Patents Issued in July 6, 2004
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Patent number: 6758400Abstract: A bar code reading system comprises a first bar code label and a second bar code label. The first bar code label is positioned on an object at a first location and in a first orientation. The second bar code label is positioned on the object at a second location and in a second orientation. The first and second bar code labels each have indicia thereon representative of a label data set. Bar code reading apparatus positionable next to the object has a limited field of view such that the bar code reading apparatus reads only first and second portions of the first and second bar code labels. The bar code reading apparatus produces first and second data sets representative of the first and second portions. A data processing system operatively associated with the bar code reading apparatus combines the first and second data sets to produce a combined data set representative of the label data set.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2000Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kelly J Reasoner, Kristianne E Johnson, Richard Lynn Gardner, Jr.
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Patent number: 6758401Abstract: A method for operating a code reader and a code reader. According to the method, laser light is transmitted from a laser light source to illuminate an object having a code, wherein the laser light is amplitude-modulated to reduce the speckle noise of the light illuminating the object. Reflected or re-emitted light from the object is received by a light receiver. According to the code reader, the code reader includes a light transmitter having a laser light source adapted for transmitting laser light to illuminate an object having a code. The code reader also includes a light receiver arranged for receiving reflected or re-emitted light from the object and for producing electrical signals corresponding to the received light. The code reader also includes a modulation apparatus that modulates the laser light source such that amplitude-modulated light can be transmitted from the laser light source to the object.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Sick AGInventor: Richard Nopper
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Patent number: 6758402Abstract: A bioptical holographic laser scanning system employing a plurality of laser scanning stations about a holographic scanning disc having scanning facets with high and low elevation angle characteristics, as well as positive, negative and zero skew angle characteristics which strategically cooperate with groups of beam folding mirrors having optimized surface geometry characteristics. The system has an ultra-compact construction, ideally suited for space-constrained retail scanning environments, and, generate a 3-D omnidirectional laser scanning pattern between the bottom and side scanning windows during system operation. The laser scanning pattern of the present invention comprises a complex of pairs of quasi-orthogonal laser scanning planes, each composed by a plurality of substantially-vertical laser scanning planes for reading bar code symbols having bar code elements (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2000Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Frank Check, LeRoy Dickson, John Groot, Timothy Good
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Patent number: 6758403Abstract: The invention is a data editing system for configuring a data collection device to edit decoded-out message data according to a data editing routine specified by a user programmer. In one embodiment the system includes a data collection device and a host processor assembly including a display, a user interface and a program builder program which displays on the display either representation of instructions being authored by the user-programmer or prompt messages prompting the user-programmer to information respecting requirement of the message data to be output by the data collection device. In response to information input by the user programmer, the program builder program builds a set of data editing instructions, and the set of data editing instructions are transmitted to the data collection device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: PSC Scanning, Inc.Inventors: Barry Keys, Stephen P. Deloge, Larry Ramsey-Macomber
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Patent number: 6758404Abstract: A chip card is provided which is equipped with a thin film battery, such as those that utilize a LiPON electrolyte. Since the battery does not require venting, it can be sealed within the card, thereby making the card more tamper resistant. Moreover, the terminals of the battery and memory are encased in an epoxy resin, and a volatile memory type is employed. This improves the resistance of the card toward common tampering schemes involving the use of sulfuric acid or other mineral acids. In particular, if such acids are used in an attempt to access the memory module in order to tamper with the card, they will dissolve the epoxy resin around the battery terminals, resulting in a short circuit and erasing the memory contents of the card.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: General Instrument CorporationInventor: Stephen Joseph Ladyansky
