Patents Issued in May 15, 2007
  • Patent number: 7217036
    Abstract: In a seal-type rolling bearing, between an inner ring and an outer ring, contact-type seal plates are respectively interposed on the counter-water-drenchable side and on the water-drenchable side. On the counter-water-drenchable side, a seal plate including, in the lip leading end portion thereof, an air hole for controlling the internal and external pressures of the bearing is disposed. On the water-drenchable side, a seal plate without air hole is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishiguro, Toshihisa Ohata, Yasuhiro Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7217037
    Abstract: An adjustable eccentric bracket assembly for a bicycle provided with at least two wedge surfaces in a body member designed to co-act with at least one wedge member having a wedge surface, where upon axial displacement of the wedge member relative to the body member, the wedge member is laterally displaced so as to selectively engage with an inner surface of a shell in which the body member is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Cannondale Bicycle Corporation
    Inventors: Chris Dodman, James Gardner, Curt Davis
  • Patent number: 7217038
    Abstract: In a fixing structure for a rolling bearing in which a bearing fixing ring is incorporated in a device and a rotating member is fixed to a bearing rotating ring using bolts, fastening areas with the bolts are set so that the natural frequency of the device as a whole is larger than the frequency of vibration resulting from the rotation of the rolling bearing. This prevents generation of noise or vibration in the rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Katou, Yosuke Oya
  • Patent number: 7217039
    Abstract: The emergency bearing for a rotary machine having magnetic bearings comprises an emergency landing device including an intermediate element (9) having a large contact area with a stator element (10), the intermediate element (9) being interposed between a bearing member (1, 2, 3) and the stator element (10) fixed to the stator (15) with radial clearance (11, 13) relative to said stator element (10). A damper element (13) acting in the radial direction is interposed between the intermediate element (9) and the stator element (10), and a contact element (14) having very low friction is implemented between the intermediate element (9) and the stator element (10) to reduce friction during rotary movements between these two elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Societe de Mecanique Magnetique
    Inventors: Luc Baudelocque, Armand Lapierre
  • Patent number: 7217040
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a floating component to receive a first set of optical waveguides, and a fixed component to receive a second set of optical waveguides and to facilitate optical alignment between the first set of waveguides and the second set of waveguides through automated alignments with the floating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Darren S. Crews, Hengju H. Cheng, Ken Drottar
  • Patent number: 7217041
    Abstract: A method for connecting optical signals carried by optical fibers between an optical encoder readhead and an optical signal processing IC having a plurality of photodetector portions arranged in a photodetector configuration. The optical signal processing IC is fixed to a substrate at a first position and orientation. Then, a reference-surface block including at least one reference surface is fixed to the substrate in a second orientation and position based on the first position and orientation. A fiber-optic end piece is provided, which has at least one corresponding-reference surface and a plurality of optical fiber locating features that are arranged relative to the corresponding-reference surface. A plurality of the optical fibers are fixed to the plurality of optical fiber locating features to provide a coupling configuration of optical fiber ends that nominally matches the photodetector configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Daniel Tobiason, Patrick H. Mawet, Bjorn E. B. Jansson
  • Patent number: 7217042
    Abstract: An optoelectronic module having a package encapsulating an optoelectronic device, a triplicated sleeve having a lower metal ring, an intermediate insulating ring and an upper metal cover which are coupled by press-fitting in concentric disposal, and a receptacle fitted upon the upper metal cover. The optoelectronic module does not emit noise radio waves or is not subject to external noise. The module satisfies the stipulated standard that an electric field should be less than 54 dB?V/m at a 3 meter distant measuring spot in a frequency range higher than 1 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okada, Kyohiro Yoshida, Hiromi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7217043
    Abstract: An opto-electronic transceiver having: a transmitting component for converting electrical signals into optical signals; a first circuitry module for the transmitting component; a receiving component for converting optical signals into electrical signals; a second circuitry module for the receiving component; a printed circuitboard with conductor tracks, on which the transmitting component, the receiving component, the first circuitry module and the second circuitry module are arranged; and a transceiver housing including a nonconductive material and has a connector receptacle for receiving and coupling an optical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Fiber Optics GmbH
    Inventor: Nikolaus Schunk
  • Patent number: 7217044
