Patents Issued in October 18, 2007
  • Publication number: 20070241197
    Abstract: A stored-value card includes a housing and a bubble wand. The housing includes an account identifier adapted to link the stored-value card to a financial account or a financial record. The bubble wand is enclosed within the housing and is configured to transition from a first position within the housing to a second position outside of the housing. Stored-value card assemblies, methods of promoting sales of stored-value cards, methods of using a stored-value card and other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Kim Lindahl, Jamie Parker, Erin Borkowski, Tim Schumann, Primoz Samardzja
  • Publication number: 20070241198
    Abstract: A stored-value card including a housing and an object. The housing defining a storage cavity and including a door and an account identifier signifying a financial account or record linked to the stored-value card. The door is configured to transition between a closed position where the door covers an opening to the storage cavity and an open position where the opening is uncovered. The object stored within the housing is at least partially removable from the housing when the door is in the open position. Stored-value card assemblies, methods of promoting sales of stored-value cards, methods of using a stored-value card and other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Ted Halbur, Travis Robertson, David Smith, Erin Borkowski, Primoz Samardzija
  • Publication number: 20070241199
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device in which a sophisticated integrated circuit using a polycrystalline semiconductor is formed over a substrate which is weak with heat such as a plastic substrate or a plastic film substrate and a semiconductor device which transmits/receives power or a signal without wires, and a communication system thereof. One feature of the invention is that a semiconductor device, specifically, a processor, in which a sophisticated integrated circuit is fixed to a plastic substrate which is weak with heat by a stripping method such as a stress peel of process method to transmit/receive power or a signal without wires, for example, with an antenna or a light receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kiyoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20070241200
    Abstract: To increase an area in which a component can be mounted in a substrate including an IC chip to which an antenna is connected. For this purpose, an opening at the center of a center substrate is provided with an IC chip. An antenna is wired to an upper surface of the center substrate so as to enclose the IC chip. A top substrate is laminated and fixed on the upper surface of the center substrate. A bottom substrate is laminated and fixed on a lower surface of the center substrate. Since the antenna is not wired to an upper surface of the top substrate and a lower surface of the bottom substrate, a component can be mounted on the entire upper and lower surfaces. This allows a large number of components to be mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Youichi Sawachi
  • Publication number: 20070241201
    Abstract: A Q-Chip MEMS magnetic device comprises a thin-film electronic circuit for implantation in the Track-2 area of a magnetic stripe on the back of a credit card. The Q-Chip MEMS magnetic device periodically self-generates new sub-sets of magnetic data that are to be read in combination with other magnetic data that is permanently recorded in the surrounding surface of the magnetic stripe. A collocated battery and microcontroller provide operating power and new data for magnetic bit updates. A swipe sensor triggers such updates by sensing electrical contact with a legacy card reader. Several thin-film coils of wire are wound end-to-end around a common, flat, ferrous core. These are driven by the microcontroller. In one instance, such core comprises “hard” magnetic material with a coercivity of 200-300 Oersteds. Magnetic data written from the corresponding adjacent coils will persist for later readings by a legacy card reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Kerry D. Brown, David K. Pariseau, Weidong Li, Edgar M. Williams, Joyce Thompson
  • Publication number: 20070241202
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer including a plurality of pits in the semiconductor wafer. The pits are arranged in an information-providing pattern and are readable after completion of processing on the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Barker, Raymond Bunkofske, John Colt, Perry Hartswick, John Lewis, Nancy Pascoe
  • Publication number: 20070241203
    Abstract: An HVAC system comprises a programmable wireless thermostat and a remote receiver unit. The thermostat includes a user interface having one or more displays, user input devices, such as buttons, sliders, or a touch screen, and a backlight. The thermostat may include a proximity sensor, wherein the user interface is controlled based on a user's presence near the thermostat. A thermostat controller enters into a reduced energy consumption mode and switches the user interface to an idle state when the proximity sensor indicates a lack of user proximity for a predetermined duration. When the proximity sensor indicates user proximity, the controller exits the reduced energy consumption mode and switches the user interface to an active state. During the reduced energy consumption mode, the user interface may be concealed when the user interface is in a housing which is transparent when backlit but is opaque otherwise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Ranco Inc. of Delaware
    Inventors: Phillip Wagner, John Chapman, Joseph Rao, Nicholas Ashworth
  • Publication number: 20070241204
