Patents Issued in November 20, 2007
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Patent number: 7296824Abstract: A vehicle front body structure includes an upper member extending from the lower end of a front pillar in a forward direction of a vehicle body and disposed outward a front side frame in a transverse direction of the vehicle body. The upper member has a substantially rectilinear configuration and is arranged to slope upward in a rearward direction of the vehicle body so that a load applied to a front end portion of the upper member can be born by the front pillar.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken Yasui, Shigeto Yasuhara
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Patent number: 7296825Abstract: A seat belt buckle switch is disclosed. This switch provides multiple discrete output states, including buckled, unbuckled, open loop and shorted. This switch works in association with a control module which uses the buckle switch state to detect a failure condition, execute an appropriate driver warning and, in an adaptive restraints application, to deploy other safety devices based on whether the seat belt is fastened.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
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Patent number: 7296826Abstract: A composite window label construction has a base pressure-sensitive, adhesive-backed label with a window (14) cut out of it and a second layer of reflective material covering the window (14) from the back side of the base layer (16) and adhered to the back side of the base layer around margins of the second layer. In a method of making the label construction, a continuous release liner is stipped from the base material web after the windows are cut in the base material web and individual swatches of the second layer are cut from a continuous roll of the second layer and individually placed over the windows. Subsequently, the same or a different release liner is reattached to the pressure-sensitive adhesive side of the base web and individual labels are cut from the base web.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: WS Packaging Group, Inc.Inventor: Ronald G. Hagen
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Patent number: 7296827Abstract: A releasable connection arrangement that includes, a first component, which has a collar projecting radially outwards with a first clamping surface and a first bearing surface and a socket disposed at an open end of a second component for retaining the collar by gripping round it axially. A second bearing surface is formed in the socket to co-operate with the first bearing surface. A groove is formed either in the first or in the second bearing surface to receive a seal. A second clamping surface is formed in the socket at an axial distance from the second bearing surface in which a number of ring wedge-shaped tensioning members which are distributed over the circumference and are disposed such that first wedge surfaces abut the first clamping surface and second wedge surfaces abut the second clamping surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Holter Regelarmaturen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Muller, Matthias Wangemann
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Patent number: 7296828Abstract: A double knotting method and apparatus capable of producing two successive knots in a pair of strands during one full operating cycle of a tying mechanism. The tying mechanism is comprised of a twine holder for maintaining a pair of strands in a suitable position, a cutter that co-operates with the twine holder for severing the strands during formation of successive knots, and a release mechanism for releasing the pair of strands from the twine holder before frill successive knot completion. The method and apparatus avoid twine tail formation.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Marnix J. Schoonheere, Karel Naeyaert, Johan A. E. Vande Ryse
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Patent number: 7296829Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a door handle assembly is provided comprising a door handle having a roller and attached to a mount. An actuator is attached to the mount and has a first surface and an actuator projection. The door handle assembly also comprises a bolt moveable from a first bolt position where at least a portion of the bolt is inside a wall aperture, thereby engaging the door into the wall aperture, to a second bolt position where the portion of the bolt is outside the wall aperture, thereby disengaging the door from the wall aperture. The bolt has an actuator opening, the actuator passing there through. The roller buts the first surface and may travel from a first roller position to a second roller position when the door handle is pushed, thereby retracting the bolt from the first bolt position to the second bolt position.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventor: Owen Baser
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Patent number: 7296830Abstract: Latches including a housing, a rotary pawl, catch means for releasably holding the pawl in a closed configuration, and means for operating the catch means are disclosed. The pawl is pivotally attached to the housing and is rotationally movable between a closed or engaged configuration and an open or disengaged configuration. The pawl is provided with a torsion spring member that biases the pawl toward the open or disengaged configuration. In some embodiments the catch means includes a locking member. In other embodiments the catch means includes a pivotally movable trigger. The means for operating the catch means may be electrically powered.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Southco, Inc.Inventors: Stefan M. Koveal, Robert Speers, Hitesh Cherry, Jeffrey Antonucci, Richard B. Langkamp, D. Dale Turner, Richard John Horton, Phil Kempson, Alan Simchayoff
