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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070151393 | CABLE-OPERATED RETRACTABLE SPRING PIN ASSEMBLY A unified spring pin assembly provides remote actuation of a spring pin by pulling a cable. The assembly includes a retainer with an apertured cap at the top which is attached by clinch deformation. Clinch means also joins a retainer of the spring pin sub-assembly to a ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151394 | Bicycle shift operating device A bicycle shift operating device is basically provided with a first operating member, a second operating member, a shift wire take-up element and a wire winding/release mechanism. The second operating member is operatively coupled to the first operating member to move w... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151395 | Hot start lever mount Preferred embodiments of the present hot start lever mount permit the hot start control lever to be mounted in a selected one of a plurality of possible orientations on a vehicle handlebar. For example, the hot start lever may be mounted on either the right-hand side or... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151396 | PARKING BRAKE A lever 2 includes first and second lever members 10, 20 between which both sides of a base B are interposed. A guide piece 14, which is a part of first lever member 10 arranged on first side of the base B, is formed being located on a second... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151397 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A EJECTION MECHANISM A device for actuating a mechanism for ejecting a data carrier, particularly a DVD or CD, from a drive in a housing is provided. The drive comprises an actuator that is arranged within a portion of an area at the drive, wherein an operating element is provided at the ho... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151398 | Mechanical organ type accelarator pedal The present invention relates to a mechanical organ type accelerator pedal which includes: a housing that is fixedly disposed to a floor panel under a driver's seat; a foot plate whose one end is coupled hingedly with the housing and the other end is disposed to be rota... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151399 | Integrated parking brake lever and console assembly An integrated parking brake lever and center console assembly for a vehicle includes a parking brake lever and a center console. The parking brake lever is structured and configured to be pivotally mounted to a vehicle frame and is movable between a brake released posit... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151400 | Brake unit for a walking aid A brake unit for a walking aid includes a user-grippable handle formed with a non-circular opening for retaining by a pin within a holding base. The user-grippable handle has a non-braking position, a preliminary braking position, and a parked braking position. When the... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151401 | PARKING-BRAKE-OPERATION INDICATOR AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING PARKING BRAKE A parking-brake-operation indicator includes a lever having a pressing portion for pressing a brake disc of a parking brake to press contact the brake disc, a cable operable to draw the lever, a brake-operation tool connected to the cable, a switch for detecting a posit... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151402 | Thumb-actuated handle device Provided is a novel handle device that encloses a ratcheting mechanism that a user can easily control and operate using only one hand by employing conveniently located push button ratchet controls situated at the opposing lateral surface ends of the handle. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151403 | Unitary Fiber Reinforced Plastic Aerodynamic Bicycle Handlebar With Selectable Stem A unitary fiber reinforced plastic aerodynamic bicycle handlebar is molded with a one piece base bar having tubes that slidably receive forward handlebar extensions, the extensions being either locked in place with binder collars, or telescopingly mounted, and either th... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151404 | Vehicle Handle and Vehicle A vehicle handle with improved vibration proof function. A balance weight has an inner balance weight portion with a center-of-mass positioned in a handle pipe, and an outer balance weight portion. A floating damper interposed between an outer periphery of the inner bal... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151405 | Thermostat-containing heated steering wheel assembly A thermostat-containing assembly for use in a heated steering wheel assembly. The thermostat-containing assembly includes a retainer device having a shaped body including a thermostat retention aperture and at least one wiring retention channel. The body is shaped to co... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151406 | Knob attached to distal end of lever A knob of the present invention is to be attached to a distal end of a lever and has an approximately cylindrical knob body, a cap attached to a distal end of the knob body, and a metal-plated operating member attached to a side face of the knob body. The knob body has ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151407 | ADJUSTABLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY An adjustable pedal assembly for a vehicle includes a mounting bracket having a mounting face and a pair of opposed upper arms. The assembly includes a first lever arm supported between the pair of mounting bracket upper arms at a first fixed pivot point. The assembly a... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151408 | Electric control mechanism for vehicle light unit An electric control mechanism for light unit includes a motor which has a driving member connected to an output shaft of the motor and an adjust rod is connected to the driving member which drives the adjust rod to move linearly. The adjust rod is connected to the light... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151409 | CONNECTING ROD, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CONNECTING ROD A connecting rod includes a rod main body, a small end located at one end of the rod main body and a big end located at another end of the rod main body, the big end including a curved section which is curved so as to become narrower toward the rod main body. The big en... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151410 | Shaft element and crank arm of a bicycle bottom bracket assembly, crank arm assembly comprising such a shaft element and crank arm and method for assembling the crank arm assembly A shaft element of a bottom bracket assembly of a bicycle has a first end portion having a first coupling with another shaft element and a second end portion having a second coupling with a crank arm. The first coupling has a reference element and the second coupling ha... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151411 | Lubricating structure for transmission A lubricating structure for a transmission apparatus includes a parallel axes type transmission provided in a vehicle, a transmission case for housing the transmission and storing a lubricating oil at a bottom portion, an oil receiver having a receiver portion provided ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151412 | HAND-GUIDED POWER TOOL, IN PARTICULAR ROTARY HAMMER AND/OR CHISEL HAMMER A hand-guided power tool has an impact mechanism and a gear transmission provided to transmit a drive torque to the impact mechanism and including at least one gear with a bevel gearing and at least one additional gear with another gearing supported so that they are rot... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151413 | Systems and methods of electromagnetic influence on electroconducting continuum Thus, as shown by an exact electrodynamic computation of EMBF and the estimations described above of the velocity of turbulent flows arising due to their effect, application of amplitude- and frequency-modulated helically traveling (rotating and axially traveling) elect... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151414 | Systems and methods of electromagnetic influence on electroconducting continuum Thus, as shown by an exact electrodynamic computation of EMBF and the estimations described above of the velocity of turbulent flows arising due to their effect, application of amplitude- and frequency-modulated helically traveling (rotating and axially traveling) elect... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151415 | Large particle size and bimodal advanced erosion resistant oxide cermets One form of the disclosure includes a cermet composition represented by the formula (PQ)(RS) comprising: a ceramic phase (PQ) and a binder phase (RS) wherein, P is a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Mg, Ca, Y, Fe, Mn, Group IV, Group V, Group VI eleme... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151416 | THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME A semiconductor device (10) includes a heat source (12), a heat-dissipating component (13) for dissipating heat generated by the heat source, and thermal interface material (14) filled in spaces formed between the heat source and the heat-dis... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151417 | FINE COMPOSITE METAL PARTICLES AND THEIR PRODUCTION METHOD, MICRO-BODIES, AND MAGNETIC BEADS Fine composite metal particle comprising a metal core and a coating layer of carbon, and being obtained by reducing metal oxide powder with carbon powder. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151418 | Method of manufacturing nanoparticles Provided are methods and systems for generating nanoparticles from an inorganic precursor compound using a hydrothermal process within at least one CSTR or PFR maintained at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure and a treatment vessel in which this reaction s... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151419 | BRIQUETTE OF FERROUS METAL WORKING SCRAP, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, MASHING CRUSHER OF GRINDING CHIPS AND BRIQUETTE MAKING APPARATUS USING THE SAME A briquette meeting required strength that is formed in an energy-saving manner from ferrous metal working scrap, such as grinding chips, and a method of making the briquette are provided. In a briquette formed by applying a pressing pressure to a ferrous metal working ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151420 | Cork extractor apparatus and method A champagne and sparkling wines cork extractor is described including a first gripping member and a second grip-ping member having flanges that engage the bottle and sliding jaw members that grip the portion of the cork extending out from the neck of the bottle. The jaw... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151421 | Impact instrument An impact instrument for delivering an impulse to an object. The impact instrument may include an impact surface for contacting the object and an elongated member extending from the impact surface that terminates in an end. The elongated member may include a grasping re... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151422 | ROOFING MATERIAL REMOVAL DEVICE A material removing device for removing materials from a surface includes a body having a handle assembly with a recoil mechanism and a driver slidably mounted to the body. A blade with a slotted edge is removably connected to the driver. An actuator mounted to the body... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151423 | Apparatus of reverse ratchet wrench to indicate the driving orientation A ratchet wrench includes a handle with a head portion at an end thereof, a ratchet wheel mounted in the head portion for rotation and an operating device to be moved between a first position and a second position for change of a driving orientation of the ratchet wrenc... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151424 | REVERSE RATCHET WRENCH WITH LIGHT TO INDICATE THE DRIVING ORIENTATION A ratchet wrench includes a handle with a head portion at an end thereof, a ratchet wheel mounted in the head portion for rotation, and an operating device to be moved between a first position and a second position for change of a driving orientation of the ratchet wren... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151425 | MAXIMUM ENGAGEMENT WRENCH A tool device is described which comprises an orifice which has at least one engagement end formed to control the rotation of a work piece. The tool device has a peripheral terminal end at the engagement end. The orifice is defined by an inner wall of alternating recess... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151426 | HEX WRENCH A hex wrench includes a wrench body, which has a handle, a head, a bent portion connected between the handle and the head, a handle work tip at the free end of the handle, and a head work tip at the free end of the head, a long hexagonal plastic sleeve tightly wrapped a... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151427 | Retractable handle for hand tools A hand tool includes a retractable handle which includes a stationary section and a movable section movably mounted to the stationary section. The stationary section has an elongate slot and a plurality of dimples are defined in an inside of the elongate slot. The movab... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151428 | Woodturning Tool A woodworking lathe tool adapted to receive a replaceable, indexable carbide cutting insert. A screw or other fastening means may be employed to releasably fasten a cutting insert, including at least a carbide portion, to the distal end of a tool shank. The tool allows ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151429 | Bar material supply device of numerically controlled automatic lathe There is provided a bar material supply device of a simple configuration suited to machining of a bar material without increasing machining cost even when a short bar material such as an end material is machined. The bar material supply device includes a stocker 12 <... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151430 | REVERSIBLE SAW TOOTH A replaceable saw tooth for a rotary cutting machine. The saw tooth comprises more than two cutting edges on each of two opposed faces thereof. More specifically, the saw tooth may comprise a body having two cutting faces disposed opposite each other and spaced apart by... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151431 | Food cutting machine A food cutting machine, in particular for bakery products, is provided, comprising a driven circular blade, a movable blade arm, on which the circular blade is rotatably disposed by means of a bearing device, wherein the circular blade by means of movement of the blade ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151432 | Optical Alignment System for Power Tools An optical alignment system. In an embodiment, the system includes an optical emitting device for projecting an optical indicator onto a workpiece surface area. Further, a lateral arm may be coupled to the optical emitting device for supporting such device. In addition,... | 07/05/2007 |