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for spray application of a monolithic refractory material, designed to add water to a powder material and knead the powder material during feeding. In the method and apparatus, a primary water injector 7 is arranged in a feed hose 5 extending from a spray-material supply device 1 to a distal spray nozzle 4, and a secondary water injector 8 is arranged in the feed hose at a position just before the distal spray nozzle 4. The primary water injector 7 is arranged on an upstream side of the secondary water injector 8 with a given distance therebetween. 10 to 50 mass %, preferably 15 to 40 mass %, of application water on the basis of the total application water required for the spray application is added from the primary water injector together with compression air in the form of water particles having an average particle size of 100 ?m or less, to evenly wet a spray material during feeding to the extent capable of preventing the spray material from being slurried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohata, Hiroyoshi Tomono, Toyohiko Kawahara, Yoshihiro Mizuma, Koji Goda, Yoshinori Nishiumi, Norikazu Shirama
  • Publication number: 20070241205
    Abstract: A fountain flows with multiple fluidic materials. The fountain has a basin, multiple augers, a tubular housing for the augers and tiers, all configured so that the multiple fluidic materials flow through the fountain without mixing. The basin and tiers preferably have dividers to prevent the multiple fluidic materials from mixing. The fountain is suitable for home as well as commercial use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Fuglewicz, Chris Nowak, Glenn Wilson
  • Publication number: 20070241206
    Abstract: A scent delivery device (10) for attachment to a door or window screen (22) exposed to a natural airflow providing a vector for dispersing the scent over time. The device (10) includes a body (12) and two or more legs (14a,14b). The body (12) includes a reservoir (16) for containing the scent, and includes an opening (15) to facilitate dispersal of the scent from the reservoir (16). The legs (14a,14b) are connected to and extend outwardly from the body (12). The legs (14a,14b) each include a length of wire having a diameter which is smaller than the mesh of the screen (22) for attaching the body (12) to the screen (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Jacquelyn Lowden Williams
  • Publication number: 20070241207
    Abstract: A nozzle has a tubular metal core which forms a central injection duct, and a cylindrical, outer, lateral surface. A heater/diffuser device includes a metal heat diffuser of tubular cylindrical shape with an open annular cross-section, mounted around the cylindrical surface of the core. The diffuser has: a cylindrical internal surface fitting the cylindrical surface of the nozzle core, two facing longitudinal free edges which are spaced apart circumferentially, are free of one another, and define between them a longitudinal space extending along a generator line of the cylindrical surface of the diffuser, and a recessed, channel-like seat formed in a surface of the diffuser element. A resistor is housed in the channel-like seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Piero Enrietti
  • Publication number: 20070241208
    Abstract: A spray gun (1) for spraying paints and similar viscous media that can be propelled pneumatically, comprising a gun housing (2) for accommodating the components of the spray gun (1) that effect propulsion, mixture and/or metering, a handle (3) projecting from the gun housing (2) and a reservoir tank (5) removably attached to the gun housing (2) for holding the medium to be processed, with the housing (2) of the spray gun (1) provided with an air guidance duct (21) through which the compressed air responsible for atomization flows to an atomizer nozzle (4), whereby surfaces (22) of the air guidance duct (21) and/or atomizer nozzle (4) and/or an air cap (15) which come into contact with the stream of compressed air or are wetted are provided wholly or in part with a structured surface in the form of indentations (51) and/or protrusions (52) worked into the surfaces either successively or with lateral spacings in between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Alfred Gohring
  • Publication number: 20070241209
    Abstract: A method of equalization of fluid flow having a more balanced flow rate and spray pattern along a length of a fluid distribution arm comprising a plurality of apertures, the method comprising: partitioning a portion of an interior of the distribution arm into a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the first compartment does not include any of the apertures; and passing fluid into the first compartment before entering the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: James Calhoun, Mark Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20070241210
    Abstract: An atomizer spray plate including a body having an inlet surface and an exit surface, a swirl chamber within the body and adjacent to the inlet surface, an atomizer hole extending through the body from the swirl chamber to the exit surface, and a plurality of elongated protrusions upon the inlet surface extending radially from the swirl chamber, wherein the plurality of elongated protrusions define a plurality of venturi inlets to the swirl chamber between adjacent protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Edmund S. Schindler, Scott Lindemann, John Dale
  • Publication number: 20070241211
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a fuel injector comprising a glass substrate and a nozzle enclosed within the glass substrate, wherein the nozzle comprises at least one injection hole is provided. The method of manufacturing the fuel injector comprises defining (105) a shape of at least one injection hole in a glass substrate to obtain an at least one outlined injection hole and etching (110) the at least one outlined injection hole to obtain the at least one injection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Haddock, Philippe Bado, Mark Dugan, Ali Said
