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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050087121 | Wheel position indicator A wheel position indication system for a vehicle comprising a steerable wheel, a wheel position indicator and a controller. The wheel position indicator has an on state and an off state. The wheel position indicator provides a visual indication of the position of the st... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087122 | Device and method for pressure-driven plug transport and reaction The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087123 | Low nitrogen concentration carbonaceous material and manufacturing method thereof A low nitrogen content carbon which has a nitrogen concentration according to glow discharge mass spectrometry of 100 ppm or less. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087124 | Method and equipment for manufacturing aluminum nitride bulk single crystal The present invention provides a process for forming a bulk monocrystalline aluminum nitride by using a supercritical ammonia. The process comprises the steps of forming a supercritical solvent containing ions of an alkali metal in an autoclave; and dissolving a feedsto... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087125 | Crystal growing equipment The invention presented here relates to a crystal growing equipment. It is equipped in general with a resistance heater for heating a melt (13) as well as with field coils, which generate alternating magnetic field in a crucible, with which flows can be induced i... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087126 | Non-contact orbit control system for Czochralski crystal growth A Czochralski single crystal pulling apparatus having a one or more flow nozzles used to reduce or eliminate unwanted orbital motion during crystal growth. A portion of the purge gas supplied to the crystal puller is diverted to the flow nozzles, which direct purge gas ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087127 | Apparatus for forming an organic layer and method of forming an organic layer An apparatus for forming an organic layer on a substrate includes a spraying device, the spraying device including a plurality of head units each formed in a corresponding row. Each head unit is shifted a horizontal distance from a previous head unit. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087128 | Spray gun The spray gun or airbrush gun was first patented in 1893 by Charles Burdick. The newly constructed and built spray gun is built similar to that first model. The spray gun (Illustration 5, Illustration 6) consists of three units—air valve, trigger mechani... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087129 | Reduced-pressure drying unit and coating film forming method The invention includes a hermetic container provided with a substrate mount; a vacuum exhauster connected to the hermetic container; a current member; and a current member raising and lowering mechanism. When the current member is raised and lowered as a function of the... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087130 | Apparatus and methods for plasma vapor deposition processes One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method of forming a conductive layer on a microfeature workpiece. In one embodiment, the method comprises depositing an electrically conductive material onto a first microfeature workpiece in a vapor deposition process by... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087131 | Method and apparatus for depositing material A method of depositing organic material is provided. A carrier gas carrying an organic material is ejected from a nozzle at a flow velocity that is at least 10% of the thermal velocity of the carrier gas, such that the organic material is deposited onto a substrate. In ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087132 | Methods and apparatus for the production of optical filters Methods are provided for production of optical filters that include alternating exposures of a surface of a substrate to two or more precursors that combine to form a sublayer on the surface. A measurement light flux is provided to measure an optical property of the sub... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087133 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method This substrate processing apparatus supplies wafers W accommodated in a closed processing container 10 with ozone gas and steam for processing the wafers W. The apparatus includes an ozone-gas generator 40 for supplying the ozone gas into the processing co... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087134 | Methods, systems, and apparatus for uniform chemical-vapor depositions Integrated circuits, the key components in thousands of electronic and computer products, are generally built layer by layer on a silicon substrate. One common technique for forming layers is called chemical-vapor deposition (CVD.) Conventional CVD systems not only form... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087135 | Fluid feeding apparatus A fluid feeding apparatus capable of excluding the outer environmental influences in feeding a fluid susceptible to contamination, decomposition or denaturation on contact with the outer environment. The includes comprises at least one liquid source container, a cleanin... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087136 | Particle sticking prevention apparatus and plasma processing apparatus In order to prevent particles within a unit from sticking to a substrate in a substrate processing process, an ion generator charges the particles. At the same time, a direct current voltage of the same polarity as the charged polarity of the particles is applied from a... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087137 | Method of fabricating a thin film transistor and manufacturing equipment A method of forming a thin film transistor includes forming a gate electrode on a substrate, forming an organic layer over the substrate having the gate electrode, curing the organic layer in a first chamber, transferring the substrate having the organic layer from the ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087138 | Semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus and semiconductor device manufacturing method A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus which uses a thermal CVD reaction to deposit a film onto a substrate has a ring with an electrode terminal that makes contact with either the substrate or the deposited film thereon, a power supply that applies a current or... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087139 | Antenna for use in producing plasma and plasma processing apparatus comprising the same An antenna includes branches having substantially identical shapes. The branches are symmetrically disposed about a central point and extend along at least two concentric patterns whose geometric centers coincide with the central point. The branches each include pattern... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087140 | Remote plasma apparatus for processing substrate with two types of gases In a plasma CVD apparatus, a plate formed with a plurality of perforated holes is arranged to separate a plasma generation region and a processing region. The aperture ratio of the perforated holes to the plate is not greater than five percent. Plasma including radicals... