Patents Represented by Attorney Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.
  • Patent number: 7097227
    Abstract: A visor assembly having a slip-on upholstered sleeve and a mating snap-in stretchable accessory band for holding maps and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Hammond, Donald J. Woodward
  • Patent number: 7093471
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for deep rolling an elongate workpiece such as a crankshaft or a camshaft. the apparatus includes upper and lower tools. At least one of the upper and lower tools includes a tool housing with a shaft extending therein. A roller is arranged about the shaft and rotatively supported thereon. At least one work roll rotates against the shaft, and is retained by first and second cage members secured to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Inventor: Vincent J. Lonero
  • Patent number: 7055195
    Abstract: An electrically activated emergency system for a patient bed comprises: an electrically powered linear actuator for driving a back rest of the patient bed from a lowered back rest position to a raised back rest position and operable to permit the back rest to lower from the raised back rest position to the lowered back rest position without being driven by the linear actuator; and, an independent emergency back rest lowering feature comprising an electrical activation means for activating the linear actuator to permit the back rest to lower from the raised back rest position to the lowered back rest position without being driven by the linear actuator, the electrical activation means not requiring continued operator attendance for continued lowering of the back rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Carroll Hospital Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard B. Roussy
  • Patent number: 7057503
    Abstract: A roll angular velocity sensor and a lateral velocity sensor are operatively coupled to a processor, which generates a signal for controlling a safety restraint system responsive to measures of roll angular velocity and lateral velocity. In one embodiment, the processor delays or inhibits the deployment of the safety restraint system responsive to a measure responsive to the measure of lateral velocity, either alone or in combination with a measure of longitudinal velocity. In another embodiment, a deployment threshold is responsive to the measure of lateral velocity. The lateral velocity may be measured by a lateral velocity sensor, or estimated responsive to measures of lateral acceleration, vehicle turn radius, and either longitudinal velocity or yaw angular velocity, wherein the turn radius is estimated from either a measure of steering angle, a measure of front tire angle, or measures of forward velocity from separate front wheel speed sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventor: W. Todd Watson
  • Patent number: 7051465
    Abstract: A sign assembly for mounting on a motor vehicle includes a first and second panel mounted to left and right rear doors, respectively, of a cargo storage compartment in a motor vehicle. The panels have substantially parallel inner edges positioned adjacent when the left and right rear doors are closed, an interface of the inner edges substantially aligned with an interface of the rear doors when closed. A plurality of spacers are positioned between the panels and the rear doors, and the spacers are sized to position the panels substantially parallel with the rear doors and sufficiently spaced therefrom to provide clearance for a vertical locking bar assembly integral with at least one of the doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventors: Steven G. Slesinski, Charles E. Reagan
  • Patent number: 7042420
    Abstract: A multi-beam antenna comprises at least one curved surface, at least one dielectric substrate, and a plurality of end-fire antenna feed elements on the dielectric substrate. The at least one curved surface may be either reflective, refractive or diffractive. |Electromagnetic waves launched from the antenna feed elements are directed at the at least one curved surface, and are either reflected, refracted or diffracted thereby. n one embodiment, the substraFigureste is located within a light assembly, e.g. a vehicle headlight, wherein at least one source of light is operatively associated with the dielectric substrate, and the at least one curved surface comprises the concave optical reflector of the light assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Ebling, Gabriel M. Rebeiz, Bernhard Schoenlinner
  • Patent number: 7040132
    Abstract: The two-piece upper work tool 20 includes a first body member 22 and a second body member 24 which are generally mirror images of each other. The body members 22, 24 include a plurality of orifices 28 therethrough. One of the body members 22 includes a plurality of elongated slots 26 with a circular shape at one end thereof. The other body member 24 has a plurality of fasteners, posts or dowels 30 extending from a surface thereof which interact and mate with the elongated slots 26 on the opposite body member 22. The body members 22, 24 include a rectangular shaped recess 32 on one end thereof and also include a plurality of pockets or cavities on inner surfaces thereof. One of the pockets includes a diameter for a back-up roller generally encompassing 360° except for a very small top portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Lonero Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent J. Lonero
  • Patent number: 7034742
    Abstract: A first Kalman filter estimates true measures of yaw rate and vehicle speed from associated noisy measures thereof generated by respective sensors in a host vehicle, and a second Kalman filter estimates therefrom parameters of a clothoid model of road curvature. Measures of range, range rate, and azimuth angle from a target state estimation subsystem, e.g. a radar system, are processed by an extended Kalman filter to provide an unconstrained estimate of the state of a target vehicle. Associated road constrained target state estimates are generated for one or more roadway lanes, and are compared—either individually or in combination—with the unconstrained estimate. If a constrained target state estimate corresponds to the unconstrained estimate, then the state of the target vehicle is generated by fusing the unconstrained and constrained estimates; and otherwise is given by the unconstrained estimate alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shan Cong, Shi Shen, Lang Hong
  • Patent number: 7028191
    Abstract: A trusted display (18) of a trusted authorization device (TAD) (10) displays on a trusted display (18) first information about a transaction to be authorized by a user (14) using a trusted keypad (20). The TAD (10) generates (208) a random number (R); generates (1210) second information from the first information, the random number (R) and a first identification code (TADID-A) of the TAD (10); generates (212) a signature of the second information using a first encryption process; egnerates (216) a set of session keys (Ks1, Ks2, Ks3) by a second encryption process responsive to the random number (R) and a set of stored working keys (Kw1, Kw2, Kw3); and generates (218) third information by encrypting the second information and the signature using a third encryption process responsive to the set of session keys (Ks1, Ks2, Ks3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Inventors: John R. Michener, Paul F. Ryan
  • Patent number: 7025400
    Abstract: Sun visor for a motor vehicle has a nail substantially parallel a longitudinal edge of a clamshell visor half and driving the nail through a clip rod positioned in a clip rod recess. The nail is driven by sliding a visor pivot rod or attached slider against one end thereof, driving the nail through the clip rod and securing the same in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Rodney Slobodian
  • Patent number: 7024267
    Abstract: A process for creating aftermarket vehicle gauge faces from a metal is disclosed. The process includes the steps of preparing a metal. The process also includes phototooling a phototool and then coating the metal after which an ultraviolet exposure is used. The process then will develop, and etch the metal to create predetermined letters, lines and characters and shapes on the metal gauge face. Next the gauge face is stripped and washed and a final inspection is used to create the aftermarket automobile gauge faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: U.S. Speedo, Inc.
