Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
  • Patent number: 7591615
    Abstract: A sheet material cutting machine includes a bristle bed with generally vertically extending bristles having free ends defining a support surface for supporting sheet material to be cut and a carriage movable over the bristle bed and carrying at least one cutting tool to selectively cut the sheet material. A vacuum cleaning system provides vacuum at the carriage to remove cutting debris as the cutting tool is cutting the sheet material. Illustrated embodiments include providing the vacuum through a passage in the cutting tool and providing the vacuum through a cavity in a presser foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: Trimont Mfg. Inc, TS Tech Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Li, Yoshimasa Okada
  • Patent number: 7579826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test socket for a semiconductor device, which may correspond to a narrow pitch of terminal interval and high speed test in a simplified structure, thereby reducing manufacturing cost thereof. The test socket for a semiconductor device includes conductive substrates having contact point parts exposed at upper and lower surfaces for contacting the terminals of the semiconductor device and the lead terminals of the test board, and slant parts connecting the contact point parts and facing each other in repetitive arrangement, and an insulating elastic element filled in positions where the slant parts are formed as the contact point parts of the conductive substrate are exposed to the outside so as to fix the conductive substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Inventor: Soo Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7577269
    Abstract: A transducer utilizes a sound-producing member positioned in the area of magnetic flux concentration between magnetic poles of opposite polarity. The sound-producing member is variably vibratable in a magnetic structure between the poles to generate acoustic waves, and an acoustic conduit carries the acoustic waves through the magnetic poles e to a location outside the magnetic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Technology Properties Limited
    Inventor: Roger A. Adelman
  • Patent number: 7575927
    Abstract: Methods for measuring at least one mucosally released neuroendocrine gut system component in an individual and methods for diagnosing a gastrointestinal disorder in an individual based on the concentration of at least one mucosally released neuroendocrine gut system component, and/or the ratio of the concentrations of at least one mucosally released neuroendocrine gut system component and at least one mucosally released inflammatory release mediator are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Alimenta Medical AB
    Inventor: Roger Hällgren
  • Patent number: 7568312
    Abstract: A window assembly of a motor vehicle includes a pair of spaced-apart fixed window panes forming an opening therebetween, vertically spaced-apart upper and lower tracks, a sliding window pane having opposed upper and lower edges that move along the upper and lower tracks, and a camming mechanism including a plurality of cams. The cams are pivotably secured to the sliding window pane near corners of the sliding window pane. An actuator is operatively connected to the cams for selectively and simultaneously pivoting the cams. Simultaneously pivoting the cams forcibly moves the sliding window pane between a closed position wherein an outside surface of the sliding window pane is in a first plane substantially flush with an outer surface of the fixed window panes and an open position wherein the outside surface of the sliding window pane is in a second plane substantially parallel to and offset from the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Dufour, Ricky Lawrence Stone, Jason Oneal Belew
  • Patent number: 7568406
    Abstract: An adjustable control pedal includes an upper arm and a lower arm carrying a pedal. The lower arm can be selectively moved relative to the upper arm to adjust the position of the pedal between a forward position and a rearward position. A control pin is operably connected to the upper arm for rotation with the upper arm to supply a control signal when force is applied to the pedal. An adjuster is operably connected to the control pin to adjust the position of the control pin relative to the pivot axis so that a ratio of a distance between the pivot axis and the pedal and a distance between the pivot axis and the control pin remains constant as the pedal is adjusted between the forward position and the rearward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Allen Booher, James Robert Allen, Brian John Eckerle
  • Patent number: 7569656
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a poly(arylene sulfide) in which a dihalo-aromatic compound and an alkali metal halide are polymerized by heating in an organic amide solvent, wherein the cooling time for the polymerization reaction system is significantly reduced. After the polymerization process, there is provided a cooling process for cooling the polymerization reaction system comprising a liquid phase containing the product poly (arylene sulfide) and the organic amide solvent and a vapor phase containing a gas component (A); and in the cooling process, the gas component (A) in the vapor phase is cooled while the content of a low boiling gas component (A1), which has a lower boiling point than water and exists in the gas component (A), is reduced in the vapor phase of the polymerization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kagoshima, Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7568316
    Abstract: Installation structure for installing and removing a sacrificial glazing panel. There is disclosed a removable retaining member for the sacrificial glazing panel that laterally pressures a primary glazing panel to seal and hold the primary glazing panel and holds the sacrificial glazing panel without lateral pressure. A unitary, dual-durometer retaining member is disclosed which is optimized for holding the primary glazing and the sacrificial glazing panel in different manners by having materials of two different hardnesses. Additionally, a retaining member is disclosed that has flocking material to reduce rattling of the sacrificial glazing panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Choby, Michael D. Kobrehel, Daryl F. Dankert, Leroy C. Schmuck, Todd E. Cripe, Harley Rensch, Kip B. Ellis
  • Patent number: 7568222
