Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Curing machine for producing tires for road vehicles and the like
    Patent number: 7172396
    Abstract: Two opposed coaxial discoidal elements (35, 37) are diametrically dilatable and are able to move independently of each other axially and pass axially into the tire (P) when the tire is positioned in the mold, in such a way as to dilate each of said discoidal elements (35, 37), for engaging a corresponding annular bead (P1, P2) of the tire and positioning it exactly against the edge of the respective pan (13, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Cima Impianti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Tiziano Galigani, Daniele Brogi, Massimo Capecchi
  • Gymnastic machine and methods for using it, for training and/or rehabilitation of the muscles and joints of the human body
    Patent number: 7172537
    Abstract: The machine comprises a frame (1) to which means are attached that can be actuated by the limbs to overcome a force generated by resistance components by performing one or more exercises. The machine comprises two workstations having similar and similarly arranged actuating means (15, 20, 21A, 21B, 23, 123), all connected to the same resistance component (13; 113), so as to allow said persons, working together, to combine their respective efforts as they exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Inventor: Mohamed Bahaa El Din Eisa
  • Method to estimate variable valve performance degradation
    Patent number: 7171929
    Abstract: A system comprising of an engine having a first group of cylinders and a second group of cylinders, a first variable valve system in said first group, a second variable valve system in said second group, and a controller for determining degradation of operation of at least one of said first and second variable valve systems, said controller determining said degradation in response to controller errors of said valves and differences between operation of said first and second valve systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Dosdall, Steve Magner, Mrdjan Jankovic
  • Composition based on ethyl ester of linoleic acid and triethyl ester of citric acid for topical use in the treatment of seborrhea and acne
    Patent number: 7169811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for topical use for treating and improving the aesthetic conditions of the skin, which comprises, as an active ingredient, a mixture of ethyllinoleate and triethylcitrate. This composition is active in the treatment of seborrhea and acne.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: General Topics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Gianfranco de Paoli Ambrosi
  • System and method for engine operation with spark assisted compression ignition
    Patent number: 7168420
    Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber with a piston, comprising: inducting at least air and fuel vapors from a fuel vapor system; and adjusting an operating condition of the engine so that a mixture of air and fuel in the combustion chamber, including said fuel vapor, approaches, but does not achieve, said autoignition temperature; and performing a spark from the spark plug so that said mixture substantially auto-ignites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jialin Yang
  • Filling system for an anesthetic evaporator
    Patent number: 7168467
    Abstract: A filling system for an anesthetic evaporator is improved such that an anesthetic-specifically coded adapter neck (5) of a bottle adapter (1) can be introduced into the filler neck of a filling device. An outer polygon (7) is provided on the bottle adapter and an inner polygon designed correspondingly thereto is provided on the filler neck as anesthetic-specific codings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ahmet Türker, Dirk-Stefan Reichert, Claus Bunke
  • Method and system for rapid heating of an emission control device
    Patent number: 7168239
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders combusting a lean air/fuel mixture and a second group of cylinders pumping air only (i.e., without fuel injection). In addition, the engine control method also provides the following features in combination with the above-described split air/lean mode: idle speed control, sensor diagnostics, air/fuel ratio control, adaptive learning, fuel vapor purging, catalyst temperature estimation, default operation, and exhaust gas and emission control device temperature control. In addition, the engine control method also changes to combusting in all cylinders under preselected operating conditions such as fuel vapor purging, manifold vacuum control, and purging of stored oxidants in an emission control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Grant Alan Ingram, Gopichandra Surnilla
  • Rotation and/or tilt angle detection means for a ball and socket joint
    Patent number: 7171330
    Abstract: A rotation and/or tilt angle detection device for a ball and socket joint is provided wherein at least one magnet (2), especially a permanent magnet, is arranged in the joint ball (1a), wherein a display device (4) displays the magnetic field of the at least one magnet (2) by means of the magnetooptic effect. An image detection deice (10) detects the information displayed by the display device (4). A data processing unit (50) calculates the relative position of the joint ball (1a) and the ball socket (3) of the ball and socket joint on the basis of the information detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Jochen Kruse, Joachim Spratte, Michael Klank, Oliver Hagedorn, Horst Dötsch
  • Ball and socket joint with pivoting angle sensor for detecting the relative angular position of the joint housing and the ball pivot
    Patent number: 7170285
    Abstract: A ball and socket joint (1) is provided with a pivoting angle sensor (9) for detecting the relative angular position of the joint housing (4) and the ball pivot (3). The pivoting angle ? of the joint ball (2) is detected by a measuring means comprising a magnet (8) and a magnetic field sensor (9). The position and the size of the magnet (8) as well as the position and the size of the recess of the joint ball (2) are selected for each type of ball and socket joint from one series such that when the particular nominal pivoting angle ?m of the ball and socket joint (1) is reached, the angle ? of the magnetic field lines (12) passing through the magnetic field sensor (9) approximately equals a constant ?m, which applies to the entire series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Joachim Spratte
  • Device and process for entering or leaving an area in a controlled manner
    Patent number: 7170406
    Abstract: A device system and a process for monitoring an industrial plant offers the persons working at the plant with the greatest possible protection. Signal transmitters (4, 5), which are fastened to persons (2, 3) or mobile objects, send or trigger a code related to a person or mobile object. Position marks (31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 42, 61, 62, 71, 72, 36, 37, 74), which provide a position code and a direction code for passing through an entrance or an exit, are arranged at entrances and exits of an industrial plant (21, 22). A receiving unit (15, 35, 43, 63, 73) receives the code of the signal transmitters combined with the position code and direction code. A computing and evaluating unit (12) is connected with the receiving unit and generates a topology for the persons or mobile objects to enter or leave the industrial plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Günter Seemann
