Patents Represented by Attorney Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

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  • Optimized graphite electrode pin configuration
    Patent number: 7835419
    Abstract: A pin for use in connecting graphite electrodes into a joint, where the pin has at least one male tang having a tang factor, defined as the ratio of male tang length to diameter of the electrode into which hit is to be threaded, of at least about 0.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Smith, Lionel D. Burton Batty, Philip D. Coleman
  • Road-building machine
    Patent number: 7828309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a road-building machine whose left front wheel (4) or caterpillar, right front wheel (6) or caterpillar, left rear wheel (8) or caterpillar and right rear wheel (10) or caterpillar are connected to the road-building machine chassis by means of an actuating element and are height-adjustable with respect to the road-building machine frame. According to said invention, different actuating elements are rigidly connected to the road-building machine chassis and forcedly coupled to each other in such a way that the left front wheel (4) or caterpillar and the right rear wheel (10) or caterpillar are height-adjustable in the same direction and with respect to the right front wheel (6) or caterpillar and the left rear wheel (8) or caterpillar are adjustable in the opposite directions. The all wheels (4, 6, 8, 10) or caterpillars are equally height-adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons, Markus Schäfer
  • Nutritive substance delivery container
    Patent number: 7823723
    Abstract: The invention comprises a novel apparatus for delivering a nutritive substance comprising a container body having a base at one end thereof, an upper portion adapted for removable receipt of a closure, the upper portion defining an opening therein, and a chamber defined by the container body, the chamber being in fluid communication with the upper portion opening. A laminate seal having at least two layers is bonded across the upper portion opening and is adapted to provide an airtight seal across the opening. A nutritive substance is bonded to at least one layer of the laminate seal. The container additionally comprises a closure removably coupled to the upper portion. The closure comprises a cutting portion which is adapted to pierce the laminate seal, thereby releasing the nutritive substance into the container contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Joshua C. Anthony, Robin Wiggins, Rick Grelewicz, Nagendra Rangavajla, Patrick E. McCallister
  • Air transfer arm for boiler
    Patent number: 7824178
    Abstract: A water heater apparatus includes a fuel-air transfer arm connecting a blower outlet to a burner inlet. The transfer arm includes a continuously curved 180° bend portion and at least one inwardly extending internal flow disrupter located in the 180° bend portion for improving fuel-air mixture distribution across the burner inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Lochinvar Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Putnam, Dustin C. Wiggins
  • Enhanced directional conductivity of graphitizable foam
    Patent number: 7824650
    Abstract: A graphitizable carbon foam having enhanced directional thermal conductivity is provided. The mesophase portions of a mesophase pitch are aligned with each other to create an oriented mesophase pitch, which is then foamed to provide an oriented pitch foam. The pitch foam can be heated to carbonize the pitch thereby forming an oriented carbon foam. The carbon foam can be further heated to provide an oriented graphite foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Stansberry, Leonard Singer
  • Nestled labels for medicine container
    Patent number: 7823726
    Abstract: A labeling and a method of labeling adapted for pharmaceutical containers having multiple printed indicia locations varying in size and containing information for a user of varying sized pharmaceutical containers. The labeling includes a single substrate having several labeling options and can be designed with multiple main die cut portions separating various sections of the label such that various size labels can be produced from the single substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Tri State Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Miceli, Joseph A. Miceli
  • Sorting system using narrow-band electromagnetic radiation
    Patent number: 7816616
    Abstract: A system for sorting articles includes a detector system having a plurality of narrow bandwidth sources of electromagnetic energy sequentially illuminating articles passing through the detector system, the detector system further including a collector for collecting electromagnetic energy reflected from the articles; a deflector for deflecting selected articles toward an alternative destination; and a control system, operably connected to the collector and the deflector, for actuating the deflector in response to a sensed parameter of the electromagnetic energy collected in the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: MSS, Inc.
    Inventors: Garry R. Kenny, Arthur G. Doak
  • Stringing channels for a lacrosse head
    Patent number: 7815531
    Abstract: A lacrosse head having stringing channels useful for improving a strung lacrosse head is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Gait
  • Autoinjector with needle depth adapter
    Patent number: 7811254
    Abstract: An autoinjector useful for, inter alia, providing an injection of liquid medicament is disclosed, which includes a needle depth adapter for achieving a desired injection depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Wilmot, Robert L. Hill
  • Personal windscreen apparatus
    Patent number: 7798878
    Abstract: A personal windscreen apparatus is mounted on a boater's body to protect a boater's face during boating. The apparatus has a windscreen secured to a flotation device. The flotation device is secured to a boater's body utilizing a series of straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Bobby Lee
  • Area weight uniformity flexible graphite sheet material
    Patent number: 7799309
    Abstract: A process for enhancing the expansion of intercalated graphite flake is presented. The process includes annealing the graphite flake at a temperature of at least about 3000° C. prior to intercalation and intercalating in the presence of a lubricious additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, Ronald Alfred Greinke
  • Sandwiched thermal solution
    Patent number: 7799428
    Abstract: A thermal solution for an electronic device, which is positioned between a heat source and an external surface of the electronic device and/or another component of the electronic device, where the thermal solution facilitates heat dissipation from the heat source while shielding the external surface and/or second component from the heat generated by the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Kikuo Fujiwara, Masaaki Tozawa, Gary D. Shives, Julian Norley, Robert Anderson Reynolds, III
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D624426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventor: William M. Currington
  • Kicker plate
    Patent number: D624940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Buhr, Stefan Abresch, Thomas Lehnert, Guenter Haehn, Cyrus Barimani
  • Kicker plate
    Patent number: D624941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Buhr, Stefan Abresch, Thomas Lehnert, Guenter Haehn, Cyrus Barimani
  • Kicker plate
    Patent number: D624942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Buhr, Stefan Abresch, Thomas Lehnert, Guenter Haehn, Cyrus Barimani
  • Road milling machine
    Patent number: D626573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Koetting, Christian Berning
  • Base for control panel for a construction machine
    Patent number: D627799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Berning, Thomas Kramer, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn
  • Base for control panel for a construction machine
    Patent number: D627801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Berning, Thomas Kramer, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn
  • Chisel bit
    Patent number: D627809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: BETEK Bergbau- und Hartmetalltechnik Karl-Heinz Simon GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Karl Kammerer