Patents Issued in November 27, 2007
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Patent number: PP18246Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of raspberry (i.e., Rubus idaeus L.). The cultivar forms medium sized, medium colored, tart flavored fruit. The fruit is round in shape with similar length and width. Based on trials on root rot infested soil, the cultivar appears to be highly tolerant of root rot, producing very high yields on these sites.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Washington State University Research FoundationInventor: Patrick P. Moore
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Patent number: PP18247Abstract: An asexually reproduced variety of perennial bermudagrass with a unique combination of characters including fine blade width and medium internode length.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventors: Donald La Verne Parsons, Virginia Gail Lehman
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Patent number: PP18248Abstract: A new miniature rose plant that has abundant, yellow orange flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/SInventor: Mogens N. Olesen
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Patent number: PP18249Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Kirine-14’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; large light red-colored flowers; relatively tolerant to high temperatures; and good garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Kirin Brewery Co. Ltd.Inventor: Daigaku Takeshita
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Patent number: PP18250Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Tye-Dye Wind’, characterized by its compact, upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, uniform, dense and symmetrical plant habit that is appropriate for container production; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, freely and early flowering habit; large mottled light red and pink-colored flowers; good resistance to flower bud abscission during shipping; and lack of susceptibility to pathogens common to Hibiscus.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
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Patent number: PP18251Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘KLEP04131’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; freely branching; early and freely flowering habit; light purple-colored flowers arranged in rounded umbels held above the foliage on upright and strong peduncles; and good garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Klemm + Sohn GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Nils Klemm
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Patent number: PP18252Abstract: A new cranberry variety distinguished by significantly higher yields, higher anthocyanin (red pigment) content, and higher stolon vigor as compared to the currently cultivated commercial varieties.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventor: Nicholi Vorsa
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Patent number: PP18253Abstract: A new cultivar of Viola plant named ‘LORD PRIMROSE’ characterized by dense trailing habit, dome shape, green leaves and fragrant flowers that are violet and mid-yellow in color. In combination these traits set ‘LORD PRIMROSE’ apart from all other existing varieties of Voila known to the inventor.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Steven Eggleton
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Patent number: PP18254Abstract: A new cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘VIOLET LACE’ that is characterized by upright open habit, early blooming, fragrant green foliage, fragrant red-purple flower spikes with small greyed-purple sterile bracts. These traits set ‘VIOLET LACE’ apart from all other existing varieties of Lavandula known to the inventor.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Steven Eggleton
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Patent number: PP18255Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘ZORRO’ that is characterized by prominent dark purple-brown stems, dark green foliage and bright pink flowers. In combination these traits set ‘ZORRO’ apart from all other existing varieties of Hydrangea known to the inventor.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: André van Zoest B.V.
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Patent number: PP18256Abstract: A new cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘BOYSENBERRY RUFFLES’ that is characterized by early and repeat flowering, dense plant habit, short peduncle length, and fragrant purple flower spikes with medium light-pink sterile bracts. In combination these traits set ‘BOYSENBERRY RUFFLES’ apart from all other existing varieties of Lavandula known to the inventor.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Steven Eggleton
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Patent number: PP18257Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘PET0601’, characterized by its mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching, vigorous growth habit; green foliage; and numerous light lavender colored flowers with dark lavender colored venation.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Advanced Plant Technologies LLCInventor: Debra Meszaros
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Patent number: PP18258Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘PET0602’, characterized by its mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching compact internode growth habit; green foliage; and numerous blue-lavender colored flowers with dark purple colored venation.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Advanced Plant Technologies LLCInventor: Debra Meszaros
