Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Engine shut-down for engine having adjustable valve timing
    Patent number: 7011075
    Abstract: A method for discontinuing combustion in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold and an emission control device coupled downstream of thereof, where the cylinder has at least one valve, the method comprising during a shut-down, holding the at least one valve closed for at least a cycle of the cylinder to reduce a flow of gasses from the engine to the emission control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Donald J. Lewis
  • Wide-angle constant-velocity joint, with arrangement for reducing the stresses of the internal members
    Patent number: 7011583
    Abstract: The joint comprises two spiders (10, 14) and a central core forming a cavity for sliding movement in a transverse plane for two constraint members (120) with seats (120A) for the spherical heads (10B; 14B) on the ends of the two forks (10, 14); a divider (150) divides said cavity into two housings (124) for the two constraint members (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Inventor: Edi Bondioli
  • Personalized LCD directory
    Patent number: 7012915
    Abstract: A network telephone system includes a distributed network with a connected network call processor with access to a memory or data storage to form a central database. A plurality of network telephones are connected to the network that have user specific records provided at the central database. The telephones have a display for displaying the information stored in the central database. The telephones have at least one key for assisting in access to the data displayed on the display or for selecting data, changing the display and/or actuating a telephone function based on the status of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel J. Carr
  • Vertical conveyor in the form of a c-shaped circulating conveyor for vertical conveyance of unit load items
    Patent number: 7011206
    Abstract: A vertical conveyor in the form of a said C-shaped fixed tray conveyor (1) for the vertical conveying of individual products from and to a lower level (3) to or from a upper level (2) on essentially horizontal, vertically movable spaced carrying platforms (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Hornhofer
  • Differential pressure sensor
    Patent number: 7010984
    Abstract: The differential pressure sensor is formed of a semiconductor substrate (1) which is thinned out in an inner region into a membrane (2) which may be impinged by pressure on both sides. Measurement resistances (3a to 3d) for detecting the differential pressure (P1 minus P2) are formed within the membrane (2), and compensation resistances (4) are formed on the carrier, which are connected to measurement resistances (3). The measurement resistances (3) are connected into a first measurement bridge (6) and the compensation resistances (4a to 4d) into a second measurement bridge (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Grundfos a/s
    Inventors: Jens Peter Krog, Casper Pedersen, Carsten Christensen
  • Vehicle having an emission control device diagnostic computer
    Patent number: 7007458
    Abstract: A computer controlled diagnostic system is described that monitors catalyst activity of an upstream catalyst using a sensor located downstream of a downstream catalyst. In this way, a system configuration is achieved that allows for diagnosis as well as improved air-fuel ratio control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher John Mazur, Michael Leonard Corsetti
  • Method and system for controlling robots
    Patent number: 7010390
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a system for controlling a first robot and at least one other robot, the at least one other robot being calibrated relative to the first robot by the determination of at least one coordinate transformation of the first robot relative to at least one other robot and said at least one transformation is stored in a control device of the other robot, wherein also the first robot is calibrated relative to the other robot by the determination of at least one independent coordinate transformation and said at least one independent transformation is stored in a control device of the first robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Graf, Andreas Hagenauer, Michael Chaffee
  • Dielectric thin films from fluorinated precursors
    Patent number: 7009016
    Abstract: New precursors and processes are disclosed for making fluorinated, low dielectric constant ? thin films that have higher dimensional stability and are more rigid than fluorinated poly (para-xylylenes). The fluorinated, low dielectric constant thin films can be prepared from reactions of an ethylenic-containing precursor with benzocyclobutane-, biphenyl- and/or dieneone-containing precursors. The fluorinated, low dielectric constant thin films are useful for fabrications of future <0.13 ?m integrated circuits (ICs). Using fluorinated, low-dielectric constant thin films prepared according to this invention, the integrity of the dielectric, copper (Cu) and barrier metals, such as Ta, can be kept intact; therefore improving the reliability of the IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Dielectric Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Chung J. Lee
  • Wide-band spectrometer with objective comprising an aspherical corrector mirror
    Patent number: 7009702
    Abstract: The spectrometer comprises at least a first optical path for a beam of electromagnetic radiation, along which the following are set: a beam-entry slit (1) for an incoming beam; a collimator (5) comprising a convergent spherical mirror for collimation of the incoming beam; a first dispersor (9) for dispersion of the beam into its chromatic components; a first focusing system (19); and a first detector (21) which receives the beam dispersed and focused by said first focusing system. Set along the first optical path there is set at least one first aspherical corrector element (7; 17) comprising an aspherical mirror for correction of spherical aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Galileo Avionica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Caruso, Andrea Romoli, Matteo Taccola
  • Wide angle lens system having a distorted intermediate image
    Patent number: 7009765