    Abstract: A camera system having a pole, camera mount assembly and an actuator. The camera mount assembly mounts to the pole and includes a pole base, camera base, link, tendon and spring. The pole base connects to the pole and the camera base connects to the camera. The link connects the pole base and the camera base and allows rotation of the camera base. The tendon pulls on the camera base and rotates the camera base about the pole base. The spring interconnects the pole base and the camera base. The spring also acts as a return. The spring stretches when the tendon pulls on the camera base and recoils to pull the camera base back to an original position when the tendon is released from pulling on the camera base. The actuator mounts to an actuator end of the pole and is used pull the tendon in order to move the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Wintron Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Franklin J. Marks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7217045
    Abstract: A surveillance camera assembly includes a mounting apparatus that is attachable to a mounting surface. A camera head assembly is secured to the mounting apparatus by moving the camera head assembly toward the mounting apparatus in a direction along an axis, and rotating the camera head assembly about the axis. The camera head assembly includes a camera head base for engaging the mounting apparatus. A camera head is coupled to the camera head base. The camera head is rotationally locked to the camera head base when the camera head base engages the mounting apparatus, and is rotatable relative to the camera head base after the camera head assembly has been rotated about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Theodore L Jones
  • Patent number: 7217046
    Abstract: A double sided print engine assembly includes opposed rollers to transport paper to be printed. Mounted adjacent the opposed rollers are corresponding opposed ink supply moldings. The ink supply moldings include arcuate portions that terminate proximal the nip of the opposed rollers and which support opposing printheads. By locating the printheads close to the nip they print upon a taut portion of the paper thereby resulting in more accurate deposition of ink drops on the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7217047
    Abstract: In a ribbon cassette which is used in a thermal transfer printer of the present invention, a head insertion section, in which a thermal head is inserted to turn its head up and down, is formed between a first ribbon housing section and a second ribbon housing section and further, a relief groove having a predetermined depth, in which a paper feeding mechanism can be positioned, is formed between the head insertion section and the second ribbon housing section. In the relief groove, an ink ribbon to be taken up around a take-up reel is exposed and, in a cassette mounting section, a ribbon guide section is formed to help the ink ribbon to be taken up around the take-up reel in the state where the ink ribbon exposed to the relief groove of the mounted ribbon cassette is bent toward the lower portion of the relief groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahito Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7217048
    Abstract: A keyboard 10 includes a housing 12. An alphanumeric keypad 14 is carried by the housing 12. A printer 16 is arranged in the housing 12. The printer includes a print media feed mechanism having a spiked wheel for engaging the print media and transporting the print media through the keyboard housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Tobin Allen King, Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7217049
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of supplying a media web to a wallpaper printer. The method involves opening a reusable case and placing into the case a core onto which has been located a supply roll of blank wallpaper media. The core is supported for rotation within the case before it is closed. A free edge of the roll is placed between a pair of rollers and past an edge of the open case, then with the rollers located within the case and on either side of the web the case is closed and loaded into a printer. In some embodiments, a pair of resilient bias devices hold the rollers in proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King, Janette Faye Lee
  • Patent number: 7217050
    Abstract: Before embossing raised letters on a target tape which is subjected to embossing of raised letters, written letters are printed based on inputted character information, and also an upside-and-downside identifying information for identifying the upside and the downside of the target tape as seen in the widthwise direction thereof is printed on the target tape. In the emboss-processing section, the upside and the downside of the target tape is detected based on the identifying information. If the target tape is found to have been inserted upside down, the raised letters are embossed in a state of turning the embossing data by 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kurashina, Junichi Kikuchi, Takayuki Uehara, Makoto Takada, Seiji Tanaka, Takanobu Kameda
  • Patent number: 7217051
