Patents Represented by Attorney Rader, Fishamn & Grauer PLLC
  • Patent number: 6769667
    Abstract: The sensitivity of a pressure-sensitive element in a pressure-sensitive part of a control valve for variable-capacity compressor is made adjustable by means of an adjusting screw provided so as to permit an adjustment of forward and backward movement with respect to a frame supporting the pressure-sensitive part. The adjusting screw is rotated by engaging an engagement part, which is annexed to a coil assembly constituting a solenoid excitation part, against the adjusting screw thereby to operate the coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kume, Toshiki Okii, Masayuki Imai
  • Patent number: 6485772
    Abstract: The invention provides a treating process of cacao beans, and more particularly cacao powder rich in polyphenols, a process for the preparation thereof and a prepared cacao composed of the cacao powder. According to the invention, the polyphenol contained in the cacao beans is allowed to remain as much as possible, by setting initial water content in the roasting treatment to 3-10% by weight. Although polyphenols have various favorable biological functions of anti-oxidating action, anti-dental cariesing action, action for preventing arteriosclerosis and so on, but those are unfavorable from the view point of taste because of astringency and bitterness. In a conventional process for preparing cacao powder, therefore, an operation for removing polyphenols has been carried out, but in the invention, the astringency and bitterness are inhibited by setting water content of the cacao nib to 3-10% by weight in the alkali treatment prior to the roasting treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Masakazu Terauchi
  • Patent number: 6481009
    Abstract: The invention provides a television receiver which comprises a setting key to be manipulated for setting RATING information, a decoder 4 for extracting RATING information from V-chip signal, a memory 5 for storing RATING information, and a control circuit 1 for reading RATING information from the decoder 4 when the user depresses the setting key and storing the read RATING information in the memory 5. This construction assures a facilitated procedure for setting RATING information and enables the user to set desired RATING information even if the user fails to understand the meanings of the symbols representing the RATING information, further enabling the user to reliably prohibit viewing of programs of a level contemplated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Miyakoshi
  • Patent number: D530732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Tanaka, Michio Deguchi
  • Patent number: D542295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Katagiri, Yoshio Kajino, Norihiko Yamato