Last updated on May 13th, 2019 at 02:41 pm
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the following patents to southeastern Wisconsin companies during December:
A.O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee
-? spoke permanent magnet rotors for electrical machines and methods of manufacturing same, 7,148,598;
-? brushless permanent magnet machine with axial modules of rotor magnetization skew and method of producing the same, 7,143,503;
AB Korkor Medical Inc., Hartland
-? catheter introducer having an expandable tip, 7,144,386;
Actuant Corporation, Glendale
-? vehicle, in particular camper, with a hydraulically actuated roof part, 7,144,069;
-? cable tensioning system and method of operation, 7,147,210;
Astronautics Corporation of America, Milwaukee
– permanent magnet assembly, 7,148,777;
Badger Meter Inc., Milwaukee
– meter housing assembly and method of assembly, 7,143,645;
Briggs and Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa
– mower suspension system and method, 7,152,389;
– method of and system for starting engine-driven power equipment, 7,148,580;
– automatic choke for an engine, 7,144,000;
Broan-NuTone LLC, Hartford
– fan light cover, D534,301;
– fan light cover, D533,956;
Buell Motorcycle Company, East Troy
– protective device for a motorcycle, 7,144,030;
CNH America LLC, Racine
– hydraulic boom stabilization device, 7,152,811;
– toggle action lever, 7,148,438;
– combine harvesters, 7,146,790;
– soil conditioning rotary reel for secondary tillage operations, 7,143,837;
– soil conditioning rotary reel for primary tillage operations, 7,143,836;
– recessed disc opener and mounting assembly method and apparatus, 7,143,704;
CNH Canada Limited, Racine
– minimum till seeding knife, 7,146,917;
– holder assembly, 7,143,839;
Curwood Inc., Oshkosh
– heat-shrinkable packaging films with improved sealing properties and articles made thereof, 7,147,930;
Douglas Dynamics LLC, Milwaukee
– ballast assembly for vehicles, 7,152,883;
Empire Level Manufacturing Corp., Mukwonago
– structure and method for holding and protecting vials in levels, 7,150,107;
Gateway Plastics Inc., Mequon
– closure for a container, D533,452;
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies Inc., Milwaukee
– method and apparatus for managing memory in a workstation, 7,155,457;
– wireless LAN architecture for integrated time-critical and non-time-critical services within medical facilities, 7,153,263;
– method and apparatus for identifying a patient, 7,151,435;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC, Waukesha
– method and apparatus for correcting the contrast density of a radiography image, 7,155,045;
– method for controlling static magnetic field and MRI apparatus, 7,154,272;
– universal attachment mechanism for attaching a surgical tracking device to an instrument, 7,153,308;
– universal attachment mechanism for attaching a tracking device to an instrument, 7,153,297;
– patient-centric data acquisition protocol selection and identification tags therefor, 7,152,785;
– correction coefficient calculating method for X-ray CT systems, beam hardening post-processing method therefor, and X-ray CT system, 7,149,277;
– systems and methods for generating a pulse sequence for mitigating a limitation on spatial selectivity, 7,148,686;
– light irradiator, lamp assembly, and X-ray apparatus, 7,147,370;
– X-ray CT system, information processing method, and storage medium, 7,145,984;
– reduced complexity interconnect for two dimensional multislice detectors, 7,145,151;
– transesophageal ultrasound probe having a rotating endoscope shaft, 7,144,371;
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group Inc., Milwaukee
– compensator assembly for a motorcycle engine, 7,143,734;
Hydro-Thermal Corporation, Waukesha
– steam injection heater with dual-sealing assembly, 7,152,851;
IDSC Holdings LLC, Kenosha
– system, method and computer program product for remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuring and reprogramming, 7,155,321;
JohnsonDiversey Inc., Sturtevant
– diverter valve, 7,152,626;
– device for monitoring a wash process, 7,150,284;
– cleaning cart, D533,705;
– cleaning system for a filling machine, 7,143,793;
Kohler Co., Kohler
– spout, D534,251; D533,924; D533,258;
– escutcheon for plumbing fitting, D534,250;
– wall mountable accessory, D534,023;
– faucet, D533,637;
– hand shower, D533,627;
– wall mountable support, D533,385;
– wall mountable accessory, D533,383;
Marvel Manufacturing Co. Inc., Oshkosh
– vise carriage and support mechanism, 7,143,676;
Master Lock Company, Oak Creek
– lock shackle, D533,764; – lock, D533,435;
– hitchball rack, D533,002;
Matthew Tarasewicz, Dousman
– secure equipment rack door assembly, 7,152,936;
MRD Holdings LLC, Oconomowoc
– system and method for providing electronic vouchers, 7,149,706;
National Graphics Inc., Brookfield
– systematic lenticular lens selection in a digital printing environment, 7,153,047;
– digitally imaged lenticular products incorporating customized elements, 7,149,035;
Oetlinger Tool Engineering Co. Inc., Grafton
– connection device for interconnecting a grid element to lower frame assembly of a blanking tool, 7,143,916;
Orbis Corporation, Oconomowoc
– palletized tray system, 7,152,738;
Regal-Beloit Corporation, Beloit
– spline lubrication apparatus for lubricating a spline, 7,152,711;
Rite-Hite Holding Corporation, Milwaukee
– door with a safety antenna, 7,151,450;
– weather shield for underneath a dock leveler, 7,146,673;
S.C. Johnson & Son Inc., Racine
– decorative candle holder, D534,283;
– decorative candle holder, D533,952;
– decorative candle holder, D533,951;
– decorative candle votive-pebble, D534,282;
– trigger actuator for aerosol cans, D534,077;
– methods and personal protection devices for repelling insects, 7,152,809;
– melting plate with rose petal pattern, D533,953;
Snap-on Inc., Kenosha
– power tool with air seal and vibration dampener, 7,152,695;
– dead blow hammer, D533,759;
– fuse saving tester for fused circuit, 7,148,698;
– alignment system with locking turntables and skid plates, 7,143,519;
Sno-Way International Inc., Hartford
– snow plow quick connect/disconnect hitch mechanism and method, 7,146,754;
Triton Corporation, Hartford
– slide mechanism, 7,147,417.
More information about the patents is available at uspto.gov.
