Von Lepel v. Times Square Stores Corp.

BYERS, District Judge,

Plaintiff sues for the alleged infringement of his patent No. 1,614,906 for a “Current Converter for Ignition Systems.” Validity is conceded, so that but brief reference need be made to the device. It is a compact structure, cylindrical in form, consisting of six small aluminum discs in vertical relation, and minutely separated by spaces called gaps, so arranged that the electric current of an. ignition system incident to the operation of an internal combustion engine shall pass from one end of the assembly to the other; in so doing the current is interrupted, i. e.,…