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Patent number: 7296831Abstract: An improved sash lock and keeper for a sash window assembly is disclosed. The sash window includes an upper sash window and a lower sash window. Each of the sashes is mounted within opposed guide rails which permit at least one of the sashes to travel slidably therein. The sash lock includes an actuator for engaging a keeper. The keeper is mounted on a style of one of the sash windows. The actuator has an actuator arm and a cam. The cam has a cam surface for engaging a keeper surface. When the cam surface engages the keeper surface thereby locking the two sashes, a flag extends from the keeper to signal that the actuator is in locking engagement with the keeper.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventors: Paul Generowicz, Luke Liang
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Patent number: 7296832Abstract: A locking mechanism for hinges, which includes a butt hinge of the type securable between a door frame jamb and a door stile, having first and second leaves moveable along a common axis; upper and lower loops formed along the upper and lower edges of the leaf secured to the door frame jamb, the loops extending over the leaf of the door stile when the door is in the closed configuration and the leaves abut one another; and a pin insertable into the upper loop and extending into the lower loop, defining a means for blocking the movement of the stile leaf when force is placed upon the door in order to attempt to open it. The leaves are free to open when the pin is removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventor: John Campbell
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Patent number: 7296833Abstract: A bumper system for an automobile vehicle includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a beam configured to attach to the vehicle, and a thermoplastic energy absorber coupled to the beam. The energy absorber includes an upper portion including a frame portion and a body having a plurality of tunable crush lobes extending from the frame portion. The energy absorber also includes an underbar spaced apart from the upper portion and a plurality of connecting towers extending between the upper portion and the underbar and connecting the underbar to the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP BVInventors: Subhransu Mohapatra, Alok Nanda, Frank Mooijman
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Patent number: 7296834Abstract: An air-powered vacuum tool for handling multiple workpieces includes vacuum ports formed in a vacuum manifold body and associated air-powered vacuum generators operatively connected with the vacuum manifold body such that each of the vacuum ports is provided with vacuum. Groups of pickup orifices associated with the vacuum ports engage multiple workpieces. Each of the pickup orifices is operatively connected with at least one of the vacuum ports.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Aidco International, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Clark, William A. Frank, Richard M. Harrington, Salahuddin F. Khan
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Patent number: 7296835Abstract: A robotic hand and arm where the fingers are driven by rotational motors with drums, and pulled with cables using rolling friction. The hand extends into a robotic arm through a wrist wherein the wrist is controlled by pneumatic cylinders. Each finger preferably is provided with four manufactured parts and a single pulley. The thumb is provided with three pulleys for independent distal movement. Cables wraps around or over pulleys, eliminating tight bends. A glove is provided about the robotic hand which provides a compressive, liquid resistant membrane.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Anybots, Inc.Inventors: Trevor Blackwell, Scott Wiley
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Patent number: 7296836Abstract: A truck rack apparatus includes a first support and a second support. Each of the first and second supports includes a first leg, a second leg and an elongated arm extending between and is attached to the first and second legs. The first and second legs each extend away from an associated one of the arms in generally the same direction. Each of the first and second legs has an upper end and bottom end. The arms are positioned adjacent to respective ones of the upper ends. Each of a plurality of securing assemblies is adapted for being releasably securing one of the bottom ends of the legs to one of a pair of inwardly extending lips attached to the side walls of a pick-up bed. The securing assemblies attach the legs to the lips so that the legs extend upwardly from the bed and the arms traverse the bed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventor: Zeljko Sabo
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Patent number: 7296837Abstract: Load carrier mountable above a bed structure of a vehicle having an upper surface and an internal bed rail system is disclosed. The load carrier broadly includes an upright base support member, an internal rail clamping assembly, and a clamp adjustment assembly. The upright base support member rests upon the upper surface of the side wall of the bed structure and connects with the internal rail clamping assembly. The upright base support member has a first clamp surface for asserting a clamping force upon the upper surface of the side wall of the bed structure. The rail clamping assembly is releasably securable to the internal bed rail system and includes a second clamp surface for asserting a clamping force upon the internal bed rail system. The clamp adjustment assembly positionally adjusts the first clamping surface with respect to the second clamping surface between clamped and unclamped positions.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Thule Sweden A.B.Inventors: Ted Niedziela, William Fortune, Kevin Harris
