Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Patent number: 6886619
    Abstract: A tire assembling-disassembling machine includes a supporting, locking and rotating device for a wheel-rim for a vehicle tired-wheel about the axis of rotation of the wheel, at least one bead releasing assembly provided with a fixed support structure and a pair of supports extendible-retractable in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation starting from the fixed support structure and slidingly mounted along guide structure, at least one bead releasing roller carried at one end of a respective extendible-retractable support, driving structure for moving the arms towards and away from each other, a tool for fitting a tire onto the wheel-rim, a controller for radially extending-retracting each support and controllable locking-releasing structure for each support in an extended position thereof, and additional controllable driving structure to effect an additional extension of its respective support when locked in its extended working position by the locking-releasing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing Srl
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: 6886692
    Abstract: A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of different size with the same size carton, and minimizes inventory management problems. The windshield packaging system includes jaw components having a synergistic effect, horizontally-running flutes, and pressure-regulated clamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California
    Inventor: David Allison
  • Patent number: 6887049
    Abstract: A fan assembly is disclosed. The fan assembly has a frame and a motorized blade assembly. The motorized blade assembly has an electric motor and an integrally attached bladed propeller with a central hub. The motor includes a rotor and a stator, the rotor having a rotatable output shaft extending from a front side of the motor with a bladed propeller secured to the output shaft. The motor includes a housing with a mounting area for securing an electrical control switch. The mounting area is provided by a flange portion of the rear motor wall and positioned radially outwardly relative to the output shaft, and provides mounting of the control switch with a user interface that is exposed from the fan frame. The fan assembly motor also may provide an electrical connection port for removable attachment of an electrical power cord, wherein the connection port is integral with the motor housing and is exposed from the fan frame for attachment of the cord by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Yung Chen
  • Patent number: 6886600
    Abstract: A piping device for use in a cutting oil coater includes an oil supply path, a narrower path connected with the oil supply path and having an inside diameter smaller than that of the oil supply path, an oil tube, for feeding liquid oil to the oil supply path, a gas tube for feeding a gas to the oil supply path, where it mixes with the oil and changes it into a droplet state, an air space into which the oil is discharged from the narrower path, and is changed into a spray, a wall defining the air space having a recess, and a plurality of branch paths into which the oil impinges on the recess flows, with a substantially even flow distribution in each branch path, wherein a vertex of the recess and an end of the narrower path face each other. The apparatus suppresses an uneven distribution of flow rate of oil discharged into the air space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji BC Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Inoue
  • Patent number: 6887315
    Abstract: A vacuum plate for a fabricating apparatus of a semiconductor device, the vacuum plate includes: a first vacuum panel having a plurality of exhaust holes, the plurality of exhaust holes having same area and same distance from a center of the first vacuum panel, the plurality of exhaust holes being symmetrical and spaced apart from each other; and a second vacuum panel having a sidewall, a pumping hole and an air-load block, the sidewall being vertically protruded along an edge of the second vacuum panel, the air-load block being vertically protruded and symmetrical, a bottom surface of the first vacuum panel contacting a top surface of the sidewall and a top surface of the air-load block, thereby the first and second vacuum panels being combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Dong Lim, Seung-Hoon Lee, Hae-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 6888774
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device is of a bank switching type having a plurality of memory array banks provided in a memory chip which can be switched from one to another for storage operation. The semiconductor memory device includes: a plurality of memory arrays in the memory array banks; an input/output circuit for transmitting information data between the memory arrays and the outside; a data bus for connecting between the memory arrays and the input/output circuit; and N-channel transistors provided across the data bus. The data bus consists of a plurality of adjacent lines. Each of N-channel transistors is connected at their drain to the corresponding lines of the data bus while at their source to the ground. When a multi-bit test is commenced for writing and reading data on the memory arrays, the N-channel transistors are turned on to connect the lines of the data bus to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company Limited
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Tamaki Tsuruda, Katsushige Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6888776
