Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Wiggins & Dana
  • Patent number: 6254135
    Abstract: An album construction for holding and displaying printed folded cards comprising (a) a rectangular support having a center portion and two outer portions, said center portion being longitudinally shorter than the two outer portions and thereby forming two bounded slots at each end of the center portion; (b) an elastic cord having both ends attached to said rectangular support and being of sufficient length to encircle or wrap the center portion of the rectangular support at least twice and thereby produce a series of at least two taut elastic strands located immediately adjacent to each other whereby the fold of the printed cards may be held between one of the taut elastic cord materials and the rectangular support; and (c) an album cover having a central spine and two outer covers, said rectangular support affixed to the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Girard Design LLC
    Inventor: Stefanie L. Girard
  • Patent number: 6173565
    Abstract: A spacecraft attitude and altitude control system utilizes sets of three pulsed plasma thrusters connected to a single controller. The single controller controls the operation of each thruster in the set. The control of a set of three thrusters in the set makes it possible to provide a component of thrust along any one of three desired axes. This configuration reduces the total weight of a spacecraft since only one controller and its associated electronics is required for each set of thrusters rather than a controller for each thruster. The thrusters are positioned about the spacecraft such that the effect of the thrusters is balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Primex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Joseph Cassady, Roger M. Myers, Robert D. Osborne
  • Patent number: 6067712
    Abstract: There is provided heat exchange tube formed from a ductile metal strip which is formed into a generally circular configuration with the opposing longitudinal edges of the strip welded together. Both surfaces of the strip are enhanced. One surface of the tube is enhanced with protrusions in the shape of truncated cones. The ratio of the pitch between longitudinally aligned protrusions and transversely aligned protrusions maximizes the formation and maintenance of vortexes in a flowing fluid along the tube surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Myron R. Randlett, Ralph L. Webb, Louay M. Chamra