Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Patent number: 6761189
    Abstract: A wearing ring, particularly for protecting a cable guide hose on a robot, with an inner ring and an outer ring having in each case two half-shells is characterized in that the half-shells of at least one of the rings can be locked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kuka Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Alwin Berninger, Stefan Karlinger
  • Patent number: 6761499
    Abstract: A bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints is provided with an inner hollow spherically designed bearing surface (3). The bearing shell has an outer cylindrically designed support surface with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing. The bearing shell has a multipart design with at least two shell parts (1, 2), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a clamping device (6, 8). The parting plane between the half shells extends in the direction of the central longitudinal axis (10) of the bearing shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Manfred Bohne, Stefan Klumpe, Dirk Stuntebeck
  • Patent number: 6761842
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat conductive molded part having determined heat conductivity properties is provided. The method includes providing a polymer composition containing boron nitride powder. A magnetic field is impressed to the polymer composition containing boron nitride powder, field orienting the boron nitride powder in the polymer composition to a fixed direction. The polymer composition is set containing boron nitride powder with the boron nitride powder oriented in the polymer composition to the fixed direction. The polymer composition may also be provided containing a solvent. The solvent is removed after field orienting the boron nitride powder in the polymer composition to the fixed direction The composition is then set with the field oriented boron nitride powder after having removed the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Polymatech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tobita, Shinya Tateda, Tsunehisa Kimura, Masahumi Yamato
  • Patent number: 6762004
    Abstract: Charge control agent and toner for developing electrostatic images containing said charge control agent. The active ingredient of the charge control agent is a metal compound obtainable by reacting one or two or more molecules of a compound having a phenolic hydroxy group and one or two or more molecules of a metal alkoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Orient Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun-ichiro Yamanaka, Akihide Isoda
  • Patent number: 6759844
    Abstract: A Hall sensor component includes an assembly unit with a Hall sensor and a processing device. The Hall sensor has an electric current input for providing a Hall sensor output signal depending on a magnetic field acting on the Hall sensor and depending on the electric current. The processing device is arranged for receiving an input signal including the Hall sensor output signal and processing the input signal to provide an output signal associated with the Hall sensor output signal. A signal generator generates a diagnosis signal. The signal generator sends the diagnosis signal to the assembly unit as one of a control signal of the electric current input, to form a Hall sensor mixed output signal dependant on said diagnosis signal, and as a mixing signal to mix with said Hall sensor output signal to form a Hall sensor mixed output signal dependant on said diagnosis signal. The Hall sensor mixed output signal is provided as the processing device input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Kliemannel
  • Patent number: 6756485
    Abstract: Charge control agent comprising a metal complex salt compound of Formula (I) containing substantially no monoazo compound constituting the ligand thereof, toner containing the charge control agent, and process for manufacturing a metal complex salt compound of Formula (I), which comprises a metallizing reaction for metallizing a monoazo compound of Formula (II) with iron, nickel, aluminum, titanium or zirconium to produce a metal complex salt compound, in which metallizing reaction a monohydric or dihydric alcohol is used as a reaction-promoting solvent: R: alkyl (C4 to 12); Y: halogen or alkyl (C 1 to 5); p and q: number of monoazo compounds coordinated to the metal M; p: 1, 2, 3 or 4; q: 0, 1, 2 or 3; p+q: 1 to 6; L1 and L2 is —O—; one of L3 and L4 is —O—, while the other is an —OH group or an —O− ion; M is iron, nickel, aluminum, titanium or zirconium; (Mx+)m: m number of metals of atomic valence x; m: 1 to 4; x: 2 or more; Z−: the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Orient Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Yasumatsu, Akihiro Tada, Shun-ichiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 6755139
    Abstract: A buttonhole sewing machine for producing buttonhole seams with seam end sections of various shapes in a work piece comprises an input equipment for feeding buttonhole parameters; and a computer for calculating, from the buttonhole parameters, sewing data that determine the respective buttonhole geometry. It further comprises a memory for storing the computed sewing data and a key to be shifted into two key statuses, by means of which to trigger conversion of a buttonhole seam from a position to the left to a position to the right or vice versa, and storage thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Dürkopp Adler Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Pannwitz, Rüdiger Mörbt, Werner Maasjost, Thomas Nöltge
  • Patent number: 6755622
    Abstract: A fuel metering pump (1) has a solenoid coil (2), an armature (3), a delivery piston (4) and spring-loaded valves. The spring-loaded valves are embodied as an electrically controlled suction valve (5) and an electrically controlled pressure valve (6). A solenoid coil (2) is provided for the armature (3) of the delivery piston (4), the armature (7) of the suction valve (5) and the armature of the pressure valve (6). The masses, springs and hydraulic cross-sections of the component parts are configured in such a way that the valves switch more quickly than the delivery piston moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Hartnagel, Wolfgang Pfister, Thomas Görtler
  • Patent number: 6755405
    Abstract: A rubber bearing with an approximately cylindrical reinforcing element made of one or more insert parts, with each part extending in the axial direction of the bearing. The one or more insert parts are vulcanized into an elastomer of a bearing body between an inner and outer surface of the bearing body. The one or more insert parts having adjacent edges extending axially parallel with a non-straight, mutually complementary edge profile. An intermediate space formed between the adjacent edges of the one or more parts is filled with the elastomer of the bearing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Helmut Kammel, Bernd Kümper, Jim Robinson
  • Patent number: 6753499
    Abstract: An anomalous arc discharge detection apparatus, including multiplicity of ultrasonic detectors placed at different sections of a plasma processing chamber such that an ultrasonic wave accompanying an anomalous discharge is detected by the ultrasonic detectors at different propagation times or with different delay times. The detected signals are compared with each other on the same time axis to obtain the maximum range of variation of the detected waveforms and the differences in delay time of the respective ultrasonic detectors. From the comparison of the maximum range of variation and the delay times of the ultrasonic detectors, the position of the source point, and the level as well, of the anomalous arc discharge are determined, which can be displayed on a monitor and utilized to issue an alarm if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kumamoto Technopolice Foundation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yasaka, Masayoshi Takeshita
