Patents Examined by Lina R Kontos
  • Patent number: 6568611
    Abstract: An air blower inflation adapter is provided for quickly inflating an inflatable object with an air blower, comprising a nozzle assembly with a first cylindrical section having an opening fittable to an air blower and a second smaller cylindrical section having an opening fittable to an air release port, and a conic transition section therebetween. The air blower inflation adapter has particular utility in connection with inflating air mattresses, rafts, inflatable pools, and similar objects with a conventional leaf blower that quickly and conveniently provides high volumes of air for the inflation of large objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventor: Steven Glenn Essenmacher
  • Patent number: 6565020
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for a control valve module in an engine fuel injector, the module being a replaceable, independent element of the injector. The actuator has a stator with electromagnetic coil windings on a bobbin located within the control valve module. An armature is connected to a control valve in the module. The bobbin supports and precisely positions connector pins for the coil windings for registry with an external electrical wire harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Technology
    Inventors: W. Scott Fischer, Todd Helsel, David Eickholt
  • Patent number: 6565014
    Abstract: A wave generator including a base seat and an annular adjustment seat. A bottom face of the base seat is formed with a bubbling hole. Multiple sprinkling holes are formed along the circumference of the bubbling hole. The bottom edge of the adjustment seat is formed, with multiple downward extending parallel cleaning pins respectively corresponding to the sprinkling holes. When a user moves the base seat upward, permitting the water to flow out from the bubbling hole, the cleaning pins are respectively passed through the sprinkling holes to push out and clear off the dirt attaching to the wall faces of the sprinkling holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: Max Hsieh
  • Patent number: 6550695
    Abstract: A shower head, including a container section partitioned into a plurality of containers for storing a plurality of respective products to be dispensed; a selection section rotatably mounted on the container section for selecting a product to be dispensed via an opening provided in the selection section; a mixing section coupled to the selection section for receiving a selected product from the selection section and mixing the selected product with a water stream; and an internal water spout passing through the container section and the selection section into the mixing section for introducing the stream of water into the mixing section for mixing with the selected product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventor: Cecilio Trent
  • Patent number: 6550074
    Abstract: An affordable plumbing device that uses a compressed gas and a burst disk having a relatively even surface of substantially uniform thickness to produce a sudden discharge of energy to forcibly act against any obstruction that may interfere with the proper function of a drain. The plumbing device has a cylindrical chamber for receiving the compressed gas and may generally take the shape of a plunger, which is flexible to use and is easy to store. A portion of the chamber forms a receiving chamber with the burst disk for harnessing and directing the energy of the compressed gas to clear the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: M. A. G. Engineering & Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Howard M. Allenbaugh, David M. Turchik, Gerard G. Adelmeyer
  • Patent number: 6546573
    Abstract: A drain cover assembly with a hollow conduit member with an open end that penetrates and extends through a drain port of a bathtub, and a drain cover with a center opening, a horizontal flange, and an integral sleeve that extends into the open end of the conduit, the sleeve having protruding elements that are received by slots on the interior of the conduit to guide and releasably secure the drain cover to the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: WCM Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William T. Ball
  • Patent number: 6536684
    Abstract: A paint sprayer includes a body having a connection hole on a top thereof and a trigger device is pivotably connected to the body. A hose fitting is connected to a handle of the body so as to be connected with a compressor. A connection device is pivotably connected between the body and a paint cup such that the paint cup is pivotable relative to the body so that the surface of the paint in the paint cup can be maintained at horizontal whatever angle the sprayer is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Hsueh Li Wei
  • Patent number: 6533802
    Abstract: A method of securing a tissue graft within a bone passage includes providing a graft fixation member comprising a closed-loop having a pair of opposing loop sections and capturing a first loop section of the closed-loop within the fixation member. An opposing second loop section of the closed loop is passed through an opening in the tissue graft, and the second loop section of the closed loop is secured to the fixation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond A. Bojarski, Paul A. Torrie, Stuart E. Fromm