Patents Represented by Attorney Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark
-
Patent number: 7331244Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing a stamping press die that has includes a plurality of mechanical devices. The apparatus includes a plurality of pneumatic connections for supplying pressurized air to each of the plurality of mechanical devices; a plurality of valves for regulating pressurized air to associated connections at a predetermined pressure and flow, so as to actuate the associated mechanical devices; and a control system for selectively controlling the plurality of valves, so as to implement a predetermined sequence of valve actuations. In this way, the control system simulates a predetermined sequence of mechanical device operation while the die is removed from the stamping press.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jimmy Little, Chris Current
-
Patent number: 7331756Abstract: An axial-flow fan unit that produces less noise is provided. Blades 19 are exposed from a venturi 29. The shape of each of the blades 19 is so defined that a space formed between at least an inner surface 28a of each of web leg sections 28A to 28C and an edge 19a of each of the blades 19 located in the radially outward direction of the blades 19 expands toward the ends of the web leg sections 28A to 28C (or web bodies 30A to 30C). With this arrangement, noise produced when the blades 19 rotate along the web leg sections 28A to 28C is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michinori Watanabe, Toshiki Ogawara, Haruhisa Maruyama
-
Patent number: 7332711Abstract: A main scale 10 has protrusive grating 12 of a thin film of e.g. Cr formed on a base member 11. The base member 11 and the Cr thin film constitute a reflecting face which is set to provide the sufficient quantity of received light on a light receiving side. The protrusive grating 12 can be formed accurately by photo-etching the thin film.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Tetsuhiko Kubo, Yukinari Nozawa
-
Patent number: 7331626Abstract: In an automotive vehicle body including a first annular frame (29) formed by front pillars (11, 12), a second annular frame (34) formed by center pillars (13, 14) and a front door (7) internally provided with a front door beam (51) and fitted between the front pillar and center pillar one each side of the vehicle body, the front door beam overlaps the first annular frame and second annular frame as seen from sideways, and includes a door beam main body (61) providing a channel member having an open side facing inboard and a tension wire (71) extending along an inboard side of the door beam main body. Thereby, when another vehicle hits the front door from sideways, because the front door beam overlaps the first annular frame and second annular frame as seen from sideways, the impact energy can be effectively transmitted to the vehicle body. Furthermore, because the door beam main body supports a compressive load while the tension wire supports a tensile load, deformation of the door beam is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2006Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Yoshimoto, Hitoshi Kato, Kosaku Tomozawa, Kazuo Arai
-
Patent number: 7331466Abstract: A packaging dunnage including a plurality of packaging columns having a pair of sidewalls, a bottom wall, a plurality of front transverse walls, and a plurality of rear transverse walls that cooperate to define a plurality of cells. Each of the cells is adapted to receive an article for shipment, and is associated with a cam lock assembly. The cam lock assembly includes a lock member that is movable between a first orientation and a second orientation. When the lock member is in the first orientation the cell is adapted to stably receive a first size article. When the lock member is in the second orientation, the cell is adapted to stably receive a second size article. The packaging dunnage is further adapted to receive articles having sizes between the first and second sizes.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Michael L. Stefanik
-
Patent number: 7332110Abstract: An annular insert (4) is arranged in the optical component molding cavity of a mold to surround an outer periphery of raw material resin in a direction in which the resin is distributed in the cavity to limit the distribution of the raw material resin and define an outer profile of a lens (L). With this arrangement, it is only necessary to provide raw material resin only by a quantity equal to the volume of the region surrounded by the molding surfaces of upper and lower mold inserts (14, 24) and the inner peripheral edge of the annular insert (4) of the mold, so that the required volume of the raw material resin can be reduced. Since the pressure is preserved at the outer periphery of the distributed resin by the presence of the annular insert (4), the residual strain of the resin is minimized to prevent generation of sink mark, thereby providing excellent optical characteristics on the lens (L).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventors: Kazuo Inoue, Kiyohiro Saito, Tadayoshi Uehara
-
Patent number: 7330278Abstract: An optical displacement measurement device for introducing light from a light source to an object through an optical system having an objective lens and for detecting light reflected from the object by a detection section to thereby measure a displacement of the object relative to the objective lens. In the optical displacement measurement device, the objective lens is a conical lens for advancing the light toward the object and for receiving light reflected from the object to direct to the detection section, and the displacement of the object relative to the objective lens is measured in consideration of the property that a shape of an detected image detected by the detection section varies depending on the displacement of the object relative to the objective lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Tadashi Iwamoto, Yoshihisa Tanimura
-
Patent number: 7330859Abstract: In a database system having a primary server side (10) and a secondary server side (30), a high availability data replicator (26, 46) transfers log entries from the primary side (10) to the secondary side (30) and replays the transferred log entries to synchronize the secondary side (30) with the primary side (10). R-tree index transfer threads (54, 56) copy user-defined routines, the user defined index, and index databases deployed on the primary server side (10) to the secondary server side (30) and deploy the copied user-defined routines, reconstruct the user-defined index, and copy data pages on the secondary side (30) to make the user-defined index consistent and usable on the secondary side (30).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2003Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ajay K. Gupta, Karl Ostner
-
