Patents Issued in January 6, 2015
  • Patent number: 8926292
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes a pump housing including an inner surface, a pump inlet and an excess flow passage, a filter assembly including a spout extending into the housing, and an insert located within and secured to the housing, and including a first surface spaced from the inner surface and producing therebetween an annular nozzle communicating with said excess flow passage, the nozzle directing a first fluid stream exiting the excess flow passage toward a second fluid stream exiting the spout, the fluid streams flowing toward the pump inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lee J. Becker, Charles M. Robeck, Mark K. Quinn, Eric G. Robertson, John W. Fallu, Mark R. Dobson, Jason K. Mazur
  • Patent number: 8926293
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor-pump assembly (1) for a brake actuating device of a motor vehicle brake system with a pneumatic brake booster. An electric motor (3) drives a double diaphragm pump (2) with two working diaphragms (4) which are located opposite one another. Air expelled from the working spaces (7) is directed into an interior space (22) surrounding a crank drive (8) of the pump housing (5). An air outlet unit (13) permits low-noise expulsion of the air from the interior space 22 by deflecting the air. In order to make available a low-noise, cost-reduced motor-pump assembly the eccentrics (9) each have an unbalance weight (25) integrally molded onto the eccentric (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Manfred Rüffer, Jens Bacher, Heinrich Kreh, Lazar Milisic, Karlheinz Seitz, Harald König, Michael Kollers, Jose Gonzalez, Michael Jürging, Marcel Niepenberg, Stephan Krebs
  • Patent number: 8926294
    Abstract: A pumping cassette including a housing having at least two inlet fluid lines and at least two outlet fluid lines. At least one balancing pod within the housing and in fluid connection with the fluid paths. The balancing pod balances the flow of a first fluid and the flow of a second fluid such that the volume of the first fluid equals the volume of the second fluid. The balancing pod also includes a membrane that forms two balancing chambers. Also included in the cassette is at least two reciprocating pressure displacement membrane pumps. The pumps are within the housing and they pump the fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet line and pump the second fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Jason A. Demers, Michael J. Wilt, Kevin L. Grant, James D. Dale, Brian D. Tracey
  • Patent number: 8926295
    Abstract: A compressor includes a closed container and a compression element that are welded together at least three welding points. The closed container has a suction port with a suction tube fitted to the suction port of the closed container with the suction tube being arranged and configured to suck a refrigerant gas, and the suction tube has a central axis that lies in a plane which is orthogonal to the central axis of the closed container and that passes through the suction port. The welding points are arranged such that straight lines connecting all combinations of any two of the welding points are neither parallel to the central axis of the suction tube nor perpendicular to the central axis of the suction tube, to reduce vibrations of the suction tube that occur when vibrations of the motor are transmitted to the closed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Yanagisawa, Kouki Morimoto, Takehiro Kanayama
  • Patent number: 8926296
    Abstract: A linear compressor (100) applicable to a cooling system (20) includes a piston (1) driven by a linear motor (10), the piston (1) having displacement range controlled by means of a controlled voltage (VM), the controlled voltage (VM) having a voltage frequency (?P) applied to the linear motor (10) and adjusted by a processing unit (22), the range of piston (1) displacement being dynamically controlled in function of a variable demand of the cooling system (20), the linear compressor (100) having a resonance frequency, the processing unit (22) adjusting the range of piston (1) displacement, so that the linear compressor (100) will be dynamically kept on resonance throughout the variations in demand of the cooling system (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool, S.A.