    Abstract: A system and method of providing standardized transmission of data by translating non-native requests and or non-native responses to and from a normalized format or to a format needed for processing the request and or response. The system works with trusted and untrusted connections and systems and supports encryption at multiple layers to establish non-repudiation for a security service that integrates and/or aggregates external security applications into a single service that can provide authentication and/or authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Inventors: William M. Randle, Randall E. Orkis
  • Patent number: 7562430
    Abstract: A pin removal assembly for use with an upper block of a crane includes a sheave support and a pin support. The upper block includes a frame, a plurality of sheaves, and a removable sheave pin that defines an axis of rotation for the sheaves and supports the sheaves within the frame. The pin removal assembly includes a sheave support mountable to the frame of the upper block and a pin support mountable to the frame of the upper block. The pin support is configured to support the sheave pin when the sheave pin is removed from the upper block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: MHE Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Waisanen
  • Patent number: 7565326
    Abstract: A system and method of aggregating and integrating authentication and/or authorization protocols of a user or a user's information across a wide range of related or nonrelated channels and exchange services. An interface is provided that allows multi-credential, multi-service, multi-role, and multi-channel based routing to multiple authorization and authentication providers in a secure system. Using a standardized language, the system creates a framework to enable entities to communicate and perform transactions instantly or nearly instantly, and seamlessly. The systems supports trusted and untrusted connections as well as multiple levels of encryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Inventors: William M. Randle, Randall E. Orkis
  • Patent number: 7560422
    Abstract: The invention discloses methods of making and uses for wide spectrum disinfectants including as components an alcohol, O-phenylphenol, chlorhexidine gluconate, nonoxynol-9, benzalkonium chloride, and deionized double distilled water wherein on a weight/volume ratio the alcohol comprises from 50% to 80%, the O-phenylphenol comprises from 0.1% to 0.8%, the chlorhexidine gluconate comprises from 0.1% to 1%, the nonoxynol-9 comprises from 0.02% to 1%, and the benzalkonium chloride comprises from 0.15% to 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Alda Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventor: Allan Shapiro
  • Patent number: 7559689
    Abstract: A system for attaching in situ thermal management equipment, such as a heat exchanger, to a high pressure gas storage tank in a manner which fixes the in situ equipment in the interior of the tank, to the tank, but does not constrain the axial location of the in situ equipment, thereby allowing a small amount of longitudinal displacement or axial rotation between the heat exchanger and the tank. A degree of longitudinal movement along the axis of the tank and a degree of rotation is effected, both singularly at either end of the in situ device or dually at each end of the in situ device positioned within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryan Douglas Roy Harty
  • Patent number: 7547177
    Abstract: A device and method for lifting and rotating a massive container comprising a base frame assembly, a cradle pivotally connected to the base frame assembly and adapted to hold the container, a mechanism for moving the container vertically relative to at least part of the base frame assembly, and a hydraulic cylinder connected between the base frame assembly and the cradle for rotating in a vertical plane the cradle relative to the base frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: MHE Technoligies, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Waisanen
  • Patent number: 7546276
    Abstract: System architecture for network connected applications, devices, users, and web services providing security effected by means for managing interaction with an authentication library that effects a correlation between the use and creation of library entries having predetermined correlation indicia for effecting strong authentication of users and participants within the network. A common authentication service (CAS) based upon an XML or web services protocol is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Inventors: William M. Randle, Randall E. Orkis
  • Patent number: 7542680
    Abstract: A control system is used for remotely operating an apparatus powered by a main power source. The control system includes an auxiliary power source to provide power to the apparatus upon a loss of power to the main power source, and first and second light-emitting sources positioned remote of the apparatus. A first photoelectric sensor is positioned proximate the apparatus and interconnected with the apparatus and the auxiliary power source, wherein upon a loss of power to the main power source, the first photoelectric sensor receives light from the first light-emitting source and the first photoelectric sensor enables power to flow from the auxiliary power source to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: MHE Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Waisanen
  • Patent number: 7531978
    Abstract: A system for controlling a displacement drive of a motor vehicle includes a manually operable actuator movable over a fixed stroke between a first end position and a second end position. The actuator is biased to a neutral position centrally located between the first and second end positions and provides a signal representative of position of the actuator. A controller receives the signal from the actuator and produces commands for a reversible DC electric motor of the displacement drive device. The commands vary speed of the drive motor based on the position of the actuator such that the speed of the drive motor is zero at the neutral position, increases in one direction as the actuator moves toward the first end position, and increases in the other direction as the actuator moves toward the second end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell Frederick Greene, Pascal E. Garrido
  • Patent number: D594189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Rocky Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Recchi
  • Patent number: D594196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Rocky Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Recchi
  • Patent number: D594217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Rocky Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler Bishoff