US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, November 14:
California Inventors Develop Microfluidic Systems Low Power Integrated Pumping Array
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- William J. Benett and Klint A. Rose, both of Livermore, Calif., Peter A. Krulevitch of Pleasanton, Calif., Julie Hamilton of Tracy, Calif., and Mariam Maghribi of Davis, Calif., have developed low power integrated pumping and valving arrays for microfluidic systems ....
New York Inventors Develop Plant Container Hanger
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Stephen Rickert Marks and Sona Bejdova, both of Syracuse, N.Y., have developed a device for holding and displaying containers in which plants, vegetables, flowers or the like are planted. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
British Inventors Develop Container Beading
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Philip John Knight of Narkurs, Great Britain, and Alain Presset of Blewbury, Great Britain, have developed beading of cans using roll/rail and roll/roll beading systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "beading of ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Fluid Dispenser
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Stuart W. DeJonge of Lake Ariel, Pa., has developed a fluid dispenser with adjustable size dispensing orifice. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid dispenser has an adjustable size dispensing orifice. It includes a fluid dispenser ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Wet Wipe Dispensing Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Yung Hsiang Huang, Paige Annette Dellerman and Timothy Walter Shoaf, all from Appleton, Wis., Robert Samuel Schlaupitz of New London, Wis., Mei-Chiung Huang of Neenah, Wis., and Rodney Carlton Christianson of Oshkosh, Wis., have developed a package and a method for ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Circularly Knitted Garment
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- John Mitchell of Asheboro, N.C., and Heinz Altman of Winston-Salem, N.C., have developed a circularly knitted garment and a method of making a circularly knitted garment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The garment has a cylindrical layer ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Projector Apparatus
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Kunitaka Furuichi of Tokyo has developed a holding mechanism of an image forming optical system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a projector apparatus having an image forming optical system including a plate fixed to a ...
Italian Inventors Develop Foldable Boxes Blank
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Gianpaolo Belloli of Bologna, Italy, and Alessandro Resta of Milan, Italy, have developed a blank in one piece for foldable boxes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a blank that comprises a lid portion of a box; a ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Light Strand Storage Device
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Judith A. Rhoades of Garden City, Mich., has developed a light strand storage device that includes a panel which is having a first side, a second side and a peripheral edge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The peripheral edge includes a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Automatic Water Pressure Control Valve
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Kwang-Jin Park and Jae-Ik Jang, both of Seoul, South Korea, have developed an automatic water pressure control valve that balances temperature of mixed water. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an automatic ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Self-Contained Stock Lifter
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Joel T. Pyper, John K. Pyper, Scott M. Breen, Charles T. Brown and Jeffery S. Pyper, all from Grand Rapids, Mich., have developed a stock lifter for metal forming dies and method for making the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Digital Audio Information Signal Playing Device
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Johannes M. M. Verbakel and Johannes J. Mons, both of Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed a method and a device for interfacing variable-rate sampled digital audio information to a string of uniform-sized blocks, and a unitary medium so produced by a ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Gas Control Valve Assembly
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Wen Chou Chen of Taipei County, Taiwan, has developed a gas control valve assembly. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A gas control valve assembly includes a valve seat, the valve seat having a gas inlet, ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Multi-Function Electronic Fishing Float
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Won Do Lee of Busan, South Korea, has developed a multi-function electronic fishing float with an identification number automatically generates radio frequency (RF) signals, if a fish takes bait or is hooked. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Florida Inventor Develops Fence Router Table System
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- James Sommers of Largo, Fla., has developed a table with a working surface which has a parallel rail on each side of the working surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide assembly includes a shaft with ends and a pair of brackets ....
South Carolina Inventors Develop High Production Nutcracking Apparatus
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- James B. Quantz of Lexington, S.C., Pascal W. Pitts of Cayce, S.C., and John L. Feaster of Columbia, S.C., have developed a high production nutcracking apparatus having provision for maintaining the nuts in clean and sterile condition. According to the U.S ....