    Inventors: Paulo Sergio Dainez, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie, Márcio Roberto Thiessen
  • Patent number: 8926297
    Abstract: A fluid transporter which transports fluid by pressing a plurality of radially disposed pressing shafts against a tube held in a circular-arc shape in directions from the inside of the circular-arc shape in accordance with rotation of a rotational pressing plate having a plurality of projections on the outer circumference thereof so as to allow flow of fluid includes: a first detecting section which detects the rotation angle of the rotational pressing plate; a second detecting section which detects the rotation angle of either a driving rotor for giving a rotational force to the rotational pressing plate or a reduction transmission mechanism for connecting the driving rotor and the rotational pressing plate; a data table which shows the relationship between the rotation angle of the rotational pressing plate and a cumulative delivery amount; and a controller which controls the drive of the driving rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi
  • Patent number: 8926298
    Abstract: A radial piston pump has a plurality of cylinders within which pistons reciprocally move. Each cylinder is connected to a first port by an inlet passage that has an inlet check valve, and is connected to a second port by an outlet passage that has an outlet check valve. A throttling plate extends across the inlet passages and has a separate aperture associated with each inlet passage. Rotation of the throttling plate varies the degree of alignment of each aperture with the associated inlet passage, thereby forming variable orifices for altering displacement of the pump. Uniquely shaped apertures specifically affect the rate at which the variable orifices close with throttle plate movement, so that the closure rate decreases with increased closure of the variable orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: HUSCO International, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant K. Rajput, Dwight Stephenson
  • Patent number: 8926299
    Abstract: The invention has: a housing; a pump section formed of a drive gear unit and a driven gear unit; a main flow channel through which oil pressure is applied to the driven gear unit in a discharge volume reduction direction; a first branching flow channel through which oil pressure that assists oil pressure from the main flow channel is applied; a second branching flow channel through which oil pressure is applied to the driven gear unit in a discharge increase direction; a first flow channel control section; a second flow channel control section; and a spring that elastically urges the driven gear unit in a discharge increase direction. The first flow channel control section and the second flow channel control section can perform switching control in accordance with each increase or decrease of engine revolutions and in pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Watanabe, Junichi Miyajima, Masato Izutsu, Takatoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8926300
    Abstract: Disclosed is a micro particle for a thermal control material capable of being applied as a highly thermal conductive material for thermal control, and an apparatus and a method of producing the micro particle for the thermal control material by using an ultrasonic high-temperature vibration scheme. More specifically, a Boron Nitride (BN) particle having a plate shape and an excellent thermal conductivity is coated on a PCM having a shape of a micro bead, to increase the thermal conduction to the inside PCM, so that a phase change is easily generated, and which allows an easy treatment of the PCM in a liquid state at a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the PCM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Han Saem Lee, Do Suck Han, Jin Woo Kwak, Chi Hoon Choi, Kyong Hwa Song, Byung Sam Choi
  • Patent number: 8926301
    Abstract: The invention provides an appliance for localized heating of a polymer material surface to be repaired by blowing a hot fluid inside a confinement chamber (2) that is defined by a deformable cap (1). The cap (1) is made of a blanket (6) incorporating a framework (7) for shaping the confinement chamber (2) under the effect of tensions applied locally by the framework (7) to the blanket (6) in its general plane (P). Force generator means (9) cause the framework (7) to change between a flexible state in which the framework (7) is arranged in the general plane of the blanket (6), and a rigid state for shaping the confinement chamber (2). The force generator means (9) comprise a force generator source that produces a suction, and the framework (7) is made up of strips of felt (8, 8?) housed in a pouch of the blanket (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Kevin Giraud, Nicolas Capelle
  • Patent number: 8926302
    Abstract: An adjustable food press for making a wide variety of hot and cold sandwiches and other foods that are compressed during preparation. The food press has a dome and a handle assembly, attached to a pressing plate inside the dome, that adjusts the position of the pressing plate to the desired sandwich thickness. Once positioned, the handle assembly is locked in position, holding the pressing plate in place until the sandwich is ready. When the pressing plate is released, the dome is left in place to keep the food warm, or removed and used on the same or a different sandwich style. The food press functions with a variety of flat-surfaced cooking equipment used to prepare hot and cold food. The dome prevents spatter of grease and food particles on surrounding surfaces. The pressing plate is removable for cleaning or for interchanging with a different style of pressing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Christina Buckley
  • Patent number: 8926303
    Abstract: A valve assembly for use with a part handling assembly of an injection molding machine includes a housing having a first tooling port for fluid communication with a first set of receivers on the part handling apparatus and a second tooling port for fluid communication with a second set of receivers on the part handling apparatus. First and second vacuum channels extend through the housing and are provided with respective first and second vacuum closure members to provide selective fluid communication between a vacuum source and the first and second tooling ports, respectively. First and second pressure channels extend through the housing and are provided with respective first and second pressure closure members to provide selective fluid communication between a pressurized fluid source and the first and second tooling ports, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Athena Automation Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert D. Schad
