Patents Issued in July 3, 2007
  • Patent number: 7237295
    Abstract: A surface cleaning device including a planar wiping trimming carrier and a handle connected to the wiping trimming carrier by a joint. The joint has a swivel axis which extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the wiping trimming carrier, so as to be able optionally to swivel the one or the other main side of wiping trimming carrier into a position that extends parallel to a surface to be cleaned, the wiping trimming carrier being provided at at least one end with an extension that is shiftable along the former's longitudinal extension in the direction towards the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Keijo Lindholm
  • Patent number: 7237296
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Akemi Tsuchiya, Masatoshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7237297
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cleaning article including a brush portion. The brush portion has a plurality of strips and at least one layer of a fiber bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Akemi Tsuchiya, Masatoshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7237298
    Abstract: Several methods of controlling a vacuum cleaner (10) using various types of sensors (94, 96, 97, 98) are provided. One method is based on a differential pressure between a suction airflow path and ambient air and includes: detecting the differential pressure, comparing the detected differential pressure to a predetermined threshold, and, when the detected differential pressure is less than the predetermined threshold, initiating a predetermined control procedure. A status indicator (164) is updated based on the detected differential pressure. Another method is based on a level of electrical current flowing through a brush motor (100). Still another method is based on a type or condition of the floor being traversed. Yet another method is based on a distance to a surface of a floor over which the vacuum cleaner is advancing. In another aspect of the invention, a vacuum cleaner is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Mark E. Reindle, Bruce R. Knox, Norman Siegel
  • Patent number: 7237299
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface in which cleaning solution is dispensed to the surface and substantially simultaneously extracted along with the dirt on the surface in a continuous operation is provided. The cleaning apparatus further includes a detecting device for detecting the speed of the cleaning apparatus as it moves along the surface and producing a speed signal representing the speed of the cleaning apparatus relative to the surface. A controller, operatively connected to the detecting device and a component on the cleaning apparatus, controls the function of the component based on the speed signal. The controller can also control the function of the component based on a signal representing other operating characteristics of the cleaning machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Aaron P. Tondra, Evan A. Gordon
  • Patent number: 7237300
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-stepped accessory holder for an appliance having accessories that have dissimilar inner diameter connections, such as accessories with a male and/or a female ends. The female end of an accessory has a first inner diameter, and the male end of an accessory has a second inner diameter. The accessory holder includes a base having a first perimeter, and an upper portion mounted atop the base that has a second perimeter. The second perimeter of the upper portion is smaller than the first perimeter of the base. When the female end of an accessory is placed upon the accessory holder, the female end engages the first perimeter of the base. If it is desired that an accessory's male end be placed upon the holder, the male end engages the second perimeter of the accessory holder's upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Mark J Tomasiak, Michael F Martin, Stuart V Holsten
  • Patent number: 7237301
    Abstract: A hose holder includes a frame comprising first and second opposed cradles for supporting a vacuum hose wrapped thereabout. The frame is suitably sized for supporting long hoses, for example in the order of 35 feet or more, of the type typically associated with a central vacuuming system. The frame includes first and second clamp members for securement at spaced positions along the rigid pipe typically attached to the vacuum head in the central vacuuming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Hugh Richard Hodgkinson
  • Patent number: 7237302
    Abstract: A furniture glide is provided for mounting to a leg of a piece of furniture. The furniture glide having an inner surface for engaging a bottom of the leg of the piece of furniture and an outer surface for engaging a supporting surface. A first and second sidewalls project from opposite sides of the base and have inner surfaces for engaging opposites sides of the leg of the piece of furniture. Each sidewall is pivotable between a first storage position wherein the sidewall is spaced from a corresponding side of the leg and a second operating position wherein the sidewall is in engagement with the corresponding side of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Richard D. Bushey
  • Patent number: 7237303
    Abstract: A curtain suspension device for hanging curtains flatly (for hanging panel curtains) comprises a main rod (16) arranged to a wall and at least two elongate shorter rods (15) with open books (17, 26) at both ends. The short rods are adapted to be hung on the main rod and are adapted to carry a flat hanging curtain each. The brackets for the main rod clamp the rod and leave the upper surface of the rod free as a sliding surface for the hooks so that the hooks can pass the brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: WIDA Media AB
