Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Device for positioning components
    Patent number: 8152148
    Abstract: A device for positioning components, in particular for use in bodymaking of the motor vehicle industry, is provided with a rotatable receiving plate (1) for the components and a drive device for turning the receiving plate (1) about an axis of rotation (18), preferably arranged perpendicularly in relation to the plane of the receiving plate (1). A drive device is provided with a toggle clamping device (5) known per se, wherein a linear drive (6) is connected via a toggle lever to a swivel pin (16). The swivel pin (16) is positively and/or non-positively connected via a receptacle (15) to the receiving plate (1) and provides an adjustable swivelling movement of the receiving plate (1) into a locked, advanced end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Kipping, Rüdiger Schütz
  • Internal combustion engine control method and internal combustion engine system
    Patent number: 8155862
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling an internal combustion engine are provided. The method may include closing said intake valve at a timing in a first range, which is before a maximum charge closing timing with which an amount of air inducted into said cylinder from said air intake passage would be maximized at a given engine speed, during a cylinder cycle when a desired amount of air to be inducted into said cylinder is less than or equal to a predetermined air amount at the given engine speed. The method may further include closing said intake valve at a timing in a second range, which is after said maximum charge closing timing and separated from said first range during a cylinder cycle, when a desired amount of air to be inducted into said cylinder is greater than said predetermined air amount at the given engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nishimoto, Naohiro Yamaguchi, Masahisa Yamakawa, Takashi Youso, Kouji Shishime, Hiroaki Abe, Hiroki Morimoto, Naoya Matsuo, Naoya Watanabe
  • Hay bale collection and stacking system
    Patent number: 8152429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved system for collecting and stacking round hay bales on a flat bed trailer, particularly for use in agricultural applications such as farming or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventor: John Lionel Rennie
  • System and method for monitoring particulate filter performance
    Patent number: 8151560
    Abstract: In an apparatus having an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system for transporting engine exhaust from the engine is described. In one example, a particulate filter disposed in the exhaust system is assessed for degradation. The approach may be particularly useful for an image charge sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Margherita Zanini-Fisher, Michiel J. van Nieuwstadt
  • Adaptive learning system and method of vane position for a variable geometry turbocharger
    Patent number: 8151567
    Abstract: A method of operation for an engine system having a variable geometry turbocharger with a vane is disclosed. In one example, an EGR valve is closed while vane position is adjusted. The method can reduce vane positioning errors during engine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Eric Rollinger, David Bell, Michael John Cullen, Brien Lloyd Fulton
  • Fuel preheat for engine start
    Patent number: 8151771
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing heated fuel to a fuel injector of an engine are provided. According to the approaches described herein, adequate cold-start fuel atomization may be provided without compromising driver satisfaction due to excessive pre-ignition delay, while at the same time reducing unnecessary heating of fuel during warm engine off conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Techologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Joseph Norman Ulrey
  • Circuit with at least one catalytic measuring element
    Patent number: 8153067
    Abstract: A circuit with at least one catalytic measuring element (1), in which the at least one catalytic measuring element (1) is connected to a supply voltage (5) without a protective resistor and without a thermal safety device arranged upstream. The circuit makes it possible to develop gas-measuring devices with catalytic measuring elements that are characterized by an especially low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Martens, Mladen Schlichte
  • Fuel control for direct injection fuel system
    Patent number: 8151767
    Abstract: A method for controlling a direct injection fuel system of a vehicle, the method comprising generating fuel pressure via an electronically controlled lift pump and a second pump, the electronically controlled lift pump actuated responsive to a command during an initial start-up duration, translating the fuel pump command via a first mapping to drive the fuel pump, where the first mapping includes mapping a default signal to active pump operation and after the initial start-up duration, translating the fuel pump command via a second mapping to drive the fuel pump where the second mapping includes mapping the default signal to pump deactivation. This method may achieve near immediate lift pump actuation upon system power-up while preserving favorable degradation modes and maintaining a simple, cost-effective inter-module communication scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, James Knight
  • Control method and system for dual-fuel engine
    Patent number: 8151780
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are described for controlling a dual-fuel engine that has an evaporated gas providing device for providing an evaporated gas into the engine and is operable with hydrocarbon fuel or non-hydrocarbon fuel, alternatively. One example method comprises operating the engine with one of the fuels on the basis of a driver's request, and in response to a determination of a cold engine operation, operating the engine with the non-hydrocarbon fuel for a specified period irrespective of the driver's request. If it is determined that an evaporated fuel is to be provided to the engine while the engine is operating with non-hydrocarbon fuel due the cold engine operation, then switching to operation with hydrocarbon fuel and thereafter providing evaporated fuel into the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuho Douzono, Takafumi Teramoto
  • Plant growth system
    Patent number: 8151517