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087141 | Production method and production device for thin film An electron beam evaporation source (42) that contains a first thin film material, an electron beam source (44) that emits an electron beam (45) to be used to evaporate the first thin film material by heating, and a resistance heating evaporation so... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087142 | Bolstered pet bed A bolstered pet bed includes a bottom cushion outer covering having a bottom cushion interior compartment, and a bottom cushion for being received therein; as well as a bolster cushion outer covering having a bolster cushion interior compartment, and a bolster side cush... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087143 | Pet pad with voice recorder and playback unit This invention generally relates to a mat or pad for a pet to lie on. More specifically this invention relates to a pet pad with a recorder and playback unit embedded within said pet pad such that each time the pet lies on the pad a prerecorded message from the pet's ow... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087144 | Method of reducing evaporation in systems that maintain aquatic life The present invention provides for a new method of reducing evaporation in systems that maintain aquatic life by using compounds that are less dense than water that when added to said systems would float and sit upon the surface of the water in the system and reduce eva... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087145 | Animal nail trimmer A nail trimming device for pets and small animals includes a base member and a spacer member. The base member has an abrasive top surface. The spacer member is in the form of a grid having a plurality of apertures. The spacer member is placed over the grid so that when ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087146 | Child harness with handle A harness for a child is disclosed. The harness comprises an upper torso support component having front and rear portions, a lower torso support component having front and rear portions, and at least one handle extending between the rear portions of the upper and lower ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087147 | Leash with integrated pocket An animal leash including an integrated, selectively accessible cavity, the animal leash comprising: (a) a first elongated strap; and (b) a first collapsible wall attached to the first elongated strap to form an integrated receptacle, the integrated receptacle including... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087148 | Dog leash handle The invention is a multi-compartmented dog leash handle assembly. The handle assembly has a compartment capable of carrying keys, money and/or plastic waste bags. The handle also has provisions for the easy transport of dog food and water. The handle also has a mechanis... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087149 | Training and therapy device for dogs and hoofed animals The invention concerns an orthopedic training or therapeutic device for dogs, hoofed animals, and camels that consists of at least one elastic band (3), at least over part (5) of its length, and that is fastened on one side to the middle rear paw or middle... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087150 | Pet product with device for holding information article A device for holding identification information for pets is disclosed. The device is attachable to a collar, harness or leash. The device permits new identification information to be placed within it. Identification information may be placed within a slot located on the... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087151 | Evaporator system An evaporator system for an industrial boiler is provided and includes a heat-transfer system for generating a water-steam mixture. At least one horizontal vessel is provided for the primary separation of water and steam. At least one vertical vessel is provided and con... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087152 | Thermostat malfunction detecting system for engine cooling system A malfunction of a thermostat in a coolant circulating path is detected from an engine side coolant temperature in consideration of the following behavior of the coolant temperature. When an open-malfunction occurs, the coolant temperature becomes different considerably... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087153 | Piston for an internal combustion engine For enhancement of heat dissipation from a piston of an internal combustion engine, an airtight cavity vertically elongated in a piston body is partially filled with a heat transfer material. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087154 | Cylinder head with integrated exhaust manifold A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine (ICE) includes a lower cooling jacket, an upper cooling jacket and an exhaust manifold disposed therebetween. The exhaust manifold enables exhaust of combustion gas from cylinders of the ICE. The lower cooling jacket has... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087155 | Internal combustion engine controller A target intake air mass and a target compression ratio are determined according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine. A variable compression ratio mechanism is controlled according to the target compression ratio. During this process, a knock lim... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087156 | Lever-mechanism motor or pump A machine, such as an engine, which includes a cylinder (1), an essentially cylindrical piston (5) set on bearings and equipped with an eccentrically-set shaft (11), an inlet port or valve (8), an outlet port or valve (9), and a lever ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087157 | Internal combustion engine and camshaft thereof Cams are formed on a camshaft that correspond to intake valves so that intake flow of an internal combustion engine may be improved. The cams each have a cam lobe and the lobes of different cams are formed in different shapes. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087158 | Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine valve actuation An apparatus controls actual actuation of each of a first and a second valve to the corresponding target actuation. A first computing portion computes the target actuation of the first valve and a target valve overlapping amount according to a engine operational state. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087159 | Engine valve actuation system A valve actuation system includes an engine valve moveable between a first position at which engine valve prevents a flow of fluid relative to the engine valve second position at which the fluid flows relative to the engine valve. The system also has a cam follower oper... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087160 | Means to add torsional energy to a camshaft A device for providing additional torsional energy for a cam shaft is provided. The device includes at least one main cam lobe formed on a rotating shaft; a valve operating mechanism disposed to be engaged by the main cam lobe; and an outer cylinder encompassing the val... | 04/28/2005 |