  • Patent number: 8926304
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus including a tank filled with a liquid-state forming material, a platform disposed at the tank, a rotating shaft, a rotating arm, and at least one light source is provided. The rotating shaft is disposed under the tank or above the tank. The rotating arm connects to the rotating shaft such that the rotating arm is driven by the rotating shaft to rotate. The light source disposed on the rotating arm rotates along with the rotating arm and generates light projecting toward the forming material along with the part of the platform moving in the forming material, such that the forming material is solidified in layers and forms a three-dimensional object on the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventor: Peng-Yang Chen
  • Patent number: 8926305
    Abstract: A dispensing mechanism that deploys a roll of web material having slit cuts and expands it into a web with a cellular structure. This is accomplished by mounting the roll of unexpanded web material on an axle that is positioned at a first angle to a guide wheel assembly. That first angle is not perpendicular to the direction of deployment. The material moves through the guide wheel assembly longitudinally in such a way that tension is applied at a second angle to the direction of deployment. This diagonal tension causes the web material to expand and form cells. Single axle as well as multi-axle systems are disclosed. In this way, a plurality of rolls of web material may be deployed and expanded as a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: KUCHARCO Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. Kuchar, David M. Kuchar
  • Patent number: 8926306
    Abstract: A food product press having a mold base, a press assembly having a plurality of press bodies, and blade spaces between the press bodies, a plurality of blades slidable within the blade spaces, and a blade operating mechanism for moving the blades relative to the press bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Peter Harrison
  • Patent number: 8926307
    Abstract: A dough depositing machine adapted for use in the manufacture of non-traditional baked goods and methods related thereto. Non-traditional dough (e.g., gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegetarian, or vegan dough) may have properties that are more difficult to accommodate during manufacturing than the properties of traditional dough. Accordingly, various components of the dough depositing machine may be adapted to operate with non-traditional dough. For example, at least one of a dough delivery mechanism, a forming portion, a cutting assembly and a controller of the dough depositing machine may be adapted for use with non-traditional dough. These components of a dough depositing mechanism may be provided as originally manufactured equipment or may be retrofit to an existing dough depositing machine designed for use with traditional dough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Dale Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 8926308
    Abstract: A dough extruder is disclosed that is configured to provide a continuous dough rope suitable for cracker products using a straight extended low friction compression chamber and a die plate oriented substantially perpendicular to a laminar flow of the dough. In one embodiment, the extruder can have a compressive force sufficient to extrude a plastic mass in a laminar flow in the range of about less than 120 psi; a compression chamber providing for an interior coefficient of friction in the range of about 0.2 and 0.35; and a die plate horizontally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the compressive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventors: Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Chris E Robinson, Jack Kitchell
  • Patent number: 8926309
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing cloth of a seat pad which includes: a mold for fixing a sheet and having an outer shape substantially identical to a shape of the reinforcing cloth and provided with a plurality of air holes interconnecting an internal space with an outer surface; a closed space between the mold and a cover member formed by covering the sheet fixed on the mold with the cover member; a heating unit for heating the sheet; and an exhausting unit for exhausting air from the closed space is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Mold Technical Office Co. Ltd., Nitto Boseki Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Shimada, Koji Wakamatsu, Toshio Iwasawa, Shunpei Ishida, Minoru Nakano
  • Patent number: 8926310
    Abstract: A cup thermoforming machine includes a frame, a movable upper platen, a clamping grid and a movable lower platen. The movable upper platen is supported for vertical reciprocation by the frame, and carries a male die. The clamping grid is carried by the frame above a sheet of thermoformable material and has a clearance aperture for the male die. The lower platen is supported for vertical reciprocation by the frame beneath the clamping grid and carries a female die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Jere F. Irwin
  • Patent number: 8926311
    Abstract: A vibration system for concrete pipe making machines using the dry cast method and which employ adjustable molds comprised of corner panels joined to intermediate panels. Two coupled vertically spaced-apart vibrators are mounted in two opposite corner panels of the mold core. The vibrators are mounted on shelves welded to the interior of the walls that form the mold surface. The shelves are also welded to vertical end walls that extend inwardly to form the box-like corner panel. The corner panels and intermediate panels are secured together by removable fasteners that join the vertical end walls of the corner panels to the corresponding vertical end walls of the side panels. The joined corner panels and side panels provide a rigid core structure similar to a solid core and allow the entire core to become the vibration structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hawkeye Concrete Products Co.
