Patents Issued in July 24, 2007
  • Patent number: 7247771
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 5806063 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5806063, to the plants of soybean 5806063, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5806063 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5806063 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 5806063, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 5806063 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 5806063 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7247772
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S050226 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050226, to the plants of soybean S050226, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050226 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050226 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S050226, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S050226 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S050226 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7247773
    Abstract: A cotton cultivar designated HAMMER is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar HAMMER, to the plants and plant parts of cotton HAMMER and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar HAMMER with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar HAMMER with itself or with another cotton cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen R. Oakley
  • Patent number: 7247774
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 530001G. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 530001G. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 530001G and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 530001G with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: James F. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7247775
    Abstract: A cotton cultivar, designated DP 515 BG/RR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 515 BG/RR, to the plants of cotton DP 515 BG/RR and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 515 BG/RR with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar DP 515 BG/RR with another cotton cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: D&PL Technology Holding Company, LLC
    Inventor: Curtis Williams
  • Patent number: 7247776
    Abstract: Broadly this invention provides for an inbred corn line G7403. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G7403 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G7403 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line G7403 with at least one other corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Syngenta (AT) Limited
    Inventor: Richard Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 7247777
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH520994. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH520994, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH520994 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH520994.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Thomas B. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7247778
    Abstract: An addressable valve system is described wherein a plurality of valves are embedded into a single, compact valve block. Each valve comprises a piston moving in a bore in the block. A magnet embedded in the piston is positioned within a coil. When energized, the coil attracts the magnet and the plunger upwards away from a valve seat. Magnetic shields disposed between the pistons provide magnetic isolation between the pistons and simultaneously apply a closing force to the pistons by drawing the magnets downward towards the valve seat. When energized, the coils overwhelm the closing force and open the valves. Electronics for the valve block and the coils are provided on a circuit board overlying the pistons and bores. The electronics provide addressability of the valves and automatically generate “pick” and “hold” timing whereby the initial motivating force (voltage) applied to the current is higher to get the valves moving quickly when valve is first commanded to open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventors: Spencer Chase, Eugene Peter Gerety
  • Patent number: 7247779
    Abstract: The invention as described herein consists of a pitch-changing arrangement as may be used in a pedal steel guitar to improve the quality of the sounds emanating therefrom. The invention incorporates a tone ring for transferring the string energy from the neutral position raising lever directly into the guitar cabinet. The invention also allows for the pitch-changing device to be stopped in the raised position by the guitar cabinet slot thus imparting the string energy directly into the guitar cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventor: D. Bruce Zumsteg
  • Patent number: 7247780
    Abstract: A guitar has a wrench tremolo bar thereon, replacing the standard tremolo bar, with the wrench tremolo bar having a desired wrench on at least one end of the wrench tremolo bar, to cooperate with the string fasteners on the guitar, which greatly facilitates tuning, changing or replacing of a guitar string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventors: Peter J. Sanders, Brian A. Strociek
  • Patent number: 7247781
    Abstract: Electronic musical instrument interactively connected with a music application apparatus automatically returns a response signal when a predetermined identification request signal is received from the music application apparatus. Upon receipt of the response signal transmitted by the musical instrument in response to the identification request signal, the application apparatus determines whether or not the connected musical instrument is of a predetermined identity. Thus, for each electronic musical instrument authorized to execute the music application, the application apparatus can perform control to allow the music application to be executed in a normal mode, while, for each electronic musical instrument not authorized to execute the music application, the application apparatus can perform control to inhibit the application from being executed or allow the application to be executed only in a limited function mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Tadahiko Ikeya