    Inventor: Stefan Schorling
  • Patent number: 7237304
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a central shaft (20), including an outer screw thread (221); a turning element (30), including a central hole (322) and a holding pin (314), an inner screw thread (323) formed at an inner surface of the central hole; a elastic means (40); a blocking element (50), defining a first through hole (51) and a second through hole (52); and a button (71), including a supporting pin (72). The central shaft extends through the central hole of the turning element, the first elastic element, and the first through hole of the blocking element in that order, the outer screw thread engages with the inner screw thread, and the holding pin of the turning element is received in the second through hole of the blocking element. The present invention enables a foldable electronic device to be opened simply by pressing the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Sutech Trading Limited
    Inventors: Chao Duan, Rui-Hao Chen, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 7237305
    Abstract: An improved extension pole (10) is provided having an outer tubular pole section (12) and an inner pole section (14) telescopically and reciprocally received within the section (12). The outer section (12) has a shock-absorbing component (38) mounted adjacent the base (20) thereof, which safely absorbs shocks incident to unrestrained fall of the inner pole section (14). The pole (10) also includes a fixture mounting element (74) with an associated locking member (88), the latter being threadably mounted and movable against the base of a fixture such as a light bulb changer (18), in order to securely mount the fixture in place on the pole (10). An improved, cam-type locking mechanism (16) is also provided which gives a short-throw twist operation through less than about a 45° arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: Dere Newman, William Daniel Richardson
  • Patent number: 7237306
    Abstract: An aesthetically pleasing fastener for allowing a desired height of a hem of a pants leg to be maintained and repeatedly changed without compromising structural integrity of the pants leg or having to cooperate with a shoe so as to allow the fastener to be used without a need for a shoe. The aesthetically pleasing fastener includes a clip and a covering. The covering covers the clip. The clip receives the hem of the pants leg and allows the desired height of the hem of the pants leg to be maintained and repeatedly changed without compromising the structural integrity of the pants leg or having to cooperate with a shoe so as to allow the fastener to be used without a need for a shoe, while the covering makes the aesthetically pleasing fastener aesthetically pleasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventors: Vinson Flowers, Kiamesha Rogers
  • Patent number: 7237307
    Abstract: The present invention is a slip grip device, which permits a cord to be adjusted to any given position or length. It adjusts through a tension mechanism, while allowing the cord to break apart at a pre-determined pressure, thus ensuring safety in the event that the cord is inadvertently caught. An interference fit within keyways and keyway cavities of the mechanism allowing for anchoring a cord and adjusting its length. This mechanism serves as an anchor for the end of various types of cord, while enabling the cord to slip with a set resistance, while providing enough grip to hold at any desired length or location. The cord length can be readjusted and reset countless times. The device consists of two parts designed to fit together around the cord. The invention contains no moving parts and there is no glue, springs staples, wire, wax, nor heat used in assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: J Peter Feschuk
  • Patent number: 7237308
    Abstract: A composite nozzle strip for hydroentangling of a fibrous mass is provided to lower nozzle erosion potential and increase operational efficiency. The composite nozzle strip comprises a substrate comprising a material of a first hardness having at least one aperture and at least one orifice element comprising a material of a second hardness greater than the first hardness and further defining an aperture of a second diameter less than the first diameter. The at least one orifice element is affixed to the substrate so that the aperture in the orifice element is aligned with the at least one aperture in the substrate for creation of a constricted water jet when subjected to pressurized water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, Advanced Fluid Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Dixon, James T. Lowder, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Hooman Vahedi Tafreshi
  • Patent number: 7237309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine intended for the machining of profiled elements (10), of the type comprising a longitudinal frame (1) provided with holding dollies (11, 13) for holding the profiled element to be machined (10). This machine is characterized in that it comprises at least two holding dollies (11, 13) capable, in the machining, of securing the slide-holding of the profiled element (10), and at least one drive dolly (15, 17), in which the profiled element (10) is slide-mounted, this drive dolly (15, 17) being provided with a device for securing its temporary fixed connection to the profiled element (10) such that the relative displacement of the latter relative to the machining head (9) in the longitudinal direction (yy?) is secured, at least in part, by the displacement of this drive dolly (15, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Cinetic Machining
