Patents Issued in October 21, 2004
  • Publication number: 20040206325
    Abstract: A method for controlling an engine and a belt-driven integrated starter (B-ISG) connected to the engine. The method includes determining engine running indicators and engine stopped indicators. Based on the indicators, the method controls the engine and the B-ISG for coordinating engine stops and starts with a capability of the B-ISG to start the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Theodore Momcilovich, Michael W. Degner, Henry Heping Huang
  • Publication number: 20040206326
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an air-entrainment mechanism for carbureted engine. The mechanism includes a plunger valve controlled by a solenoid. The solenoid is powered by a battery with a switch electrically coupled thereto. The plunger valve is interconnected to the carburetor to allow additional air entrainment. The solenoid is coupled to the valve for opening and closing the valve. The switch electrically couples the solenoid to the battery to activate the solenoid for movement of the valve. The switch disclosed herein includes a temperature sensor and an engine-running sensor. The switch is then closeable when the temperature sensor detects an engine temperature within a predetermined range as long as the engine is not already running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Michael North
  • Publication number: 20040206327
    Abstract: A balancer device for engines, in which first and second balancer shafts are arranged in parallel to a crankshaft and the crankshaft rotatingly drives first and second balancer weights at the same speed as that of the crankshaft, characterized in that the first balancer weight is arranged on one end of the first balancer shaft in a direction along the crankshaft, the second balancer weight is arranged on the other end of the second balancer shaft in the direction along the crankshaft, and the first and second balancer shafts are made close to the crankshaft so that loci of rotation of the first and second balancer weights partially overlap a locus of rotation of that portion of the crankshaft, which is coupled to a conrod when viewed in the direction along the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Yoji Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20040206328
    Abstract: A threaded fastener is configured to reduce stress experienced at a female threaded portion of a hole formed in an engine block, when the threaded fastener is inserted therein, and when an axial load is applied thereto. In a particular application, a crankshaft is supported between a top supporting wall of a crankcase and a bottom supporting wall of a main cap. The inventive bolt includes a hollowed-out male threaded portion, which fits into a hole in the top supporting wall. The male threaded portion includes an elastically deformable low-rigidity portion, in which a cylindrical hole is concentrically formed. The maximum allowable stress of the top supporting wall is less than that of the bolt, due to material considerations. The low-rigidity portion is placed overlapping the female threaded portion in the axial direction, and since it is elastically deformable, it helps alleviate the stress experienced by the female threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toru Gunji, Hiroyuki Kawakubo, Hisao Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20040206329
    Abstract: A method and arrangement of supplying a supplementary fuel (8) to a compression ignition internal combustion engine wherein an air supply (3) to the engine is first caused to pass through a natural vortex creator (1), and a supply of supplementary fuel (8) to the engine is supplied into a low pressure area the natural vortex (1) which provides a substantially constant ratio of supplementary fuel to main fuel through varying load conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Uli Kruger
  • Publication number: 20040206330
    Abstract: The air-stirring blade is provided that comprises a cylindrical body whose mid portion is provided with blade of such a construction that the inner side of the blade takes the form of stirred grooves with dip angle of about 10° to 80° or typically 30° with respect to vertical axis of the body. The outer side of the blade is of the same shape with the inner side thereof and there are four tangent lines between the blade and body forming a channel of cap-shaped cross-section which is twisted along the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Heru Prasanta Wijaya
  • Publication number: 20040206331
    Abstract: An engine with a lockable valve actuator and method of controlling an engine with such an actuator are disclosed. The actuator may include an actuator cylinder with an actuator piston reciprocatingly disposed therein. The actuator piston may be moved by directing pressurized fluid into the actuator cylinder, and locked into a given position by maintaining the pressurized fluid in the actuator cylinder. The actuator may be used in conjunction with a mechanically driven actuator used to move a valve, with the fluidically driven actuator being used to maintain the valve into a desired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Scott A. Leman