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Patent number: 7296838Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle includes a first vehicle body with a fixed cantilever disposed at a front end thereof, and a second vehicle body with a fixed post disposed in front of the cantilever, and a connecting device interconnecting the first and second vehicle bodies removably. The connecting device includes a projection extending upwardly from a front end of the cantilever of the first vehicle body, and a spring-biased retaining block disposed movably on the post of the second vehicle body. The retaining block is biased to a position, where the projection is confined between the retaining block and the post so as to prevent relative movement of the first and second vehicle bodies.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Sunpex Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ching-Yao Lin, Samuel Lin
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Patent number: 7296839Abstract: Coupling member for use with a first component having a projection and a second component includes a first portion and a second portion. At least one of the first portion and the second portion pivots between a closed position in which at least one of the first portion and the second portion is mechanically locked to the projection and an open position enabling the projection to be separated from the member. The member engages the second component to couple the first component to the second component. The second component engages the member to retain the member in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Johnson Controls Technolgy CompanyInventor: Daniel J. Scheerhorn
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Patent number: 7296840Abstract: A floor latch assembly includes a mounting bracket secured to the seat cushion of an automotive seat. A latch hook is pivotally connected to a side wall of the mounting bracket and engages a striker pin on the floor of a vehicle. A cam lock hook is pivotally connected to the mounting bracket and engages the latch hook to create a locking mechanism for securing the seat to the striker pin. An anti-separation member maintains alignment of the latch hook and the cam lock hook to enhance the locking mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventors: Michael A. Martone, Tyrone R. Secord
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Patent number: 7296841Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a motorized trunk-closing system for an automotive vehicle (1) comprising a trunk (2) having an interior and an operating mechanism for operating an automatic movement of a trunk lid (3) from a first position, in which the interior of the trunk (2) is accessible for a user, to a second position, in which the interior of the trunk (2) is shut off by said trunk lid (3), said operating mechanism comprising a trip device (5) placed level with the trunk in such a way as to be inaccessible from the outside of the automotive vehicle when the trunk lid (3) is in the second position. The trip device comprises at least one sensor (5) for detecting the presence of the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Valeo Securite HabitacleInventor: Daniel Vassy
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Patent number: 7296842Abstract: An apparatus for covering a top of an open container is provided that includes a cover, an arm assembly, and a lock mechanism. The arm assembly can move between a stowed position in which the container top is substantially open to an extended position in which the container top is substantially covered. The lock mechanism can easily and automatically lock the arm assembly in the extended position as part of the container covering operation. The lock mechanism may include a latch and a latch block that cooperate to automatically and mechanically engage and retain a hook mechanism. The lock mechanism may also include an actuator that, when energized, permits the latch to release the hook mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: John Donovan Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Steven Lewis Growcock, Thomas Johan Ahlstrom
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Patent number: 7296843Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle with a removable top, comprising a stowable rigid roof that is provided with a forward roof element (15) and a rear roof element (17), a stowing space for the roof, which is located between the seats and the rear hood of the vehicle, first displacement means (35) for moving the roof elements side by side when the roof is opened, and second pivoting means (37, 43, 47) for displacing the roof elements by pivoting said roof elements between the closed state of the roof in which the elements are arranged in a substantially horizontal direction and the open state of the roof in which the elements are disposed in an essentially vertical direction within the stowing space.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Society Europeene de Brevet AutomobilesInventors: Gérard Queveau, Paul Queveau, Jean-Marc Guillez
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Patent number: 7296844Abstract: An automotive vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle body with a passenger compartment and a door opening to the passenger compartment. A door is pivotally mounted to the door opening with an inclined axis which may extend laterally outboard and downward relative to the vehicle body in a rearward direction of the vehicle. The door opening may be provided through a sidewall and a roof of the vehicle; and the door may be provided with a side panel and a roof panel to match the door opening. Also disclosed is a hinge arrangement for attaching the door to the vehicle body at an upper region and a rearward region of the door.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Woodhouse, Tyler Blake, Freeman Thomas
