Patents Issued in November 4, 2010
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Publication number: 20100275387Abstract: The present invention provides a method of lightening and/or coloring human keratin fibers that employs: at least one substantially anhydrous or aqueous composition (A) comprising at least one fat free of carboxylic acid groups and at least one surfactant, at least one substantially anhydrous or aqueous composition (B) comprising at least one specific aminotrialkoxysilane or aminotrialkenyloxysilane compounds, and at least one aqueous composition (C) comprising at least one oxidizing agent. In addition, the present invention provides a three-compartment device appropriate for the implementation of this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Delphine CHARRIER, Marie-Pascale Audousset, Leila Hercouet
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Publication number: 20100275388Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye composition comprising, in a medium suitable for dyeing: A) one or more particular cationic cellulose ether(s), B) one or more weakly oxyethylenated sorbitan fatty acid ester(s), and C) one or more oxidation dye(s). The present invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres using such a composition, and also to the use of this composition for dyeing keratin fibres.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Marie-Pascale Audousset, Isabelle Schlosser
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Publication number: 20100275389Abstract: Provided herein is a method for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising applying to the keratin fibers, at least one composition comprising at least one compound chosen from compounds of leuco type of formula (I), dyes of azomethine type containing a pyrazolopyridine unit of formula (II) corresponding to the compounds of formula (I), mesomeric forms, isomers and tautomers thereof, and also acid-addition salts thereof and solvates thereof:Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Aziz FADLI, Stéphane Blais
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Publication number: 20100275390Abstract: Disclosed herein is at least one compound chosen from compounds of leuco type of formula (I), dyes of azomethine type comprising a pyrazolopyridine unit of formula (II) corresponding to the compounds of formula (I), mesomeric forms, isomeric and tautomeric forms thereof, acid-addition salts thereof and solvates thereof:Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Aziz FADLI, Stéphane Blais
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Publication number: 20100275391Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation applicable on large scale of sensitizer dyes conventionally used in dye-sensitized solar cells. Furthermore, methods for verifying the purity of the sensitizer dyes are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai, Silvia Rosselli, Markus Obermaier
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Publication number: 20100275392Abstract: A system for custom fitting athletic shoes to an individual wearer includes a foot measurement device, an adjustable footform and an infrared activation chamber. Shoes of a single width for each length size have at least a portion of the upper made of heat malleable material to be custom fitted for width. Foot measurement data is used to calculate length size, width size and a number of custom adjustment factors. After the length size is calculated, the appropriately sized shoe and last are assembled together and subject to infrared radiation until the heat malleable material becomes plastic. Adjustments are then made to the last in accordance with the adjustment factors to provide custom width sizing. After further heat treatment to set the shoe upper and cooling, the shoe is complete. In this manner, if used in a retail setting, shoes are custom fitted to the wearer in a matter of minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Nike, Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Cook, Bruce J. Kilgore, James C. Meschter
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Publication number: 20100275393Abstract: A method of making a lasted skate boot comprising: (a) providing a male-female mold having male and female sections for defining a mold cavity therebetween, the male section having sides, a rear portion and a bottom portion for defining a three dimensional shape corresponding to the external three dimensional shape of the foot, the female section defining a recess for receiving the male section, the male section comprising a plurality of inner channels for admitting liquid plastic material in the mold cavity; (b) providing a pre-cut sheet made of cloth material laminated to a support made of non-woven fabric; (c) placing the sheet on the male section of the mold such that the non-woven fabric contacts the sides and rear portion of the male section of the mold; (d) closing the male and female sections of the mold; (e) injecting liquid plastic material in the inner channels such that the liquid plastic material spreads on the sheet, pushes the sheet against the recess of the female section of the mold, fills thType: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: NIKE BAUER HOCKEY INC.Inventors: Wern-Shiarng JOU, Ming-Shou CHIEN, Tai-Heng CHEN, Gaétan CHAMPAGNE
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Publication number: 20100275394Abstract: An oral care implement generates cavitation within the oral cavity. One or more cavitation cleaning elements may be located in the head area of the oral care implement. The cavitation cleaning element vibrates at a frequency that produces cavitation of fluids within the oral cavity. The oral care implement may include an elastomeric cavitation cleaning element. A cleaning element may be configured to vibratory release an oral care substance from a container; and a body for gripping the implement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: James Herbert Kemp, Malcolm Williams
