Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
  • Patent number: 7014315
    Abstract: An optical element is disclosed comprising at least one transparent eye-protecting portion comprising a plastic material, preferably having a hardness within a range of about 40 Shore A to about 77 Shore D, as measured according to ASTM Standard D2240, and an elongation at break within a range of about 200% to about 700%, as measured according to ASTM Standard D638.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Intercast USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Iori, Federico Menta, Paolo Baiocchi
  • Patent number: 7011384
    Abstract: In an ink container 100 of the invention, an electric power generator 240 rectifies a carrier wave transmitted from a printer PT and thereby generates an electric power for driving a controller 210 and an RF circuit 200. A program voltage generator 250 and a sensor driving voltage generator 260 are connected in series with the electric power generator 240 to individually generate a program voltage required for writing data into an EEPROM 220 and a voltage required for driving a sensor SS including a piezoelectric element. The arrangement of the invention efficiently generates electric powers, which are to be supplied to respective constituents of a container for a printing material, such as the ink container 100, which establishes communication with a printing device, such as the printer PT, from a preset electric power generated by utilizing a radio wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kosugi, Noboru Asauchi
  • Patent number: 7008053
    Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
  • Patent number: 6994415
    Abstract: An ink cartridge has a sensor to detect ink. A printer's control device transmits a detection command and specified detection condition to the ink cartridge by radio communication. In response to input of the detection command into the ink cartridge, a sensor controller actuates and vibrates the sensor under the specified detection condition. The sensor is attached to a resonance chamber disposed in an ink chamber. The frequency of vibration of the sensor is regulated by a resonance frequency of the resonance chamber. The resonance frequency is varied by ink in the resonance chamber. Detection of the resonance frequency specifies if ink is in the resonance chamber and the remaining quantity of ink in the ink cartridge. The printer's control device receives the detection result together with the detection condition from the ink cartridge, and cheeks if detection was carried out under the specified detection condition, validate the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Asauchi, Yasuhiko Kosugi
  • Patent number: 6991484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable termination system for connection of a cylindrical member, such as a cable, within a housing containing multiple bores. One or more bores of the housing are held in a radially expanded state by one or more retaining devices. The cable may be coupled to a coupling device, such as a metallic lug, and inserted into a first bore such that a connection is made with a first mating device inserted into a second bore. Additionally, a second mating device may be inserted into a third bore to finalize the connection. After the connection is completed, each retaining device is de-coupled from its respective bore causing the housing surrounding the bore to contract to its original state, thereby forming a tight seal between the housing and the cable or mating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Rcihards Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Glenn J. Luzzi
  • Patent number: 6986568
    Abstract: A valve unit in an ink supply channel of an ink-jet recording apparatus, the ink supply channel having an upstream side and a downstream side, the valve unit comprising a diaphragm valve having a thin elastic diaphragm operating in response to pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the diaphragm, a valve body formed on the surface of the thin elastic diaphragm and having an opening therein, and an elastic support portion integrally formed with the valve body for urging the valve body toward the upstream direction, a valve seat disposed in the ink supply channel upstream of the diaphragm and kept in elastic contact with the opening, and a flow-channel forming plate for forming a flow channel disposed on the downstream side of the valve seat, the flow channel, extending in a longitudinal direction of the elastic portion and the flow channel forming plate having an end portion side extending in an upstream direction to form a flow channel whose sectional area decreases in the longi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Usui, Takao Kobayashi, Satoshi Shinada, Hisashi Miyazawa, Takahiro Naka
  • Patent number: 6986324
    Abstract: A method of forming a valve assembly for delivering a fluid from a fluid bag to an animal caging system for housing an animal can include forming, in an injection molding machine, an upper member having a piercing member and a connecting member. The upper member has a fluid channel defined therethrough; and forms, in an injection molding machine, a base having a flange member and a base fluid channel defined therethrough. The base is designed to be matingly coupled to the upper member. The method can further include forming, in an injection molding machine, a stem member designed and dimensioned to be disposed in part within the base fluid channel. The stem member has an actuation portion extending through a spring element. The stem member has a top portion having a lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hydropac/Lab Products, Inc.