  • Patent number: 7247782
    Abstract: Genetic music generated by decoding and transcribing genetic information within a DNA sequence into a music signal having melody and harmony, and useful in the producion of novely consumer products, identification systems, and diagnostic tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventors: Mark R. Hennings, Denise M. Kettelberger
  • Patent number: 7247783
    Abstract: A series of musical vehicles form a cooperative musical instrument. Each musical vehicle may be outfitted with a musical tone generator and horn, or loud speaker that plays a particular note on a music scale. Each musical vehicle may have multiple horns or speakers having a predetermined tonal separation between each horn or speaker. For example, the B flat vehicle may have 5 horns that play a series of five of the B-flat notes having a predetermined tonal separation between each note. Each of the horns or speakers on each musical vehicle may be separately activated so that, for example, the B vehicle would sound a middle B when the middle B signal is activated. The horns or speakers may be permanently mounted or preferably mounted on a rack that can be moved from vehicle to vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventor: Richard Grossman
  • Patent number: 7247784
    Abstract: There are provided a musical tone-generating apparatus which neither requires hardware having an increased circuit size nor imposes a heavy burden on a CPU thereof, and a mobile terminal apparatus including the musical tone-generating apparatus, as well as a musical tone-generating method, and a storage medium storing a program for executing the method. A CPU converts music contents data stored in a RAM to hardware tone generator control data, stores the resulting data into the RAM. In reproduction, the CPU reads out and sends the hardware tone generator control data to a hardware tone generator. A data decoder circuit of the hardware tone generator sequentially reads out the hardware tone generator control data from a FIFO and separates the read data into time management information and data of a parameter for generation of a musical tone, and sets the time management information to a counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Muraki, Ichiro Futohashi
  • Patent number: 7247785
    Abstract: The electronic musical instrument comprises a plurality of slide-type faders (1), an interval setup device (5, 6), and a sound synthesis device (20). The slide-type faders are provided correspondingly to a plurality of tones included an interval and allow slide operations to change output sound volume. The interval setup device means sets the interval to define a tone for each slide-type fader. The sound synthesis device synthesizes sounds according to a volume changing pattern with predefined sound quality and based on operations of the slide-type fader. The slide-type faders can be manipulated by fingertips or the like for musical performance to enjoy the DJ play without many practices or high proficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Vestax Corporation, Shingo Annen
    Inventor: Shingo Annen
  • Patent number: 7247786
    Abstract: A song selection device stores song characteristic quantities of a plurality of songs. A user operates the song selection device to enter personal properties and a sensibility word. The song selection device selects a song having a song characteristic quantity corresponding to the personal properties and the sensibility word. The song selection device may select a plurality of songs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Satoshi Odagawa, Yasuteru Kodama, Takehiko Shioda
  • Patent number: 7247787
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument is composed of a main body portion and parts such as an upper keyboard, a lower keyboard, and so on that are selected from among parts of a high-grade and low-grade in accordance with the model thereof and placed in the main body portion, in which a ROM stores control programs necessary for control of the electronic musical instrument of the high-grade model and low-grade model so that a CPU selects any of these and executes it. The selection is performed in accordance with an ON/OFF state of a limit switch provided to correspond to one of the parts. A portion of the part is made to have a different shape depending on the grade, so that when the part is placed in the main body portion, the limit switch comes into an ON/OFF state in accordance with the grade of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Norihisa Aoki
  • Patent number: 7247788
    Abstract: An integrated computer and music keyboard module includes a key assembled base, on a first side of which a plurality of music keys are parallelly arranged. The key assembled base is provided on at least one lateral end with a connecting member for turnably connecting at least one extended module thereto. The extended module includes an extended key assembled base, on a first side of which a plurality of music keys are arranged, and on a second side of which a plurality of computer keys are arranged. When the extended module is turned about the connecting member to an extended position, a music keyboard is shown; and when the extended module is turned to a folded position, the computer keys are exposed to serve as a computer keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Mitac Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Lai-Chen Lai
  • Patent number: 7247789
    Abstract: A soundhole accessible musical instrument control platform mounted inside the body of a musical instrument requires no physical alterations to the instrument, allowing the user convenient and ergonomic access to the control platform through the soundhole while using the musical instrument. The control platform includes a circuit platform, mounted inside the instrument with adhesives, separably attached to a mounting bracket. Control detents and markings are easy to feel and to read and thus provide feedback for control position and the relative degree of effect. The controls are surrounded by a cosmetic bezel that hides the actual mounting mechanism and circuitry. Any combination of controls, circuitry, and sensors may be used. Power is either provided onboard or offboard. An output connector may be integrated into the circuit platform or via an endpin jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Fishman Transducers, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Fishman, Benjamin Bateman