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Patent number: PP18259Abstract: A new and distinct Osteospermum plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by large daisy type inflorescences, freely flowering under outdoor growing conditions with continuous blooming from spring through autumn, light purple and white bi-color ray florets, and disc florets with dark blue at very center with light blue and light purple at the edges.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: G + G Breeding CorporationInventor: Leo Van Zanten
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Patent number: PP18260Abstract: ‘GrüNeu 25’ is a new variety of New Guinea Impatiens that exhibits large, salmon-rose colored flowers.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Gruenewald Veredelings B.V.Inventor: Ralf Schräder
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Patent number: RE39924Abstract: A refrigeration system having a main refrigeration circuit having a condensing stage, wherein a first refrigerant in a high pressure gas state is condensed at least partially to a liquid state. The condensing stage has a pair of stand-alone condensing stage closed loops in heat exchange relation with the main refrigeration circuit. The stand-alone condensing stage closed loops are is in parallel one to another with a condenser of the condensing stage and each comprise comprises a second refrigerant circulating between at least a heat absorption stage, wherein the second refrigerant absorbs heat from the first refrigerant in the main refrigeration circuit so as to condense the first refrigerant to the liquid state, and a heat release stage, wherein the second refrigerant releases the absorbed heat. The condensing stage has modulating valves for selectively and quantitatively modulating the temperature of said first refrigerant and compressor head pressure.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Serge Dubé
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Patent number: RE39925Abstract: Huffman encoding, particularly from a packed data format, is simplified by using two different table formats depending on code length. Huffman tables are also reduced in size thereby. Decoding is performed in reduced time by testing for the length of valid Huffman codes in a compressed data stream and using an offset corresponding to a test criterion yielding a particular test result to provide a direct index into Huffman table symbol values while greatly reducing the size of look-up tables used for such a purpose.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joan L. Mitchell, Albert N. Cazes, Neil M. Leeder
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Patent number: RE39926Abstract: A power supply for performing arc-machining operation includes a primary rectifier connected to the commercial AC power source and an inverter coupled to the rectifier. A switching device is provided between the rectifier and the inverter. By controlling the power supplied from the rectifier to the inverter, the switching device prevents a large switching loss from occurring in the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Daihen CorporationInventors: Keiki Morimoto, Toshimitsu Doi, Haruhiko Manabe
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Patent number: RE39927Abstract: At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal points of each signal point group. A difference in the transmission error rate between first and second data streams is developed by shifting the signal points to other positions in the space diagram expressed at least in the polar coordinate system. At the receiver side, the first and/or second data streams can be reconstructed from a received signal. In TV broadcast service, a TV signal is divided by a transmitter into low and high frequency band components which are designated as first and second data streams respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Seiji Sakashita
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Patent number: RE39928Abstract: At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal points of each signal point group. A difference in the transmission error rate between first and second data streams is developed by shifting the signal points to other positions in the space diagram expressed at least in the polar coordinate system. At the receiver side, the first and/or second data streams can be reconstructed from a received signal. In TV broadcast service, a TV signal is divided by a transmitter into low and high frequency band components which are designated as first and second data streams respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2000Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Seiji Sakashita
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Patent number: RE39929Abstract: At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal pints of each signal point group. A difference in the transmission error rate between first and second data streams is developed by shifting the signal points to other positions in the space diagram expressed at least in the polar coordinate system. At the receiver side, the first and/or second data streams can be reconstructed from a received signal. In TV broadcast service, a TV signal is divided by a transmitter into low and high frequency band components which are designated as first and second data streams respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2002Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Seiji Sakashita
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Patent number: 7299505Abstract: A site-selectable, helmet-installable load-cushioning pad structure employable inside a helmet shell as a part of a plural-spaced-pad distribution featuring a compressible viscoelastic foam core which resists rapid, but not slow-movement, compression. Associated methodology includes the steps of providing such a structure for installation inside the shell of a helmet, and pre-arming the core of that structure with a load-response characteristics which (a) resists sudden-movement, rapid compression, yet (b) offers less resistance to slow-movement compression. An encapsulating moisture barrier layer may be provided around the foam core.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: MJD Innovations, LLCInventors: Michael R. Dennis, Michael W. Tucker, Gerhard Paasche
