Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Patent number: 5988156
    Abstract: A fluid spray burner for a heater having a nozzle block which supports a spray nozzle and to which fuel can be fed from a fuel line via a fuel pump. A fuel pump is integrated in the burner housing, and in particular to a radial carrier plate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: J. Eberspacher GmbH and Co.
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Schmid, Fritz Mohring, Adolf Schodt, Helmut Keinert
  • Patent number: 5989057
    Abstract: A connection element having electric insulation-piercing terminal contact elements in a chamber of a receptacle part intended for the connection of electric conductors without stripping them. A sliding part is provided enclosing a part of the insulation-piercing terminal contact elements arranged in the chamber. The connection element permits easy and reliable connection of electrical insulated conductors without a special connecting tool and at the same time ensures as high a current-carrying capacity of the conductor as possible. A locating opening for the conductors is made in a sliding part 1 in an inclined position relative to the longitudinal axis of the sliding part, which longitudinal axis is at the same time the longitudinal axis of the chamber. The conductors are inserted into the insulation-piercing terminal connecting contacts, set at an angle to the wall of the chamber, and make electrical contact with the insulation-piercing terminal connection contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Frank Mossner
  • Patent number: 5983841
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger in the shape of a pot, with a frontal connector for a burner or the like, a lateral water inlet in the base and a water outlet in the region of the frontal connector, water flows through both the base and the jacket of the pot during operation. The invention proposes the provision in the base of the pot of water conveying sections, especially in the form of sickle-shaped water guide channels and barriers to ensure a directional water flow, substantially covering the surface of the base of the pot, in order to ensure a uniform temperature distribution on the pot base without the formation of steam bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: J. Eberspacher GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Bernd Haber
  • Patent number: 5983427
    Abstract: An adjustable pillow, wherein through-holes 7 are formed at the both ends of a plurality of parallel support bars 6 constituting the head rest. Protrusion adjustment bolts 8 are inserted into these through-holes, and screwed into vertical female thread holes 4, 5 formed in a female thread hole unit section 2, 3 erected on both sides of a base 1. A blocking piece 9 carrying the support bar is attached to the protrusion adjustment bolt 8, at the lower surface of the support bar 6, for blocking the movement in the direction along the axis thereof. A substrate 12 is disposed under the base 1. Height adjustment bolts 14 are inserted into a plurality of through holes 13 formed in the substrate. On the upper side of this substrate, another blocking piece 15 is attached to the height adjustment bolt 14 for blocking its displacement of the substrate in the direction along the axis of the bolt 14 and so as to allow its rotation in respect to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Seishun Igei
  • Patent number: 5984175
    Abstract: A device for detecting and identifying wearable identification units (20) for users at a predetermined distance around a central station (2). The central station (2) has a transmitter (4) and a receiver (6) for electromagnetic signals and a control unit (8), which initiates the sending of a polling signal at predetermined time. The time may be based on multiples of intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Dragerwerk AG
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Popp
  • Patent number: 5983626
    Abstract: An injection head for rocket engines, in the combustion chambers of which one or more liquid propellants are chemically reacted to generate thrust, with a plurality of injection elements as well as with a distribution chamber arranged before these injection elements in terms of flow. The distribution chamber is divided into two chambers connected in series in terms of flow by means of a separator plate arranged at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the engine. The separator plate has a plurality of openings, each with a different flow cross section and with a defined direction of flow, wherein each opening is associated with one or more injection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Stahn, Hans-Joachim Klotz, Rudiger Ewald
  • Patent number: 5984288
    Abstract: A device for clamping parts, in particular metal sheets, in a motor vehicle mounting line, has a console, a support for the parts that may be secured on a top stop of the console, and a pneumatic clamping device that actuates a pressure piece that can be clamped against the parts mounted on the support. In order to obtain a console made of a few components with various spatial positions of the clamping point between the support and the pressure piece, at its base the console has a clamping block and a centering piece for a stay that can be secured thereon, and the top stop acts with its bottom side as a centering element for the stay that can be secured thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Thyssen Industrie AG
    Inventor: Josef Kipping
  • Patent number: 5981130
    Abstract: Positively-chargeable charge control agent and toner for developing electrostatic images that comprises a coloring agent, a resin for toners, and said positively-chargeable charge control agent. The positively-chargeable charge control agent comprises a metal complex salt or metal complex of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having at least 1 perfluoroalkyl group, wherein the central atom of the metal complex salt or metal complex is a trivalent metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Orient Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Tsuruhara, Kazuaki Sukata
  • Patent number: 5982055
    Abstract: A miniature motor with a two-pole stator, and a rotor having three or more salient poles each having a core with flanges extending toward both sides thereof and a winding. The rotor is adapted to simulate a two-pole construction by cutting off at least the tip of a flange on either side on a part or all the salient rotor pole cores, thereby limiting the spontaneous-stop angular positions of the rotor to two. One insulating spacer is provided between a plurality of commutator segments of the commutator in such a positional relationship as to come in contact with one of the two brushes when the rotor is at a spontaneous-stop angular position. The motor is prevented from burning and restarting suddenly after a stop since the motor has a self-inactivating function by interrupting current supply at spontaneous-stop angular positions while maintaining motor torque by minimizing the angle of non-conduction to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Matsushita, Fumiyoshi Itou, Megumu Onishi
  • Patent number: 5975461
