Patents Represented by Attorney Varndell & Varndell, PLLC
  • Patent number: 6290508
    Abstract: A RCA data transmission connector and transmission cable mounting arrangement includes a connector holder having a front hollow shell and a rear holder base, a RCA data transmission connector, a circuit board fastened to the holder base of the connector holder by a hook joint and partially inserted into the hollow shell to hold the RCA data transmission connector in the hollow shell in alignment with a front insertion hole on the hollow shell for receiving a matching electric connector, a data transmission cable, an insulation displacement connector welded to the circuit board, a data transmission cable connected to the data transmission cable, and a holding down cap fastened to the insulation displacement connector to hold down the wires of the data transmission cable in contact with respective terminals in respective wire slots in the insulation displacement connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Hsing Chau Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 6292725
    Abstract: The present invention prevents the interference of vehicles traveling on-coming to each other when a plurality of vehicles are traveling on-coming to each other on a traveling path with a predetermined road width without increase in cost caused by setting a wide course width and without a drop in work efficiency caused by decreasing velocity. If one of the vehicles detects the other vehicle by its obstacle detection means when the vehicles are traveling on-coming to each other, the vehicle which detects the other vehicle begins deceleration to stop itself. At the same time, this vehicle transmits a deceleration control command for stopping the other vehicle to the other vehicle via transmission/reception means, therefore the other vehicle starts deceleration even if this vehicle cannot detect an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kageyama, Kiyoshi Kaneko, Shu Takeda, Masanori Tojima, Koji Takeda
  • Patent number: 6286604
    Abstract: A powerless automatic and/or manual fire-extinguishing device is disclosed, which is especially a powerless fire-extinguishing device, wherein steel ropes are used to actuate a fire-extinguisher automatically or manually so that fire-extinguishing material can extinguish fire through fire-extinguishing tubes. The powerless automatic and/or manual fire-extinguishing device includes an automatic sensor and/or manual device, a fire-extinguisher steel barrel actuating device and a gas isolating device. In the automatic sensor or manual device, a fuse sensor or a manual switch is used so that the tightness of the steel rope is varied for actuating the actuating device of a fire-extinguisher steel barrel and the gas isolating device can be driven synchronously for isolating the supply of gas. Therefore, fire is extinguished and gas flow is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Ren-Sheng Ou
  • Patent number: 6284071
    Abstract: A titanium alloy having improved heat resistance in addition to the inherent properties of lightness and corrosion resistance. The alloy consists essentially of, by weight %, Al: 5.0-7.0%, Sn: 3.0-5.0%, Zr: 2.5-6.0%, Mo: 2.0-4.0%, Si: 0.05-0.80%, C: 0.001-0.200%, O: 0.05-0.20%, optionally further one or two of Nb and Ta: 0.3-2.0%, and the balance of Ti and inevitable impurities. A method of producing parts from this alloy comprises subjecting the titanium alloy of the above described alloy composition to heat treatment at a temperature of &bgr;-region, combination of rapid cooling and slow cooling or combination of water quenching and annealing, hot processing in &agr;+&bgr; region, solution treatment and aging treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Suzuki, Toshiharu Noda, Michio Okabe
  • Patent number: 6282890
    Abstract: The invention provides a hydraulic circuit for construction machines, capable of obtaining a satisfactory suspending capability during load suspending work, and having an improved operation efficiency with a decrease in the working speed of a load suspending operation minimized, the hydraulic circuit including a suspension mode switch for setting a working mode to a suspension mode, a lift detecting sensor for detecting a predetermined actuator which has been operated to a load lifting side, a relief valve control unit capable of freely setting an object pressure of the relief valve 14 to a normal set level and a high set level higher than the normal set level, a cutoff valve control unit capable of freely switching the cutoff valve to a cutoff operation executing mode and a cutoff operation disengaging mode, and a controller adapted to increase a set pressure of the relief valve by outputting an instruction to the relief valve control unit when the controller receives a suspension mode signal and a lift dete
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Takano
  • Patent number: 6277028