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Patent number: 7296845Abstract: A reinforcement for a closure panel including an outer panel and an inner panel includes a palm area reinforcement for attachment to the outer panel and a latch area reinforcement for attachment to the inner panel, the latch area reinforcement being disposed on a depression in the reinforcement which is integral with the palm area reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Alcoa Inc.Inventors: Dinesh C. Seksaria, Richard A. Sokol, Russell S. Long
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Patent number: 7296846Abstract: A smooth side trailer body or body structure comprised of a plurality of extruded panel members positioned adjacent one another. The extruded panels are arranged perpendicular to the floor of a trailer. The panels are held to the floor by a bottom rail. A top rail portion may be used to hold the panels together to form a more rigid wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: East Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Howard Booher
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Patent number: 7296847Abstract: A system and method for reinforcing at least a portion of a structural member, including at least one hollow carrier, having an exterior shell and an interior portion, which substantially conforms to the dimensions and geometry of the structural member being reinforced; and a lightweight, low density material for filling the interior portion of one or more of the carriers. The material filling one or more of the carriers of the present invention can be a reinforcement material, self-curing material, or a heat activated expandable material. The carrier can be produced by blow molding or rotational molding and has an adhesive material disposed along at least a portion of the exterior shell used to place, adhere, and affix the carrier to a targeted portion of the structural member selected to be structurally reinforced.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Czaplicki, Jon Riley
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Patent number: 7296848Abstract: The invention relates to a dashboard cross-member for a motor vehicle, the cross-member comprising a tubular metal structural element assembled to the front pillars of the motor vehicle and at least one air flow duct of plastics material for transporting air to the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle and having at least one segment disposed inside the metal structural element. According to the invention, the metal structural element comprises two assembled-together metal half-shells, and the air flow duct is independent of the two half-shells and has at least a fraction of its segment disposed inside the metal structural element subjected to elastic stress in at least one transverse direction, so that it is pressed at at least two opposite points against the inside face of the structural element under the action of the reaction force against said elastic stress.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Faurecia Interieur IndustrieInventor: Ivan Baudouin
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Patent number: 7296849Abstract: The invention relates to a covering device for covering a mounting recess in a cover strip of a vehicle roof. Mounting recesses of this type are, for example, provided for fastening the feet of a roof luggage carrier. The covering device is comprised of an insertion part (1), which can be positioned inside the cover strip (3), and of a hinged cover (2), which is mounted in bearing shells (7) in a manner that enables it to pivot about an axis in the longitudinal direction of the strip and which fills the recess (4) when in a closed position. Said hinged cover comprises both bearing journals (6), which are shaped thereon at both ends, as well as detent journals (11), which can be locked in an open and closed position by means of spring elements (12). These spring elements are shaped onto the insertion part (1) and act upon the detent journals (11).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: A. Raymond & CieInventors: Günter Tremmel, Jürgen Vollmer
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Patent number: 7296850Abstract: A vehicle roof structure is provided with a roof panel dampening bracket which adds mass to a roof panel in order to control the resonance frequency of the roof panel. The dampening bracket has a base part, a mass adding part and a connecting part. The base part is joined to a roof bow. The mass adding part is joined to the undersurface of the roof panel by an adhesive agent in at least two points in both end parts of the vehicle in the front to aft direction. The connecting part extends in the front to aft direction of the vehicle to interconnect the base part and the mass adding part. The connecting part has at least one bent part that extends in the lateral direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Kaneda, Seiji Higashi
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Patent number: 7296851Abstract: A vehicle roof, comprising an opening roof panel, which can be moved from a first, closed roof position into a second, fully opened roof position, the roof panel being held essentially parallel to the rest of the vehicle roof and at a distance from the rest of the vehicle roof in the second roof position; a lateral guide, the roof panel being guided at least during a part of an opening movement on the guide; a third, partially opened roof position in which the roof panel is held in a position that is essentially inclined with respect to the rest of the vehicle roof, rising counter to the direction of travel; and an elevating means for elevating a front edge area of the roof panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbHInventors: Robert Kronseder, Klaus Obendiek, Walter Pecho
