Patents Issued in March 16, 2004
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Patent number: 6705146Abstract: The invention concerns a device and a method for continuous pressing of a plastically deformable blank into a three-dimensional section with a predetermined cross-sectional area, comprising a substantially cylindrical, fixed die, an opening formed in the die, through which the plastic blank is intended to be pressed, and at least one rotary die arranged adjacent to the opening, the rotary die having one or more recesses in its peripheral surface for forming the blank, during the rotation of the die, into a three-dimensional section with transverse sectional parts. According to the invention, the rotary die is arranged immediately downstream of the opening, whereby the blank is reducible, when passing through the opening, substantially down to the predetermined cross-sectional area, and formable, when passing the rotary die, thereby determining the final shape of the three-dimensional section.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Markram Development ABInventor: Mark Jansson
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Patent number: 6705147Abstract: A punch having wings is driven through framing members and then rotated. Rotation of the punch causes the wings to crimp the framing members together. An angular crimping technique where piercing members are driven through framing members in at least two different directions to crimp the framing members together. A fastenerless cinching tool pierces adjacent framing members and crimps the framing members together.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventor: Alfred H. Judge
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Patent number: 6705148Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming the free end of a length of metal foil wrap corrugated tubing, in which a free end of the tubing is first crimped against a mandrel, then folded to extend radially inwardly, then folded further to extend axially inwardly within the inside diameter of the tubing end, and then compacted axially to bring the corrugations into facing abutment with each other and tighten the formed end of the tubing against unwrapping of the metal foil. The crimping operation involves closure of a plurality of jaws around the free end of the tubing and deforming the tubing end against a tapering surface on an internal mandrel. The tubing is then gripped between jaws that form a radially indented channel in the periphery of the tubing, both to enhance the clamping action of the jaws and to isolate the formed end of the tubing from the remainder of the tubing.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Dana CorporationInventors: Timothy P. McCorry, Russ Manning, Randall F. Alder
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Patent number: 6705149Abstract: A backup mandrel for attaching a grommet to a washer in an aircraft panel opening having a housing and a nose piece attached to the housing, the nose piece having an opening. A stem is attached to the housing and has a first and a second portion, such that the first portion is disposed within the housing and the second portion protrudes from housing through the nose piece opening. A sleeve is also attached to the housing and has a first and a second segment, such that the first segment is disposed within the housing and the second segment protrudes from the housing through the nose piece opening, wherein the sleeve is displaceably mounted around the stem.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Huck Patents, Inc.Inventors: Cristinel O. Cobzaru, Alan Myers
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Patent number: 6705150Abstract: A raised panel door section (22, 54, 64) for an overhead garage door (20, 50, 60) includes a sheet metal layer (32, 56, 66) formed from sheet metal stock (74) that is embossed to produce a raised panel design by an automated method that selects one of a first die set (84) and a second die set (90) in response to a predetermined embossment style, installs the selected one of the first and second die sets (84, 90) into an embossing press (36) and embosses the sheet metal stock (74) with the predetermined embossment style. The predetermined embossment style includes one of a vertical raised panel design (30), a horizontal raised panel design (52), and a horizontal long raised panel design (62).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: 1st United Door Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John F. Jellá
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Patent number: 6705151Abstract: The present invention aims to present an angular velocity sensor having a self diagnosis function. An angular velocity sensor of the present invention includes a driving part for stably vibrating a driving part of a sensor element having a driver part and a detector part for detecting an angular velocity and detection means for detecting the angular velocity of the sensor element and obtains a self diagnosis signal for a malfunction by detecting a mechanical coupling signal obtained at the detection means.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Nozoe, Takeshi Uemura, Masami Tamura
