Patents Represented by Law Firm Weiser and Associate P.C.
  • Patent number: 5807387
    Abstract: Optical designating device, especially for use in microsurgery, comprising a tool-carrier stage (2) integral with the optical instrument (1), supporting at least one light source (4, 5) for emitting a light beam (6, 7), said light source (4, 5) being offset in relation to the optical axis (10) of the optical instrument (1). The orientation of the light source (4, 5) in relation to the optical axis (10 ) of the microscope is determined in order to aim the light beam (6, 7) at a target point (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Deemed International, S.A.
    Inventor: Herve Druais
  • Patent number: 5808776
    Abstract: Method for the production of an optically variable image including an animated element used as the model for the reproduction of a security element, by insolation of a light-sensitive material through two coherent light beams. The image is broken down into a plurality of elementary images, each corresponding to an optical effect defined by a color, the time when the image elements appear and their duration. A plurality of masks is provided, each including a number of windows defining an elementary image. Two light beams are used to light the entire substrate surface and the substrate is isolated by successively placing each mask on the substrate and in the path of the light beams. The first light beam is stationary while the second light beam is emitted from an illumination surface with adjustable dimensions and position, so as to produce a given optical effect for each elementary image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Hologram Industries, S.A.
    Inventors: Hugues Souparis, Fran.cedilla.oise Daniel
  • Patent number: 5803990
    Abstract: An aqueous phosphoric bonding solution and coating composition slurry which are environmentally friendly in that they are generally free of molybdate or chromium. Yet the solution is stable with respect to inorganic metal particles, especially aluminum which are admixed to the bonding solution for the preparation of the coating slurry. The metal coated parts and the method of coating the parts with the coating composition are also described. The parts have very satisfactory properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Sermatech International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark F. Mosser, Kevin B. Eddinger
  • Patent number: 5804705
    Abstract: Aquatic animals that emit electrical signals are used to detect changes in the operating conditions of an aqueous medium (e.g., the presence of a pollutant). In one embodiment, the aquatic test animals are fishes of a species known as Apteronotus albifrons, whose electrical signals have frequency variations on the order of 0.1% under constant operating conditions; the temperature of the aqueous medium is stabilized to within 0.1.degree. C.; each aquatic test animal is placed in a perforated refuge within a holding tank in which the aqueous medium flows in a vertical direction; and three or more aquatic test animals are used, wherein phases of nychthemeral activity of the aquatic test animals are artificially offset to achieve overlapping of the nychthemeral activity of the aquatic test animals. All of these combine to yield a highly sensitive and reliable system for real-time biological monitoring of physico-chemical parameters of an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Nancie--Centre International De L'Eau
    Inventors: Andre Florion, Denis Terver, Didier Cretien, Marielle Thomas
  • Patent number: 5800947
    Abstract: A Ni/Cd or Ni/hydride storage battery of the button cell type has a positive electrode tablet based on a nickel hydroxide powder having an active mass comprised of spherical particles with a high pycnometric density (d>3.5 g/cm.sup.3). In contrast to conventional nickel hydroxide powders having irregular particles, a better space utilization is achieved during dry pressing due to a narrow particle-size distribution having a maximum in a range of from 5 to 20 .mu.m, and due to the rounded particle surfaces. The specific volumetric capacity of the resulting button cell electrode is consequently approximately 25% higher than that of a conventional positive button cell electrode. A microporous separator having pore sizes smaller than the mean diameter of the spherical particles prevents the danger of short circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Varta Batterie Aktiengellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Kohler, Christoph Klaus, Gunter Hofmann, Frank Lichtenberg
  • Patent number: 5797747
    Abstract: The invention relates to an endodontic instrument which can be fitted on a vibratory handpiece (1) for the treatment of a tooth canal or the retreatment thereof, wherein it is made up of a rigid proximal portion constituting the sleeve which allows it to be fixed to the vibratory handpiece (1), of a median portion (4) which is also rigid and whose axis forms an angle (x) with the proximal portion, and of a distal portion (5) whose axis at the end forms an angle (y) with the median portion in the direction opposite that of the proximal portion, said distal portion being of a general conical line and of a dimension at the tip permitting its penetration into the canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Micro Mega International Manufactures, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Badoz, Paul Calas, Jean-Marie Vulcain
  • Patent number: 5797883
    Abstract: A device for sampling biological materials having a tube having a front segment and rear segment, wherein the outer diameter of the front segment is smaller than the outer diameter of the rear segment. The inner diameter of the front segment is smaller than the inner diameter of the rear segment. The front segment has a distal opening. A rod having a piston having an outer diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the rear segment, wherein the rod is engaged within the tube, the piston is positioned within the rear segment, such that when the rod is partially withdrawn from the tube, a negative pressure is created in the front segment that is greater than the negative pressure created within part of the rear segment by the partial withdrawal of the rod, thereby enabling the sampling of the biological materials through the distal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Prince
  • Patent number: 5795659
    Abstract: An improved aluminide coating especially for heat resistant superalloy substrates. Slurry coating compositions of eutectic metal alloy powders and of non-eutectic metal powders. A process for coating the substrates and the coated metal parts. The coatings have improved resistance to developing cracks and to hot corrosion and oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignees: International Inc., Rolls-Royce, Inc, plc.
