Patents Represented by Law Firm Toren, McGeady & Associates
  • Patent number: 5073936
    Abstract: A stereophonic microphone system for improving stereophonic hearing utilizes intensity stereophonic and/or time difference stereophonic pickup methods with the use of replicas of the human head. The microphones are mounted in the replicas of the outer auditory meatus. The replica of the human head is limited to replicas of the pinna with outer auditory meatus. In addition to the known stereophonic recording device used as a position association stage, two replicas of human pinnas are used, with pressure microphones in each opening of the auditory meatus as a shape association stage. The pinna replicas are arranged spaced apart and oriented on the human head or closely next to each other with the same orientation. The pinna replicas are arranged preferably immediately adjacent the arrangement of known directional microphones for the interaural sound recording in the horizontal and median planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Rudolf Gorike
    Inventors: Rudolf Gorike, Fritz Sippl, Sandor Szabo
  • Patent number: 5073264
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating pulp includes a pressure-proof outer casing for a suspension to be treated. A shaft is rotatably arranged in the outer casing and a number of disks are arranged substantially radially on the shaft within the casing. The disks are formed by a number of sectors each having two opposite filter surfaces for allowing liquid from the suspension to be drained therethrough and a liquid compartment between the filter surfaces for the drained liquid or filtrate, so that a substantially annular filter surface is formed. The liquid compartment is in communication with a liquid discharge member. The apparatus further includes members for dividing the annular filter surfaces into two or more portions. The members are stationary relative to the casing, so that the members are used for separating different treatment stages of fiber suspension from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: A. Ahlstrom Corporation
    Inventors: Pasi H. Immonen, Raimo O. Kohonen
  • Patent number: 5071020
    Abstract: In order to attach a radiator cap 1 by means of a bayonet lock 4, 5 at a radiator neck 2 and to be able herein to install a completely assembled pressure relief valve 35 and vacuum relief valve 40 at the radiator cap 2, a lifting counterpart curved surface 23 is provided so as to be spaced axially from each bayonet engaging curved surface 5. In addition a counterpart cam 26 is at least indirectly connected with each bayonet cam 4, especially if it is manufactured in one piece, which counterpart cam in connection with the lifting counterpart curved surface 23 causes the necessary lifting of the radiator cap 1 counter to the installation direction when the radiator cap 1 is opened. Furthermore, the lifting counterpart curved surface 23 is expediently fastened at plastic part, according to one embodiment of the invention, constituting the stub or neck of a compensation vessel or container 45. This stub is preferably fabricated to form one piece with the vessel 45 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Reutter Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Heiner Reutter
  • Patent number: 5071635
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for ceramic microspheres including the steps of; mixing an oil which is immiscible with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble metallic compound and which has a boiling point higher than that of water in the aqueous solution; applying ultrasonic vibration to the mixed solution to form a water-in-oil type emulsion; heating the emulsion at a temperature less than a boiling point of water to evaporate free water from droplets in which the water-soluble metallic compound is dissolved and to disperse spherical particles of the water-soluble metallic compound in the oil phase; and thereafter heating the dispersed solution at a temperature higher than the temperature at which the water-soluble metallic compound is decomposed to form a metallic oxide but lower than the temperature at which grain growth in the metallic oxide starts, to evaporate and decompose the oil and to remove the oil therefrom, thereby obtaining the metallic oxide microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Yamanaka, Yasuyuki Ogata, Kohji Shirota
  • Patent number: 5071392
    Abstract: A process for continuously controlling the degree of locking of open differential drives in a driven axle of a multi-axle vehicle, in the case of which a nominal value .DELTA..sub.v soll of the differential speed at the wheels driven via the differential gear is determined as a function of the vehicle speed v.sub.F determined at the non-driven wheels and which records the wheel speed differential .DELTA..sub.v ist between the wheels driven via the differential gear, which wheel speed differential .DELTA..sub.v ist is readjusted by varying the locking effect on the nominal value .DELTA..sub.v soll of the differential speed always deviating from zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: GKN Automotive AG
    Inventors: Eugen Stall, Robert Rickell
  • Patent number: 5072317
