first edge protrusion This structure obtains loudspeaker that distortion is suppressed and weight reduction is easy for an excursion part thus improved in driving efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 8039078
    Abstract: An energy-absorbing pad structure includes an energy-absorbing pad that is encapsulated by a polymeric film. The polymeric film is sufficiently air-permeable to permit air to escape during rapid compression of the pad structure, such as from a high-speed dynamic impact, but nonetheless is water resistant under ordinary conditions. It is desirable that the polymeric film is made from an elastic polymer. The air-permeability can be provided from a series of perforations such that the film's elastic quality tends to contract the perforations thereby impeding the progress of water through them under normal conditions. The energy-absorbing pad can be a semi-rigid viscoelastic foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Dan T. Moore, III, Kathleen M. Novak
  • Patent number: 8037624
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of clearing an accumulation of matter from a surface is provided. The apparatus includes a collecting section, a casting section, and a shifting section. The shifting section is at least one of a diverting section, a sweeping section, and an air blowing section. The collecting section includes a blade and is in matter communication with the casting section. The diverting section includes an auxiliary blade oriented at an angle about an axis transverse to a direction of travel. The sweeping section includes a rotatable broom with bristles. The air blowing section is configured to blow air in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: 3RD Millennium Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Lyle McKeown, Daniel Andrew Faux
  • Patent number: 8035063
    Abstract: A power control system for an electric cooktop. The power level is set by a knob connected to a potentiometer. Potentiometer information is digitally communicated by a controller over a serial communication bus to a power unit. The power unit communicates power level display information back to the controller over the same serial communication bus. The display information is displayed as numbers on a digital display by the controller. The power unit controls a heating element of the cooktop according to the potentiometer information. A second potentiometer can be added to control a second heating element by operating as a slave to the first controller. Further, multiple heating elements can be controlled by a single potentiometer by dividing the angular rotation into multiple segments or ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc,.
    Inventors: Sanjay Shukla, James E. Pryor
  • Patent number: D646867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sidney S.R.L.
    Inventor: Stefano Cassoli
  • Patent number: D646933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Omer I. Sazir, Elizabeth A. Cho
  • Patent number: D646959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Omer I. Sazir
  • Patent number: D646960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Omer I. Sazir
  • Patent number: D647390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Omer I. Sazir
  • Patent number: D647767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Inventors: Larry Alan Greenes, Dwaine Mellen, Jr.