  • Publication number: 20070241212
    Abstract: An apparatus for distributing a fluid is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of conduits and outlet ports that are capable of providing improved distribution of fluids. One or more conduits are arranged within a single conduit, which provides a compact and inexpensive assembly for conveying the fluids to each conduit's outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: James Kilroy
  • Publication number: 20070241213
    Abstract: An actor device (14) for an injector has a solid-state actuator (17) and a first and a second end plate (18, 16) which are coupled to the solid-state actuator (17) at first and, respectively, at second axial end of the solid-state actuator (17). Further, the actor device (14) has a sliding body (24) which is rigidly coupled to the first end plate (18) and which extends to the second end plate (16). The sliding body (24) radially surrounds the solid-state actuator (17) and has a clearance to the solid-state actuator (17) and to the second end plate (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Antonio Bondi
  • Publication number: 20070241214
    Abstract: A filter for use with overhead sprinkler irrigation systems is disclosed. The filter includes a hollow cylindrical body, a removable screen, and a manually-actuated plunger adjacent the screen. The plunger is positioned for reciprocal movement through a debris outlet between an open, debris-discharging position, and a closed filtering position. The plunger defaults to the closed filtering position by pressurized water flowing through the body. The water is simultaneously filtered through the screen and passes out a clean water outlet while debris accumulates within the body. The plunger may be manually retracted to the open, debris-discharging position at any time, whereby accumulated debris is flushed out of the body through the debris outlet by residual water flowing therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Gerald Beer
  • Publication number: 20070241215
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a nozzle includes providing at least two plates. At least one of the at least two plates includes a first opening. Each plate includes at least one mating surface. The method also includes stacking the at least two plates together such that a mating surface of a first of the at least two plates is substantially flush against a mating surface of a second of the at least two plates, and such that a fluid passage is at least partially defined by the at least two plates. The method also includes orienting the at least two plates relative to each other such that the opening within at least one of the at least two plates at least partially defines an outlet for discharging fluid from the fluid passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Douglas Smith
  • Publication number: 20070241216
    Abstract: In order to finely crush a shredable object, two rotational shafts for supporting cutting blades are provided in parallel in the transverse direction inside a shredder main body. The cutting blades that are provided with a plurality of cutting portions protruding from outer peripheral thereof are disposed in the shaft direction of the two rotational shafts so that these cutting portions engage with each other. A throw-in port for a shredable object is provided in one end portion of the rotational shafts in an upper portion of the shredder main body in the shaft direction. A discharge port for the shredable object is provided in the other end portion of the rotational shafts in a lower portion of this shredder main body in the shaft direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kinki
    Inventors: Naoya Wada, Katsu Matsumoto, Natsuki Takemoto, Takashi Ashino, Masuyuki Mieda
  • Publication number: 20070241217
    Abstract: Shredder Guard Child Safety Shield was designed to allow for additional height before paper enters cutter area of various brands and manufactures of the product know as paper shredder crosscut or strip type. This feature is necessary to insure an addition in height so Childs fingers or hand are not pulled into insertion area resulting in injury from shredder blades. A guard made of clear plastic material semi ridged in flexibility having a flanged bottom for mounting to existing paper shredders and to be high enough as to not allow Childs fingers or hand to be pulled into cutter or sometimes referred to as shredder blades. The clear plastic construction material will also allow for easy view of objects not wanted entering feed area resulting in damage to shredder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Dennis Bolka
  • Publication number: 20070241218
    Abstract: Described herein is a material reducing apparatus including a bypass arm and a bypass control member for allowing reduction-resistant objects of a material to bypass the apparatus while avoiding interruption of the operation of the apparatus. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Peterson Pacific Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Peterson, Glenn Bittrolf
  • Publication number: 20070241219
    Abstract: A comminuting apparatus has a coaxial throwing wheel and impact rotor, the throwing wheel preferably comprising a plurality of channels for conducting particles from a central axis inlet to a plurality of particle exits to impact the impact rotor. The throwing wheel can be an assembly of wear-resistant inserts forming the channels. Flow channels through the throwing wheel can be configured, such as converging towards the particle exits to minimize energy loss during acceleration of the particles. Further, the comminuting apparatus can include a housing for ready access to the throwing wheel and impact rotor. A two-part housing is reversibly separable for accessing the comminuting chamber, throwing wheel and impact rotor within.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: AEROSION LTD.