  • Press forming method
    Patent number: 7165490
    Abstract: A press forming method is disclosed, wherein press forming can be effected at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of a slide plate in press-forming a work-piece by a press machine. A press machine is used in which the slide plate is pressed by a plurality of drive sources using servo-motors for driving. The speed of one of the plurality of drive sources is set to a target speed for production forming for the drive source, and by using a function that shows a delay in terms of a speed of the drive source and a load thereon and also using a load separately found, the respective speeds of the drive sources are found so as to eliminate the delay between the drive sources. Trial forming is repeated on the basis of the thus-found speed to derive conditions that enable press-forming at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of the slide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hoden Seimitus Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
  • Luminous diffuser with differentiated light emitting parts for lighting equipment
    Patent number: 7165868
    Abstract: This invention concerns a light diffuser for lighting equipments which is made up of a front plate (14) with holes or openings (16) distributed uniformly over all its surface, and an internal sheet (15) associated with the internal surface of the front plate and having holes of a different diameter (17, 17?, 17?) along different parts of its length and each positioned in line with an opening in the front plate. The front plate and the internal sheet may be two associated bodies or form a single integrated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Flos S.p.A
    Inventor: Antonio Citterio
  • Lubricating structure of an engine for vehicle
    Patent number: 7165651
    Abstract: A lubricating structure of an engine for vehicle comprising a main pump for pressure-feeding a lubricating oil, and a scavenging pump for pumping the lubricating oil out of a crank room to transfer the oil, can reduce an applied load of a main pump and reduce a power loss of the pump while reducing the size of the main pump and the scavenging pump, and thus reducing the size of the entire engine. In the lubricating structure, the crank room and a transmission room are divided by a partition, an oil storage room communicating with a discharging portion of the scavenging pump is formed, and an oil passage for lubricating a transmission is formed in the transmission shaft along the shaft center and is opened to the oil storage room. The lubricating oil in the oil storage room is supplied to lubrication points on the transmission shaft through the oil passage of the transmission shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Hiraga
  • Transfer line for transporting workpieces
    Patent number: 7165665
    Abstract: A transfer line for transporting workpieces from a first workstation to an adjacent second workstation comprises a frame with a depositing place for at least one workpiece. It further comprises a transporting beam, each end area of which having respective work supports. The transporting beam is supported for height adjustment between two positions of lifting such that the work supports are located above or below the depositing place. The transporting beam is further designed for longitudinal displacement between positions of transfer for the work supports to coincide horizontally with the depositing place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Cross Hüller GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Casper, Klaus Strohhäcker, Thomas Schlegel
  • Method to reduce engine emissions for an engine capable of multi-stroke operation and having a catalyst
    Patent number: 7165391
    Abstract: A method to control valves in a cylinder operating in a multi-stroke cylinder mode. Valves are controlled to improve engine emissions as operating conditions vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Donald J. Lewis
  • Optical display device for a selector lever arrangement
    Patent number: 7167085
    Abstract: An optical display device of a selector lever arrangement with a selector lever mounted in the motor vehicle for shifting between different shifting states of a motor vehicle transmission. The selector lever can be pivoted along at least one shift gate from a first selector lever position into at least one second selector lever position, wherein the optical display device has at least two display elements arranged in different display positions for displaying symbols unambiguously associated with the shifting states and a detection device for detecting the current shifting state. The symbol associated with the current shifting state is always displayed by the first display element during the operation of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Jörg Meyer, Andreas Giefer, Michael Völz
  • Buffer storage unit for tubes, especially cardboard tubes for the production of logs
    Patent number: 7165666
    Abstract: Store for stocking tubes therein, comprising means (4) for feeding tubes (1) into the store, and means (7) for unloading the tubes (1) therefrom, the store being located between said supply means (4) and said unloading means (7), characterized in that it comprises a plurality of supports (8) each of which defines a plane inclined towards said unloading means (7) and able to receive a plurality of tubes (1) from said supply means (4): each of said supports (8) being movable between a stand-by position where it is empty, a position of transit of tubes (1) in which it defines an inclined plane, which connects said tube-supplying means (4) said tube-unloading means (7), and a stock position in which it is full up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventor: Fabio Perini
  • Elastic chassis bearing for utility vehicles
    Patent number: 7165909
    Abstract: An elastic chassis bearing in utility vehicles is provided as a joint as such for the elastic mechanical connection of two machine parts especially in the construction of vehicles, having a claw (connection part) 1 and a housing (13, 14). The claw (1) has a middle area (4) and two end areas (2). The claw is a rotationally symmetrical turned part, and the housing (13, 14) includes at least two bushes 5, 6, 7; 7, 15 inserted concentrically one into another, which together define a hollow cylinder and an intermediate space (8, 9, 16). The intermediate space is filled with an elastic material, so that the claw 1 enclosed by the innermost bush 5, 15 is cardanically movable in relation to the bush 7 or the other bushes 6, 7 of the housing 13, 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Manfred Buhl, Ralf Kunze
  • Massage chair
    Patent number: D536189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Family Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kita
  • Projection device
    Patent number: D536359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: InFocus Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip H. Salvatori, Danny Han, Richard C. Schoenert