  • Publication number: 20040206332
    Abstract: An engine system includes an engine, an alternator, a load, and a controller that communicates with the engine, the alternator, and the load. The controller signals the engine to drive the alternator when the engine idles. When a load increase on the engine is detected, the controller reduces an alternator load on the engine in response to the load increase. Air flow into the engine is adjusted to compensate for the load increase, and concurrently the alternator load is increased. When a load decrease is detected, the alternator load is increased, and the air flow is subsequently adjusted while decreasing the alternator load. In another embodiment, spark timing of the engine is adjusted to compensate for the load decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: David S. Mathews, Nick S. Kapsokavathis
  • Publication number: 20040206333
    Abstract: The ignition controller includes a crank angle sensor of an internal combustion engine, a cam sensor, and a control unit for controlling the ignition of each cylinder on the basis of a crank angle signal and a cam signal. Upon detecting a change in the engine speed of the internal combustion engine, the control unit has an ignition correcting unit for correcting the ignition energization start timing and the ignition timing in correspondence with that engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomokazu Makino, Shiro Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20040206334
    Abstract: The operation modes of plural intake valves 7a and 7b provided in one cylinder is independently changed according to the drive region of the internal combustion engine. In the low air amount region, the intake airflow is controlled only with intake valve 7a which operates in the low air amount region and the other intake valve 7b is operated in the medium and high air amount regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Yoshihiro Sukegawa
  • Publication number: 20040206335
    Abstract: A pressure booster of a fuel injection system includes a displaceable piston unit (30a, 31a), which on one end can be subjected to pressure via a pressure booster chamber on the low-pressure side and on the other end has a pressure booster chamber on the high-pressure side for fuel compression. The piston unit has a further piston cross section, which is reduced compared to the first piston cross section provided for imposing pressure, for embodying a differential chamber that is connectable to a leak fuel line. At least one control conduit connects the pressure booster chamber on the low-pressure side to the differential chamber, whose opening is closed or opened as a function of the motion of at least parts of the piston unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Braun, Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Publication number: 20040206336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fuel accumulator line and a fuel accumulator line comprising prestressed connection pieces. The connection pieces are mounted onto the fuel accumulator line with a prestress, by crimping, or by a temporal expansion and/or a temporal contraction of the fuel accumulator line. The connection pieces connect a line to the fuel accumulator line. The prestressing of the connection pieces allows pressure to be exerted on the fuel accumulator line, thus increasing the compressive strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Helmut Hummel, Georg Weigl
  • Publication number: 20040206337
    Abstract: To perform fuel injection under fuel pressure as high as needed in an operation range of from cranking to self-sustaining operation via full expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Tokuyasu, Toshiharu Nogi, Takashi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040206338
    Abstract: A fuel pressure relief valve is provided to minimize evaporative emissions due to fuel leakage through the fuel injectors. The fuel pressure relief valve is sealed during operation to prevent flow through the valve. When the automotive vehicle is not operating and the temperature has cooled, the valve unseals. Thereafter, temperature rises that would otherwise result in pressure buildup are prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross D. Pursifull, David R. Gimby
  • Publication number: 20040206339
    Abstract: A rotor housing (2) has flanges (8) projecting to two sides in the directions of axes of rotors and having suction flow outlets for suction pipes (33) which are integrally connected to the rotor housing (2). The rotor housing (2), a collector housing (21), and the suction pipes (33) are integrally formed of aluminum alloy casting. The lower surfaces of the flanges (8) of the rotor housing (2) are used as attaching surfaces to be attached to the upper surface of a cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Suwazono
  • Publication number: 20040206340