    Inventor: Jon A. Schmidgall
  • Patent number: 8926312
    Abstract: A detachable threaded rod is used in an injection mold, and includes an operation portion, a molding portion, and a screw. The operation portion includes a rod part, the rod part defines a mating hole and a screw hole on a bottom surface of the mating hole. The molding portion includes a front end, a rear end, and a side surface connected between the front end and the rear end. The molding portion defines a cavity on a front end. The molding portion includes a mating portion extending from the rear end and received in the mating hole. The mating portion defines a through hole communicating with the cavity. The molding portion defines external threads on the side surface. The screw penetrates the through hole and screwing in the screw hole, the operation portion is fixed with the molding portion by the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Tsang Tseng
  • Patent number: 8926313
    Abstract: A bladder-type jig used for manufacturing a stiffened panel structure using a hat stringer has the advantage that deformation of prepreg can be suppressed effectively, and durability of the jig can be improved so that repeated use of the jig is achieved. A body of the bladder includes a pipe-shaped portion and a coating film covering the outer peripheral surface of the pipe-shaped portion. The pipe-shaped portion is a main body portion of the body, and is made of a silicone rubber composition material such that its transverse cross-section has a trapezoidal pipe shape. Both side edge portions of an exposed wall portion corresponding to a lower base of the transverse cross-section are thickened edge portions which are greater in thickness than another wall portions. The thickened edge portions support the exposed wall portion from inward of the body, and can suppress the exposed wall portion from getting deformed inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurashiki Kako Co., Ltd., Tsubakimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Sana, Yasuo Hanafusa, Hidehisa Nishina, Seiichi Oyama, Yuji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8926314
    Abstract: A transport device and a transport method for a container treatment plant as well as a blow molding machine is provided. The transport device comprises at least one transport star for transporting receptacles to or away from a treatment station of the container treatment plant, wherein the at least one transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Jochen Forsthoevel, Franz Gmeiner
  • Patent number: 8926315
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes an electric ejector configured to eject a molding product from a mold, and an assist actuator configured to assist ejection of the molding product by the electric ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takeuchi, Masahiro Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 8926316
    Abstract: A pair of mold cores (51, 52) for molding an undercut portion (P1) in a holder (30) installed inside a movable mold (13) are connected to and supported by a retaining piece (40) which is moved in the demolding direction, and at the time of demolding, the respective mold cores (51, 52) are guided by guide means (33, 34) from the molding position, where they are contacted with each other, to the mold release position, where they are separated from each other, being moved from one end side to the other end side of the retaining piece (40), in the mutually opposite directions so as to pass each other in the back and forth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Technocrats Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Sorimoto
  • Patent number: 8926317
    Abstract: Method of controlling the operation of a combustion device to provide safe and reliable operation while reducing NOx emission that includes providing a flow of fuel and diluent at a determined volume ratio to a flame in the combustion device; providing a flame stability sensor to generate a measurement of a characteristic of the flame, providing a flow measurement for each of the fuel and diluent, and controlling the determined volume ratio of fuel:diluent using the measurement from the flame stability sensor and/or flow measurements. A combustion system incorporating this method also is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: John T. Farrell, San Chhotray, Gary T. Dobbs, Manuel S. Alvarez, Patrick D. Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 8926318
    Abstract: A cooking appliance a gas burner configured to generate a quantity of heat is disclosed. The cooking appliance also includes a pressure sensor operable to measure the pressure of gas supplied to the gas burner from a gas control valve. The gas control valve is operable to adjust the supply of gas to the gas burner based on the measured pressure of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Barritt, Mark A. Pickering
  • Patent number: 8926319
    Abstract: A device for burning a fuel/oxidant mixture in a strongly exothermic reaction, consists of a reactor with a combustion chamber containing at least one first porous material and at least one second porous material in separate zones A and C. The zones are designed in such a way that an exothermic reaction can only occur in zone B, and with one or more feed lines for the fuel and for the oxidant, whereby zone A, which consists of the first porous material, is separated by a distance of approximately 10 mm to 4000 mm, for example approximately 20 mm to 500 mm, equating to one zone B, from zone C which consists of the second porous material and is located before zone C in a flow direction of the fuel/oxidant mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: SGL Carbon SE
    Inventors: Marcus Franz, Sören Götz
  • Patent number: 8926320
