Patents Issued in October 19, 2010
  • Patent number: 7814707
    Abstract: A crawl space access door assembly having a frame that can be installed while a foundation of a home or other structure and a door is under construction or retrofitted to an existing structure. The crawl space access door frame assembly is sized so as to accept a removable crawl space access door. Sidewall ribs are formed so as to extend from the outer sides of the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the frame and operate in mating relationship with a groove formed in the blocks used to create the frame of the structure to aid in securing the crawl space access door frame assembly to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Steven L. Hurst
  • Patent number: 7814708
    Abstract: There is provided a portable riser having an operator actuated lifting assist assembly operatively coupled to a riser deck. In one aspect, there is a first pivot mechanism coupled to a first support leg and adapted to initiate upward movement of the portable riser from a collapsed position when a downward force is applied to the first support leg, and a second pivot mechanism coupled to a second support leg and adapted to continue the upward movement. The lifting assist assembly provides a lifting force that continues upward movement to an upright position where the portable riser in locked. There is included a riser unlocking means for unlocking the lifting assist assembly. The portable riser remains in the upright position until the riser unlocking means is operated and a collapsing force is applied to the portable riser sufficient to overcome the lifting force and enable collapsed of the portable riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Midwest Folding Products
    Inventors: Jeremias C. Rivera, Jr., John Daniel Lazar, Doss Samikkannu
  • Patent number: 7814709
    Abstract: A pipe boot includes a plurality of co-axial hollow cylindrical sections joined by an annular shoulder between successive sections. A first annular bead and a second annular bead surround each tubular section with the first annular bead positioned radially outward of each annular shoulder. The second annular bead is spaced a short distance from the second annular bead leaving an annular trough between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Ronald W. Resech
  • Patent number: 7814710
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to an infinitely adjustable anchoring system for attaching structural members to a support member. The system comprises a continuous, elongated, removable retaining track secured to the outer surface of a support member and configured to receive at least one adjustable connector plate therein. The adjustable connector plates are capable of attaching to structural members having various dimensions and pitches relative to the track. The invention includes a reusable centering bracket assembly used to install a retaining track assembly along an upper portion of a support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Silvino R. Foglia
  • Patent number: 7814711
    Abstract: A leveling assembly for an interior wall system is disclosed. The wall system is composed of a number of wall panels configured for installation in a building having a ceiling and a floor. The assembly includes at least one elongate floor channel secured to the floor and a floor rail longitudinally disposed within the floor channel. The floor rail supports one or more of the wall panels. A number of levelers are positioned along the floor channel. The levelers permit the floor rail to be vertically spaced apart from the floor channel. The levelers are adjustable to level the floor rail in relation to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: TK Canada Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Milligan, Zoran Baic, Paul Kruger
  • Patent number: 7814712
    Abstract: A shock suppressor has a first base, a second base, a sliding holder assembly and a connecting device. The first base has an elongated first sliding channel in a first direction. The second base is parallel to the first base and has an elongated second sliding channel in a second direction. The connecting device is slidably mounted between the first and second sliding channels. The sliding holder assembly is mounted between the connecting device and at least one of the bases. The first base is connected with one of the convex ends of the connecting device in a curved contact surface to provide a first sliding mechanism in a first unidirectional sliding direction. The second base is connected with the other convex end of the connecting device to provide a second sliding mechanism in a second unidirectional sliding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Chong-Shien Tsai
  • Patent number: 7814713
    Abstract: A catalyst system capable of producing a cyclic olefin polymer having a polar functional group and a high molecular weight with a high yield in which a catalyst is not deactivated due to polar functional groups of monomers, and a method of producing polymers using the same are provided. The catalyst system for polymerization of olefin according to the present invention has good thermal and chemical stability, and thus, in the method of preparing polyolefin using the catalyst system, the deactivation of a catalyst due to a polar functional group of the monomer can be prevented, and thus a high yield of the cyclic olefin polymer with a high molecular weight can be obtained when a ratio of the catalyst to the monomer is 1:5000, and the removal of a catalyst residue is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Cheol Yoon, Young Chul Won, Young Whan Park, Sung Ho Chun, Dai Seung Choi, Won Kook Kim, Taesun Lim, Heon Kim, Jungmin Lee, Kyung Lim Paik