    Abstract: A combined flame arrester and intercooler for cooling intake gas for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The intercooler comprises an elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The elongated body has a central passageway that extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. An inlet opening is located on one end of the elongated body such that the intake gas enters the central passageway though the inlet opening. The intercooler further includes a plurality of cooling tubes forming at least a portion of the elongated body. The plurality of tubes substantially surround the central passageway. Each of the cooling tubes is spaced from an adjacent cooling tube such that an air flow path is formed there between. The intake gas is cooled by flowing past the cooling tubes. Preferably, the intake gas flows along the central passageway in the elongated body and radially outward therefrom through the air flow path between the cooling tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Bilek, Alois Wolfsgruber, Rudolf Tscherne, Jean-Charles Pouillard, Michael Sonnleitner
  • Publication number: 20040206341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supercharger system and a method for thermal modeling of a switched reluctance motor for supercharging an internal combustion engine. The supercharger system comprising: A supercharger driven by an electric motor, the motor having a rotor that rotates at an angular speed &ohgr; to draw a mass airflow volume V; a controller that controls the operation of the supercharger; a sensor for sensing a measure of the rotor angular speed &ohgr; and a sensor for sensing the mass airflow volume V. The controller is adapted to calculate using the temperature T of at least one component of the supercharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Ian David Clarkson, Sunoj Cherian George
  • Publication number: 20040206342
    Abstract: An EGR cooler comprises a cooling core having a plurality of passages for accommodating the flow of exhaust gas therethrough, an exhaust gas inlet chamber connected to the cooling core, for receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine and passing the exhaust gas to the cooling core, and an exhaust gas outlet chamber separate from the exhaust gas inlet chamber and connected to the cooling core for receiving exhaust gas from the core. The cooler further includes means for permitting the controlled passage of exhaust gas from the exhaust gas inlet chamber to the exhaust gas outlet chamber without passing through the cooling core, said means being positioned upstream from the exhaust gas outlet chamber. Configured in this manner, the EGR cooler permits the mixing of cooled exhaust gas with uncooled exhaust to provide a desired exiting gas temperature that is below an exhaust gas dew point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Michael A. Moyer, Glenn F. Thompson, Roland Dilley, Kristian Dullack, Sara Chastain, Freidoon Rastegar
  • Publication number: 20040206343
    Abstract: An automotive internal combustion engine comprises an engine main body including a cylinder head having intake ports, and a cylinder head cover. Fuel injector valves are disposed to be directed respectively to the intake ports. An intake manifold is installed to a side surface of the cylinder head and outward curved to define a space between the intake manifold and the cylinder head. A blow-by gas recirculation system is provided for feeding blow-by gas introduced out of the cylinder head cover to each cylinder of the engine main body through an intake system. The blow-by gas recirculation system includes a blow-by gas piping which extends from the cylinder head cover to the intake ports for the cylinders. The blow-by gas piping is accommodated within the space defined between the intake manifold and the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT s.a.s. societe par actions simplifiee
    Inventors: Hajime Oota, Tarou Ueno, Shigekazu Fuji
  • Publication number: 20040206344
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a primary current in an ignition coil of an internal combustion engine with controlled ignition, the current is established in an inductive primary circuit over a given duration, referred to as the conduction time and determined by calculation and/or as a function of measurements carried out in the primary circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE
    Inventor: Yves Geoffroy
  • Publication number: 20040206345
    Abstract: Abrading and cutting devices such as saws include waste containment systems and methods to improve removal of slurry or other contaminants from a work area during operations, and separation of slurry from a carrying medium such as air. A blade guard includes fluid channels, and may be removable from a blade guard carriage. The carriage may be used to minimize any need to readjust the blade guard position when the blade guard is returned to the carriage for further use. A vacuum bar may be included on the carriage. A vacuum pickup assembly may be used with a blade guard, and the vacuum assembly may include separate and/or different vacuum pickup configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony Baratta
  • Publication number: 20040206346