    Abstract: The wide angle lens system described herein allows projection devices (e.g., rear projection display devices) to be more compact than would otherwise be possible. The lens system includes a wide angle lens stage and a relay lens stage. When operating as a projection device, the relay lens stage projects a distorted intermediate image to the wide angle lens stage, which projects the image for display. The distortion cause by the relay lens stage compensates (i.e., is approximately equal and opposite) for the distortion caused by the wide angle stage. The distortion can be the image shape and/or the focal plane. When operating as a taking device, the wide angle stage provides a distorted image to the relay lens stage, which compensates for the distortion and provide a less distorted, or even non-distorted image, for capture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: InFocus Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Gohman
  • Pressing machine
    Patent number: 7007529
    Abstract: A press forming machine having a slide plate which reciprocates by driving sources between a lower support stand and an upper support plate and has a forming space between the lower support stand and the slide plate. In the press forming machine, a reference plate for a displacement reference for the slide plate is supported on the lower support stand. The driving sources are engaged with the slide plate by the drive shafts of the driving sources to drive and press the slide plate. The drive shaft is provided with a through hole axially extending in a shaft center thereof, and displacement measuring devices each for each of the drive shafts measures the displacement of the slide plate portion corresponding to the through hole with respect to the reference plate, through the through hole. As a result, the displacements at the pressurized points on the slide plate can be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Institute of Technology Precision Electrical Discharge Work's
    Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
  • System and method for controlling catalyst storage capacity
    Patent number: 7007461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new method and system for optimizing the efficiency of an automotive catalytic converter by adjusting the engine air/fuel ratio based on estimates of the actual amount of oxidants stored in the catalyst. The oxidant storage capacity of the catalyst is adjusted by controlling engine spark in response to an estimate of a current amount of oxidants stored in the catalyst and an estimate of the total available oxidant storage capacity of the catalyst. To maintain engine speed in spite of adjustments to the engine spark, the engine air mass is also adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald James Lewis, Kevin Ronald Carlstrom, Stanley Larue Bower, Jr., Stephen L. Hahn
  • Machine tool for processing work pieces on at least three axes
    Patent number: 7008152
    Abstract: A machine tool for at least triaxially machining work pieces (15) comprises a work spindle (10) and a working area (14) before the work spindle (10). A z skid (23), which is displaceable in the direction of the spindle (10), is disposed above the working area (14), with a work holding fixture (29) being joined to, and suspended downwards from, the z skid (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Cross Hüller GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Geiger, Wolfgang Horn, Gerald Stengele
  • Computing device to generate even heating in exhaust system
    Patent number: 7003944
    Abstract: A microprocessor-based controller is provided for generated heat in at various locations in an exhaust system of an engine by changing the heat generation technique utilized. In one case, some cylinder air-fuel ratios are modulated between stoichiometry and rich, while others are modulated between stoichiometry and lean. Another approach operates some cylinder lean, while others are modulated between a first rich, and a second, less rich, value. Further, compensation based on engine airflow is also provided. Finally, various methods are described for temperature control and for controlling modulation of air-fuel ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Shane Elwart
  • Purchase selection behavior analysis system and method utilizing a visibility measure
    Patent number: 7006982
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing shopper behavior of a shopper within a shopping environment is provided. The method typically determining the position of a product within the shopping environment, tracking a shopper path of a shopper through the shopping environment, via a wireless tracking system, and calculating a product-shopper proximity measure based at least in part on a physical distance of a shopper traveling along the shopping path from the position of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Sorensen Associates Inc.
    Inventor: Herb Sorensen
  • Release mechanism for an electrical actuator used in swing gates
    Patent number: 7000353
    Abstract: A transmission joint with a coupling having frontal teeth (20,21) is inserted between an output shaft of a gear motor and a worm screw. A release element is associated in a radial way to the coupling so that the coupling can be manually released in an emergency. The release element includes an eccentric pin that engages the coupling element in a radial way so that the coupling element can be moved from an engagement position to a release position by being turned by a lock barrel (26) with its key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: RIB S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Bosio
  • Plate
    Patent number: D516867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Inventors: Frank Martin, Mehdi Derouazi, David Pivoda
  • Image-rendering unit for a projection device
    Patent number: D517109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: InFocus Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip H. Salvatori, Danny Han
  • Table lamp
    Patent number: D517239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Flos S.p.A.
    Inventor: Philippe Starck
  • Massage chair
    Patent number: D517338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Family Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nichimu Inada, Shiro Watanabe