  • Patent number: 7814714
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for increasing storage capacity of granular material storage structures. The apparatus includes a curtain assembly supportable from the roof structure of the granular material storage structure and above the sidewalls thereby defining a second volume within which the granular material may be filled which is above the first volume defined by the interior volume of the sidewalls and the volume defined by the angle of repose of the granular material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Cornbelt Fabric Structures, LLC
    Inventor: Paul McGary
  • Patent number: 7814715
    Abstract: A roof ridge vent comprises a one-piece, elongate body rollable into a spiral roll. The vent body has an elongate upper wall with a pair of longitudinally-extending side edges, an underside, and a plurality of bracing walls depending therefrom. The vent body further includes a pair of grillwork walls with ventilation openings extending downwardly and outwardly from the side edges of the upper wall. Still further, the vent body includes a pair of longitudinally-extending sidewalls that project from the outer edges of each of the grillwork walls and that are disposed upright with respect to the upper wall. Each of the sidewalls has a continuous, longitudinally-extending top strip and a spaced apart pair of longitudinally-extending walls depending from the top strip. The pair of walls includes a series of drainage openings which provide drainage paths through the sidewalls and which permit the sidewalls to be rolled into the spiral roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Benjamin Obdyke Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael S. Coulton, George Caruso, Nathan L. Randello, Ted Kerwood-Winslow
  • Patent number: 7814716
    Abstract: A system for mounting a prefabricated construction unit in an aperture in a building structure comprises a plurality of clips. The clips have exterior ends adapted to be affixed to a frame of the construction unit and interior ends adapted to be affixed to the building structure. The exterior ends may be bent to provide deep grooves which receive a flange of the construction unit. The clips permit a construction unit to be installed without the need for a worker to insert fasteners through the flange from outside the building structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Andrew M. Moffatt
  • Patent number: 7814717
    Abstract: A satellite ready building comprises a plurality of studs and satellite wires positioned adjacent to the studs having a first termination and a second termination. A connector is coupled to the second termination of the wires. The first termination is coupled through the roof or the siding of the building. Drywall is installed in the house after the wires are installed. The first termination may be installed in a radome positioned on the roof of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur W. Wang
  • Patent number: 7814718
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is directed to a fire retardant head-of-wall assembly configured to seal a linear head-of-wall construction joint or gap when exposed to a heat source such as a building fire. The inventive fire retardant head-of-wall assembly comprises a header track having an elongated intumescent strip affixed lengthwise on at least one of the outer sidewall surfaces of the header track. When exposed to a heat source such as a building fire, the intumescent strip is able to expand so as to at least partially fill the head-of-wall construction joint or gap; and in so doing, retard or prevent the spread of smoke and fire. The inventive fire retardant head-of-wall assembly has been certified as complaint with respect to Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.'s standards set forth in its Tests for Fire Resistance of Building Joint Systems—UL 2079.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: James A. Klein
  • Patent number: 7814719
    Abstract: A self-supporting construction element (1) is described, comprising: a) an elongated body (2) made of expanded plastic material; substantially parallelepipedic and provided with respectively lower (8) and upper (9) opposite faces; b) at least one reinforcing section bar (12, 13) transversely extending in the body (2) between the faces (8, 9); wherein the elongated body (2) made of expanded plastic material is provided with at least one recess (14, 27) open at an upper side for housing a concrete casting (15) and wherein the reinforcing section bar (12, 13) extends at least in part in the aforementioned at least one recess (14, 27). Advantageously, the construction element (1) exhibits both optimum self-supporting characteristics and a good fire resistance in case of fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Plastedil S.A.
