Patents Examined by T. Le
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Patent number: 6633816Abstract: A borehole survey method is provided for processing continuous measurements of the earth's magnetic and gravitational fields obtained while drilling a borehole. The present invention improves borehole acquisition of targeted geological structures by substantially reducing continuous measurement errors attributable to noise, shock and vibrations from turning the drill bit against rock.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Ichiro Shirasaka, Wayne Phillips, Mauricio Tejada
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Patent number: 6276964Abstract: There are two engaged states of a female connector housing 20 and a joint housing 30: a partly engaged state where the housings 20 and 30 are partly engaged and a fully engaged state where they are fully engaged to connect terminals 32 and 40 thereof. Electrical conduction testing openings 25 are formed in the bottom wall of the female connector housing 20. The testing openings 25 are open when the housings 20 and 30 are partly engaged while being closed by testing opening closing portions 35 provided in the joint housing 30 when they are fully engaged. In the partly engaged state, a probe 50 is inserted through the open testing opening 25 to be electrically brought into contact with the female terminal fitting 40 in a corresponding cavity 21, thereby testing the electrical conduction of the female terminal fitting 40.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2000Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuya Shinozaki
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Patent number: 5848838Abstract: A holder for mounting decorative lights onto a flat surface. The holder includes an elongated strip which has an L-shaped cross-sectional profile. It includes a base and an upright disposed perpendicularly with respect to each other. A plurality of individual socket holders are disposed at regular intervals along the strip base. Each socket holder includes a pair of opposed slots for retaining a portion of the cord of a decorative light string therein. The socket holders are configured such that they retain a light socket therein in an orientation generally perpendicular to the plane of the strip base. The holder is particularly suitable for mounting directly onto window glass.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1997Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Inventor: Mike Presta
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Patent number: 5839709Abstract: A container holder device used in combination with attachment to an upright handle of a mobile floor maintenance apparatus used by cleaning personnel is adapted to hold and support household maintenance fluids. The container holding devices comprises a molded body structure secured to the upright handle and supporting an outwardly extending extruded support structure particularly formed to support a container of cleaning material. Impinging members on the molded body structure in conjunction with the formed extruded support means securely maintains the fluids container within the container holding device while the floor maintenance apparatus is in use.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1997Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Inventor: John R. Leonard
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Patent number: 5839867Abstract: The wall support including at least one connecting piece arranged at the mounting frame and a fastening part fixed to a free end of the connecting piece. The fastening part is to be fixed at a building wall. The connecting piece grips into an opening of a hollow profile of the mounting frame and is arranged at a pre-mountable insertion piece, disposed behind this opening in the hollow profile. The insertion piece and the connecting piece form preferably a unit, which is locked into a bore of the hollow profile.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1997Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: Geberit Technik AGInventors: Peter Schmucki, Silvio Marti, Alfred Mahler
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Patent number: 5833417Abstract: An adjustable clamping assembly is provided for holding and supporting a conventional structural component. The assembly includes a support element having an elongate channel that employs a pair of longitudinal locking grooves. A screw-like component is engaged with a structural component and a clamping nut is aligned with and inserted into the channel at a selected location. The nut includes a pair of locking tabs and a latch mechanism for permitting the nut to be rotated from an aligned orientation to a generally perpendicular orientation within the channel, wherein the locking tabs are respectively inserted in the locking grooves. The latch mechanism holds the nut in the perpendicular orientation to prevent removal of the nut from the channel. The nut further includes a threaded opening that is operably engaged by the screw-like component to attach the structural component to the support element at the selected location.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1997Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Quality Boat Lifts, Inc.Inventors: Charles L. Sargent, Daniel S. Carter
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Patent number: 5819453Abstract: A collapsable display stand is disclosed which includes a vertical pole having a rotatable element. The display stand has hexagonal top and bottom openings and twelve sides to provide a spiral twist-like appearance. The display stand is formed from a foldable blank having two free ends and six integral rectangular panels separated by a set of parallel first fold lines respectively located along the sides of the rectangular panels. The rectangular panels also have a second set of fold lines located diagonally in the panels and parallel to each other to define two triangular panel segments in each of the rectangular panels. The rectangular panels also have a central opening formed along their associated diagonal fold lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: Mars, IncorporatedInventors: Lance H. Eichert, Joseph P. Zucconi