    Abstract: Smoking cessation lighter is configured for lighting cigarettes for a smoker, and learning software is provided for monitoring smoking behavior of a smoker during a first data collection period and guiding a smoker's smoking cessation by directing the smoker when the smoker is to smoke a cigarette based on data collected during the first data collection period. The learning software monitors user behavior and collects data during use of the lighter by the smoker after the initial data collection period in order to analyze and further guide the smoker based on the smoker's cheating behavior, the smoker's behavior of lighting a cigarette for a friend, and the smoker's behavior of skipping use of the lighter at a time when the smoker has been directed to light a cigarette by the lighter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Samer Elias Al Gharib
  • Patent number: 8926321
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a heating method for maintaining a stable thermal budget. By following the primary procedure with a virtual procedure in such a manner that the total duration of the whole heating process remains constant, it is beneficial to maintain a stable thermal budget and further to maintain a stable device performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventor: Chunlong Li
  • Patent number: 8926322
    Abstract: Centrifugal deflection device intended to be fitted to a surgical or dental handpiece to prevent the penetration of foreign matter that results from an operation, the centrifugal deflection device including a ring coupled in rotation either directly or via a tool shank to a drive shaft of the handpiece. This device is characterized in that the ring is covered by a sleeve secured to the front end of the body of the handpiece and which, with the ring, delimits an ejection chamber. The ejection chamber includes an inlet that communicates with a rear area of the handpiece and an outlet that communicates with the external environment, the ring having a first diameter at the outlet of the ejection chamber and a second diameter at the inlet of the ejection chamber, the first diameter of the ring being larger than the second diameter of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bien-Air Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Tosetti, Nicola Mikic, Luc Maitre
  • Patent number: 8926323
    Abstract: A hand apparatus, in particular for dental purposes, for dispensing a pasty filler mass the viscosity of which can be reduced by supplying vibration energy, comprising an apparatus housing, a container for the pasty filler mass, an exit nozzle connected with the container, a vibration generator, and pressure production means for applying pressure on the pasty filler mass. In order to improve the transfer of vibrations in the region of the hand apparatus the vibration generator and the container are mounted movably with respect to the apparatus housing and are directly vibration-coupled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH
    Inventor: Walter Mössle
  • Patent number: 8926324
    Abstract: A system for reconditioning a dental implant in situ comprising a buffer member, a drive member, abrasive material, and a sleeve member. The sleeve member moves between first and second positions relative to the buffer member. The buffer member is in an open configuration when the sleeve member is in the first position. The sleeve member holds the buffer member in a closed configuration when the sleeve member is in the second position. The buffer member is rotated such that the plurality of fingers of the buffer member cause the abrasive material to remove at least a portion of the texture layer on the textured portion of implant outer surface of the second implant portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventors: Curtis K. Wade, Charles A. McCoy, II
  • Patent number: 8926325
    Abstract: A removable denture system comprising a support beam fixedly attached to the individual's alveolar ridge above the mucous membrane by a plurality of dental implants, and a denture generally conforming with the dental parameters of the individual and integrated with a supper-structure. The supper-structure comprises at least a portion shaped in confirmation with the support beam, and a denture locking arrangement for removably though fixedly articulating the denture to the support beam preventing unintentional disengagement of the denture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bio Dental Solution Ltd
    Inventor: Uzi Berger
  • Patent number: 8926326
    Abstract: A denture retention system includes a denture, abutments and an implant connected to each abutment. The denture has an inner channel with a resilient liner and engaging caps in the inner channel that releasably retain the denture on the abutments. The engaging caps each have a cavity that receives the head of an abutment. The cavities are sized with longitudinal space for the heads of the abutments so that the denture rests on the gingival tissue while the abutments restricts movement of the denture away from the gingival tissue. The system can be used with large diameter or mini implants. The separate implant and abutment allow precise selection of the abutment height. The abutment has a spherical head with tool engageable flats for tightening the abutment onto the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: John S. Shepard
  • Patent number: 8926327
    Abstract: A unitary dental device constructed from a suitable thermoplastic or thermosetting material allowing the dental device to be heat molded by a dental practitioner sitting chair side to a patient. The dental device includes a single-piece, shell-like analog having the appearance of contoured, individual teeth. The dental device may also include a pair of posterior tooth extensions in order to create a custom buccal corridor specifically adapted for the patient. A connection bridge uniformly joins the proximal contact areas intermediate of adjacent teeth to form the unitary shell-like analog. The dental device may be temporarily affixed in the patient's mouth to allow both the patient and the dental practitioner to preview chair side the look of a final smile design with a fully-fabricated dental prosthesis. Once the patient and dentist are satisfied with the particular tooth selection and characterization, the dental prosthesis can be fabricated from the dental device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Global Dental Impression Trays, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph J. Massad