    Inventor: Piero Cretti
  • Patent number: 7814720
    Abstract: A device for bridging a difference in height between two floor surfaces (1, 3) is described, with said device comprising a profiled cover (4) that is provided with a covering flange (5) which covers the edge of each of the two floor surfaces (1,3), with at least one clamping extension (6) that protrudes downward from the covering flange (5), extends longitudinally with respect to the profiled cover (4), and clamps into and engages with a fixture (7), with said device also comprising a compensating strip (10) located between the covering flange (5) of the profiled cover (4) and the lower of the two floor surfaces (1, 3). In order to create advantageous construction conditions it is proposed that the fixture (7) forms a clamping seat (11) for the compensating strip (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Franz jun. Neuhofer
  • Patent number: 7814721
    Abstract: A fret-shaped sheath for laying floors and/or linings and their following quick pulling away in case of replacement, including a fixed sheath (1) and a removable sheath (2) able to fit each other by their frets, wherein removable sheath is provided with elements suitably disposed along the joint surfaces between the sheaths and able to form rooms close to the joint surfaces which are prevented from being filled with glue or mortar of cement in order to retain the capability of being deformed of the joint surfaces between the fixed sheath and the removable sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Gabriele Raineri
  • Patent number: 7814722
    Abstract: A prefabricated roof truss which includes a bottom plate which attaches to the bottom chord of the roof truss in such a way that the bottom plate does not lift away from the top plate of an interior wall despite the vertical movement of the bottom chord of the roof truss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventors: Larry Perrault, David R. Karroll
  • Patent number: 7814723
    Abstract: A structure comprises a ridge beam, a plurality of truss beams, and a plurality of legs. The ridge beam comprises a first end and a second end. Each end comprises at least one tab member that projects in a direction that is substantially parallel to a plane of the ridge beam. Each truss beam comprises first and second ends that each comprises a plurality of apertures and at least one tab member that projects in a direction that is substantially parallel to a plane of the truss beam. Tab members of two truss beams are respectively capable of engaging a corresponding aperture of the other truss beam to form a peak section. At least one aperture of each of the two truss beams is capable of being aligned receiving a corresponding tab member of the ridge beam. Each respective leg engages the second end of a corresponding truss beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffry L. VanElverdinghe
  • Patent number: 7814724
    Abstract: Methods and systems for building a stress ribbon structure over an opening via incremental launching are disclosed. Temporary support structures are constructed adjacent to a permanent support structure. The stress ribbon structure is constructed in a staging area and in sections that are suspended between the temporary support structures. Anchorage panels at each end of a section engage a blister on the temporary and permanent structures. This arrangement allows completed sections to be launched from the temporary support structure onto and along the permanent support structure. Sections are individually constructed and launched and adjacent sections abut along a lateral edge. Adjacent sections are aligned by adjusting tension in integral support cables and their ends pivot or rotate about the blisters via a bearing system with both rotational flexibility and low friction to support sliding in the direction of launching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: HNTB Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Theodore Peter Zoli, III
  • Patent number: 7814725
    Abstract: A method of replacing a concrete utility pole for the overhead distribution line without interrupting service is developed by adopting a pole clamp and pole crusher, whereby work stability is excellent and utility pole replacement work can be carried out quickly and effectively. The method is comprised of a process for connecting a pole clamp to the end portion of the boom of an auger crane, mounting the pole clamp onto the outer circumference of the old concrete utility pole to be replaced; mounting a pole crusher to the old utility pole below the pole clamp using a hot-line bucket truck, crushing the concrete of the old utility pole, cutting the reinforcing bars of the old utility pole, removing the lower portion of the old utility pole, erecting and installing a new utility pole, and relocating the arms and wires to the new utility pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Daewoo Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Sae Won Kwon
  • Patent number: 7814726
    Abstract: Method for securing a foundation form disposed on a moisture barrier membrane. The method can include penetrating the moisture barrier membrane with one end of a stake, sealing a breach in the moisture barrier membrane around a periphery of the stake caused by the penetrating step, and removing a portion of the stake extending above the moisture barrier membrane. A sealing member can be disposed on the stake at a location along an axial length of the stake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Vista Investments and Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Wilson, Gregory Sean Foster
