Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Patent number: 6784391
    Abstract: A shipment sorting system is provided. The system comprises a plurality of inflow lines each thereof conveys cargoes each containing articles to be shipped; a plurality of first buffer lines each thereof includes a first loop storage line for circulating and storing cargoes transferred from the inflow lines and a plurality of first straight storage lines for storing cargoes; a second buffer line including a second loop storage line connected to output ends of the first straight storage lines for circulating and storing cargoes, a plurality of second straight storage lines, and a plurality of return lines for returning excess unit cargoes in one of the second straight storage lines which is fill of unit cargoes to another second straight storage line; and a shipment sorting area for sorting cargoes transferred from the second straight storage lines to the plurality of shoot lines by sorters according to different shipment requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventor: Chiyuki Takizawa
  • Patent number: 6779454
    Abstract: A process is provided for determining the position of a printed paper web in a printing press, especially in a rotary printing press. Reference values for determining the position from the image data of the preliminary printing stage are obtained. At least part of a printing style on the paper web is detected by at least one scanner. The reference values obtained from the image data of the preliminary printing stage are compared with the measured values detected by at least one sensor. The position of the printed paper web is determined from the result of the comparison. A device is provided for determining the position of a printed paper web in a printing press, especially in a rotary printing press, with a data processing device, in which reference values are generated from image data from the preliminary printing stage for determining the position. At least one sensor is provided for detecting at least part of a printing style on the paper web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Wifag
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Mengisen, Curt Munz
  • Patent number: 6776722
    Abstract: An amusement ride includes an output member having an anthropomorphic robot arm adapted for six degrees of movement. The ride further includes a passenger station in moveable engagement with said output member, a platform, and optionally a ticket reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: Robocoaster Limited, Kuka Roboter GmbH
    Inventor: Gino Daniel De-Gol
  • Patent number: 6776112
    Abstract: A sewing machine has a device for steering towards a predetermined end (E) of a seam (B1). An alternating movement of the feed elements of the sewing machine, which occurs when the stitch adjusting device is set, is taken into consideration in the calculation of the target stitch length (Sb) of the final optionally shortened end stitch (Nre) of the seam, in such a way that the setting value that deviates from the target stitch length is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: G.M. PFAFF Aktiengesellschaft in Insolvenz
    Inventors: Lothar Bruehl, Edgar Butzen, Karl-Ludwig Manuel
  • Patent number: 6773675
    Abstract: A test tube apparatus including a container body (1) with a cavity (3) which is essentially prismatic and has an essentially rectangular cross section, a cylindrical connecting part (5) for filling, and a flat laminar zone (7) developed as an extension of one of the walls of the cavity. Information which can be read optically, such as bar codes or the like, may be accommodated on this flat laminar zone (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Diesse Diagnostica Senese S.R.L.
    Inventors: Francesco Cocola, Antonio Ricci
  • Patent number: 6772703
    Abstract: An eye-type buttonhole sewing machine comprises an x-y table with an x carriage which is guided on the sewing machine and on which a y carriage is displaceably guided, having a bearing plate. Actuation of the x carriage is effected by an x motor which is mounted on the sewing machine and directly coupled with the x carriage via a cam drive. Actuation of the y carriage is equally effected via an electric motor which is directly connected to the y carriage via a threaded spindle with a spindle nut and a sliding coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Dürkopp Adler Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karsten Filges, Horst Bohl, Samuel Römich, Rainer Panhorst
  • Patent number: 6773196
    Abstract: A joint housing (1) has a housing recess (2), a pivot pin (4), mounted in the housing recess. The pivot pin has a joint ball (3) provided with a surface protection. A pin section protrudes from a housing opening (18), with a bearing shell (5) arranged between the joint housing and the joint ball, and with a closing ring (7), which closes the housing recess of the joint housing and tensions the bearing shell arranged therein in the joint housing. The closing ring follows essentially with its inner contour the outer contour of the bearing shell due to a bevel or a radius formed. The closing ring (7) to be inserted into the joint housing is fixed in its position in the joint housing (1) and has a sealing lip (17) which is in contact with the joint ball (3) under elastic pretension on the side of the housing opening (18) through which the pin section of the pivot pin (4) protrudes from the joint housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bröker, Martin Rechtien, Wolfgang Kleiner, Reinhard Buhl
  • Patent number: 6774526
    Abstract: A rotor for a small-sized motor has a plurality of rotor magnetic poles and a commutator on a rotor shaft, and both ends of a wire of each winding of the rotor magnetic poles are tied up with and connected by spot welding to a U-shaped hook-type commutator leg connected to the corresponding commutator piece end of the commutator, respectively. The commutator leg has a copper-based base material, and is composed by attaching a thin layer of a clad material with a melting point lower than that of the above described base material and a high electric resistance thereon at the surface part to be inside when bent to the U-shaped hook type. Thus, in the connection between the commutator leg and the copper wire material of the small-sized motor, the reduction of defectives of breaking of the wire because of heat shock at the time of welding is achieved, and in the meantime, the stabilization of welding is achieved, so that the reliability of the connection can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Furuya, Makoto Kimura
  • Patent number: 6769599
