Patents Issued in November 2, 2004
  • Patent number: 6810531
    Abstract: The drum glove of the present invention is designed to allow the wearer to hold and properly align a drumstick in the hand. The glove has a sheath including a back covering and a palm covering for encasing the dorsal and ventral aspects of the hand, four tubular finger sleeves that are open-ended and permit the middle and distal phalanges to extend from the glove, a tubular thumb sleeve that is open-ended and permits the distal phalanx of the thumb to extend from the glove, and between one and three elastic bands extending across the palm covering. The elastic bands are designed to replicate and enhance the natural sticking motions of the drummer. The elastic bands allow the drummer to hold the drumsticks without unintentionally dropping them. The exposed portions of the fingers and thumbs allow the drummer to retain tactile contact with the sticks while playing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: James A. Lento
  • Patent number: 6810532
    Abstract: A safety helmet includes a hat having an arcuate, elongated recessed area defined in an inner face of the hat and a through hole defined through a periphery of the hat. A lining is detachably connected to the inner face of the hat so as to define an air duct inside the safety helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony Wang Lee
  • Patent number: 6810533
    Abstract: A visor construction with inverted display material for enabling the visor to be worn of a head of a wearer in an upside down orientation while providing an upright disposition of display material. The visor has a header panel with a first, outwardly facing surface and a second surface for being disposed adjacent to the head of the wearer. An arcuate bill is fixed to the header projecting transversely from the first, outwardly facing surface of the header panel. A strap, resiliently deflectable legs, or any other appropriate arrangements can be employed to retain the header panel and the arcuate bill relative to the wearer's head. Display material is oriented oppositely to the visor construction thereby enabling the visor construction to be worn upside down while retaining the display material in an upright orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventors: David C. Nahabedian, Mark Avedikian, K. Vasken Babigian
  • Patent number: 6810534
    Abstract: A protective clothing patch for cushioning high impact body parts of a person wearing clothing. The protective clothing patch having a lightweight flexible cushion member and a parabolic shaped outer sheath. This outer sheath gives the patch its unique appearance as a modified football shape. The sheath covers high impact cushioning, in a parabolic form, which aids in its ability to conform the natural contour of the high impact body part such as the elbow, shin, shoulder, knee or buttocks. The protective clothing patch is permanently adhered by the user to clothing in the area desired to be protected from high impact. When the person comes into contact with the floor or ground the cushion member will better comfort the knees, elbows or buttocks. The protective clothing patch is durable, flexible and lightweight and it protects the garment from usual wear and tear and thereby extends the lifespan of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventors: William Noon Durkin, Diane M. Ferrara
  • Patent number: 6810535
    Abstract: A helmet restraint device for operationally securing a helmet worn by a driver, pilot, or occupant of a high-performance vehicle (such as a racecar, aircraft, or boat) to the vehicle's seat belt assembly. The helmet restraint device reduces potentially injurious forces to the occupant's head and neck during high-deceleration of the vehicle, particularly a frontal collision. The helmet restraint device includes a high strength, lightweight rod disposed behind and below the occupant's neck, just beneath the shoulder harness, and a strap that attaches between the occupant's helmet and the rod. The strap is connected to the helmet via attachments in the helmet and a cable assembly so as to allow the occupant's head to move freely from side to side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Speed Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: John Moloney
  • Patent number: 6810536
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include goggle frames and associated goggle lenses. Each goggle lens has an outer composing layer and an inner composing layer which is unified with the associated goggle frame. The inner composing layer is welded together to an inside face of the outer composing layer. The goggle frame is welded together to a peripheral side face of the outer composing layer. In this way, the goggle frame and the associated goggle lens are unified together. The swimming goggles are free from water penetration between the goggle frames and the goggle lenses, and allow a high productivity and a low incidence of defected products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamenobu Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Ishiba, Kazuko Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 6810537
