US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, March 31:
Michigan, Ohio Inventors Develop Torque Transmitting Assembly
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ben R. Vasa of Lapeer, Mich., Timothy J. Cripsey of Rochester, Mich., and David P. Huber of Millbury, Ohio, have developed a torque transmitting assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improvement in manufacturing and resulting ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Auxiliary Light Source for Breathing Masks
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Roy Gagne of Norwalk, Conn., has developed an illuminable light-emitting source. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary light source includes a plurality of illuminable light-emitting sources and a plurality of opaque reflectors ....
Canadian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Hair Brush
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Michael Vecchiola of Toronto, Canada, has developed an ornamental design for a hair brush, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,762 on March 25. The original application was filed on Feb. 14, ...
South Korean, Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Jong-Dae Park and Sang-Hyuck Yoon, both of Seoul, South Korea, Dong-Hoon Kim and Jeong-Hwan Lee, both of Suwon-si, Japan, Hyoung-Joo Kim of Uiwang-si, South Korea, and Jae-Ho Jung of Yongin-si, South Korea, have developed vehicle backlight assembly. According ...
French Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Headlight Apparatus
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Florian Bariller and Julien Cesaire, both of Bobigny, France, have developed a motor vehicle headlight apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention relates to a headlight apparatus ...
German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Swivel Chair
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Claus Zimmermann, Mathias Dohm and Achim Schmid, all from Uberlingen, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for a swivel chair, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D564,766 on March ...
German Inventor Develops Transmitting Torques Linear Rolling Bearing
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Alexander Zernickel of Herzogenaurach, Germany, has developed a linear rolling bearing for transmitting torques. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The linear rolling bearing for transmitting torques about its longitudinal axis has an inner ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Tail Lamp Structure
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Seiji Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Takanashi, Kenta Nakamura and Masaru Nakayama, all from Saitama, Japan, have developed a vehicle tail lamp structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a vehicle that includes a rear fender for covering the ...
California Inventor Develops Retractable Clamp Device for Light Fixture
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Brian Edward Richardson of Morgan Hill, Calif., has developed a lighting fixture clamping device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping device to hang lighting fixtures includes a hinge mechanism that enables the device to be folded ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Light Weight Differential Case Half
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Caner Demirdogen and James F. Ziech, both of Kalamazoo, Mich., and James Ridge of Portage, Mich., have developed a light weight differential case half. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle differential case is disclosed, the case ...
California, Colorado Inventors Develop Photoactivation Apparatus
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Hrair Kirakossian and Albert W. Brown Jr., both of San Jose, Calif., Torleif Bjornson of Gilroy, Calif., Hossein Salimi-Moosavi of Sunnyvale, Calif., and William Wevers of Longmont, Colo., have developed a separate light delivering photoactivation ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicle Light Emitting Diode Lamp
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Jim Basile of Dundee, Mich., Mahendra Dassanayake of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Chad Clement of Belleville, Mich., have developed a vehicle light emitting lamp system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "light ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Headlamp
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Michio Tsukamoto and Hiroshi Kawashima, both of Shizuoka, Japan, have developed a vehicle headlamp with projection lens. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle headlamp is provided with a projection lens disposed on an optical axis ...
California Inventor Develops Golf Putter Head
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Dale P. Fisher of Fountain Valley, Calif., has developed a golf putter head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "golf putter including a head which has detachably fastened to the body thereof a face plate provided ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Book Harness
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Mark Jon McGlenn of Whitefish, Monn., has developed an ornamental design for a book harness, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,761 on March 25. The original application was filed on Aug. 1, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electric Derailleur Motor Unit
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Tadashi Ichida of Ikoma, Japan, and Kazuhiro Fujii of Kawachinagano, Japan, have developed an electric derailleur motor unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric derailleur motor unit is provided for a motorized derailleur ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Sports Goal Assembly
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Anthony Caruso of Center Valley, Pa., has developed a sports goal assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchoring device for a sports goal, such as a soccer goal, is provided as a portable bag having a pair of laterally ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Football Training Device
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ronald L. Bayduke of Akron, Ohio, has developed a football training device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device which is utilized during practice or other informal situation to teach a football player such ...
New York Inventor Develops Golf Putter
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Robert McCarthy of Unadilla, N.Y., has developed a golf putter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf putter having an alignment aid for aligning the player's head relative to the ball and the putter head. In addition to providing ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Top Divider Panel for Office Partition
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Airen R. Springer, Keith E. Metcalf and Jay M. Henriott, all from Jasper, Ind., have developed an ornamental design for a top divider panel for an office partition, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Slot Mirror
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Chi Yau Yue of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for a slot mirror, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,763 on March 25. The original application was filed on April 2, ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Electrically Variable Hybrid Transmission System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Michael R. Schmidt of Carmel, Ind., has developed an electrically variable hybrid transmission system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided for a vehicle is an electrically variable hybrid transmission and powertrain utilizing a ...