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Nicaise
  • Patent number: 7237310
    Abstract: To provide a composite lathe enabling downsizing of a machine main body and realizing an enlarged machining area. A cutting point “c” of a tool post 5 is positioned vertically under a straight line connecting axes “a” of a first spindle headstock 3 and a second spindle headstock 4, and an X-axis stroke of a cutting point of a third spindle 6 overlaps an X-axis stroke of the tool post 5 by a half or more of the X-axis stroke of the tool post 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinaga Sasazawa, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Tsutomu Tokuma
  • Patent number: 7237311
    Abstract: An apparatus 1 for securing a closure 2 in an aperture 3 of a container 4 comprises a securing cap 5 adapted to engage the closure 2 and the container 4 to secure the closure 2, and fittings to provide for generation and release of a vacuum or partial vacuum between the securing cap 5 and the closure 2 to move the securing cap 5 into a securing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Matcon (R & D) Limited
    Inventor: Edward John Piepereit
  • Patent number: 7237312
    Abstract: To erect metal utility poles, a plurality of tubular sections of utility poles are fabricated, each having tapered portions and the diameter of one being slightly larger than the diameter of another. The sections are brought to a site for erection and pulled together with short repeated strokes of a hydraulic cylinder attached to one section with its piston rod connected to another section of utility pole. In one embodiment it is not necessary to manually adjust the mechanism pulling the sections of utility poles together and in another embodiment, a light flexible cord is attached to one section and a hydraulic cylinder to another section. The hydraulic cylinder pulls the cord and when the piston rod is extended for the next retraction, the cord length is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Jerry Gordon Enns
  • Patent number: 7237313
    Abstract: Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for medical devices. Some embodiments disclosed deal with attachment of an elongated structure, such as a wire or ribbon, or a tubular member, such as a coil, to an elongated member in an elongated device. For example, an elongated core member having defining an outer surface, and an elongated structure including a first portion and a second expanded portion along the length thereof can be provided. An attachment member, such as a centering ring, or the like, is disposed about a portion of the elongated core member and a part of the first portion of the elongated structure. The attachment member defines a lumen and having an inner surface. Part of the first portion of the elongated structure is disposed between the inner surface of the attachment member and the outer surface of the elongated core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Skujins, Brian R. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 7237314
    Abstract: A method of securing a nut plate to a workpiece includes the step of providing a nut plate include a nut, a holding bracket having tubular and bracket portions, and a stem. The tubular portion has an aperture therethrough which is inwardly tapered from a first end to a second end thereof. The stem is positioned within the aperture of the tubular portion. The tubular portion is positioned within an aperture defining a wall of a workpiece, such that the bracket portion rests on top of the workpiece. The nut is retained within the bracket portion. A force is applied to the stem such that the head expands the tubular portion radially outwardly from the first end to the second end such that the tubular portion becomes secured to the wall. The holding bracket may be formed of two separate elements, a sleeve having a tubular portion and a bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: SPS Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Rahmatollah F. Toosky
  • Patent number: 7237315
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a quartz nanoresonator which can be integrated on a substrate, along with other electronics is disclosed. In this method a quartz substrate is bonded to a base substrate. The quartz substrate is metallized so that a bias voltage is applied to the resonator, thereby causing the quartz substrate to resonate at resonant frequency greater than 100 MHz. The quartz substrate can then be used to drive other electrical elements with a frequency equal to its resonant frequency. The quartz substrate also contains tuning pads to adjust the resonant frequency of the resonator. Additionally, a method for accurately thinning a quartz substrate of the resonator is provided. The method allows the thickness of the quartz substrate to be monitored while the quartz substrate is simultaneously thinned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Randall L. Kubena, David T. Chang, Jinsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 7237316
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for fabricating a three-dimensional acceleration sensor, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces; forming an insulating layer on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an active layer on the insulating layer; forming a plurality of openings on the active layer at a first region, which is to be located above a movable mass with a predetermined space; selectively removing the insulating layer located under the first region in a wet-etching process through the plurality of openings; and selectively removing the active layer to form a groove separating the first region from a movable mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Oki Electronics Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7237317