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Patent number: 7296852Abstract: A seat assembly and method of fabricating the seat assembly including a cushion (20) with a groove (22), and a cover (24) having an inner surface (26) wherein at least one drawcord (28) threadingly extends through the inner surface (26). The drawcord (28) is threaded from the groove (22) and through the cushion (20) to a base (34) where it is attached. The cushion (20) is formed by injecting foam into a mold and over the base (34) to form the cushion (20) with the groove (22) aligned with a tube (36) integrally formed in the base (34). The tube (36) provides a passage between the groove (22) and a bottom (32) of the base (34) for the drawcord (28).Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Moeller Marine ProductsInventor: Ovie Clarence Huse
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Patent number: 7296853Abstract: Chair comprising, a fixed base structure comprising two front legs and two rear legs mutually connected by a cross member, in which the front legs and the rear legs are mutually offset in such a way that the front legs of a first chair can be inserted between the rear legs of a second chair identical to the first, and a seat-backrest assembly borne by the support structure and rotatable around said cross member between a position of use and a position of stowage, in which in the position of stowage the seat-backrest assembly is rotated forwards relative to the position of use.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Pro-CordInventor: Giancarlo Piretti
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Patent number: 7296854Abstract: A seat restraint configured to be secured to an anchoring tube includes at least one anchoring tube engaging member, and at least one fastening member integrally formed with the at least one anchoring tube engaging member.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Illinois Tool Works IncInventor: David L. Lentz
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Patent number: 7296855Abstract: A chair has a chair body, a rest, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a height of the rest and including a securing element solidly connected to the chair body and having a free end with a slot, a threaded bolt extending through the slot and screwable into a thread in the rest, and a hand wheel to which the threaded bolt is rigidly connected, so that securing of the rest to the end portion of the securing element in clamping fashion is effected, a clamping sleeve has a throughbore through which the threaded bolt reaches in an assembled state and an end face with diameter greater than a width of the slot, a plurality of detent elements lockingly engageable by the end face of the clamping sleeve, wherein the clamping sleeve or the detent recesses have at least one oblique face, and a pressure-generating device builds up a pressure force between the hand wheel and the clamping sleeve and has at least one force component parallel to the longitudinal axis of the clamping sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Interstuhl Bueromoebel GmbH & Co., KGInventor: Werner Link
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Patent number: 7296856Abstract: A reclining seat includes a base, a back frame and back support connected to the back frame for translation relative to the back frame. In a first embodiment, a mechanism is provided to couple the back frame to the back support such that rotation of the back frame relative to the base automatically translates the back support relative to the back frame. In a second embodiment, a mechanism is provided to allow a user to control movement of the back support independently of back frame rotation. Preferably, the reclining seat is incorporated into a wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Pride Mobility Products CorporationInventors: Michael J. Rozaieski, George A. Turturiello, Corey M. Blauch
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Patent number: 7296857Abstract: A recliner device includes a locking pin (4), an operating knob (70) having a boss portion (70a) and a substantially cylindrical portion (70b) coaxial with the boss portion (70a), the substantially cylindrical portion (70b) surrounding the locking pin (4), a first bracket having notches (1a-1c), the locking pin (4) penetrating the first bracket so as to be axially movable and being releasably engaged with any one of the notches (1a-1c), a receiving base (9, 90) mounted on a second bracket (2) so as to be opposed to the substantially cylindrical portion (70b), and cam surfaces (10, 20) formed on an edge of the substantially cylindrical portion (70b) and an edge of the receiving base (9, 90) which are opposed to each other, each of the cam surfaces (10, 20) having a height enough to allow the locking pin to be axially movable, and the locking pin (4) being adapted to be disengaged from the one of the notches (1a-1c) by rotating the operating knob (70).Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Shinozaki, Takuro Yamada, Masaharu Machii
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Patent number: 7296858Abstract: An armrest assembly having a fastening plate connected to a vehicle seat; a hinge device connected to the fastening plate; and an armrest connected removably to the hinge device and movable between a work position, in which the armrest is tilted and projects with respect to the fastening plate, and a collapsed position, in which the armrest is adjacent to the fastening plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Ruspa Officine S.p.A.Inventor: Luigi Ruspa
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Patent number: 7296859Abstract: An erectable rocking chair is described which can be packed together in close and parallel relationship for assembly into a rocking chair with reinforced joints attaching seat to front and rear uprights.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Hatteras Hammocks, Inc.Inventor: Jesse A. Branch, III