Belgian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Beach Chair
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Frank Peter Ligthart of Berchem-Amberes, Belgium, has developed an ornamental design for a beach chair, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,765 on March 25. The patent has been assigned to ...
California Inventors Develop Virtual Strike Zone
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Richard H. Cavallaro of Mountain View, Calif., Eric Steinberg of San Rafael, Calif., Andre Gueziec of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Alon Mozes of Redwood City, Calif., have developed a virtual strike zone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Microscopy Isotropic Illuminator
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- George H. Seward of Arlington, Mass., has developed a microscopy isotropic illuminator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isotropic illuminator is described, including a relay lens configured to focus a source image propagated from a ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Continuously Variable Transmission System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Sime Stavreski and Jasbir Singh, both of Canton, Mich., and Yucong Wang of West Bloomfield, Mich., have developed a continuously variable transmission (CVT) system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A CVT includes an aluminum housing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Projector Type Vehicle Headlamp Unit
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Kazunori Iwasaki of Isehara, Japan, has developed a vehicle headlamp light reflector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflector is constructed by arranging two first reflecting surfaces. The two first reflecting surfaces are arranged ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bottle
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Yen Heng Boon of Singapore has developed an ornamental design for a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,889 on March 25. The patent has been assigned to Stokely-Van Camp Inc., ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Multi-Speed Transmission
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Donald Klemen of Carmel, Ind., has developed a multi-speed transmission. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission is provided having at least three planetary gearsets, each having respective first, second, and third members, and ...
California Inventors Develop Photomultiplier Tube
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Bruce Masato Ishimoto of Palo Alto, Calif., and Tim Hawks of Menlo Park, Calif., have developed a photon counting method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a photomultiplier tube (PMT) device having a plurality of dynodes provided ...
German Inventor Develops Torsional Vibration Damper with Two Mutually Pivoted Masses
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Dietmar Heidingsfeld of Aachen, Germany, has developed a torsional vibration damper. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torsional vibration damper has two mutually pivoted masses and a friction device that is active between the masses ....
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electronic Apparatus with Detachable Display
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Tsung Hsien Li of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an electronic mainframe apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus, which has a first casing and a second casing, includes a first connecting unit, a second ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Joystick Control System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- David G. Patterson of Dayton, Ohio, has developed a limited placement joystick control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joystick control system includes a first pair and a second pair of fluid enclosed resilient tubes with each ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Cellular Phone Game System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Junichi Yamagishi of Tokyo has developed a cellular phone game system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game system correlates games played on cellular phones with games played on arcade game machines. The game system includes a game ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Receiver
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Naoki Nishiyama of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an optical receiver manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides an optical receiver, a temperature dependence of which is compensated, and a method for ...
German Inventor Develops Torsional Vibration Damper
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Oswald Friedmann of Lichtenau, Germany, has developed a torsional vibration damper. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torsional vibration damper, particularly for use between the engine and the transmission of the power train in a motor ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Electrically Variable Transmission
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Patrick B. Usoro of Troy, Mich., has developed an electrically variable transmission (EVT). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The EVT family provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, ...
German Inventor Develops Circuit Assemblage
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Marcus Risse of Hildesheim, Germany, has developed a circuit assemblage. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for influencing, e.g., for decreasing, the treble reproduction of an audio signal for reproduction ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Attachable/Detachable Shade Hat Curtain
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Sam Jun Lee of Gyeongnam, South Korea, has developed a shade curtain hat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a shade curtain for screening a user's face from the sunlight or the insect, which gives a considerable reduction in ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Crash Garment for Vehicle Rider
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Rejean Neron of Quebec, Canada, has developed an inflatable crash garment worn by motorcyclist. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The crash garment comprises an inner suit to be worn by a person and associated therewith, an inflatable ...
