Patents Issued in March 12, 2013
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Patent number: 8393269Abstract: A printing machine or press including at least one printing unit having at least one frame wall. The at least one frame wall defines a machine space of the machine unit. The at least one frame wall has a thickness and includes a narrow side. At least one passage is formed in the frame wall and is at least partially open. The at least one passage is formed on at least one surface of the frame wall and with its surface opening disposed on the narrow side of the frame wall and which extends along the surface of the frame wall. At least one of a power line and a data line can be disposed in the passage.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Koenig & Bauer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Kummet, Burkhard Hubert Heinrich Rachor
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Patent number: 8393270Abstract: An offset printing press is provided. The offset printing press includes an image cylinder, a blanket cylinder having an axially convex outer surface, and a printing blanket disposed over the axially convex outer surface, the printing blanket including a carrier sleeve layer having at least one axially convex surface. An axially profiled shim is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: James Brian Vrotacoe, Richard Karl Weiler, James Richard Belanger
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Patent number: 8393271Abstract: The invention relates to a pocket stamp (1) comprising a housing (2) which is configured in the shape of a case (3) having two articulately connected shell-shaped housing parts (4, 5) which can be displayed from a closed position, in which they are detachably connected to one another, into an open position, in which a die plate (24) accommodated in one of the housing parts (4) and protruding over the edge thereof is present in the operating or impression position thereof, in which the other housing part (5) is offset toward the rear in relation to the die plate (24), wherein in one housing part (5) at least one detent element (10) in the form of a hook (18) is provided and in the other housing part (4) a detent element (16) in the form of a ledger (20) cooperating with the hook (18) is provided, one of the detent elements (16) being resiliently movable.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Colop Stempelerzeugung Skopek Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co. KG.Inventor: Alois Feilecker
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Patent number: 8393272Abstract: Disclosed is a system for cleaning a print media sheet and, more particularly, for cleaning a specific portion of sheet that is less than the entire length of the sheet. A device moves a cleaning roller between standby, cleaning fluid receiving and cleaning positions. Timing of cleaning roller movement into the cleaning position is controlled to ensure proper positioning of the cleaning roller with respect to the sheet during cleaning. In the cleaning position, the cleaning roller rotates so as to clean only the specific portion. In the cleaning fluid receiving position, the cleaning roller rotates to receive, from a cleaning fluid dispenser, a predetermined amount of cleaning fluid. Optionally, a retractable shutter can be selectively retracted to expose an opening in a sheet transport path guard and, thereby allow the cleaning roller to move into the cleaning position.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Brian C. Cyr, Jacob Eyngorn, Gerald R. Curry, Donald R. Fess, Aaron M. Moore
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Patent number: 8393273Abstract: Bullets, including lead-free bullets with frangible cores, are described herein. In some embodiments, a bullet includes a jacket having an inner surface defining a cavity having an open end and a closed end. The bullet also includes a lead-free core positioned within the cavity and extending from the closed end to a first intermediate portion of the cavity. The core includes a plurality of particles that are compacted within the cavity to form the core. The bullet also includes a seal positioned within the cavity and extending from the first intermediate portion to a second intermediate portion of the cavity. The seal abuts the inner surface of the jacket, thereby substantially sealing off the core within the cavity. The bullet may also include a polymeric tip having a forward portion projecting forward from the open end and a rearward portion extending rearward into the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Nosler, Inc.Inventors: Robert Weeks, Robert Nosler, Mike Lake
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Patent number: 8393274Abstract: A generator includes a tubular casing sealed by a bottom, with a wall crossed by discharge orifices. The generator further includes an adapter sleeve retained in the tubular casing by crimping, a pyrotechnic initiator, and a tubular filter covering the discharge orifices. A pyrotechnic charge is inserted between the adapter sleeve and the bottom. A charge securing arrangement includes, on the bottom side, a transverse partition, and on the open side, an open-worked washer urged towards the bottom. A sealing member is capable of breaking during combustion of the charge, to thereby allow the gases to escape out of the casing via the filter and the discharge orifices. After failure of the sealing member, the space occupied by the pyrotechnic charge is delimited axially by the open-worked washer and the bottom.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Catherine Luquet, Laurent Costecalde, Igor Lamy