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Patent number: 7299506Abstract: A bedsore prevention kit includes a finger grip that includes a tubular member having a first end and a second end. A strap is attached to and extends between the first and second ends. The strap is extendable over a plurality of fingers and the tubular member is positionable between the fingers and a palm of a hand. A palm protector has a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge. The first and second edges are positioned opposite of each other. The palm protector is wedge-shaped and has a decreasing thickness from the second edge to the first edge. The palm protector is positionable between a plurality of fingertips and the palm of a hand.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Rohini Samaroo
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Patent number: 7299507Abstract: A protective harness for a motorcycle rider includes a back plate having an upper section hingedly attached to a lower section. Received within the upper section are an inflatable neck collar and a shoulder bladder. Received within the lower section is an inflatable rib cage bladder. If a rider is displaced from the motorcycle, a CO2 dispensing mechanism automatically inflates and deploys the bladders to encompass and protect the wearer's neck, rib cage and back.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventors: Jeffery Hermoso, Prospero Jun San Juan, Ulysses Garces
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Patent number: 7299508Abstract: A pressurized flush system includes a pressure water vessel having an inlet and an outlet. An infill valve, an open valve, and a flush valve are provided with the flush valve disposed within the pressure vessel and in fluid communication with the infill valve and the open valve. The flush valve includes a hollow valve body and cooperating pistons controlling water discharge from the water vessel outlet. The cooperating pistons are disposed within the hollow valve body.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Feiyu Li
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Patent number: 7299509Abstract: The present invention provides a door assembly for a walk-in bathtub. The assembly includes a frame shaped to fit a door threshold in the side of the walk-in bathtub, wherein the frame includes a track dedicated to accommodating a gasket along the length of the frame. The frame also includes a track dedicated to accommodating door hinges. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the frame is made of a single extruded piece of aluminum that is powder coated to match the acrylic surface of the walk-in tub. The door is mounted onto the frame with hinges. A gasket is inserted into the track in the door frame and forms a water tight seal between the door and the frame. The door assembly can be installed in the bathtub as a separate, pre-assembled system, similar to a pre-hung door.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Safety TubsInventor: Andre J. Neidich
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Patent number: 7299510Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for attaching a shower head and a sprayer nozzle simultaneously. The housing includes an attaching device for attaching the sprayer nozzle to the housing. A controlling device may control the water to flow out through the outlet ports. The housing includes a casing having a chamber to receive a valve stem of the controlling device. The valve stem includes a passage for communicating the inlet with either or both of the outlet ports of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Patent number: 7299511Abstract: Lavatory systems that include lavatory modules are provided. In one embodiment, each lavatory module includes a first wall, a second wall coupled to the first wall, a sink, and a urinal. The first wall of a first one of the lavatory modules is attached to the first wall of a second one of the lavatory modules and the first wall of a third one of the lavatory modules is attached to the first wall of a fourth one of the lavatory modules. The second walls are attached to each other. The lavatory modules include an amenities cabinet and a trash bin. The sinks and urinals may be coupled to a common plumbing system. The lavatory modules are manufactured separately and attached once loaded and placed into position on board a vehicle, such as an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: William C. Quan
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Patent number: 7299512Abstract: The present invention pertains to a motorized operating table (1) of the type comprising a horizontal platform (2) for supporting a patient, equipped at least in part with a side rail (3) for accessories, said platform (2) being affixed on a chassis mounted on wheels, characterized in that said table (1) comprises a control unit (7) for controlling the displacement of the operating table (1) attached on the side rail (3) and coupled to a base comprising a motor unit (8), said control unit (7) comprising control means for actuating the operating or the stopping of said motor unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: FHSurgicalInventors: Patrice Cavalier, Philippe Daury, Pierre Mercier, Bertrand Plouviez, Jean-Marie Poussot
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Patent number: 7299513Abstract: A bladder support system for reducing the stresses placed upon a bladder unit. The bladder support system includes a bladder unit fillable with a fluid, a base member comprised of a sheet structure, wherein the base member is positioned adjacent to the bladder unit and a plurality of straps attached to the base member. The plurality of straps are comprised of an elongated structure and removably attach the base member to the bladder unit in such a manner in which the plurality of straps and the base member encompass the bladder unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: F.O. Berg CompanyInventors: Andrew N. Barrett, Craig G. Dolsby