    Abstract: A recording or reproducing apparatus is provided with a device for detecting and memorizing the replacement of a recording medium made even after a power supply is cut off. This prevents any error from occurring in a preset sequence of automatic operation processes to be carried out after the power supply is switched on, such as an automatic blank recording-track detecting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Fukushima, Masaya Maeda, Nobuo Tezuka
  • Patent number: 5069336
    Abstract: A container for a hardenable multicomponent mass, used in anchoring a fastening member in a bore hole, has blind holes forming chambers. The chambers extend axially and are parallel to one another. The blind holes are arranged to receive individual components of the multicomponent mass. The container is formed of a destructable material, preferably a ceramic. When the container is broken or destroyed, the components mix to form the hardenable mass. The open ends of the blind holes are sealed by a cover after the components are filled into the chambers. The cover is located at an end face of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Mauthe
  • Patent number: 5069574
    Abstract: A connection between two components (2, 3) comprises an extension (5) from one of the components (2) which passes through a hole (6) in the other component (3). The extension (5) is formed from a plastics material having a memory ability and has a tubular shape. The edge of extension (5) is rolled over outwardly and backwardly towards the other component (3) and contacts it. A process for connecting the two components and a tool (9) for carrying out this process are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Jean Walterscheid GmbH
    Inventor: Felix Mikeska
  • Patent number: 5070264
    Abstract: DC motors without collectors require position sensors, which recognize or identify the angular position of the rotor, in order to supply a pulse for control of the current in the coil at a suitable point in time. Hall probes which, as a rule, are used as positional sensors, involve a series of disadvantages, such as for instance sensitivity to temperature and radiation. In order to avoid these disadvantages, coils with a magnetic core through which alternating current is passed are installed in the stator-rotor air gap in accordance with the invention. The rotor comprises in the axial segment opposite the coils a magnetic portion and a nonmagnetic portion. This generates a change in the voltage drop at the coil during each rotor revolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Arthur Pfeiffer Vakuumtechnik Wetzlar GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Conrad
  • Patent number: 5069584
    Abstract: A hollow drilling tool is made up of an axially extending tubular carrier part, a cutting body at one end of the carrier part, and guide elements located in the axial direction of the carrier part between the cutting body and the carrier part. The radially outer surface of each guide element is in alignment in the axial direction of the carrier part with the radially outer surface of the cutting body. The guide elements guide the hollow drilling tool in a borehole formed by the cutting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Obermeier, Eugen Magyari, Walter Ritt, Ernst Wohlwend, Horst-Detlef Gassmann, Peter Cavada
  • Patent number: 5069427
    Abstract: A stand for exerting a forward or rearward drag upon metal strips or sheets, in particular for a plurality of narrow strips which are to be wound up together with separate braking drags being applied to each strip, between two oppositely disposed, endlessly circulating conveyor chain systems driven by chain wheels, wherein a belt arranged between at least one chain system and the metal strip prevents particles of dirt such as forging scale, zinc and tin fines, etc. from entering the chain case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Inventor: Norbert Umlauf
  • Patent number: 5070406
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus is provided with an image sensor; an electronic monitor having a number of scanning lines fewer than the vertical picture elements of the image sensor; and a driving circuit driving the image sensor with a fewer number of scanning lines when the apparatus is in a monitor mode than in an image sensing mode. The driving circuit is arranged to drive the image sensor in a non-interlacing manner in the monitor mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takao Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 5070224
    Abstract: Wire erosion machine in portal construction comprising a machine bed with two lateral columns and a portal bridge, a workpiece clamping table frame, an upper cantilever arm above the latter comprising a wire deflecting guide, a lower cantilever arm below the latter comprising a wire deflecting guide, guide carriage and slide provided with controllable forward feed drives for the relative displacement of the cantilever arms in the x, y and z axes relative to the workpiece clamping table frame, as well as a portal column comprising one or more pieces and forming a first structural component unit, a portable bridge comprising one or more pieces which forms a second autonomous structural unit, is exchangeable, can be placed on the portal column and is rigidly connectable with the latter, exchangeable guide carriages above and below the portal bridge in each instance which are displaceable in the x axis in guides and form a third and a fourth autonomous structural component group, guide slides which are arranged a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Nassovia Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Topfer, Konrad J. Popp