    Abstract: A process is provided for the production of a superconducting cable having a single cable core that contains at least one elongated superconducting element and a flexible tube that which surrounds the cable core. The process includes continuously pulling the single cable core from a supply unit, continuously pulling a metal strip from a strip supply unit and continuously forming a slotted tube around the cable care with the metal strip to form a slotted tube. The longitudinal slot of the slotted tube is welded shut corrugating the welded tube with the cable core inside the tube. The then semi-finished superconducting cable is wound in at least one turn on a cable drum, and the ends of the cable core are mechanically joined to the ends of the corrugated tube while the cable is on the cable drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventor: Klaus Schippl
  • Patent number: 7237318
    Abstract: A method for producing internal antenna components for small radio devices. A radiator is supported by a flat-topped protrusion formed in a plastic blank—e.g., by pressing with a hot tool. The length of the protrusion sets the height of the planar antenna. The radiator and its conductors are formed by removing material from a conducting film attached to the top of the protrusion. A feed and a shorting conductor are formed as extensions of the radiator. Contacts are attached to the feed and the shorting conductor to connect the antenna component to the radio device. Elongated gaps made in the plastic blank around the edges of the protrusion can facilitate loosening of the component. A plurality of antenna components can be formed on a uniform plastic blank and placed in a common package. The method results in low manufacturing costs and quick production time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Pulse Finland Oy
    Inventors: Petteri Annamaa, Kimmo Antila, Ilkka Niemla, Heikki Riekki
  • Patent number: 7237319
    Abstract: First, a sheet member which is being unwound and conveyed from a winding body, and in which a conductive film is stuck on a support sheet, is stamped in such a shape that a coil portion, a frame portion defined around the coil portion, and a joining portion connecting the coil portion to the frame portion are left unstamped. Next, a protective sheet which is made sticky, is stuck onto a surface of the stamped structure where the conductive film is stuck, and then the support sheet is peeled off. Next, an insulative support sheet which is being unwound and conveyed from a winding body, is stuck onto a surface of the structure with the protective sheet stuck thereon where the stamped conductive film is stuck, and then the protective sheet is peeled off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuichiro Kasahara, Hitoshi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7237320
    Abstract: A pole piece of a magnetic write head is formed over a substrate and includes a pole tip having a width that is less than its height which is normal the substrate. Due to stress-anisotropy, the pole tip structure has an inherent easy-axis which is oriented in an unfavorable direction (i.e. perpendicular to the ABS and almost collinear with a driving field of the write head). To alleviate this problem, during electroplating or annealing of the pole piece a magnetic field is applied to the pole tip in a direction which is out-of-plane from the substrate but in-plane with a side wall of the pole tip which vertically projects from the substrate. By applying the magnetic field in this manner, the easy axis of the pole piece is oriented in the direction of the applied magnetic field to facilitate more efficient switching in the write head. Ideally, the angle ? is about 90° for Hexagonal-Closed Packed (HCP) materials or about 50° for Face-Centered Cubic or Body-Centered Cubic (BCC) materials (e.g. NiFe and CoFe).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Quan-chiu Harry Lam
  • Patent number: 7237321
    Abstract: A method is described which uses a CMP resistant metal layer to replace the upper dielectric layer in the track width definition phase of a TMR or CPP spin valve magnetic head. The metal which is selected to be resistant to the CMP process can be rhodium (Rh), platinum (Pt), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), etc. The additional CMP resistance of the refill layer structure provides a much larger processing window which results in higher yields. A CPP head according to the invention has a metal layer according to the invention above the hard bias structures on the sides of the sensor which define the track width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Marie-Claire Cyrille, Frederick Hayes Dill, Jui-Lung Li
  • Patent number: 7237322
    Abstract: A method for making a tunnel valve head with a flux guide. The tunnel valve sensor is created by forming a tunnel valve at a first shield layer. The tunnel valve includes a free layer distal to the first shield layer, a first insulation layer deposited over the first shield layer and around the tunnel valve, a flux guide formed over the first insulation layer and coupling to the tunnel valve at the free layer, a second insulation layer formed over the flux guide and a second shield layer formed over the second insulation layer. The flux guide and the free layer are physically isolated by the first and second insulation layers to prevent current shunts therefrom. The structure achieves physical connection between the flux guide and the free layer and insulates the flux guide from the shields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Hardayal Singh Gill
  • Patent number: 7237323