    Abstract: A detachable swing is constructed to include two end assemblies, a top rail coupled between the end assemblies at one of selective elevations, a swing hanger mounted on the top rail to hold a folding collapsible swing seat, two pairs of foot couplings, two bottom supports detachably coupled between the foot couplings and arranged in parallel, two pairs of legs bilaterally obliquely coupled between the end assemblies and the foot couplings, and two chinning bars detachably connected between the legs at two opposite lateral sides, and two barrels mounted on the top rails between the swing hanger and the end assemblies to stop the swing hanger from sliding on the top rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Green Wheel Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kun-Hei Liu
  • Patent number: 6273250
    Abstract: A golf bag having a foldaway chair coupled to a bottom cuff thereof, the foldaway chair having two mounting plates fixedly mounted on the bottom cuff at two opposite lateral sides, a first -shaped leg having two bottom ends respectively coupled to the mounting plates by a slip joint, and a second -shaped leg pivoted to the first -shaped leg by pivot means, and a flexible seat connected between the first -shaped leg and the second -shaped leg at a top side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: David Wu
  • Patent number: 6273452
    Abstract: A folding collapsible frame structure for golf cart includes a main rod member holding a front bag cradle, a rear bag cradle, a wheel holder and a handle bracket, a handle pivoted to the handle bracket and turned between an operative position and a non-operative position. In the operative position, a hook at the handle is hooked up with a hook at the front bag cradle. In the non-operative position, the hook at the handle is disengaged from the hook at the front bag cradle. The front bag cradle is axially movably coupled to a front end of the main rod member by a slip joint, and a spring element is installed in the main rod member to impart a forward pressure to the front bag cradle and to maintain the front bag cradle in engagement with the hook at the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: David Wu
  • Patent number: 6274802
    Abstract: A thermoelectric semiconductor material having sufficient strength and performance and high production yield. The thermoelectric semiconductor material is characterized in that a sintered powder material of a thermoelectric semiconductor having a rhombohedral structure (or hexagonal structure) is hot-forged and plastically deformed to direct either the crystals of the sintered powder structure or the subcrystals constructing the crystals in a crystal orientation having an excellent figure of merit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsushi Fukuda, Yasunori Sato, Takeshi Kajihara
  • Patent number: 6266901
    Abstract: A work machine for achieving efficient coordinated operations by a plurality of kinds of operating units, comprising first and second swivel driving members and first and second swivel joints, wherein a first swiveling base bearing a first operating unit and a second swiveling base bearing a second operating unit can swivel around a common swiveling axis independently relative to a traveling base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Kanda, Norihiro Aoshiba, Michio Chamura, Hiroshi Yoshinada, Naritoshi Ohtsukasa
  • Patent number: 6267370
    Abstract: A card dispensing device has a mechanism for preventing double feeding of cards. The double feed preventing mechanism can be card attitude correction rollers, which adjoin the leading edges of the cards within the card dispensing unit and thickness screws to regulate the vertical dimension of the card feed route. The double feed preventing mechanism can be a plate having a leading edge extending into the card feed route to regulate the vertical dimension of the card feed route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
    Inventors: Yukio Ito, Yoshihisa Hirayama, Hideo Tanaka, Takashi Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 6264500
    Abstract: A cable holder of an electric connector is formed with a plurality of cable guide slots at a prescribed interval and bent in U-shape, along which cable conductors are arranged. The cable conductors are positioned in alignment members which are located in recesses on opposite sides of the cable holder. The cable conductor bent in U-shape in the cable guide slots are used as a plug of the electric connector. A receptacle of an electric connector is covered with a receptacle shield cover with the portion opposite a printed circuit board being removed, while shielding conductive pattern is formed on the portion of the printed circuit board opposite the receptacle so that the entire exterior of the receptacle is covered with the shielding conductive pattern on the printed circuit board and the receptacle shield cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: I-Pex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Kawabe
  • Patent number: 6264169
