Patents Issued in May 18, 2004
  • Patent number: 6735849
    Abstract: A dual band microstrip antenna (1) made by a method of the present invention includes a dielectric substrate (11), a ground plane layer (10) attached to a bottom surface (111) of the substrate, a first and second conductive patches (21, 22) separately elevated above and parallel to a top surface (110) of the substrate, a first and second conductive posts (23, 24) electrically connecting the first and second conductive patches respectively with the ground plane layer and a first and second coaxial feeder cables (25, 26). A method for making the dual band microstrip antenna includes adjusting the height of the first and second conductive posts to achieve a good performance of the dual band microstrip antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung Chang Cheng, Hsin Kuo Dai
  • Patent number: 6735850
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved bias magnet-to-magnetoresistive element interface and method of fabrication. In a preferred embodiment, the wall/walls of an MR element opposing a bias layer are formed by over etching to provide vertical side walls without taper. In the preferred embodiment, a protective element is formed over the MR element to protect it during etch processes. In some embodiments, a filler layer is deposited prior to bias layer formation. In CIP embodiments, any portion of the filler layer forming on vertical side walls of the MR element is etched to provide an exposed side wall surface for contiguous bias layer formation. In CPP embodiments, the filler layer forms on a vertical back wall and electrically insulates the MR element from the bias layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Western Digital (Fremont), Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Gibbons, Kenneth E. Knapp, Ronald A. Barr, Benjamin P. Law, James Spallas, Ming Zhao
  • Patent number: 6735851
    Abstract: Superconducting birdcage coil with low-pass and high-pass coil configurations are formed by using strips each with an elongated sapphire substrate with a layer of a high temperature superconductor (HTS) material grown in a wavy pattern over its entire length on one of its main surfaces. A low-pass coil is formed with a pair of ring elements made of an electrically conductive metal and a plurality of such strips arranged parallel to one another and interconnecting these ring elements at junctions which are spaced peripherally along each of the rings. At each of the junctions, the ring element and the HTS layer form a capacitance. A high-pass coil is formed by a plurality of such strips each with electrodes of the HTS material also grown at two end positions separated from each other on the other main surface of its sapphire substrates. These strips are arranged parallel to each other and sequentially around a central axis, each lying in a plane which includes the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Varian, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco A. Romo, Wai Ha Wong
  • Patent number: 6735852
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of unloading a battery group from a jig box including engaging the bottom of group on a support, releasing the grip of the jig box on the group, raising the support and gripping the raised group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: TBS Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Stephen Barge, Lawrence Ernest Gardiner
  • Patent number: 6735853
    Abstract: A suction head for a mounting apparatus includes: a socket having a first through hole in an inner direction and a fixing member inside the first through hole, one end of the inside of the first through hole being mounted to a hollow shaft by using the fixing member, a nozzle having a second through hole for forming an air passage when sucking parts in the inner direction, a coupling member having a third through hole in the inner direction and plate spring members installed inside the third through hole for supporting the nozzle and for alleviating impact when the nozzle sucks parts, and a holder for fixing the nozzle so that it is not removed from the coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Mirae Corporation
    Inventor: Seung Won Lee
  • Patent number: 6735854
    Abstract: Described are various improved methods of forming stable metallization for electronic devices, electromechanical devices, force-sensing devices and accelerometers. Also described are various improved electronic devices, electromechanical devices, force-sensing devices, and accelerometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilan Golecki, Margaret Eagan
  • Patent number: 6735855
    Abstract: In a socket to test semiconductor die, a recessed socket contact that avoids pinching the die contacts is diclosed. The socket contacts allow for smaller socket holes and, allow denser contact spacing. A variety of embodiments are presented that are suitable for use depending on the spacing between the conducters. For more closely spaced conductors, the body of the socket contact comprises a head, a spring coupled to the head, and a shaft coupled to the spring. No outer shell is needed for the spring, as the nonconductive sides of the socket hole serve that function. For conductors spaced further apart, the body of the socket contact comprises a metal shaft having an aperture. Compression causes the shaft to close around the slit, thereby decreasing the amount of lateral buckling. For even more densly spaced contacts, semiconductor fabrication techniques are used to construct a dense array of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Salman Akram, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth
  • Patent number: 6735856