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Patent number: 6758405Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system that provides visual and electronic information in a readily identifiable combination tag where the radio frequency-responsive element is in close proximity to the retroreflective element. The combination tag includes a retroreflective article with an optical article and a reflective layer. The optical article has an optical surface and structured surface. For example the optical article can include as optical elements glass microspheres (optical beads) or cube corner reflectors. The reflective layer is deposited on at least a portion of the structured surface of the optical article. For example, the reflective layer can include a non-contiguous metal layer. The combination tag also includes a radio frequency-responsive element. The radio frequency-responsive element includes an antenna and an integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Thomas F. Look
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Patent number: 6758406Abstract: A brace assembly provides support to a railroad rail, such as for a switch. The rail is supported on a tie plate. A wedge block is secured to the tie plate adjacent the rail. A groove is located in the inner wall of the wedge block. The groove extends longitudinally between the side walls and is spaced between the upper and lower sides of the wedge block. A brace has a tapered upper edge and a tapered lower edge that engage the rail. The brace has a tongue that extends outward from the base into the groove. The tongue and groove have widths that decrease from one side to the other. Moving the brace longitudinally relative to the wedge block enables the brace to be wedged between the wedge block and the rail. A spring clip secures the brace to the wedge block.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corp.Inventor: Brian F. Weaver
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Patent number: 6758407Abstract: A fuel injector comprising a nozzle body, a first outlet opening having an axis, a second outlet opening having an axis, and means for controlling fuel delivery through the first and second outlet openings. The axes of the first and second outlet openings are arranged so as to intersect one another downstream of the outlet openings such that, when fuel is delivered through both the first and second outlet openings, a combined spray formation is formed which is substantially equivalent to a single spray formation having been delivered from a single opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2000Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Malcolm David Dick Lambert, Simon David Tullis, Godfrey Greeves
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Patent number: 6758408Abstract: An improved magnetostrictive actuator is provided. The actuator includes combinations of magnetostrictive alloy compositions and prestress values to provide improved temperature response for automotive applications, such as fuel injectors, without the need for complex electronic controls.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Siemens Automotive CorporationInventor: Perry Robert Czimmek
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Patent number: 6758409Abstract: In a fuel injection nozzle having a nozzle body, a nozzle needle that is displaceable in the nozzle body, a piezoelectric actuator that is connected to the nozzle needle, and a compensation piston on which the piezoelectric actuator is braced and which protrudes into a compensation chamber that is filled with a fluid, where the compensation chamber communicates with a supply volume through an inlet of small cross section, a simpler design is to be attained. To that end, it is provided that the supply volume is subjected to variable pressure making it possible to dispense with a separate restoring spring for the nozzle needle.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Katsuoki Itoh
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Patent number: 6758410Abstract: A retaining supporter of a rotary sprinkler is disclosed. The retaining supporter has a cruciform cylindrical base at the lower half of the rotary sprinkler. Two plates with equal length are crossed with each other so as to form a cylindrical member with a cruciform cross section. The width of one plate is thicker than the other one, and the vertical surface of the wider plate is a curved surface and has a shape like an inverted triangle. When the lower half section of the fixing supporting element in inserted into the soil, it can be inserted easily. When the top section of the rotary sprinkler is connected with water pipe for water flow, the water flows through the interior of the fixing supporting element of the rotary sprinkler, so that water can be sprayed from the water outlet of the rotary sprinkler and moves the rotary sprinkler.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Wen-Li Kuo
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Patent number: 6758411Abstract: A liquid two part cleaning composition for hard surfaces, and a two chamber bottle for dispensing the cleaner are disclosed. The cleaner includes a first basic liquid and a second acidic liquid. At least one of the liquids includes a surfactant system. At least one of the liquids includes a foam inhibitor. When the first and second liquid are dispensed on a surface, carbon dioxide gas released instantaneously creates a quickly breaking foam on the surface. The bottle has horizontal orientation of the first and second chamber that assures a user's thumb is on the front wall and a user's fingers are on the rear wall of the bottle when dispensing. The horizontal orientation provides an ergonomically advantageous wide range of motion. The positioning of a user's thumb on the front wall of the bottle allows for design adjustments in the bottle to achieve equal dispensing from both chambers.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Richard P. Harbutt, Kevin J. Greene, David C. Snow