    Inventor: Jamie Howton
  • Patent number: 7007997
    Abstract: A stanchion cover having an upholstered cover for providing a flat cargo surface in a sport utility vehicle or minivan in the area of removable or stowable seats. The cover also includes improvements in providing cargo storage compartments for common and safety accessories as well as providing ways to utilize the seat stanchions to provide cargo anchor for specific applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Bryan Busha
  • Patent number: 7003828
    Abstract: A system for maintaining a height adjustable patient bed in a level position while adjusting height of the bed is provided. The system has electrically powered linear actuators having internal position sensors, the linear actuators operable to adjust the height of the bed. The system also has control means, electrically coupled to the linear actuators, which compares position information from the internal position sensors and then adjusts the power supply to one or the other of the linear actuators in response to the position information. This permits the trailing linear actuator to catch up to the lead linear actuator to maintain the bed in a level position while the height of the bed is being adjusted. Since the internal position sensors work on small changes in position, the leveling effect is not noticeable leading to less tilt of the bed and a smoother motion during height adjustment of he bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Carroll Hospital, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard B. Roussy
  • Patent number: 6997126
    Abstract: A process for joining adjacent panels of plural layered upholstery, including the steps of adjacently positioning first and second panels, each having an offset backing and exterior layers, and substantially aligning longitudinal peripheries of the first and second panels. Stitching the panels together along a first stitching line positioned inboard of the longitudinal peripheries and substantially parallel thereto, and stitching portions of the first and second panels outboard of the first stitching line to an inboard portion of one or more of the panels along at least a second stitching line. In a preferred embodiment, the exterior layer in the first panel is offset laterally relative to the backing layer in an inboard direction, wherein the lateral offset imparts a substantially regular contour to portions of the exterior layer proximate the first stitching line and inboard thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kimberly Murley
  • Patent number: 6988367
    Abstract: Fuel supplied to a rotary fluid trap is centrifugally accelerated within a first cavity adjacent a first side of a rotor, and is then directed though a plurality of first passages extending through the rotor between and proximate to the blades, and shaped so as to at least partially conform to the shape of the blades. Second passages extend within the blades from the first passages and terminate within associated cavities proximate to the tips of the blades. Relatively cooler fuel in the first passages is thermosiphon exchanged for relatively hotter fuel in the second passages so as to cool the blades. The heated fuel flows into a second cavity adjacent to a second side of the rotor and is discharged from the rotating frame of reference directly into the combustion chamber through a second rotary fluid trap. A separate fuel distribution circuit is used for starting and warm-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Williams International Co. L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert S. Thompson Jr., Gregg Williams
  • Patent number: 6986813
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying a liner to a pipe is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base assembly having a plurality of guide rails and a shuttle plate attached thereto. The apparatus also includes a motor module attached to an end of the base assembly. An extension arm is connected to a top surface of the shuttle plate. The extension arm has a spray head assembly attached at an opposite end thereof. The extension arm and spray head assembly will move relative to the base assembly of the apparatus. A fast cure coating will be applied via the spray head assembly to the interior surface of a pipe being rehabilitated. The spray head assembly will have an air blow off mechanism therein thus allowing for the tip of the spray head assembly to stay relatively clog free during the fast cure coating operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Visuron Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Davis
  • Patent number: 6968073
    Abstract: An eye-safe light curtain is generated by a plurality of LED's illuminating a cylindrical lens having a corrugated cylindrical surface. A camera generates a first image of an avoidance zone boundary of an air bag inflator with the light curtain off, and a second image of with the light curtain on along the avoidance zone boundary. The first image is subtracted from the second image, and the resulting difference image is binned to enhance signal strength. A penetration of the avoidance zone is classified from features of the leading edge of the binned image, and the air bag inflator is disabled if the avoidance zone is penetrated by an occupant at risk of injury from the deployment thereof. An image of the light curtain may be recovered for high ambient lighting conditions by adapting the exposure time of the camera responsive to the percentage of pixels in a mask region of the first image having values exceeding a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. O'Boyle, Gregory G. Schamp, Owen A. Davies, James C. Demro, Debbie E. Nachtegall, William P. Wernette
  • Patent number: 6964431
    Abstract: An inflatable restraint device for a vehicle is provided that includes an inflatable restraint cushion stored along a roof rail of a vehicle window in an undeployed state. A flexible loop is provided that is integral with the cushion, and an elongate cord member with a first end and a second end, the cord passing through the loop. The flexible loop slidably engages the cord during deployment of the inflatable restraint cushion, and supplies a tensioning force to the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: TK Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Michael J. Scavnicky
  • Patent number: D513164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Hagan
  • Patent number: D525357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventor: Robert Bruce Barrett