    Abstract: A disposable self-heating assembly for use for heating the contents of a container, including a container pre-filled with liquid, a heating unit support element, and a disposable heating unit. The disposable heating unit includes a first region containing a first combination of at least two solid substances which undergo an exothermic chemical reaction which is non-spontaneous at room temperature requiring relatively high activation energy. Adjacent to the first region is an ignition region containing a second combination of at least two solid substances which undergo an exothermic chemical reaction which is non-spontaneous at room temperature requiring relatively low activation energy. A primer is configured for ignition in close proximity to the second combination of solid substances in the ignition region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Mordehay Tenenboum, Reuven Tai
  • Publication number: 20040206347
    Abstract: A grease, smoke, and odor extraction system includes an outer housing including a lower entrance passage and an upper exit duct for drawing the exhaust airstream upwardly through a scrubbing chamber, the lower entrance passage is fitted with a pipe which discharges ozone gas into the exhaust air and, alternatively, a water supply manifold which directs the water into the ozonated exhaust stream at the chamber area in such as way as to create a vortex of water droplets in the ozonated exhaust stream to encourage the extraction of grease, fumes, and other contaminants from the stream. Several alternate embodiments as described including a housing, an ozone generator, an ozone injector into the housing in combination with a baffle member and alternatively water and filter members for use with kitchen exhaust systems as well as water treatment systems and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Arlen W. Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20040206348
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a flexible, collapsible range hood extension which can easily be installed and removed, as needed, from an existing hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Roger Bourassa, Gilles Boulanger
  • Publication number: 20040206349
    Abstract: An air passageway obstruction device includes a frame structure and a flexible membrane overlying the frame structure. The frame structure is collapsible upon advancement of the device into the air passageway, expandable into a rigid structure upon deploying in the air passageway and re-collapsible upon removal from the air passageway. The flexible membrane obstructs inhaled air flow into a lung portion communicating with the air passageway. The device may be removed after deployment in an air passageway by re-collapsing the device and pulling the device proximally through a catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Clifton A. Alferness, Hugo X. Gonzalez, David H. Dillard
  • Publication number: 20040206350
    Abstract: An aerosolization apparatus comprises a body defining a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet. The chamber is sized to receive a receptacle containing a pharmaceutical formulation in a manner which allows the receptacle to move within the chamber. The chamber comprises a longitudinal axis, and the chamber has a cross-section orthogonal to its longitudinal axis that is non-circular. When a user inhales, air enters into the chamber through the inlet to cause the receptacle to move within the chamber so that the pharmaceutical formulation exits through an opening in the receptacle and is aerosolized for delivery to the user through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: William W. Alston, Jeff Wood, John D. Burr, Mark Glusker
  • Publication number: 20040206351
    Abstract: A portable, handheld medicine delivery device capable producing atomized agents that are adapted to be inhaled through a nebulizer by a patient suffering from a respiratory condition. In addition, the present invention provides a means wherein the dose of the inhaled agent can be remotely monitored and, if required altered, by a physician or doctor. Finally, the present invention embodies an apparatus and method for reducing a high-pressure delivery gas into a lower pressure gas suitable for atomizing a medicinal agent and for inhalation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Joseph L. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20040206352
    Abstract: A noninvasive system for monitoring the oxygen saturation level of a person subjected to reduced atmospheric pressure for avoiding hypoxemia. The system monitors a person's oxygen saturation level, comparing the saturation level to a predetermined level. When the measured saturation level is less than the predetermined level, the person is then supplied with an oxygen mixture for increasing the subject's oxygen saturation level to a safe level. The person's exposed reduced atmospheric pressure is also compared with a predetermined range of pressure levels. If this predetermined range of pressure levels is exceeded or maintained for a predetermined time duration, the person is then supplied with an oxygen mixture. Additionally, a device is provided for performing oxygen flight planning calculations for estimating oxygen usage for a predetermined flight plan that is based on the above system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: John D. Conroy
  • Publication number: 20040206353