    Abstract: The present invention includes a component placement apparatus that can obtain information on the presence/absence of hold members inexpensively and easily, and a component placement method carried out by the component placement apparatus. A replacement hold member detector for detecting the presence/absence of replacement hold members at a hold member change part is installed at a placement head. The presence/absence is detected by moving an XY-robot so as to scan the hold member change part equipped with the replacement hold member detector. At the same time, type information attached to the replacement hold members is rendered readable by the replacement hold member detector. One replacement hold member detector is enough according to the apparatus and method of the present invention. The presence/absence information of the hold members can be obtained inexpensively and easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kitamura, Osamu Okuda, Noriaki Yoshida, Akira Kabeshita
  • Patent number: 6735857
    Abstract: Solder paste is applied beforehand onto through-hole upper lands (or solder) of a printed circuit board and attachment is effected by inserting solder joined to the BGA-side pads into the holes of the through-hole upper lands; solder and solder paste are then melted by heating, causing them to flow into the through-holes and to wet and spread out upon the through-hole bottom face lands, thereby effecting a soldered joint with the BGA-side pads and through-hole upper lands securely attached, and forming solder fillets. In this way, the quality of the solder joints can be ascertained by an ordinary external inspection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuji Saito, Kozo Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 6735858
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus having a plastic housing. The method includes blow molding with a one-piece plastic housing around an electronic circuit board populated with components. The circuit board is fastened and held in-situ during the blow molding. Fastening locations are defined by contiguously sandwiched portions of the housing and the electronic circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Harald Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6735859
    Abstract: A dense semiconductor flip-chip device assembly is provided with a heat sink/spreading/dissipating member which is formed as a paddle of a metallic paddle frame in a strip of paddle frames. Dice are bonded to the paddles by e.g. conventional die attach methods, enabling bump attachment and testing to be conducted before detachment from the paddle frame strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Corsis
  • Patent number: 6735860
    Abstract: An improved die edge contacting socket incorporates particles of a thermally conducting material into an elastomeric compression pad disposed in the sealing cap of the socket. The elastomeric compression pad is preferably composed of an electrically insulating material, such as a silicone-based gel. The thermally conducting material is preferably either diamond, beryllium oxide, silicon nitride, or a like material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Warren M. Farnworth
  • Patent number: 6735861
    Abstract: An expansion ring for expanding the perimeter of a splice case end plate. The ring comprises two face plates and a rim connected to and separating the face plates, with an aperture through the face plates. The ring fits around the perimeter of the end plate, forming an air tight, environmental seal. Once in place, a splice case housing can be installed over the expanded end plate. The present invention also provides a method of expanding the perimeter of an end plate, a method of installing a larger splice case housing over a smaller end plate, and a splice case, each based on the end plate expansion ring, and a method for repairing a damaged cable line where the repair is interrupted in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Dallas Angele
  • Patent number: 6735862
    Abstract: A method of making an electrical cable, the method comprising: bonding a plurality of electrical conductors to respective neighboring ones of the electrical conductors to form a ribbon, the electrical conductors being electrically insulated from the respective neighboring ones; folding the ribbon to form cable assembly, each of the electrical conductors traversing the width of the cable assembly at least twice; optionally bonding the cable assembly; and optionally coiling the cable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Stanley Glaser, Judson Sloan Marte, Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Michael Andrew De Rooij
  • Patent number: 6735863
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming enlarged cylinder bores in an engine based on a family of internal combustion engines having an original cylinder bore axis for each bore, wherein each cylinder bore is constrained against enlargement toward one side. The method includes providing an offset axis parallel to the original cylinder bore axis and spaced toward an opposite side of the cylinder bore by a dimension equal to one half of a predetermined bore diameter enlargement, and centering the enlarged cylinder bore on the offset axis. The method preserves a minimum wall thickness from the cylinders to camshaft bores between the cylinder banks while the outward enlargement dimension is preferably limited to a value which does not require changing the cylinder head bolt pattern or reduce the wall thickness below minimum values in other portions of the cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Alan W. Hayman
  • Patent number: 6735864