    Abstract: A slitting mechanism has one or more slitting shafts between rotating brackets. Each shaft has one or more slitting disks arranged along its length. Each disk has a cutting edge and the slitting mechanism can either enter or not enter a path followed by a web of media such as wallpaper media, according to a requirement of an operator. An optional transverse cutter for the mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism and the cutter extend across a chassis with end plates. The end plates are separated enough to allow a web of media to pass between them. The end plates support a motorised cutting blade. The blade is supported at each end to perform a cutting stroke which begins on one side of the web and finished on an opposite side of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King, Janette Faye Lee
  • Patent number: 7217052
    Abstract: The method of oxidative dyeing of individual hair strands includes providing an applicator with a first and second compartment containing an oxidative hair dye composition and an oxidizing agent respectively and respective liquid-permeable inserts. The two compartments are provided with respective product-dispensing openings, which open next to each other into a product-dispensing area. The liquid-permeable inserts protrude somewhat beyond the product-dispensing openings and are made of spongy material, bristles, or a fabric. At least a portion of a hair strand to be dyed is wet with the oxidative hair dye composition and the oxidizing-agent-containing solution from the liquid-permeable inserts so that a reactive hair dyeing mixture is formed on the hair strand. The hair dyeing mixture is worked or massaged into the hair strand by hand. The individual hair strand may be uniformly dyed or dyed in a point-like or spot-like pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventor: Johannes Burghaus
  • Patent number: 7217053
    Abstract: A water floor broom having a spray head that defines an elongated manifold liquid flow passageway communicating with a plurality of liquid spray nozzles, a handle fixed to said body defining a liquid flow passageway communicating with said spray head, and a power washer coupled to said handle for directing pressurized liquid via said handle to said spray head for discharge from the spray nozzles for cleaning a floor surface. The spray head has a light weight, rigid plastic construction that can be operated with lesser quantities of cleaning liquids, and a squeegee blade secured rewardly of the spray head for simultaneously scraping and cleaning water from the floor surface directed onto the floor surface by the spray head for minimizing or eliminating subsequent cleanup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: FAIP North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gus Alexander, Karen Chen
  • Patent number: 7217054
    Abstract: A side knock type feeding mechanism for feeding an object to be fed inside a body by side knock. A front barrel which houses an object to be fed and is capable of feeding the object to be fed from a tip end opening, a knock button provided on a side portion of the front barrel so as to project and retract with respect to the front barrel, a rotary member which is inside the front barrel, rotates in a predetermined direction by knock of the knock button as a result that the knock button works, and rotates in an opposite direction by releasing the knock, a piston for feeding out the object to be fed, and a conversion mechanism for converting the rotation of the rotary member into a forward travelling motion of the piston in an axial direction inside the front barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Kotobuki Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7217055
    Abstract: A video slide projection book is shown. The video slide projection book has a front cover and a back cover connected to the front cover at a binding. A plurality of pages are interposed between the front cover and the back cover and are connected to the binding. The video slide projection book also has a projector configured to accept a video slide source. The projector is configured to have a casing defining an interior volume; a circuit positioned in the interior volume and a lens. A holder is connected to the back cover wherein the holder is configured to accept the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Julia Sabbagh
  • Patent number: 7217056
    Abstract: A knuckle-swivel (10) is used with well drilling equipment for protecting helical wound line 62, which may be wire rope, cable and/or strand, against torsional forces and also providing for angular displacement of sinker bars or other tools during wireline strip over operations to minimize interference with rig equipment (80) when pulling pipe or tools 64 from a well head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventor: Larry V. Cooper
  • Patent number: 7217057
    Abstract: A surgical implant or instrument has two parts, one sliding on the other, the lower part being provided with a threaded bore and the upper part being provided with a passage orifice for receiving a fixing screw. The set screw can be received over its entire length beneath the upper part in the threaded bore and includes, at its upper end, a dog point which is thinner than its threaded part and which is provided with a slit, groove or hexagon socket for a screwdriver, the diameter of the passage orifice being smaller than that of the threaded part and larger than that of the dog point. An elastic device is provided for the implant or instrument which pushes the fixing screw into the fixing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Arnold Keller
  • Patent number: 7217058