    Abstract: A method of making a magnetic head having an air bearing surface (ABS) composed of a flat and smooth worked surface and having a reduced step produced between a rail portion on the ABS and an element portion. Steps of the method include forming an electromagnetic transducing element including an insulating layer on a board, and then removing only a specific plane of the board opposed to a magnetic recording medium up to a first predetermined depth. Forming an insulating film composed of the same material as that of the element insulating layer on the surface of the board after the removal. Polishing the surface of the element portion and then the insulating film is polished by a chemical mechanical polishing method till the element is exposed. Then forming a recessed portion having a second predetermined depth on the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Shunichi Katase
  • Patent number: 7237324
    Abstract: A multiple chip resistor is manufactured in the following method. First electrode layers are formed on a first surface of a substrate. Resistor elements electrically connected to the first electrode layers, respectively, are formed on the first surface of the substrate. Slits are formed in the substrate for separating the first electrode layers. Edge electrodes connected to the first electrode layers at the edges of the slits, respectively, are formed on respective edges at the slits of the substrate. The substrate is divided at the slits into strip substrates. Portions of the edge electrodes are removed for electrically isolating the resistor elements from each other. The method provides the edge electrodes on each strip substrate with an improved dimensional accuracy, hence allowing the edge electrodes to be isolated electrically from each other. Consequently, the multiple chip resistor is prevented from being mounted defectively when the resistor is surface-mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Matsukawa, Yasuharu Kinoshita, Shoji Hoshitoku, Masaharu Takahashi, Yoshinori Ando
  • Patent number: 7237325
    Abstract: A handling and actuation apparatus particularly adapted for clean room applications includes an actuation section for mounting a machine element to a work piece. The actuation section comprises a movable actuation member. A feeding section for feeding the aforementioned machine element to the actuation section is provided. An inner debris suction section is positioned in the vicinity of the actuation section, the inner debris suction section sucking air from the vicinity of the actuation member. An outer debris and air suction section is positioned in the vicinity of the feeding section sucks air from the vicinity of machine element during feeding of the machine element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Achim Busch, Frank Geisenheiner, Edgar Maehringer-Kunz, Ines Mattern, Norbert Jakob
  • Patent number: 7237326
    Abstract: A device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines, comprising: a detector for the position of an indicator that can slide on rectilinear guides with respect to a wheel supported rotatable on the frame of a balancing machine; removable locking elements the indicator in at least one direction of sliding activatable when a preset position of the indicator is reached and comprising at least one first and second gears, supported rotatable on the wheel machine which mesh with each other; transmission elements for transmitting motion of the indicator to the first gear; and motion elements for moving a third gear between an inactive configuration, in which it is disengaged from the first and second gears, and a locking configuration, in which the third gear is engaged with the teeth of the first and second gears to prevent their rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Sicam S.R.L.
    Inventors: Dido Boni, Marco Montanari
  • Patent number: 7237327
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling permanent magnet segments and a back ring wherein a fixture hold segments in circumaxially spaced relationship, adhesive is applied to the segments, externally from pressure sensitive adhesive tape and the fixture then expands to urge the segments into firm bonding engagement with the back ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: The Bergquist Torrington Company
    Inventors: Gary L. Peresada, Carey L. Linkovich, Russel H. Marvin
  • Patent number: 7237328
    Abstract: Production and/or installation device for producing and/or installing a workpiece, with a device frame and a workpiece support table, which has several workpiece supports and is rotating with respect to one or more stationary work stations and can be moved in synchronized fashion, and with a driving mechanism for driving the one or more workstations, which driving mechanism has a motor and at least one essentially vertically movable coupling element, the movement of which is coupled indirectly with the motor and with which a driver of a work station is or can be coupled, the driving mechanism having a working shaft, which is disposed vertically and can be rotated by the motor, with a guiding device, with which the movement of the coupling element is coupled and over which the vertical movement of the coupling element is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Feintool International Holding
    Inventor: Sigmund Kumeth
  • Patent number: 7237329
    Abstract: A multi-wheel assembly includes an outer wheel having an outer wheel assembly for an outer tire. The outer wheel assembly includes an outer wheel rim, a removable front bead seat band such that the outer tire may be removed from the outer wheel rim. A removable rear bead seat band is also provided. The multi-wheel assembly also includes an inner wheel having an inner wheel assembly including an inner wheel rim and a removable front bead seat band which is radially expandable and able to pass over the outer wheel rim. The dimensions of the outer wheel rim are such that the inner tube is able to pass over the outer wheel rim. A radially expandable bead seat band is also disclosed. A method of removing a tire is disclosed as well as a method of modifying a wheel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Ralph Burston, Sean Anthony Burston