    Abstract: A vane control system (2) for a guided missile (1) with at least two vanes (3) has two toothed rings (7, 8), which are arranged in parallel to one another on both sides of the vane axes (18), are driven by pinions (15, 16) which are driven by electric motors and rotate continuously. Two drive gears (11, 17), which engage one of the toothed rings (7, 8) and rotate together with them such that they have opposite directions of rotation, are arranged on each vane axis (18). A clutch disk (19), which can be connected to one of the drive gears (11, 17), as a result of which the vanes (3) can be rotated in the desired direction, is arranged between the drive gears (11, 17). A brake (22) for fixing the vane axis (18) and an incremental transducer (23) for indicating the actual position of the vane are arranged on each vane axis (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: LFK-Lenkflugkorpersysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Gunter Ullrich
  • Patent number: 5975894
    Abstract: Expansion screw for orthodontic plates or prothesis of synthetic resin, comprising at least one spindle (1) with at least a threaded portion (10), a block (3; 17) with through hole (31) for housing one part of the threaded portion (10) of spindle (1), guide means (2; 16) for moving each block (3; 17), means (11, 12) for actuating each spindle (1), wherein said hole (31) provided in each of said bodies (3; 17) has an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the corresponding threaded portion (10) of spindle (1) to allow for the interposition of a corresponding amount of resin in which a surface is cast of specular shape with respect to that of said threading and which takes up the form of the corresponding nut screw: each block (3) being integral with a corresponding element of the orthodontic plate or prothesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Leone S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Pozzi
  • Patent number: 5978852
    Abstract: A plural interface LAN switch arbitration method dividing access to a packet memory into a plurality of sequential cycles. A refresher is provided for refreshing the packet memory and the refresher issues a refresher request when the refresher needs to access the packet memory. A first and second interface are provided for transferring data between the packet memory and the respective first and second LAN's. The first and second interface issue a respective first and second interface request when the respective interface needs to access the packet memory. A processor is provided for updating the packet memory and issues a processor request when the processor needs to access the packet memory. The arbitration provides the refresher with an immediately next cycle of the memory when the refresher request is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Myrick, Gary D. Lorenz, Charles R. Weaver
  • Patent number: 5976749
    Abstract: Metal compound of formula [I] which is excellent in charge control or charge-enhancing property, and toner for developing electrostatic images and powdery paint for electrostatic painting incorporating thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently represent a hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group, or a linear or branched unsaturated alkyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may bind together to form an aromatic or aliphatic ring which may have one or more substituents of a linear or branched alkyl group, or a linear or branched unsaturated alkyl group; M represents a metal; m represents an integer of 3 or more; n represents an integer of 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Orient Chemical Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sukata, Tohru Tsuruhara, Shun-ichiro Yamanaka, Shuji Sugawara, Masashi Yasumatsu
  • Patent number: 5976203
    Abstract: A synthesis gas generator with a combustion chamber and quench chamber for generating, cooling and cleaning gases, which are generated by partial oxidation in the combustion chamber of the synthesis gas generator. The combustion chamber (3) and the quench chamber (7) are separate chambers connected by a flow channel (6). Nozzle assemblies (10, 11) with nozzle heads (9, 34), which spray in a quenching medium (8), are arranged in the gas inlet area of the quench chamber (7). The quench zone within the quench chamber (7) is joined by a useful gas-quenching medium-mixing zone. A cone (20) is located at the outlet of the quench chamber. This cone is followed by a water bath (21). The useful gas leaves the synthesis gas generator after deflection by 180.degree. in the rear-side area of the cone (20) via gas outlet openings (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Metallgesellschaft Aktiengellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Deeke, Wolfram Gruhlke, Jurgen Heering, Klaus Kohnen
  • Patent number: 5971990
    Abstract: A catheter structure is provided for dilating and for positioning stents. The catheter structure includes a catheter having an inflatable balloon. Two collars are fixed around a catheter part inside the balloon and intended to define two annular shoulders one in front of the other and spaced apart in parallel. A tubular adapter is arranged around the catheter portion between the collar. The balloon, when empty, is wrapped around the collars with the tubular adapter comprised between same. The shoulders form bilateral axial closing means for a stent that is arranged and contracted around the empty and wrapped balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: INVATEC S.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Venturelli
  • Patent number: 5971038
    Abstract: A process for checking the tablet parameters weight, height and hardness by weighing and measurement, and to a device for carrying out the process as an individual device and preferably as a rotary tabletting press for permanently complying with preset tablet parameters. A process and a device for rapid, reliable, reproducible, and distortion-proof checking of optionally all parameters or selected parameters on one tablet and the overall checking of the weight on a plurality of tablets are guaranteed. This is accomplished so as to carry out individual and/or overall checks with a receiving container (1) provided for tablets (2), and the receiving container (1) is connected to stations (3, 10, 11) for the optional determination of the weight, the height, and the hardness of a single tablet (2), and from the receiving container, an individual tablet 2 and/or a plurality of tablets (2) are fed fully automatically to and removed from the individual stations (3, 10, 11) for determining the tablet weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: KORSCH Pressen GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Fiedler, Walter Hegel, Hagen Bargenda, Hans Georg Korner, Udo Wagner, Josef Stepanek
  • Patent number: D415970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Montres Itraco Cie SA
    Inventor: Pierre-Andre Aellen
  • Patent number: D416205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Montres Itraco Cie SA
    Inventor: Pierre-Andre Aellen
  • Patent number: D416206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Montres Itraco Cie Sa (Itraco Watch Co. Ltd.) (Itraco Uhren AG) (Relojes Itraco SA)
    Inventor: Pierre-Andre Aellen
  • Patent number: D416207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Montres Itraco Cie SA
    Inventor: Pierre-Andre Aellen