    Abstract: A connection device for connecting mounting rails (2,3,4) in a double-T joint includes an intermediate member (11) having two, extending substantially parallel to each other, legs (12) and a connection section (13), connecting the two legs (12), and at least one receiving member (26) connectable with the intermediate member (11) and having two, extending substantially parallel to each other legs (27), a connection section (28) for connecting the two legs (27), and a setting-in element for engaging in at least one of plurality of spaced from each other and located opposite each other, elementary receptacles (18) provided in at least one leg (12) of the intermediate member (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Armin Herb
  • Patent number: 7217059
    Abstract: A connecting means adapted to fix or release a first element (4) and a second element (5) includes a locking pin (1) which is moveable to remote activation means between a locked position. In which leg (8) expends wall (9) into recess (10), and an unlocked position. The remote activation means may be magnetic, electro-magnetic or any other suitable means. A method of fixing or releasing first and second elements by remote activation means is also disclosed. The invention further provides a first element having first means (166) adapted to cooperate with second means (165) on a second element to facilitate connection of the first and second elements. A method of manufacturing the first element includes the steps of depositing discrete amounts of setable material on a surface of the first element and inverting the element to permit the material to set under the influence of gravity. A method of reducing the spacing between first and second elements by remote activation means is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Telezygology Pty Limited
    Inventor: Dickory Rudduck
  • Patent number: 7217060
    Abstract: A locking mechanism includes a centering axle having an engaging member defined at one end thereof, a sleeve encompassing a portion of the centering axle, and a clutch device that securely receives the sleeve and permits rotation of the centering axle and the sleeve in only one direction. The centering axle defines a plurality of equally spaced grooves, and the sleeve defines a plurality of equally spaced grooves corresponding to the grooves of the centering axle in an opposed manner. Each pair of opposed grooves of the centering axle and sleeve define a narrow passageway that accommodates a ball bearing that is slidable along the longitudinal axis of the centering axle and between the sleeve and centering axle. The ball bearing in each passageway permits longitudinal movement of the centering axle relative to the sleeve and prohibits rotation of the centering axle relative to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Ossur HF
    Inventor: Gudni Ingimarsson
  • Patent number: 7217061
    Abstract: A barrier system comprises a first and second upright support legs and a laterally extending vision barrier. The support legs may include a pair of telescoping leg support portions. The laterally extending vision barrier comprises a vision barrier screen having slits spaced therein and has at least one fastener for facilitating attachment to one of the support legs. In one form, the first support leg may comprise an outer housing and an internal reel. The vision barrier is deployed on the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: VES Industries, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Vincent E. Stratton
  • Patent number: 7217062
    Abstract: A screed for a paving machine has at least a base portion having an associated heating element connected to a heating element controller. An extension screed portion is connector to the base screed portion and has a respective heating element connectable to the heating element controller. A temperature sensor is associated with each of the base and extension screed portions and a device is adapted to controllably connect selected ones of the base and extension screed temperature sensors to the heating element controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc
    Inventors: Francesco Pisano, Federico B. Rio, Davide Govoni, Ezio Martelli, Simone Zaghi
  • Patent number: 7217063
    Abstract: Two identical arch shape cross section chambers are joined together so that a dome shape part of one end of the chamber is overlapped by the opposing plain end of the second chamber. Thus, one chamber may pivot in the horizontal plane, for adjustment during installation. A latch at the top of the joint between the chamber pair inhibits vertical motion and separation of the overlapping chamber, while permitting horizontal plane pivoting. A latch comprises a tang which cantilevers outwardly from the top of the dome end, to engage a catch which is a flared portion of lip on the overlapping plain end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Infiltrator Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy E. Moore, Jr., Ronald P. Brochu
  • Patent number: 7217064
    Abstract: A method for controlling deformation of a cut end region of an erected arch-type structure for use in underpass construction and the like where the cut end region has at least one extended leg portion. The method comprises building progressively at least one layer of mechanically-stabilized earth adjacent the extended leg portion by alternately layering a plurality of compacted layers of fill with interposed layers of reinforcement. Each layer of reinforcement is secured to the extended leg portion during the progressive building. The securement of the layers of reinforcement to the extended leg portions provide support in controlling deformation of the cut end region during backfilling and regular service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventor: Michael W. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7217065