    Abstract: A heatsink of the present invention has a column having a heat conducting plate with a heat receiving face contacting a heat producing element. On the side faces of the column are a plurality of first slits and a plurality of second slits disposed transversely to the plurality of first slits. These slits form a plurality of pillar-type protrusions functioning as fins for cooling. The depths of the first and second slits in the column are different, and this difference in levels are used to cause the fluid for cooling to form a turbulent flow. A cross section of the column tapers off gradually or in stages as the vertical distance increases from the heat receiving face. A cooling apparatus for the present invention includes a cooling means mounted on the heatsink of the present invention. The cooling apparatus for the present invention enjoys a high cooling ability and reduced size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sato, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Seiji Manabe, Shinobu Kamizuru
  • Patent number: 6735865
    Abstract: A process of forming a flexible circuit board for ink jetting is provided. The process includes the steps of: providing an insulation tape; forming conductive traces on the insulation tape; and forming a photo-polymer layer filling between the conductive traces, wherein parts of the conductive traces are exposed to form a plurality of contacts. The material of the insulation tape can be polyimide, Teflon, polyamide, polymethylmethacrylate, polycarbonate, polyester, polyamide polyethylene-terephthalate copolymer, or any combination of the above materials. The material of the photo-polymer layer can be solder mask or polyimide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Jing Leu, Chih-Ching Chen, Ming-Chung Peng
  • Patent number: 6735866
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing elements made from composite material using the co-bonding technique, in which uncured elements (preformed beams (2)) are bonded onto another cured element (the skin (3)) with multiple thickness changes, using a rigid tooling made of invar used for support and positioning during the curing process. Each element is made with preimpregnated material using automated tape laying. The preform of the beams (J-section) is obtained by hot forming of flat laminates. The final curing and bonding to the precured skin (co-bonding) is performed using a direct vacuum bag in an autoclave. A flat development of the vacuum bag is performed, it is traced with a numerical control machine and it is made prior to being placed on the tool. For large surfaces with difficult access the final adjustment is performed with the tool and the part in a vertical position, due to the ergonomic difficulties involved in working on certain areas of same. The invention is applicable to the field of aeronautics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Airbus Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Pedro Nogueroles Vi{overscore (n)}es, Aquilino Garcia Garcia, Carlos Cerezo Pancorbo
  • Patent number: 6735867
    Abstract: In order to provide a static pressure air bearing having two axes usable in a vacuum environment in which the connection of the supporting air exhaust pipe does not adversely affect the motion of the bearing mechanism, air exhaust pipes are connected only with the fixed part(s) of the lower axis. Air exhaust from the upper axis is conducted through inner air exhaust piping (passages) formed within the fixed parts of the upper and lower axes, so that the exhaust pipes need not be connected with the movable parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: Nikon Corporation, Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuma Tsuda, Shinji Shinohara, Shinobu Tokushima, Yukiharu Okubo, Toshimasa Shimoda, Douglas C. Watson, W. Thomas Novak
  • Patent number: 6735868
    Abstract: A method of improving the performance and service life of a new bearing component, the component having at least one dynamic frictional surface the method includes subjecting the at least one dynamic frictional surface to a surface finishing operation thereby providing the surface with a surface roughness value RA of approximately 18-80 &mgr;in, preferably greater than 24 &mgr;in, and most preferably 30-36 &mgr;in. The method is particularly advantageous when applied to bearing components utilized in high-load, low rpm applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Michael D. Loose, Daniel J. Donnelly, Clarence M. Clabaugh
  • Patent number: 6735869
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a nail clipper. The nail clipper comprises a box-shaped body which has an upper cutting edge, a lower cutting part with a lower cutting edge, a spring piece, a pressing piece, a small movable piece and a cover. This invention is small in size, secure in construction and is convenient and safe to carry in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Patent number: 6735870
    Abstract: A cutter for cutting cable, such as fiber optic cable, and a method of using same is provided. The cutter includes a pair of opposite members that are joined together at a joint such that the opposite members move in conjunction with each other. Each member has a handle on one side of the joint and a cutting blade on the opposite side of the joint. When the handles are forced together, the cutting blades are also forced together. The cutter also includes a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism is used to clamp the fiber optic cable on either side of the cutting blades such that the strength reinforcement strands of the fiber optic cable will be placed in tension, prior to the cutting of the strength reinforcement strands within the fiber optic cable, thereby ensuring a clean cut by the cutting blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Greenlee Textron Inc.
