Patents Assigned to Long
  • Personal computer add-on card stabilizer
    Patent number: 6409518
    Abstract: A persona computer add-on card stabilizer comprising a transverse rod in the rear portion inside a computer case and above the add-on card slot, a plurality of mounting rings on the transverse rod to prevent the corresponding add-on cards from popping up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Chun Long Metal Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chuan Hung
  • Genetic engineering of cells to enhance healing and tissue regeneration
    Patent number: 6398816
    Abstract: A method for enhancing and/or increasing the efficiency of repair of tissues, primarily bone or cartilage, using genetically engineered cells has been developed. In the preferred embodiment, mesenchymal stem cells are isolated from periosteum tissue, and transfected with the gene encoding a growth factor for the particular cell type to be repaired. For example, for repair of bone, a gene (or genes) encoding bone morphogenic protein is transfected into periosteal cells. The transfected periosteal cells then express the bone morphogenic protein in culture to promote bone repair as a function of the expressed bone morphogenic protein. Cells can be transfected using any appropriate means, including viral vectors, as shown by the example, chemical transfectants, or physico-mechanical methods such as electroporation and direct diffusion of DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute
    Inventors: Arnold S. Breitbart, Daniel A. Grande, James M. Mason
  • Footwear sole with air chambers defined therein and a method for making the same
    Patent number: 6398996
    Abstract: A footwear sole includes a single foamable material that has air chambers defined in the footwear sole. The sole is formed in a cavity of a mold and the air chambers are defined by removing movable members in the cavity when the foaming process comes to a final stage so that a layer of the foam material is peeled with the movable members to define air chambers in the sole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Jiunn Long Plastic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Tsung Fang
  • Compounds and compositions for treating tissue ischemia
    Patent number: 6391899
    Abstract: There is disclosed a genus of compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that are protective for mitigating damage associated with tissue ischemia, particularly stroke (CNS ischemia), and ischemia of the myocardium. The present invention further provides a method for treating tissue damage caused by ischemia. Lastly, the present invention provides a method for treating tissue damage caused by providing a compound that inhibits the cytotoxic activity of 3-aminopropanal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: North Shore—Long Island Jewish Research Institute
    Inventors: Kevin J. Tracey, Yousef Al-Abed, Svetlana Ivanova, Richard J. Bucala
  • In-line skate rack and method of using same
    Publication number: 20020027114
    Abstract: A movable rack for storing and organizing in-line skates. The rack comprises a frame to support at least one platform containing elongated slots. The frame includes four horizontal support members to support the platform extending between four vertical members. The elongated slots contained within the platform have a suitable width to allow only a wheeled portion of the in-line skate therethrough, thus supporting the in-line skate in a substantially upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Long Pond Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Georgia L. Krusell
  • Method for isolating inhibitors of protease activity
    Patent number: 6350586
    Abstract: The present invention provides an assay for detecting and quantifying protease that is sensitive, rapid, and capable of screening numerous samples of small volume. Also provided by the present invention is a method for diagnosing disorders associated with connective tissue destruction in a subject by detecting and quantifying a particular protease in a biological sample. Further provided by the present invention is a method of detecting inhibitors of the activity of a protease by detecting primary amines that are exposed by the enzymatic degradation of a protease substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Inventors: Srinivasa K. Rao, Leslie Kushner, Mahesh Mathrubutham, Jon R. Cohen
  • Astrolabe having rotating rete and plate
    Patent number: 6339885
    Abstract: In the astrolabe herein, both the rete and the plate rotate, although around different centers. The stars are drawn onto the plate, and the coordinate system is represented by the rete. In contrast to the conventional astrolabe, where the stars and the coordinate system are projected onto a plane parallel with the earth's equator, the improved astrolabe projects stars and the coordinate system using a stereographic projection onto a plane parallel with the plane of the ecliptic. This projection puts the celestial pole at the center of the rete, and the line orthogonal to the ecliptic is projected onto the center of the plate, which points about 23.5 degrees off the earth's axis. As with a conventional astrolabe, the rete is rotated to represent the sidereal motion of the stars. In contrast to the conventional astrolabe, the plate may also be rotated to represent the precession of the earth's axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: The Long Now Foundation