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Patent number: 8393275Abstract: A roller coaster or amusement ride providing a unique free-floating sensation by extending the passenger vehicles out on either side of the central frame structure. The passenger vehicles (48, 50) are supported between two cushioned cantilevered vehicle support arms {34, 36) that pivot while being supported between air bags (30, 32} or springs. The air pressure in the air bags or the tension in the springs can be adjusted to provide a soft, free-floating sensation to the ride. Additional passenger vehicle motions are achieved by the omni-directional ball-swivel joints (38, 40) on the ends of the support arms. The off-center location of the passenger vehicles (48, 50) and the weight of the passengers enable the passenger vehicles to remain in the up right position even when the central frame structure rotates around the track system. No additional drive systems or passenger controls are required on this unique roller coaster ride.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: S & S Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Timothy R. Jacobi, Stanley J. Checketts
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Patent number: 8393276Abstract: A cable transportation system has a pull cable; at least one transportation unit moving along a given path and connectable selectively to the pull cable by a coupling device; at least one passenger station where the transportation unit is detached from the pull cable; and an auxiliary drive device having a linear electric motor extending along a portion of the given path to move the transportation unit along the passenger station.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Rolic Invest S.ar.L.Inventors: Federico Bavaresco, Peter Leimstädtner
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Patent number: 8393277Abstract: An automatic carriage return for an exhaust removal system having a carriage that is configured to translate along a track tube, the carriage being coupled at a first end to an exhaust extraction hose, the second end of the exhaust extraction hose being coupled to a vehicle exhaust for directing exhaust from the vehicle out the track tube. The automatic carriage return includes a drive cable spanning along the track tube, and an engagement assembly coupled to the carriage. The engagement assembly has an engaged configuration and a non-engaged configuration with respect to the drive cable. A drive motor is coupled to the engagement assembly, and drives motion of the carriage along the drive cable when the engagement assembly is in the engaged configuration. In the disengaged configuration, the engagement assembly is configured to be disengaged from the drive cable while the exhaust extraction hose is attached to the exhaust of a vehicle to allow the carriage to freely follow the path of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventors: John Johnston, Brian Roe
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Patent number: 8393278Abstract: A railcar system including a railcar having a longitudinal axis and a movable cover. The movable cover including a plurality of linear bearing devices and at least one slidable hatch connected to the plurality of linear bearing devices. The slidable hatch being movable substantially normal to the longitudinal axis. The linear bearing devices each including a shaped bar and a low friction bearing having a hole therethrough. The slidable hatch has two opposite sides that define a width of the slidable hatch, the shaped bar extending substantially the full width of the slidable hatch. The shaped bar being attached to the two opposite sides of the slidable hatch. The hole through the low friction bearing being shaped to accommodate the shaped bar.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: United Railcar Covers LLCInventors: Kenneth M. Baranowski, Arturo Machado, Roy J. Huber
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Patent number: 8393279Abstract: The modular folding table includes a collapsible truss framework that supports a folding table top and a folding utility shelf, and includes legs that can be connected horizontally or vertically to the legs of one or more similar modular folding tables, to provide desired table and shelf space with a structure that is foldable, strong and stable.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: Mark C. Carter
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Patent number: 8393280Abstract: A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is easily shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is removed from the opening in the safe and disposed in the interior of the safe.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: David W. Bartel
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Patent number: 8393281Abstract: A particle feeder is provided for feeding small particles at a uniform low feed rate. In some embodiments, the particle feeder includes a primary reservoir, a secondary reservoir, and a valve. The primary reservoir encloses an internal volume for holding particles and defining a hole through a bottom surface thereof. The valve includes a rod enclosed within and extending through the volume defined by the primary reservoir. The rod is movable between an open position, wherein particles can flow through the hole, and a closed position, wherein the rod blocks the hole. The actuator controls the movement of the rod between the open position and the closed position. The secondary reservoir has an internal volume, and a conduit for connecting the internal volume of the secondary reservoir with the internal volume of primary reservoir, such that particles can flow from the secondary reservoir into the primary reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: University of MississippiInventors: Wei-Yin Chen, George Gowan