  • Patent number: 7247790
    Abstract: Due to an ever growing shortage of conventional energy sources, there is an increasingly intense interest in harnessing solar energy. This invention deals with method and apparatus for the direct conversion of solar energy to alternating current power by an active spinning mini-optics system. A limiting factor in the utilization of solar energy in the past has been the high cost of power conversion from dc to ac. By directly producing alternating current power, this invention substantially reduces the cost of generating photovoltaic electricity. This system utilizes a dynamic spinning ensemble of mini-mirrors to both concentrate and modulate rays from the sun onto a photovoltaic collector array. The focusing with superimposed spinning action produces single phase and multiphase alternating current (ac) with substantially higher power output than the direct current (dc) power resulting from the direct incidence of sunlight on the photovoltaic collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventor: Mario Rabinowitz
  • Patent number: 7247791
    Abstract: An enclosure for protecting at least a portion of a printed circuit board that includes a top and bottom cover each having an insulating layer between an outer conductive layer and an inner conductive layer. Each outer conductive layer and each inner conductive layer are electrically connected to a voltage source to form tamper detection circuits. The enclosure further includes cover switches to detect attempts to lift or remove the covers and a thermal sensor/switch or the like for indicating that a temperature inside the enclosure has moved past a predetermined level due to a tamper attempt. A detection circuit generates and transmits a signal to cause sensitive information contained in one or more electronic components provided on the circuit board to be erased when a tamper attempt is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Kulpa
  • Patent number: 7247792
    Abstract: There is disclosed a wall plate with a single opening for receiving one or a gang of wiring devices within the single opening. The wall plate has along its vertical axis, a surface of positive first differential and zero second differential, comprised of a combination of splines drawn between points of varying distance from a datum plane. The surface has zero second differential when the rate of height increase of individual splines is constant. The wall plate, when composed of non-conducting material, has a conductive coating on its front surface, on its back surface or on both its front and back surfaces. When the wiring device is a switch, the surface of the switch face follows that of the wall plate. When the wiring device is a receptacle, the surface along the receptacle face is flat in one plane to allow for proper seating of an inserted plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony Tufano, Dennis A. Oddsen, Leslie Lindenstraus, Steve Zacharevitz, Paul Endres
  • Patent number: 7247793
    Abstract: A wall plate adapter for coupling home network control signals to AC power wiring, where the wall plate adapter includes built-in signaling circuitry. The wall plate adapter includes a plate with a receptacle face with slots that are aligned with slots of an underlying AC receptacle. When prongs of a plug are inserted into the slots of the wall plate adapter, they touch contacts that are located in the slots of the receptacle face. The contacts are, in turn, coupled to the signaling circuitry, which may be located in an enlarged region of the wall plate. The signaling circuitry is only coupled to the AC power when a plug is inserted. The plug may be coupled to a transformer and a network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Hinkson, John J. Ryan, George N. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7247794
    Abstract: A drip-proof switch cover for covering an electrical box having a wall switch with an actuator protruding through the cover, wherein a collecting reservoir is disposed at the lower end of the cover to collect liquid drippings from the hand of a user during actuation of the switch actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy M. Johnson, Frank Annerino
  • Patent number: 7247795
    Abstract: A shield wire has a wire main body that has a conductor and an insulation covering the conductor. The conductor has a single wire or a stranded wire. A shield member is disposed on an outer circumference of the wire main body. The shield member has a tubular body having an inner sleeve, a braided shield and an outer sleeve, and a metal pipe is disposed on the outer circumference of the wire main body. The tubular body is electrically connected to the metal pipe at an end thereof. The shield wire further has a first connector member with a flange, wherein the first connector member is electrically connected to the tubular body at an other end of the tubular body where the tubular body is not connected to the metal pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Sumi, Seigi Aoyama, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Michiaki Shimizu, Hiroshi Okikawa
  • Patent number: 7247796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filler material useful for communication cables, such as electrical cables and optical cables. In one embodiment, (a) from about 50 to 95 percent by weight mineral oil; (b) less than about 10 percent by weight block copolymer selected from the group consisting of styrene-ethylene/butylene, styrene-ethylene/propylene, styrene-butadiene-styrene, styrene-isoprene-styrene, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene, styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene, and combinations thereof; (c) less than about 35 percent by weight petroleum wax; (d) less than about 20 percent by weight hollow glass microspheres; and (e) less than about 10 percent by weight thixotropic agent selected from the group consisting of clay, colloidal metal oxide, fumed metal oxide, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Nathan K. Hagen, David R. Hague, Chad D. Mistele, Mark E. Napierala, Mario A. Perez, Bhaskar V. Velamakanni, James K. Young