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Patent number: 7299514Abstract: The invention relates to a foldable tool set installed with a chain repair tool. The tool set has a housing and foldaway tools pivoted on the housing. The chain repair tool comprises a main body and an ejector pin screwed on top of the main body. The chain repair tool is pivoted on the tool set and can be folded within the tool set or lifted outward. In addition, an arm is included and one end of it is pivoted on one side of the chain repair tool to control movement of the chain repair tool. The chain repair tool and the arm are folded together in the housing. Accordingly, operation of disassembling and reassembling of chains can be conducted with this tool set without any other required tools.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Shu Te Wu
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Patent number: 7299515Abstract: A washing machine control method accurately determines an amount of laundry in the washing machine, while driving a motor coupled to a drum under load, based on a computed average of pulse width modulation values at the time of stopping the drive of a motor and the motor's rotational angle as the motor freewheels to a stop, in order to conserve water and reduce the time required for performing a washing step.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Soo Young Oh, Jin Woong Kim, Hyun Seok Seo, Tae Hee Lee, Joon Woo Kim, Kyung Chul Woo
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Patent number: 7299516Abstract: A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly an inclined cable of a cable stayed bridge, is comprised of a bundle of individual elements, for example, steel wire strands, which in the open area is encapsulated by sheathing, and which in the area of a rerouting point, for example, at the pylon of a cable-stayed bridge, extends inside a saddle pipe in a canal having the shape of a circular arc. In order to avoid impairments at the ends of the saddle pipe when sheathing is connected to the structure, the saddle pipe is extended in the shape of a circular arc beyond a tangential exit of the bundle by a length L so that the bundle is exposed at an end of the saddle pipe without any risk of abutting.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Dywidag-Systems International GmbHInventors: Oswald Nuetzel, Egbert Zimmermann
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Patent number: 7299517Abstract: An apparatus for loading bikes and motorcycles from the ground to a higher elevation such as into a transport vehicle without lifting. The apparatus permits the user to walk the bike or motorcycle into up a vehicle on a foldable, for easy storage, arcuate ramp. The user holds onto the bike or motorcycle and walks up the ramp from behind the cycle in a first embodiment; or adjacent to the vehicle into the van or truck in a second embodiment. The second embodiment includes a series of spaced steps or U-rungs on one or both sides of the ramp. Both versions fold for easy storage and portability and both embodiments can be separated into two parts for easy linear storage if needed.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Nancy Adinolfe
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Patent number: 7299518Abstract: A cleaning head for a vacuum sweeper that incorporates a magnetic flux generator that bathes the area of carpet being engaged by the rotating brush beater in the cleaning head with a pulsing magnetic field. The magnetic flux generator disrupts the static attraction between opposing charged small particles and the carpet fibers to which the small particles are attached to allow the brush beater apparatus in the cleaning head to separate the small particles from the carpet fibers. The dislodged small particles, including allergens, bacteria and mold spores, are removed from the carpet in the air stream created by the vacuum sweeper and captured by a micro-filter filtration system. The magnetic flux field is created with the conventional household current that powers the operation of the vacuum cleaner without requiring the generation of high voltages or an electrostatic discharge from the cleaning head.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Jerome I. Paulson
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Patent number: 7299519Abstract: A tool for both plunging and cleaning plumbing fixtures and drains includes a handle and a plunger and a cleaning brush both coupled to the same end of the handle. The plunger is moveable between an extended position in which it covers a majority of the brush, and a retracted position in which it exposes a majority of the brush. The tool may be used for cleaning with the plunger retracted and for plunging with the plunger extended. Exemplary embodiments are particularly useful for cleaning and plunging toilets using a combination toilet plunger and toilet brush.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Steven Garry
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Patent number: 7299520Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connecting device for a windshield wiper having no support frame and hook type windshield wiper arm, which comprises a chassis, a saddle hood, a sliding cover and a connector; By means of buckling two insetting juts on the sliding rails with two insetting holes on the left side panel and right side panel of said chassis, said sliding cover can quickly sliding out away said saddle hood in buckling fixed position unable to detach off each other; Thereby, during dismounting and mounting procedure of the hook head on the hook-type wiper arm with said connector, not only without any help in holding said sliding cover from anyone else but also eliminating the interference of bumping from said sliding cover sliding back unwillingly only one person can easily and quickly complete all process.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Shih-Hsien Huang
