Patents Issued in December 7, 1999
  • Contactless charger
    Patent number: D417431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Okura, Hisataka Seko
  • Housing for electrical connectors
    Patent number: D417432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Baker, Douglas S. Reynolds, Richard F. Leavitt, Erich Michael Flynn, Edward Maurice Domengeaux, Jonathon Guerra, Williaim P. Wear
  • Male connector
    Patent number: D417433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Katoh
  • Modular jack
    Patent number: D417434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yao-Hao Chang
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: D417435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chieh Lin, Wayne Huang
  • Remote control unit bracket
    Patent number: D417436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Philip Y. W. Tsui
  • Junction box cover plate and electrified sign holder
    Patent number: D417437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Best Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Il Kim
  • Quartz outer tube
    Patent number: D417438
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Noriaki Matsushima
  • Enclosure
    Patent number: D417439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Fibox Oy Ab
    Inventors: Matti Ropponen, Heikki Merilainen
  • Touchscreen display terminal
    Patent number: D417440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: King Products Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Wilson
  • Microtower computer
    Patent number: D417441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin L. Massaro, Stacy L. Wolff, Douglas E. Goodner
  • Transit vehicle card reader
    Patent number: D417442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford F. Butts, Arnold Crater, Gregory J. Holderfield
  • Cover plate for an RF identification reader
    Patent number: D417443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Keri Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Geiszler
  • Computer panel
    Patent number: D417444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Kuo-Chuan Hung
  • Push-button configuration for a hand-held electronic device
    Patent number: D417445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Debbie A. Chacon, Grace Chan
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D417446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventor: Christian Dorrie
  • Head mount display
    Patent number: D417447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masanao Hirose, Kenji Tanikawa
  • Television monitor
    Patent number: D417448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Takagi, Takao Nakayama
  • Portable telephone
    Patent number: D417449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Robert Harris, Derek Edward Jensen, William Charles Phillips
  • Digital audio disc player equipped with mixing function
    Patent number: D417450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jota Kurachi, Juichi Yamamoto, Manabu Kawachi
  • Disc recorder combined with radio receiver and disc player
    Patent number: D417451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Tejima
  • Illuminant radio
    Patent number: D417452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Ching-Wen Wu
  • Modem
    Patent number: D417453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Askey Computer Corp.
    Inventor: Sing-Long Du
  • Pushbutton key array for a portable electronic apparatus
    Patent number: D417454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventor: Hanna Vuolteenaho
  • Wireless telephone
    Patent number: D417455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sato, Hiroshi Date
  • Frontal surface configuration of a display panel for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: D417456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Matthias Kulla
  • Fluid pressure cylinder
    Patent number: D417457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Asahara
  • Field and brush mower
    Patent number: D417458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Country Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Waibel
  • Electrode for a plasma arc torch
    Patent number: D417459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiya Shintani, Yosuke Imai, Iwao Kurokawa, Yoshitaka Niigaki, Toru Shiina
  • Torque arm
    Patent number: D417460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: GKN Automotive, Inc.
    Inventor: Theodor Gassmann
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D417461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Dioptics Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Welling Lane
  • Glasses
    Patent number: D417462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Chieh-Jen Chang
  • Temple bar piece
    Patent number: D417463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Bacou USA Safety, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Stepan
  • Stamp
    Patent number: D417464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Colop Stempelerzeugung Skopek GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Karl Skopek
  • Medical training aid for discriminating auscultory sounds
    Patent number: D417465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventors: Keith Kreitz, Robert Eric Dinenberg
  • Twin terrestrial globes
    Patent number: D417466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Ping-Huang Ho
  • Sweet city multi-unit bulk vending machine
    Patent number: D417467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Jamie Beene
  • Luminous sign
    Patent number: D417468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Guillaume S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Van Genechten
  • Health improvement device for modifying a daily behavior by reminding a person to take medication
    Patent number: D417469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Rxtra Inc.
    Inventors: Allan R. Avery, Lawrence H. Bernstein
  • Pendant amusement device
    Patent number: D417470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Trendmasters, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Hornsby, Bernard Jankowski, Joseph Lee McGowan, Ryan A. Wolfinbarger
  • Water balloon dart
    Patent number: D417471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Harvey Stark
  • Scooter
    Patent number: D417472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Edward Caban
  • Stacking toy
    Patent number: D417473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignees: The Little Tikes Company, Amway Corporation
    Inventors: Dorothea A. Wise, Robert D. Wise
  • Animal toy
    Patent number: D417474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yamazaki
  • Doll with enlarged heart-shaped head
    Patent number: D417475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Huggie Heart Sharables, LLC
    Inventor: Laura Goodman
  • Toy insect
    Patent number: D417476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventors: S.o slashed.ren Frederiksen, Lone Malling Nielsen
  • Golf ball with double stripe and disc pattern
    Patent number: D417477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Sullivan
  • Wood-type golf club head
    Patent number: D417478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagahama, Yoshihisa Matsuura
  • Swing training device for a golfer
    Patent number: D417479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Lo-Tech Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Mechals, Jr.
  • Simulator capsule
    Patent number: D417480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Thomson Training & Simulation Limited
    Inventors: Matthew S. Collins, David M. Peadon