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Patent number: 6705152Abstract: The present invention discloses a type of nanostructured ceramic platform for gas sensors and sensor arrays. These sensors comprise micromachined anodic aluminum oxide films, which contains extremely high density (e.g., 1011 cm−2) nanoscale pores. Sensing materials deposited inside this self-organized network of nanopores have ultra-high surface area and nanometer grain structure, therefore enabling high sensitivity. Refractory nature of alumina ceramic enables the desired robustness, long lifetime and stability in harsh environment. This sensor platform can been used for both chemical gas and physical (humidity, temperature) sensors and sensor arrays.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: NanoProducts CorporationInventors: Dmitri Routkevitch, Peter Mardilovich, Alex Govyadinov, Stephanie Hooker, Stephen S. Williams
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Patent number: 6705153Abstract: A drilling mud monitoring system includes a single measurement chamber which is filled with a predetermined quantity of drilling mud. The chamber is weighed to provide a value representative of the density of the drilling mud. The time needed for the chamber to drain is measured to provide a value representative of viscosity. The system proceeds through a measurement cycle in which the chamber is filled, weighed, timed and washed. At the end of the wash step, the weight of the chamber is compared with an empty weight and if the chamber weighs too much, the conclusion is that drilling mud adheres to the chamber so it is washed again. An alarm is sounded if the mud weight is too low and/or too high or in the case of a machine malfunction.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Dynamic Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Erman E. Herod
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Patent number: 6705154Abstract: A cantilever for a vertical scanning type microscope that obtains substance information of a surface of a specimen by a tip end of a nanotube probe needle fastened to the cantilever, in which the cantilever has a fixing region to which a base end portion of a nanotube serving as a probe needle is fastened, and a height direction of the fixing region is set to be substantially perpendicular to a mean surface of the specimen when the cantilever is disposed in a measuring state with respect to the mean surface of the specimen; and the base end portion of the nanotube is bonded in the height direction of the fixing region.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignees: Daiken Chemical Co., Ltd., Seiko Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Yoshikazu Nakayama, Seiji Akita, Akio Harada, Takashi Okawa, Yuichi Takano, Masatoshi Yasutake, Yoshiharu Shirakawabe
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Patent number: 6705155Abstract: A transmitter device includes a rotational direction sensor that generates a specific pattern signal when a corresponding tire rotates. The pattern signal of the left tires is different from the pattern signal of the right tires. A front reception antenna is near the front tires. A rear reception antenna is near the rear tires. A receiver includes a switch circuit that selectively connects the front reception antenna or the rear reception antenna to a controller. When one transmitter device transmits a radio signal, the controller determines which transmitter device is the source of the radio signal in accordance with the level of the signals from the reception antennas and the pattern signal, which is included in the data transmitted by the transmitter device.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Michiya Katou
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Patent number: 6705156Abstract: Method to identify and remove machine contributions from tire uniformity measurements made on a tire uniformity machine by synchronizing and averaging together multiple measurements of tire uniformity made on a single test tire that is re-mounted between measurements in a randomly determined orientation relative to a rim reference mark on the rim of the tire uniformity machine. A cross-correlation function is calculated for each measurement relative to the first measurement, and an angular shift is determined from each cross-correlation function. The angular shifts are used to synchronize the measurements so that they can be averaged together. The resulting average test tire uniformity data has both machine contribution and random measurement noise minimized. An average machine contribution data set is determined by synchronizing and subtracting the average test tire uniformity data from each test tire uniformity measurement data set, then averaging together the resulting data sets.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Gregory David Shteinhauz, Yiu Wah Luk
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Patent number: 6705157Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a change of tire state may include measuring at least first and second quantities representing a tire characteristic. A new first value is then calculated by at least, in part, adding the second measured quantity to a previously calculated first value, which has been multiplied by a pre-selected parameter. A second value is then calculated by at least, in part, subtracting the previously calculated first value from the new first value. A change of tire state is indicated when the second value crosses a predetermined threshold value. In an alternative embodiment, the difference between second values for two different tires may be determined and a change of tire state is indicated when this difference crosses a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Siemens AGInventors: Martin Fischer, Dominik Fuessel, Franz Hillenmayer