  • Patent number: 8926328
    Abstract: A placement jig for locating a dental implant analog in a physical model of a patient's mouth includes a base, a guide-strut receiving feature, a throughbore, and an angled receiving feature. The guide-strut receiving feature is positioned within the base and is configured to receive a guide-strut of the physical model thereby positioning a lower surface of the placement jig at a desired distance from an opening of a bore in the physical model. The throughbore receives a screw therethrough that engages the dental implant analog such that the dental implant analog, is removably coupled to the base. The angled receiving, feature is positioned about the throughbore on the lower surface of the base. The angled receiving feature includes a mating surface that is configured to abut a custom abutment positioned between the mating surface and the dental implant analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Biomet 3i, LLC
    Inventor: Zachary B. Suttin
  • Patent number: 8926329
    Abstract: A sign language action generating device includes: a word string input unit; a trace creation unit that extracts a sign language action data for each word of a pair of words inputted as a word string and creates a trace between an end point position of a sign language action having the same meaning as a prior word of the pair of words and a start point position thereof having the same meaning as a posterior word; an interference determination unit that determines whether or not interference is generated between parts of a robot on each trace; an action connection unit that connects sign language actions; and an action adjustment unit that adjusts a position coordinate or a velocity of the pair of words within a prescribed threshold of a shift amount or an evaluation function within which meanings of the prior word and the posterior word can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Asuka Shiina, Yuji Nagashima
  • Patent number: 8926330
    Abstract: A device comprised of a plurality of evenly spaced tactile actuators arranged in the form of a generally C-shaped structure and worn snug around the neck by a subject to apply tactile stimuli to the subject's neck skin. An electronic controller operated by a computer program controls the actuators of the device based on signals received from an external source. The device impresses sequences of tactile stimuli around the subject's neck to provide intelligible information, cues and warnings or certain game-related sensations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Reza Taghavi
  • Patent number: 8926331
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a tethered LED illuminated ball comprising a tether assembly and a soft compressible ball coupled therewith. A retention member having one or more loops is coupled to one end of the tether assembly. A swivel is coupled to the second end of the tether assembly and operatively coupled to the ball by a ball retention cord. An illumination assembly is coupled to the ball and provides various light emitting patterns. The illumination assembly is coupled adjacent to the ball retention cord. The illumination assembly includes at least one LED and a battery operatively coupled therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Kevin Schlapik
  • Patent number: 8926332
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to apparatus for training the art of forcible door entry for emergency personnel such as firefighters and, in particular, a reusable forcible entry door training prop adapted to simulate a locked door and allow individuals to conduct training in forcible entry techniques for different door types and mounting configurations (e.g., opening inward or outward, left hand opening or right band opening, steel jam or wood jams).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Perrone
  • Patent number: 8926333
    Abstract: A device for simulating blood flow including an anatomical unit and a waveform generator for generating waveforms. The waveform generator includes a pump capable of pumping a fluid through at least one fluid line and thereby transmitting the waveform from the waveform generator through the fluid line. The waveform generator further includes a bifurcation point capable of splitting the fluid line into additional fluid lines, where the fluid lines include a main line and a parallel line. Additionally, the waveform generator includes valves capable of at least partially occluding fluid flow. The device further includes a reservoir capable of housing the fluid, where the waveforms enter and exit the anatomical unit and the waveform generator through the fluid lines simulating blood flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: SIMNEXT, LLC
    Inventors: John Vozenilek, Thomas Cusack, Sabeen Admani, Eliot Bethke, Michael Regan
  • Patent number: 8926334
    Abstract: Provided is an injection simulation system and method. The system includes a syringe comprising an injection needle, a haptic unit which measures an insertion angle and insertion depth of the injection needle, and which comprises a motor unit that is driven by a haptic force corresponding to the measured insertion angle and insertion depth. The system also includes a control unit which calculates the haptic force corresponding to the insertion angle and the insertion depth, and transmits the calculated haptic force to the motor unit of the haptic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Se Hyung Park, Lae Hyun Kim, Seung Jae Shin, Deuk Hee Lee, Wan Joo Park, Hyun Chul Cho, Hyun Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 8926335