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Patent number: 7299521Abstract: A floor-scrubbing machine is provided having a main body and a cleaning fluid delivery system. At least one rotatable brush having a brush body and bristles extending from the brush body is included. The brush is carried by the main body whereby the bristles of the brush engage the floor being scrubbed. A fluid distributor is provided to distribute cleaning fluid supplied to the fluid distributor to the brush. The brush defines a recess having a sidewall and at least one opening formed in the sidewall for distributing the cleaning solution radially outward.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: The Hoover CompanyInventors: William H. Theiss, Jr., Robert W. Bauman, Dale L. Buxton, David B. Rennecker
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Patent number: 7299522Abstract: A vacuum cleaning device powered by compressed air includes a canister forming an internal collection chamber for collecting liquid and debris sucked up by the vacuum cleaning device. The vacuum includes a user operated drain from which liquid and debris collected in the collection chamber of the vacuum can be drained, when desired, and may also include a liquid extraction conduit extending into the collection chamber and attachable to a liquid pump for pumping liquid sucked up into the vacuum from the collection chamber. This makes draining the collection chamber much easier that in other vacuums. The vacuum device also includes a filter for air leaving the device which may include filter material in a filter housing over which a vacuum bag may be placed. A bypass in the filter housing may be opened to allow air from the device to bypass the filter material in the housing and pass directly into the vacuum bag.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Donald A. Smith
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Patent number: 7299523Abstract: A hinge mechanism for joining a cover (5) to a main housing (4) of a foldable radiotelephone includes a rotation assembly (1). The rotation assembly includes a hollow connecting member formed by two casings (13) each having two slots (131), two shafts (12), and an elastic member (11) with two end hooks (111), the elastic member being received in the connecting member. The shafts are received through the hooks and through holes cooperatively formed by the slots, and are engaged in the cover and the main housing. The rotation assembly thus pivotably connects the cover to the main housing. The shafts are slidable along the holes. When the cover is manually opened, the shafts slide and stretch the elastic member. When the cover reaches a predetermined angle, the elastic member rebounds and drives the shafts to slide in opposite directions, whereby the cover is automatically further opened.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Sutech Trading LimitedInventor: Zhi-Gang Zou
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Patent number: 7299524Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a hollow housing (100), a shaft (300), an urging mechanism (400), a cam (500), and a cylindrical follower (700). The housing includes an open end, and a hole (104) in an opposite second end. A peripheral wall of the housing at the open end defines a pair of pinholes (112). The shaft 300 includes a fixing portion. The urging mechanism is received in the housing and located around the shaft. The cam defines a cam hole (506) therethrough, and includes a cam portion (502) received in the housing. One end of the cam portion has a cam surface (508). The cam hole engagingly receives the shaft, so that the cam rotates with the shaft. The opposite end of the urging mechanism biases the cam. The follower is retained in the pinholes. The follower rotates relative to the shaft and is movably engaged with the cam surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pu Luo
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Patent number: 7299525Abstract: A self-locked hinge device includes a hinge body, a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate and a locking mechanism, The first mounting plate is hinged to a first end of the hinge body, and the second mounting plate is hinged to a second end of the hinge body. The locking mechanism is driven by the second mounting plate when the second mounting plate is moved and incapacitates the first mounting plate from moving relatively to the hinge body when the second mounting plate is rotated to a predetermined position relative to the hinge body. A multi-function peripheral using the self-locked hinge device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Avision Inc.Inventor: Yu-Lun Chang
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Patent number: 7299526Abstract: A rotary-type hinge device for a portable terminal for rotating the folder of the terminal from the body thereof about a first hinge axis and about a second hinge axis, which is perpendicular to the first hinge axis is provided. The rotary-type hinge device comprises a first hinge module coupled to the body and adapted to rotate the folder about the first hinge axis; a second hinge module coupled to the folder and adapted to rotate the folder about the second hinge axis, when the folder is rotated a predetermined angle or more about the first hinge axis; a guide provided on the first hinge module and positioned adjacently to the second hinge module; and a stopper provided on the second hinge module and adapted to limit the rotation of the folder about the second hinge axis, when the folder is rotated within a predetermined angle about the first hinge axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ju-Hee Kim
