Patents Issued in August 12, 2008
  • Patent number: 7410047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connective link for a conveyor belt, which comprises legs extending in a longitudinal direction from a lateral cross-member at a closed first end and to an open second end, and defining laterally aligned first apertures on each of said legs at said closed end for reception of a rod, and laterally aligned second apertures at said open end for reception of a rod, wherein at least one leg is extended in longitudinal direction over a distance from the second aperture. The invention further relates to a conveyor belt comprising said connective links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Ashworth Jonge Poerink B.V.
    Inventor: Willem van Faassen
  • Patent number: 7410048
    Abstract: A guide bend segment (30) for a modular conveyor chain, comprising a profile from plastic material with a substantially flat upper side (31) extending along an axis proceeding in a curved manner with a guide face in which at least one guide is formed for guiding the modules of a modular conveyor chain, in which profile, adjacent the guide, magnets (37A, 37B) are included for pulling body parts of successive modules (1) of the chain to be guided against the upper side through cooperation with hinge pins (25) of the modular conveyor chain, wherein the at least one guide comprises two grooves (32A, 32B) proceeding in the longitudinal direction of the profile, so that the profile, adjacent the guide plane at the location of the guide has a substantially E-shaped cross section with a central projection (33) located between the grooves and legs located outside the grooves, on an inside bend side and an outside bend side of the projection, respectively, and that in the legs (38A, 39B), magnets are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Rexnord FlatTop Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Gijsbertus Johannes Verduijn, Leonardus Adrianus Cornelissen
  • Patent number: 7410049
    Abstract: A block molded from a polymeric material has a through passageway to contain a percussive shock wave. Angularly related channels communicate with the containment passageway for receiving arcuate segments of detonation cord. Alignment of a plurality of blocks provides a convenient packaging setup for the cord. A percussive signal traveling along the cord can be short-circuited in the packaging setup. A diode version of the block can react to the signal in a given direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Detotec North America, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. O'Brien, Timothy J. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 7410050
    Abstract: A contact lens container includes a body defining a cavity that is sized to hold a contact lens. A stopper is in fluid communication with the cavity and the stopper includes a resealable portion that is received into a channel. The resealable portion has a predetermined wall thickness in an axial direction thereof, the resealable portion defines a needle penetration region that is pierceable with a needle to form a needle aperture therethrough, and is heat resealable to hermetically seal the needle aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Benoit Adamo, John Guthy, Giovanni Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 7410051
    Abstract: A method for packaging cotton sliver for efficient transport includes the steps of laying the sliver in a uniform-density pattern onto a bottom cap, placing a top cap on the sliver, applying pressure to the top and bottom caps to compress the sliver to a higher second density at which the compressed sliver is rigid, and strapping the compressed sliver and caps in order to form a rigid package for handling and transport. A packaging system includes an oblong can that receives the sliver, a compression baler for compressing the sliver to a high density, and a strapping apparatus for strapping the compressed sliver and caps to retain the compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Magnolia Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Anderson Warlick
  • Patent number: 7410052
    Abstract: A portable free-standing kit which can serve as a functional trial product, particularly for children, includes a combination of dry toilet paper and moist wipes. A roll of toilet paper is rotatably mounted on a functional spindle housed within the kit. The moist wipes are provided in a container which is supported by either a shelf or the bottom of the kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: James Jeffrey Cook, Richard Stephen Holschuh, Craig William Kirouac, Benjamin Charles Sarbo, Heather Anne Sorebo
  • Patent number: 7410053
    Abstract: A tool holder formed from two or more layers of material is provided. Cutouts or pockets may be formed in the tool holder corresponding with specific types and sizes of tools. An identification for each tool may be provided on the tool holder adjacent to each cutout. The identification remains visible to a reader when an associated tool is placed in each respective cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Materials Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L Bowen, Robert E Delk
  • Patent number: 7410054
    Abstract: Provided is a system, apparatus and methods of use for the safe and easy handling and disposing of light bulbs. The system provides a disposal tube comprising one or more layers of puncture resistant material and a means for absorbing metals or gasses that may be released when the light bulb is broken, such as by externally striking the disposal tube and the bulb contained therein. The invention also provides a method for using the disposal tube as a means to safely handle and store the light bulbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: MDS, Inc.