    Inventor: William F. Nordlin
  • Patent number: 6735871
    Abstract: A pair of scissors is provided having a heated cutting plate in thermal communication with a first scissor half and defining a first sharp edge and a a non-heated cutting plate overlapped by the heated cutting plate and forming a said second sharp edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Sammie Jean Todd-Russell
  • Patent number: 6735872
    Abstract: An improved cutter knife and particularly to a cutter knife allowing positive and inverse gripping when in use consists of an upper shell and a lower shell that are coupled to form a body. The body has one end forming a handgrip conforming to ergonomics to allow positive and inverse gripping. The handgrip has a blade anchor section and a blade fast change section on one end to allow positive or inverse gripping and fast replacement of the blade. The positive gripping may be used for ordinary cutting such as for paper or cloths. The inverse gripping may be used for heavy duty cutting with a greater force such as for cardboard or wooden laminates. Thus it provide dual functions and may be used conveniently to overcome the limitation of conventional cutter knives that allow only positive gripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Man-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 6735873
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a guide tube assembly for a portable handheld work apparatus with a drive motor (3) mounted at one end (2) of the guide tube (1). The drive motor (3) is connected to a work tool (6) mounted at one end (5) of the guide tube (1) via a drive shaft (4) mounted in the guide tube (1). A reinforcing sleeve (8) is axially inserted into the work tool end (5) of the guide tube (1) in order to better introduce engine loads at a flange (7) of the work tool (6) into the guide tube (1). The reinforcing sleeve (8) projects axially along a part length (L′) of the guide tube (1) from the flange (7) into the guide tube (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co.
    Inventors: Klaus Langhans, Johann Trumpf
  • Patent number: 6735874
    Abstract: A cutting head for a rotary trimmer has a rotating body from which several flexible cord-like filament cutting blades or flails extend radially so that additional flail length can be fed from the device by merely bumping the rotating body on the ground. The improvement includes a plurality of truncated, bell-shaped configured tangs which extend into a serpentinous cam slot. Bumping of the device on the ground causes the tangs to move from stable positions to other stable positions allowing relative movement between the outer case of the trimmer and a spool of flail therein so that a predetermined length of flail is fed out through the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Kwik Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Fernando R. Iacona
  • Patent number: 6735875
    Abstract: A hand-held tool for quickly and easily removing duct material surrounding a fiber optic cable. The tool contains a motorized saw blade, with an adjustable depth of cut gauge formed integral with the cutting floor. In use, a technician first determines the thickness of a particular duct to be removed, then adjusts the depth of cut for the saw blade to provide the desired cut without damaging the underlying fibers. Once adjusted, the technician can then turn on the tool, which activates the saw blade and effectuates the desired cut (either axial or radial).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Hossein Eslambolchi, John Sinclair Huffman
  • Patent number: 6735876
    Abstract: Blade clamps (26, 110) may reliably secure blades (22) to reciprocating power tools (10). The power tools may include a reciprocating drive shaft (24) partially extending from the tool housing (12). A first end of a rod (37, 112) may be attached to the drive shaft. A second end of the rod may include a blade slot (37a, 112a) defined to receive the blade so that the longitudinal axis of the blade aligns with a longitudinal, reciprocating axis of the drive shaft. An aperture (37b) may be defined substantially perpendicular to the first blade slot and may communicate with the blade slot. A sleeve (33, 115) may be rotatably mounted on the rod so as to pivot between an initial locking position and a blade replacement position. A cam surface (33c, 116) is defined on an inner surface of the sleeve. A stopper (33e, 116d) projects from the cam surface or the rod and defines the blade replacement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 6735877
    Abstract: An angle measuring device for measuring an angular position of a stationary object with respect to an object which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, that includes a rotor which is connected to the rotatable object which rotates about the axis of rotation and a stator that includes a scanning unit for scanning a graduation, which moves in relation to the scanning unit. A coupler is fastened to the stationary object or stator so as to seat the stator on the stationary object that has a contact face which extends transversely with respect to the axis of rotation. The coupler has a contact face that extends transversely with respect to the axis of rotation and engages the clamping face of the stationary object or stator so that a clamping force is generated so as to fasten the coupler to the stationary object and wherein the coupler is fixed against relative rotation, but is radially and/or axially elastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Dr. Johannes Heidenheim GmbH
