Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
  • Fuel injector check valve
    Patent number: 7124966
    Abstract: A high pressure unit fuel injector includes a member with a fuel delivery opening to be intermittently supplied with high pressure fuel and a valve seat encircling the fuel delivery opening. A valve cage includes a check-valve chamber adjacent the valve seat. The chamber includes an annular ledge facing the valve seat and an inwardly facing wall surrounding the ledge. A disk is located within the chamber and has opposite first and second faces alternately seatable against the valve seat and the ledge respectively. The disk has a plurality of openings between the first and second faces and a circular-shaped groove formed in the first face about a center of the disk. The groove intersects the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Haynes Corporation
    Inventor: Edward A. Schlairet
  • Adjustable E-Z hold
    Patent number: 7103921
    Abstract: A garter comprising a band comprising an elastic fabric band and a fastener is described. The fabric has a width of from about 0.75 inch to about 1.5 inch. The fastener has a first part coupled to a top surface of a first end the band and a second part coupled to a bottom surface of a second end of the band. The garter may further comprise a sleeve that is slideable along the length of band such that the sleeve covers the portion of the garter where the fastener is coupled when the fastener is fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Inventor: Dorothy M. Shoemaker
  • Cabling apparatus
    Patent number: 7099551
    Abstract: A cabling duct (10) comprises an elongate channel (1) having a longitudinal aperture (2) and an elongate lid (7). The opposite edges of the lid releasably engage the opposite edges of the aperture to close the aperture and the lid 7 is integrally connected to the channel by a flexible web (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Paul Hallinan
  • Jack handle with detachable jack driver
    Patent number: 7086664
    Abstract: A jack handle includes a handle arm having first and second ends, a jack driver having a coupling shaft, and a spring clip detachably securing the jack driver to the handle arm. The first end of the handle arm forms a socket receiving the coupling shaft. The spring clip has a protrusion resiliently deflectable between a locking position interlocking with the coupling shaft to secure the jack driver to the handle arm and a releasing position free of the coupling shaft such that the jack driver is released from the handle arm. Preferably, the spring clip encircles the periphery of the handle arm at the socket, the handle arm has an opening at the socket, and the protrusion of the clip extends through the opening and into the groove to interlock the jack driver with the handle arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony P. Voegeli, Jr., Don Johnson, John Joseph McDonald, Bruce Daniel Kingsbury
  • Vibration isolator with adjustable response
    Patent number: 7086509
    Abstract: A vibration isolator with an adjustable response. A vibration isolator for isolating a vibration source from a support structure include a base in engagement with the support structure and two supports connected to the base. At least one of the supports is slidably connected to the base. A flexible member having a generally elongate shape and an elongate length is supported by the two supports. The flexible member is attachable to the vibration source. Each support slidably engages the flexible member such that the flexible member can move relative to each support with the support that is slidably connected to the base being moveable along the elongate length of the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Inventors: John Cunningham, Robert E. Roemer
  • Aerobic wastewater treatment system
    Patent number: 7077952
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment system integrates three tanks that oxidize organic compounds, retain solids, reduce nutrients, an inactivate pathogens, discharging an effluent that protects public health and the environment. The system homogenizes wastewater and controls its frequency, interval, volume, and rate of dosing into a treatment tank designed to develop, facilitate, optimize, and maintain dense microbial colonies both suspended in liquid and attached to engineered filter media. These colonies and filter media complete the oxidation, retention, reduction, and inactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Consolidated Treatment Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Bennette D. Burks
  • System for configuring the geometric parameters for a micro channel heat exchanger and micro channel heat exchangers configured thereby
    Patent number: 7059396
    Abstract: Geometric parameters of micro channel aspect ratios are determined for heat exchangers for gaseous fluids in which micro channels have a surface area density greater than 10000 m2/m3 in the alternate situations a) where volume is constant, and b) where volume is variable. Computational fluid dynamics and an analytical approach are combined under given constraints to optimize micro channel aspect ratio and micro channel spacing using plots of the performance curves of pressure loss in the channel for the hot side; pressure loss in the channel for the cold side; heat flux; and heat transfer rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Augustine Kwasi Foli
  • Waterproof footwear liner and method of making the same
    Patent number: 7043788