    Inventors: Will Shatford, Robert L. Czubiak
  • Patent number: 7410055
    Abstract: A transport container (40) for slides (4) for immunological labeling of thin tissue sections (2a) is disclosed. The transport container (40) is embodied in the form of a trough which comprises a peripheral delimiting wall (49) that is closed off by a base (50). There is embodied in the interior of the trough on the delimiting wall (49) at least one peripheral step (57) on which the slide rests and is spaced away from the base (50) of the transport container (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Plank
  • Patent number: 7410056
    Abstract: A blister pack and package including such blister pack is described which provides for package stability and self-indexing in relation to adjacently aligned packages. The blister pack is configured to include at least one compartment for enclosing an article, and an outward projecting portion or foot in the bottom portion of the blister pack. The foot is configured to have a width, depth and height sufficient to allow the package to be freestanding and self-indexing. The package is especially suited for use in a merchandise point-of-sale display including a pressure applicator for maintaining displayed packages in a forwardmost position in the display when one or more packages are removed from the display. The foot provides for a predetermined stable spacing during packaging and while in storage and on display, and provides for self-indexing, i.e. maintenance of proper spacing, when a pressure applicator moves the aligned packages forward in a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Cafferata, Cory J. Nelson, L. Nicholas Senter, Stephan M. Stulo
  • Patent number: 7410057
    Abstract: An air-packing device has an improved shock absorbing capability to protect a product in a container box. The air-packing device is comprised of an enclosure portion that surrounds and supports a pocket portion that holds a product to be protected such that the pocket portion does not contact the ground when shocks are applied to the air-packing device. Each of the enclosure portion and the pocket portion is configured by first and second thermoplastic films which are bonded at predetermined portions thereby creating a plurality of air containers. Each of the air containers has a check valve for allowing the compressed air to flow only in a forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: AIR-PAQ, Inc.
    Inventor: Kark K. Yoshifusa
  • Patent number: 7410058
    Abstract: A device adapted for keeping in a wallet, a pocket, a bag, or a similar place, said device is designed as a credit card in size and preferably has a display surface intended for commercial use, where said device is made of a relative stiff material such as cardboard or plastic, and that said device in a corner area is provided with a flexible finger (46), which at an outer end (48) is provided with a slit or narrowing (50) for use in removing a tick or corresponding blood sucking insect, which has bitten on to and bored its snout down into the skin of a person or an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Safecard ApS
    Inventor: Per Kirkegaard
  • Patent number: 7410059
    Abstract: An article packaging body including an article containing plate which has a plurality of recesses configured to receive articles. A cover plate connected to the article containing plate, and a gripping plate extending from either one of the article containing plate and the cover plate. Additionally, the gripping plate may be provided with a plurality of grips configured to hold corresponding articles at a distal end, the grips configured to be individually separable from each other. Further, the gripping plate is configured to be folded onto the article containing plate such that the articles are received in corresponding recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakatsu, Noriko Himeda, Futoshi Tada, Jiro Okamoto, Naoko Maeda, Yuka Shimizu, Masaya Fujimura, Shinsuke Tanioku
  • Patent number: 7410060
    Abstract: A stacking tray for electrical components, such as integrated circuits, particularly those of the ball grid array (BGA) type. The tray is stackable and includes an upper side and a lower side. Both upper and lower sides of the trays include support elements forming ledges and ridges to support the integrated circuit element and stabilize the integrated circuit element in the X-Y directions. In the unstacked configuration, whether the tray is presented in the right side up or upside down configuration, the integrated circuit elements are stabilized in the X-Y directions at two diagonally opposed corners, and hence all four sides of the chip. In a stacked configuration, the laterally inwardly offset ridges of a tray immediately downwardly adjacent from the integrated circuit restrain and stabilize the integrated circuit in the X-Y directions by engaging a first pair of diagonally opposed corners of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Rodney Crisp
  • Patent number: 7410061