California Inventors Develop Connector Structure for Pivotable Head
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Michael Mitchell and German R. Gonzalez, both of Pleasanton, Calif., have developed a Connector structure for pivotable head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The structure of the present invention provides pivotable coupling of a head ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Quantum Key Distribution System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Edo Waks and Yoshihisa Yamamoto, both of Stanford, Calif., and Kyo Inoue of Atsugi, Japan, have developed a key distribution system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for quantum key distribution uses a regulated ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing Device
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Tomoyuki Asano and Yoshitomo Osawa, both of Kanagawa, Japan, Ryuji Ishiguro and Atsushi Mitsuzawa, both of Tokyo, and Tateo Oishi of Saitama, Japan, have developed an information processor. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Toilet Seat Transmission Mechanism
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Ching-Chieh Lo of Shulin, Taiwan, has developed a transmission mechanism for lifting a toilet seat automatically. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission mechanism comprises a rotating shaft, a main column, a rotating column, a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Three Axis Drive Apparatus
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Toshifumi Taguchiof Gunma, Japan, has developed a pulley drive mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulley drive mechanism for driving a second pulley includes: a spline shaft rotated integrally with the second pulley, for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Network System, Terminal
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Masayuki Numao of Kawasaki, Japan, and Yuji Watanabe of Tokyo-to, Japan, have developed a network system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provides encryption methods, and systems and apparatus corresponding decryption method systems and ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Scrambling Code Generating Apparatus
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Kyung Sam Seo and Dong Jo Park, both of Anyang-si, South Korea, have developed a scrambling code generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus generates a scrambling code in a mobile communication system by performing one or ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Snow Removing Tool
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Andre Lafleur of Boucherville, Calif., has developed tool for removing snow. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow tool for removing snow from vehicles having a telescopic handle and a brush disposable either longitudinally or ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Banknote Condition Detection Device
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Toru Takeuchi of Iwatsuki, Japan, has developed a banknote storing with condition detection apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A banknote condition detection device for a banknote storing unit where the banknote storing unit can ...
German Inventor Develops Aircraft Cargo Space Loading Support Device
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Jens Krueger of Schoenebeck, Germany, has developed a loading device for cargo space. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading device for cargo spaces in transportation means, in particular for cargo spaces in aircraft, includes a ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Speech Communication, Recognition System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Siew Kok Hui, Kok Heng Loh and Yean Ming Lau, all from Singapore, have developed a speech communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headset system is proposed including a headset unit to be worn by a user and having two or ...
New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Secure Wireless Delivery Method
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Wu Chou of Basking Ridge, N.J., Juan Jenny Li of South Orange, N.J., Feng Liu of Hillsborough, N.J., and Xueshan Shan of Orefield, Pa., have developed converged services delivery apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Transport Conveyor
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Jorma Mustalahti and Esko Aulanko, both of Hyvinkaa, Finland, have developed an apparatus for changing pallet motion direction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of changing the direction of motion ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Tomoyuki Asano, Yoshitomo Osawa and Ryuta Taki, all from Kanagawa, Japan, Tateo Oishi of Saitama, Japan, and Ryuji Ishiguro of Tokyo, have developed an information processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Seat Cushion
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- John M. Castillo of Coon Rapids, Minn., has developed a combination cheering aid.According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination cheering aid and a seat cushion has a first elongate polygonal clapper. The first polygonal clapper has two ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Goggles Structure for Eye
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Titan Lin of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed eye protection goggles structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A goggles structure reduces its overall weight and rigidity to improve the comfort of wearing, which provides better ventilation ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Modular Multi-Articulated Patient Support System
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Roger P. Jackson of Prairie Village, Kan., has developed a multi-articulated support system for patient. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular, multi-articulated patient support system includes independently adjustable columns ...
German Inventors Develop Flat Mail Item Orientation Method
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Rainer Vogel and Michael Schwarzbauer, both of Constance, Germany, have developed a method for orienting flat mail item. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device are disclosed for orienting flat items of mail towards a narrow ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Foldable Children Play-Yard Frame Structure
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Zhenghuan Song of Kunshan, China, has developed a frame structure for a foldable children play-yard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame structure for a foldable children play-yard adaptable to include a curve side rail to form at ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Medical Communication Device
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Clive Smith of Englewood, Colo., has developed a medical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical diagnostic and communications apparatus with audio output comprises an electronic processor for processing stethoscope signals and ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Handbag
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Alvaro Gonzalez of Florence, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a handbag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D564,760 on March 25. The patent has been assigned to J. Choo (Jersey) ...
Louisiana, Maryland Inventors Develop Power-Driven Conveyor
Mar 31, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Mark Costanzo of River Ridge, La., Eric M. Pressler of New Orleans, La., Matthew L. Fourney of Savage, Md., have developed a method for diverting closely spaced article. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor and associated method ...
Rep. Rush Introduces Families Beyond Bars Act
Mar 31, 2008 ... AMBRESH RANJAN US Fed News WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Bobby L. Rush, D-Illinois, has introduced the Families Beyond Bars Act of 2008 (H.R. 5654), legislation that would "authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation ...
Rep. Allen Introduces Women's Retirement Security Act
Mar 31, 2008 ... AMBRESH RANJAN US Fed News WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, has introduced the Women's Retirement Security Act of 2008 (H.R. 5543), legislation that would "amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase ...
Rep. Ross Introduces American-Made Energy Act
Mar 31, 2008 ... AMBRESH RANJAN US Fed News WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Mike Ross, D-Arkansas, has introduced the American-Made Energy Act of 2008 (H.R. 5437), legislation that would "promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, to increase ...