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Publication number: 20100275395Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning machine with at least one cleaning tool which is adapted to be driven in rotation by way of a drive shaft that is rotatably mounted on a carrier, the drive shaft carrying a torque-transmission member which engages, by way of protrusions, in drive recesses of the cleaning tool. In order for it to be possible for the cleaning machine to be manufactured more cost-effectively, it is proposed according to the invention that the drive shaft is made from metal, and that the torque-transmission member is formed, as a plastics-material molding, onto the drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alfred Poch, Michael Oesterle
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Publication number: 20100275396Abstract: Laundry detergents or cleaning compositions which comprises a copolymer composition comprising i) a copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 50,000 and comprising a) 30-60 mol % structural units derived from monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylate; b) structural units derived from monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid or monocarboxylate; c) structural units derived from monomers containing sulfonic acid or sulfonate groups and having no ester bonds or amido bonds; and ii) 10,000 ppm or less of residual monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylate monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYInventors: Masato Nakano, Takahiro Tsumori
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Publication number: 20100275397Abstract: An oral care implement having a handle and a head having a flexible support from which cleaning elements extend. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head attached to the handle; a flexible support attached to the head and having a face; a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the flexible support and projecting outwardly from the face, the cleaning elements including bristles and wall-like elements and being movable in the outward direction from the head; wherein the cleaning elements comprise a row of first cleaning elements substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head and traversing a central region of the flexible support; and wherein some of the wall-like cleaning elements laterally radiate from the central region of the flexible support.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Robert Moskovich, John J. Gatzemeyer, Bruce Russell, Peter Andersen, Luca Casini, John Hancock, Douglas Hohlbein, Eduardo Jimenez, Thomas Küchler, Tanja Langgner, Thomas Mintel, Michael Rooney, Alan V. Sorrentino, Joachim Storz
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Publication number: 20100275398Abstract: A device (1) for cleaning toilet bowls, includes a tubular body (10) provided with a handle (11) which encloses a mechanism (6) that acts on an expanding coupling element (4) disposed in a distal position with respect to the handle (11) and adapted to couple and to release a cleaning element (2) of the disposable type. The mechanism (6) includes an operating element (7) disposed near the handle (11) to be operated by the user and a connecting rod (8), which connects the operating element (7) to the expanding coupling element (4). The cleaning element (2) is made of a biodegradable, water-soluble plastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Diskoigien Sas Di Peterlin Davide & C.Inventor: Davide Peterlin
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Publication number: 20100275399Abstract: [Problem]Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a spherical brush having highly dense brush bristles for easy cleaning of periodontal pockets and a cylindrical brush having the brush bristles highly dense brush bristles at a ball portion of a tip thereof, and a brush manufactured by the manufacturing method. [Solution means]A fiber bundle, which is composed of a number of short fibers prepared by cutting long fibers, is gripped between a set of U-shaped wires arranged to crisscross with each other to form a loop. The open ends of the U-shaped wires are pulled and twisted in opposite directions, so that the fibers at the portion gripped by the U-shaped wires are compressed to reduce the size of their bundled areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Atsushi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20100275400Abstract: The new cleaning cloth holder head comprises a triangular-shaped head and handle rotating-attachment. At least one, and preferably all, sides of the body are equipped with a centrally-positioned curved notch or indentation. A cloth positioning and locking part is positioned on the upper surface of the cleaning cloth holder head in proximity to each edge of the triangular-shaped part, whereas a rotating handle coupling device is positioned centrally (preferably) in order to allow the handle attachment to rotate independent of the three axes of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Pierantonio Milanese