    Abstract: A thin plate supporting container includes a container body for housing therein semiconductor wafers, a lid unit for closing the container body, and slotted plates for supporting the semiconductor wafers from opposing sides. There are provided an upper fitting portion for supporting an upper portion of the slotted plate, and a lower fitting portion for supporting a lower portion of the slotted plate. An upper fitting piece of the upper fitting portion has a planar contact face which comes into contact with the slotted plate to thereby position the slotted plate in the front/rear direction while suppressing swing of the slotted plate. The upper receiving element on the slotted plate has a planar contact face. The lower fitting portion provides vertical, horizontal and front/rear positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Miraial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiaki Matsutori, Tadahiro Obayashi
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    Patent number: 7410062
    Abstract: A box suitable for packaging a product during transportation comprises a closed structure formed from a folded blank which is separable into a tray part and a lid part along breakable lines of weakness. The tray part is suitable for displaying the product e.g. for retail. The box is strengthened by top side flaps whose bottom edges abut the base of the box and the top edge of the bottom side flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Jacob White (Packaging) Ltd
    Inventor: Robert William Monk
  • Patent number: 7410063
    Abstract: Methods and systems for sorting particles entrained in a gaseous stream are disclosed. A representative system, among others, includes a particle scanner, a sorter, which is in pneumatic communication with the particle scanner, and a controller, which is in electrical communication with the particle scanner and sorter. The particle scanner is adapted to receive a gaseous stream and measure a characteristic of a particle entrained in the gaseous stream. The controller is adapted to classify the scanned particle according to the measured characteristic of the particle. The sorter includes an electrically controlled valve. Responsive to the particle being classified as belonging to a first category, the controller signals the valve to deflect the trajectory of the particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Richard K. Chang, Yongle Pan, Steven Clyde Hill
  • Patent number: 7410064
    Abstract: In a cylindrical sieve, a first frame 7 is provided with a first ring plate 7a arranged in a radial direction and a ring plate 7b extended inward in an axial direction X of the sieve from an inner end of the first ring plate 7a. The ring plate 7b has an inwardly warped end. A ring projection 2a is fit in a ring-shaped cavity K1 defined by a ring recess 10a and the first frame 7. The ring plate 7b presses the ring projection 2a outward in the radial direction to prevent the ring projection 2a from being slipped off the matching recess. Through holes 7c (counter bores) are formed in the first frame 7 along the axial direction X. Four of the through holes 7c are used to fasten the rods 6 and receive the Phillips head screws 6f seated therein, and the remaining through holes 7c receives Phillips head screws 20 (see FIG. 1) seated therein for reinforced linkage of the first frame 7 with the holder frame 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Tsukasa Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Kato, Yoshio Sakakibara, Hidenori Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7410065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane for the separation of material mixtures by the principle of vapor permeation or pervaporation, in particular for the dewatering of organic solvents, comprising at least one support layer and at least one material-selective separation layer located thereon, and a method for production of such a membrane. The material-selective separating layer is made from polyvinyl alcohol, containing at least one metallic element and/or a derivative thereof. The method includes the addition of polyvinyl alcohol to a solvent, adding an organometallic compound to the solvent/polyvinyl alcohol mixture, and then applying the solvent/polyvinyl alcohol/organometallic compound mixture to the support layer as the material-selective separating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Ebert, Bastian Ruffmann, Joachim Koll, Axel Wenzlaff
  • Patent number: 7410066
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a filter for selectively removing leukocytes whereby leukocytes can be selectively and efficiently removed without worsening in the performance due to sterilization while causing little elution and minimizing loss in platelets. Namely, a filter for selectively removing leukocytes which is highly tolerant to sterilization and contains a polymer on the filter surface, characterized in that the polymer consists of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate unit having 3 or 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, a monomer unit having a basic nitrogen-containing functional group, and a monomer unit having an ethylene oxide chain with a repetition number of 2 to 9, the content of the monomer unit having the basic nitrogen-containing functional group ranges from 2% by mol to 9% by mol in the polymer, and the ethylene oxide chain content ranges from 1% by weight to 10% by weight in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Ashai Kasei Medical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yamada, Hirofumi Miura