    Abstract: The swimming pool floor or spa floor drain assembly of the present invention includes a drain body having a mouth positionable in proximity to the pool wall to serve as a fluid flow inlet, a spaced apart fluid flow outlet positionable below the mouth and a sidewall interconnecting the mouth with the outlet to define a fluid flow chamber. The cross sectional area of the fluid flow chamber decreases from the mouth to the base. A fluid deflecting plug includes a comparatively large area top and a comparatively small area base. A sidewall interconnects the top and base to form the plug with a cross sectional area decreasing form the top to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Paramount Leisure Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Barnes, John M. Goettl
  • Patent number: 6810538
    Abstract: A coupling device for a sanitary fitting is disclosed. The present invention relates to a coupling device, and in particular, a coupling device for mounting sanitary fittings such as showering fittings disposed onto the walls of the bathroom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Globe Union Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Scott Ouyoung
  • Patent number: 6810539
    Abstract: A faucet with pull-out dispenser comprising a tubular body that is adapted to accommodate a flexible element to which the dispenser is fixed at one end, the tubular body comprising snap-acting elements that are adapted to retain detachably, by elastic deformation, the dispenser in the position in which the flexible element is fully retracted into the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 6810540
    Abstract: A bed base is disclosed that that has an integrated locking and release crossbar mechanism to enable adjustment of the width of the bed base to correspond to the width of the bed mattress and/or box spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Lawrence M. Harrow
  • Patent number: 6810541
    Abstract: A peanut-shaped cushion is to be used to enhance the comfort of a person kneeling in prayer. The pillow is constructed from a single piece of thick foam material. The opposite ends of the foam are rounded. The mid-section is narrowed so that the foam piece resembles a peanut. The foam is wrapped with a polyester fiber cover and further disposed in a decorative casing, which casing is zippered for easy removal. The casing has a small pocket on one of its planar sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Rosalind G. Woods
  • Patent number: 6810542
    Abstract: A lymphatic pump apparatus for use under the thoracic cage of a human patient in a supine position. The apparatus comprises a mat which supports a pair of longitudinal lifting members positioned to be parallel to and on opposite sides of the spine under the angle of the ribs. The apparatus provides intermittent rib cage excursion, or anterior displacement of the ribs, to assist and increase lymphatic flow. Enhancement of lymphatic flow is beneficial in numerous disease states characterized by capillary leak and abnormal excursion of fluids and proteins into the interstitial spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Charles H. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 6810543
    Abstract: A pillow (or several pillows depending upon need/size configuration) having unique shapes for placing between an individual's back, head, backside, legs, arms (or any combination thereof) and the floor, ground, bed, table or other surface to provide anatomical support as opposed to simply providing cushioning between the body on the underlying surface. When the individual is lying on his or her back, the pillow provides for proper alignment of the body to relieve pressure on joints, nerves, muscles and skin. Its unique posturing permits the body to relax and rest more comfortably and also potentially increase blood flow and nerve transmission throughout the body or through specific areas of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Apollo Fuhriman
  • Patent number: 6810544
    Abstract: A transportable leg support includes a first leg support, a second leg support and a connection strap. The first leg support includes a first upper member pivotally connected to a first lower member. The second leg support includes a second upper member pivotally connected to a second lower member. One end of the connection strap is attached to one end of the first upper member and the other end of the connection strap is attached to one end of the second upper member. The length of the connection strap is preferably adjustable to accommodate individuals having different width posteriors. A first foot support is attached to an end of the first lower member and the second foot support is attached to an end of the second lower member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Trintus T. Smith
  • Patent number: 6810545
    Abstract: A pillow that has a body including a medial region and two cantilever arms is disclosed. Each of the cantilever arms extends from the medial region and includes a free end. The cantilever arms and the medial region are spaced apart to define an interior region. The interior region and the pillow body are substantially U-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra M. Darling, Denise A. Rowell
  • Patent number: 6810546
    Abstract: Internal combustion engine apparatus, comprising a cylinder having a bore, a cylinder head, and a piston reciprocable in a bore toward and away from the head, two and only two air intake ports in the head, and two valves movable to control the ports, one and only one exhaust port in the head, and a third valve movable to control the exhaust port, and first and second fuel injection ports in the head, the first located generally between one air injector port and exhaust port, and the second located generally between the other air injector port and exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Alvin J. Smith