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Publication number: 20100275401Abstract: An applicator system, including an application head, for applying a coating composition onto a surface, such as a floor. The head is particularly suited for applying a consistent thin coating, such as coating less than 5 mil thick, on the surface, following the gross contours of the surface. The coating can be a two-component or two-part system, and can have a high solids level. The head is suited for applying a coating composition with an applicator system that includes a multi-compartment plastic bag or pouch, to separate individual components of the coating composition prior to reacting the individual components together to form the coating composition, the pouch having internal seals that are readily and controllably rupturable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Mitchell T. Johnson
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Publication number: 20100275402Abstract: The invention provides a device for linking (10) a windscreen wiper blade with an arm driving the wiper blade into a wiping movement, which is connected to a connector (12) for the joint-mounting of the wiper blade with the arm about a transversal axis (A), the linking device (10) being fastened to the wiper blade and being mobile for pivoting with respect to the connector (12) about said transversal axis (A), characterised in that the linking device (10) includes a portion (30) able to abut against a component (24) of the connector (12) for limiting the amplitude of the pivoting of the linking device (10) with respect to the connector (12) about the transversal axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventor: Philippe Espinasse
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Publication number: 20100275403Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighbouring ends of longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, wherein oscillating arm is pivotally connected to connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the special feature that connecting device is soldered to longitudinal strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2006Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Ludovic Jollec
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Publication number: 20100275404Abstract: A method for removing hot gas deposits from a system via pressure pulses is provided. The method includes regulating a flow of a mixture of detonation fluid and oxidizer into an expansion chamber; and generating a detonation within the expansion chamber by igniting the mixture of detonation fluid and oxidizer in the expansion chamber producing a high-pressure wave, the high-pressure wave propagating along a fluid path of the system in a supersonic rate removing hot gas deposits in the fluid path while the system is in fired operation, the expansion chamber directing the high-pressure wave towards the fluid path of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Geoffrey David Myers, Michael John Hughes, Atul Kumar Vij
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Publication number: 20100275405Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Christopher John Morse, Andrew Ziegler, Duane Gilbert, JR., Andrew Jones
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Publication number: 20100275406Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes an electric air blower; a dust separator placed at an upstream side of the electric air blower and having a filtration filter for taking in dust-containing air sucked by the electric air blower and separating the dust from the air; and a dust accommodating section for accommodating the dust separated by the dust separator. The filtration filter includes a plurality of through-holes penetrating from an upstream surface at an upstream side to a downstream surface at the downstream side, and a central axis of the through-hole is inclined with respect to a normal line direction of a surface of the filtration filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Izumi Yamaura, Koichi Nakano, Tetsuya Kouda, Katsuyuki Oota
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Publication number: 20100275407Abstract: An accessory for a blower having a first end with a connector assembly for connecting the accessory to the blower, a second end for directing air under pressure from the blower, a lower blade portion extending at least partly between the first end and the second end for facilitating a pneumatic shoveling operation, and an upper funnel portion extending at least partly between the first end and the second end for facilitating a pneumatic sweeping operation. The accessory can be selectively connected to the blower via the connector assembly so that the air under pressure from the blower cooperates with the lower blade portion and the upper funnel portion to perform a combined pneumatic shoveling/sweeping operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Gus Labrasciano
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Publication number: 20100275408Abstract: A sliding mechanism includes a hollow track and a trolley. The hollow track includes a slot. The trolley includes a first plate, a second plate and rolling units. The first plate is wider than the slot and located in the hollow track, and includes two pairs of apertures. The second plate includes two pairs of apertures, and is mounted on the hollow track. Each rolling unit includes a trough, a cover and rollers. The cover is connected to the trough through a related pair of apertures so that they together form a pod. The rollers are disposed in the pod so that some of the rollers contact a side of a related one of the plates while some other rollers contact another side of the plate and that the rollers can roll and move in the pod through the apertures. A fastener fastens the plates to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: San-Lang Ding, Chun-Hui Chang