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Patent number: 8393282Abstract: A sewn product comprises fabrics having conductive yarns inserted each in a warp direction and a weft direction and disposed in a lattice at intervals, wherein at least two stitches in at least one place of seam are provided with a stitch interval of not more than 5 mm, and a surface resistance (R) between two points separated by 30 cm across at least one seam is according to the formula: R?1.0×1012?. A sewn product comprises fabrics having conductive yarns inserted each in a warp direction and a weft direction and disposed in a lattice at intervals, wherein in at least one place of seam a number of piles of clothing fabrics of seam allowance is 5 or more, and a surface resistance (R) between two points separated by 30 cm across at least one seam is R?1.0×1012?.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kazuya Fujita, Kenji Akizuki, Takashi Daikyoji
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Patent number: 8393283Abstract: A device (1) for actuating sheets of sailing boats comprises a pulling element (2) for a sheet (200) and an actuator (3) connected to the pulling element (2) for causing the motion thereof. The actuator (3) comprises a screw (4) and a nut (7) engaged with each other, wherein one from the screw (4) and the nut (7) is rotated and the other translates linearly. A boom (300) of a sailing boat (100) provided with the device (1) for actuating sheets of the invention is also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Harken Italy S.p.A.Inventor: Michele Cazzaro
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Patent number: 8393284Abstract: Membrane body (1) comprising at least one pair of panels (10, 11) connected together in an adhesive manner and for each pair of said panels (10, 11), at least one flexible sheath (15) arranged stably according to a set pattern to resist membrane stress acting on the panels (10, 11); each sheath (15) housing a respective tie rod (16), connected to the panels (10, 11) in an end position in a set manner in such a way as to be suitable for resisting normal stress to free the panels (10, 11) from the respective membrane stress, thereby maintaining the—group of the panels (10, 11) flexible and maintaining the corresponding production method.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Veleria Marco Holm S.R.L.Inventors: PierCarlo Molta, Enrico Grassi
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Patent number: 8393285Abstract: A movable cleat assembly is provided. The movable cleat includes a support base, a face plate positioned adjacent the support base and a retractable cleat. The retractable cleat includes a handle portion and at least one leg extending through the support base and the face plate. The face plate further includes an edge that is adapted to deform or otherwise embed a portion of itself into a boat when installed. At least one of the support base and face plate includes at least one tube to receive the leg therein. The at least one tube is composed of a corrosion-proof material.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: GEM Products, Inc.Inventors: Rafael Cleveland, Jason Sarnowski
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Patent number: 8393286Abstract: A vessel hull robot garage includes a stowage compartment for stowing a hull robot and a rotation system for rotating the stowage compartment relative to the vessel between a launch/recovery attitude and a stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: James H. Rooney, III, Jonathan T. Longley, Brian R. Boule
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Patent number: 8393287Abstract: A sponson for a watercraft has a sponson body having a front end, a rear end, a top edge and a bottom edge, and a vane connected to a side of the sponson body and extending away therefrom. The vane has a front end and a rear end. The front end of the vane is disposed closer to the bottom edge of the sponson than the rear end of the vane. A watercraft having sponsons of this type is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.Inventors: Sam Spade, Rick Adamczyk
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Patent number: 8393288Abstract: The improvements of the present invention provide multipurpose and multi-functional improvements that enhance the functional utility of water vehicles. The combination includes connecting means which allow adaptation of a platforms, storage, and seating. An improved motor mount permits a motor to be protectively stowed until a hinge is actuated to rotate the motor 180 degrees for operation. The improvements also provide motor controls, an anchor and motor controls attached to a seat platform. A shelter hood assembly attaches in a selectable, collapsible manner giving an operator use and appearance configuration options, allowing the assembled hood to act as a barrier against weather elements in addition to supplying functional color components including wildlife decoys, camouflage, safety markings, diving insignia, or other aesthetic designs or coloring.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: James W Ramsey
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Patent number: 8393289Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming a nano structure on a substrate with nano particles. The nano particles are deposited through a nano size pore onto the substrate. A laser beam is directed through a concentrator to focus a nano size laser beam onto the deposited nano particles on the substrate. The apparatus and method is suitable for fabricating patterned conductors, semiconductors and insulators on semiconductor wafers of a nano scale line width by direct nanoscale deposition of materials.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: University of Central FloridaInventors: Nathaniel R. Quick, Aravinda Kar
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Patent number: 8393290Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and associated methods for applying a surface treatment to a part and curing the surface treatment without reorienting the part in the process. The systems include a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a system for applying a surface treatment, such as a powder coating application system, and a system for curing the surface treatment.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventor: Marlon E. Homquist