    Abstract: A footwear liner includes two sides connected at a front seam and a back seam by stitching, an inner bottom piece connected to the two sides along a bottom seam by stitching, and an outer bottom piece adhered to the inner bottom piece. Each side includes an outer layer, an inner layer, and an intermediate layer that is impermeable to water and permeable to vapor. The outer bottom piece includes an outer layer and an inner layer that is impermeable to water and permeable to vapor. The two sides and the inner bottom piece cooperate to form a partial enclosure with a toe portion, a heel portion, and an open top portion. In the preferred embodiment, the front and back seams are covered by a sealing tape to waterproof the seams, and the outer bottom piece overlaps and is adhered to portions of the sides adjacent the bottom seam to form a waterproof seal between the outer bottom piece and the sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Sheets, Richard Finney
  • Extremity positioner
    Patent number: 7036169
    Abstract: A device for positioning at least one extremity of a patient during medical imaging is disclosed. The device comprises a radiotranslucent platform, at least one radiotranslucent support object, and at least one attachment to releasably secure the support object to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Mabel E. Marshall
  • Tire carrier
    Patent number: 7028989
    Abstract: A tire carrier assembly for storing a spare tire on a vehicle which includes a carrier adapted for supporting the spare tire and a winch operatively connected to the carrier to raise and lower the carrier between a stowed position wherein the carrier is inaccessible and a deployed position wherein the carrier is accessible. The winch has a flexible member secured to the carrier and one of an electric motor and a manual device which selectively raises and lowers the carrier between the stowed and deployed positions. A monitoring device is located adjacent the winch and a control module is operably connected to the monitoring device to monitor movement of the carrier from the deployed position toward the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Dura Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Flynn, Madhu Posani, Rosanne Weitzel, John Truckey
  • Gas cylinder warmer with variable wattage self regulating heater
    Patent number: 7015425
    Abstract: A gas cylinder includes a cylindrically-shaped main wall having a liner, a facing and insulation located between the liner and the facing. First and second electric, self-regulating heating elements are positioned between the liner and the insulation. The liner is provided with first and second pockets and the first and second heating elements are located within the pockets. The first heating element has a higher wattage density than the second heating element and the first heating element is located below the second heating element. A sealed conduit enclosure contains a terminal block connecting a power input cable to the first and second heating elements. A planar top wall is located at the top of the main wall and has an opening for passage of a regulator of the gas cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: B H Thermal Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Neal, Doug Dietz, Daniel R. Smith
  • Handle shaft for a tool
    Patent number: D517875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: UnionTools, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Conaway, Charles B. Wilson
  • Bow rake
    Patent number: D517876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: UnionTools, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. DeWinter, Brian J. Conaway, Terry M. Birchler
  • Hand operated tool
    Patent number: D518340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: UnionTools, Inc.
    Inventors: David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, Michael Ballone, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen, Melissa Fisher, Brian J. Conaway, Mandi Reese, Terry M. Birchler, Mark C. Eyman
  • Compacting lid for a refuse container
    Patent number: D519257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Garbage Genie Concept 2000 Limited
    Inventor: Koen de Winter
  • Bulb planter
    Patent number: D521823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: UnionTools, Inc.
    Inventors: David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, Michael Ballone, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen, Melissa Fisher, Brian J. Conaway, Mandi Reese, Terry M. Birchler, Mark C. Eyman
  • Cultivator head for hand tool
    Patent number: D522324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Uniontools, Inc.
    Inventors: David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, Michael Ballone, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen, Melissa Fisher, Brian J. Conaway, Mandi Reese, Terry M. Birchler, Mark C. Eyman
  • Outsole
    Patent number: D523614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Georgia Boot, LLC
    Inventor: David Mitchell
  • Mounting bracket for a wheelbarrow tray
    Patent number: D527985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: UnionTools, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Conaway
  • Handle for hand tool
    Patent number: D532274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: UnionTools, Inc.
    Inventors: David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, Michael Ballone, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen, Melissa Fisher, Brian J. Conaway, Mandi Reese, Terry M. Birchler, Mark C. Eyman