  • Patent number: 7237330
    Abstract: Conductive circuits and methods of making conductive circuits are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David C. Koskenmaki, David W. Kuhns
  • Patent number: 7237331
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an electronic part having a plurality of wiring patterns and an insulating layer interposed between the wiring patterns and serving to establish electrical connection between the wiring patterns through an interlayer connecting portion penetrating the insulating layer. In the method, a first step of forming a wiring pattern and a columnar conductor and a second step of forming a layer having a uniform thickness by bonding an insulating sheet from above and pressing the insulating sheet to the height of the columnar conductor with the columnar conductor as a stopper so as to conform the thickness of the insulating sheet to the height of the columnar conductor are repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Gotoh, Kaoru Kawasaki, Mutsuko Nakano, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7237332
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wiring board, including the steps of preparing a composite sheet having an adherent sheet containing a thermosetting resin adhered to a porous film or impregnated with at least a part thereof, laminating at least the composite sheet on a wiring layer having a wiring pattern formed on an insulating layer, and heating and pressurizing the laminated product thus obtained or heating and pressurizing it after the pressurization to integrate the laminated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kawashima, Nobuharu Tahara, Kenichi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7237333
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for holding a screw captive to a printed circuit board (PCB), with a channel formed through the apparatus and a mounting hole formed through the PCB being in alignment to allow a screw to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Eric D. McAfee
  • Patent number: 7237334
    Abstract: A method of providing a printed circuit board, a printed circuit board formed according to the method, and a system comprising the printed circuit board. The method comprises: providing a microelectronic substrate; providing a via-defining substrate by providing via openings in the substrate using laser irradiation; providing a laser activatable film on the via-defining substrate; and providing interconnects on the via-defining substrate. Providing interconnects comprises providing a patterned build-up layer on the via-defining substrate comprising exposing the laser activatable film to laser irradiation to selectively activate portions of the film according to a predetermined interconnect pattern; and metallizing the patterned build-up layer according to the predetermined interconnect pattern to yield the interconnects to provide the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Islam A. Salama
  • Patent number: 7237335
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for servicing a telecommunication junction box. The method enables a reduced number of tools to be utilized to service a telecommunication junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: John C. Stuart
  • Patent number: 7237336
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cable assembly using stranded cable material. A manufacturing jacket is placed over the cable to hold the strands in a desired state. A length of jacketed cable is then cut to a desired length. Appropriate terminations are slipped over the manufacturing jacket on the cable's first end, its second end, or at some intermediate point. For a typical type of termination, a short portion of the manufacturing jacket is stripped away at the point of termination to expose the strands. After the terminations are placed in the appropriate position, potting compound or other mechanical means are typically applied to lock the terminations to the exposed lengths of strands. A completed cable assembly is thus created. However, the presence of the manufacturing jacket, while highly desirable for manufacturing, is often undesirable for end use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Bright Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Vest Campbell
  • Patent number: 7237337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat dissipating apparatus having micro-structure layer and method for fabricating the same. The method provides two highly heat conductive members having structure patterns. A highly heat conductive material is coated on the structured patterns by means of injection molding for forming a micro-structure layer. The two highly heat conductive members are assembled to form a heat dissipating apparatus having micro-structure layer. The heat dissipating apparatus comprises a main body composed of the highly heat conductive members. The main body forms an accommodating cavity, and inner surfaces of the accommodating cavity form the micro-structure layer. A working fluid is filled into the accommodating cavity for transferring heat from a heat absorbing surface to a heat dissipating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Lan-Kai Yeh, Che-Wei Lin, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shao-Wen Chen, Jin-Cherng Shyu
  • Patent number: 7237338