    Inventors: Lynn Tessier, James Graham, Russell Graham
  • Publication number: 20070241220
    Abstract: The device consists of a paper guiding part formed by a pair of substantially parallel plates spaced with a slot for guiding the paper and a flange for attachment to the shredder. The paper guiding part of the chute may be hinged to the flange for tilting the guiding part into an inoperative position, when necessary. In order to hold the chute in an operative, i.e. upright position, the device is provided with a support member that is pivotally connected to the rear side of the chute. For holding the chute in the upright position, the free end of the support member bears against a stopper provided on the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Edgar Marbourg
  • Publication number: 20070241221
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic tape device capable of reliably securing a leader tape to a tape pull-out member with a simple structure. The tape pull-out member comprises a through hole which is extended along a direction substantially perpendicular to the pull-out direction of the leader tape, and a first shaft and a second shaft which are disposed above and below the through hole and along a direction perpendicular to the pull-out direction of the leader tape. The leader tape is folded at its end portion which is to be connected to the tape pull-out member, to thereby form the folded portion of the leader tape, and this folded portion is turned to form an opening at its top curved portion so as to allow the first shaft to pass through the opening, and is then so hung on the second shaft as to turn around the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20070241222
    Abstract: An information medium includes: a tape reel around which a magnetic tape is wound; a case body that encloses the tape reel; a lid, including a support plate that is pivotally attached to the case body, that opens and closes a withdrawal opening; and a coil spring disposed between the case body and the lid in a state where a first arm portion of the coil spring engages a top plate of the case body and a second arm portion of the coil spring has engaged the lid, the coil spring energizing the lid in a direction of pivotal movement so as to close the withdrawal opening. The coil spring is formed so that the first arm portion is linear, and when the coil spring has been disposed, an end of the first arm portion protrudes from a withdrawal opening-side edge of the top plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Morimasa SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20070241223
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor (100) having a rotationally mounted spool (120) with a seat belt windable thereon and a pretensioner (300) for winding the spool in a belt winding direction to rewind the seat belt upon the spool; the pretensioner comprising a rack and pinion mechanism (350) activated by a pyrotechnic element (400) for causing a clutch assembly (200) to change state from a disengaged mode to an engaged mode in which the clutch assembly drivingly engages the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard A. Boelstler, Kenneth H. Kohlndorfer, Robert E. Verhoven, Rudi Grzic, Susan A. Richards
  • Publication number: 20070241224
    Abstract: A device for evenly winding a hose on a reel is provided, comprising, (1) a static shaft; (2) a pulley, adapted to move along the shaft, in an oscillatory motion in ±x directions, and further adapted to receive the hose, be made to rotate by the hose, and convert a motion of the hose, in a direction substantially orthogonal to the x-axis, to a rotation of the pulley, and as a result of the rotation, to the oscillatory motion in the ±x directions; and (3) a pulley housing, configured for containing the hose within and further configured for moving along the shaft with the pulley, thus ensuring that the hose travels with the pulley, in the oscillatory motion along the shaft. Additionally, the system may include a mechanism, configured for engaging the hose with the shaft, without impeding the even winding motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Hydro-Industries Tynat Ltd.
