Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tuttle
  • Patent number: 7886524
    Abstract: A method for improving engine control during a regeneration of an exhaust gas after treatment device is described. According to one aspect of the description, engine air amount and engine fuel amount may be adjusted based on data from a previously executed regeneration of an exhaust gas after treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michiel van Nieuwstadt, Kevin Chen, Kevin Murphy, Ognyan Yanakiev
  • Patent number: 7882605
    Abstract: A fastening element is provided for an end area of a first strap of an item of corsetry, particularly of women's undergarments. The fastening element is to be fastened to a second strap of the item of corsetry and has an number of strap plies of which at least one strap ply has a fastening part such as at least one hook, one eye or the like. Comfort of wear is improved for a fastening element of this type with a padding provided between two strap plies. This padding is attached to at least one of the strap plies by joining it near the lateral edges of the fastening element. When the fastening element is in use, the fastening is located, at least in part, between strap plies of the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Brero & Co. AG
    Inventor: Herbert Senn
  • Patent number: 7883132
    Abstract: A linear pneumatic gripper including a gripper body (11) with a chamber (15), a piston (12) moving alternately in the chamber (15) and a pair of sliding gripper jaws (13) associated with and moving in opposite directions with the piston, and where the gripper body (11) is made up of two elements (14), or identical shells, joined face to face to form at the same time the chamber (15) for the piston (12) and the slide guides (16) for the jaws (13), and the piston (12) is in particular integral with the translation devices (22) for the movements of the jaws of the grippers in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Gimatic S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Maffeis
  • Patent number: 7882933
    Abstract: A method and a central-belt machine are provided for filling an order container. The central-belt machine includes two central belt provided with articles along a virtual window of an order, and the articles being discharged to the order container at a filling point at the front longitudinal end (V) of the central belt. The two central belts (1, 2) of the central-belt machine, are arranged vertically one above the other, to fill the order container (3), for an order, by at least one interposed vertical conveyor (4) at a single filling point (P) of the lower central belt (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Knabb Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7884510
    Abstract: The present invention is used with a stopper mechanism for mechanically stopping the rotation of a motor. A pair of brushes is disposed such that a line which passes through the center of a rotor and connects the centers of the paired brushes is offset by a predetermined angle from a line which connects the centers of paired magnets. A commutator is disposed in such a manner as to be offset from a reference position by the same angle as the predetermined angle by which the paired brushes are offset. The predetermined angle falls within a range between an angle obtained by dividing 70° by the number of pairs of stator poles and an angle obtained by dividing 290° by the number of pairs of stator poles. Specifically, in the case of two stator poles, the predetermined angle falls within a range of 70° to 290° inclusive. In the case of four stator poles, the predetermined angle falls within a range of 35° to 145° inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Masutani, Masafumi Momma, Junichi Harano
  • Patent number: 7883611
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor, especially for gases, is provided having a mediator compound based on transition metal salts of polybasic acids and/or transition metal salts of polyhydroxycarboxylic acids. The electrochemical sensor also contains a DLC, BDD or a precious metal thin-layer measuring electrode (3). The electrochemical sensor may be used for determining SO2 and H2S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Drägerwerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sabrina Sommer, Herbert Kiesele, Frank Mett
  • Patent number: 7884939
    Abstract: A gas-measuring arrangement (1) with an open optical measuring section (7) is formed by a measuring device (5) with an array of lenses (10, 12, 19, 24), a phase mask (22), an optical path mirror (16) positioned obliquely, and a reflecting mirror (3) located outside the measuring device (5) at the end of the open measuring section (7). The light is decoupled to a detector (26) via a phase mask (22) and the optical path mirror (16). The phase mask (22) diverges a light intensity spot and the light intensity ring is decoupled by an obliquely positioned optical path mirror (16) towards a detector (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Arne Tröllsch
  • Patent number: 7884728
    Abstract: A monitoring system and process is provided for at least two medical apparatuses, which can send at least one alarm signal each. At least one alarm unit is connected to these apparatuses, wherein the alarm unit has at least one processing unit, a memory unit and an output unit. The processing unit assigns priorities to the alarm signals, and an assignment list of the distribution of the priorities of the individual alarms is stored in the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Becker, Jürgen Kelch, Hartmut Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7883463
    Abstract: A compact combination sensor is provided for physiological parameters, which can be worn behind the ear. The combination sensor has a heat flux sensor (1) for detecting two temperatures (Th1, Th2) for determining the body core temperature (Tc), an acoustic sensor (2) for measuring the heart rate (HR) and for detecting speech signals, as well as a measured signal evaluating unit (4, 5, 7). A communications interface (8) is provided for transmitting the processed data from the measured signal evaluating unit (4, 5, 7) to a communications unit (9) are located in the sensor carrier (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Sattler, Jochim Koch, Jörg-Uwe Meyer, Michael Dowson, Robin McWilliams
  • Patent number: 7886231
    Abstract: A system is provided for controlling and monitoring therapy modules of a medical workstation. The system includes a first control and display unit, at least another control and display unit and at least one therapy module, which is either a ventilation module or an infusion module. The control and display units and the therapy module or therapy modules are connected to one another via bidirectional communications connections. The control and display units have a settable first display area for alarm and status reports of the therapy module or therapy modules and a second area for the display and modification of therapy settings of the therapy module or therapy modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Hopermann, Volker Schierschke, Thomas Krüger