    Abstract: A main control circuit generates a plurality of main control signals of different phases to local control circuits. The local control circuits produce row-related control signals greater in number than the main control signals in accordance with these main control signals. A semiconductor memory device can be easily adapted to change in bank structure, and can perform a fast and stable operation with a low current consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company Limited
    Inventors: Naoya Watanabe, Aiko Nishino, Katsumi Dosaka
  • Patent number: 6888959
    Abstract: In order to inspect a substance to be detected such as a foreign substance in accordance with the condition of the surface of a sample to be inspected such as a semiconductor substrate manufactured in various manufacturing processes under a suitable inspection condition, this method includes the steps of: inspecting a substance to be detected on a sample to be inspected under a plurality inspection conditions, which are previously set, as a single unit to detect at least the data of a detected substance for each of the plurality of inspection conditions; checking the data of the detected substance for the respective inspection conditions against each other to make check data; analyzing the detected substance based on the check data of the detected substance to classify the detected substance; adding the data of classified detected substance to the coordinate data of the detected substance for the respective inspection conditions to make data relating to the classified detected substance for the respective ins
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi High-Tech Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hamamatsu, Minori Noguchi, Yoshimasa Ohshima, Hidetoshi Nishiyama, Kenji Oka, Takanori Ninomiya, Maki Tanaka, Kenji Watanabe, Tetsuya Watanabe, Yoshio Morishige
  • Patent number: 6887667
    Abstract: Many diseases are related to variations in the genetically specified structure of proteins synthesized by cells. Genetic engineering is now able to identify the structural variations and to introduce new genes to synthesize more healthful proteins, but it is difficult actually to identify the specific protein or chemical variants in bodily fluids and extracts of tissues in order to diagnose diseases and to assess the effects of treatment. This invention provides apparatuses and methods which allow a user to finely discriminate between small variations in the structure, function and levels of specific biochemicals even when admixed with other biochemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California
    Inventor: Gerald E. Loeb
  • Patent number: 6887794
    Abstract: A pre-cleaning method of a substrate for a semiconductor device includes preparing a chamber, the chamber including a plasma electrode at an outside of the chamber, a power supplying system connected to the plasma electrode, a susceptor in the chamber, and an injector injecting gases into the chamber, equipping a metallic net in the chamber, the metallic net over the susceptor and grounded, disposing a substrate on the susceptor, and injecting a hydrogen gas into the chamber through the injector and supplying radio frequency power to the plasma electrode, thereby removing an oxide layer on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu-Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 6886504
    Abstract: An engine of reciprocating piston type includes a cylinder block (4) with one or more cylinders (2), each of which receives a respective piston (10) and is defined by a respective cylinder barrel (8), which is integral with the reminder of the cylinder block. The outer surface of each cylinder barrel (8) carries a plurality of substantially circumferential discontinuous reinforcing ribs, each comprising a plurality of elongate projections (12) spaced apart by gaps (14). Each projection (12) in each rib is in registry with a gap in the or each adjacent rib, when viewed in the direction of the length of the associated cylinder barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Ricardo Consulting Engineers Limited
    Inventor: Ian David Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20050090043
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a ball grid array package mainly comprises providing a carrier unit with an upper surface and a lower surface, mounting a plurality of solder balls on the lower surface of the carrier unit, disposing a protective layer below the lower surface to cover the solder balls, placing a chip on the upper surface of the carrier unit and electrically connecting the carrier and the chip, encapsulating the chip and removing the protective layer so as to form said ball grid array package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Fang Tsai, Jung-Kun Kang, Tsung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20050089593
    Abstract: A molding apparatus mainly comprises a mold chase holder, a mold chase, a heater and a pressure sensor. The mold chase comprises a mold cavity and a via, wherein the via penetrates the mold-cavity surface of the mold cavity. The mold chase is accommodated by a mold chase holder and there is a heater, for heating the mold chase up, disposed therein. And the pressure sensor for measuring the viscosity of the instant molding flow at the mold-cavity surface of the mold cavity is provided in the via of the mold chase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Kuang-Lin Lo, Yun-Lung Chang
  • Publication number: 20050089594
