Patents Represented by Attorney Varndell & Varndell, PLLC
  • Patent number: 6561751
    Abstract: A high versatility can be obtained, the pipe laying can be configured easily and, by virtue of the fact that a pilot pressured oil is managed, a hydraulic apparatus can be compacted. A differential pressure &Dgr;P between a pressure of the pressured oil on an upstream side and a pressure of the pressured oil on a downward side of operation valves is set to a certain value by a front-to-rear differential pressure stabilizer. As a result, flow rates Q1, Q2 of the operation valves are determined univocally in accordance with opening surface areas (opening amounts) A1, A2 of the operation valves, irrespective of load fluctuations, that is to say, a fluctuation of &Dgr;P. When one of operation members are operated, the opening amount A2 of the other operation valve correspondent with the other operation member is changed in accordance with an operation amount S1 of that operation member, and the other hydraulic actuator correspondent with the other operation valve is driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishizaki, Shuuji Hori, Shinobu Nagura
  • Patent number: 6563433
    Abstract: Information is exchanged between raw garbage liquefying devices and a central station so that the central station manages the liquefied raw garbage accumulated amounts in the respective raw garbage liquefying devices, selects raw garbage liquefying devices to be visited, and issues instructions for collection to a touring collection vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Exy Concept Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shintaro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 6555771
    Abstract: An electric shock-proof security device of a receptacle is disclosed, describing in particular when an undesired object is inserted into the receptacle, the electric shock-proof security device serves to prevent the user from getting an electric shock. The device comprises a cover, two stoppers, springs and a supporting seat. The two stoppers include a right stopper and a left stopper. The right and left stoppers are integrally formed pieces; and tilted surfaces are provided on the upper surfaces of the stoppers. The two stoppers are placed on the supporting seat. Within the supporting seat, two springs resist against the right stopper and left stopper. Therefore, an electric shock-proof security device of a receptacle is formed. The two stoppers serve to isolate the undesired object so as not to be in contact with the conductive piece and the danger of electric shock is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Hung-Chiang Shao
  • Patent number: 6552127
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a blend obtainable by blending 0.1 to 99% by weight of (a) a fluorine-containing polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 to 1000000 and having hydroxy group or epoxy group at least at one of end portions of a main chain and side chain of the polymer, and 1 to 99.9% by weight of (b) a heat resisting thermoplastic resin having a crystalline melting point or glass transition temperature of not less than 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shimizu, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Seitaro Yamaguchi, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Noriyasu Yamane, Takafumi Yamato, Masahiro Kumegawa, Takayuki Araki
  • Patent number: 6548761
    Abstract: A one-way cable terminal connector includes a connector base having a crossed open chamber and an upright post in the open chamber, two V-shaped metal spring plates respectively coupled to the upright post in the open chamber, each spring plate having a retaining end piece adapted to hold down the core of a respective cable being inserted into the connector base, and a metal column fixedly fastened to the upright post to secure the spring plates in place for contacting and supporting the core of inserted cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Inventor: Jen-Ching Wang
  • Patent number: 6543628
    Abstract: An electrically cycling CD rack comprising a base, two lateral plates, a gearing device and a lot of clamping seats, the base is perpendicularly connected with the two lateral plates, the gearing device is fixedly provided between the two lateral plates with a motor of which an output axle is provided thereon with a gear, the gear is engaged with a cog device movably and rotatably provided between the two lateral plates, the cog device are connected with the clamping seats; an adjustment box is provided under the cog device to connect the clamping seats. A CD displaying rack having an effect of convenient assembling as well as fast and stable clamping, suitable for viewing and with high storing capability can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Inventor: Kuo-Ming Kao
  • Patent number: 6543529
    Abstract: A compact forced air-cooling condenser is provided which is overall of light weight, but can be manufactured inexpensively, and which is of high heat exchange performance. In a forced air-cooling condenser employed in a refrigerator of the type which forcibly cools the coolant condensing the coolant using a cooling fan, a condenser 1 for forced air-cooling is constituted of a construction in which a large number of heat-radiating wires 3 are attached extending across above and below a coolant pipe 2 that is bent back in bellows fashion in the same plane, and this is then as a whole bent into spiral shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Ohgaki
  • Patent number: 6542853
    Abstract: A life estimation device which numerically measures the damage to a machine such as an engine accurately to estimate, the life of the machine accurately without requiring skill. A load map (B) of the two-dimensional distribution of the operation parameters of an engine is made. In accordance with the weighted integration time &agr;i·ki at each level (Bi) of the load map (B), the actual damage &dgr;=&Sgr;&agr;i·ki to the engine for a certain lapse of time &tgr; is calculated. By operating the engine beforehand, a correspondence relation L2 between the magnitude of the damage &dgr; and the life H is predetermined. The life H1 corresponding to the calculated actual damage &dgr;1 is determined in accordance with the predetermined correspondence relation L2 and the H1 is outputted as the estimated life of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Murakami, Ichio Ichikawa, Haruo Hashimoto, Koji Iijima, Fumihide Sato, Hiroshi Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 6539294
    Abstract: If an obstacle (74) is detected, its position is stored in obstacle memory unit (41) on the assumption that the obstacle (74) is common to a plurality of vehicles (2, 2). As vehicles (2, 2) pass by, the content of the obstacle memory unit (44) is updated. When the vehicles (2, 2) are supplied with position data of the respective goal point (72, 72), the vehicles (2, 2) are guided by their goal point (72, 72) in accordance with the content of the obstacle memory unit (41) so that they can avoid the obstacle (74). Vehicles can be thus guided to avoid obstacles by knowing the existence of obstacles in the working sites where the positions of obstacles are always different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Kageyama