  • Patent number: 6810547
    Abstract: A vehicle waxing/buffing appliance capable of having a removable/repositionable secondary handle. The appliance includes at least one adaptor to receive and hold the handle installed in the outer plastic molded housing. The user may install or reposition the handle as desired to help in both the efficiency of the operation and the comfort of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Shinn Fu Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Hung
  • Patent number: 6810548
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus of the present invention includes a roll brush for scrubbing the surface of the substrate, and an ultrasonic nozzle for blowing an aqueous cleaning solution against the surface of the substrate and generating an ultrasonic wave, wherein the roll brush and the ultrasonic nozzle are provided so as to oppose one another so that the substrate can be set in between. With the synergetic effects of brush scrubbing cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning and shower-cleaning, the precision cleaning of the upper surface of the substrate can be performed at a sufficient level of cleanliness. Moreover, in a state where the substrate to be cleaned is set, the roll brush can be cleaned automatically by the ultrasonic nozzle, and it is therefore possible to maintain the roll brush at high level of cleanliness without requiring maintenance operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroto Yoshioka, Takeshi Hara, Kazuki Kobayashi, Hitoshi Ono, Takashi Kimura
  • Patent number: 6810549
    Abstract: A drainage mop has a handle unit and a drainage unit. A rotary unit is disposed between the handle unit and the drainage unit so that the handle unit can be bent with respect to the drainage unit. In bending state, the rotary unit drives a driven unit so that the water absorbing unit of the drainage unit is squeeze radially to drain water out. Thus, in draining or cleaning, the operations of the water absorbing unit can be executed easily and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Ching-Tien Pi
  • Patent number: 6810550
    Abstract: The toothbrush consists of a brush head with bunches of bristles (2, 3, 4) arranged in a longitudinal bristle bed (1) and a handle (6), which is connected to the bristle bed (1) by a connecting part (5). The length of the bunches of bristles (3, 4) varies in the longitudinal direction of the bristle bed (1) in a wave shape. The first bunches of bristles (2) are situated at the two outer sides of the bristle bed (1), have split bristle ends and are of essentially the same length. The second bunches of bristles (3, 4), whose length varies in the longitudinal direction of the bristle bed (1), are situated between the two outer sides of the bristle bed (1). The inventive toothbrush has an improved cleaning action, especially for interdental spaces but also for the gingival line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Peter Wuelknitz, Ruediger Vetter, Yvette Kosmetatou
  • Patent number: 6810551
    Abstract: A brush comprises a bristle carrier of at least two substantially parallel layers of different plastics produced in a two-component injection molding process and bristles fastened to at least one of the layers. The brush is characterized in that at least the bristle carrier layer remote from the bristles has openings, which are circumferentially closed and filled with the plastic of the other layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Coronet-Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Weihrauch
  • Patent number: 6810552
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for an optical connector includes a cylindrical cleaner and a holding member for holding a proximal portion of the cleaner. The cleaner has a main body with a ferrule insertion hole extending from a ferrule insertion port at its distal end face toward the proximal end of the cleaner. The ferrule insertion hole has an inner diameter substantially the same as an outer diameter of a ferrule. The ferrule insertion hole is surrounded by a rough surface so as to clean an outer surface of the ferrule which is to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Taisei Miyake, Ai Fukuhara, Hitoshi Goto, Kazuya Sawa, Kiyoshi Nara
  • Patent number: 6810553
    Abstract: A disposable brush which is formed of a non-woven fabric or of a pulp of molding. The disposable brush includes a base and a number of projections formed on a first side of the base by allowing portions of the base to project therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Otsuji, Masayuki Okawa, Yasuki Tsutsumi, Kaoru Hamada, Jun Yamamoto, Keiichiro Sugai, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Kenichi Otani, Hidesato Kizaki
  • Patent number: 6810554
    Abstract: A refill is designed for use with a mop of the type having a mop head with a lower surface and an opposed upper surface interconnected by a leading and a trailing edge. The mop head has a gripper device on its upper surface for retaining a cleaning sheet on the mop head. The refill includes a base layer with a front edge and an opposed rear edge, and a midportion between the front and rear edges. The base layer is designed to be wrapped about the mop head with the midportion adjacent to the lower surface of the mop head and the front and rear edges wrapping onto the upper surface of the mop head so as to be retained by the gripper. Multiple cleaning sheets are each removably supported on the midportion of the base layer in a stacked configuration. Each of the sheets has an outward face for cleaning and an opposed inward face. The outward face of each of the sheets is designed to contact a surface to be cleaned and to thereby become soiled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Rapid Brands Corporation