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Patent number: 6758412Abstract: An overcap for use with a spray canister includes a peripheral wall adapted to attach to the spray canister, a cantilevered lever arm hingedly attached to the peripheral wall, and a nozzle within the cantilevered lever arm. The nozzle includes a stem socket adapted to receive a valve stem of the spray canister and adapted to provide a fan-shaped spray.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Dale Aberegg, Cathal Fahy, Tracey A. Frosch, Steven A. Zach, Allen D. Miller
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Patent number: 6758413Abstract: An improved sprinkler includes a spray nozzle, an adjusting sleeve, a barrel set and a hose connector. The barrel set has a barrel to control water discharge of a first water outlet. The adjusting sleeve can control water discharge of a second water outlet. By controlling water discharge of the first and the second water outlets, water spraying may be adjusted according to plant requirements and conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Pao-Tien Chen
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Patent number: 6758414Abstract: A fuel injection device having a fuel pump for each cylinder of an internal combustion engine, which fuel pump has a pump piston that is driven in a stroke motion by the engine and delimits a pump working chamber, which is connected to a fuel injection valve that constitutes a structural unit with the fuel pump and has an injection valve member, which controls at least one injection opening and can be moved in the opening direction counter to a closing force by the pressure generated in the pump working chamber. A first electrically actuated control valve controls a connection of the line to a discharge chamber. A second electrically actuated control valve controls a connection of a control pressure chamber of the fuel injection valve to the pump working chamber, by means of which the injection valve member is at least indirectly acted on in the closing direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Volker Reusing
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Patent number: 6758415Abstract: A unitary fuel injector and nozzle assembly comprising a high-pressure piston pump and a cylinder body that define a high-pressure fuel pump chamber. An injector nozzle assembly is in fluid communication with the pump chamber and is held in place by a nozzle nut detachably secured to the cylinder body. A nozzle valve assembly includes a spring located in a spring cage within the nozzle nut. A control module is assembled between the cylinder body and the spring cage, the module including a module body having a valve chamber that receives a control valve and a stator assembly as separate and removable elements of the module whereby the stator assembly, the nozzle valve assembly and the control valve can be changed independently of the other elements of the injector to meet various operating requirements.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: W. Scott Fischer, David Eickholt, Mike Weston
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Patent number: 6758416Abstract: An electromechanical fuel injector for an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a pump unit and a control valve assembly in communication with the pump unit. The control valve assembly including a body and a stator. The fuel injector also includes a stator nut cooperable with the valve body to secure the stator to the valve body and at least one expansion tank to accumulate pressure created by the pump unit. The fuel injector may also include a spacer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Thomas Earhart, Mike Van Allsburg
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Patent number: 6758417Abstract: A common rail injector is proposed which offers great freedom in designing the course of the preinjection main injection and of the injection pressure. Moreover, it offers improved security against leaks into the combustion chamber, caused for instance by a leaking nozzle needle valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Rainer Buck
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Patent number: 6758418Abstract: A material dispenser having a dispensing tube assembly having an outlet end with an orifice from which material is dispensed onto a surface, and an inlet end having an opening adapted to receive material from a supply during a dispensing operation; and means for imparting orbital motion to said outlet end relative to an axis; the tube assembly having a first section having the inlet end at a first end thereof, a second section having the outlet end at a first end thereof, and a third section that flexibly joins the first and second sections. In one embodiment the flexible third section includes a plurality of rings or hoops to increase hoop strength. A shield liner and air wash features are used to reduce the amount of dispensed material that collects on and in the gun. The dispensing tube is arranged to prevent pivoting movement at a primary pressure seal.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Mario Romanin, Robert D. Schneider