    Abstract: A jack with enclosing or cover plates is disclosed, which is especially suited for enclosing the supporting plates at two sides of a four wheel jack and the pump of the jack. The jack can be combined with two supporter enclosing plates and a pump enclosing plate which may have any desired shape or color, so that the outlook of the jack is vivid and various. By the enclosing or cover plates, painting for the related shielding components by baking or injection can be omitted. The cover or enclosing plate can be secured by tenons or screwing lock. Thus, the present invention has a simple structure and can be assembled easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Shinn Fu Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Hung
  • Patent number: 6259057
    Abstract: An automatically focusing structure of laser sculpturing machine, including an electronic probe structure vertically mounted on a blade seat of the laser sculpturing machine. The electronic probe structure includes a circular tube with a certain length. The top section of the probe structure is formed with a flange. An upper and a lower sections of the circular tube are respectively formed with two annular grooves for locating a locating rod of the blade seat. The circular centers of the upper and lower end faces of the circular tube are respectively disposed with openings for a first and a second inner electronic detection bars to outward extend therethrough. An electric working bench is lifted in Z axis direction to make the surface of a work piece contact with the probe. The focus of a lens memorized by a software is calculated and then the working bench is accordingly lowered to the focus face to complete the automatically focusing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Great Computer Corp.
    Inventor: Jin-Sheng Lai
  • Patent number: 6258016
    Abstract: A folding collapsible exercising apparatus including a wheeled front frame, a tubular bearing bracket, a back frame unit, a wheeled seat, a coupling, a damping device, and two handlebars. The wheeled front frame unit has a backwardly extending longitudinal shaft, and the tubular bearing bracket is slidably sleeved onto the longitudinal shaft of the wheeled front frame unit. The back frame unit is pivoted to the tubular bearing bracket and turned by the user between vertical and horizontal positions. The wheeled seat pivots to the back frame unit and is slidably supported on the tubular bearing bracket. The coupling moves along the longitudinal shaft of the wheeled front frame unit and is locked by a lock screw. The dampening device coupled between the coupling and the bearing bracket, and the two handlebars are pivoted to the back frame unit at two opposite sides and locked by a respective lock screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Inventor: Johnson Kuo
  • Patent number: 6254115
    Abstract: A bicycle front fork and head tube mounting arrangement includes a front fork having a tubular top shaft and an annular bearing portion around the top shaft, a head tube sleeved onto the top shaft of the front fork and supported on a ball bearing in the annular bearing portion of the front fork, a locating ring supported on a ball bearing in the top end of the head tube around the top shaft of the front fork, a split screw cap tightened up with a locating screw and threaded into an inner thread in the locating ring, a ruuber ring mounted in an inside annular groove in the split screw cap and disposed in close contact with the periphery of the top shaft of the front fork, and a tightening up screw threaded into a radial screw hole on the locating ring to hold down the split screw cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 6253419
    Abstract: A pivot device with multiple pivotal bars for a notebook computer is disclosed. The pivot device has a main frame and multiple pivotal bars pivotally mounted on the main frame. Each pivotal bar has a positioning means mounted thereon to position each corresponding bar at a desired angle. The pivot device can be connected to several different units of the notebook computer with the multiple pivotal bars respectively. Such that, a digital photo unit can be connected with the notebook computer directly by the pivot device. This will improve the convenience of using and carrying the computer and the digital photo device outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: Sheng-Nan Lu
  • Patent number: 6253128
    Abstract: Interference prediction apparatus is applied when an unmanned vehicle is guided within a course area based on travel position and course data, and comprises a device for inputting the form of the course area, a device for preparing course data, device for estimating error of travel position when the unmanned vehicle is operated according to course data, and a device for predicting interference between the unmanned vehicle and areas outside the course area on the basis of estimated error so that interference can be prevented when unmanned vehicles pass by each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kageyama, Yukio Okawa, Kazunori Kuromoto
  • Patent number: D444023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Lucas Pai
  • Patent number: D444370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: Tsung-Chieh Chang