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a plant growth system wherein light sources are located close to plants so as to efficiently ensure a sufficient amount of light for the plants to grow and simultaneously ensure air flow, thereby providing a favorable growth environment for the plants. In a plant growth chamber, there are provided multiple shelf parts for irradiating the plants with light for the growth, a cover surrounding the light sources wherein multiple ventilation bores are formed on a plant-facing face of a transparent light-permeable wall, an air inlet that opens in the space within the cover for sucking the air in the space, and a circulation channel that cools down the air sucked through the air inlet and blows out the sucked air into the plant growth chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Fairy Plant Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji Emoto
  • Utility vehicle
    Patent number: 8152215
    Abstract: A utility vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame; a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections; a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member; wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion; and the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Hidetoshi Kaku, Tyler Furman, Kazuhiro Maeda
  • Antibody against aflatoxins, support using the antibody, method of immunologically detecting aflatoxins and method of concentrating and purifying aflatoxins
    Patent number: 8153767
    Abstract: It is intended to detect, concentrate and purify aflatoxins of all types which are possibly contained in a sample such as a food. It is also intended to detect the total amount or the individual amounts thereof at a high sensitivity. By using aflatoxin B2 or its derivative as a hapten compound, an antibody, which shows the same reactivity to individual aflatoxin analogs and is highly tolerant to organic solvents, is obtained. Then, a detection/concentration/purification means and an immunological detection means with the use of the above antibody are constructed. The detection means thus constructed achieves a high sensitivity and excellent quantification properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: HORIBA, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikiko Uchigashima, Shiro Miyake, Hiroshi Yamashita
  • Illumination device and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8154683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for easily manufacturing an illumination device in which a surface mount chip-type LED is used, and a wiring board is formed into a truncated conical or another shape. The method includes, in a flexible strip-like wiring board having a partial ring or a linear shape, providing a through-hole T for filling with solder paste S at a wiring end portion L to be connected with a terminal of an LED, temporarily fixing the LED with bond B onto the wiring board held in a plate-like state, filling the through-hole T with the solder paste S from a back surface of the wiring board, rounding the wiring board mounted with the LED into a truncated conical or cylindrical shape, and reflowing the wiring board in the rounded state to solder the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: CCS Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Yoneda, Kenji Miura
  • Flexible peripheral device positioner
    Patent number: 8152402
    Abstract: A peripheral positioner includes a plurality of links that are rotatably coupled to one another. The peripheral positioner can be used to position a peripheral device on various surfaces and/or objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Wylde, KeLong Zhao
  • Sensor system for monitoring the synchronism of control surfaces of an aircraft
    Patent number: 8152110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor system for monitoring the synchronism of control surfaces of an aircraft with two transmission links for the mechanical transmission of the movements of one or more control surfaces to at least one sensor, wherein the two transmission links are coupled with each other mechanically and/or via the at least one sensor, whereby a difference between the movements transmitted by the transmission links can be monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Schlegel, Juergen Riech
  • Optic having a dichroic reflector
    Patent number: 8153977
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed that are related to an optic with a dichroic coating. In one embodiment, sn optic comprises a wedge-shaped light guide having opposing first and second faces and a turning film bonded to the wedge-shaped light guide. The turning film comprises a plurality of facets oblique to the first face of the wedge-shaped light guide and supports a dichroic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy Andrew Large
  • Air-intake duct and air-intake structure
    Patent number: 8151754
    Abstract: An air-intake duct of the present invention, configured to guide air to a throttle device coupled to an engine, includes a main wall forming a main passage; and a sub-wall provided outside the main wall to form a sub-passage; wherein the sub-wall has a height smaller than a height of the main wall; and wherein the sub-passage is defined by an inner wall surface of the sub-wall and an outer wall surface of the main wall and is disposed on one side in a direction substantially perpendicular to a passage axis of the main passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Takafumi Matsumoto, Naoki Yokoyama
  • Cylinder head for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8146543
    Abstract: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine has at least two cylinders, each cylinder having an outlet opening for discharging the exhaust gases out of the cylinder, an assembly end side for connection to a cylinder block of the engine, an exhaust-gas line adjoining each outlet opening, the exhaust-gas lines of the at least two cylinders merging within the cylinder head to form a combined exhaust-gas line, and a coolant jacket interior to and at least partially integrated in the cylinder head, the coolant jacket made up of a lower coolant jacket and an upper coolant jacket, and at least one connection between the lower coolant jacket and the upper coolant jacket immediately adjacent the combined exhaust-gas line for allowing the passage of coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Jan Mehring, Martin Lutz, Jens Dunstheimer, Christoph Holbach, Markus Hermanns
  • Shopping assistant
    Patent number: 8150741
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to the dynamic calculation and presentation of efficient travel routes for in-person shoppers. For example, an adaptive shopping server system is configured to generate, for display on a shopping client device, an efficient travel route to a location of one or more user-requested merchandise items, the efficient travel route being advantageously distinct relative to other potential travel routes in consideration of a route efficiency selection criterion received from the shopping client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Figueroa, Mike Hall
  • Component of a V-engine inboard-intake manifold cover
    Patent number: D656961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Gelardi