  • Patent number: 7247797
    Abstract: A communication cable (K) with a large number of conductor cores (2) includes insulated conductors in which the conductor cores (2) are stranded with one another to form stranded elements (1). A large number of the stranded conductor cores are combined in the cable core (8). The insulation of the conductors (3) includes an inner layer (4) of a flameproof insulating material and an outer layer (5), which includes a polyolefin. The outer layer of the insulation is produced by extrusion, and is permanently joined with the inner layer (4). A closed sheath (9) includes a metal strip applied over the cable core. The outer sheath (10) includes a non-combustible material applied over the inner sheath (9), with which it is adhesively bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Harald Büthe, Harald Heymanns, Wilfried Konieczny, Stefan Krumm
  • Patent number: 7247798
    Abstract: A wire management system is provided to neatly and efficiently assembly the many wires of an electronic component system such as a personal computer without tangling and intertwining. The system utilizes a container having axially aligned upright posts with hooks at their upper ends to keep wires wound around the posts in the wound position. A preferred embodiment utilizes axially aligned slots and movable and lockable posts in the slots to change the wiring configuration depending on the wire to be taken up. Clips may also be utilized to secure the wire in the container. Female and male mating flanges allow the user to connect one or more containers increasing the capacity of the wire management system. Another system uses pairs of posts with a space therebetween so that the wire can be wound around the outside of the posts or threaded through the space and also around the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony S. Pagoto, Don A. Sebastian
  • Patent number: 7247799
    Abstract: A cord management device includes a receptacle (110, 210) defining an interior space (120, 220) capable of containing a power strip (140, 240). The receptacle includes a stationary portion (111, 211) and a cover (115, 215) attached to the stationary portion as with a hinge such that the cover is capable of movement between a first position, in which the cover substantially encloses the interior space, and a second position, in which the interior space is exposed. The cover has a cutout (117, 217) therein. The stationary portion includes a cord management feature (113, 213). The cutout in the cover interacts with the stationary portion of the receptacle to form an opening in the receptacle when the cover is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Belkin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Mori, Barry Sween, Yoko Iida, John Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 7247800
    Abstract: A module circuit board for a semiconductor device by a solder reflow process includes a plurality of pads on which the semiconductor device to be mounted, a plurality of terminals formed on a side edge of the board, a resist film covering an area between said pads and said terminal on the board, and a barrier formed between said pads and said terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7247801
    Abstract: A system and method for fast weighing of items such as mailpieces. The system includes a scale system having a platform connected to a load cell that provides an output signal to an analog-to-digital converter. The resulting digital output signal is processed by a low pass filter and analyzed by a microprocessor to determine weights of items on the platform. The microprocessor also determines postage amounts of items on the platform. The microprocessor also determines postage amounts as functions of the weights and outputs these postage amounts to a postage meter. The microprocessor determines the weights as the median of the peak to valley difference of the digital output signal when the digital output signal peak to valley difference is less than a predetermined value. The microprocessor identifies peaks and valleys of the digital output signal by determining when the derivative of the signal changes sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Edilberto I. Salazar, Michael J. Kasmin
  • Patent number: 7247802
    Abstract: A checkout station comprises a deactivation system having an antenna for transmitting a signal to the security feature on a product passing over the checkout station to deactivate the security feature and a scale for weighing the product at the checkout station. A composite weigh plate is supported by the scale and includes a metal face plate configured to support the product thereon for weighing the product and a metal sub-frame configured to support the face plate. The face plate and the sub-frame each define a slit so that they do not form a closed electrically conductive loop. An electrically non-conductive bonding agent fixes the metal face plate to the metal sub-frame to maintain the structural integrity of the composite weigh plate in spite of the presence of the slits in the metal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua B. Minter
  • Patent number: 7247803
    Abstract: To measure the loaded weight of a dump truck, accurately and inexpensively. In a dump truck comprising a set of equalizer bars respectively provided rotatably on the left and right-hand sides of a vehicle body; first vehicle wheels supported respectively by way of first suspension devices on one side of each equalizer bar; second vehicle wheels supported respectively by way of second suspension devices on the other side of each equalizer bar; and third vehicle wheels provided respectively on the left and right-hand sides of the vehicle body separately from the equalizer bars, and being supported respectively by way of third suspension devices; a first load applied to the second suspension device is detected; a second load applied to the third suspension device is detected; the angle of inclination of the vehicle body is detected; and a loaded weight is calculated on the basis of the first and second loads, and the angle of inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Takeda, Kazuo Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7247804