    Abstract: A noninvasive system for monitoring the oxygen saturation level of a person subjected to reduced atmospheric pressure for avoiding hypoxemia. The system monitors a person's oxygen saturation level, comparing the saturation level to a predetermined level. When the measured saturation level is less than the predetermined level, the person is then supplied with an oxygen mixture for increasing the subject's oxygen saturation level to a safe level. The person's exposed reduced atmospheric pressure is also compared with a predetermined range of pressure levels. If this predetermined range of pressure levels is exceeded or maintained for a predetermined time duration, the person is then supplied with an oxygen mixture. Additionally, a device is provided for performing oxygen flight planning calculations for estimating oxygen usage for a predetermined flight plan that is based on the above system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: John D. Conroy
  • Publication number: 20040206354
    Abstract: A method to maintain isocapnia for a subject. A fresh gas is provided to the subject when the subject breathes at a rate less than or equal to the fresh gas flowing to the subject. The fresh gas flow equal to a baseline minute ventilation minus a dead space gas ventilation of the subject contains a physiological insignificant amount of CO2. An additional reserve gas is provided to the subject when the subject breathes at a rate more than the fresh gas flowing to the subject. The reserve gas has a partial pressure of carbon dioxide equal to an arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide of the subject. A breathing circuit is applied to the method to maintain isocapnia for a subject. The breathing circuit has an exit port, a non-rebreathing valve, a source of fresh gas, a fresh gas reservoir and a reserve gas supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph Fisher, Alex Vesely, Hiroshi Sasano, Steve Iscoe, Ronald Somogyi
  • Publication number: 20040206355
    Abstract: The invention is a ventilator whose servo-controller adjusts the degree of support by adjusting the profile of the pressure waveform as well as the pressure modulation amplitude. As the servo-controller increases the degree of support by increasing the pressure modulation amplitude, it also generates a progressively more square, and therefore efficient, pressure waveform; when the servo-controller decreases the degree of support by decreasing the pressure modulation amplitude, it also generates a progressively more smooth and therefore comfortable pressure waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Berthon-Jones, Peter Bateman, Gordon Malouf
  • Publication number: 20040206356
    Abstract: A breathing bag including a connector portion and a distensible portion manufactured by a process including the steps of providing moldable material, forming a portion of the moldable material into the connector portion of the breathing bag and forming another portion of the moldable material into the distensible portion of the breathing bag. The moldable material may be provided by extruding a parison of thermoplastic material; the connector portion of the breathing bag may be formed by compression molding and the distensible portion of the breathing bag may be formed by blow molding or blow and vacuum molding; such distensible and connector portions are formed or molded integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Kennedy, Jack H. Britten, Mark E. Woelfel
  • Publication number: 20040206357
    Abstract: A valve device, particularly for a breathing regulator (100) for divers, comprising an inlet chamber (111) which can be connected to a source of gas under super-atmospheric pressure, and an outlet chamber (112) which is under a regulated pressure. A seating (115)—which is movable under the influence of the super-atmospheric pressure and the regulated pressure, seals between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber and has a through-passing passageway (115a) that interconnects said chambers. Also included is a valve body (114) which is movably arranged in the seating such as to open and close the through-passing passageway in said seating. A servo element (116, 117, 118) exerts on the valve body a force that depends on the position of the movable seating, so that varying force-influence on the valve body from the super-atmospheric pressure will be compensated for by a corresponding varying force from the servo element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Anders Kellstrom
  • Publication number: 20040206358
    Abstract: The invention provides intrafallopian devices and non-surgical methods for their placement to prevent conception. The efficacy of the device is enhanced by forming the structure at least in part from copper or a copper alloy. The device is anchored within the fallopian tube by imposing a secondary shape on a resilient structure, the secondary shape having a larger cross-section than the fallopian tube. The resilient structure is restrained in a straight configuration and transcervically inserted within the fallopian tube, where it is released. The resilient structure is then restrained by the walls of the fallopian tube, imposing anchoring forces as it tries to resume the secondary shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: CONCEPTUS, INC., a California corporation