    Abstract: A method and a device for placing a multitude of shaped parts of solder material (20) on a bond pad arrangement (29) of a substrate (23), said bond pad arrangement comprising a multitude of bond pads (28), and for subsequent re-melting of the shaped parts of solder material on the bond pads (28), with arrangement of a template device (21) comprising a multitude of template apertures (27) for accommodating shaped parts of solder material (20) opposite a substrate (23) comprising a bond pad arrangement (29), such that the shaped parts of solder material are associated with the individual bond pads (28); and application of laser energy to the shaped parts of solder material (20) accommodated in the template apertures (27) using a laser device (39) arranged at the rear of the template device (21) such that said laser energy is applied to the shaped parts of solder material through the template device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: PAC-Tech-Packaging Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Kaveh Momeni, Ghassem Azdasht
  • Patent number: 6768243
    Abstract: A small-size motor has a case cover 11 formed with three voids, and electric elements such as chip capacitors are contained in the three voids. A first electric element is mechanically fixed between a pair of brush units in a first void and is electrically connected. The remaining two second and third electric elements are located on both sides of the first electric element and are pressed on a brush base in a motor shaft direction by a body earth terminal 14 in second and third voids, so that the body earth terminal 14 is fixed to the case cover 11 and the two electric elements are mechanically fixed and electrically connected. A sufficient space is secured in the motor case cover made of synthetic resin, so that three electric elements such as chip capacitors can be incorporated together with their wiring and support arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 6764302
    Abstract: An atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a heater that can be used on a vehicle includes a first flow guide element (34), which provides a flow guide surface (40) and has an atomizing lip (48) in an axial end area in relation to a central axis (A) of the nozzle, a second flow guide element (36) defining a first flow space area (30) leading to the atomizing lip (48) together with the first flow guide element (34). A fuel feed device (54) in the second flow guide element (36) is provided for applying fuel through the first flow space area (30) onto the flow guide surface (40) of the first flow guide element (34). Provisions are made for the fuel feed device (54) to have at least one fuel feed channel section (58) in the second flow guide element (36), which said fuel feed channel section (58) is open toward a surface area (44; 44′) of the second flow guide element (36) and has a surface normal radial component different from zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: J. Eberspacher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Günter Eberspach, Walter Blaschke
  • Patent number: 6764739
    Abstract: The list consists of a wooden section whose surface intended to be visible in the frame is partially veneered. The longitudinal edges of the veneer are irregular to obtain an artificially aged appearance of the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: ORSI Cornici S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mauro Orsi
  • Patent number: 6766192
    Abstract: The device comprises, in combination, a container (1) for the product to be administered; a dispensing element (7) through which said product is dispensed; and energy supply component (9) located adjacent to said dispensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventors: Antonino D'Africa, Guido Paduano, Massimo Sartori
  • Patent number: 6764247
    Abstract: A plug-in connector (1) for hollow sections (2, 3) of spacers for insulating glass panes. The plug-in connector (1), which has a U-shaped cross section, has stops (13) which are arranged at the transition between the side webs (9) and the middle web (8). The plug-in connector (1) may also have on the inside an elastic sealing body (7), which projects outwardly beyond the contour of the plug-in connector (1) at least in the area of the connector point (6) and is sealingly in contact with the walls of the hollow sections (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Max Kronenberg
  • Patent number: 6761081
    Abstract: A shifting device is provided for shifting between different operating states of a motor vehicle transmission, with a gearshift lever (1), which is mounted movably in a bracket and can be moved in a first direction between two shift gates (A, B). The gearshift lever (1) can also be moved in a second direction along a first of the said two shift gates (A) into three said shift positions (X, Y, Z). A signal transmitter is provided for sending a transmitter signal (5), and three said sensors (2, 3, 4) are arranged at spaced locations from the signal transmitter and in the form of a triangle for detecting the transmitter signal (5). The sensors (2, 3, 4) and the signal transmitter can be moved in relation to one another by the gearshift lever (1), and electric signals characterizing the particular shift position (X, Y, Z) are sent by the sensors (2, 3, 4) at least indirectly to an evaluating device by which the transmission can be put into different operating states as a function of the electric signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Kliemannel
  • Patent number: 6761305
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure with a plurality of flexible material strips which are arranged next to one another and are connected to one another is presented. The material strips have a corrugated shape with U-shaped cross section of essentially straight, vertical partial areas (3) and curved, horizontal partial areas (2). The material strips are connected to one another at contact points (4) of the straight, vertical partial areas. In addition, a device for manufacturing a honeycomb has welding sections (6). The flexible material strips (9) are guided by the welding sections (6), where the material strips are welded to one another by means of a comb-like finger system (10). The finger system or the welding sections are laterally displaced by two sections and by a pressing operation taking place between the finger and the welding section. This presses two material strips onto a heated welding wire (7), which leads to the thermal connection of the material strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd.
    Inventor: Achim Kehl
  • Patent number: 6761518
    Abstract: A machine tool for at least triaxial machining of work pieces comprises a column of the type of a casing with side walls. In an interior space, provision is made for a work spindle which projects into a working area and which is connected via couplers and hinges to a driving skid that is displaceably guided on each side wall straight in a y direction. The driving skids are displaceably guided on two guides which are spaced from each other in the z direction. Provided between the guides are linear motors, a first part of which is mounted on the driving skid and a second part on the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hüller Hille GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Stengele, Thomas Hoffman, Waldemar Haus
  • Patent number: D494926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nakahashi
  • Patent number: D494927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nakahashi
  • Patent number: D495000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ijiri