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Publication number: 20100275409Abstract: A hinge strip for double-action glass doors, with a fixed hinge portion, a door hinge portion pivotable about the fixed hinge portion, a pivoting axis penetrating the fixed hinge portion and the door hinge portion, a cam with at least one depression disposed at the axis, and a force-loaded roller that cooperates with the cam. To achieve a precise adjustment of the zero position of the door, the roller is disposed to be adjustable orthogonally with regard to the longitudinal axis of the hinge strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Dorma GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Oliver Walhorn, Garry Hodges
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Publication number: 20100275410Abstract: A positioning hinge has a body, a pivotal shaft, a securing base and an automatic closing device. The pivotal shaft is mounted in the body and has at least one positioning face defined in the pivotal shaft. The securing base is connected pivotally to the body with the pivotal shaft. The automatic closing device is connected to the pivotal shaft and has at least one cylinder provided with pressured air. The at least one cylinder connects to and pushes the at least one positioning face on the pivotal shaft to provide an automatic closing force to the door panel with the pressured air when the pressured air in the at least one cylinder is compressed. Accordingly, the positioning hinge can automatically close a door panel slowly and smoothly with the pneumatic pressures provided by the cylinders.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: DOOR & WINDOW HARDWARE CO.Inventor: Wei-Hung CHANG
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Publication number: 20100275411Abstract: A hinge construction, suitable for a wing mirror unit for a motor vehicle, includes a first hinge part configured for mounting on the motor vehicle and a second hinge part, pivotably connected with the first hinge part via a base shaft. The second hinge part is configured to support a mirror support. In an embodiment, the base shaft is translatably connected with one hinge part, the other hinge part is arranged pivotably about the base shaft, and the hinge parts cooperate via a track guide which causes the hinge parts upon pivoting to rotate and translate relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2007Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: MCi (Mirror controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventor: Stefan Frits Brouwer
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Publication number: 20100275412Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a damping member, and a torsion resilient member. The first bracket defines a damping protrusion. The second bracket is rotatable relative to the first bracket. The damping member defines a depression. The damping protrusion is configured to engage with the depression. The torsion resilient member urges the first bracket to rotate relative to the second bracket and the damping member. The engagement of damping protrusion and the depression prevents the first bracket from rotating when the first bracket rotates through a predetermined angle. When the first bracket rotates through the predetermined angle relative to the second bracket and the damping member, the first bracket together with the damping member are rotatable relative to the second bracket to any desired angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.Inventors: JIN-XIN WANG, LIAN-CHENG HUANG, JIAN LI, GUO-JIN CAI
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Publication number: 20100275413Abstract: The present invention is directed to an automatic hinge module for a cellular phone, which is capable of automatically opening the cellular phone in a one-touch manner. The automatic hinge module of the present invention automatically opens a cellular phone by simply pressing a button. When the button is pressed, a housing coupled to a folder portion of the cellular phone is rotated by an elastic restoring force of a compressed torsion spring, thereby opening the cellular phone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Laird Technologies Korea YHInventor: Si Wan Kim
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Publication number: 20100275414Abstract: A security lock that retrains movement of a hinge is described. A locking system that includes a hinge that includes a first connector, a second connector and a pivot pin, the first connector pivotable relative to the second connector around the pivot pin, and a lock configured to be positioned over the pivot pin to restrain movement of the first connector is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Jesse STOTS
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Publication number: 20100275415Abstract: A convertible wheeled luggage handle comprises a housing holding a movable swivel handle, and the swivel handle is locked from moving outside the housing by a spring-loaded detent pin engaging a hole, and this detent pin can be raised from the hole freeing the swivel handle to pivot outside the housing by a retainer pin driven through the width of the swivel handle at the housing, and each end of this retainer pin protrudes slightly from each side of the swivel handle, and these protruding ends correspondingly sit into two accommodating slide members located along opposite lengths of the walls locking the swivel handle to the housing, besides locking and being the pivot point for the swivel handle these protruding pin-ends from the retainer pin have the additional function of sliding the swivel handle along the slide members in order to position the swivel handle outside/perpendicular to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Oscar Gonzales, Bonnie Jean Gonzales