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Patent number: 6705158Abstract: A hot wire anemometer comprising a support member having a data processing system, probe head with a hot wire sensor and an ambient temperature sensor and an extendable portion having conductors therein for transfer of collected data and command data between the data processing system in the handle and the hot wire and ambient sensors in the probe head, thus conveniently allowing the probe head to be extended far from the support member and into a desired test area for accurate data collection to determine the velocity of fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Inventor: Phil Louden
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Patent number: 6705159Abstract: Known devices for measuring the mass of a flowing medium can be impaired in their measurement precision by fluid components carried along in the medium. The device according to the invention has a ricochet body, which is disposed upstream of the measuring element and is at least partially encompassed by an outer ring, where the outer ring constitutes a section inside the outer ring that tapers in the flow direction in order to deflect fluid components, which are carried along in the flow, away from the measuring element by means of the ricochet body. The device is useful for measuring the mass of a flowing medium, in particular for measuring the intake air mass of internal combustion engines.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Thomas Lenzing
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Patent number: 6705160Abstract: A thin-film type flow sensor having a thin-film part in which a plurality of patterned resistor films are sandwiched between a pair of insulator films. The resistance ratios among the resistor films are minimized from one sensor to another made from the same wafer. The flow sensor has a lower insulator film, the resistor films, and an upper film laminated in succession on a substrate. The resistor films include a patterned fluid thermometer, a temperature detector, and a heater. The heater has a wiring configuration in which resistor elements are connected in a parallel manner. The wiring widths of the heater and the thermometer can thus be made identical, so that the resistance ratios become invariant over the wafer surface, irrespective of a disparity in etching variations.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Takao Iwaki, Toshimasa Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Wado
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Patent number: 6705161Abstract: A flow meter comprising a rotor assembly that is comprised of two rotors having axis of rotation offset from collinear where the two rotors define operating chambers that changing volume with respects to rotation and allow fluid to pass from an inlet port to an outlet port when the number of rotation is indicated the volumetric flow therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Outland Technologies (USA), Inc.Inventor: James B. Klassen
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Patent number: 6705162Abstract: A probe assembly for monitoring the water level in boilers with an electric immersion resistor heater, of the type that comprises at least one sensor element to be arranged inside a hollow body which is in turn associated and partially inserted in the boiler. The hollow body has, on the portion arranged outside the boiler, a plug which axially supports the sensor element; the end of the sensor element arranged at the plug is connected, when the plug is installed, by way of at least one electrical contact, to an electrical power supply cable, whose contact end is arranged at the portion of hollow body that is arranged outside the boiler.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: T.P.A. Impex S.p.A.Inventor: Luigi Amoretti
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Patent number: 6705163Abstract: A gauge assembly for use in measuring the level of a liquid in a storage tank is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing having an interior and having a lower opening communicating with that interior. A flanged spool is rotatably mounted within the housing and has wound thereabout a filament extending through the opening with its free end attached to a float element within the tank. A spring is connected to the spool and exerts a rotating force for winding the filament under the spool, and a removable strip of adhesive tape has opposite end portions adhering to the housing and a central portion adhering to the spool for locking for releasably securing the spool against rotation. A second strip of adhesive tape may also be used for detachably securing the filament to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1999Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Morrison Bros. CompanyInventors: Michael D. Lattner, Adam J. Koehler
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Patent number: 6705164Abstract: A yaw-rate sensor including a first and a second Coriolis element that are arranged side-by-side above a surface of a substrate. The Coriolis elements are induced to oscillate parallel to a first axis Y. Due to a Coriolis force, the Coriolis elements are deflected in a second axis X which is perpendicular to the first axis Y. The oscillations of the first and second Coriolis elements occur in phase opposition to each other on paths which, without the effect of a Coriolis force, are two straight lines parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rainer Willig, Andreas Thomae, Burkhard Kuhlmann, Joerg Hauer, Udo-Martin Gomez, Siegbert Goetz, Christian Doering, Michael Fehrenbach, Wolfram Bauer, Udo Bischof, Reinhard Neul, Karsten Funk, Markus Lutz, Gerhard Wucher, Jochen Franz