  • Patent number: 7410067
    Abstract: A carriage of the types commonly used in skyline logging operations. The invention facilitates moving logs along a suspended skyline by means of a hoisting system built into the carriage comprised of a radio controlled electronics system, an internal combustion power plant, proportional controlled hydraulically driven skidline sheave, a skidline clamp and skyline clamp. A novel method of pump control keeps the internal combustion engine operating within its power band. The volume output of the pump is controlled by engine RPM to adjust the pump's load on the engine. Combined operation of the various controls on the carriage, in conjunction with the controlled operations of the yarder winch at the end of the skyline, result in a system well suited for efficient logging operation. The choker/setter (ground crew) and the yarder are able to remotely control the carriage operation as a team. The carriage controls of the present invention are primarily hydraulic, actuated by means of electrical solenoid valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Scotty Baker
  • Patent number: 7410068
    Abstract: A blondin cableway installation, comprises a pair of carrying cables extending between the two ends of the installation; a carriage provided with a lifting tackle and supported movably on the carrying cables; a lifting cable for operating the lifting tackle, extending between the two ends of the installation; an outward haulage cable for conveying the carriage along the pair of carrying cables, said outward haulage cable being connected via tackle to the carriage so as to have a pair of outward haulage sections which extend between the carriage and each end of the installation; and a plurality of cradles arranged along the pair of carrying cables and suspended from them in a stationary manner and designed to support the lifting cable and outward haulage cable, each of the cradles comprising, on each side, a pair of support rollers able to receive by means of gravity, alternately, the outward haulage cable or the lifting cable, and a corresponding pair of retaining rollers able to bias the lifting cable and ha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Agudio S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Andreetto
  • Patent number: 7410069
    Abstract: A clamping arrangement (3) for the fixation of a towing arrangement (2), equipped with a mounting flange (14), in a mounting pocket (6) included in a vehicle underframe (1) and being of the type that includes front and rear pairs of stop lugs (11, 12). The clamping arrangement includes a form-stiff insert (4) as well as a clamping device (5), which is applicable between the insert (4) and the mounting flange (14) of the towing arrangement (2) in order to press apart these and thereby clamp the mounting flange (14) against the front pair of lugs (11). A railway vehicle, e.g. a railroad car, provided with a towing arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Dellner Couplers AB
    Inventors: Magnus Hogbring, Lennart Wikström
  • Patent number: 7410070
    Abstract: A feed and drink bottle is made of plastics material preferably by an aseptic process. In its basic form the bottle (2) has a mouth (4) intended to be sealed with a closure (10) put in place after the feed has been put in the bottle through its mouth. The bottle is rendered unfit for re-use as a baby's bottle, thus making it disposable either by preventing the closure from being able to be removed from the body of the bottle once it has reached its fully engaged position, or by preventing it from being replaced in a fluid tight position once it has been removed. The closure (10) has a teat (24) secured to it in an irremovable manner, as by the teat being clamped between the closure and a retainer member (18) held in place in the closure, or by the teat's being bonded to the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen James Williams, Christopher Mallet
  • Patent number: 7410071
    Abstract: A closure having a top wall and a skirt depending from a peripheral edge of said top wall. The closure includes an inner skirt depending from the top wall having at least one thread for helically attaching to a container neck. A deflection wall extends from the top wall having an inner diameter greater than a container neck. Extending from the top wall is a cutting device, defined by an axial cutter and a radial cutter for piercing a liner and cutting the liner about a circumference less than 360 degrees such that the liner is partially attached when the cutting process is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Rexam Closures and Containers, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Seib, Christopher B. Clodfelter