  • Patent number: 7814727
    Abstract: A wall panel structure which is easily assembled and disassembled and is constructed from a plurality of frame assemblies, each frame assembly comprising a first frame component having a first wall and an adjacent second wall, the first wall having an externally accessible abutment surface; and a second frame component having an angled cross section defined by first and second arms, the first arm having an inwardly extending flange configured to engage said abutment surface of the first frame component, and the second arm configured to engage the second wall of the first frame component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Jake & Elwood Holding Company
    Inventor: Steven Bi LaCasse
  • Patent number: 7814728
    Abstract: A flooring material comprises a core layer of resilient granular agglomerate and a membrane that envelops the aforesaid core layer. In a preferred way, the material is in the form of modules, such as strips or tiles and the membrane forms, on at least one side of the modules, a selvage, which can be applied in a relationship of overlapping with at least one adjacent module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Mondo S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fernando Stroppiana
  • Patent number: 7814729
    Abstract: A stiff panel (1) comprises a skin (2) and at least one stiffener (3) of composite material on said skin. Free surface (311) of web (31) of stiffener (3) on the stiff panel according to the invention comprises a deformable core (33) and a covering (34) which covers core (33) and joins said core with structural part (35) of web (31). The width of core (33) is equal to or greater than the width of structural part (35) of web (31) of stiffener (3), depending on the shock energy against which panel (1) must be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Mathieu Normand, Jean-Claude Lacombe
  • Patent number: 7814730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a welded profile for fitting a digger with a hoe bucket or loading shovel, such as a boom or stanchion, comprising upper and lower webs and sidewalls cooperating therewith, whereby the sidewalls are provided with upper and lower profile reinforced end regions which form the corner regions for the upper and lower webs arranged between the end regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Bucyrus HEX GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Grobenstieg, Detlef Beckmann
  • Patent number: 7814731
    Abstract: An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device. At least one of the stations includes a peripheral device for performing at least one operation and a transporting device that receives and holds more than one drug delivery device and moves the drug delivery devices in a controlled manner from one station to another station. The system includes a master controller that tracks and controls the movement of the transporting device and operation of equipment at one or more stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Forhealth Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayson Lee Bender, Michael J. Kenney, Abdul Wahid Khan, G. Rodney Wolford
  • Patent number: 7814732
    Abstract: A liquid containing bag includes a liquid filling opening part having a tube configuration through which an inside of the liquid containing bag is filled with liquid. The liquid filling opening part is melt-sealed from directions which face each other in a part of the liquid filling opening part. The part which is melted has a non-symmetrical configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Tsuyuki, Masami Iguchi, Moriaki Saitoh, Hideki Sugiyama, Kiyohiro Uehara
  • Patent number: 7814733
    Abstract: A system, and associated components and methodology, that automatically acquires data representative of the space left in each of a series of containers (32) in which one or more articles have been placed for packaging, and dispenses a controlled amount of dunnage material based on that data from a selected one of a plurality of dunnage dispensers (12). The system includes void volume data acquisition apparatus (11) for acquiring void volume data for the containers sequentially supplied thereto and for associating the sequentially acquired void volume data with the container. The system also includes a plurality of dunnage dispensers remotely located relative to the void volume data acquisition apparatus to dispense a controlled amount of dunnage material for insertion into one of the containers selectively transported to that dispenser from the void volume data acquisition apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Carlson, Thomas A. Bilkie
  • Patent number: 7814734
    Abstract: A packaging system (10), and associated components and methodology, that provides for automatic detection of a full, overfull, closed or partially closed container, even when mixed with other containers. An exemplary packaging method includes the following steps: (a.) determining the dimensions of a container; (b.) detecting a height of the container and its contents in one or more locations within a scan area of an open side of the container; (c.) comparing the detected height of the container and/or its contents to pre-specified criteria; and (d.) when the detected height exceeds the pre-specified criteria, generating a signal that indicates that the scan area includes a height that exceeds the pre-specified criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Bilkie, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7814735