    Inventor: William D. McKay
  • Patent number: 6810555
    Abstract: A wiper arm (10), in particular for a motor vehicle wiper system is proposed, having a pivot part (12) made of plastic, which has two ends and on a first end (16) can be connected to a wiper blade and also, on its second end (18) remote from the first end, is connected rotatably to a fastening part (14); the fastening part (14) is made of sheet metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Ritt
  • Patent number: 6810556
    Abstract: The invention relates to wiper blades of various dimensions for windows of motor vehicles, with band-like, elongated, spring-elastic support elements (14), each for a respective wiper strip (22), which is associated with each wiper blade (10), can be placed against the window (12), and is disposed on the lower band surface (21) oriented toward the window, where in a longitudinal midsection of each support element, the upper band surface (15) oriented away from the window supports a wiper blade half (16) of a connecting device (18). In order to supply wiper blades of different dimensions with a single type of such a connecting device half and to thereby reduce the costs for the wiper blades, the widths (36) of the support elements in this longitudinal midsection are the same size independent of the other dimensions of these support elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Kotlarski
  • Patent number: 6810557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cyclonic dirt separator comprising a dirt-collection assembly including a dirt tank having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture, a cyclonic separator, at least one filter element, and a suction source fluidly connected with the dirt collection assembly. In one embodiment, the cyclonic dirt separator includes a separator plate cooperating with the housing to form a toroidal region of the dirt tank for aiding in the separation of dirt from a suction airstream developed by the suction source. The separator plate has an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the dirt tank, creating a gap between the outer edge of the separator plate and the inner wall of the dirt tank. A further embodiment includes fins projecting from a sidewall of the dirt tank, and fingers projecting from a bottom wall of the dirt tank, to reduce re-entrainment of dirt particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Bissell Homecare, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel N. Hansen, David E. McDowell, Lindsay Michelle Swartz
  • Patent number: 6810558
    Abstract: In a cyclone dust collecting apparatus for use in a vacuum cleaner, mounted in a dust collecting chamber intercommunicating with a motor driving chamber of a cleaner body, for separating contaminants from an air that is drawn in through a suction brush by a centrifugal force, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus includes: a contaminant receptacle having a contaminant chamber and an air discharge chamber, the contaminant chamber and the air discharge chamber respectively having open upper sides and partitioned from each other; a cyclone unit connected to an upper portion of the contaminant receptacle in a manner of covering the contaminant chamber and the air discharge chamber, the cyclone unit having a hole corresponding to, respectively, an incoming air port through which foreign substance laden air flows in, a centrifuging chamber for separating the foreign substances from the air by a centrifugal effect, a contaminant discharge port through which the separated foreign substances are discharged, an outgoin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Gwangji Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-hee Lee
  • Patent number: 6810559
    Abstract: An agitator assembly for a vacuum cleaner comprises a dowel assembly with recesses at its opposite ends defined by outwardly inclined walls. Each recess has inwardly facing radial vanes, and a shaft end for holding the inner ring of a bearing assembly. End caps extend over the ends of the dowel, and each has a collar for holding the outer ring of the bearing assembly and an outer longitudinal wall for providing a dust shield. The rotating vanes create an air barrier to preclude dust from moving towards each bearing assembly, and the inclined walls of each recess direct dust tossed outwardly by centrifugal force out of the agitator assembly. The end caps and the walls defining each recess further define a labyrinth seal to keep dust from traveling to each bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Superior Brush Company
    Inventors: Richard H. Mertes, Joseph P. Frantz
  • Patent number: 6810560
    Abstract: A castor includes a castor-supporting member, a brake unit, a direction gear, a castor unit, and a threaded rod unit and an orienting system. The brake unit is combined with the castor support member by means of the threaded rod unit, involving an upper brake button placed on a lower brake unit. When the upper brake unit is pressed down, a brake plate of the brake unit is pressed down on the surface of the castor body to stop it. When the upper brake button is further pressed down a little, the brake plate is released to move up, with the brake taken off the castor body. And a disc gear formed in the front portion of the brake plate and engaging the direction gear becomes disengaged from the direction gear. When the brake plate is pressed down to stop the castor body, the disc gear is moved up to engage the direction gear, keeping the castor body immovable in its direction. The orienting system consists of position plate, a pedal and a release plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Hai-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 6810561