  • Patent number: 7410072
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical box extension that includes an extending member for a switch and/or plug mounting having one or more fastening brackets, one or more base fastening brackets and one or more fasteners that together with optional contact points provide for mechanical and electrical connectivity between the extending member and its associated electrical box and provide sufficient mechanical resistance to support the adjustable elevation of the elevating member thereby supporting a flush surface for surface mounted sockets, switches and their associated plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventors: Wesley Gene Wegner, Paul Brett Wegner
  • Patent number: 7410073
    Abstract: A cosmetic container having a container body and a lid which opens and closes the container body, which can meet a demand that a decorated part does not peel or fall off in part from the container body or the lid, by providing a replacement cover detachably/attachably and replaceably on at least either one of the lid or the container body to cover it, and which can enhance flexibility for consumers to select an appearance according to taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Yoshida Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukitomo Yuhara
  • Patent number: 7410074
    Abstract: A paint bucket includes an upstanding continuous sidewall incorporating opposing sidewalls, and opposing front and rear walls. The rear wall has two first support panels each adjoining one of the opposing sidewalls, a central panel having a width and an upper end including an upper edge, and a lower concave end leading to an opposing lower edge adjoining a bottom wall of the paint bucket. A horizontal support panel, having a width equal to the width of the central panel, adjoins the upper edge of the rear wall and the upper edge of the central panel. Two second support panels each adjoin one of the first support panels, the central quadrilateral panel, and the horizontal support panel, and opposing openings are provided through the horizontal support panel each for accommodating therein a paint accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Robert Brunning
  • Patent number: 7410075
    Abstract: A receptacle for insulating a container. The receptacle includes a bottom and a sidewall circumscribing the bottom and extending from the bottom to an upper edge. The bottom and the sidewall define a cavity for the receptacle, and the cavity is sized to at least partially receive the container therein such that a gap remains defined between the container and an inner surface of the receptacle. The receptacle facilitates insulating the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventors: John Francis Killoren, Mark Kevin Killoren
  • Patent number: 7410076
    Abstract: A self-releasing pan-handle holder for thermally insulating a handle on pots and pans. The pan-handle holder is designed to receive the long handle on a pot or pan. The pan-handle holder comprises an insulating sleeve having a sleeve axis with first and second complimentary sections and a lumen, which allows for closely receiving a pan-handle. The pan-handle holder further includes a biasing mechanism for holding the first and second complimentary sections apart. When the pan-handle holder is placed on a pot or pan-handle, it is squeezed tightly and held around the pan-handle to protect the user from heat in the handle. Typically, the component parts of the of the present pan-handle holder are made of a non-metallic thermal insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Robert H. Borhofen
  • Patent number: 7410077
    Abstract: A container is disclosed for storage and dispensing of web roll products such as gift wrap. The container includes an elongated housing. A cylindrical barrel assembly is rotatably supported within the housing, and includes a plurality of roll storage cavities each having an open end and an open slot along a length thereof. A second end panel of the housing includes a rotatable cap frictionally attached to one end of the barrel assembly to rotate the barrel assembly within the housing. Removable storage boxes for storing gift-wrap related accessories are attachable to the housing. Wheels may be included on the housing to facilitate rolling the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Mark Byron Ness
  • Patent number: 7410078