    Inventors: Julian Nikolchev, Dai Ton, Amy Thurmond
  • Publication number: 20040206359
    Abstract: A condom is provided with magnetic material disposed in a flexible polymeric material condom at the open end of the condom. The magnetic material may be a magnetized ferrometallic split ring in the open end rib or magnetized ferrometallic particulates embedded in the polymeric material adjacent the condom open end. A permanent or rare earth magnet is fixedly disposed in the condom package to provide magnetizing force to the ferrometallic material in of the rolled condom. Alternatively, a permanent or rare earth magnet in a split ring construction may be embedded in the rib formed at the condom open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: George Shapiro, Anthony Nigro
  • Publication number: 20040206360
    Abstract: A condom is provided with magnetic material disposed in a flexible polymeric material condom at the open end of the condom. The magnetic material may be a magnetized ferrometallic split ring in the open end rib or magnetized ferrometallic particulates embedded in the polymeric material adjacent the condom open end. A permanent or rare earth magnet is fixedly disposed in the condom package to provide magnetizing force to the ferrometallic material in of the rolled condom. Alternatively, a permanent or rare earth magnet in a split ring construction may be embedded in the rib formed at the condom open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: George Shapiro, Anthony Nigro
  • Publication number: 20040206361
    Abstract: A condom is provided with magnetic material disposed in a flexible polymeric material condom at the open end of the condom. The magnetic material may be a magnetized ferrometallic split ring in the open end rib or magnetized ferrometallic particulates embedded in the polymeric material adjacent the condom open end. A permanent or rare earth magnet is fixedly disposed in the condom package to provide magnetizing force to the ferrometallic material in of the rolled condom. Alternatively, a permanent or rare earth magnet in a split ring construction may be embedded in the rib formed at the condom open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: George Shapiro, Anthony Nigro
  • Publication number: 20040206362
    Abstract: Disclosed are a medical member having a tube mainly containing syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene having a crystallinity of 5% or more and a connecting member such as a connector connected thereto, the connecting member mainly containing syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene having a crystallinity of 5% or more, and a medical instrument such as an infusion set having the medical member as a constituent element. The medical member is excellent in flexibility and hardness, has no leak at a joint, and is also excellent in steam sterilization resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Furuichi, Kouji Okada, Teruo Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20040206363
    Abstract: A method of protecting an upper body and a lower body of a patient from high venous pressures comprising implanting a first stented valve at the superior vena cava and a second stented valve at the inferior vena cava, wherein the first and second valves are configured to permit blood flow towards a right atrium of the patient and prevent blood flow in an opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Patrick M. McCarthy, Rodolfo C. Quijano
  • Publication number: 20040206364
    Abstract: A method for treating a lesion of an animal, the animal having at least one vessel that carries blood to the lesion, comprising locating the vessel, administering a composition comprising a photodynamic agent, applying energy to the vessel to photocoagulate the vessel and thereby reduce the rate at which the treatment composition exits said lesion and applying energy to said lesion, of a type and an amount sufficient to excite the photodynamic agent, causing the lesion to undergo photodynamic therapy. Preferably, a dye that is both a fluorescent dye and a radiation absorbing dye, such as indocyanine green dye, is added to the treatment composition to allow (a) confirmation of the presence of the treatment composition in the lesion to be detected by fluorescent angiography and (b) the rate of blow flow to be reduced in the blood vessel feeding the lesion using dye enhanced photocoagulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Flower
  • Publication number: 20040206365
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for treating a target tissue site comprising delivering energy to the tissue site using an energy delivery device; delivering a vectored mechanical force to the tissue site; producing a thermal adhesion or lesion at the tissue site; and remodeling at least a portion of tissue at the tissue site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Edward Wells Knowlton
  • Publication number: 20040206366
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for treating tobacco products to remove toxins emitted during smoking of tobacco which comprises the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Athanasios Nikolaou