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Patent number: 6758419Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine includes a solenoid coil, an armature acted upon in a closing direction by a return spring, and a valve-closure member frictionally connected to the armature. The valve-closure member, together with a valve-seat surface, forms a sealing seat, the armature striking with an armature stop face against a magnetic-pole surface of a magnet body. The armature stop face includes a first annular, inner edge zone that adjoins an inner edge and is inclined inwardly with respect to a plane perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the armature, and has a second annular, outside edge zone that adjoins an outer edge and is inclined outwardly with respect to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the armature.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fevzi Yildirim, Michael Huebel, Christian Doering, Juergen Stein
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Patent number: 6758420Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat member having a valve seat and a valve bore provided through a central portion of the valve seat, and an injector plate coupled to an outer end face of the valve seat member and having a plurality of fuel injection bores arranged in an annular shape surrounding an axis of the valve bore. A fuel diffusion chamber is defined between the valve seat member and the injector plate, and faced by the valve bore and all the fuel injection bores. The plurality of the fuel injection bores are formed in parallel to the axis of the valve bore, and the spreading angle of a fuel spray foam formed by the fuel injected from the fuel injection bores is determined depending on an axis distance between the valve bore and each of the fuel injection bores. Thus, it is possible to determine the spreading angle of the fuel spray foam as desired.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Keihin CorporationInventors: Akira Arioka, Koji Kitamura
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Patent number: 6758421Abstract: An armature lift assembly for a fuel injector is disclosed. The assembly includes a body having an upstream end, a downstream end, and a longitudinal body channel extending therethrough and an armature/needle assembly which is reciprocably disposed in the body along the longitudinal body channel. The assembly further includes a first tube having an upstream end, a downstream end fixedly connected to the upstream end of the body, and a first tube channel. The assembly also includes a second tube located within the first tube channel and fixedly connected to the first tube. The second tube has an upstream end and a downstream end. The downstream end of the second tube is spaced a distance from the upstream end of the armature/needle assembly approximately equal to a lift distance of the armature/needle assembly. A method of setting armature/needle lift in a fuel injector is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Siemens Automotive CorporationInventor: Angelo D'Arrigo
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Patent number: 6758422Abstract: A spout plate used in a spray head of a sprayer includes a spout plate insertably secured at the spout end of the spray head and made from a slightly flexible rubber or plastic material such that multiple posts defining distinct water guide channels are provided annularly on the spout surface thereof. A center of the spout plate is connected to a center of the interior of the spray head. When the spout plate is insertably secured at the spout end of the front end of the spray head of the sprayer, and water flows through the interior of the spray head and flow out of the spout plate for spraying via the water guide channels of the posts provided on the spout plate, different water jets can be sprayed out from the water guide channels of the posts to thereby provide an extensive spraying area and multiple effects.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Wen-Li Kuo
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Patent number: 6758423Abstract: A system and method of storing and reading parameter data associated with an electrostatic spray gun power supply is provided. The method includes, for example, the steps of reading parameter data associated with a power supply for a particular spray gun from a database and storing the parameter data in a memory device associated with the spray gun. The parameter data may include the drive current parameter information, for example, and additionally, spray gun type identification information. The memory device is preferably integral with the spray gun or a cable connector that connects to the spray gun. The data or information can be in the form of analog or digital information. After reading the spray gun power supply parameter data, the spray gun controller appropriately operates and monitors the spray gun to ensure that the spray gun power supply is performing properly.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Jeffrey A. Perkins, Charles L. Gatian, III, Thomas Trautzsch, James D. Powell, Kenneth Zalewski, Andrew M. Peddie, Joseph G. Schroeder
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Patent number: 6758424Abstract: An electrostatic method for increasing the transfer efficiency of spray finishing using lower voltages than are normally required and used with electrostatic spraying. The positioning and construction of ground electrodes (16) behind the air cap (18) helps ensure a clean operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Lind, Scott A. Olson, Charles E. Kasten