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Patent number: 6705165Abstract: Pulse-width modulation (PWM) control and drive circuitry particularly applicable to an array of electrostatic actuators formed in a micro electromechanical system (MEMS), such as used for optical switching. The high-voltage portion may be incorporated in an integrated circuit having drive cells vertically aligned with the MEMS elements. A control cell associated with each actuator includes a register selectively stored with a desired pulse width. A clocked counter distributes its outputs to all control cells. When the counter matches the register, a polarity signal corresponding to a drive clock is latched and controls the voltage applied to the electrostatic cell. The MEMS element may be a tiltable plate supported in its middle by a torsion beam. Complementary binary signals may drive two capacitors formed across the axis of the beam. The register and comparison logic for each cell may be formed by a content addressable memory.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Movaz Networks, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. Garverick, Michael L. Nagy
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Patent number: 6705166Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing accelerations and other forces. The apparatus having a cover plate having an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion being formed with a plurality of spaced apart electrodes projecting therefrom and defining spaces therebetween; and a proof mass having an inner portion being formed with a plurality of spaced apart electrodes projecting therefrom and defining spaces therebetween, an outer portion being coupled to the outer portion of the cover plate with the electrodes being electrically isolated from the cover plate electrodes, and the proof mass electrodes and spaces being aligned with the cover plate electrodes and spaces such that, when the inner portion of the proof mass is deflected toward the cover plate, the proof mass electrodes pass into the spaces between the cover plate electrodes, and a flexible suspension member coupled between the inner and outer proof mass portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.Inventor: Ronald B. Leonardson
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Patent number: 6705167Abstract: An accelerometer comprises a housing including a mass-supporting frame and a mass supported on the frame by a pair of outer spring member aligned along a first axis. The mass may comprise an outer mass connected to the pair of outer spring members and an inner mass connected to the outer mass by a number of inner spring members, the inner spring members aligned along one or more axes, which form a plane which the axis of the outer spring members also may be aligned. Also provided is means for detecting rotation of the mass and translation of the inner mass.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: SensoNor asaInventors: Terje Kvisteroey, Asgeir Nord, Ralph Berstein, Sigurd Moe, Paul Skulstad, Kai Viggo Munch, Norman Goalby
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Patent number: 6705168Abstract: The processing method, starting from the measurements of the vibration of a bearing block (5) or a rotor (2) of a rotating machine (3) consists particularly of: starting from spectral decompositions [Ax(fi), &PHgr;x(fi)] and [Ay(fi), &PHgr;y(fi)], calculating a spectral decomposition in elementary elliptical trajectories of the displacement of the rotor axis, defined by a series of sets of at least three data [Emax(fi), Emin(fi), E&phgr;(fi)] where: Emax(fi) is the maximum radius of the elementary ellipse at frequency fi, Emin(fi) is the minimum radius of the elementary ellipse at frequency fi, E&phgr;(fi) corresponds to the value of the orientation angle of the principal axis of the elementary ellipse, and may be positive or negative depending on the direction of movement around the ellipse. Save the series [Emax(fi), Emin(fi), E&phgr;(fi)].Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Ol db Acoustics & VibrationInventors: Philippe Poizat, Patrick Labeyrie
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Patent number: 6705169Abstract: A pressure mediator includes a base body; a divider diaphragm system having a first divider diaphragm and a second divider diaphragm, between which an intermediate chamber is enclosed in pressuretight fashion, in which the first surface of the first divider diaphragm, remote from the intermediate chamber, can be acted upon by the pressure prevailing in the first medium, and the first surface of the second divider diaphragm, remote from the intermediate chamber, is oriented toward the base body and is secured by its peripheral region to the base body, forming a pressure chamber between the base body and the second divider diaphragm, and the pressure chamber can be filled with the second medium and has a pressure chamber opening, through which the pressure can be transmitted by means of the second medium, and an exertion of pressure of the first divider diaphragm can also be transmitted to the second divider diaphragm via the intermediate volume; and having a sensor, for monitoring a property of the intermediatType: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Olaf Textor