  • Patent number: 5069655
    Abstract: The driving hub for a vehicle, in particular a bicycle, comprises a hub shaft (1), a hub sleeve (9) which is rotatable relative to the hub shaft (1) and a driver (13) rotatably mounted on the hub shaft (1). The driver (13) drives the hub sleeve (9) via a friction gear (17) of which the first toroidal disc (25) rests rigidly on the hub shaft (1), the friction wheel carrier (45) provided with several friction wheels (35) can be driven by the driver (13) and the second toroidal disc (27) is connected via a planetary gear (21) and an overrunning clutch (23) following the planetary gear (21) to the hub sleeve (9). The smoothly adjustable step-up ratio of the friction gear (17) is controlled from the interior of the hub shaft (1) via a rod (53) which entrains the pivotally mounted spindle (37) of the friction wheels (35) via a clutch ring ( 47).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventor: Ulrich Schievelbusch
  • Patent number: 5069624
    Abstract: A contact arrangement for interrogating the data and counting values of a wheel revolution counter. The contact arrangement is accessible from the outside at an otherwise hermetically closed housing. The wheel revolution counter is conventionally fastened at a wheel hub of a vehicle in a cantilevering manner. The contact arrangement comprises a contact plate which is fastened axially in the front housing wall together with an insulating bush having a collar serving as a spacer. An adhesive layer fills the gap between the contact plate and the housing. This adhesive layer extends out on the outer surface of the housing and separates the outer surface of the contact plate and the end face of the housing with an insulating layer covering a large surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz-Josef Hautvast, Jurgen Adams, Isa Sieber
  • Patent number: 5067599
    Abstract: For controlling a motor vehicle friction clutch (3) which is operated by an actuating drive (7) during parking maneuvers, an output adjusting device (19) of the internal combustion engine (1) is unaffected over a limited initial pedal travel (.alpha..sub.0) of the accelerator pedal (17). According to the pedal position at any given time, the actuating drive (7) of the clutch (3) is controlled within the initial pedal travel. According to the pedal position and in keeping with a predetermined first signal characteristic a desired torque signal is generated and the actuating drive (7) is positioned as a function of the desired torque signal and in keeping with a predetermined second signal characteristic. In the clutch position determined by the pedal position, an actual torque signal is generated which represents the torque of the internal combustion engine (1) and it is compared with the desired torque signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Manfred Roder, Andreas Konrad
  • Patent number: 5067929
    Abstract: A constant velocity ratio universal joint, comprising an outer joint member (1), an inner joint member (14), tracks (2, 15) circumferentially spaced in meridian planes about the joint members and facing one another in pairs, a plurality of balls (13) received one in each facing pair of tracks, and a cage (11) between the joint members and holding the balls with their centers in a common plane; wherein the cage has a part-spherical outer surface engaging a part-spherical guide surface with a first portion provided in the outer joint member between the tracks therein and a second portion in a base member (5) connected to the outer joint member at its largest diameter end. The tracks in the joint members are of non-undercut configuration considered from such end of the outer joint member, as is the first guide surface portion therebetween, while the guide surface portion in the joint base member is non-undercut in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: GKN Automotive AG
    Inventor: Werner Krude
  • Patent number: 5068373
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the preparation of anhydrous tin-(IV)-carboxylate. Metallic tin or Sn-(II)-acetate is reacted with an excess of acetic acid anhydride under agitation and at temperatures of 50.degree. to 150.degree. C. Oxygen is passed through the reaction mixture or an oxygen yielding agent is added thereto. The tin-(IV)-acetate thus formed, which is useful, per se, is separated from the reaction mixture and further reacted with a carboxylic acid with more than four carbon atoms or an acid anhydride corresponding to said carboxylic acid. The reaction is carried out at temperatures of about 80.degree. to 150.degree. C. and the liberated acetic acid anhydride or acetic acid is removed by distillation under vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Th. Goldschmidt AG
    Inventor: Erich Ruf
  • Patent number: D322339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Rowenta-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Franz A. Stutzer, Bernd Kohler
  • Patent number: D322340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Rowenta-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Franz A. Stutzer, Bernd Kohler