Patents Assigned to Long
  • Heat exchanger turbulizers with interrupted convolutions
    Patent number: 6273183
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is disclosed of the type having stacked plate pairs or tubes defining flow passages, with turbulizer located inside such flow passages. The turbulizers are of the expanded metal type having rows of convolutions. The convolutions are interrupted periodically to form non-convoluted pressure recovery zones located between or downstream of the convolutions. Also, the rows of convolutions can be grouped and spaced apart to provide longitudinal neutral zones between groups of adjacent rows of convolutions. The pressure recovery zones and longitudinal neutral channels reduce pressure drop in the heat exchanger without appreciably reducing heat transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Allan K. So, Peter Zurawel, Dan Constantin Stefanoiu
  • Tailgate design
    Patent number: 6264262
    Abstract: A mining vehicle with an improved tailgate design for raising the tailgate above or lowering the tailgate below the mining vehicle depending on operating conditions. The tailgate is comprised of a tailgate door and at least one side bracket which is coupled to the mining vehicle via a respective pivot point. At least one forward hydraulic cylinder is pivotally coupled at a first end to the at least one side bracket and the second end pivotally coupled to the vehicle at a respective first attachment point. The tailgate is further comprised of at least one pivot point hydraulic cylinder, having a first end pivotally coupled to the tailgate door and a second end coupled to the vehicle, such that the tailgate can be raised above or lowered below the mining vehicle as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Long-Airdox Company
    Inventors: David M. Clonch, Fred T. Adkins, Fred D. Boyd
  • By-pass values for heat exchanger
    Patent number: 6253837
    Abstract: A by-pass valve and a heat exchanger employing same is disclosed where the by-pass valve makes a short circuit from the heat exchanger inlet to the heat exchanger outlet to disable the heat exchanger under certain temperature conditions. The by-pass valve includes a housing defining a chamber. Three main ports communicate with the chamber, one being a valve port. A temperature responsive actuator located in the chamber operates a spring loaded valve to open and close the valve port. The valve port can be connected to one of the heat exchanger inlet or outlet, the other main ports are then connected in series with the other of the heat exchanger inlet or outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Seiler, Dario Bettio, Yuri Peric
  • Baseball gloves
    Patent number: 6249915
    Abstract: Baseball gloves are provided that include an adjustable ball pocket. Some baseball gloves include a quick release adjustment device and a lacing pattern that allow the depth of the ball pocket to be easily adjusted by a wearer of the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Joyful Long Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Chan Chong Hang
  • Bit serial mechanical adder
    Patent number: 6249485
    Abstract: A mechanical device converts one time base to another without using gears to do so. A mechanical adder adds a constant into an accumulator at regular intervals. The interval is generated by the overflow of the accumulator. In the case where a signal is to be generated once every solar year from a wheel that rotates only once per day, the fractional number 1/365.242198 is added to the accumulator each day by the rotation of a day wheel. Whenever the accumulation overflows, the one-year signal is generated. The fractional portion of the accumulated sum remains in the accumulator, such that round-off errors do not accumulate over time. The preferred adder is digital, such that this computation may be carried out to any desired level of precision. Additionally, the same design, but with a different constant, may be used to generate other intervals (e.g. for lunar months).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: The Long Now Foundation
    Inventor: W. Daniel Hillis
  • Self-enclosing heat exchange with shim plate
    Patent number: 6244334
    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. Turbulizers in the form of half-height shim plates are located between the plates. The shim plates have central portions defining flow augmentations extending from one side of the plates only, and the plates have peripheral edge portions that are coterminous with the respective continuous ridges raised peripheral flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan K. Wu, Bruce L. Evans
  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20010001691
    Abstract: A composite material has plate 4 having holes and a bonded to a first member to form an intermediate layer, and a second member which is made of a material different from the first member 1 laminated onto the intermediate layer 2 while charging a portion of the second member 5 into the holes 3 of the intermediate layer 5 to form a composite material 6. The holes 3 of the plate 4 which forms the intermediate layer 2 have a shape in such that the charged second member exerts a resisting force against a tensile stress applied in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first member 1, e.g., a shape having a first hole opened on the side of the second member and a second hole communicated with the first hole and having a space not overlapped with the first hole, or a shape that an opened area on the side of the second member is smaller than that on the side of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Applicant: Long Than Trong
    Inventor: LONG THAN TRONG
  • Method and apparatus for hand stitching of sports balls
    Patent number: 6223668
    Abstract: A method is provided for hand stitching a multi-panel sports ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Joyful Long Industries, Ltd
    Inventor: Chong Veng Chan
  • Heat exchanger with dimpled bypass channel
    Patent number: 6220340