  • Patent number: 6753894
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus for producing a finished sheet of recording medium with an image printed thereon includes an image recorder with a platen drum, a clamper, a movable guide provided in an entrance side around said platen drum and a fixed guide adjacent to said movable guide. A paper feed has a recording medium wound up in a roll state for providing recording medium sheets upon cutting, a paper feed side cutter, paper feed rollers and a paper feed side slide guide. A thermal transfer ink ribbon with heatable coloring materials is heated by a thermal head. A paper discharge has a paper discharge side slide guide with a tip portion for receiving the recording medium and also having a paper discharge side cutter. A paper waste patting bar is rotatably provided between an exit of said paper discharge side slide guide and said paper discharge cutter and a paper discharge roller is provided for discharging the finished recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignees: Wedg Co., Ltd., Altech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6754173
    Abstract: A trunk switch of a trunk cluster for connecting a plurality of edge devices to each other, where each edge device can communicate with all the other edge devices through all of the trunk switches. Each trunk switch contains an intra cluster port and intra cluster links connect the intra cluster ports of different trunk switches. When an edge device becomes disconnected from one trunk switch, but is still connected to another trunk switch, the trunk switch from which it has become disconnected transfers the data destined for the disconnected edge device to the intra cluster port which then transfers that data to another trunk switch. The another trunk switch, upon receiving the intra cluster data, then forwards that data to the edge device which has become disconnected from the first trunk switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Joris Johannes Maria Wils, James Scott Hiscock
  • Patent number: 6749360
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for motor vehicle suspension arms or subframes is provided. A motor vehicle apparatus and method is used with frame components. The motor vehicle component includes frame parts of lightweight design that have complementary profiles that can be inserted one another to create a locking connection between the frame parts. The invention frame parts may be designed as extruded profiles. The motor vehicle component allows for the individual frame parts to be manufactured separately from one another and combined wherein the number and cross section of the stiffening ribs are selectable in a load dependant way in the form a modular system and different materials may be used for individual components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventor: Olaf Abels
  • Patent number: 6748857
    Abstract: A printing press with crop mark setting device and process is provided. A printing couple for printing on a web is used with a lengthwise cutting device for cutting the printed web lengthwise into a first web strand and at least one second web strand. A convergence device converges the web strands or for converging the web strands with at least one other web strand each to provide one or more converged web strands, the convergence device including a turning bar device. A cross-cutting device cross-cuts the converged web strands. A crop mark sets a crop mark of the web strands that is related to the cross cutting. The crop mark setting device has a first deflecting device for deflecting the first web strand around a first deflection axis and a second deflecting device for deflecting the second web strand around a second deflection axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Wifag
    Inventors: Thomas Seiler, Daniel Burri, Martin Fröhlich
  • Patent number: 6748861
    Abstract: A printing form (12) for a printing form cylinder (2) for wet offset printing has an ink-transferring surface that can be or is illustrated and passage channels opening on the ink-transferring surface for a moistening agent. The printing form (12) has a multilayer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Wifag
    Inventors: Matthias Riepenhoff, Yufan Jiang
  • Patent number: 6745755
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a magazine of shots for repeating guns, in particular for compressed-air guns, which comprises at least two cylinders in series, front and rear, respectively, the front cylinder provided with N identical chambers for housing the shots and with a crown of N teeth intended to be engaged by a mechanism of rotation, the rear cylinder provided with N−1 chambers for housing the shots and with an aperture of smaller diameter intended to make possible the passage of the firing gas from the valve to the chamber of the front cylinder, which is aligned with the barrel from time to time. The front and rear cylinders are provided with complementary couplings, shaped to interact with one another for a contemporary rotation of the two cylinders only after the first N shots have been fired from the front cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Valtro Europe S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carlo Piccini
  • Patent number: 6745765
    Abstract: A reusable anesthetic container (1) has an anesthetic reserve space (2), which is provided with at least one movable wall element (3). The wall element (3) can be caused to follow the liquid anesthetic volume. In one embodiment, the movable wall element (3) is designed as a piston, which is caused to follow the anesthetic volume via a toothed piston rod (9). An elastomer ring is preferably provided on the storage container as a detent pawl for the piston rod (9). The anesthetic container (1) has a first metering element (5), which is actuated inductively by means of a complementary second metering element (6) cooperating with another metering element on the anesthesia apparatus (7) for metering the anesthetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Götz Kullik, Jochim Koch
  • Patent number: 6745820
    Abstract: The finding relates to a piston for cold chamber die-casting machines that comprises a steel body and at least one sealing band in copper alloy mounted around the body into a respective housing in back position with respect to the piston head. At least two channels are provided on the outside surface of the piston comprised between head and sealing band, for an inflow on the melted metal under the same band. When such metal solidifies, it creates a thickness that radially pushes the band outwards, thus compensating for its wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Copromec S.R.L.
    Inventor: Carlo Schivalocchi
  • Patent number: 6745767
    Abstract: A respiration system is provided with an electrically driven rotary compressor as a gas delivery unit. The system makes a low-noise mounting of the gas delivery wheel possible. The gas delivery wheel can also be washed and sterilized and ensures a reliable separation of the breathing gas from the electric components. The respiration system rotary compressor is mounted magnetically axially and radially during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Dräger Medizintechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Götz Kullik, Hans-Ullrich Hansmann, Andreas Krause
  • Patent number: D491686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Flos S.p.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Citterio