    Inventor: W. Daniel Hillis
  • Self-enclosing heat exchanger with crimped turbulizer
    Patent number: 6340053
    Abstract: Self-enclosing heat exchangers are made from stacked plates having raised peripheral flanges on one side of the plates and continuous peripheral ridges on the other side of the plates, so that when the plates are put together, fully enclosed alternating flow channels are provided between the plates. The plates have raised bosses defining fluid ports that line-up in the stacked plates to form manifolds for the flow of heat exchange fluids through alternate plates. Expanded metal turbulizers are located in the flow channels. The turbulizers have portions thereof crimped closed to control the flow inside the channels and prevent unwanted bypass flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan K. Wu, Bruce L. Evans, Brian Duke
  • Combined sports shoe and roller skate
    Patent number: 6336644
    Abstract: A combined sports shoe and roller skate includes a sole having a chamber in which is mounted a collapsible roller assembly, wherein the roller assembly has a seat pivotally connected with linking rods, positioning rods, rear arms, front arms, rollers and torsion spring at two sides and a control mechanism is mounted on the seat and composed of a locking bolt, an axle, a pawl, a torsion spring, a tension spring and a pushbutton, whereby the sports shoe can be converted into a roller skate as desired simply by depressing a pushbutton and the roller skate can be also converted into a sports shoe by collapsing the roller assembly into a chamber at the bottom of the sole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Ching-Long Chen
    Inventor: Yi-Tien Chu
  • Clip on manifold heat exchanger
    Patent number: 6332495
    Abstract: A plate and fin type heat exchanger is disclosed which can be made in any convenient size with minimum tooling required. The heat exchanger is made from a plurality of stacked plate pairs having raised peripheral edge portions to define flow channels inside the plate pairs. The plates of the plate pairs are formed with offset, diverging end flanges that space the plate pairs apart. A U-shaped channel envelops the plate end flanges to form part of a manifold at each end of the plate pairs. End caps or plates close the open ends of the U-shaped channels to complete the manifolds, and inlet and outlet openings are formed in the manifolds as desired to complete the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: S. Donald Jamison, Carl C. J. Decaire, Jeffrey D. Peeler, Chad A. Kreutzweiser
  • Gun tube calibrator
    Patent number: 6332286
    Abstract: A gun tube cailibrator comprises a calibration lens, a sliding seat connected to the of the calibration lens, one side thereof is formed with a teeth track, and the center portion thereof is disposed with a vertical sliding groove for being locked horizontally by screws. The block is a rectangular body. and a side of the block near the sliding seat is formed with a respective teeth track engaged with the teeth track of the sliding seat, while the center thereof is installed with an axial hole. The lower end thereof is locked vertically by a fixing screw; An elastomer is installed between the teeth track of the block and the track of the sliding seat. A straight pin is inserted into a through hole in the center of the block and a fixing screw serves to the fixed the lower end thereof. Thus, the telescopic gun sight lens of different sizes can be suited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Long Perng Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: An-Jen Shen
  • Clip on manifold heat exchanger
    Patent number: 6311768
    Abstract: A plate and fin type heat exchanger is disclosed which can be made in any convenient size with minimum tooling required. The heat exchanger is made from a plurality of stacked plate pairs having raised peripheral edge portions to define flow channels inside the plate pairs. The plates of the plate pairs are formed with offset, diverging end flanges that space the plate pairs apart. A U-shaped channel envelops the plate end flanges to form part of a manifold at each end of the plate pairs. End caps or plates close the open ends of the U-shaped channels to complete the manifolds, and inlet and outlet openings are formed in the manifolds as desired to complete the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: S. Donald Jamison, Carl C. J. Decaire, Jeffrey D. Peeler, Chad A. Kreutzweiser
  • Advancing tailpiece
    Patent number: 6308819
    Abstract: The invention relates to an advancing tailpiece of a continuous belt conveyor system used in the mining industry. The advancing tailpiece is supported by telescopic booms extending from a support structure rising from the base of a tow car. The telescoping booms are pivotally connected to the support structure and the advancing tailpiece. The advancing tailpiece further includes a mechanical arm pivotally connected to the advancing tailpiece and having a telescopic boom. Carrying idler assemblies are loaded on the mechanical arm which is used to position the carrying idler assembly for attachment to an intermediate conveyor section of the continuous belt conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Long-Airdox Company
    Inventor: Shirley Donnelly Riffe