  • Publication number: 20040206367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for conditioning comminuted tobacco material by heating and moistening with water vapor, wherein the comminuted tobacco material free-falls down through a chamber operating in a continuous process and is treated during free-fall with water vapor via nozzles; a hyperbaric pressure is maintained in said chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Germany)
    Inventors: Uwe Werner Ehling, Frank Pluckhahn, Gerald Schmekel, Arno Weiss
  • Publication number: 20040206368
    Abstract: The invention provides new methods to treat hair to achieve a permanent wave, curl, or straightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: John C. Warner, Amy S. Cannon, Jennifer Raudys, Arundhati Undurti
  • Publication number: 20040206369
    Abstract: A device for capturing and containing hair setting solution running off of hair rollers having an elongated hollow cylindrical body with a plug at an end thereof, an upwardly curved flat portion to fit the underside of a hair roller, a left and right upwardly curved side to fit around the left and right ends of a hair roller, and a depression located centrally along the device for channeling runoff solution into the elongated hollow cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Richard J. Bond
  • Publication number: 20040206370
    Abstract: A cosmetics case including a receptacle disposed on an upper level thereof for the cosmetics and a receiving drawer for a cosmetic set disposed in a lower level thereof, whereby when the user pushes a locking holder on an exterior, front wall thereof, a cover for the cosmetic set is opened and simultaneously with the receiving drawer for easily and conveniently accommodating the contents of the cosmetic case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Young-Kwang Byun
  • Publication number: 20040206371
    Abstract: Semiconductor wafers are cleaned using megasonic energy to agitate cleaning fluid applied to the wafer. A source of energy vibrates an elongated probe which transmits the acoustic energy into the fluid. The probe has a solid cleaning rod and a flared or stepped rear base. In one form, the probe is made of one piece, and in another, the rod fits into a socket in the base. This enables a rod to be made of material which is compatible with the cleaning solution, while the base may be of a different material. A heat transfer member acoustically coupled to the probe base and to a transducer conducts heat away from the transducer. A housing for the heat transfer member and the transducer supports those components and provides means for conducting coolant through the housing to control the temperature of the transducer. In another arrangement, an end of the housing is coupled between the transducer and the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Mario E. Bran
  • Publication number: 20040206372
    Abstract: A cleaning implement comprising a handle and a removable cleaning pad. The removable cleaning pad is capable of absorbing at least 10 g deionized water per g of cleaning pad in 20 minutes, under a confining pressure of 0.09 psi. These implements provide the convenience of disposable cleaning implements and the cleaning ability of conventional mops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Allen Holt, Alan Edward Sherry, Vernon Sanford Ping
  • Publication number: 20040206373
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide a substrate spin rinse dry cell that may be used in a semiconductor processing system. The cell generally includes a cell body defining an interior processing volume, and a rotatable substrate support member positioned in the processing volume. The rotatable substrate support member includes a rotatable hub assembly having a plurality of upstanding substrate engaging members extending therefrom, and a central member positioned radially inward of the plurality of upstanding substrate engaging members, the central member having a plurality of backside fluid dispensing nozzles and at least one backside gas dispensing nozzle positioned thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Donoso, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Lily L. Pang, Svetlana Sherman
  • Publication number: 20040206374
    Abstract: A system of cleaning a CMP pad used for removing copper from a substrate, the system comprising an abrasive cleaning pad, a cleaning solution delivery system that delivers a cleaning solution, an analyzing system that monitors the characteristics of the cleaning solution optically and chemically, and a carriage that allows the analyzing system to monitor the cleaning solution at a plurality of locations on the CMP pad. The use of the abrasive cleaning pad and the cleaning solution removes contaminants from the CMP pad, and the contaminants are dissolved in the cleaning solution. By measuring the concentration of contaminants in the cleaning solution, the condition of the CMP pad can be monitored. To measure the concentration of the contaminants, changes in the refractive index and absorption of light in the cleaning solution are measured, wherein the refractive index and absorption depend on the concentration of the contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Dinesh Chopra, Scott Meikle