    Inventors: Mehar C. Meelu, Alan T. Jones, Bruce G. McMordie
  • Patent number: 5786108
    Abstract: A prismatic electrochemical cell includes electrode plate blocks in which the stacked positive and negative electrode plates are separated by separators and are connected by current conductors to the corresponding terminal posts by crimping current conductors in the form of wires to collar-shaped portions of the terminal posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Varta Batterie Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietrich Sprengel, Jurgen Heydecke, Eberhard Niggemann
  • Patent number: 5782664
    Abstract: Motorized craft, for propelling a person lying in a horizontal position, comprising a hull (1), a water pipe extending through the craft longitudinally on which a propeller is located and two handles (4) designed to be grasped by the user. The craft of the invention is characterized in that said hull (1) includes on the rear part thereof a surface (2) for supporting the user lying on his stomach, so that at least one portion of his body is supported. The user guides the craft by simply applying pressure with his forearm on the side to which he wants to turn, his legs acting as the rudder. The craft of the invention is simple, light and compact and fits easily into the boot of the car, making it rapid and handy to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Inventor: Laurent Casters
  • Patent number: 5783504
    Abstract: Composite structure comprising one or more plies of nonwoven and one or more plies of film, these being manufactured from thermoplastics, wherein all the plies of nonwoven of which the structure is composed are totally manufactured from a polymer or a copolymer or a blend of polymers derived from lactic acid and wherein all the plies of film are totally manufactured from a polymer of the BAPE (biodegradable aliphatic polyester) type. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing said composite structure.Application: Diapers, sanitary napkins, protective garments, surgical drapes and masks in the medical field and certain products for absorption and filtration, protection of plants in agriculture and mulching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Fiberweb
    Inventors: Philippe Ehret, Kimmo Lahteenkorva
  • Patent number: 5780269
    Abstract: Novel hybrid molecules comprising an RNA and a DNA portion are disclosed. A method for synthesizing the molecule is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: The University of Medicine and Denistry of New Jersey
    Inventors: Sumiko Inouye, Masayori Inouye
  • Patent number: 5766567
    Abstract: A single-stage low temperature catalytic process for desulphurisation of a gas which contains a mixture of H.sub.2 S and SO.sub.2 which process includes feeding the gas to be treated at a temperature below the dew point of sulphur to a Claus converter having a Claus catalyst in a reaction stage in which the catalyst includes a composite catalytic mass of alumina and one or more compounds of titanium, yttrium, lanthanum or the rare-earth elements of atomic number 58 to 71, and contacting the gas with the Claus catalyst at a temperature below the dew point of sulphur, by which sulphur deposits on the Claus catalyst and the gas is desulphurised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Elf Aquitaine Production
    Inventors: Robert Voirin, Andre Philippe
  • Patent number: 5766798
    Abstract: A prismatic galvanic cell having a large number of electrode pairs separated by separators is provided with electrode plates having current tapping lugs which extend from upper or lateral edges of the plates, and which include flexible tongues extending along and parallel to the plate edges. The flexible tongues of grouped electrode plates of the same polarity are connected to the terminal posts of the cell in a manner which precludes short circuiting and which accommodates the increased bending stresses typical of such cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Varta Batterie Atkiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Bechtold, Klaus Brandt, Dietrich Bartke, Jorg Kumpers, Frank Mengel, Jurgen Vollbert
  • Patent number: 5766314
    Abstract: A process for the pollution-cleaning treatment of air combines the actions of dehumidification, thermal control, washing of the gases, fixing of the particles, disinfection, spraying and vaporization. An apparatus is provided for implementing the process, and includes a cyclone exchanger or a pseudo-cyclone exchanger which includes a nozzle for injecting a fixing liquid into the inlet stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: France Grignotage