  • Patent number: 6523848
    Abstract: A bicycle supportive wheel mounting structure, in which the wheel holder frame, which is fixedly fastened to the seat stays and chain stays of a bicycle to hold a supportive wheel at one side of the bicycle's rear wheel, has two braces connected between the flat mounting base and horizontal bar there and a reinforcing plate welded to the horizontal bar and one supportive wheel coupling fork at the horizontal bar and one of the braces to reinforce the structural strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Ssu-Liu Liu
  • Patent number: 6526086
    Abstract: A band narrowing laser having a band narrowing module which narrows by a band narrowing element a band of the laser beam generated from a laser medium, in which wavefront correction means (10) that corrects the wavefront of an incident laser beam and and projects the corrected beam is intalled in the band narrowing module (6) to produce a laser beam with a narrow and stable spectral line width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Wakabayashi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Tatsuya Ariga
  • Patent number: 6522674
    Abstract: The pulsed laser control system comprises a plurality of controllers (2) through (6) for controlling devices (21) through (30) constituting the pulsed laser apparatus (1); parallel communication lines (P1) to (P4) for parallel connection of the plurality of controllers (2) through (6); an Ethernet (S) for serial connection of the plurality of controllers (2) through (6); parallel communication line (PP) for parallel connection between the external apparatus (10) and the main controller (2); and an Ethernet (SS) for serial connection between the external apparatus (10) and the main controller (2); wherein the parallel communication lines (P1) to (P4) and (PP) transmit signals for which realtime performance is required. With this construction, even if design changes are frequently made to a pulsed laser apparatus, the changes can be made easily and with little expansion space. Moreover, management of the devices constituting the pulsed laser apparatus can be easily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoki Niwano, Shoichi Sakanishi, Takeshi Okamoto, Hideyuki Hayashi, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6516659
    Abstract: An electronic tire pressure gauge with a rotary pressure measuring head is disclosed. A meter body is rotatably engaged with respect to the pressure measuring head. A light emitting element is installed at a select position of the pressure measuring head so as to provide a sufficient illumination in the dark. Thereby the user may find the air tap easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Shinnyi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tuz-Fen Chen
  • Patent number: 6519222
    Abstract: An automatic disc exchanging apparatus including pallets 19 each of which can support a disc D, storage cabinets 12 which stores said pallets 19, recording and reproducing drives 13 for recording and reproducing information on and from said discs D, and a transporting mechanism for transporting said pallets 19 between said storage cabinets 12 and said recording and reproducing drives, magnetic members 20a are provided in the vicinity of claw portions 19c-19f of the pallet 19. The storage cabinet 12 has an opening 12a through which the pallet 19 can move into and out of the storage cabinet, side walls 12d, 12e having grooves 12b, 12c formed therein for guiding side edges of the pallet 19, and a rear wall 12f which receives an end of the pallet 19, and magnets 20b which attract said magnetic members 20a in the pallet 19 are provided on the rear wall 12f.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Asaca Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Hayashi, Koutaro Onso, Hitoshi Nakamura, Kouichi Shibasaki
  • Patent number: 6514093
    Abstract: An improved design of a structure of a wall mounting power adapter socket to increase the number of outlets essentially by arranging all units of outlets on the surface of the socket casing in a longitudinal line so that only one stripe each of a fire Wire adaptive piece an earth wire and a grounding prong are required with each strip extending below each unit of pins for compact structure and cost reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventor: Tsung-I Yu
  • Patent number: 6513224
    Abstract: A belt fabrication method includes the steps of tailpiece formation procedure, keeper and belt head formation procedure, belt body formation procedure, and final fixation procedure. During the keeper and belt head formation procedure, a split is formed in one end of the headpiece, so that the front end of the belt body can be engaged into the split of the headpiece and then fixedly fastened to the headpiece by stitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventors: Mike Chien-Fang Chen, Stan M. Jurga
  • Patent number: 6513700
    Abstract: To provide such a boss welding structure for the arm of a working implement that is light in weight and easy in manufacture. A cylindrical body formed of one sheet metal, there are formed a first hole and a second hole of predetermined shapes. A boss is equipped with a boss seat for covering the first hole, and a bracket is equipped with a bracket seat for covering the second hole. The boss and the bracket are inserted into the cylindrical body and are individually welded on the cylindrical body from the outer side of the cylindrical body such that the first hole is covered from the inner side with the boss seat whereas the second hole is covered with the bracket seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Matsuda, Kyuichi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 6505816
    Abstract: A jack with a rotary handle sleeve is disclosed. The handle sleeve 4 of a jack is locked to a rotary supporting seat 3. The rotary supporting seat 3 passes through the pump 2 and washers to be locked to the base 1 of the jack. Thereby, handle sleeve 4 may rotate rightwards and leftwards. The oil return valve 10 is connected to a flexible shaft for controlling the opening and closing of the oil return valve 10. A steel ball bearing or a thrust bearing can be installed between the rotary supporting seat 3 or the base 1 of the jack so that the handle sleeve 4 may rotate freely. The handle sleeve 4 and the rotary supporting seat 3 have a design for confining the lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Shin Fu Corporation
    Inventor: Victor Hung
  • Patent number: D469650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventor: Lucas Pai
  • Patent number: D472756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Inventor: Lucas Pai