  • Patent number: 7882835
    Abstract: A method, system and device are provided for the determination of leaks in a respirator. An inspiraton pressure pinsp is recorded during an inspiration time Tinsp with a measuring device. The inspiration pressure pinsp is varied during consecutive breaths I. Leaks are determined as to leak volumes VLi from the product of pinspi and Tinspi in accordance with the equation VLi=A×pinspiB×Tinspi while the parameters A and B are determined in an analyzing unit by a regression model with pinsp as the regressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Eger, Dieter Weismann
  • Patent number: 7882836
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve is provided, in which there is improved sealing of a closing cover (15) against the valve housing (3). The seal includes a cylindrical sealing washer (25), which is connected to the valve housing (3) in one piece and into which a cylindrical wall section (18) of the closing cover (15) can be inserted with press fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Brian Hewitt, Piers Antony James
  • Patent number: 7882940
    Abstract: A brake caliper, especially for motorcycle applications, comprises a main rigid body, which can be coupled with a portion of a structure or a vehicle, and defining at least one seat (5); at least one piston (4) slidingly housed in the respective seat (5) and associated with fluid sealing means (22) and with elastic means (19) acting between the piston (4) and the seat (5) to cause at least an action of elastic return to the piston (4) during the sliding thereof, and defining—in cooperation with the respective seat (5) wherein it is inserted and with the elastic means (19)—a first chamber (21) in fluid communication with actuation means. The piston (4) further exhibits a side surface (11) which delimits, in cooperation with a side surface (17) of the respective seat (5), with the sealing means (22) and with the elastic means (19), a second chamber (24), and finally comprising also tapping means to provide a fluid communication between the first chamber (21) and the second chamber (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Formula S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Vezzoli, Gabriele Di Pietro
  • Patent number: 7882760
    Abstract: A shifting device is provided for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle with a first automatic shift gate and with a second tipping gate for a manual, stepwise shifting operation about a middle position. A selector lever can be pivoted about a first shift gate axis into the automatic shift gate and the tipping gate and about a second selector lever axis within the shift gates. The selector lever axis and the shift gate axis are arranged at right angles to one another in a shifting device housing. A connection member is provided for transmitting the pivoting motion of the selector lever in the automatic shift gate to a coupling element to the automatic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Joerg Meyer
  • Patent number: 7883443
    Abstract: A method of controlling an engine for a vehicle including increasing an amount of air taken into the engine to an amount larger than an idling air amount corresponding an idling engine speed, when an engine speed of the engine is predetermined value or more, a throttle valve for controlling the amount of air taken into the engine has not been operated to be opened, and a clutch is in an off-state not to permit transmission of a drive force from the engine to a running drive element of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Kawamura, Satoru Watabe
  • Patent number: 7884573
    Abstract: A battery receptacle system is provided to accept various types or sizes of batteries in different orientations. The battery receptacle system includes a first radial notch for positioning a first positive terminal of a first battery to electrically connect with the first positive contact at a first position, and a second radial notch for positioning a second positive terminal of a second battery of a different size and/or type than the first battery to electrically connect with the first positive contact at a second position, different from the first position. The second radial notch is configured to prevent the first positive terminal of the first battery from electrically connecting with the first positive contact at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Glen C. Larsen
  • Patent number: 7882711
    Abstract: To transfer the stitches from a first needle arc (7X) to a second opposed needle arc (7Y), a overturnable semicircular sector (19) presents elements (25) terminating in a bifurcate way (25F) (flanking inside the respective sinkers (11) the relevant needle (7X) of the first arc), each of which has an upper fork projection (25A) embracing the needle (7X) and forming a rear recess (25X) and a front recess (25C) suitable to engage an end stitch (M1) formed by the corresponding needle (7X), said stitch (M1) then being transferred and engaged on a corresponding needle (7Y) of the second needle arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventor: Massimo Bianchi
  • Patent number: 7882997
    Abstract: A method and a device for the mutual contacting of two wafer-type component composite configurations made of multiple identical components which are implemented coherently, in particular a semiconductor wafer (12) with a functional component wafer (14), to produce electronic assemblies on the wafer level, in which the component composite configurations are each situated on a receptacle unit (11; 13) and the contact pressure necessary for the contacting between contact metallizations of the component composite configurations to be connected to one another is generated in such a way that a vacuum is generated in a contact chamber which receives the component composite configurations and is delimited by the receptacle units, and the contacting of the contact metallizations is performed by a rear energy impingement of a component composite configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Pac Tech-Packaging Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Elke Zakel, Ghassem Azdasht
  • Patent number: 7883134
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat (1), particularly a motor vehicle seat, having at least one bottom rail (21) to be connected to the vehicle chassis (S), at least one upper rail (22) displaceable in the seat longitudinal direction relative to the bottom rail (21) for the seat longitudinal adjustment, at least one fitting base (17), which is attached at least on the upper rail (22), and one backrest structure (14), which is attached by at least one fitting (15) in a manner that is pivotable about a backrest pivoting axis (C), the fitting base (17) is hinged on the upper rail (22) by a joint (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ingo Teufel, Kai Schumann
  • Patent number: D632106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nihon Ikuji Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ritsuso Ishisako