    Abstract: A blade bolt for attaching a blade to a rotating member of a rotary mower has a head at a lower end, a cylindrical shoulder portion extending from the head, a shank extending from the shoulder portion, the shank having a cross-section that is rounded and non-cylindrical, and a threaded portion extending from the shank. The shoulder portion extends laterally beyond at least a portion of the shank such that the shoulder portion bears against the rotating member when the shank is inserted into a mounting aperture defined by the mounting member that has a shape corresponding to the cross-section of the shank. The rounded and non-cylindrical shank prevents rotation of the bolt, and distributes stress forces across a wider area compared to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Highline Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventor: Blake Neudorf
  • Patent number: 7814736
    Abstract: An improved crop conveying drum for a drive disc cutter mounted directly to the drive shaft mechanism providing rotational power to the cutterbar. The crop conveying drum includes a pair of mating segments, each forming a half of the drum. Each segment is formed from a single piece of plate material and stamped into the desired curvilinear configuration. A central mounting portion of each segment is contoured to match the drive shaft mechanism and allow connection thereto. Holes in the central mounting portion allow insertion fasteners to connect the drum segments directly to the drive shaft mechanism so that the crop conveying drum rotates in unison with the drive shaft. By forming the drum segments from a single plate of material, material characteristics can be more easily selected or more quickly modified compared to the fabricated weldments known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Edward A. Blakeslee, Donald R. Whitenight, Wayne D. Thaxton
  • Patent number: 7814737
    Abstract: Methods and systems for harvesting crop rows employ a plurality of pairs of residue guides to guide harvest residue into rows that are left behind the harvesting machine in the place of the harvested crop rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Douglas C. Pierson
  • Patent number: 7814738
    Abstract: A device for cultivating a crop, such as a tree or plant, includes a rotary body which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. At least one cutting member is provided, which is fastened to the rotary body in such a way that the cutting member, during the rotation of the rotary body, defines a substantially circular path. The cutting member is configured in such a way that a crop located radially within the path can be cultivated along said the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Vastgoedmaatschappij Gebr. Ezendam B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Pontianus Ezendam, Nicodemus Assisius Ezendam
  • Patent number: 7814739
    Abstract: A riding type mower includes: a vehicle body, a driver's seat mounted on the vehicle body; an operation part arranged around the driver's seat; a mower unit provided on the vehicle body; a shutter for closing a discharge port; a shutter moving mechanism for moving the shutter between a close position closing the discharge port and an open position opening the discharge port; and a lock mechanism for locking the shutter at the close position. The mower unit includes: a mower deck; a cutting blade installed inside the mower deck; the discharge port formed in the mower deck, through which mown grass cut by the blade is discharge from the mower unit to outside. A shutter operating tool for remotely operating the shutter moving mechanism to open and close the shutter is provided in the operation part. The lock mechanism is remotely operable from the operation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Uemura, Hiroki Nagai, Tomoyuki Morikawa, Ryouzou Imanishi, Hiroaki Kitaguchi, Takashi Fujii, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Toshiki Kanai
  • Patent number: 7814740
    Abstract: A cord for rubber reinforcement of the present invention includes a core strand including a plurality of strands (A), and a plurality of strands (B) disposed around the core strand. In the core strand, the plurality of strands (A) are finally twisted, and each of the plurality of strands (A) is formed of a plurality of reinforcing fibers (A) that are primarily twisted. Each of the plurality of strands (B) is formed of a plurality of reinforcing fibers (B) that are primarily twisted, and the plurality of strands (B) are finally twisted to be disposed around the core strand. The direction of final twist of the plurality of strands (B) is the same as the direction of primary twist in at least one strand (B) selected from the plurality of strands (B). The number of primary twists in the strand (B) is greater than the number of primary twists in the strand (A), and/or the number of final twists of the strands (B) is greater than the number of final twists of the strands (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Imanishi, Mitsuharu Akiyama, Hiroshi Iizuka
  • Patent number: 7814741
    Abstract: A glass fiber for reinforcing rubber products, which is obtained by subjecting to plying at least two twisted yarns each obtained by subjecting to twisting a coated glass fiber strand having a coating layer formed by impregnation and solidification of a RFL treating agent, the coated glass fiber strand having the coating layer formed by impregnating the RFL treating agent to an individual glass fiber strand having from 200 to 2,000 bundled glass filaments, and solidifying the impregnated agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Koji Hattori, Kimihiro Ando