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Publication number: 20100275416Abstract: The handle construction of the present invention includes a low durometer grip portion that provides comfort and an ergonomic benefit to the user. The handle includes a rigid core with a gel member received in a recessed seat. The gel member preferably has a durometer of 65 Shore 00 or less. A thin top finish layer, of elastomeric or polymer film, is optionally provided on the top of the gel member, such as in a thickness of less than 4 thousandths of an inch in thickness (<4 mil) to provide a durable and aesthetic surface. The combination of the molded low durometer gel member, with an otherwise rigid handle, allows for the creation of an overall handle that has areas that are more rigid along with areas that exhibit a very soft feel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Richard B. Fox, Daniel M. Wyner
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Publication number: 20100275417Abstract: A slipping-free one-way buckle includes a main body composed of a seat and a housing and containing therein two rollers, a turntable, a wheel, and a switching device. The switching device is arranged to project sideways from sidewalls of the seat and the housing and includes a tongue, a stop block, and a switching arm. By being connected with a spring, the stop block can be automatically returned after being displaced for switching so as to position the tongue against one-way ratcheting teeth formed on the turntable. With a rope extending around the turntable and the wheel, a slipping-free one-way buckle is formed. As such, when the switching device is switched by a user's finger, unlocking of buckle is realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: MING-SHUN YANG
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Publication number: 20100275418Abstract: A cord stay attachable to a garment in order to guide the cord from an electronic device to ear buds or other listening devices for on or over the ear and to maintain the cord against the garmentsType: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Nike, Inc.Inventor: Jeff Ingram
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Publication number: 20100275419Abstract: An attachment or clip system is provided for easy, rapid attachment (and detachment) of skirts to covered tables, usually for seating multiple guests at banquets, presentations, luncheon meetings and the like. The system generally includes a low-profile host or carrier frame and one or more embedded magnets. The frame and magnets may be wrapped or covered in “hook”-type hook & loop material, which is complementary to “soft”-type hook & loop material found on the skirt. Methods of making and using the clip system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Christian A. Millus
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Publication number: 20100275420Abstract: A tie down apparatus comprising a base, a biasing element, a torsion spring, and a shaft, wherein the base is die cast or plastic rejection molded and includes two side plates disposed on two sides thereof respectively, and between one ends of the side plates is mounted an engaging pillar, between another ends of the side plates is fixed a retaining member, between middle sections of the side plates is secured an abutting shank, the biasing element matches with the torsion spring and is axially fixed between the two side plates of the base by using the shaft, and is die cast or plastic rejection molded, and includes a contacting portion having a pressing piece extending from one side thereof, thereby cooling quickly after die casting or plastic rejection molding process to lower production time and cost, and enabling to decrease production material and cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventor: Chin-Sung Huang
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Publication number: 20100275421Abstract: An apparatus for reducing pilling on a piece of garment/fabric includes at least one holding member adapted to secure the piece of garment/fabric, a rotatable brush member adapted to brush on the piece of garment/fabric until loose fibres of the garment/fabric migrates to a surface of the garment/fabric to form a layer of pillable fuzz, a shaving member adapted to remove the layer of pillable fuzz on the piece of garment/fabric, and a control unit adapted to control movement of the rotatable brush member and the shaving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Xiaoming Tao, Wai Man Li, Bingang Xu, Kok Keung Lo
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Publication number: 20100275422Abstract: A sheet metal casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, and a casket cap closable on the casket shell. At least a portion of at least one of the shell and cap are fabricated of clad sheet metal formed from first and second different metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventors: Ilija Rojdev, Gregory Wray
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Publication number: 20100275423Abstract: A system for preloading piezoelectric actuators includes a fixture, a preloading mechanism configured to apply a mechanical force to a piezoelectric element supported by the fixture, and a sensor configured to sense an electrical property induced by the mechanical force in an electrical circuit having the piezoelectric element therein. A control device is coupled with the sensor and configured to generate a signal based on the sensed electrical property. A method of setting or testing preload includes applying a mechanical force to a piezoelectric element, and correlating an electrical property induced by the mechanical force with a magnitude of the mechanical force. Closed loop control allows preload to be set highly accurately.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jayaraman Venkataraghavan, William Love, Stephen R. Lewis, Zhenlong Xu