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Patent number: 6758425Abstract: A high-voltage powder spray gun includes a rear terminal segment (60) of a powder tube (38) and the front terminal segment (58) of a hookup tube (56) which are inserted far enough in axial and sealing manner to subtend, between their overlap ends (69, 78), a powder-tight, electrically insulating expanse (76) to preclude electrical leakage currents. An electrically conducting bush (42) runs over the outer overlap end (78) of the hookup-tube/powder-tube connection to shunt any electric charges that might issue at the outer overlap end (78) between the hookup tube (56) and the powder tube (38). An electrically grounded shielding sheath (90), such as a helical compression spring, is configured radially away above the outer overlap end (88) between the rear terminal segment of the hookup tube (56) and the front end of powder hose (84) slipped over the rear terminal segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: ITW Gema AGInventor: Hanspeter Michael
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Patent number: 6758426Abstract: A shredder or mixer apparatus for the shredding or mixing of bulk material and which is mounted on a mobile chassis which may be driven by a power source on the chassis or pulled by a tractor or truck therefor. A specially designed power assist transmission receives power from the power source and is capable of being manually shifted in order to change a transmission power ratio between the power source and a shredding or mixing member, such as an auger, without any interruption of power to the auger. Thus, changes in loads on the power source can be compensated by reducing or increasing the transmission ratio without power interruption. A specially designed hydraulically operated transmission is effective for this purpose. A manually actuable shift means on the transmission is capable of being engaged by an operator and moved to any of a plurality of selected positions for shifting the transmission to different power output ratios.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Conrad Ten Have
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Patent number: 6758427Abstract: The combination of a bobbin assembly and a support for the bobbin assembly. The bobbin assembly has a core around which a supply of thread can be wrapped. The core has a rotational axis. The bobbin assembly further has a first flange with first and second oppositely facing surfaces. The first surface bounds a storage space for thread wrapped around the core. The first flange has at least one projection from the second surface. The support has a third surface facing the second surface and bearing against the at least one projection for limiting movement of the spool in a direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis with the bobbin assembly operatively connected to the support.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Ronald Kronenberger
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Patent number: 6758428Abstract: A receiving surface (625) for use in the supersonic welding of the welding boss (620) of an M cassette tape reel (612a) is composed of the lower surface of a ring portion (626) which is formed so as to extend annularly along the base end of a hub central portion (621) formed in the bottom surface (616a) of a lower reel (616) and also which is projected downward (in FIG. 2) by a given amount from the bottom surface (616a). That is, the receiving surface (625) is situated slightly outside in the radial direction from directly below the welding boss (620).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Hiraguchi, Hiroyuki Naito, Katsuki Asano, Shigeru Nishiyama, Hideki Uchikura, Akihiro Hashimoto
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Patent number: 6758429Abstract: Methods and apparatus for winding wire coils on cores of dynamo-electric machine components such as stators and alternators are provided. The apparatus may be used to wind wire coils on the poles of a stator. The apparatus includes a movable wire dispenser and a set of wire pullers. The wire pullers are used to form a loop in an initial stretch of wire dispensed by the wire-dispenser alongside a stator pole. The loop is first formed adjacent to the pole and then moved above the pole out of the paths of subsequent wire stretches dispensed to form the wire coils. The loop may be pulled taut in either direction upon completion of the winding operation to connect the wire to a terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Axis USA, Inc.Inventors: Gianfranco Stratico, Pasquale Ciarlitto
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Patent number: 6758430Abstract: Non-random windings are employed to reduce the proximity effect in electrical machines, including rotating machines such as various types of motors. Thus, with respect to electrical machinery of the type wherein multi-strand electrical wiring is received within a slot relative to a surface associated with the transmission of magnetic flux, a method of dressing the wiring within the slot according to the invention includes the step of winding the strands of each turn in one or more layers, each layer being substantially parallel to the surface associated with the transmission of magnetic flux. The winding may be a multi layer winding, in which case the windings associated with each layer are preferably separated by an insulating layer. The invention is applicable to various types of machines and motors, including AC, brushless DC and variable reluctance (VR) types. The conductors may be of a circular cross section or other geometry, such as flattened tapes.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1999Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Aesop, Inc.Inventors: Rodolfo Palma, Sr., John C. Cooper
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Patent number: 6758431Abstract: Two webs of material, each rolled on a separate roll of material, are linked or spaced together during a web-roll change, without stoppage of the web travel. A linking or splicing device is used for linking, particularly by gluing the fresh web of material to the exhausting web. A cutting device is used to produce two web ends. The cutting device is located downstream of the linking or splicing device, as seen in a direction of travel of the expiring or exhausting web of material.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Koenig & Bauer AktiengesellschaftInventor: Hartwig Horst Trutschel