    Abstract: A molding apparatus mainly comprises a mold chase holder, a mold chase, a heater and a molding flowability sensor. The mold chase comprises a mold cavity and a via, wherein the via penetrates a mold-cavity surface of the mold cavity. The mold chase is accommodated by a mold chase holder and there is a heater, for heating the mold chase up, disposed therein. And the molding flowability sensor for measuring the molding flowability of the instant molding flow at the mold-cavity surface of the mold cavity is provided at the mold-cavity surface of the mold cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Kuang-Lin Lo, Yun-Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 6883789
    Abstract: A machine tool main spindle balancer wherein the annular sealing members of a gas spring that supports the main spindle unit to reduce the load of an elevating mechanism are easily replaceable. A gas spring of a machine tool main spindle balancer comprises a cylinder body, which is filled with a compressed gas, a rod that extends downward from the inside of cylinder body, a head-side end wall member of cylinder body having a filling valve, a sleeve member forming a circumferential wall around a rod insertion hole mounted hermetically and detachably on a rod-side end wall member, and annular sealing members and mounted on said sleeve member, so that annular sealing members can be replaced easily by discharging the compressed gas, and removing only sleeve member while holding rod on head-side end wall member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Pascal Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Seiji Kimura
  • Patent number: 6883443
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for reducing the slagging and fouling of the surfaces of the waterwalls, firebox, superheater, and reheater of the furnace of a coal-fired steam boiler. The process reduces the firebox exit temperature to below the specific ash melting temperature by injecting the following, either alone or in combination, into ports located in the upper section of the firebox: recirculated flue gas from downstream of the electrostatic precipitator, atomized water, or a sorbent water slurry. All of these materials have a lower temperature than the main flue gas or require additional heat for evaporation. Mixing these materials with the main flue gas from the furnace will not affect the coal combustion process, yet will reduce the temperature of any fly ash particles in the main flue gas to below the specific ash fusion temperature, and thus, prevent slagging and fouling within the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Aptech Engineering Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry W. Rettig, T. Steven I. Torbov
  • Patent number: 6884274
    Abstract: Air filter with a sidewall and inverted cone cap sections; a beveled crown unifying the sidewall with the cap to form a one-piece filter; a seat on the bottom of the wall section with seals for contact with a support; and a flange affixed to the cap to adjust contact with a support surface. The filter media includes four-layer oleophilic cotton mesh layers supported between two structural mesh layers, with an efficacious amount of oil to increase particle trapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Flow Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Nick Niakan, Stuart T. Miyagishima, Christopher C. Beau, Oscar Morales
  • Patent number: 6883430
    Abstract: A unique packaging method is disclosed. The method advertises products related to a product shipped in a box and comprises obtaining a box, placing a product in the box, and identifying a particular product category associated with the product being shipped in the box. This may be followed by obtaining an elongated flexible planar member having a width and a length substantially greater than the width, the planar member having an upper surface and a lower surface. The flexible planar member is provided with a layer of adhesive material deposited on and covering a substantial portion of the lower surface to form a packaging tape. The tape is imprinted with indicia comprising visually perceivable information to provide a purchaser with information relating to various products within the particular product category by disposing the information on the upper surface of the tape. The box is sealed with the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Omega Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Milton B. Hollander
  • Patent number: 6884006
    Abstract: An insert-exchangeable, rotary tool to which throwaway inserts are detachably attached, the insert comprising substantially square-shaped face and bottom surface and an outward curved flank on each side surface, and having a positive-type shape in which an outward curved edge line formed by the face and the flank serves as a cutting edge; each flank having in a substantially center portion a flat surface portion extending to the bottom surface without contacting with the cutting edge; a major cutting edge formed by the outward curved edge line circularly extending from its lowermost point toward a periphery of the tool when the insert is attached to the insert-exchangeable, rotary tool, such that it has a negative radial rake; and the lowermost point being positioned inward a center of the outward curved major cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu Nagashima
  • Patent number: 6885335
    Abstract: An antenna base, a control circuit section, and a high-frequency circuit section are enclosed in an inner space defined by a housing and a radome. Inside this inner space, the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section are surrounded by the antenna base and the housing. A circuit GND common to the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section is electrically connected to the antenna base and the housing, and it is connected to a body GND through only capacitive impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Terumi Nakazawa, Shirou Oouchi, Kazuto Nakamura