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Patent number: 6705170Abstract: A magnetoinductive flowmeter for moving fluids, incorporating a sensor unit and a processing and power supply unit, the sensor unit encompassing a measuring tube, field coils which serve to generate a periodically alternating magnetic field in a direction at least essentially perpendicular to the axis of the measuring tube, and two measuring electrodes positioned along a line that extends at least essentially in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the measuring tube and perpendicular to the vector of the magnetic field, with field-coil feed lines connecting the field coils of the sensor unit to the processing and power supply unit. The sensor unit encompasses a sensor-data memory module in which specific parameters of the sensor unit are stored and from which the stored specific parameters can be transferred to the processing and power supply unit. This permits the simple adaptation of an existing sensor unit to a new processing power supply unit or vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Krohne Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Wilhelm Florin
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Patent number: 6705171Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the flow of material, especially of a flow of bulk material, according to the Coriolis principle of measurement. The device has an impeller (2) which is driven by a motor (9) with a constant r.p.m. The flow of material is fed to the impeller (2) and is radially deflected. The driving torque is measured by a torque measuring sensor. The driving torque is transmitted to a force sensor (22) by a pivot bearing (12) for determining the torque. The force-sensing element (22) has at least two horizontal leaf springs (16, 17) which cross each other and which are arranged in such a way that the crossing point of the leaf springs (16, 17) coincides with a rotational axis (13). A thrust bearing (14) is integrated into the pivot bearing (12). The weight of the drive train is transmitted to a stationary housing (8) by the thrust bearing (14) with the help of a ball bearing or toe bearing.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Schenck Process GmbHInventor: Ludger Toerner
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Patent number: 6705172Abstract: A method and a device for measuring the flow rate of flowing, in particular liquid media using the Coriolis measurement principle, in which a measuring tube flowed through by the medium can be set vibrating and the deflection of the measuring tube is measured at at least two different measuring points via sensors and the flow rate can be determined from the amplitude and further vibration parameters with the aid of an electric evaluation unit. In this case, a further sensor is arranged at the site of vibration generation and the two other sensors are placed at sites which are arranged symmetrically with regard to their distance, referred to the tube section of the measuring tube, from the site of vibration generation. The evaluation unit contains logic means which, in the event of failure of one of the sensors, on the one hand report this, and on the other hand simulate the defective sensor in terms of evaluation by interpolation until the defective sensor is replaced.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2000Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Bailey-Fischer & Porter GmbHInventors: Lothar Deppe, Ralf Lesjak, Axel Papenbrock
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Patent number: 6705173Abstract: An air flow rate meter and method for monitoring the flow of air in high-pressure compressed air system includes a low pressure gauge contained within a sealed, high pressure vessel that is connected to the high pressure compressed air line. The low pressure gauge is pneumatically connected to opposite ends of a tube disposed within the meter through which the main air pressure line flows in order to detect the pressure drop across the restricted orifice defined by the tube. The measured pressure drop is then used by the gauge to determined the rate of air flowing through the line. To avoid damage to the meter, the air flow rate meter further includes a pressure regulating valve for regulating the input air flow pressure during startup of the system, and a check valve for closing the flow path through the pressure vessel during shut down.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Autoquip, Inc.Inventor: Michael D. Elberson
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Patent number: 6705174Abstract: The present invention is a combination of three interconnected gyroscopic ring-like rotating masses, with each of the three ring-like masses rotating in a separate plane. Each of the three interconnected rotating masses will share substantially the same center of gravity and generate a separate yet interactive kinetic energy and angular momentum in each of the three planes, thereby providing resistance to rotational forces from external sources.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Ganid Productions, LLCInventor: Raymond Kelly Tippett
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Patent number: 6705175Abstract: A device for controlling a gearshift which has a first pressure medium chamber and a second pressure medium chamber which are separated from each other by a piston, includes a first valve system, a second valve system, and an upstream third valve system by which the two pressure chambers are selectively connectable to a pressure medium source or to a pressure medium sink or can be closed off against both as a function of the output signals of an electrical control system. A pressure sensing device is installed between the pressure medium inputs of the two valve systems and the pressure medium outlet of the third valve system by which the pressure in each one of the pressure medium chambers of the gearshift can be measured or by which the pressure of the pressure medium source, i.e. the supply pressure, can be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2000Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: WABCO GmbH & Co. oHGInventor: Alfred Klatt