    Abstract: A system and method for remote test administration are disclosed. The system includes a testing station having a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory configured to store processor executable instructions configured to acquire biometric information related to a user, wherein the user is substantially adjacent to the testing station; identify at least one biometric vector within the acquired biometric information; and communicate the identified biometric vector. The system further includes a monitoring station configured to receive the biometric vector communicated by the testing station, the monitoring station having a processor and a memory in communication with the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Verificient Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajnish Kumar, Apratim Dutta
  • Patent number: 8926336
    Abstract: A rotatable electrical coupling device incorporates a first connector having a first electrical contact member adapted to conduct or transmit a high-frequency and/or high-speed data signal, and a second connector having a second electrical contact member adapted to conduct or transmit a high-frequency and/or high-speed data signal. The second connector is configured to be coupled with the first connector for substantially free or unimpeded rotation about an axis (X) relative to the first connector, the first and second electrical contact members being configured to engage one another and to maintain uninterrupted electrical contact throughout a relative rotational movement between the first and second connectors in a coupled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ondal Medical Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Göbel, Fritz Ickler
  • Patent number: 8926337
    Abstract: An improved method is employed to attach an enclosure to a connector body having relatively small geometry. One or more bonding channels are disposed in the outside surface of the connector body. During assembly of an enclosure over the connector body, a bonding material is distributed within the bonding channels and subsequently cured. The bonding channels and the bonding material are designed to employ capillary wicking to aid in the distribution of the bonding material within the bonding channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Siahaan, Michael Webb
  • Patent number: 8926338
    Abstract: A contact member includes first and second bent portions provided between a joining part to be joined to a first board and a contacting part to come into contact with a second board, a first contact part to come into contact with the second bent portion when the first bent portion is caused to bend by the pressing of the contacting part by the second board, a second contact part to come into contact with the first bent portion when the second bent portion is caused to bend by the pressing of the contacting part by the second board after the first contact part comes into contact with the second bent portion, and a third contact part to come into contact with the first board by the pressing of the contacting part by the second board after the second contact part comes into contact with the first bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Koichi Kiryu, Manabu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8926339
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing that supports at least one printed circuit board having a mating end and a mounting end. The connector housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion that is configured to attach to the first housing portion. The first housing portion supports the printed circuit board, and the second housing portion includes a positioning member that engages the printed circuit board so as to retain the printed circuit board in a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Houtz
  • Patent number: 8926340
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a spring plate type connector for use in backlight module, which includes a retention base and a plurality of connection bodies. The plurality of connection bodies is integrally formed on the retention base. The retention base includes a corresponding structure of a component contained in the backlight module. The connection body includes: a connection section, which is connected to the retention base; and an engagement section, which extends from the connection section and is connected to a solder pad inside the backlight module. Practicing the spring plate type connector for use in backlight module simplifies the manufacture process of the connector, realizes expanded range of application, and allows of application to connection with backlight modules of various models, thereby improving sharability of the connector and making the backlight module compact and light-weighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Bar Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Yu, Jiaqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8926341
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided in the present invention, including an insulating housing, a first group of conductive terminals, a second group of conductive terminals and a third group of conductive terminals. A mating section of the insulating housing forms a receiving cavity, which disposes at least one horizontal division plate therein to form multiple receiving semi-cavity. A horizontal retaining section and a vertical retaining section of each conductive terminal are received and retained into the mounting section of the insulating housing, the tails thereof extend outside the bottom surface of the mounting section, and the flexible contact section enters into the corresponding receiving semi-cavity of the mating section. The electrical connector of the present invention disposes a wider complementary margin along an up and down direction and a left and right direction, thereby ensuring a safe connection of the electrical connector and a complementary connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: OUPIIN Electronic (Kunshan) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hsin Chih Chen