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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5438873 | Fiberoptic sensor using tapered and bundled fibers An improved fiberoptic pressure sensing system is disclosed by tapering the tip end of an optical fiber, or alternatively, by tapering or bundling a fiber or group of fibers within a connector. By selectively joining together fibers with a taper while tai... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5427114 | Dual pressure sensing catheter An apparatus for determining pressure at one or a number of intermediate points along a catheter inserted into a closed cavity. Fiberoptic cables extend from the proximal end of the catheter to the intermediate points at which pressure measurements are ta... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5422478 | Fiberoptic pressure sensor having drift correction means for insitu calibration An improved intensity-encoded fiber optic sensor incorporating novel drift correction and filtering means is disclosed. The first embodiments of the invention relate to means for removing unwanted higher-order core and cladding modes from an intensity-enc... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5247171 | Drift correction for fiberoptic pressure sensors An improved intensity-encoded fiber optic sensor incorporating novel drift correction and filtering means is disclosed. The first embodiments of the invention relate to means for removing unwanted higher-order core and cladding modes from an intensity-enc... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4924870 | Fiber optic sensors Serveral improvements in fiber optic sensing systems are disclosed. One improvement incorporates a dielectric filter applied directly to the sensing end of an optical fiber detector which has the characteristic that it reflects back a reference light beam... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4856317 | Vacuum calibration system and method for fiberoptic pressure transducer A system and method for initializing and calibrating a fiber optic pressure transducer so that a measured intensity of light which varies as a function of pressure can be accurately translated to the value of pressure which produces that value of light in... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4787396 | Fiberoptic pressure transducer A miniaturized pressure transducer, particularly suited for intravascular blood pressure measurement, utilizing a single optical fiber for transmitting light both to and from a flexible diaphragm having a light-reflecting surface on one side, the opposite... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4711246 | Fiber optic coupled pressure transducer using single fiber and method of fabrication A miniaturized pressure transducer is disclosed wherein light transmitted through a single optical fiber is reflected by a diaphragm exposed to and deflected in accordance with the pressure being measured. The terminal end of the fiber is covered by a lig... | 12/08/1987 |