    Inventors: George S. Gabriel, Neil E. Campbell, Chinsoo Park
  • Patent number: 6984012
    Abstract: An ink cartridge has a memory controller that controls a series of processing that involves rewriting data into a memory. The memory stores information regarding the ink cartridge, for example, a residual quantity of ink in the ink cartridge. A control unit of a printer gives the ink cartridge an instruction including a specified address to execute an operation of rewriting the data in the memory (either an operation of erasing the existing data from the memory or an operation of writing data into the memory). In response to the given instruction, the memory controller rewrites the data at the specified address in the memory and sends back a response signal or an acknowledgement representing completion of the rewriting operation, together with address-related information corresponding to the specified address. The control unit receives the address-related information and verifies whether data has been rewritten correctly at a right address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Asauchi
  • Patent number: 6984030
    Abstract: An ink cartridge has an ink storage chamber, an ink supply port and a negative pressure generating mechanism which selectively blocks and opens fluid communication between the ink storage chamber and the ink supply port as a consequence of ink consumption. The negative pressure generating mechanism includes an elastic member having first and second surfaces and a sealing portion, the sealing portion having a through-hole, an ink flow path communicating with the ink supply port and having an opening portion at a position where the sealing portion of the elastic member contacts with and separates from the opening portion, the opening portion facing the through-hole, and a communicating portion facing the first surface of the elastic member and communicating with the ink storage chamber. A space portion faces the second surface of the elastic member and communicates with the ink supply port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Hisashi Miyazawa, Akira Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 6984662
    Abstract: A topical insecticide is provided which can be safe to use and avoids many common deleterious side effects of conventional topical insecticides. The insecticide contains an insecticide and an insect growth regulator effective for killing fleas, flea larvae and flea eggs. The insecticide is formulated by dissolving an insecticidal (tetrahydro-3-furanyl) methylamine derivative and an insect growth regulator (IGR) in a solvent containing a quaternary ammonium salt to increase the solvency of the IGR component, thereby providing an insecticide having high insecticidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: The Hartz Mountain Corporation
    Inventors: Ian W. Cottrell, Christine M. Monro, Pierre R. Joseph, Albert Ahn, Richard Fisher
  • Patent number: 6983721
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the delivery of water to a plurality of cage level barrier-type cages, for housing animals for an animal study, the method including; providing a plurality of cage level barrier-type cages for an animal study at a laboratory facility site, and disposing a bag forming apparatus at a clean side of a laboratory washroom at the laboratory facility site, wherein the bag forming apparatus is capable of providing sealed bags of water for use in the cage level barrier-type cages. The method can further include providing bag material to the laboratory facility site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Hydropac/Lab Products, Inc.
    Inventors: George S. Gabriel, Neil E. Campbell, Chinsoo Park
  • Patent number: 6979079
    Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
  • Patent number: 6973409
    Abstract: Cartridge total weight SN of an ink bag filled with ink is measured. Ink weight SU of ink stored in the ink bag is calculated from the found cartridge total weight SN (step S17). The ink weight SU is converted into a printable amount and this printable amount is stored in an IC chip as an initial value Sc for calculating a remaining amount (step S19). A printer reads the initial value Sc for calculating the remaining amount from the IC chip, subtracts the ink consumption amount from the initial value Sc for calculating the remaining amount to calculate a new ink remaining amount, and stores the calculated ink remaining amount in the IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Shimizu, Takeo Seino
  • Patent number: 6969344
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a first spacer component that serves to separate a plurality of implantation seeds. The first spacer component comprises an end portion that is configured to receive and hold any one of: a first one of the plurality of implantation seeds; and a second spacer component. The second spacer component comprises an end portion that is configured to receive and hold any one of: a second one of the plurality of implantation seeds; and a third spacer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Bard Brachytherapy, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Drobnik, Michael W. Drobnik, Scott C. Jones
  • Patent number: 6969140
    Abstract: In a printer of the present invention, an EEPROM that carries out sequential access and has a relatively small storage capacity is applied for storage elements mounted on both black and color ink cartridges, which are detachably attached to the printer. Pieces of information relating to each ink cartridge, for example, pieces of information on remaining quantities of respective inks in the ink cartridge, are stored in the storage element of the ink cartridge. A format of addressing adopted in the storage elements of the ink cartridges is different from that adopted in an EEPROM incorporated in a printer main body of the printer. A control IC provided in the printer accordingly converts the storage format of addressing, before writing the information into the storage elements of the ink cartridges. In the printer, a RAM is mounted with the control IC on a carriage, and the pieces of information to be written into the storage elements of the ink cartridges are temporarily registered in the RAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihisa Saruta
  • Patent number: 6961675
    Abstract: The present invention determines and monitors the connection pattern of data ports which are connected by multiconductor cables without requiring special patch cables or patch panels. An adapter jacket having an external contact is placed over a standardized cable such as an RJ45 cable which connects the data ports. An adapter board having a plurality of socket contacts is placed adjacent a plurality of data ports. An output and input module are coupled to the socket contacts. A micro-processor which is coupled to the output and input module scans the socket contacts to determine the connection pattern of the data ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Itracs Corporation
    Inventor: Solomon I David
  • Patent number: 6955422
    Abstract: An ink cartridge having a container for storing ink therein and having an ink supply port formed at a leading end side in an insertion direction of the container, a memory device disposed on a first of two opposite surfaces parallel to the insertion direction of the container, the memory device having an electrode for electrical connection to the recording device; a retaining member disposed on the first surface and located at a trailing end side relative to the memory device in the insertion direction, the retaining member serving to selectively engage with the recording device; and another retaining member disposed on the second surface and which also serves to selectively engage with the recording device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Miyazawa, Munehide Kanaya, Yasuto Sakai, Masaki Shimomura, Satoshi Nakata, Yoshihiro Koizumi, Hiroshige Owaki
  • Patent number: D511792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Taku Ishizawa, Yasuto Sakai
  • Patent number: RE38926
    Abstract: An ink jet printer including a cartridge which moves along a print area, a head mounted on the carriage, an ink cartridge mounted on the cartridge for supplying ink to the head, a lever on the carriage for mounting or demounting the ink cartridge with respect to the carriage and a stopper for stopping the movement of the carriage by coming into contact with the lever when an operation of mounting the ink cartridge by the lever has not been completely effected. The ink jet printer may also include a resilient member for supporting the ink cartridge on the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Hirano, Susumu Murayama, Masanori Yoshida
  • Patent number: D514008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Panor Corporation
    Inventor: Charles I. Sassoon