Legal Opinion

Consolidated Ry. Electric Lighting & Equipment Co. v. United States Light & Heat Corp.

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided June 13, 1917Published

In Equity. Bill by the Consolidated Railway Electric Righting & Equipment Company against the United States Right & Heat Corporation, which counterclaimed. Decree construing complainant’s patent claims in issue, and adjudging them not infringed by defendant, and dismissing the counterclaim.

1Opinion of the Court

HAZER, District Judge.

The bill alleges infringement of letters patent No. 1,019,482, granted March 5, 1912, to Patrick Kennedy, on application filed March 17, 1908, for an improved method of charging storage batteries used in car-lighting systems wherein the generator is driven by the car axle, having means for maintaining its output con*128stant, and being, provided with a predetermined voltage relay to control the regulator for automatically charging the battery to its full capacity and then protecting it from excessive overcharge.

The predetermined voltage relay E1, to which reference is…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Boyden Power-Brake Co. v. Westinghouse Westinghouse v. Boyden Power-Brake Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Westinghouse v. Boyden Power Brake Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Computing Scale Co. v. Standard Computing Scale Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
  4. Lovell v. Seybold Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
  5. Engineer Co. v. Hotel AstorDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1914

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