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Patent number: 8393291Abstract: A liquid application apparatus includes a guide roll for guiding a sheet for application, and a slit die for applying a liquid to a surface of the sheet for application from an opening. The slit die has an upper layer flow path and a lower layer flow path spaced in the rotational direction of the guide roll and joining at the opening. In a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the guide roll, an angle ? formed by the center line of the upper layer flow path and the center line of the lower layer flow path is 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Kazutoshi Emoto, Kiyonori Hinoki, Masahiro Saegusa, Haruka Nishimura
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Patent number: 8393292Abstract: A painting system includes a conveyor, a first travel guide rail, a second travel guide rail, a painting robot, and an opener robot. The conveyor is configured to convey in a paint booth an article to be painted. The first travel guide rail is provided at a side of the conveyor to extend along the conveyor. The second travel guide rail is provided at a side of the conveyor to extend along the conveyor above the first travel guide rail. The painting robot is mounted on the first travel guide rail to be movable along the first travel guide rail. The opener robot is mounted on the second travel guide rail to be movable along the second travel guide rail. The painting robot and the opener robot are movable along the first travel guide rail and the second travel guide rail respectively without interfering with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Yoshino, Shingi Takahashi
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Patent number: 8393293Abstract: A treatment tank is used which has a non-contact type liquid sealing unit capable of controlling liquid leakage in non-contact with a web.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Kawashita, Fumiyasu Nomura
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Patent number: 8393294Abstract: An applicator machine for applying a liquid carrier having live bacteria suspended therein, which are in a dormant state, to a target host comprising a pump having inlet and discharge sides, with the inlet side of the pump being in fluid communication with the liquid carrier. A first fluid conduit extends from the discharge side of the pump to an air induction nozzle which is in communication with a source of air under pressure. A flow control is imposed in the first conduit for adjusting the amount of liquid carrier passing therethrough. The pump and the air supply for the air induction nozzle are operatively connected to a power supply. The pump, when activated, causes the liquid carrier to be pumped to the air induction nozzle wherein the liquid carrier is mixed with air to create small droplets thereof for spraying onto the target host. A remote management system for the machine(s) is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: James B. Watson
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Patent number: 8393295Abstract: A system includes a first wall positioned substantially parallel to a second wall, a first end of the first wall and a first end of the second wall defining an entrance to a milking platform entrance lane having a width in the range of thirty inches to thirty-six inches. The system further includes a flare wall having a first end coupled to a second end of the second wall, the flare wall extending outwardly from the second wall at an angle in the range of thirty-five degrees to forty-five degrees with respect to the second wall. A second end of the flare wall and a second end of the first wall define an exit from the milking platform entrance lane having a width in the range of forty inches to fifty-four inches.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventors: Anthony T. Esch, James D. Siddell, Paul A. Larmour, Jr., David A. Reid, Parimal G. Rajkondawar
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Patent number: 8393296Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned substantially parallel to the front wall, and first and second side walls each extending between the front wall and the rear wall. The first side wall includes a gate, and the second side wall is spaced apart from the first side wall such that the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define a milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock. The system includes an equipment portion located adjacent to the rear wall. The equipment portion houses a robotic attacher configured to extend between the rear legs of a dairy livestock located within the milking box stall in order to attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.Inventors: Henk Hofman, Peter Willem van der Sluis, Ype Groensma
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Patent number: 8393297Abstract: The invention relates to an aquaculture net (10) comprising steel wires (12) having a steel core (14) and a tuneable metal coating (16) in the form of a strip to improve anti-corrosion and anti-fouling properties. In comparison with the prior art, the metal coating can be thicker and can have a composition that is homogeneous over its thickness.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: NV Bekaert SAInventors: Xavier Amils, Christoph Mattheeuws, Steven Wostyn
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Patent number: 8393298Abstract: An aquarium suitable for keeping, maintaining and displaying jellyfish is described. The aquarium has a container having a first and second exterior wall and a panel connecting the first and second exterior wall and defining an interior of the container, an interior wall having an upper and lower side, an upper and lower end, a first and second side, wherein the first side of the interior wall is connected to the first exterior wall of the container and the second side of the interior wall is connected to the second exterior wall of the container, and further wherein the interior wall is positioned parallel at least a portion of the panel along at least a side of the exterior wall to form a channel therebetween, an air pump positioned in communication with a lower end of the channel and a power supply.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Anyvivo, Inc.Inventor: Alexander Urban Andon