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Patent number: 6758432Abstract: The present invention concerns a compact, simple, and economical supply device providing high speed splicing with no operator intervention, as well as automatic spool loading and unloading. The paper supply device (1) comprises two winders (2, 3) each supporting a spool of paper (4, 5), the first of which is a working spool and the second, a reserve spool, and a mechanism (6) for automatically splicing the end of the strip on the working spool with the beginning of the strip on the reserve spool. It is characterized in that the automatic splicing device (6) is located between the two winders (2, 3) and comprises two diversion rollers (60, 61) which rotate freely on at least one common plate (62), the plate rotating on a axle affixed to a trolley (63) so as to alternately place the diversion rollers (60, 61) in a first connection position and then in a second connection position, corresponding respectively to the working spool, with the trolley (63) being movable in translation from one spool to the other.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Donato Rufo
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Patent number: 6758433Abstract: A reel including a hub around which a recording tape is to be wound and a spring, which is attached to the hub, is disclosed. Winding of the recording tape causes the spring to wound around the hub. In a cartridge for containing the reel, an exterior of uneven portions, such as a recess for receiving a leader pin or a corner of the spring, is covered by the spring. The recording tape is wound on a peripheral surface of the spring without directly contacting the uneven portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fumihito Imai
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Patent number: 6758434Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing rolls of sheet material is provided. The dispenser has a housing which holds one or more rolls of sheet material. The housing has an opening which is defined by a perimeter. A hub which is configured to hold a roll of sheet material is positioned to extend at least partially through the opening, and is moveably retained within the perimeter. An arm supports the hub for pivotable movement on a first end thereof. A portion of the arm is pivotably coupled to a portion of the housing. A second end of the arm is also pivotably movable and configured to be releasably locked into one of a plurality of selected positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: David W. Kapiloff, Stephen L. Phelps, William G. Haen, Troy E. Westcott, Paul A. Haase
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Patent number: 6758435Abstract: A missile includes a missile body and a guide assembly mounted on the missile body. The guide assembly has a plurality of pivots and a plurality of vanes mounted on respective pivots for a swinging motion between a folded position of rest and a deployed flight position. The vanes are arranged for free pivotal motion during flight in response to forces acting thereon to determine the flight position. In the folded position of each vane, its center of gravity is situated at a greater distance from the longitudinal axis of the missile body than the pivotal axis of the respective vanes. Abutments limit the flight position of the vanes to a maximum angle between the length dimension of the vanes and the longitudinal axis of the missile body. The maximum angle is greater than 90°.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Rheinmetall W & M GmbHInventors: Torsten Niemeyer, Manfred Dieter Schwies, Uwe Naderhoff, Thomas Heitman, Michael Imdahl, Rudolf Rombach
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Patent number: 6758436Abstract: A propeller related vehicle in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention is described as a helicopter having an airframe housing a pneumatic motor mechanism for powering a main propeller attached to a main drive shaft. The helicopter further includes a horizontal stabilizing means attached between the main propeller and the main drive shaft, which permits the main propeller to freely pivot about the main drive shaft independently from the airframe. As such when the main propeller is rotating and the main propeller begins to pitch, the rotating main propeller has a centrifugal force created by the rotation thereof and will tend to pivot about the horizontal stabilizing means in a manner that offsets the pitch such that the helicopter remains in a substantially horizontal position.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Rehco, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Rehkemper, Keith Johnson
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Patent number: 6758437Abstract: A nacelle comprised of a rigid shroud and a support truss. The shroud encloses the truss and a rocket engine. The shroud is comprised of three sections, including a top section and two side sections. The top section has openings to permit the communication of lines for liquid propellant, electrical current, and hydraulic fluid between the engine and an attached flight vehicle. The two side sections are connected to each other by longitudinal field joints, and to the top section by a circumferential field joint. The rocket engine is attached to the flight vehicle by a gimbal allowing the engine to rotate relative to the flight vehicle about orthogonal pitch and yaw axes. A pair of actuators is located in the flight vehicle, one to control the rotation of the rocket engine about the pitch axis, and the other to control its rotation about the yaw axis. The truss is attached to the body of the rocket engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: McDonnell Douglas CorporationInventors: Jeffery G. Lane, Richard B. Magarro