French Inventor Develops Air Freshening Device
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Bruno Buthier of Luce, France, has developed a device for an air freshener or purifier utilizing a gel fragrance or other composition suitable for use in a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to improvements in ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Audible Signal Valve Knob with Timer
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Edward S. Owen of West Bend, Wis., Jeffrey S. Rohrer of Kewaskum, Wis., and Allen C. Eimerman of Fond du Lac, Wis., has developed an audible signal generating valve assembly and a cooperating, independently operable, timer assembly for a cooking ...
Rhode Island Inventor Develops Knitted Wire Carrier
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Charles DaRosa of Riverside, R.I., has developed a knitted wire carrier with locking stitch for weather seal backing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This provides a knitted wire carrier that incorporates a locking stitch that passes ...
Florida Inventor Develops Frozen Food Masticating Machine
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Arnold P. Zweben of Palm Harbor, Fla., has developed a device for masticating frozen foodstuffs resulting in a non-dairy frozen material comprised of frozen composite which has been masticated to achieve a creamy texture. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Spanish Inventor Develops Citrus Fruit Juice Separator
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Antonio Basora of Barcelona, Spain, has developed a citrus fruit juice separator with pouring accessory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electric juicer having a housing, or case, a juice receptacle arranged on ...
Spanish Inventors Develop Thin Walled Bodies Deformation Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Santiago Garcia Campo and Juan Salz Goiria, both of Llodia, Spain, have developed thin walled containers or tube-form bodies which may be of cylindrical or other form. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin walled body such as a container ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Sample Tube Washing Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Yuukou Fujita of Suita-shi Osaka-fu, Japan, has developed a method for washing a sample tube and its washing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample tube is washed by inserting a suction tube from an open end of the sample ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Radiation-Shielding Container Assembly
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Paul Yanke of Oconomowoc, Wis., and Brian M. Schaber of West Allis, Wis., have developed a radiation-shielding syringe container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation-shielding container assembly defines a central axis and includes ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Air-Type Spray Coating Device
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Paul R. Micheli of Glen Ellyn, Ill., has developed a spray gun with an improved pre-atomization fluid mixing and a breakup. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technique provides a system and method for improving atomization in a ...
Oklahoma Inventor Develops Fish Preservation Apparatus
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Frank Oneil McDougle of Broken Arrow, Okla., has developed an apparatus and methods for the temporary captive storage of live gamefish and other similar aquatic animals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "novel ...
German Inventors Develop Pressure Pulsations Damping Device
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Michael Schlitzkus of Dietmannsried, Germany, and Andreas Weh of Durach, Germany, have developed a device for damping pressure pulsations and a hydraulic unit equipped with this device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pressure pulsations ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Surroundings Context Determination Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Andrew E. Fano of Lincolnshire, Ill., and Scott W. Kurth of Wheeling, Ill., have developed a method of determining the context of surroundings. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "'Context' of an environment or area is considered to be one or ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Projector Securing Apparatus
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Roger W. Challis of Vancouver, Canada, has developed an apparatus for securing a projector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus is mountable to a ceiling drop pipe and comprises a cage and a drop pipe connector assembly. The ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Wall Article Hanger
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Renny Barnes of Alexandria has developed a wall article hanger and a method of use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall article hanger and method of hanging a wall article that uses a d-ring assembly comprises providing a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Disposable Diapers Packaged Assembly
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Toshifumi Otsubo of Kagawa-ken, Japan, has developed a packaged assembly of disposable diapers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package assembly includes a package and a plurality of disposable diapers. These diapers are compactly ...
South African Inventor Develops Lamp Plus-Insect Exterminator
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Gerhardus J. C. Visagie of Gauteng Province, South Africa, has developed a series of lamp-cum-insect exterminators in which guides serve to guide and/or deflect insects towards an extermination chamber. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Outdoor Tool Fuel Cap
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Gary L. Dunkle of Connersville, Ind., has developed a filler neck closure that includes a closure base, a handle, and an apparatus mount. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The closure base is adapted to mate with a fuel tank filler neck to ...