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Patent number: 8393299Abstract: A toy gun is described. The toy gun includes a firing ram configured in a toy gun barrel to be capable of shifting from a first, pre-firing configuration to a second, resting configuration. The barrel comprises a tapered portion capable of holding balls of variable size substantially within the barrel, and a portion of the firing ram is capable of contacting a ball held within the tapered portion when the firing ram is in the resting configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: Jeffrey Bernat
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Patent number: 8393300Abstract: A pet toy includes a flexible body with rope support configurations. In one embodiment, the rope configurations include one or more loops that are exposed and one or more knots that are covered by an exterior plush component of the pet toy. In another embodiment, two or more strands of rope material are tied in a series of knots, and an additional strand of rope material may be tied to the other strands in a transverse fashion. Preferably, the exterior plush component includes fabric. One or more of the free ends of the strands of rope material may also protrude beyond the plush component. The fabric material is sewn over the exposed portions of the rope material. Enough fabric material is used such that twisting, extending and retracting the rope material does not transfer force directly to the exterior fabric, thereby preserving the exterior plush component. The knots provide internal bulk to the body of the toy eliminating the need for stuffing.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: The Kong Company, LLCInventors: Joseph P. Markham, Chuck Costello, Sabine Crane
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Patent number: 8393301Abstract: A containment vessel for teething and feeding includes an elongate object having axially opposed end portions and a central portion extending between the end portions, and a mesh pouch attached to the central portion. The pouch has an opening, which can be closed when the pouch is attached to the elongate object. The pouch can have a flap which is wrapped around the central portion and attached to the pouch prior to placing an object in the bag and closing the opening. In an alternative, the opening of the pouch is captured between inside surfaces of a two-part object. The elongate object preferably resembles a bone, the vessel being especially suitable for dogs.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: Laura M. Jacobs
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Patent number: 8393302Abstract: The present invention provides a retractable leash system which provides for walking one, two three or four pets with a single, handheld unit. In overall appearance, the device is a single unit composed of two roughly symmetrical halves, configured in an hourglass shape and formed in a tough and durable, injection-molded thermoplastic. The upper component is surmounted with an arcuate, ergonomically contoured and textured rubber handgrip or handle, and features a sliding control release and locking lever to be manipulated by the thumb to allow the leash or leashes to be unreeled or locked in place. A separate control-button operates a battery-powered light-emitting diode light, this light placed below the upper arc of the handle and oriented to shine toward the ground. The light provides either continual illumination or repeated flashing illumination, depending on the sequence with which the user presses the control button.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: Sean Blakemore
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Patent number: 8393303Abstract: A protective shield for an animal comprised of two sleeves connected by a strap which extends across the animals back. The sleeves and strap are made from a continuous blank of elastic fabric which allows flexibility, ensures a secure fit and conforms the to the animal's body.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: David Matthew Krysak
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Patent number: 8393304Abstract: A method of supporting walls of a hanging furnace of a thermal power boiler, in which method, the walls, being formed of vertical water tubes, are supported horizontally at least by means of buckstays, and vertical pillars, located outside the buckstays, are attached to the ground or the foundations of a boiler building. The method includes attaching beams to the outer surface of the water tube walls, parallel with the vertical water tubes of the walls. Buckstays are attached to the outer surface of the beams. The buckstays are positioned substantially perpendicular to the vertical water tubes of the walls. At least two of the walls, located on opposite sides of the furnace, are connected to the vertical pillars by means of the beams and by an attachment connected directly to the beams and to the pillars, in such a way that pressure loads directed perpendicularly to the water tube walls are transferred by means of the vertical pillars to at least one rigid plane surrounding the boiler.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Foster Wheeler Energia OyInventor: Pentti Lankinen