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is disclosed having a plurality of stacked plate pairs or tubes, each having a predetermined internal cold flow resistance. A bypass conduit is included in the stack of plate pairs or tubes. The bypass conduit includes a central row of spaced-apart, mating dimples defining longitudinal flow channels on either side of the dimples for bypass flow through the bypass conduit under cold flow conditions. The longitudinal flow channels have a height and width such that the cold flow resistance therethrough is less than the cold flow resistance through the stacked plate pairs or tubes. In normal or hot flow conditions, the dimples create flow resistance by forcing the fluid flowing through the bypass conduit to change velocity and direction. This forces more oil to flow through the stacked plate pairs or tubes increasing heat transfer performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex S. Cheong, Yong N. Lee
  • Weight operated mechanical drive
    Patent number: 6220394
    Abstract: A weight operated mechanical drive consists of a cylindrical weight that is suspended by a helically threaded drive screw which passes through and engages with complementary threads within a bore defined along a rotational axis thereof. The weight turns the drive screw as it falls due to the force of gravity. The weight is prevented from rotating about the axis of the screw while it is failing by a wheel which is attached thereto and which rolls against a retaining bar that runs alongside the weight along the weight's path of travel. The retaining bar is also used to wind the weight. To do so, the retaining bar is rotated around the rotational axis of the drive screw. This action forces the weight along a path defined by the helical threads of the drive screw. The retaining bar is formed as a helix around a column through which the weight drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Long Now Foundation
    Inventor: W. Daniel Hillis
  • Self-enclosing heat exchangers
    Patent number: 6199626
    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 flow ports that line-up in the stacked plates to form manifolds for the flow of heat exchange fluids through alternate plates. Rib and groove barriers are formed in the plates inside the peripheral flanges and ridges. The barriers prevent short circuit flow on one side of the plates and promote flow to remote areas on the other side of the plates, to improve the overall efficiency of the heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Long Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan K. Wu, Allan K. So, Bruce L. Evans, Thomas F. Lemczyk
  • GA 20-oxidase gene sequences
    Patent number: 6198021
    Abstract: The invention relates to the molecular cloning and expression of a gibberellin (GA) 20-oxidase gene and its use, for example in transgenic plants. Aspects of the invention include recombinant DNA which encodes a polypeptide exhibiting GA 20-oxidase activity, a recombinant polypeptide exhibiting GA 20-oxidase activity, and transgenic plants which express a GA 20-oxidase gene or reverse GA 20-oxidase sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Long Ashton Research Station
    Inventors: Theodor Lange, Jan E. Graebe, Peter Hedden, Andrew Phillips
  • Method for detecting proteases and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6197537
    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: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Inventors: Srinivasa K. Rao, Leslie Kushner, Mahesh Mathrubutham, Jon R. Cohen
  • Multi-output mode charger
    Patent number: 6184653
    Abstract: A multi-mode output charger is to support different kinds of batteries for the mobile telecommunication facility. It comprises a charger and a charge unit. Users can choose different charging voltages and charging currents with a voltage and current regulating switch of the charger. Therefore, the charger can support different voltage and current combinations for batteries. And the charge unit has several kinds of charge connecting set for different brand batteries. Also, the charge unit can extend to engage with different mode charge connecting set for enlarging its supporting range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Long Sail Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hong Wu
  • Grapple
    Patent number: 6168219
    Abstract: A grapple includes a ferrous body with a plurality of tines pivotally connected thereto. A magnetic coil is disposed within the ferrous body. When the magnetic coil is energized, it creates a magnetic field within the area defined by the tines. The tines are also magnetized by the field. Additional magnetic coils may be added to one or more of the tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignees: David M. Futa, Carlton G. Smith, Lance E. Long, Steven B. Begyn, Jack Long
    Inventor: David Futa
  • Therapeutic magnetic sheet
    Patent number: 6126589
    Abstract: A flexible therapeutic magnetic sheet, e.g., fabricated from randomly-distributed ferromagnetic particles mixed in a plastic resin and formed into a sheet. A magnetic field is applied to the sheet to permanently magnetize the sheet according to a spiral pattern. The spiral pattern comprises a Northern pole spiral interlaced with a spiral pole Southern. When the therapeutic sheet is applied to the skin of a person or an animal, the ions and electrolytes in the blood traverse alternating polarity magnetic fields. The alternating polarity magnetic fields exert magnetic forces in alternating directions on the ions and electrolytes in the blood, thus generating heat in the blood vessels and increasing the blood circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Brooks Industries of Long Island
    Inventor: David H. Brooks
  • Winding tower
    Patent number: D440146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: The Long Now Foundation
    Inventor: W. Daniel Hillis
  • Clock configuration
    Patent number: D440882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Long Now Foundation
    Inventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Alexander Rose
  • Clock face
    Patent number: D440900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Long Now Foundation
    Inventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Alexander Rose
  • Hair brush
    Patent number: D435172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Long Sure Industries Limited
    Inventor: Ray Lin Hsieh