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Patent number: 6705176Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus in which steering assistance is achieved by transmitting a rotary motion of an electric motor for steering assistance to a steering shaft on which a worm wheel is mounted through a worm shaft on which a worm is mounted, wherein the worm shaft is deflectable toward the worm wheel and equipped with a biasing member biasing the worm shaft in the deflective direction thereof, or alternatively, the worm wheel is deflectable toward the worm shaft and equipped with a biasing member biasing the worm wheel in the deflective direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Ishii, Osamu Sano
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Patent number: 6705177Abstract: A robot arm mechanism includes a handling member for supporting and handling an object, a robot arm made up of a plurality of links, and a robot arm driving mechanism for driving the robot arm to assume its contracted and extended position. The robot arm comprises first and second arm links, a link retaining mechanism pivotably retaining the first and second arm links and a link operating mechanism to operate one of the first and second arm links by a motion of the other of the first and second arm links. The link operating mechanism comprises a crank, a coupling link and a connecting link. The crank integrally connected to the coupling link is pivotably connected to one of the first and second arms and to the link retaining mechanism. The connecting link is pivotably connected to the other of the first and second arms. This leads to the advantage that the robot arms can be contracted and extended and rotated by only two electric motors.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chohei Okuno, Hiroki Mori, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Patent number: 6705178Abstract: This device features a spout (13, 23) for guiding one end of the operating cable (4) as far as the external opening lever (3); the spout is formed opposite one fork-shaped end (17) of the lever (3) and with the latter it delimits a passage (19) for introducing the ferrule (5) of the cable (4) after the ferrule has passed through a sheath abutment (9), this arrangement making it possible for the ferrule (5) to automatically hook itself “blind” to the external opening lever (3). Whereupon the length of the end of the cable (4) projecting on the operating side can be adjusted in order to eliminate freeplay in the device and to tension the cable.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2000Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Meritor Light Vehicle Systems-FranceInventor: Richard Grandjean
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Patent number: 6705179Abstract: A rope tensioner sets the tension of a rope operated switch assembly actuable to switch between first and second conditions on a change in tension of the rope. The tensioner comprises a body, a rotatable member which engages the rope, a shaft for rotating the member relative to the body to adjust tension in the rope by winding the rope around the member, and a lock to lock the member in position relative to the body. The rope opperated switch assembly is much simpler to install than previous assemblies, as the tensioner may be simply threaded or otherwise installed onto the rope without the rope having to be cut.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: EJA LimitedInventor: Mehdi Mohtasham
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Patent number: 6705180Abstract: An automatic transmission operating lever which includes a knob with a switch, a lever member and a conducting wire wired in the knob to send a signal from the switch. The lever member includes a rod to be inserted into the knob and a lever base having an end face to which the rod is connected. An insertion hole is provided on an end face, and the conducting wire is inserted thereto. A guide path communicates with the insertion hole and guides the conducting wire in a direction crossing an axial direction of the rod.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Fujikiko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Arakawa, Ryoichi Fujiwara
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Patent number: 6705181Abstract: A torque transmission apparatus absorbs torque fluctuations (vibrations) while limiting the size of the outside dimensions of a pulley. Elastomeric dampers and pendulum type vibration-absorbing mechanisms are located between an outer tube and an inner tube of a pulley body.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso CorporationInventors: Yasuo Tabuchi, Junichi Ohguchi, Naoki Hakamada
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Patent number: 6705182Abstract: A wrench used to tighten and loosen mechanicals on electrical jumper cables without damaging the mechanical. The innovative tool includes a head portion having first and second work surfaces for engaging a mechanical's grip, said first and second work surfaces arranged about an imaginary axis of rotation and substantially parallel to said axis, and a handle secured to the head for allowing manual manipulation of the present invention so as to cause the mechanical grip to rotate. When the innovative wrench head is turned in a predetermined direction, the two work surfaces provide substantial surface-to-surface contact with the mechanical grip being turned, thereby increasing rotational torque while reducing grip deformation and damage.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Inventor: William Lamon Bennett