  • Methods for diagnosing sepsis
    Patent number: 6303321
    Abstract: There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition and method for treating sepsis, including, septic shock and ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), comprising administering an effective amount of a HMG1 antagonist. There is further disclosed a diagnostic method for monitoring the severity or potential lethality of sepsis or septic shock, comprising measuring the serum concentration of HMG1 in a patient exhibiting or at risk or exhibit sepsis or septic shock symptoms. Lastly, there is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition and method for effecting weight loss or treating obesity, comprising administering an effective amount of HMG1 or a therapeutically active HMG1 fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute
    Inventors: Kevin J. Tracey, Haichao Wang
  • Switchable mosquito expelling/killing device
    Patent number: 6293044
    Abstract: Switchable mosquito expelling/killing device including a box body having a clip for hanging the box body on a user's body. The box body is disposed with a pushing block, an electric mosquito incense mat insertion hole, gas releasing slots and a switch. An oscillating circuit and a heater fixing seat, an electric heater and a cell for supplying power are disposed in the box body. By means of switching the switch, the mosquito expelling/killing device can be switched between a mosquito expeller using the oscillating circuit to generate a sound wave simulating the sound wave of male mosquitoes for expelling fertilized female mosquitoes and an electric mosquito incense device using the electric heater to heat electric mosquito incense mat for releasing mosquito-killing incense to kill the mosquitoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Long Well Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Mei Feng
  • Temperature controlled radiating fan
    Patent number: 6291956
    Abstract: A temperature controlled radiating fan comprises a temperature detector, a control circuit, a power control circuit, a regulator, a loading circuit, and a driving circuit. The temperature detector is connected to the control circuit. The output of the control circuit is connected to the power control circuit. The output of the power control circuit is connected to the loading circuit. The output of the loading circuit is connected to the driving circuit. The power control circuit is connected to the regulator. Thereby, the rotary speed of the fan motor is varied according to a voltage variation, so that the characteristic of the rotary speed of the fan motor is linearly changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Taiwan Da-Long Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Antony Ku
  • Method for treating congestive heart failure
    Patent number: 6288117
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for chronic treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) in a patient having CHF, by administering daily, over the long-term, an amount of T3 effective to treat the CHF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute
    Inventors: Irwin Klein, Kaie Ojamaa
  • Cap and center pole apparatus and method of coupling
    Patent number: 6289106
    Abstract: The present invention consists of an improved distortion reduction cap and center pole speaker assembly and an improved method of coupling the cap to a speaker center pole. The cap includes an axial flare which is stretched over and pressed into a corresponding axial gripping surface to provide a permanent coupling of the cap to a speaker center pole that does not vibrate or come loose and that eliminates air gaps between the cap and the center pole. The method of coupling the cap to the speaker center pole consists of forming the caps through known die cut stamping and forming a slightly raised corresponding axial gripping surface on the center pole of a speaker pole yoke assembly. The cap is placed over the center pole and then forced into a molding applicator tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Hong Long Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching Tong Wong
  • Confidence building incontinence pad
    Patent number: 6284942
    Abstract: A pad which permits a quantitative estimate of urinary incontinence includes three zones: a core zone having a defined urine absorption capacity and undergoing a first color change as it becomes wetted with urine; an inner zone having a urine absorption capacity greater than the capacity of the core zone and undergoing a second color change when it becomes wetted with urine; and an outer zone having a urine absorption capacity greater than the capacity of the inner zone and undergoing a third color change when it becomes wetted with urine. Each of the first, second and third color changes is visually distinct. The inner zone is concentrically disposed about the core zone, and the outer zone is concentrically disposed about the inner zone; alternatively, the inner zone is disposed at one end of the core zone, and the outer zone is disposed at the other end of the core zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Inventor: Jill Rabin
  • Bicycle frame
    Patent number: D460026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Long Sheng International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tu-Kun Lee