    Inventor: Alan Torr
  • Patent number: 6735878
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for centring a wheel, especially a cycle wheel. The values of the lateral run-out and/or the radial run-out of the wheel rim are measured. The lateral run-out and/or the radial run-out of the wheel rim are then eliminated by rotating the spoke nipple. The lateral run-out and/or the radial run-out are determined by means of measuring devices which can be fixed to a centring stand and which comprise pointer mechanisms (18 and/or 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Peter Lie
  • Patent number: 6735879
    Abstract: A self-contained line generating device uses a laser diode and a lens to project a fan-shaped beam of visible light. The lens is useful for receiving light and transmitting light in an asymmetrical planar beam. The light is useful for aligning objects in a vertical or a horizontal line. The generator also includes a substantially flat face and leveling devices for leveling and orienting the generator onto a flat surface. Retractable pins enable a user to easily mount the line generator onto a wall and align objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
    Inventors: Fabrice J. Malard, Ryan K. Hopper, Daniel L. Poole, Robert N. Poole
  • Patent number: 6735880
    Abstract: A vial having an outer wall which is straight and cylindrical and a curved inner cavity. The inner cavity is curved in substantially uniform arc. The apex of the curved cavity is closer to the cylindrical outer wall of the vial than the ends of the inner cavity. The inner cavity is substantially uniform in cross section throughout its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Jacoff
  • Patent number: 6735881
    Abstract: A firewood measuring and marking apparatus includes an elongated base member with a marker mounted generally vertically on one end. The marker has a downwardly projecting tip for marking a log when pressed against the log. The base member has an adjustable extension arm to permit various predetermined lengths to be marked on the log to be cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Robert F. Nesselrotte
  • Patent number: 6735882
    Abstract: A concentration of a gas introduced into a circulation blower and an exhaust blower is reduced with a simple apparatus configuration. In an exhaust system, exhaust gases from a plurality of drying chambers are joined to a joining duct to be then exhausted by an exhaust blower. A plurality of exhaust ducts having inlets at different positions in each drying chamber are provided, and the exhaust duct having the inlet in the lowest gas concentration area is used as a duct for an exhaust gas circulated to a circulation blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinsuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6735883
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for enhancing the effectiveness of a water spray (30) to cool and/or remoisten a web (12) of material. The apparatus includes a web dryer, preferably a flotation dryer (100), an electrostatic charge generating device (31) or devices, a water spray (30), an integrated power supply (20) to supply high voltage power to the charge device, and a drainage system (35) for handling excess liquid generated during the cooling and/or remoistening of the web. The cooling apparatus is capable of a modular arrangement to optimize spacing and facilitate the addition of cooling capacity where needed, such as with faster web speeds or heavier web weights. One or more temperature sensors can be used to optimize the amount of and rate of fluid fed to the spray nozzles. The spray nozzles and charge bars can be retractable with respect to the web to facilitate web-up procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: Megtec Systems, Inc., Hurletron, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Bria, Ed Salmon, David J. Welter, David M. Klein, Steven J. Siler
  • Patent number: 6735884
    Abstract: A dryer system for automated car wash systems includes a new and improved air dryer having a fan and a rotatable nozzle at its discharge end with the nozzle orientation being controlled by a rotary actuator whose drive shaft is mounted on the axis of rotation of the nozzle. A method of using the blowers includes the use of two or more blowers that are positioned above the vehicle and oriented so the streams of concentrated air complement each other in moving liquid particles on the vehicle toward the side or end of the vehicle where they drop from the lower edges of the sides and ends of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Mark VII Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Fratello, Dennis R. McCadden, Thanh Tran
  • Patent number: 6735885