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Patent number: 8393305Abstract: A control valve (10) for a fluid circulation circuit comprises a valve body (12) having a bottom wall into which an axial orifice emerges and a side wall (16) into which side orifices (20, 22, 24) emerge, the valve body delimiting a housing of revolution for a regulating member (26) capable of rotating about a rotation axis XX and of taking various angular positions to control the distribution of the fluid through the orifices. The regulating member (26) is surrounded by a sealing segment (42) in the shape of an open ring and elastic means are provided to separate two ends (44, 46) of the sealing segment in order to deform it radially outward and thus ensure that the sealing segment is pressed against the valve body housing. Application particularly to the fluid circuit of motor vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques S.A.S.Inventors: Alain Farkh, Frédéric Vacca, Jean-Bernard Dumetz
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Patent number: 8393306Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a crankcase, a crankshaft, a cylinder block, and cylinder head assembly. The cylinder block has at least one cylinder. At least one piston is disposed in the at least one cylinder. The at least one piston is operatively connected to the crankshaft. An oil tank enclosure is connected to at least one of the crankcase outer wall and the cylinder block outer wall. The oil tank enclosure and the at least one of the crankcase outer wall and the cylinder block outer wall together form an oil tank. The arrangement of the oil inlet, oil outlet, and blow-by gas outlet in an oil tank; an oil tank having an angled portion for separating blow-by gases from oil; and an arrangement of a blow-by gas passage connected to an oil tank are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Markus Schiffer, Michael Simmer, Markus Hochmayr, Stefan Gruber, Manuel Gruber, Josef Burgstaller, Clemens Hubauer, Peter Junkowitsch, Marc Renner
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Patent number: 8393307Abstract: A variable compression ratio device including a piston, a crankshaft, and a connecting rod may include an eccentric bearing that contacts an exterior circumference of the piston pin, wherein an exterior circumference of the eccentric bearing contacts an interior circumference of a ring formed at the small end of the connecting rod, a ratchet rod slidably coupled inside the piston pin and movable along a longitudinal direction, a variable slider that selectively contacts one of both ends of the ratchet rod, and that is disposed at both sides of a cylinder for pushing the one of both ends of the ratchet rod in an opposite direction, and a guide plate for reciprocally moving both variable sliders along a vertical direction of the ratchet rod.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Ju Hun Lee, Eun Ho Lee, Jin-Kook Kong, Soo-Hyung Woo
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Patent number: 8393308Abstract: A switchable cam follower of a valve train of a combustion engine, which has an external lever that encompasses an internal lever. The levers are pivotably moveable relative to one another at a valve-side end. The cam follower has a stop for a gas exchange valve on an underside on the valve-side end and a complementary face on the other end for a support element. The cam follower has a start face on an upper side for at least one high-lift cam. In one receptacle of the internal lever a coupling element is seated, which is displaceable longitudinally and can be brought into engagement in sections in case of coupling with a driving surface of the external lever. Also, at least one torsion is clamped between the two levers.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Bogyu Kang, Xiaopo Ma
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Patent number: 8393309Abstract: A fuel priming device comprising: means for establishing releasable fluid communication with an interior volume of a fuel conveying system of an engine; a first conduit affixed to the releasable communication means for conveying diesel fuel from an engine; a pressurizable reservoir in fluid communication with the fuel conveying conduit, the device located external to the automotive vehicle associated and at least on pneumatic system controlling the removal of fuel from the diesel fuel filter.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: K.J. Manufacturing, Co.Inventors: George R. Blundy, Ram D. Bedi
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Patent number: 8393310Abstract: A mass balancing mechanism of an internal combustion engine, in which the mechanism includes a compensation shaft (1, 1?) formed as a tubular carrier shaft (5, 5?) having a mounting point (10, 10?) for the radial mounting of the compensation shaft. The mechanism further includes an unbalanced mass (6) joined to the carrier shaft. A needle roller bearing (2) is used for a radial rolling bearing-mounting of the compensation shaft, with the needle rollers (11) of the needle roller bearing being in rolling contact with the mounting point which is configured as an inner raceway and possesses a width which is variable in peripheral direction, so that, in a region situated diametrically opposite a load zone in whose peripheral region the inner raceway is loaded by the radial load of the unbalanced mass which rotates together with the compensation shaft, a width (14) of the inner raceway is smaller than the length of the needle rollers and tapers clearly or is interrupted in peripheral direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Siegfried Tisch
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Patent number: 8393311Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a dry sump lubrication system is disclosed. The dry sump lubrication system has an oil pan coupled to the engine, an oil reservoir, an oil discharge tube coupling between the oil pan to the oil reservoir, an oil supply tube coupling the oil reservoir to the engine, and a vent tube coupling the oil reservoir to the intake manifold. The dry sump lubrication system may have a fresh air tube coupled to the oil reservoir. A control element coupled to an upstream side of the fresh air tube controls fresh air supplied to the oil reservoir. The oil reservoir may be insulated to retain energy in the oil during short shutdown periods. The oil reservoir may have a heat exchanger which allows engine coolant to flow through the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd Steiner, Johannes Mehring, Helmut Hans Ruhland, Klaus Moritz Springer