    Abstract: A pipe breaking assembly is shown with a modular design that allows a user to more economically purchase a single base unit that is adaptable using a number of elements. Combinations of elements such as blade portions and expander cones, etc. allow the modular assembly to be tailored to a variety of job conditions. A pipe breaking assembly is shown that includes a particular configuration where a blade portion is located in front of a shortened expander cone. The shortened expander cone provides a lower contact area that in turn reduces friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: TT Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Tjader
  • Patent number: 7217066
    Abstract: A system for stabilizing gravity-based offshore structure anchored in a seabed includes a plurality of upper locking element sets installed in a keel on the bottom of the structure; a plurality of caissons embedded in the seabed; a plurality of inserts, each of which is removably installed in one of the caissons; and a lower locking element set in each of the inserts. Each of the lower locking element sets is lockably engageable with one of the upper locking element sets when the keel is set down on top of the caissons. The inserts are permanently attachable to the keel by a grouting material that may be pumped into the inserts through the keel. The arrangement stabilizes the structure against lateral shear forces, while allowing the structure to be easily removed from the caissons, with the inserts attached to the keel, by the application of a vertical lifting force. The structure may then be moved and installed on a second plurality of caissons embedded at second seabed site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Technip France
    Inventor: James O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7217067
    Abstract: A riser joint keel assembly. A tapered riser joint is connected to a larger diameter outer sleeve through a connection that allows the tapered section and outer sleeve to function as one unit. In the combined design, the outer sleeve provides the required sliding interface between the riser and the guide at the keel of the hull while also providing some of the bending compliance needed to transition from the riser supported in the hull to the riser unsupported below the hull. The tapered section also provides the remaining bending compliance needed for the transition. The connection between the tapered and sleeve sections is a forged, machined ring plate welded to the bottom end of the sleeve, which provides a base for either bolted or threaded type attachment points for the tapered riser joint below the ring plate and the internal riser joint that continues to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: SparTEC, Inc.
    Inventors: Changshi Mao, Robin M. Converse
  • Patent number: 7217068
    Abstract: Tool holder for cutting bodies (5) may be mounted on a base holder (15) by a fixing device (41), and a cooperating stop extending in a plane in the direction of the tool holder. A positive positional fixing against any movement along the three axes of the spatial coordinate system may be obtained. The planar stop is divided into planar sections (19, 21) by a machined recess (23). The recess (23) forms a seat for housing a projecting matching body (25) on the base holder (15). The walls of the recess (23) form planar support surfaces (31, 33) for the matching body (25), which each define differing planes perpendicular to the stop, to resist displacement and torsional forces resulting from the cutting force into the matching body (25) of the base holder (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Oettle
  • Patent number: 7217069
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool is provided with a housing, an attachment member, and an object sensor that is removable from the attachment member. The attachment member may be removable from the tool. The object sensor, which can be used to detect studs hidden behind walls, electrical lines, and other materials, is readily accessible to tradesmen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Eastway Fair Company Limited
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Dils, Kenneth M. Brazell
  • Patent number: 7217070
    Abstract: A deburring tool having an indexable cutting insert having four cutting edges. The cutting insert has a main body portion and a protruding guide member. The cutting insert is slidably retained in an insert pocket with the main body portion of the insert located in a generally rectangular slot portion of the insert pocket and with the guide member located and engaging a guide groove portion of the insert pocket. The cutting insert is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position by means of a spring which biases the cutting insert towards the extended position. The sliding movement of the cutting insert is performed by the sliding of the guide member within the guide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Iscar Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 7217071
    Abstract: In the method, a tool is tested for an aligning fit or an imbalance in a tool spindle. The tool spindle is set into rotation. A light beam is used to check whether the tool wobbles. The tool spindle and the light beam are moved relative to one another until the light beam impinges on the area covered by the wobbling movement and a received signal generated from the light beam has an intermittent signal path for the first time. The then prevailing relative position between the tool spindle and the light beam is evaluated in respect of a non-aligning fit of the tool or in respect of a tool imbalance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Cross Huller GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bayha, Andreas Berger