    Inventor: Ehud Nagler
  • Publication number: 20070241225
    Abstract: This invention relates to a thread traversing device for a winding device of a cross-wound bobbin producing textile machine. Said thread traversing device has a thread guide which is guided in a thread guide rod in the working area and is connected to an individual drive mechanism by a continuous traction mechanism. According to the invention, the thread traversing device (11) has a substantially closed housing (23,) whose inner space (37) in the traversing area (B) of the thread guide (25) is sealed by the continuous traction mechanism (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: SAURER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Maximilian Preutenborbeck, Wilhelm Oehrl, Willi Wilms
  • Publication number: 20070241226
    Abstract: A knockdown reel is designed to be readily and swiftly assembled out of five or six components, all but two of which can be fabricated of plywood, composite board and/or cardboard. An annular fastener secures the components so as to withstand stresses associated with transport and handling, as well as stresses associated with the winding and unwinding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Louis Manzo
  • Publication number: 20070241227
    Abstract: A method and system for guiding and controlling an ordinance body having a trajectory and a bore sight angle including making corrections to the trajectory based on bore sight angle vs. time history. The system is incorporated with existing fuse components in a replacement kit for existing munitions. The method determines nominal time values of the ballistic trajectory of the munition in relation to launch time and determines deviation from the nominal time values by an algorithm by analyzing signals received from a source of radiation located at the target. A processor determines lateral (left/right) and range errors and provides steering commands to a plurality of flight control surfaces mounted on the munition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Zemany, Mark Carlson, John Maynard
  • Publication number: 20070241228
    Abstract: A tiltrotor aircraft having a wing and a rotatable pylon carried by the wing is disclosed. The pylon is secured to a pylon support spindle that extends into the wing. A link connects a radial portion of the pylon support spindle to a radial portion of a rotary actuator, such that the pylon support spindle is rotated as the actuator is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Davie Haynes, Andrew Smith
  • Publication number: 20070241229
    Abstract: An air induction system for an aircraft to control distortion and pressure recovery for improved aerodynamic performance. The system includes an inlet and at least one dielectric barrier discharge generator positioned upstream of the engine for imparting momentum to a low-energy boundary layer of air. A plurality of spaced dielectric barrier discharge generators may be activated in selected combinations to optimize performance at respective flight conditions. In one embodiment, one or more generators may be oriented generally transverse relative to the flow of intake air to eject the boundary layer in a lateral direction and prevent its ingestion by the engine. In another embodiment, one or more generators may be oriented along the direction of flow to accelerate the boundary layer air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Joseph Silkey, Christopher Wilson, Richard Dyer
  • Publication number: 20070241230
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft undercarriage including a steerable bottom portion and a steering member suitable for turning the steerable bottom portion in response to a steering order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Bucheton, Francois-Noel Leynaert, Marc Quenerchdu
  • Publication number: 20070241231
    Abstract: A cabin module includes a pallet, onto which a component is pre-installed, wherein the pallet forms a floor element of a cabin compartment. Several cabin modules with pre-installed component, e.g. cabinet, table, wall, bed, seat, etc. may be combined amongst each other into a cabin compartment. Furthermore, power and water connections may be preinstalled onto the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Kathrin Meyer-Rusitschka, Harry Kwik
  • Publication number: 20070241232
    Abstract: A seating arrangement for a passenger-carrying vehicle, especially aircraft. The arrangement provides a plurality of seating positions (P1, P2, P3), a seating position comprising a seat (20) and a footwell (22). The footwell (22) of a first seating position (P2, P3) is located beside the seat of a second seating position, the second seating position being located generally forward of the first seating position (P2, P3). Each seat is operable into a reclined state in which a leg-supporting component (30) of the seat projects into the associated footwell (22). The first seating position (P2, P3) and the second seating position (P1) overlap in a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: James Thompson
  • Publication number: 20070241233
    Abstract: The invention comprises an elevated passenger seat with an underseat storage region for accessible, reserved, personal, assigned carry-on luggage space. The elevated passenger seats are in a file relationship and a side-to-side relationship. A method of increasing the total carry-on luggage storage volume in an aircraft is disclosed. The method further allows for removal of overhead storage bins and creates a reserved, personal assigned storage region for each individual passenger. The carry-on luggage region can be enclosed on up to three sides to allow access to the carry-on luggage region from only one side or can be open on all four sides to accommodate extra large luggage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Franklin J. Cona