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Patent number: 7296860Abstract: A rim protection apparatus fitted around a periphery of a rim of a motor vehicle wheel is provided. The rim protection apparatus covers the circumferential edge of the rim. The apparatus has a substantially planar circular protective ring and means for fitting the protective ring around the periphery of the rim. The protective ring has a front surface and a back surface, the back surface being coupled with the rim of the wheel when the apparatus is fitted around the periphery of the rim of the wheel, the front surface being a decorative surface accenting the color and appearance of the wheel. The protective ring is fitted around thin periphery of the rim with an adhesive layer disposed on the back surface of the protective ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventor: Adam Dangleman
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Patent number: 7296861Abstract: The invention relates to a brake system for a motor vehicle comprising a master brake cylinder in which a primary piston for generating a brake pressure in a hydraulic brake circuit can be displaced according to actuation of a brake pedal, it being possible to displace the primary piston under the effect of a hydraulic servo pressure circuit in the master brake cylinder and the hydraulic servo pressure circuit comprising a pressure source for generating the servo pressure and a pressure accumulator for maintaining a minimum servo pressure in the servo pressure circuit. It is provided in this brake system that the pressure accumulator of the servo pressure circuit can be supplied with hydraulic fluid as a function of the servo pressure prevailing in the servo pressure circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Benedikt Ohlig, Wilfried Giering, Erwin Michels
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Patent number: 7296862Abstract: A track frame or undercarriage is made to support a rubber track on suitable guide rollers. A tensioning roller is provided as one of the guide rollers on the interior of the track and is mounted on a pivoting bracket. The pivoting bracket moves the tensioning roller to a working position for creating tension in the track. An actuator provides a known force on the pivoting bracket to move the tensioning roller to its working position, using a controlled pressure applied to the actuator. Drive sprockets for the track are mounted onto a drive case that is mounted to the frame through pivoting linkages such that the drive case and the drive sprocket can be held in a working position and retracted away from the track. The position of the tensioning roller is maintained within set limits of retractions during use, by providing a stop to limit the amount that the tensioning roller can retract.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Clark Equipment CompanyInventors: Larry E. Albright, Dan Frederick, Rodney Koch, Andrew A. Wehseler
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Patent number: 7296863Abstract: A sliding guide rail assembly is provided for slidably mounting a drawer or equipment within a cabinet or chassis. The rail is formed from a sheet metal into a T-shaped section onto which a sliding means fits and slides smoothly thereon. Guides also formed from a sheet metal into C-sections fitting over the sliding means and operable to slide smoothly therewith. This enables the drawer/equipment mounted on the slide to be drawn in and out with little effort or wear and tear.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Harn Marketing Sdn BhdInventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
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Patent number: 7296864Abstract: In a printing apparatus which performs printing by using a printhead having a printing element unit for performing printing and a memory block, the control circuit of the printing apparatus main body outputs a command for acquiring specific information from information held by the memory block. Upon reception of this command, the command control unit of a carriage control unit generates an access signal containing an address for reading out information designated by the command from the memory block. The command control unit accesses the memory block by the access signal, and acquires specific information corresponding to the command from the memory block.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kimiyuki Hayasaki
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Patent number: 7296865Abstract: A liquid ejection method includes outputting liquid ejection data and a first clock signal. The liquid ejection data is associated with nozzle groups having plural nozzles arranged in a predetermined order. The liquid ejection data is taken successively to a second shift register in synchronization with the first clock signal. The liquid ejection data is latched, in synchronization with the first clock signal after the predetermined number of the liquid ejection data has been taken into the second shift register. Subsequently, the latched liquid ejection data is sent to a first shift register corresponding to the respective nozzle groups, in synchronization with a second clock signal generated from the first clock signal. The method includes driving an element based on the liquid ejection data that has been taken into the first shift register.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Noboru Tamura
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Patent number: 7296866Abstract: An ejection control device includes a memory for storing a correspondence table between gray-scale data items and ejection pattern data items, each gray-scale data item determining the number of droplets to be ejected to a corresponding pixel so as to express a desired gray-scale level of the pixel, each ejection pattern data item determining the ejection timing of droplets; and a converter for converting each gray-scale data item of the corresponding pixel to the corresponding ejection pattern data item by referring to the table. In the table, the setting of the ejecting position can be freely adjusted. In particular, an ejection pattern having ejection data bits discretely distributed for one pixel range can be easily achieved. Moreover, compliance with system changes can be achieved simply by rewriting the table.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuichiro Ikemoto, Kazuyasu Takenaka, Iwao Ushinohama, Soichi Kuwahara