    Abstract: A wheel of a rack consists of a wheel support, a sleeve inserted into a tube of a rack, a supporting member joined to both the sleeve and a top of the wheel support, and a screw projecting from the supporting member and screwed into the sleeve; a step-shaped portion being formed on top of the supporting member to fit with a cavity on the sleeve bottom; a resilient C-shaped ring being fitted around an annular groove of the sleeve to contact an inner side of the tube; the groove being shaped so that a sideways facing portion thereof tapers off towards a lower end; thus, the ring will move to the bigger upper section of the sideways facing annular portion to be pressed against the inner side of the tube with bigger pressure when a downward force is applied on the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Taiwan Ultra Power Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Che Liu
  • Patent number: 6810562
    Abstract: A spacing member (15) on a hinge arm (1) bears against guide surfaces (22, 231)and locates a hinge pin (16) generally beneath a hinge pin hole in a recess (2) to be mounted on a door to be hingedly mounted on a cabinet which has a frame mounting the hinge arm. Lowering of the recess when so generally located cause a chamfer (161) on the end of the hinge pin (16) to accurately align the hinge pin with the hinge pin hole as the hinge pin (16) enters the hinge pin hole to move the spacing member (15) out of engagement with the guide surfaces (22, 231).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: APW Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: David Horne, John David Schnabel
  • Patent number: 6810563
    Abstract: A mounting plate for a furniture hinge includes a hinge plate pivotably connected to a hinge component, such as a hinge cup, on a pivot axis. At least one front support members depends from the front edge of the hinge plate and is spaced a predetermined radial distance from the pivot axis. The front support member depends a distance from the hinge plate that is less than, and preferably not greater than three-fourths, the predetermined radial distance between the front support member and the pivot axis. The mounting plate also includes at least one opposing rear support member depending from the rear edge of the hinge plate a distance that is at least as great as, and preferably, at least one and three-fourths times, the distance by which the front support member depends from the hinge plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Grass America Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Manfred Peer
  • Patent number: 6810564
    Abstract: A buckle (10) for a band or the like is disclosed as including a first link (12), a second link (20) and a third link (28), in which an end of the first link (12) is engaged with an end of the second link (20) for relative swiveling movement, and the first link (12) includes a lock plate (32) releasably engageable with a recess (29) of the third link (28) for locking the first link (12), the second link (20) and the third link (28) against relative movement. A watch band secured with such a buckle (10) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Chung Nam Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Siu Ming Raymond Chan
  • Patent number: 6810565
    Abstract: During the construction of the nozzle beam according to DE-A-195 01 738, the insertion slit for the nozzle strip (14) is sealed on the front side of the nozzle beam by means of a screwed cover (16,17). It is easier to exchange a nozzle strip (14) if a special closing unit (26) having an opening (3) for the nozzle strip is provided on the front side, and said opening (30) is closed in a liquid-tight manner by a simply fixed insertion mandrel (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Fleissner GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
    Inventor: Gerold Fleissner
  • Patent number: 6810566
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surface acoustic wave element includes the steps of providing a piezoelectric body having an interdigital transducer, where the interdigital transducer is made of a metal having a higher density than the piezoelectric body, and performing ion bombardment of the interdigital transducer and the piezoelectric body simultaneously so as to reduce the thickness of the interdigital transducer and the piezoelectric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Eiichi Takata, Yasuji Yamamoto, Toshimaro Yoneda, Michio Kadota
  • Patent number: 6810567
    Abstract: The invention relates to the partial or complete use of a pressurized gas cylinder known per se for compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases as a liner for a composite cylinder. This enables production costs of a composite cylinder to be reduced by ⅓ when compared to the costs arising from the production of a new composite cylinder using current manufacturing technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Messer Griesheim GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Markhoff, Martin Kesten
  • Patent number: 6810568