    Abstract: A double-layer sandal includes a sandal sole, a sandal top, a basic layer, a first netted layer and a second netted layer. The first netted layer is combined on the sandal sole, made of much plastic elastic thread interwoven together forming lots of solid and irregular rings, with numerous gaps formed among the elastic thread. The second netted layer combined on the first netted layer is made of a great deal of plastic elastic thread interwoven forming a great many solid and irregular rings, and having numerous gaps formed among the elastic rayon. The second netted layer has a smaller thickness, greater density and smaller gaps than the first netted layer. The first netted layer has great elasticity and good effect of ventilation and water penetration, and the second netted layer has a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Union Looper Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Larry Yaw
  • Patent number: 6735886
    Abstract: Disclosed is a soccer shoe having a structure, which allows a user to kick a ball farther, lessens the pain in a kicker's feet, and allows the shoe to maintain its shape after kicking a ball or even after being used for relatively long time. The soccer shoe has a sole member and an upper fixed to the sole member. The upper has: an inner coat fitly surrounding and being in contact with the heel, the inside foot, the outside foot, the toe, and the instep portions of the user, when the user puts on the soccer shoe, the inner coat being made from cloth; a sponge layer being adhered to an outer surface of the inner coat, the sponge layer being made from compressed sponge; a rubber layer being adhered to an outer surface of the sponge layer, the rubber layer being made from natural rubber, the rubber layer having a thickness between 0.38 mm and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: Markpro Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sug Kyn Kang, Moo Young Lee
  • Patent number: 6735887
    Abstract: A snow plough which has a handle on one end and a large snow scoop on the other. The plough is supported on a frame which is mounted on a pair of large wheels placed well behind the snow scoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Mohiuddin M. Muzzammel
  • Patent number: 6735888
    Abstract: We describe a system for displaying buried utilities to the operator of an excavator. The display is based on 3D images of the subsurface obtained from advanced locating methods. As the excavator moves, the display changes so that it remains centered on the region near the bucket where the buried pipes are in danger of being broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Witten Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Green, Thorkild Hansen, Michael Oristaglio, Ralf Birken, Ross Deming
  • Patent number: 6735889
    Abstract: A method of manual control neutral drift correction for a work vehicle is characterized by the steps of: sensing a position of a first manual control using a first position sensor when an activation switch is activated, wherein the first position sensor generates a first input signal; sending the first input signal to a controller; retrieving a stored first manual control neutral position value from a memory unit; calculating a first corrected manual control neutral position value using the controller, wherein the first corrected manual control neutral position value is calculated using the first input signal and the first manual control position value; and utilizing the first corrected manual control neutral position value to generate a first control signal for operating a first electro-hydraulic valve, wherein the first control signal is generated by the controller to operate the first electro-hydraulic valve to effect movement of a first assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: New Holland North America, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Berger, John R. Haupt
  • Patent number: 6735890
    Abstract: A wear assembly includes an adapter with a nose, a wear member with a socket to receive the nose, and a lock to secure the wear member to the adapter. The nose and socket include complementary rails and grooves that vertically diverge as they extend from the front of the nose. The lock can have a tapered construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: ESCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher M. Carpenter, Robert S. Fleck, Terry L. Briscoe, Daniel R. Danks, Venkat R. Gaurav, Larren F. Jones
  • Patent number: 6735891
    Abstract: The improvements apply to lock and retention elements for public works and similar machines of the type incorporating a combination of one or various metal elements with one or various blocks of elastomer material, irrespective of whether they are joined to the former or not, in which the block of elastomer material is made up of an elastic structural material containing multiple internal cavities in the form of closed cells, that are for the most part separated from each other, and which contain a gas that allows the elastomer block to be compressed and reduced in volume during the compression that metal pieces exercise on the elastomer block, showing minimum transverse expansions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Metalogenia, S.A.