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Patent number: 6758438Abstract: A jet engine suspension includes a master component for attachment, fixed to an aircraft pylon. In the event of breakage of the master component and in the situation where the fixing screws are no longer able to transmit force, a peg is provided which resists transmitted loads such that the master component collapses until an upper shoulder rests on the pylon and supports the master component. The peg is free of dynamic stress in normal service and there is absolutely no risk of it cracking in fatigue.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Snecma MoteursInventors: François Brefort, Patrick Huet, Félix Pasquer
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Patent number: 6758439Abstract: Aircraft engine nacelles and methods for structurally attaching them to aircraft structures, such as aircraft wings. In one embodiment, an aircraft engine nacelle is attached to a wing between a trailing edge region of the wing and an aft deck region of the wing. In one aspect of this embodiment, the engine nacelle includes a forward portion having first and second structural attach points offset from each other in a first direction at least generally perpendicular to a central axis of the engine nacelle. The first and second structural attach points can be configured to fixedly attach the engine nacelle to the wing at least proximate to the trailing edge region. In another aspect of this embodiment, the engine nacelle includes a side portion having at least a third structural attach point offset from the first and second structural attach points in a second direction at least generally parallel to the central axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kenneth M. Harrison, Donald T. Powell, James R. Schnelz, Brett D. Whitmer
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Patent number: 6758440Abstract: A system and method for electromagnetically arresting an aircraft landing on an undersized runway, as on an aircraft carrier. The system preferably comprises a cross-deck pendant cable coupled to two purchase cables that are wound around low inertia purchase cable spools on opposite ends. The shafts of the purchase cable spools are mechanically coupled to one or more low inertia induction machines used to arrest the landing aircraft. As the aircraft contacts the cross-deck pendant cable and extends the purchase cables down the runway, power electronics in the system apply a torque based on closed-loop feedback to the induction machine acting as a generator, and the mechanical energy of the aircraft is converted to electrical energy at the generator and is dissipated as heat in an attached resistor. The one or more induction machines are preferably cup-type generators, and the generators may be briefly run as motors to initially reduce the tension on the purchase cables.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical CorporationInventors: Jeffrey R. Repp, David William Scherbarth, David Jonathan Hall
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Patent number: 6758441Abstract: There is provided a store ejection system and method that use a pressurized non-pyrotechnic gas as the source of energy and transfer mechanism for jettisoning a store from an aircraft. The ejection system includes an on-board pressure vessel for holding the pressurized gas, a releasable seal configured to hermetically seal the pressure vessel, and a pressure regulator fluidly connected to the releasable seal and configured to control a flow of the gas from the pressure vessel when the releasable seal is configured in an open position. The pressure vessel is releasably connected to the pressure regulator and the releasable seal is configured to be released after the pressure vessel is connected to the pressure regulator so that the releasable seal hermetically seals the pressure vessel before the pressure vessel is connected to the pressure regulator. The ejection system also includes at least one actuation system and at least one pneumatically-driven jettison mechanism for releasably retaining the store.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Thaddeus Jakubowski, Jr., John K. Foster
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Patent number: 6758442Abstract: A guided parafoil system for delivering lightweight payloads provides an accurate, small and low-cost delivery system for small payloads such as chemical sensor packages. The delivery system is adapted to fit along with the payload within a standardized canister. The delivery system includes a parafoil and a guidance control system that includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and an electronic compass to detect a deviation and bearing from a desired target. The parafoil is guided by a single motor that turns the parafoil in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the current direction of travel in response to deviations detected from a desired course. The desired course is initially linear until the system reaches a predetermined horizontal radius from the target and then the course becomes a circular path around and above the target.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Stara Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Glen Randall Bailey