Patent number: 7329944Abstract: A leadframe for a semiconductor device of the present invention is a leadframe for a semiconductor device having a stage section where a semiconductor chip is to be mounted, an inner lead section connected to the stage section, and an outer lead section connected to the inner lead section. The leadframe has (1) a nickel (Ni) layer 1, (2) a palladium (Pd) or palladium alloy layer 2, (3) a tin (Sn) or tin alloy layer or a zinc (Zn) or zinc alloy layer 3, 3a, or 3b, and (4) a gold (Au) layer 4, 4a, or 4b, all of which are formed on a base material B forming the leadframe in sequence from the surface of the leadframe.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazumitsu Seki, Harunobu Sato, Muneaki Kure
-
Patent number: 7329568Abstract: There are provided the steps of forming, on a substrate 10, a semiconductor layer 12 to be a base of a device, forming each of electrodes 14 to be a source electrode and a drain electrode on a surface of the semiconductor layer 12 provided on the substrate, covering a surface of the substrate 10 having the electrode 14 formed thereon with a resin having an electrical insulating property, thereby forming an insulating layer 16, embossing the insulating layer 16 by using a metal mold, thereby forming an insulating resin film layer 16a on a channel of the semiconductor layer 12, and forming a gate electrode 18 on the insulating resin film layer 16a.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Kyozuka
-
Patent number: 7328909Abstract: A structure of removably mounting a tower connecting bar between top surfaces of right and left strut towers by bolts and nuts. The tower connecting bar has a pipe and annular circular plates attached to opposite ends of the pipe. The circular plates are mounted to the top surfaces of the towers by the bolts and nuts. Upper ends of suspension struts are fastened to the top surfaces of the towers by bolts and nuts. The circular plates have through holes for allowing the strut-mounting nuts to escape when the towers and circular plates are mated together. The through holes provide access to loosen the strut-mounting nuts.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taku Takayanagi, Takeshi Yamaguchi
-
Patent number: 7329859Abstract: A photoelectric encoder that has a lens optical system including a lens inserted between a main scale and a light receiving element. In the photoelectric encoder, three planes extended from a surface of the main scale, a principal plane of the lens, and an image plane of the light receiving element are disposed so as to intersect at a single point and satisfy the Scheimpflug rule. Focus can thereby be obtained over the entire image plane, so that a reduction in contrast is prevented, even if the optical axis is inclined to make an optical system smaller.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Miyako Mizutani, Tatsuya Nagahama
-
Patent number: 7329973Abstract: The present invention provides a rotary electric machine, of which the occupied volume can be reduced and which allows a space in an electric apparatus equipped therewith to be utilized effectively. A slot insulator 15 is integrally formed with a holder mounting portion 25, a whole or major part of which is positioned on one of end faces of a yoke 11 of a stator core 7. A lead wire holder 27 includes a connection holding portion 27a for disposing a plurality of connections 30, in which lead-out wires of windings are connected with corresponding core wires 29a of lead wires 29, at a predetermined interval so that the connections do not contact with each other. The lead wire holder 27 is arranged so that the connection holding portion 27a is positioned over a part of the windings 9 and the holder mounting portion 25 when the lead wire holder is attached to the holder mounting portion 25.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Oohashi, Shigenori Miyairi, Ikuo Takeshita
-
Patent number: 7330770Abstract: To provide a fan selection device capable of selecting a fan using a small amount data prepared in advance and also using simple computations. A required ventilation flow quantity is computed by computing means 4 when predicted total electric power consumption and a predicted air temperature rise are entered into a predetermined computational expression. Parameter range determining means 5 determines a parameter range of a proper flow quantity ratio necessary for cooling. Required flow quantity computing means 7 computes a minimum required flow quantity and a maximum required flow quantity by dividing the required ventilation flow quantity by the upper and lower limit values of the parameter range of the proper flow quantity ratio, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kato, Kinshi Ito
-
Patent number: 7328597Abstract: A circumferential length correcting method for a metal ring including: a circumferential length measuring step of passing the metal ring around a driving roller and a driven roller, displacing the driving roller and the driven roller away from each other, and measuring the actual circumferential length of the ring under tension; and a circumferential length correcting step of correcting the circumferential length of the ring by displacing a circumferential length correcting roller by a predetermined distance in a direction in which the metal ring is extended. The method is capable of imparting an appropriate arc shape to the metal ring while correcting the circumferential length to fall within an appropriate value range.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Watabe, Seiichi Minegishi, Toru Yagasaki, Hideaki Aoyama
-
Patent number: 7328928Abstract: A rear tray 1 separates a vehicle room and a trunk from each other and includes a closed section part 6 formed integrally with the rear tray 1, the closed section part 6 extending in the width direction of a vehicle and having a polygonal section shape. In the rear tray 1, there is provided a connecting member 4 which connects together the opposite corners of the inside of the closed section part 6.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Aizawa, Jun Horiguchi, Eiji Sakaguchi
-
Patent number: 7325830Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle includes an airbag that can be inflated to restrain an occupant of the vehicle against the impact of a collision, an inflator for generating gas to inflate the airbag, and a guide passage provided between the inflator and the airbag for guiding the gas into the airbag. The airbag has at least one opening formed therein to provide a fluid communication between the interior and exterior of the airbag, the opening being disposed near the guide passage to perform an aspiratory function efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Higuchi, Nobuyuki Kawamura
-
Patent number: D560622Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsumichi Ishihara, Honami Ohsawa
-
Patent number: D560986Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Brian M. Adkins, Steven M. Macsay, Glen R. Chartier
-
Patent number: D561709Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Takahisa Toda