    Abstract: Electrical switch designed for high voltage and/or current and surrounded by a housing (2) divided into a first part (2?) forming a first compartment for taking up at least one switching device (3) and an appurtenant actuator device (4), and a second part (2?) forming a second compartment for connecting of at least one phase. At least the first part (2?) of the housing (2) is pressure sealed encapsulated and filled with oil under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: EB Elektro AS, Bennex Omnitec AS
    Inventors: Bjørn Eriksson, Viggo Landaas
  • Patent number: 7247805
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for actuating a switch that transmits motion from a first component, which moves along a first path, to a system that is attached to the mechanism. The mechanism includes a second component that moves transverse to the first path and a third component having a switch actuating portion, wherein movement of the first component causes the third component to actuate the switch using motion that is generally along the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Duane R. Johnson, Jeffrey Krause
  • Patent number: 7247806
    Abstract: Disclosed are a computing device bezel and a facia button that is used with the bezel. In one embodiment, the facia button includes a base member, a finger interface that is supported by and that extends from the base member, an axis about which the facia button can pivot, and a spring member that is adapted to resist pivoting of the facia button, wherein the facia button is configured to contact and press an associated button of a device contained within the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wayne David Gibbs, Jeffrey A. Lambert
  • Patent number: 7247807
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a button for engaging an electrical switch comprising: a button post that transmits a vertical motion of the button to the electrical switch, an alignment post that registers against the electrical switch and reduces lateral motion of the button, and at least two runners that connect the button to a frame and includes reinforcement that stiffens the vertical motion of the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Gutierrez, William R. Haas
  • Patent number: 7247808
    Abstract: The invention proposes an electrical service device, in particular line circuit breaker or motor circuit breaker, having a housing having connecting areas and connection means (2, 3) for the purpose of connecting busbars and/or connection lines on both end sides and, having at least one switching contact having a fixed and a movable contact piece (4, 6), an arc (13) being produced in an arc prechamber area (7) between said fixed and movable contact pieces (4, 6) in the event of a disconnection. The arc enters a current-limiting arc-quenching device (12), in particular an arc splitter stack, via arc guide rails (14, 16), at least one insulating plate (20, 25+26) being arranged at the edge of the arc-quenching device (12). The insulating plate (20, 25+26) is fixed to the end section of an arc guide rail (14) by means of a fixing clip (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Rab, Wolfgang Dorfeld, Ralf Weber
  • Patent number: 7247809
    Abstract: A welding machine, operating by the electric resistance welding method, for producing wire grid mat of longitudinal and transverse wires (L, Q) crossing one another and welded together at the crossing points, having a plurality of welding units (1, 1?), located transversely to the production direction, which at least for each longitudinal wire have one upper welding head (2) with an upper electrode, located above the grid production plane (X-X), and one lower welding head (5) along with a lower electrode movable counter to the upper electrode, the lower welding head being located below the grid production plane (X-X), having a common rail system (26, 28, 31) with at least two common rails extending along the welding line (S-S), for delivering the welding current to the welding electrodes, in which for continuously variable positioning of all the welding units transversely to the production direction (P1) along the welding line, adjusting devices (56, 57) and clamping devices (64, 65, 66; 64?, 65?, 66?) as wel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: EVG Entwicklungs- u. Verwertungs-Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Klaus Ritter
  • Patent number: 7247810
    Abstract: The invention originates in the field of resistance welding technology, among other means by means of welding robots 1, for use in roll seam welding, projection welding or spot welding, and has to do with accommodating components for operation inside the housing 2 of the welding tongs. Taking the demands in terms of weight into account, the object of the invention is to achieve the most effective possible utilization of space for the housing 2 of the welding tongs carried by the welding robot. The housing 2 of the welding tongs is given a module 3 for this purpose. This module 3 includes modular components that are relevant to performing the welding process that is monitored by the welding controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Bosch Rexroth AG
    Inventors: Eckart Goetz, Heinz-Ullrich Mueller, Reinhard Scholz
  • Patent number: 7247811
    Abstract: A plasma welding method for a golf club head includes the steps of: preparing a club head body and a striking plate, and mounting the striking plate to the club head body; moving a plasma nozzle to aim to a connection line formed between the club head body and the striking plate before the plasma welding; tilting the plasma nozzle a predetermined inclined angle with respect to a vertical direction of the combination of the club head body and the striking plate for the plasma welding; and controlling the tilted plasma nozzle to weld the striking plate to the club head body so as to constitute the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nelson Precision Casting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Tung Chen, Wei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 7247812