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Patent number: 6705183Abstract: A 4-in-1 tool is disclosed. The tool has an elongate handle having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal bore. A first socket longitudinally extends from the first end, while a second socket longitudinally extends from the second end. The first socket has a different size than the second socket. An elongated shank is disposed in the longitudinal bore of the handle, and the shank moves within the longitudinal bore. The shank has a screwdriver bit at one end and a security wrench at an opposite end. The security wrench is for engaging a fastener at a demarcation point of a telecommunications network. The elongated shank has at least a first position and a second position. The first position outwardly extends the screwdriver bit beyond the first socket, and the second position outwardly extends the security wrench beyond the second socket.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property CorporationInventor: James E. Dickens
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Patent number: 6705184Abstract: Method and apparatus for adjusting the position of a cutting tool. In one embodiment, a boring tool includes a coupling member which is driven by a CNC boring machine, and a sliding tool holder which is slidably coupled to the coupling member. A frictional force resists sliding movement of the cutting tool holder. The frictional force is sufficient to retain the position of the cutting tool during machining operations. However, the frictional force is insufficient to resist a lateral force applied parallel to the direction of sliding, as used during adjustment of the tool position. In another embodiment, either a surface of the sliding tool holder or a surface of a frictional member are contoured with a shape that corresponds to a desired contour of a sidewall of a hole. During machining, a follower in contact with the contoured surface causes the cutting tool holder to slide laterally during machining, thus contouring the sidewall of the hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Cardemon Inc.Inventors: Richard A. Cardemon, Joseph Baker
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Patent number: 6705185Abstract: A turning lathe for interior cutting of hollow work pieces using a boring rod onto which a tool holder device is fitted and on which there is a mechanism for holding a work piece in such a way that it encloses at least part of the boring rod characterized by the fact that the boring rod is gripped and held in place at both ends and by the fact that the tool holder device is fitted onto the boring rod in such a way that it is movable.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Saueressig GmbH & CompanyInventor: Bernhard Bruggemann
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Patent number: 6705186Abstract: A sensor 42d is provided for detecting release of a state of a workpiece fixed and held with workpiece holding members during rotation of a spindle 9. When the release of the state of the wokpiece fixed and held is detected, the sliding members are driven in a direction of an axial center (in a direction as shown by an arrow D) by a reciprocating drive means 42. Even if holding force, such as the oil pressure of the workpiece holding member, is lowered, the decrease of the holding force of the workpiece can be extremely avoided by moving the sliding members in the direction of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Yamazaki Mazak Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsunehiko Yamazaki, Haruhiko Koike, Noboru Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6705187Abstract: A device for stretching cryostatic sections includes a sectioning knife and a plate. The plate is arranged on a back side of the sectioning knife so that a gap for receiving the cryostatic section is formed between the back of the sectioning knife and the plate. A frame, open in a direction of an edge of the knife, is provided for receiving the plate. The frame has internally located shaped-on webs having support surfaces to support the plate, and a contact rim for setting the frame onto the back of the sectioning knife. A height difference between the contact rim and the support surfaces defines a dimension of the gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Leica Microsystems Nussloch GmbHInventor: Marc Konrad
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Patent number: 6705188Abstract: A saw arrangement includes the combination of a circular saw blade and a lubricating guide support assembly. The circular saw blade includes a saw plate having openings formed therein and carbide insert teeth disposed circumferentially about the saw plate. The lubricating guide support assembly includes two guide supports each having a bearing surface disposed immediately adjacent opposite sides of the saw plate at a spacing to the cutting area for proper alignment of the saw blade during cutting. At least one of the guide supports includes a recessed area containing liquid exposed to the saw plate whereat a thin film of the liquid is applied to the saw plate as it passes by the recessed area during cutting. The openings are arranged on the saw plate to pass by the recessed area and are dimensioned to receive liquid therein for transport away from the recessed area.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Cutting Edge Designs, LLCInventors: Robert Wayne Gravely, Michael Monroe Lee