    Abstract: A protector system for a soft flexible refrigeration line as it exits an exterior wall of a building. The system comprises an elongated inflexible tube, made of such as PVC or the like, which extends through an opening in the wall of the building, with a portion of tube extending into the gap between the interior and the exterior wall and a portion of the tubing extending outside of the wall. The refrigeration line would run through the tube, and extend from the outer most end of the tubing projecting out from the wall. There would further be provided a cut or etched line along the exterior portion of the tube, so that should the soft flexible refrigerant line which extends from the outer end of the tube be crimped at that point, the part of the exterior tube extending from the cut or etched line could be then snapped or cut off, which would expose a portion of the flexible refrigerant line that is not crimped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Marvin LaCoste
  • Patent number: 6810569
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a workpiece, such as an automotive fuel tank, that includes a connection between a male connector and a female connector, one of which includes a tab that is only removable following the connection. The tab includes a computer-readable code that is read by the computer. During manufacturing, the workpiece is loaded into a workstation, the connection is made, and the tab is removed. The tab is presented to a computer to verify the connection. In the event that a command is received to release the workpiece and the computer has not verified the connection, the computer issues an alert. In a workstation that comprises a computer-controlled release mechanism, a preferred alert comprises a refusal to release the workpiece prior to verification of the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Engle, Harold E. Cunningham, Larry D. Land, James F. Potter
  • Patent number: 6810570
    Abstract: A duct assembly for transporting pressurized fluid therethrough. The assembly includes first and second duct sections. Each of the duct sections has sides extending between opposite ends. Each of the sides join an adjacent side and has a flange extending laterally outward from each end. The first and second sections are positioned in end-to-end relation so that the flanges extending outward from one of the ends of the first section face the flanges extending outward from one of the ends of the second section to define flange pairs. The assembly also includes a plurality of connector pairs. Each of the connector pairs are positioned at one of the ends of the duct sections. Each of the connector pairs includes a first connector spanning adjacent flanges of the first duct section and a second connector spanning adjacent flanges of the second duct section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Engel Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Fischer, Dale R. Foster, Herbert J. Fischer
  • Patent number: 6810571
    Abstract: A method of tightening and loosening an object to a rotary base torsion-free includes providing a single power tool having a tool housing portion and a driving portion which are coaxial with one another and provide equal but opposite forces, connecting a bolt with the rotary base, connecting a first part which includes a sleeve/washer assembly to one of the portions to be turned by the one portion, which sleeve/washer assembly includes a sleeve with a thread cooperating with a thread of the bolt and a washer abutting against the object, connecting a second part to the other of the portions to be turned by the other portion, which second part includes a nut having a thread cooperating with another thread of the first part, turning the first part by the one portion so that the first part, the bolt and the rotary base turn together while the second part remains free of rotation to urge the bolt to move in a desired axial direction to tighten or loosen the object to the rotary base, and turning the second part by
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: John K. Junkers
  • Patent number: 6810572
    Abstract: We combine superplastic forming (SPF) with adhesive bonding (AB) to produce quality multisheet sandwich panel structures, especially those using a superplastic aluminum alloy, such as Al 2004, Al 8090, or Al 1570. We produce the parts with improved energy efficiency and at lower cost. We heat the multisheet pack having an adhesive, preferably a polyimide, between the core sheets and the face sheets to its superplastic forming range. Then, we superplastically form the pack to define adhesive bonds between the sheets in the core and between the core and the face sheets with the flowing adhesive. Finally, we cool the formed pack below the superplastic range to set the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew G. Kistner, Jeffrey D. Will
  • Patent number: 6810573