    Abstract: An excimer laser annealing apparatus and the application of the same for stabilizing the atmosphere surrounding an area irradiated by an excimer laser. The apparatus includes a chamber, a gas diversion nozzle, an excimer laser and a gas supply device. The gas diversion nozzle is positioned inside the chamber. The laser beam produced by the excimer laser passes through the gas diversion nozzle. The gas supply device connects with the gas diversion nozzle for providing a jet of gas to the laser-irradiated area and carrying away any pollutants from the irradiated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yi-Chang Tsao
  • Patent number: 7247813
    Abstract: In a laser processing method and a laser processing apparatus which irradiate a processing target body with a laser beam pulse-oscillated from a laser beam source, a processing state is monitored by a photodetector, and the laser beam source is again subjected to oscillation control on the moment when erroneous laser irradiation is detected, thereby performing laser processing. Further, in a laser crystallization method and a laser crystallization apparatus using a pulseoscillated excimer laser, a homogenizing optical system, an optical element and a half mirror are arranged in an optical path, light from the half mirror is detected by a photodetector, and a light intensity insufficient irradiation position is again irradiated with a laser beam to perform crystallization when the detection value does not fall within a range of a predetermined specified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced LCD Technologies Development Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Jyumonji, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Masato Hiramatsu, Noritaka Akita, Tomoya Kato
  • Patent number: 7247814
    Abstract: The present invention includes a system and method of controlling a remotely located welding-type power source. A communications system includes a user interface to accept a user input at a portable location and a gas purging device to systematically purge pressurized gas from a gas line connecting the portable location to a remote location based on the user input. The communications system also includes a sensor to sense pressure changes in the gas line at the remote location and a processor configured to convert the sensed pressure changes to a representation of the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Brian L. Ott
  • Patent number: 7247815
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manipulating a contact tip of a welding device includes a member, e.g., a clutch bearing or other device, that securely grasps the contact tip and minimizes damage thereto. The method and apparatus can be used to install or remove a contact tip into/from a welding device, e.g., without the need to remove the nozzle of the welding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventor: Robert Lajoie
  • Patent number: 7247816
    Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a heating roller that is heated by heating units, a main power supply that supplies power from an external power supply to the main heating unit, and an auxiliary power supply that supplies power to the auxiliary heating unit. The auxiliary power supply further includes a mass capacitor of multiple capacitor cells, which are charged by the external power supply. The connection mode of the capacitor cells is changed at least at the time of electric discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kishi, Eriko Konno
  • Patent number: 7247817
    Abstract: A heater is provided including a plate having a heating surface for heating an object to be heated and a resistance heater element provided in the plate. This resistance heater element includes a continuous wiring pattern including a plurality of flexures and a thermal uniform pattern part which improves thermal uniformity. The continuous wiring pattern includes a plurality of folding parts as the flexures. A first distance between the wirings in a first region of the wiring pattern other than a second region proximate the folding parts is substantially constant, and a second distance between the wirings in the second region is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisakazu Okajima
  • Patent number: 7247818
    Abstract: A substrate heating apparatus includes a ceramic base having a concave heating surface on which a substrate is placed, and a resistance heating element buried in the ceramic base. The central part of the concave heating surface defines the lowest point of the heating surface and the peripheral part of the concave heating surface defines the highest point of the heating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kondou, Hideyoshi Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 7247819
    Abstract: A substrate heating apparatus is provided, including a base group including a plurality of bases, which are arranged substantially into a plate with a gap interposed between the bases, and which form a substrate mounting surface. A resistance heating element provided for at least one of the bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Hideyoshi Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 7247820
    Abstract: A heat sink that is disposed on a heating element and absorbs the heat generated by the heating element includes: a contact surface to which recessed grooves are formed and the region of which excluding the recessed grooves is in contact with the heating element; insertion members having a thickness, which permits them to fill the recessed grooves, and come into contact with the heating element by being inserted into the recessed grooves; and a turning mechanism that separates the contact surface from the heating element by turning the insertion members in response to a manipulation while abutting the extreme ends of the insertion members against the heating element. With such arrangement, there can be provided the heat sink that can reduce time and effort for removing the heat sink from the heating element while suppressing deterioration of heat absorption capability and an information processing device including the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Eriko Nishikawa