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Patent number: 6705189Abstract: A flexible composite sheet that includes a fibrous assembly and a plurality of narrow film strips bonded to upper surface of the fibrous assembly. The narrow strips are intermittently arranged so that the fibrous assembly may be exposed between each pair of the adjacent narrow strips. Sides defining each of the narrow strips are formed with tooth-like portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Hisashi Takai, Miou Suzuki
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Patent number: 6705190Abstract: A lumber trimming device for trimming elongate workpieces conveyed on an infeed conveyor in a laterally disposed orientation relative to an infeed direction. The lumber trimming device includes a gang of laterally spaced apart drop saws wherein the drop saws are independently actuable according to generally optimized trimming instructions from an optimizer. At least on end-trimming saw is mounted adjacent the gang. The end-trimming saw or saws is or are selectively laterally translatable according to optimized end-trimming instructions from the optimizer so as to cooperate with the gang. The end-trimming saw or saws cooperate with the optimizer and the drop saws so that a first drop saw of the drop saws is actuated simultaneously with optimized lateral positioning of a first end-trimming saw so as to trim a first workpiece of the workpieces on the infeed conveyor simultaneously by both the first drop saw in a first trim cut and the first end-trimming saw in a second trim cut.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Coe Newnes McGehee ULCInventors: William R. Newnes, Deane R. Henderson, Paul L. Halper
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Patent number: 6705191Abstract: A machine tool circular cutting supplementary apparatus comprises an upright support vertically slidably and horizontally rotatably mounted in the worktable of a machine tool, a locating block fastened to the top of the upright support, a horizontal rod slidably inserted through a transverse through hole in the locating block and locked with a lock apparatus, and a positioning member mounted on one end of the horizontal rod member and provided with a tip being engaged with the center of the circle drawn on the workpiece to be cut by the machine tool.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Inventor: Jung-Hua Lin
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Patent number: 6705192Abstract: A collapsible table assembly having improved portability. A mechanism interconnects the table and supporting legs for moving the legs between a diverging supporting position, a folding position, and a storage position. A saw track assembly includes an upper platform for receiving a cutting device and a lower platform for supporting a workpiece during cutting connected to the upper platform. Each of the upper and lower platform are disposed above the table. A guide pin pivotally attaches the saw track to the table for allowing the saw track to pivot through a plane parallel to the table. A plurality of material supports supported by the table rotate between a first material supporting position for supporting a workpiece and a second unobstructing position for allowing the saw track to freely pivot through the plane without contacting the material supports.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Tapco International CorporationInventor: J. Richard Logan
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Patent number: 6705193Abstract: An optical fiber band for decoration is formed of a plurality of optical fibers woven obliquely in a band shape. The band forms a mesh pattern, where each of the optical fibers changes positions above or below at least every two other fibers in a longitudinal direction of the fiber.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Inventor: Takeshi Koizumi
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Patent number: 6705194Abstract: A method for formation of slugs in a gun barrel and acceleration of these slugs up to the speed of 3 km/sec and more is suggested. A selected region of the barrel is filled by water or another liquid, mixture of liquids or slurry. The refrigerating media is supplied into a heat exchanger cooling the selected section of the barrel. The freezing conditions (rate of the heat removal, duration of cooling) assure desired cohesion of the slug and its adhesion to the barrel. When freezing is completed, the axial pressure is exerted on the internal edge of the slug. When the pressure exceeds the adhesion forces, the slug will move toward the open end with acceleration determined by the axial forces. If the exerted pressure force is not sufficient for the slug separation the expansion radial forces are applied to the barrel or the interface between the slug and the barrel is heated. After the separation the compressed media drives the slug toward the open end of the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Jet Energy, Inc.Inventors: Ernest S. Geskin, Boris Goldenberg
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Patent number: 6705195Abstract: Apparatus for cooling the barrel of a gun having a receiver configured to receive a magazine, has a housing dimensionally similar to a magazine for insertion into the receiver and contains a fan including a fan motor and shroud with an air inlet and outlet. An electric power source and circuit connector/disconnector operate the fan motor to establish an air flow path through the air inlet and outlet, with the outlet being positioned so that the air flow path passes through the gun barrel.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Inventor: Brian Thornton