  • Patent number: 7814742
    Abstract: The problem of a heat exchanger of a heat recovery steam generator being corroded by sulfuric acid is solved, and the gas temperature at the outlet of the heat recovery steam generator is set at a value equal to or lower than the dew point of sulfuric acid, thereby realizing an integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant with high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoshige Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7814743
    Abstract: In an engine 5 including an in-cylinder injector, the valve timing of an intake valve is retarded by VVT (Variable Valve Timing) controlled by an engine ECU to decompress in a combustion chamber at engine startup. In accordance with a configuration in which the valve timing of intake valve is advanced in a stepped manner from an initial set value, fuel injection from in-cylinder injector is inhibited during the time when the advance is equal to or below a predetermined standard value, and fuel injection from in-cylinder injector is allowed when exceeding the predetermined standard value, whereby degradation in the exhaust emission level in accordance with start time decompression control can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Inoue, Tsukasa Abe, Shunsuke Fushiki, Mamoru Tomatsuri, Daigo Ando, Keiko Hasegawa, Osamu Harada, Katsuhiko Yamaguchi, Keita Fukui, Yukihiro Sonoda, Koji Morita, Takuji Matsubara, Yusuke Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7814744
    Abstract: An exhaust after-treatment system for an internal combustion engine includes a lean NOx catalyst having an exhaust stream from the internal combustion engine flowing therethrough. A NOx absorber catalyst is downstream of the lean NOx catalyst. The NOx absorber is selectively regenerated to increase a NOx reduction efficiency of the exhaust after-treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Rahul Mital
  • Patent number: 7814745
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine for a vehicle is provided. The system comprises an exhaust passage with an angled injector and a plurality of mixing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Sandro Balestrino, Daniel Michael Kabat, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Bret Alan Zimmerman, Jeremy Keller, Scott Donald Cooper, Kris Kantebet
  • Patent number: 7814746
    Abstract: An exhaust device for a diesel engine supplies liquid fuel (6) from a supply source (5) of the liquid fuel (6) to a gas generator (3) which converts the liquid fuel (6) to flammable gas (7) and from which a flammable-gas supply passage (8) is conducted, the flammable-gas supply passage (8) having a flammable-gas outlet (9) communicated with an exhaust-gas route (1) upstream of a diesel-particulate-filter (2), the flammable gas (7) flowed out of the flammable-gas outlet (9) being burnt in exhaust gas (10) to generate combustion heat which can burn fine particles of the exhaust gas (10) remaining at the filter (2). In this exhaust device for a diesel engine, a case (11) for containing the filter (2) accommodates at least part of the gas generator (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Aketa, Shuichi Yamada, Toshio Nakahira, Masahiko Sugimoto, Katsushi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7814747
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment installment and associated exhaust gas aftertreatment method utilizes a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter and an SCR catalytic converter. A particulate filter is provided upstream of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter or between the latter and the SCR catalytic converter or downstream of the SCR catalytic converter. The time of regeneration operating phases of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter can be determined as a function of the nitrogen oxide content of the exhaust gas downstream of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter or of the SCR catalytic converter and/or as a function of the ammonia loading of the latter. Moreover, a desired ammonia generation quantity can be determined for a respective regeneration operating phase. The installation and method are adopted for use for motor vehicle internal combustion engines and other engines which are operated predominantly in lean-burn mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Brigitte Bandl-Konrad, Andreas Hertzberg, Bernd Krutzsch, Arno Nolte, Markus Paule, Stefan Renfftlen, Norbert Waldbuesser, Michel Weibel, Guenter Wenninger, Rolf Wunsch
  • Patent number: 7814748
    Abstract: An exhaust bypass valve assembly for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust bypass valve having valve structure coupled to a rotatable shaft such that rotation of the shaft moves the valve structure between opened and closed positions. An actuator is disposed remotely from the bypass valve for selectively causing rotation of the shaft associated with the valve structure in opposing directions. Linkage structure is connected between the actuator and the shaft to transfer motion of actuator to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Peter Nydam, David Thibault
  • Patent number: 7814749