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Weber, Michel Parmentier
  • Patent number: 5764725
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing the racks and installation wiring of telephone switch equipment takes the form of a module capable of insertion into the various slots of a particular rack configuration. The module includes a circuit board which terminates in a connector suitable for interconnection with a particular telephone switch system, and which receives a continuity testing subassembly useful in performing the desired testing. To this end, selected contacts (or pins) of the connector are coupled with a light emitting diode (LED) and a biasing circuit for operating the LED responsive to connection of the biasing circuit to ground. Each LED, and the biasing circuit, is provided with a suitable operating voltage which can either be derived from the rack which is being tested or a battery which is resident in the test apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Hitech Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph S. Martin, Jr., Michael J. Garland
  • Patent number: 5755725
    Abstract: Computer-assisted microsurgery equipment, of the type including an articulated tool support, with one of the ends being integral with a fixed reference system R.sub.c. The system comprises cameras for determining the tool coordinates in said fixed reference system R.sub.c, and an image data base wherein are recorded images from an imaging system in the image reference system R.sub.i. The inventions characterized by having at least two sensors integral with the fixed reference system R.sub.c supplying an electrical signal depending on the patient reference position R.sub.p in the fixed reference system R.sub.c, and a computer for matching the tool reference system R.sub.o with the patient reference system R.sub.p and the image reference system R.sub.i according to data from the bidimensional sensor, cameras for determining the coordinates of the tool in the fixed reference system R.sub.c and data from the image base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Deemed International, S.A.
    Inventor: Herve Druais
  • Patent number: 5738953
    Abstract: As an active material for its negative electrode, a hydrogen storage alloy for a Ni/H battery has the compositionMmNi.sub.v Al.sub.w Mn.sub.x Co.sub.y M.sub.z,where Mm is a misch metal, M is Fe, Cu, or a mixture of Fe and Cu, and where0.1.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.4,0.2.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.4,0.3.ltoreq.w.ltoreq.0.5,0.2.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.4, and4.9.ltoreq.v+w+x+y+z.ltoreq.5.1.The partial substitution of Co by M, in conjunction with a special production method including the steps of atomizing the molten alloy, followed by heat-treatment and pulverization, leads to an alloy having a particularly high cycle lifetime and discharge capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Varta Batterie Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Lichtenberg, Uwe Kohler, Klaus Kleinsorgen, Andreas Folzer, Alexander Bouvier
  • Patent number: 5738958
    Abstract: To provide an improved high-temperature cycle lifetime, an alloy for use as active material for the negative electrode of an alkaline, rechargeable nickel-metal hydride battery has the compositionMm.sub.1-u E.sub.u Ni.sub.v Co.sub.w Al.sub.x Mn.sub.y M.sub.z, whereMm is a misch metal including La and Ce, and which can further include Pr, Nd and/or other lanthanides,E is Ti and/or Zr, with 0.01.ltoreq.u.ltoreq.0.1, andM is Fe and/or Cu, with 0.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.4, wherein0.2.ltoreq.w.ltoreq.0.4,0.3.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.5,0.2.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.4, and4.9.ltoreq.v+w+x+y+z.ltoreq.5.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Varta Batterie Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Frank Lichtenberg
  • Patent number: 5689039
    Abstract: A plant peptide transport gene and its nucleotide sequence are disclosed. The gene may be used to confer herbicide resistance to plants, and to render plants resistant to insect pests. The invention also relates to plants that possess non-naturally occurring alleles of peptide transport gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Becker, Gary Stacey