German Inventors Develop Compression Support Stocking
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Thomas Schneider and Ulrich Schindewolf, both of Eisenach, Germany, and Thomas Haerer of Bad Hersfeld, Germany, have developed a compression support stocking with a compression support body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Wireless Message Service Routing Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- James Tjin-Tek Chang of Chapel Hill, N.C., Rick L. Allison of Apex, N.C., and Thomas M. McCann of Morrisville, N.C., have developed methods and systems for triggerless screening of wireless message service (WMS) messages for delivery with differential quality of ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Wireless System Synchronization Technique
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Rajiv Laroia of Basking Ridge, N.J., Frank A. Lane of Asbury, N.J., and Junyi Li of Bedminster, N.J., have developed power control methods and apparatus for use in a sectorized cell of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed communications ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Optical Disk System Controller Phase Lock Loop
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Tse-hsiang Hsu and Chih-cheng Chen, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Chao Long Tsai of Chang Hwa Hsien, Taiwan, have developed a phase lock loop (PLL) in a controller of an optical disk system and methods therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Article Stream Diverting Apparatus
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Robert C. Beesley of Greenville, S.C., Gregory Bruns of Moore, S.C., and Brian Merritt of Easley, S.C., have developed an apparatus for diverting a stream of articles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for diverting a stream of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Rigid-Flexible Printed Circuit Board
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Katsumi Yamazaki and Masakazu Terada, both of Tokyo, Koji Kondo of Toyohashi, Satoshi Takeuchi of Nagoya, Japan, and Tomohiro Yokochi of Kariya, Japan, have developed a rigid-flexible printed circuit board which is manufactured by using plural printed circuit films ...
German Inventors Develop Vehicle Door Closure
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Rolf Bucker of Coburg, Germany, and Manfred Hoff of Bamberg, Germany, have developed a vehicle door closure with a door lock. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door closure includes a door lock containing a closing element, an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Container
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Kenji Kitabatake, Keisuke Matsuo and Hiromasa Anma, all from Kanagawa-ken, Japan, and Hajime Yamamoto of Tokyo, have developed a liquid container for storing liquid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "liquid ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printed-Wiring Board Positioning Error Obtaining Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Seigo Kodama of Yatomi-cho, Japan, has developed a method and program for obtaining positioning errors of printed-wiring board, and electronic-circuit-component mounting system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an ...
California Inventors Develop Swaging Operation Performing Machine
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Cristinel Ovidiu Cobzaru of Murrieta, Calif., and Robert Bryantm of Anaheim, Calif., have developed a swaging apparatus structured to be operatively mounted to an actuator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved machine for ...
German Inventors Develop External Wiring Configuration Chip Connecting Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Christian Hauser and Martin Reiss, both of Regensburg, Germany, and Johann Winderl of Wackersdorf, Germany, have developed a method and an apparatus for connecting at least one chip to an external wiring configuration. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine Start Control Device
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Kimitoshi Tsuji, Yasushi Kusaka, Kenji Kataoka and Shinichi Mitani, all from Susono, Japan, and Toshiaki Asada of Mishima, Japan, have developed an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle or the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Storage Switch
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Masayuki Takase of Kokubunji, Japan, and Takeki Yazaki of Hachioji, Japan, have developed a storage switch containing a bandwidth control function for forming a bandwidth for transferring storage data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Pressure Processing Apparatus
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Samuel Wesley Crouch and Brooks Michael Hybertson, both of Boulder, Colo., and Brian Nils Hansen of Longmont, Colo., have developed a pressure processing apparatus with improved heating and closure system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Tilting Umbrella with Adjustable Cover
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Youth Lee of Taipei City, Taiwan, has developed a tilting umbrella with an adjustable cover that includes an adjustable cover and a shaft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper joint is provided centrally of the cover having a ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Sliding Reusable Connector
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Michael R. Hill of Aurora, Ore., has developed a sliding reusable connector for attaching gear to a base unit that includes a main body and a slide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The main body has a main body track portion at a first ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Disc
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Takahiro Nagai of Osaka, Japan, Hideshi Ishihara of Katano, Japan, Takashi Yumiba of Kyotanabe, Japan, Rie Takahashi of Hirakata, Japan, Mamoru Shoji of Sakai, Japan, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi of Nishinomiya, Japan, and Harumitsu Miyashita of Minoo, Japan have developed an ...