    Inventors: Jorge Pallas Moreno, Nil Vallve I Bertran, Juan Carlos Merino Senovilla, Ma del Rosario Fernandez Martinez
  • Patent number: 6735892
    Abstract: An ornament with a snowing-scape device including a rotary wheel loaded with water and snow-like flakes. The rotary wheel is mounted in the inner surface of a ring-shaped frame. An outer edge of the rotary wheel is furnished with a gear disc to engage with a transmission assembly so as to drive the rotary wheel to turn the snow-like flakes loaded in the rotary wheel are pushed with the fin plates to a high point, and then the snow-like flakes will fall down slowly to form into a snowing scape to be seen through a transparent window of the ornament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Seagull Decor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lillian Chen
  • Patent number: 6735893
    Abstract: A sign for a vehicle has a three-dimensional base equipped with an opaque surface coating, and a backside of the base is placed on and attached to a vehicle part. The sign is equipped with an indirect lighting device so as to allow recognition of the sign at dawn or dusk or in the dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Erhard Wolf
  • Patent number: 6735894
    Abstract: A tag encasement has an envelope having a pocket portion with a first surface and a second surface together forming an enclosure and an opening along one side of the pocket portion. A slot is disposed through the first surface of the pocket portion for receiving a tag, a flap portion is foldably coupled to the pocket portion for closing the opening and the slot, and a releasable fastener to hold the flap portion releasably closed against the pocket portion is disposed on the first surface of the pocket portion and on the flap portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Silverhills Group, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen M. Crusenberry, Tilak B. Dissanayake, Debra A. Young
  • Patent number: 6735895
    Abstract: A fixture of an indication tag has a magnetic body and is used as a marker for preventing, for example, items in a store or furnishings in public facilities from being removed without permission. The fixture is formed by connecting an engagement male portion (2) to one end side of a filamentous coupling portion (4) and an engagement female portion (3) to the other end side to form a loop (R) by engaging the engagement male portion (2) and the engagement female portion (3). The filamentous coupling portion (4) is formed with a filament (40) having a soft magnetic material fiber (41) in order to obscure the location of the magnetic body for the marker preventing it from being removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: Toska Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Wada, Mikio Kubota
  • Patent number: 6735896
    Abstract: A display device for sheet material comprises a transparent front panel, a flexible backing sheet, and fastener for mounting the device on a surface without damaging the surface. The front panel has an outer dimension larger than the sheet material to be displayed, a central display section having a back surface for receiving the sheet material to be displayed, and a mounting section surrounding and extending outwardly beyond the perimeter of the display section. The backing sheet is adapted for holding the sheet material to be displayed against the back surface of the display section. At least one edge of the backing sheet is secured to the mounting section of the front panel. The fastener for mounting the device is connected to the mounting section and preferably includes at least one magnetic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Marilyn V. Zager
  • Patent number: 6735897
    Abstract: An authorization system for a firearm includes a personal device worn by the authorized user, modifications to the firearm's fire control system, and an authorization control circuit carried in the backstrap of the firearm handle. The authorization control circuit controls the fire control system and communicates with the personal device. In particular, the authorization control circuit will send a first coded signal to the personal device via an ultrasonic transponder and wait for a coded response. If the personal device is worn by a user and is within range, properly oriented and has received a correct code, it will respond to the signal by sending a coded response. If the correct coded response is not received, the authorization control circuit signals a brake solenoid located near the trigger bar to move to a locked position where it will cam the trigger bar out of engagement with the sear as the trigger is pulled. Consequently, the trigger bar will not move the sear and the firearm will not fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventors: Edward P. Schmitter, Jason Lee Hitchcox, Thomas Jerome Ruemping
  • Patent number: 6735898
    Abstract: An artificial fishing lure having a squid-like appearance with a generally cylindrical body and a skirt with a plurality of thin, elongated, flexible streamers, wherein the nose of the body is formed by the combination of a rearwardly inclined planar surface intersecting with a rounded surface, wherein the central axis of the lure body extends through the planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Mike Luke