  • Publication number: 20070241234
    Abstract: An architectural archway for an aircraft. The archways can be positioned individually, or in pairs or other sets along the length of an aircraft fuselage. The archways are used to run or connect various transport elements, such as electrical wiring, water lines, and environmental control system conduits, between the upper crown, lower bay and passenger cabin of the aircraft. The invention simplifies installation complexity and eliminates the installation and variability associated with running transport elements between the various sections of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: David Young, Richard Fraker, R. Brauer, Peter Guard
  • Publication number: 20070241235
    Abstract: Modified airplane seating comprises a typical row of standard economy-class airplane seats that include a raised middle seat with dedicated armrests with aisle or window seats on each side of the middle seat forming a staggered configuration. The raised middle seat comprises of a seat back portion, seat portion, and armrests. The height of the seat of the middle seat is higher than the standard economy-class seat. The armrest provides dedicated armrest for both the raised middle seat and the end or window seats. The middle seat and end or window seats, usually configured in a straight row in the economy-class section of an airplane, is in a staggered configuration with the middle seat is moved slightly forward of the seats beside it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Jim Atchison
  • Publication number: 20070241236
    Abstract: An aircraft comprises a wing (2) defining an aerofoil surface, the wing (2) comprising a drooped leading edge flap (1) being moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The wing (2) is so arranged that during flight when the high-lift device is in the deployed position, air may flow through an opening (7) in the wing (2) and over the aerofoil surface. During flight, air preferably flows into the boundary layer (13) on the upper surface of the wing (2). This energises the boundary layer (13), aft of the trailing edge of the drooped leading edge flap increasing its stability allowing the maximum achievable lift coefficient to be increased and hence reducing aircraft take-off and approach speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: AIRBUS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Whitehouse, Edmund Kay, Daniel Dodd
  • Publication number: 20070241237
    Abstract: In a locomotive consist having at least a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive with a distributed power system on each locomotive in the locomotive consist, a system for establishing distributed power operations of the locomotive consist from a single location, the system including a communication network providing communications to and from at least one distributed power system, and a distributed power setup unit in communication with the distributed power system by way of the communication network. The distributed power setup unit has at least one of a processor, display and an input device to allow a user to establish distributed power operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Robert James Foy, James Glenn Corry
  • Publication number: 20070241238
    Abstract: A hanger is described for hanging an object from a generally vertical support rod. In one embodiment, the hanger comprises a hanger body, at least two hooks on the hanger body for receiving the support rod, and a gap between the at least two hooks for receiving a nut threaded on the support rod when the support rod is received in the at least two hooks. In another embodiment, the hanger comprises a hanger body, a first set of one or more hooks on the hanger body for receiving the support rod, and a second set of one or more hooks on the hanger body for receiving a portion of the object. In another embodiment, the hanger comprises a hanger body, a first set of one or more hooks on the hanger body defining a first hook-defined recess, and a second set of one or more hooks on the hanger body defining a second hook-defined recess. The first and second hook-defined recesses have different transverse dimensions for receiving support rods having respective first and second different diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Bruce Neace
  • Publication number: 20070241239
    Abstract: A cable protection and guide device in which contact impact noise between adjacent side plates is dispersed. The noise is liable to occur at the time of linear position holding and at the time of flexional position restriction when cables accommodated therein are transmitted or moved from a mounting fixed end toward a mounting movable end. A number of pairs of right and left side plate units (110) are connected from a mounting fixed end to a mounting movable end and side plate unit comprises a side plate front portion (111) which is connected to a preceding side plate unit (110), a side plate rear portion (112) which is connected to a subsequent side plate unit (110), and a flexible coupling portion (113) integrally intervened between the side plate front portion (111) and the side plate rear portion (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Akihiko Utaki, Masaaki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20070241240