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Publication number: 20100275424Abstract: To provide a blind rivet fastening device that makes it easy to mount a blind rivet in the nose and that keeps the mounted blind rivet from falling out of the nose. When the nose is connected slidably to the tool housing in the axial direction, the nose resists the action of the elastic pushing means and is slid so as to be pulled rearward in the axial direction, and the jaw is pulled rearward in the axial direction in the jaw guide. When this has occurred, the inner diameter of the jaw is increased, the mandrel is easily inserted into the jaw, the force pulling the nose rearward in the axial direction is released, the jaw is returned forward axially in the jaw guide by the pushing force of the elastic pushing means, and the inner peripheral surface of the jaw is frictionally engaged with the mandrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: NEWFREY LLCInventor: Hiroyuki Masugata
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Publication number: 20100275425Abstract: A pocket restitution assembly is disclosed comprising a pocket formed in a surface comprising a central axis, an anchor seated in the pocket and aligned with the central axis, a tool attachment comprising an end for connection to the anchor and a hollow bit slidably and rotatably sitting on the tool attachment, wherein the hollow bit may fit within the pocket. Weld material may be deposited within the pocket to form an interior of the pocket. The weld material may be shaped by the hollow bit to accept a cutting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: David R. Hall, Francis Leany
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Publication number: 20100275426Abstract: A collapsible cargo container (10) is configurable into an erected condition and a collapsed condition. The container (10) comprises a base (12), a pair of opposed side walls (14) hinged to the base (12), a top (16) hinged to the side walls (14), a front wall (18) hinged to the base (12), a back wall (20) hinged to the base (12), flaps (22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32) hinged to the side walls (14) and top (16), and a door (34) formed in one of the walls. Fasteners (36) secure the flaps (22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32) to the front and back walls (18, 20) when the container (10) is in the erected condition. The front and back walls (18, 20) are collapsible upon the base (12) and the side walls (14) and top (16) are collapsible upon the front and back walls (18, 20) when the container (10) is in the collapsed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: BRADFORD COMPANYInventors: Timothy A. Bublitz, Brian T. Dobrinski
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Publication number: 20100275427Abstract: A method for assembling a liquid crystal display includes steps of disposing a liquid crystal panel and a backlight module and blowing an ionic flow into the space between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module to clean the surfaces of them. In addition, the method can be proceeded by an apparatus for assembling the liquid crystal display. The apparatus comprises a fastening device, a hoist platform, and an ionic particle-removal device. The fastening device has several vacuum suckers used to attach the surface of a liquid crystal panel and the panel is held and fixed. The hoist platform is disposed vertically under the fastening device to carry a backlight module and thus to adjust the distance between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Hua-Liang Zhang, Hung-I Kuo, Rui-Xiang Lai, Xiao-Fei Chen
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Publication number: 20100275428Abstract: A method for carrying a plurality of food containers that includes an insulated housing having a closed bottom, a closed top located substantially vertically above the bottom, and at least one side wall having a first opening proximate the top of the housing and a second opening proximate the bottom of the housing, the first opening being sized to receive at least one meal container therethrough, the second opening being sized to allow removal of at least one meal container from within the housing as received within the housing from the first opening and to preclude simultaneous removal of all of the meal containers from within the housing, thereby limiting heat transfer from within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Paul T. Dege, Jim C. Nensewitz, Edward W. Burmeister, Brian E. Ainsworth
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Publication number: 20100275429Abstract: A method for producing an internal or external part of a torque-transmitting opposed track joint, such as a fixed constant velocity ball joint, in which approximately axially parallel extending track bases of the joint tracks have curvatures which deviate in their axial course from the curvatures of the ball contact lines. The method is characterized in that in a first step a perform with approximately axially parallel extending grooves having lateral flanks is produced, and in a second step the perform is formed into a final joint part whereby the lateral flanks of the grooves are just partially formed to achieve the ball contact lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Neumayer Tekfor Holding GmbHInventors: Volker SZENTMIHALYI, Mathias Lutz, Ekkehard Koerner