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Patent number: 6758443Abstract: A tether system for space applications includes at least one electron collector, at least one electron emitter, a power system, and at least one electrodynamic tether electrically coupled to the power system. The electrodynamic tether conducts electrical current between at least one electron collector and at least one electron emitter. Electric current and voltage are measured. Selected tether dynamics and electrodynamics based on the measured electric current and voltage are ascertained. The electric current and/or current distribution is adjusted to thereby control at least one tether system state based on the ascertained selected tether dynamics and electrodynamics.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Tether Applications, Inc.Inventors: Eugene M. Levin, Joseph A. Carroll
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Patent number: 6758444Abstract: A momentum control system and method is provided that provides attitude control for a vehicle while minimizing the negative effects of the momentum control system. The momentum control system and method include at least one more reaction wheel than the degrees of freedom under control. For example, in a vehicle designed to rotate in all three direction, at least four reaction wheels would be provided. The additional reaction wheel provide an additional control parameter that can be used to minimize the cost of the momentum control system's performance. The cost of the momentum control system that can be minimized includes the effects of vibration, power consumption, and undesirable changes in rotational direction, among others.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Mason Alan Peck, Tristram Tupper Hyde
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Patent number: 6758445Abstract: A railway frog insert assembly comprises a casting defining the heel and toe sections of a frog. The portion of the casting intermediate the heel and toe sections consists of an integral spine extending between the heel and toe sections. The height of the spine is below the level of the flangeways in the vicinity of the point. An intermediate point section, the base of which is hollowed out, is removably seated over the spine. The top surface of the intermediate section defines the point, a small portion to the toe side of the point, a small portion to the heel side of the point, and the flangeways in the vicinity of the point.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: VAE Nortrak North America Inc.Inventors: Gary Click, Allen James Tuningley
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Patent number: 6758446Abstract: A portable toothbrush holding device for sanitarily holding a toothbrush having a generally planar shape manufactured from a rigid polymer, such as acrylic resin, embodying a predefined shape with at least one linear edge for resting on a planar surface such as a counter or lavatory basin. The toothbrush holder comprises one or more holes there through for the passage of a toothbrush handle. The distal end of the toothbrush handle rests upon the surface such as a counter or lavatory basin, while the bristle end of the toothbrush is elevated off the counter surface due to the propping action of the toothbrush holder, positioned proximate to the bristle end of the toothbrush.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Donald Bjornrud
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Patent number: 6758447Abstract: An epidural stabilization device for restraining a sitting patient against movement during an epidural procedure. The device includes an adjustable face cradle, an adjustable chest support, and an arm support. The face cradle, chest support and arm support are attached to a support post. A support leg extends downwardly from the support post. The support leg is preferably adapted to be received and held by a conventional IV clamp attached to an operating or examination table.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Ronald E. Tinsley
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Patent number: 6758448Abstract: A backstop support assembly for a shelving unit for supporting a backstop member to prevent items from falling off open back shelving units. The backstop support assembly for a shelving unit includes bracket members being adapted to securely fasten with fasteners to a floor; and also includes pole members being securely fastened to the bracket members and being vertically erected upon the floor; and further includes sleeve members being adjustably fastened to the pole members; and also includes backstop support members being attached to the sleeve members for supporting a backstop member positioned behind a shelving unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventors: Dicky L. Williams, Pamela K. Williams
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Patent number: 6758449Abstract: An all purpose roller stand is provided by the present invention including a fixing standard with a pincher area so that said fixing standard can be fixed beside a working table. Said fixing standard has an angle-fixing portion thereof. A rotator pivots on said fixing standard. Said rotator can be fixed by said angle-fixing portion. Said rotator has plughole thereof. A T shape trestle has a transversal pole with a roller portion thereof and a longitudinal pole thereof. Said trestle can be mounted on said rotator by plug said longitudinal pole into said plughole.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventors: Nick Chen, Steve Donald Krohmer