U.S., Chinese Inventors Develop Peer-to-Peer Probing/Network Quality of Service Analysis System
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Qian Zhang of Wuhan, China, XinYan Zhang of Nanjing, China, YongQiang Xiong of Beijing, and Wenwu Zhu of Basking Ridge, N.J., have developed a peer-to-peer (P2P) method of quality of service (QoS) probing and analysis and an infrastructure that employs the ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Combination Greeting Card and Gift Card
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Joseph W. Street of Mount Vernon, Ohio, has developed a combination greeting card and gift card with a coded information portion that is provided to be sold and delivered to a recipient as a unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Texas Inventor Develops Wafer Interposer Producing Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- John L. Pierce of Dallas has developed a method for producing a wafer interposer for use in a wafer interposer assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wafer interposer is produced by attaching solder bumps to a lower surface of a ...
British Inventor Develops Hydraulic Radial Piston Engine
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Chris Shrive of Dunfermline, Great Britain, has developed a hydraulic radial piston engine which comprises a lifting ring. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic radial piston engine has a lifting ring fixed to the casting, a rotor ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ready-to-Use Product Creation Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Allan L. Schuman of Eden Prairie, Minn., Tina O. Outlaw of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., Keith E. Olson of Apple Valley, Minn., and James E. Skavnak of Minneapolis, have developed a method for creating a ready-to-use product from a concentrated form. According ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Modular Firearm
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Paul Hochstrate of Plantsville, Conn., Laurance Robbins of Plainville, Conn., and Arthur F. Daigle of Plymouth, Conn., have developed an M-4 firearm with a lower receiver assembly and an upper receiver assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Vehicle with Fuel Cells Control Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Atsushi Tabata of Okazaki, Japan, has developed a moving object with fuel cells that is incorporated therein and a method of controlling the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a hybrid vehicle with fuel cells and an engine mounted ...
California, Illinois Inventors Develop E-Mail Filtering Services
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Gordon Raymond Irlam of Redwood City, Calif., Scott Petry of Palo Alto, Calif., and Brian Maggi of Mount Prospect, Ill., have developed an e-mail filtering services and an e-mail service enrollment techniques. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Self Aligned Magnetoresistive Flux Guide Read Head
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Kuok San Ho of Cupertino, Calif., and Tao Pan of San Jose, Calif., have developed a self aligned magnetoresistive flux guide read head with exchange bias underneath free layer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: A magnetoresistive sensor for ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Illumination Displays Brightness Enhancement Aperture
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Bruce L. Cannon of Portland, Ore., Gary B. Kingsley of Beaverton, Ore., Frederic R. Engstrom of Hillsboro, Ore., and Peter R. Oehler of Aloha, Ore., have developed contrast and brightness enhancing apertures for illumination displays. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Projection Display Apparatus
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Naoto Shimada of Tokyo has developed a projection display apparatus which has a high utilization efficiency of light and that realizes high luminance and reduction in size. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection display apparatus ...
California Inventor Develops Stator Assembly
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Griffith D. Neal of Alameda, Calif., has developed a stator assembly made from a plurality of toroidal core segments and motor using same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: A plurality of stator arc segments form a toroidal core for a stator ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Linked Suspension Assembling Method
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- John Adams of Warren, Mich., Chris Vineyard of Sylvan Lake, Mich., and James Kelchner of Royal Oak, Mich., have developed a method for assembling a linked suspension and an assembly tool for assembling a linked suspension. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventor Develops Hydraulic Control Motor Control Device
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Joerg Linser of Heubach, Germany, has developed a control device for the continuous drive of a hydraulic control motor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In series between pump and tank are two throttle devices, one of which includes a ...
German Inventors Develop Vehicle Seat Longitudinal Adjuster
Nov 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Boris Willems of Schmelz, Germany, and Hermann Jost of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Ju Krebs of Rockenhausen, Germany, have developed a longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a longitudinal adjuster ...