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Patent number: 8393312Abstract: A system for starting an engine is described. In one example, the engine is supplied two fuels via two injectors. The method may improve engine starting and reduce engine emissions.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Donald J. Lewis, Allan J. Lippa, John D. Russell
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Patent number: 8393313Abstract: A control apparatus and control method is provided for an internal combustion engine that includes a vaporized fuel tank in which vaporized fuel is stored, and a normally-closed vaporized fuel supply valve that opens and closes a connecting portion between the vaporized fuel tank and a surge tank. This apparatus and method produce vaporized fuel by injecting fuel into the tank while the vaporized fuel supply valve is closed while the engine is operating, then open the vaporized fuel supply valve at engine startup and supply the vaporized fuel stored in the tank to the surge tank. If there is no vaporized fuel remaining in the vaporized fuel tank when the engine stops, vacuum is generated in the vaporized fuel tank by temporarily opening the vaporized fuel supply valve before the engine stops. Vaporized fuel is then produced by injecting fuel into the vaporized fuel tank in this vacuum state.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Sato, Yasuyuki Irisawa, Shinichi Mitani, Takashi Tsunooka, Shigeyuki Urano, Satoshi Yoshizaki
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Patent number: 8393314Abstract: A circuit for cooling exhaust gas being recirculated through an EGR system (36) of an engine (10) from an exhaust system (20) successively through first and second heat exchangers (38, 40) to an intake system (16) for entrainment with intake air. Each heat exchanger has a respective coolant inlet through which liquid coolant enters and a respective coolant outlet through which liquid coolant exits after having absorbed heat from recirculated exhaust gas. The circuit has a third heat exchanger (32) to which coolant coming from the outlet of one of the first and second heat exchangers rejects heat, and parallel branches (84, 86) through which coolant enters the inlet of the other of the first and second heat exchangers. One of the parallel branches has a fourth heat exchanger (34) to which coolant flowing through that branch rejects heat, and one or more devices (50, 50A) for controlling the quantity of coolant flowing through each branch.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC.Inventors: Bashar Melhem, Luis Carlos Cattani, Martin Zielke, Robert Rowells
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Patent number: 8393315Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilation device (5) for ventilating a crankcase (6) of an internal combustion engine (1), particularly in a motor vehicle, comprising a ventilation line (26), which is connected at the input side to the crankcase (6) of the internal combustion engine (1) in the mounted state, and which is connected at the output side to a fresh gas line (3) feeding fresh gas to the internal combustion engine (1), a ventilation line (27), which in the mounted state is connected to the fresh gas line (3) at the input side and to the crankcase (6) at the output side. A separator (28) is arranged in the ventilation line (26) to remove pollution from the gas that is discharged from the crankcase (6) and a pressure valve (3) is arranged in the ventilation line (26) to control the gas volume discharged from the crankcase (6).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Stefan Ruppel, Yakup Özkaya
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Patent number: 8393316Abstract: In an internal-combustion-engine control apparatus provided with an exhaust gas sensor control device that outputs a detection signal detected by an exhaust-gas sensor, while switching amplification factors of an amplification circuit or offset voltages of an offset circuit, it is determined whether the exhaust-gas sensor is in an activation state or not, and an electric current flowing into the exhaust-gas sensor is stopped, in the case where it is determined that the exhaust-gas sensor is in a non-activation state; the amplification factors of the amplification circuit are switched so that there is detected an air-fuel ratio signal at the time when an electric current flowing into the exhaust-gas sensor is stopped, and it is determined whether or not the offset circuit is abnormal, based on whether the respective air-fuel ratio signals at the amplification factors are within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Mitsuyasu Kunihiro
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Patent number: 8393317Abstract: The invention comprises a fuel package comprising a vessel, a fuel, a combustion-restricting choke plate and a sealed lidding.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Societe BicInventors: Chad M. Sorenson, David C. Franchino, Mark Schweiger, Tom Bush
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Patent number: 8393318Abstract: A furnace or other heat exchanger application for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems having condensate control. Specifically, the disclosure includes condensate control for secondary heat exchangers for use with high efficiency furnaces, particularly for small tonnage systems, such as residential or unitary systems. The application provides condensate management to permit a plurality of furnace orientations while providing resistance to corrosion due to liquid condensate, while providing a furnace system that utilizes less expensive materials and is easily fabricated.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Tabraiz Ali Khan, Robert Cabrera, Gregory Kenneth Reaser, Terry Hill