  • Patent number: 7217072
    Abstract: A tool holder for a tool which can be rotated about an axis of rotation, in particular a drilling, milling or reaming tool, comprises a clamping shank which, in an end shank region (7), has an accommodating opening (9) which is central in relation to the axis of rotation and is intended for accommodating a retaining shank of the tool. Clamping surfaces for securing the retaining shank of the tool with a press fit are arranged on the circumferential casing of the accommodating opening. According to the invention, the end shank region (7) of the clamping shank has a plurality of at least more or less axially extending tension spokes (13) distributed in the circumferential direction, it being possible for said tension spokes to be subjected to an essentially radially outwardly directed tensile force in order for the clamping surfaces to be spread apart radially from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 7217073
    Abstract: A broach tool holding system (20) includes a pair of locator pins (46) rotatably mounted on a tool holder plate (36) to facilitate mounting and detachment of an associated broach tool (34). The broach tool (34) has a pair of locating openings (62) each of which has a locating hole (64) including round clearance surfaces (70) and round locating surfaces (72) that cooperate with the locator pins to provide the mounting in an accurately positioned location. The method of mounting the broach tool utilizing the rotatable locator pins (46) facilitates the mounting of the broach tool (34) with the locating holes that also facilitate the mounting and with securement being provided by clamps (74) for the broaching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Utica Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Roy Carpenter, Clifford R. Middleton
  • Patent number: 7217074
    Abstract: The Safety System for Cargo Loads in Cargo Containers can be used to fulfill the need to provide a safe mechanism to transport oversized cargo without shifting or sliding in or out of the vehicle. The oval band like section can be wrapped around the cargo and the straps are used to secure the cargo to the carrier vehicle using hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventor: Mark W. Huber
  • Patent number: 7217075
    Abstract: A tape feeder and a method of controlling the same are disclosed, in which an automatic feeding tape and a manual feeding tape are selectively fed to a binding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignees: KRDC Co., Ltd., Gradco Ltd.
    Inventors: Umehara Kenji, Jae-Geol Choi, Jeong-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 7217076
    Abstract: The semiconductor material handling system is an EFEM that may either mount to the front end of a processing tool or be integrated into the processing tool. The EFEM is built from a unified frame that the EFEM components, such as a wafer engine and a SMIF pod advance plate, may mount to. The frame serves as a common mounting structure that the EFEM components may use as a reference for alignment purposes. Since the EFEM components do not have to align with respect to the position of each other, the calibration, if any is required, is greatly simplified. The EFEM also has a reduced footprint, allowing the EFEM to mount to the front end of a processing tool and not extend to the fab floor. Thus, space is freed up between the EFEM and the fab floor. By way of example only, this space may be used as a maintenance access area to the processing tool without having to first remove the EFEM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Asyst Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Bonora, Richard H. Gould, Roger G. Hine, Michael Krolak, Jerry A. Speasl
  • Patent number: 7217077
    Abstract: The storage system is for use next to a glass processing line having a loading table, a glass cutting table and a breakout table. The storage system comprises a first tilt table and a second tilt table. A storage rack is positioned between the first and the second tilt table. The storage rack comprises a plurality of parallel storage slots extending longitudinally within the main frame of the storage rack. The storage slots storing the glass offcuts at a substantially vertical position of less than 90 degrees with reference to the horizontal. In use, the first tilt table receives horizontally-disposed glass offcuts from the breakout table and sends it to the storage rack. The second tilt table receives previously-stored glass offcuts from the storage rack to be directed to the loading table. A method of storing a glass offcut and a method of recycling glass offcuts are also disclosed. The storage system and methods allow to easily store and retrieve glass offcuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Bromer Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Mercure
  • Patent number: 7217078
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted carrier for lifting and securing in an elevated position waste receptacles and other articles for transport. A housing including a pair of side plates, a rear plate and a bottom plate having apertures for mounting to a conventional trailer tow hitch assembly or to a vehicle bumper. A lever arm terminating at one end in a channel for receiving the article of transport and pivotally connected to the housing at the opposite end. A latch assembly is provided for securing the article of transport in an elevated position and for selectively releasing allowing the user to controllably lower and disengage the article of transport. The latch assembly includes a latch rod operably secured to a pair of springs secured to the lever arm and a pair of springs secured to the latch rod and to a lever handle. Lever arm stop element secured to the housing to limit the rotation of the lever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventor: Russell James Short