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for administering micro-ingredient feed additives to animal feed rations. The apparatus may be referred to as a system which includes a number of discrete components which cooperate together to ultimately deliver micro-ingredients to a desired location, such as a feed mixer containing a feed ration. Structure is provided for storing, measuring, dispensing, and conveying the micro-ingredients. Measuring of the micro-ingredients may be achieved by loss in weight, gain in weight, or volumetric metering methods. Transport by a liquid carrier such as water may be achieved by providing one or a plurality of conveyance pumps connected to a transport line. The system is operated by a control unit which controls components of the system to achieve delivery of specified amounts and types of micro-ingredients to the feed ration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Lextron, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Hoff, Greg Moore
  • Patent number: 7410079
    Abstract: An accumulator-type liquid sprayer includes a piston arranged in a cylinder, a piston guide extending through a passage extending therethrough in an axial direction of the piston, so as to be engageable with, and disengageable from the piston, cooperating with the piston and the cylinder to form a space region for sucking and pressurizing a liquid, a check valve for opening a suction port of the cylinder during suction of the liquid, and a hollow stem slidably fitted with an outer side of the piston in a liquid-tight manner and engaging with an end portion of the piston guide. A first resilient member urges the piston guide against the piston for maintaining a closed state of the passage in the piston, and a second resilient member urges the piston against the piston guide for adjusting a spraying pressure of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kuwahara, Takayuki Goto
  • Patent number: 7410080
    Abstract: A holding system for a dispensing system for hardenable materials comprising a dispensing gun and a product cartridge having a dispensing tip defining a dispensing opening. The holding system comprises a holding structure and a plug projection. Optionally, one or more guide ribs may be used. The holding structure comprises a side wall and a bottom wall and defines a main opening and a cartridge chamber. The plug projection extends from the bottom wall into the cartridge chamber. The at least one guide rib extends from the side wall into the cartridge chamber. The cartridge chamber is sized and dimensioned to receive the product cartridge. When the product cartridge is placed into the cartridge chamber, the guide rib is arranged to engage a portion of the dispensing system to facilitate entry of the plug projection into the dispensing opening. Optionally, one or more wall openings may be formed in the holding structure adjacent to the plug projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Kelly Good
  • Patent number: 7410081
    Abstract: A support structure for a spare tire on a vehicle. A shell is attached to the vehicle and includes first and second end portions and a bottom portion extending at least partially between the first and second end portions. The shell at least partially defines a spare tire storage chamber and includes an opening providing access to the storage chamber, wherein the opening is adjacent to the first end portion. The support member is slidably positioned above the bottom portion and is movable back and forth along a movement path from a first position in which the support member is substantially disposed within the shell and a second position in which the support member is at least partially disposed outside the shell. In certain embodiments, a retention member can be fixedly attached to the shell. In further embodiments, the support member and the shell have a cooperative locking configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kerry Stephen McClure, Brian David Shanfeld, David Michael Edwards
  • Patent number: 7410082
    Abstract: A vehicle rack includes a non-pivotal portion and a pivotal portion. The non-pivotal portion is adapted to be mounted on a motor vehicle such as a public transportation vehicle such as a bus, a trolley, train, van, or car. The pivotal portion, when in the bicycle receiving position, includes in a preferred embodiment retractable arms to hold bicycles in place by their tires. The bicycle rack includes elements that assist in the raising of the pivotal portion from the vehicle receiving position into a stowed position and for lowering the pivotal portion from the stowed position to the bicycle receiving portion. Other elements assist in the single-handed reposition-ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Sportworks Northwest, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Stewart
  • Patent number: 7410083
    Abstract: The traffic ticket book holder has a main body connected to a protective flap by a top panel and connected to a front cover by a bottom panel. A pair of zipper tracks connects the right and left sides of the main body, front cover and bottom panel together. Main body, front cover, top panel, bottom panel and the zipper tracks define a generally rectangular shaped ticket compartment that carries a number of traffic ticket books and tickets. An elongated belt strap is releasably attached to the traffic ticket book holder for suspending the traffic book holder from the belt of the user. A flexible thigh strap is attached to the main body of the traffic ticket book holder to the upper thigh area of the user and a thigh adjustment piece to provide adjustment of the thigh strap for varying thigh sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Glen Reid