    Abstract: In manufacturing a fuel inlet, bulge forming and bend processing are conducted to a stainless pipe which will serve as an inlet pipe. Next, one end of the stainless pipe is eccentrically expanded, and the hardened portion is removed. After the pipe expanding step is finished, boring processing is conducted so that a breather pipe can be inserted into the inlet pipe, a guide is spot-welded to the inside of the eccentrically expanded portion, and a screw structure is formed. The inlet pipe and the breather pipe are degreased and cleaned as a pretreatment for brazing, and brazing is conducted by using BAg-4 (Low-temperature brazing material) at a temperature of 750-850° C. Removing of the flux and cleaning are conducted as a post-treatment for brazing, and finally coating is conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Bestex Kyoei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Morinaga, Hiroshi Kashima, Takashi Nakamura, Minoru Tada, Shinji Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 6810574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing lamella packets (60, 70) of the type normally used in adjustable steering columns in automobiles and which comprise a soft lamella (71) made of soft sheet metal material and at least one layered hard lamella (71) placed on top of said material. The lamella (71, 74) are connected by at least one rivet made of soft lamella (71). The method is characterized by the use of presses (110, 120) positioned one after the other. A soft lamella (71) is formed and stamped out of a strip (111) of said softer material in the first press (110) at a rate dictated by the press (110). Soft lamella (71) produced in this matter are transported to the second press (120). At least one hard lamella (72, 74) is completely formed in a second press (120) from a band (121) of harder sheet material and then stamped. Said hard lamella is placed over a soft lamella (71) and a rivet connection is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Adval Tech Holding, AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Luthi, Hans Johr, Urs Graf
  • Patent number: 6810575
    Abstract: Disclosed is a functional element for use in an electric, an electronic or an optical device, and a method for producing the same. The functional element comprises a substrate having on an upper surface thereof a plurality of metal oxide needles extending upwardly of the upper surface of the substrate, with their respective central axes arranged substantially in parallel with each other, wherein the needles have a specific average circle-based diameter and a specific average aspect ratio, and wherein the needles are present at a specific density at the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Kasai Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Saito, Minoru Sato, Yoshikazu Ueda, Hideo Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 6810576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a shaft (22), and an apparatus containing such a shaft (22), in particular an armature shaft (22) of an electric motor-driven drive (12) that is brought to a nominal dimension (44). The shaft (22) is reshaped by means of material displacement (46) at least one point until the nominal dimension (44) is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Karl
  • Patent number: 6810577
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of efficiently manufacturing a dielectric waveguide with high reliability and precision. In the method, a resist material is formed on the outer surface of a green compact provided with a removal inhibiting layer, and predetermined portion of the green compact defined by the resist material is removed by the sand blasting method using the resist material as a mask, until the removal inhibiting layer is exposed to obtain a shaped green compact structure. The thus-obtained structure is fired to obtain a sintered body which comprises a dielectric strip and a wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Takeda
  • Patent number: 6810578
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head. The method includes forming, near a pole portion: a first magnetic layer supported by a base substrate; a first insulating layer on the first magnetic layer with an end edge which forms a reference position for an air bearing surface; a gap layer on the pole portion of the first magnetic layer and the first insulation layer; a second magnetic layer that extends to a region beyond the pole portion; a thin film coil isolated by a second insulation layer located above the first insulation layer; a third magnetic layer on the second insulation layer. The air bearing surface is formed by grinding in part an end face of the pole portion of the first magnetic layer and an end face of the pole portion of the second magnetic layer and the gap layer placed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Atsushi Iijima, Kazumasa Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6810579
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing membranes after having defined the button key position circuit and matrix layout under the conditions of without jumping and without generating ghost keys includes the steps of: heating and pre-shrinking the PET of a membrane, printing a circuit made from silver paste on the membrane, printing an insulation layer on the printed silver paste circuit or printing carbon powders, folding the membrane and welding the membrane by supersonic wave, and finally punching structural holes on the membrane to complete the membrane production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Shin Jiuh Corp.
    Inventor: Tien-Min Lu
  • Patent number: 6810580
    Abstract: A wiring system is provided. Using the system, a wire conductor is stuck on a surface of a substrate by causing a three-dimensional relative movement between a wiring head for guiding the wire conductor and the substrate such that the wiring head relatively moves along an adhesive layer on the surface of the substrate and the wiring head and the adhesive layer intermittently come close to each other for point contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Yamaguchi, Masaaki Arahori, Toshio Yamamoto, Toshimitsu Nishiwaki