18 patents awarded to Utah inventors

Eighteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Sept. 18. U.S. patents are granted each Tuesday. The new patents include:

• Staged turbocharger. Steven R. Benson, Las Vegas, Nev.; Melvin H. Pedersen, North Salt Lake. Assigned to Precision Industries Inc., North Salt Lake. Filed May 5, 2004. Patent No. 7,269,950.

• System and method for pressure measurement. Yoshikazu Kaneko, Chikuma, Japan; Shuji Shimada, Nagano, Japan; Ikuhiro Yanagisawa, Ueda, Japan; Yoshinori Wada, Maruko-machi, Japan; William Stephen Kosh, Shelton; William J. Loxsom, Stratford. Assigned to Ashcroft-Nagano Inc., Stratford, Conn. Filed Aug. 27, 2004. Patent No. 7,270,010.

• Mobile system for rail-car unloading apparatus and method. Lloyd Ash, Pleasant Grove. Assigned to Ashross LLC., Pleasant Grovo. Filed Jan. 7, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent application No. 60/534,897, filed Jan. 8, 2004. Patent No. 7,270,061.

• Four stroke internal combustion engine with inlet air compression chamber. Frank Keoppel, Ogden. Filed Dec. 21, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,270,110.

• Beverage mixer and heater. Thomas E. Daniels Jr., Sandy; Brian K. Beesley, Holladay. Assigned to Back to Basics Products, LLC., Vernon Hills, Ill. Filed Oct. 5, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,270,156.

• Drill bit assembly. David R. Hall, Provo. Filed Nov. 21, 2005. Patent No. 7,270,196.

• Cutting element with a non-shear stress relieving substrate interface. John V. Fernandez, David R. Hall, both of Provo. Filed Sept. 19, 2005. Patent No. 7,270,199.

• Out-of-position friction stir welding of high melting temperature alloys. Russell Steel, Salem; Tracy W. Nelson, Springville; Carl D. Sorensen, Provo; Scott Packer, Alpine. Assigned to SII Megadiamond Inc., Brigham Young University, both of Provo; Advanced Metal Products Inc., West Bountiful. Filed Jan. 30, 2004, claiming priority to provisional patent application No. 60/443,801, filed Jan. 30, 2003. Patent No. 7,270,257.

• Arrow system. Teddy D. Palomaki, Park City; Jacob C. Smith, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Jas D. Easton Inc., Van Nuys, Calif. Filed Nov. 8, 2005, a continuation of patent application No. 10/678,821, filed Oct. 3, 2003. Patent No. 7,270,618.

• Composition for removing stains from textiles. Edward E. Durrant, Providence. Assigned to Harris Research Inc., Logan. Filed Sept. 8, 2004. Patent No. 7,271,140.