  • Patent number: 7410084
    Abstract: The multiple-impact adapter for a hammer tool includes a shroud for removably mounting on the hammer tool. A bore is formed through the shroud between the ends. The shroud has front portion and a rear portion for removably receiving a portion of the hammer device. A drive punch is positioned in the bore for being impacted by the hammer tool and a forward end for impacting an object to be driven. A guide bushing extends forwardly from the shroud. A channel extends through the bushing for receiving a portion of the object to be driven. The guide bushing is slidably mounted on the front portion of the shroud such that the guide bushing is movable between an extended position and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Daniel J. Reed
  • Patent number: 7410085
    Abstract: A drive-in tool for driving in fastening elements includes a driving ram (13) displaceable in a guide (12) and driven by a drive flywheel (32), a drive unit (30) having an electric motor (31) for rotating the drive flywheel (32), a drive coupling (35) for connecting a coupling section (15) of the driving ram (13) with the at least one drive flywheel (32), and an acceleration device (40) for accelerating the driving ram (13), together with the coupling section (15) in a direction of the drive flywheel (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Iwan Wolf, Ulrich Schiestl
  • Patent number: 7410086
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for actuating and/or articulating a circular stapler. In one exemplary embodiment, a circular stapler is provided having an elongate shaft with a stapling apparatus coupled thereto. An electrically expandable and contractible actuator, such as an electroactive polymer actuator, can be used to pivotally or angularly adjust a position of the stapling apparatus relative to the elongate shaft by delivering energy to the electroactive polymer actuator. In another embodiment, an electroactive polymer actuator can be used to actuate the stapling apparatus, thereby driving one or more staples, preferably in a substantially curved pattern, into tissue. The actuator can alternatively or additionally drive a blade distally to cut tissue being stapled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ortiz, Frederick Shelton, IV, Joseph Hueil, Jeffrey Swayze
  • Patent number: 7410087
    Abstract: A welding apparatus is disclosed for use during welding of a tubular metal nozzle to a tank's metal domed cap. The nozzle extends longitudinally between a base end for mating to the tank's cap at an aperture therein and a spaced-away terminal free end. Typically, the nozzle's longitudinal axis is aligned oblique to a normal axis for the domed cap through the aperture thereof. Such welding apparatus involves a clamping arrangement having an actuator extending between a lid and a spaced, opposed backup plate. The backup plate seats against at least a marginal periphery of the domed cap's inner concave surface surrounding the aperture thereof. The lid covers the nozzle's terminal free end. Releasably actuating the actuator increases clamping pressure between the lid and backup plate, thereby clamping the backup plate opposite the weld seam for at least purge purposes, and perhaps light-duty heat-sink purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Howard S. Owensby
  • Patent number: 7410088
    Abstract: A solder preform for attaching an optical fiber having a diameter to a fiber attach pad, the solder preform comprising a body including solder at least on a bottom surface thereof, the body having a groove extending along a first face from a first end to a second, the groove being larger in width than the diameter of the optical fiber to allow unimpeded alignment of the optical fiber. The solder preform above, wherein the body is formed substantially as a geometric shape, for example, a substantially rectangular box, a substantially cubical box, substantially a cylinder, substantially a semi-cylinder, substantially a sphere, substantially a semi-sphere, and substantially a cone or any geometric shape having a flat surface and a groove found therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Trebor Heminway, Brian Massey, Michael Powers, Russel S. Sossong
  • Patent number: 7410089
    Abstract: A method of making an aerofoil blisk (10) comprising a plurality of aerofoil blades (12) joined to a disc (14) to extend radially outwardly therefrom includes the step of forming a blade member (28) having a stub (30) for joining to the disc (14), the stub (30) having a taper ratio of less than 2. The stub (30) of the blade member (28) may be joined to the disc (14) by linear friction welding, and excess material may subsequently be machined from the blade member (28) to form the blade (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Simon E Bray, Jonathan P Throssell
  • Patent number: 7410090