    Abstract: A suspension device for supporting an air brake hose on a rail car is disclosed. The device includes a strap having a clevis at one end and a plurality of apertures in spaced relation lengthwise along the strap. A clevis pin is used to attach the clevis to a lug on the coupling of the air brake hose. The strap is inserted through a fitting on the coupler of the railcar and received within the bore of a collar. A through hole in the collar receives a strap pin that also extends through the apertures in the strap to lock the collar in place. The collar prevents the strap from passing through the bracket. The suspension device is provided as a kit wherein all of the components are integrally molded together and connected by sprue portions. A method of molding the device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Wayne Murphy
  • Publication number: 20070241241
    Abstract: A wiring harness clip has a concave elongate base for taping the wiring harness clip to a bundle of cables and an attachment ear with a hole for attaching the bundle of wires to a support panel or the like. The wiring harness clip is manufactured from an extruded blank that preferably includes two parallel channels for providing the concave elongated bases and a web between the channels for providing attachment ears. Successive attachment ears are stamped with part of one channel to form a wiring harness clip and then with part of the other channel to form another wiring harness clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: David Peterson, Joseph Butler
  • Publication number: 20070241242
    Abstract: A plurality of brackets formed as straps from a single piece of sheet material are useful for supporting pipes, vents, flues and similar articles. The straps are mutually joined in side-by-side positions by frangible tabs so that they are easily broken apart, one from the other, by manual bending of the frangible tabs. Each of the straps provides, at each one of its opposing ends, in spaced apart sequence, starting at the terminal ends and moving medially along the straps, features formed in the sheet material, including: a mounting hole for receiving a fastener, a slot for receiving a tab, a fastener access hole, and a tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: John Kopp
  • Publication number: 20070241243
    Abstract: A tripod includes a cross-piece in which a column which can be adjusted in an axial direction is inserted, and the column includes a rod having, at one end, a support for optical-photographic equipment. The rod includes at least a first and a second portion, at the facing ends of which are provided an element and a counter-element for male-female coupling in order to connect the first and second portions axially, the one as the extension of the other, wherein the first portion and respective coupling element are made in one piece with the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Paolo Speggiorin
  • Publication number: 20070241244
    Abstract: The present invention provides an X-Y gimbal that eliminates the keyhole problem—a problem which occurs when a payload mounted on the X-Y gimbal is required to be pointed at a direction which is close to co-linear to the gimbal's Y axis. The preferred embodiment provides for a rotation around the Z axis of both the X and Y gimbals as the target approaches a predetermined proximity to co-linearity with the Y axis. An alternate embodiment provides for a predetermined tilting of the Y axis gimbal. Both inventive embodiments provide uninterrupted and continuous tracking of a target without expensive electric and/or electromagnetic energy transferring slip-rings and rotary joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Behzad Tavassoli Hozouri
  • Publication number: 20070241245
    Abstract: The present invention is an adjustable support for installing a planar sheet of material between opposed surfaces for protection from events such as storms. The supports secure the planar sheet to an opening such as a door and window, thereby holding it in place during storms, etc. The supports are easily removed and include a substantially L-shaped base and a clamp. The clamp is removably and adjustably attached to the first side of the L-shaped base, thereby forming an aperture between the second side of the L-shaped base and the bottom surface of the clamp. The aperture is adaptable to accept various thicknesses of substantially planar objects. A device is provided for engaging the adjustable support with a support structure, passing through the clamp and passing through a hole in the first side of the L-shaped base and interfacing with support surfaces to hold the substantially planar object between the first support surface and a substantially opposed second support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Larry Ford
  • Publication number: 20070241246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suction-type holding device (1) to be fixed to fastening surfaces (17). Said holding device comprises a hollow suction base (2) that is open towards the fastening surface (17) and encompasses a central piece (11), and a sealing edge (5) which is provided with an elastic material at least towards the fastening surface (17) and can be placed on the fastening surface (17) along with the suction base (2) such that a suction chamber (30) that is gas-tight sealed towards the outside is embodied between the bottom face (9) of the suction base (2) and the fastening surface (17). The inventive suction-type holding device (1) further comprises contact pressure transmitters (8) and pressing means (18) for transmitting the contact pressure to the wall (7) of the suction base, thus applying additional contact pressure used for firmly attaching the suction-type holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Harald Ristau