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Publication number: 20100275430Abstract: A gas generator that eliminates work for welding-fixing a holder to a housing and subjecting the holder to an excess processing, which can be easily manufactured at low cost, and a method for manufacturing the gas generator. The gas generator includes an approximately short cylindrical housing including a bottomed member and a lid member, gas generants arranged in the housing to generate a high-temperature gas by combustion, a filter arranged in an inner circumference part of the housing so as to surround the gas generants in a diameter direction of the housing, an igniter energized from the outside to ignite, and a holder to which the igniter is fixed and that is fixed to the bottomed member so that the igniter is arranged coaxially with the housing. At least one of the holder and the bottomed member is clamped, and pressed and deformed in an axial direction of a hole so that the holder is fixed to the bottomed member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Dairi KUBO, Kazuhisa Tamura
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Publication number: 20100275431Abstract: A method of producing an intravascular stent has a coat comprising a crosslinked amphiphilic polymer and a sparingly water soluble matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPI). Preferably the polymer is formed from 2-methacryloyloxy-2?-ethyltrimethylammonium phosphate inner salt, C4-18 alkyl methacrylate and reactive and/or crosslinking monomer and the MMPI is a hydroxamic acid, more preferably batimastat. Preclinical and clinical results are reported, showing good luminal areas and reduced intimal thickening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: ANDREW L. LEWIS, Peter W. Stratford, Michael J. Driver
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Publication number: 20100275432Abstract: In one illustrative example, a device for sealing an opening in a vessel wall and/or tissue tract may include an anchor, a filament, a plug, and a knot. The anchor may be configured to be disposed adjacent to an interior surface of the vessel wall adjacent the opening in the vessel wall. The filament may have a distal end coupled to the anchor and may be configured to extend proximally through the vessel opening and/or tissue tract. The plug may be disposed about at least a portion of the filament member. The knot may be disposed about the filament proximal of the plug and may be configured to move over the filament and secure the plug relative to the anchor. The knot may be independent of the filament member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Mike Pikus, Leonard B. Richardson, Joe Groff, James G. Hansen
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Publication number: 20100275433Abstract: A method and an apparatus for the attachment of a fastener element to a component, for example a sheet metal part, wherein the fastener element is a nut element and has an axis of symmetry, a head part having a contact surface which enters into contact with the component, a threaded bore and also at least one undercut which receives the material of the component, and wherein the material of the component is pressed against the contact surface and into the undercut by means of a first tool having a die button shape matching the design of the nut element. A local force is exerted on the head part of the nut element or onto the tool to the side of the axis of symmetry and is moved circularly around the axis of symmetry while simultaneously carrying out a relative feed movement between the tool and the nut element between which the component is arranged in order to press the material of the component into the undercut.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: PROFIL Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Oliver Diehl, Richard Humpert
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Publication number: 20100275434Abstract: The invention provides a press-fitting method of a member and a press-fitting apparatus in which press-fitting errors can be reduced, without using a dummy pin. The pressing jig 45 includes a main body 46 having a guide pin containing part 47 which is open downward, a compression coil spring (a resilient member) 48 which is contained in an upper part of the guide pin containing part 47, a guide pin 49 which is contained in a lower part of the guide pin containing part 47 with its lower end portion projected downward from a lower face of the main body 46 by an urging force of the compression coil spring 48, and a permanent magnet 50 in an annular shape which is fixed to the lower face of the main body 46, as attracting and holding unit for attracting and holding the press-fitting member 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: JTEKT CorporationInventor: Masaru Fuse
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Publication number: 20100275435Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a thermoelectric conversion element. The method includes a metal layer formation step of comprising spreading a metal compound which decomposes upon heating to generate a metal, on a surface of a thermoelectric conversion element main body heated to the decomposition temperature of the metal compound or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yuichi Hiroyama
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Publication number: 20100275436Abstract: Disclosed is a split stator manufacturing method, which is enabled to enhance a production efficiency and to charge a thermoplastic resin between an insulator and a coil by molding the resin. The split stator manufacturing method comprises a setting step of setting an insulator and a split stator core element in a stationary mold and setting an edgewise coil in a movable mold, a resin injecting step of injecting a resin into a cavity with the stationary mold and the movable mold being half-opened, and a clamping step of clamping the stationary mold and the movable mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takaaki Kiyono, Hideaki Takahashi, Koji Nakanishi, Takeo Hayashida