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus of providing conductive bonding material into a plurality of cavities in a circuit supporting substrate is disclosed. The method comprises placing a fill head in substantial contact with a circuit supporting substrate. The circuit supporting substrate includes at least one cavity. A linear motion or a rotational motion is provided to at least one of the circuit supporting substrate and the fill head while the fill head is in substantial contact with the circuit supporting substrate. Conductive bonding material is forced out of the fill head toward the circuit supporting substrate. The conductive bonding material is provided into the at least one cavity contemporaneous with the at least one cavity being in proximity to the fill head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Peter A. Gruber, John U. Knickerbocker, James L. Speidell
  • Patent number: 7410091
    Abstract: A method of integrated circuit assembly before encapsulation including at least one step of soldering, under mechanical pressure, a first element on a second element, including temporarily maintaining a predetermined spacing, at least partially without solder paste, between the surfaces to be assembled of the first and second elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Farroni
  • Patent number: 7410092
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for injection molding conductive bonding material into a plurality of cavities in a surface are disclosed. The method comprises aligning a fill head with a surface. The mold includes a plurality of cavities. The method further includes placing the fill head in substantial contact with the surface. At least a first gas is channeled about a first region of the fill head. The at least first gas has a temperature above a melting point of conductive bonding material residing in a reservoir thereby maintaining the conductive bonding material in a molten state. The conductive bonding material is forced out of the fill head toward the surface. The conductive bonding material is provided into at least one cavity of the plurality of cavities contemporaneous with the at least one cavity being in proximity to the fill head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Peter A. Gruber, John U. Knickerbocker, James L. Speidell
  • Patent number: 7410093
    Abstract: A method of making a printed circuit board having zero resistance connections. Pairs of shunt pads are formed on the board, spaced sufficiently far apart to avoid short circuiting but sufficiently close to permit a solder bridge to occur between them during a solder wave process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Miller, Thad C. McMillan
  • Patent number: 7410094
    Abstract: A partition assembly for dividing the space inside a container into two levels is provided. The partition assembly comprises first and second sets of parallel dividers or partitions. The dividers of the first set each have at least one tongue. One divider from the second set of parallel dividers has a series of spaced passages which are aligned with and adapted to receive the respective tongues of the dividers of the first set of dividers. When the one divider is folded or bent, multiple levels are created in the partition assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Bradford Company
    Inventor: Mark Bos
  • Patent number: 7410095
    Abstract: An improved coin box assembly is provided for a coin operated laundry appliance. The assembly includes a mounting bracket mounted in the cabinet of the appliance, a vault mounted within the mounting bracket, and a coin box mounted within the vault. The mounting bracket and vault provide double-wall protection for the coin box so as to inhibit prying. The assembly further includes external and internal plates sandwiching the front wall of the coin box to prevent cutting of the front wall of the coin box. A freely-spinning washer is mounted between the front plate and the front wall of the coin box to preclude a hole saw from cutting out the lock cylinder of the coin box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Michael D. Selover
  • Patent number: 7410096
    Abstract: In a system for automatic identification, a method performed by an appliance coupled to a network balances load among appliances. The network includes a plurality of tags, a plurality of readers that read the tags, and a plurality of appliances. The appliances service the readers to provide information for a server, also coupled to the network. The server performs an application program in accordance with the information. The method includes in any order: (a) determining an unallocated capacity for service by the appliance; (b) determining a load for servicing a reader of the plurality; and (c) if the load fits within the unallocated capacity, providing a signal to the network for another appliance of the plurality, the signal for indicating that the appliance can service the reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: RF Code, Inc.
    Inventor: Nissim Ozer