Stewart-Warner Corp. v. Le Vally

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, as assignee and owner of patent No. 1,593,791 to Butler, applied for February 19, 1923, and allowed July 27, 1926, sues the Lincoln Engineering Company of Illinois for contributory infringement of claim 2. The defenses are invalidity and uoninfringement.

Claim 2 1 of the Butler patent describes a lubricating system for automobiles or other machines, essentially high pressure in character, in which each bearing is provided with a headed nipple for receiving oil or grease of a lubricant compressor having a coupling member for connecting said compressor with the…