    Abstract: A method for controlling a hydraulic system includes receiving an operator command signal via an operator command input device; receiving a throttle position signal from a throttle; retrieving from a memory a first predetermined correlation between the operator command signal and a corresponding command flow rate; retrieving from the memory a second predetermined correlation between the throttle position signal and a corresponding available flow rate from a hydraulic pump; determining the command flow rate based on the first predetermined correlation and the operator command signal; determining the available flow rate based on the second predetermined correlation and the throttle position signal; and providing a control signal based on the available flow rate and the command flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Kristen D. Cadman, Elizabeth H. Steenbergen
  • Patent number: 7814750
    Abstract: A device for supplying pressure from an energy storage device to a piston gear shifting actuator by way of a valve device is provided. A pressure regulating and/or control device is used to regulate and/or control the pressure applied to the piston actuator. The pressure regulating and/or control device regulates and/or controls the pressure according to at least one following quantity: temperature, in particular a transmission operating temperature, the load state of the motor vehicle provided with the transmission, and the slope of a surface along which the motor vehicle provided with the transmission runs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignees: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahzeuge GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Markus Deeg, Friedbert Roether, Mario Steinborn, Rainer Petzold
  • Patent number: 7814751
    Abstract: A compliance spring is disposed between the brake pedal and the primary piston of a master cylinder, preferably between the push rod and the primary piston of the master cylinder. Selection of the initial spring compression load of the compliance spring, its permitted spring compression travel and its spring constant, allow for both a simplified and fine adjustment of the brake pedal feel per a brake feel index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: G M Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Ebert
  • Patent number: 7814752
    Abstract: A fluid control system for an engine is disclosed. The fluid control system may have a first fluid control component, a second fluid control component, and a controller in communication with the first and second fluid control components. The controller may be configured to determine an operational change associated with the first fluid control component to achieve desired operation of the engine. The controller may also be configured to determine an effect the operational change will have on performance of the second fluid control component, and adjust operation of the second fluid control component to accommodate the effect substantially simultaneously with implementation of the operational change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventor: Guangdi Hu
  • Patent number: 7814753
    Abstract: An exhaust duct assembly includes a cooling liner spaced apart from an exhaust duct case that articulate for use in a short take off vertical landing (STOVL) type of aircraft. The cooling liner assembly is attached to the exhaust duct case through a foldable attachment hanger system. The foldable attachment hanger system provides a low profile (foldable up/down) for a limited access installation envelope typical of a three bearing swivel duct (3BSD) which rotates about three bearing planes to permit transition between a cruise configuration and a hover configuration. In this way, each cooling liner segment may be formed as a complete cylindrical member requiring joints only between the swivelable duct sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge I. Farah, William G. Hoop
  • Patent number: 7814754
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a mould box for creating form-moulded items of edible ice from an ice mass. The method includes filling at least one mould created between a number of mould boxes with ice mass, and the introduction of cooling or heating medium into the mould boxes, where the flow of the cooling or heating medium is controlled by one or more control units in the mould boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Carsten Hermansen
  • Patent number: 7814755
    Abstract: A temperature monitoring process for a refrigerator interior and a device for such monitoring. A monitoring unit is formed by a temperature sensitive element and a thermal buffer liquid in a transparent container. The monitoring unit container is placed in the refrigerator in any location to be monitored. The temperature is visually detected by observing a temperature related variable characteristic of the temperature sensitive element, such as the color of one or more areas of the temperature sensitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Arnold, Wolfgang Becker, Michael Neumann
  • Patent number: 7814756
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system capable of reducing traffic of signals and effectively performing control and management operations without causing heavy traffic is obtained. In an air-conditioning system including one or more indoor units 200, one or more outdoor units 100, and a centralized control apparatus 300 and performing signal communication, a transmission relay 400 is provided between a first transmission line 500 to which the one or more outdoor units 100 and the centralized control apparatus 300 are connected and a second transmission line 510 to which one or more indoor units 200 constituting a group are connected, the transmission relay 400 relays a signal between the first transmission line 500 and the connected second transmission line 510.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotaka Masui