The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the following patents to southeastern Wisconsin companies during February:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee
– switch assembly, electric machine having the switch assembly, and method of controlling the same, 7,183,741;
– brushless permanent magnet machine with reduced cogging and torque ripple and method of producing the same, 7,183,687;
Actuant Corp., Glendale
– telescopic lifting device, 7,171,890;
Bajer Design & Marketing Inc., Waukesha
– collapsible structure, D536,872;
Bergman, Rick, Grafton
– method and system of ordering and selling food at venues, 7,174,308;
Blanking Systems Inc., Grafton
– frame assembly for carton die cutting machine, 7,182,235;
Brady Worldwide Inc., Milwaukee
– label wrapper block assembly, 7,178,572;
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa
– muffler, D537,396;
Broan-NuTone LLC, Hartford
– lighting and ventilating apparatus and method, 7,175,309;
CNH America LLC, Racine
– handling the rotor of a rotary machine, 7,174,616;
– braking system for an agricultural vehicle, 7,178,884;
– inductor assembly for a product conveyance system, 7,182,029;
CNH Canada Limited, Racine
– assembly for and method of constraining a flexible line of an agricultural implement, 7,182,146;
Dairyland Seed Co. Inc., West Bend
– soybean cultivar 11939-31, 7,179,966;
Earth Tool Co. LLC, Oconomowoc
– cable pulling machine, 7,175,367;
Empire Level Manufacturing Corp., Mukwonago
– level with a convex frame expanse, D537,000;
EMTEQ Inc., Muskego
– lighting apparatus having a plurality of independently controlled sources of different colors of light, 7,173,383;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC, Waukesha
– compact bumper system for imaging device, 7,184,519;
– imaging apparatus and subject moving device, 7,172,341;
– MRI apparatus, 7,180,293;
– RF coil and MRI apparatus, 7,176,688;
– statistically-based image blending methods and systems for pasting multiple digital sub-images together, 7,184,062;
– x-ray CT imaging method and X-ray CT apparatus, 7,173,997;
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies Inc., Milwaukee
– printed digital ECG system and method, 7,184,921;
G.H.L. International Inc., Cedarburg
– cat scratching post, 7,171,922;
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group Inc., Milwaukee
– primary housing assembly for a motorcycle engine, 7,174,875;
– ventilated garment with vent opening system, 7,171,695;
– wheel, D536,653;
Intelligent Acquisition LLC, Brookfield
– microcontact structure for implantation in a mammal, especially a human being, 7,177,697;
Johnson Level & Tool Manufacturing Co. Inc., Mequon
– level case with positioning indentations, 7,172,067;
Johnson Outdoors Inc., Racine
– springless regulator valve assembly, 7,171,980;
Kohler Co., Kohler
– bowl attachment, D536,772;
– dispenser, D536,561;
– fixture element, D536,472;
– plumbing fixture, D536,771; D536,428;
– tub for bathing, D536,769;
– wall mountable support, D536,203;
Master Lock Co., Oak Creek
– lock, D537,320;
– receiver pin, D536,236;
Metavante Corp., Milwaukee
– printing system and method, 7,180,617;
Milsco Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee
– vehicle seat, D536,547; D536,546; D536,187; D536,887;
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., Brookfield
– method and system of charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries, 7,176,654;
– adapter for a power tool battery, 7,183,745;
Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine
– internally mounted radial flow, high pressure, intercooler for a rotary compressor machine, 7,172,016;
Motion Controls LLC, Hartford
– apparatus, a system and method for determining a position within a cylinder, 7,180,053;
The Oilgear Co., Milwaukee
– saddle bearing liner for axial piston pump, 7,172,394;
Power View Company LLC, Milwaukee
– airborne inventory and inspection system and apparatus, 7,184,072;
Regal-Beloit Corp., Beloit
– mid shield for an electric motor, 7,180,215;
S. C. Johnson & Son Inc., Racine
– applicator, D537,344;
– bottle, D536,989; D536,982;
– detachable tube assembly, 7,182,223;
– insect trap D536,413;
– melting plate with sun graphic cut-outs, D537,178;
– shrink wrap with sample holes, 7,172,065;
– therapy patch, 7,182,739
Smiths Medical PM Inc., Waukesha
– agents and N2O detection apparatus, 7,178,522;
Snap-on Inc., Kenosha
– cordless drill, D536,591;
– click-type torque wrench and improved cam assembly therefore, 7,174,818;
– sensing steering axis inclination and camber with an accelerometer, 7,181,852;
– tool apparatus, system and method of use, 7,182,147;
Sno-Way International Inc., Hartford
– hitch system using a video camera to facilitate hitch alignment, 7,171,769;
– trip edge snow plow blade, 7,171,770;
Tailor Made Products Inc., Oconomowoc
– utensil grip, D536,215;
The Vollrath Company LLC, Sheboygan
– utensil shaft, D536,575;
Wacker Corp., Menomonee Falls
– method of making and using a dynamically balanced walk behind trowel, 7,172,365;
More information about the patents is available at uspto.gov.