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Patent number: 7299527Abstract: A strap retainer device and method for retaining a first object to a second object, the device including a body that is generally planar with an outer periphery portion, the body including a first end portion and a substantially oppositely disposed second end portion. The first end portion is adapted to attach to the first object and the second end portion includes a slot therethrough that is closed at both ends, the second end portion also includes a tortuous passageway therethrough that extends from the outer periphery portion to be in communication with the slot. The tortuous access passageway is operational to allow the strap to be selectably manually positioned from the outer periphery portion to the slot and selectably manually positioned from the slot to the outer periphery portion, wherein the tortuous access passageway helps restrict the strap from inadvertently dislodging from the slot to the outer periphery portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Gerald Albert Gyure
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Patent number: 7299528Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a multi-frequency surface acoustic wave (SAW) device on a common piezoelectric substrate. The method features varying the resonant frequency of waveguide elements of the SAW device using a single etch step. The etch step removes a sub-portion of multiple layers of conductive film disposed on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2002Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventors: David M. Lee, Paul Lindars, Christopher Ellis Jones, James E. Flowers, Martin P. Goetz
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Patent number: 7299529Abstract: A process comprising, in a vacuum, depositing a bottom electrode layer and a piezoelectric layer over a cavity in a substrate, the cavity being filled with a sacrificial material, patterning and etching the piezoelectric layer and the bottom electrode layer to expose one or more edges of the bottom electrode layer and the piezoelectric layer, treating some or all of the one or more edges to prevent electrical contact between the bottom electrode layer and a top electrode layer, and depositing and etching the top electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Eyal Ginsburg, Dora Etgar-Diamant, Li-Peng Wang
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Patent number: 7299530Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for separating interconnects between, for example, a card and a substrate. The apparatus includes one or more rotationally biased (e.g., spring-loaded, etc.) partial-circle structures (e.g., blades, squeegee, plow, etc.) and one or more temperature-sensitive releases connected to the partial-circle structures. The partial-circle structures are positioned to rotate and separate the interconnects when released by the temperature-sensitive releases. The invention can also include solder reservoirs positioned to receive solder from the interconnects separated by the partial-circle structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mukta G. Farooq, Ray A. Jackson, David C. Linnell, Frank L. Pompeo
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Patent number: 7299531Abstract: A telescopically adjustable structure capable of defining or measuring an arbitrary three-dimensional volume and having twelve telescopically adjustable telescopic units, capable of maintaining a change in telescopic length and eight corner connection units for assembling the telescopic rods into a three-dimensional structure. A method of assembly may have the telescopic units adjusted to specified length prior to three-dimensional assembly or, alternately, the telescopic units may be assembled in collapsed telescopic form, and adjusted in assembled fashion. Particularly suited to provide a lightweight, low-cost, low-damage furniture or object double to check how the furniture volume might fit in a space or be transported to a space.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventors: Bruce L. Staples, Patrick F. Smith
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Patent number: 7299532Abstract: A method to join different materials through the creation of holes which allow entry of stay bolts is described. The method includes making slots on the plane of any material, the depth of these slots being equal to half the thickness of the plane, plus the length of the radius of the stay bolt or stud to be entered, plus a tolerance margin. The slots have a length as required by its end use and are made on two or more sides of the plane, in an alternate manner, so that the slot made on one side overlaps by a few millimeters the slot made on the opposite side creating a space for the passage of a stay bolt or stud that serves as the anchorage for the various pieces that make up an object to be realized.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventor: Massimo Criacci
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Patent number: 7299533Abstract: A method for processing a gear set through a lapping operation that includes: providing a lapping machine tool having a first spindle and a second spindle, the second spindle being rotatable about an axis that is generally perpendicular to a rotational axis of the first spindle, the lapping machine tool having a loading zone for loading the first and second spindles; providing a robot with an end effector; loading a first gear set to a first end of the end effector, the first gear set having a ring gear and a pinion gear; moving the first end of the end effector into the loading zone; and loading the first gear set to the lapping machine tool without removing the end effector from the loading zone such that the ring gear is loaded onto the first spindle and the pinion gear is loaded onto the second spindle. An end effector is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Daniel T Bickersteth, Robert G Greene, Kenneth J Gembel, II