American Electrical Novelty & Mfg. Co. v. Stanley & Patterson, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction restraining the infringement of the first claim of letters patent No. 520,429, granted to Samuel H. Hoggson for an improvement in electric batteries.
1Per curiam
The validity of the claims of the patent in suit was sustained by this court in an action brought by this complainant against Howard Electric Novelty Company, 137 Fed. 913.
The question of infringement is alone involved in the present controversy. The cells of the Hoggson battery are cylindrical and are arranged end to end in series, but are not permitted to rest one on the top of the other; spring clamps being interposed between them. These clamps are described as desirable, in that they are not liable to get loose or form a poor connection when expanded or contracted or when vibrated by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- American Electric Novelty & Mfg. Co. v. Howard Electric Novelty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
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- City of Grand Rapids v. Warren Bros.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912