  • Patent number: 7217079
    Abstract: In a slid fork comprising a base portion 4, a middle portion 6, and a top portion 8, a driving motor 20 rotates sprockets 22, 24 to drive chains 26, 36, respectively, at different speeds. The middle portion 6 is fixed to the chain 26, while the top portion 8 is fixed to the chain 36. The chains 26, 36 are driven using a predetermined speed and stroke ratios. No sprockets are provided at a leading end of the middle portion. Therefore, no dust is raised from shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7217080
    Abstract: A mobile interface system for a work vehicle that affords degrees of freedom for roll as well as conventional pitch and yaw or swing motion control for a mobile interface structure to which a linkage or a work tool is attached. The mobile interface structure for a backhoe is a swing frame. The roll, pitch and yaw motions are relative to the work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Scott Svend Hendron
  • Patent number: 7217081
    Abstract: A seal for sealing a seal groove in a shroud of a turbine vane. The seal may include a cooling system configured to pass cooling fluids through a cooling fluid supply port in a shroud, through a cooling system in which the cooling fluids contact the shroud and the seal, and exhaust the fluids through a gap between adjacent turbine vanes. The seal may include an elongated cooling channel for channeling cooling fluids from a supply to an exhaust channel at a first end. The cooling system may remove heat from the turbine vane shroud, the seal, and other related components, thereby reducing the likelihood of premature failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scheurlen, Xubin E. Gu
  • Patent number: 7217082
    Abstract: An asymmetrically bladed ceiling fan including a fan motor, a shaft rotatably connected to the motor and defining a vertical axis, a motor housing substantially enclosing the motor, a first fan blade extending from the housing, a second fan blade extending from the housing, and a first non-blade stabilizer extending from the housing for stabilizing the rotating weight of the fan blades upon actuation of the motor. The stabilizer is non-coincident with the first and second fan blades. The first and second fan blades are asymmetrically positioned relative the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Fanimation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Frampton, Peter S. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 7217083
    Abstract: A casing of a regenerative pump forms a generally annular fluid passage, which conducts a fluid. An impeller is rotatably received in the casing and has a plurality of blades, which are arranged one after another in a circumferential direction to provide kinetic energy to the fluid in the fluid passage upon rotation of the impeller. The regenerative pump satisfies a relationship of 0.60?b/a?0.76, where “a” is an axial width of each blade, and “b” is a total axial distance, which is a sum of a first axial distance between a first axial side outer edge of the blade and an opposed first axial side inner wall of the fluid passage and a second axial distance between a second axial side outer edge of the blade and an opposed second axial side inner wall of the fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Yasuda, Shinichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7217084
    Abstract: A rotary fuel pump employs pressure balancing features on the non-vaned side of the impeller to provide localized application of fluid forces so that the impeller is more precisely balanced within the pumping chamber. A generally disc-shaped impeller body has an impeller with a body-side surface and a cover-side surface. The cover-side surface defines an impeller flow channel extending circumferentially around the impeller. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes positioned at least partially within the impeller flow channel. The body-side surface has a plurality of discontinuous undercut regions each coaxially aligned with at least a portion of the impeller flow channel. The impeller has a plurality of apertures wherein each aperture connects the impeller flow channel with a respective undercut region, whereby pressure forces against the impeller from the fuel are substantially balanced in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: DeQuan Yu, Paul E. Fisher
  • Patent number: 7217085
    Abstract: A fuel pump to be disposed in a fuel tank to supply pressurized fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a motor section, a pump section including an impeller driven by the motor section and a cylindrical pump housing having a pump passage extending along the outer periphery of the impeller so as to pressurize fuel, a suction filter and a feed passage member disposed around the inlet port of the pump passage. The feed passage member has a smooth feed passage connecting the pump passage and the suction filter. The feed passage tapers off toward an inlet port of the pump passage that opens at a peripheral portion of the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Yukio Inuzuka