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Patent number: 7296867Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an array of at least two printhead chips, an end portion of a first printhead chip overlapping an end portion of a second, consecutive printhead chip. Each printhead chip includes a plurality of ink ejection nozzles. A sensing means is operatively arranged with respect to the printhead chips to generate overlap data representing an extent of overlap of the end portions. The apparatus includes means for generating continuous tone print data for the array of printhead chips and an initial dither matrix to be applied to the continuous tone print data. A summation means applies the overlap data to the initial dither matrix to generate an output value. A processing means applies the output value to the continuous tone print data.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty LtdInventors: Simon Robert Walmsley, Kia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun
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Patent number: 7296868Abstract: In an ink jet printing apparatus in which satellites are produced, it is an object to minimize image impairments caused by the satellites in a variety of print modes. To this end, index patterns are prepared which have different sizes for different print modes. This enables satellites to land at print positions of main dots in other pixels in any of the print modes that have different distances between main dots and satellites. It is therefore possible to minimize image impairments caused by the satellites and to output a crisp image.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Shibata, Takashi Ochiai, Eri Noguchi, Hiromitsu Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7296869Abstract: An ink jet recording head having a recording element substrate including three or more discharge port arrays comprising a plurality of discharge ports and recording elements for discharging ink from the discharge ports and supplying heat to areas around the discharge ports; wherein each of the discharge port arrays matches one or another of a plurality of types of ink whose viscosity decreases with a rise in temperature, and the discharge port arrays matching the most viscous of the inks to be discharged being arranged between other discharge port arrays to enable ink drips to be discharged stably, and an ink jet recording apparatus using the same are to be provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiko Okito, Keiichiro Tsukuda
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Patent number: 7296870Abstract: A printer or other color output device is configured to manage consumable wear. A wear level and a consumable use level of a color cartridge are evaluated. A color cartridge failure mechanism is projected to be either color cartridge wear-out or consumable exhaustion. Where color cartridge wear-out is projected, selection is made between faster printing and a reduced risk of color cartridge wear-out.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2002Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventors: Ben B. Tyson, David E. Smith, Steven R. Folkner, Theresa A. Burkes
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Patent number: 7296871Abstract: An integrated circuit having a plurality of devices. The plurality of devices have a plurality of device characteristics. A sectional cut through the integrated circuit reveals the plurality of device characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Yimin Guan, Kristi M. Rowe
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Patent number: 7296872Abstract: Image deterioration is suppressed as much as possible which is complexly generated by variations of printing positions respectively of printing elements in a printing element row and by displacement of printing positions among printing element rows. To this end, a first adjustment value for adjusting printing positions among a plurality of printing elements included in a printing element row is obtained. Next, printing positions among a plurality of printing elements are adjusted based on the first adjustment value. Then a second adjustment value for adjusting printing positions among not less than two of the printing element rows is obtained. Thereby variations of printing positions in a discharge port row and displacement of printing positions among discharge port rows are properly adjusted in different phases, and adverse effects generated by two kinds of different causes are collectively suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Aya Hayashi, Jiro Moriyama, Hidehiko Kanda, Yuji Hamasaki, Norihiro Kawatoko, Toshiyuki Chikuma, Atsushi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 7296873Abstract: The printer reads a capacity number of printed sheets and a accumulated number of printed sheets of a toner cartridge stored in a cartridge memory of toner cartridge and compares them to determine whether toner cartridge's service life has expired. Similarly, it reads toner cartridge's product information stored in the cartridge memory, and compares it with an authorized product's product information to determine whether the toner cartridge is an authorized product. If it is determined that toner cartridge's life has expired or the toner cartridge is not an authorized product, the printer executes printing process in the safety mode with an increased frequency compared to that of the standard mode. Thus, the printer allows continuation of printing without deteriorating printing quality and without halting instantly even when a toner cartridge, whose service life has expired, or an unauthorized product is used.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Seiji Harada, Kenichi Morita