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating device with an isothermal plate assembly of predetermined shape and method for manufacturing the same are proposed. An upper plate and a lower plate with predetermined shape are provided and an accommodation groove is defined therein. A flattened heat pipe is bent into the predetermined shape and placed into the accommodation space. A binding agent is applied on the face between the heat pipe, the upper plate and the lower plate. A heat-dissipating unit composed of a plurality of heat-dissipating fins is assembled to a concave portion of the isothermal plate assembly of the predetermined shape. The upper plate and the lower plate are assembled with outer coupling unit and then a hot melting process is executed. The resultant product is then cooled to form a finished heat-dissipating device with an isothermal plate assembly of predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Cpumate Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Len Lin, Hui-Min Tsui, Ken Hsu
  • Patent number: 7237339
    Abstract: Dry shaving apparatus includes a drive source provided in a housing, a first shaving unit having a first outer cutter and a first undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for movement beneath the first outer cutter, and a second shaving unit having a second outer cutter and a second undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for oscillatory movement beneath the second outer cutter. The first outer cutter is coupled to the drive source and is mounted for oscillatory movement to serve as a skin agitation member. The first outer cutter and the second undercutter are arranged to be driven at the same frequency by the drive source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Brann GmbH
    Inventors: Ray Parsonage, Terry Royle, Peter Soul, Andre Nauber, Michael Harms, Michael Odemer
  • Patent number: 7237340
    Abstract: A utility tool comprising a body having a first end and a second end positioned on opposite ends of the body; a removable device; as well as a first tool and a second tool configured to be selectively coupled to each other or one of either the first end and second end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Wagic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Johnson, Idriss Mansouri-Chafik, Skye David Barcus
  • Patent number: 7237341
    Abstract: A layout tool includes an object detector constructed and arranged to detect the location of a vertically extending edge portion of an object hidden from view behind a generally vertically extending wall surface, a light source that is capable of projecting a line of light along the wall surface, and an angular orientation mechanism operably coupled to the light projection mechanism. The angular orientation mechanism is operable to establish that the line of light is vertical. The light source and the object detector are operatively interengaged such that when a vertically extending edge is detected by the object detector, a vertically extending line of light projected on the surface by the light source indicates the location of a vertically extending edge portion of the hidden object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventor: John C. Murray
  • Patent number: 7237342
    Abstract: An optical axis adjusting mechanism disposed on a laser ruler for adjusting an optical axis of the laser ruler is provided. The laser ruler includes a main bracket. The optical axis adjusting mechanism includes a main body rotatably assembled to the main bracket of the laser ruler with a shaft, and one or more adjusting elements for selectively rotating the main body about the shaft to adjust an optical axis of the laser ruler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Asia Optical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hai-hau Chen, Hui-qing Chen
  • Patent number: 7237343
    Abstract: Data are input from a geomagnetic sensor that detects magnetic fields in three axial directions, and magnetic field data are measured on the basis of the input data. The measured magnetic field data are sequentially stored, and a determination is made as to whether a plurality of the magnetic field data thus stored lie within a same plane in a three-dimensional orientation space. When it has been determined that the plurality of the magnetic field data lie within the same plane in the three-dimensional orientation space, center coordinates of a circular arc where the stored magnetic field data lie are calculated, as provisional offset values, on the basis of the magnetic field data and in accordance with a predetermined algorithm. Magnetic field data measured after the calculation of the provisional offset values is corrected with the provisional offset values, and an arithmetic operation is performed for determining orientation data on the basis of the corrected magnetic field data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Yukio Wakui
  • Patent number: 7237344
    Abstract: A jig for positioning vehicular exterior parts, which can improve workability as well as accuracy of a mounting location. A jig 1 used when aching exterior parts to a vehicle 20 includes a first engagement portion 4 prescribing a location in a height direction of the vehicle 20, and a second engagement portion 5 prescribing a location in a direction orthogonal to the height direction of the vehicle 20. At least one of the first engagement portion 4 and the second engagement portions 5 is fixed between a vehicle body 22 and a door 21. The jig 1 is formed from a tabular member. As a result, positioning in mutually orthogonal two directions can be carried out simultaneously, simplifying attachment works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Access Corp.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Shishikura