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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6490833 | Weather strip for movable roof A weather strip is attached to the periphery of an organic glass plate. The organic glass plate is supported by a slide panel. A space is defined between the weather strip and an end face of the periphery of the organic glass plate. The space accommodates... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6332757 | Control valve for variable displacement compressor A valve housing has a communication passage communicating a suction port of the compressor with a crank chamber of the compressor. A valve element opens and closes the communication passage, and a spring member resiliently biases the valve element toward ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6250648 | Gasket for sealing a refrigerant compressor A metallic base gasket coated with elastic membrane having an outer sealing portion for sealing an outer circumference of a refrigerant compressor and an inner sealing portion for sealing boundaries between high and low pressure regions within the compres... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6217295 | Swash plate type compressor A swash plate (3, 18) and pistons (6, 17) included in a swash plate type compressor are made of an aluminum alloy as a base material. Rotation-preventive interfering surfaces (6d, 17d) of the pistons (6, 17) which interfere with another member to restrain... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6162026 | Variable displacement type compressor A reciprocating piston type compressor for compressing refrigerant gas for an automobile air conditioning system is improved to protect itself without protective control by a computer. The compressor detects the temperature of a part of the compressor in ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6142445 | Electromagnetic control valve An electromagnetic control valve is provided. The control stability of the electromagnetic control valve is improved because: (1) one end of the guide pin is forced into and then secured in a hole formed in the center of the coil guide so that the plunger... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6125970 | Hydraulic device for forklift A hydraulic device for a forklift is disclosed. The forklift includes a tilting mast and a fork supported by the mast so that the fork is lifted and lowered. A tilt cylinder operates to tilt the mast by means of oil supplied by a tilt valve. A restricting... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6123514 | Sealing structure for compressors A sealing structure for the shaft of a compressor. The sealing apparatus includes an inner ring, and outer ring, and a support ring. The inner ring and the outer rings have flexible annular lips that contact the surface of the rotary shaft. The support ri... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6102668 | Electromagnetic control valve A electromagnetic control valve which is capable of controlling with small electromagnetic force is provided. In such electromagnetic control valve, a pressure-sensitivity control mechanism is provided in a space leading to the suction side of the compres... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6089222 | Viscous heater A viscous heater is provided which can carry out full heat exchange securely. For instance, fins 2c through 2f are formed in a housing, and project into a water jacket RW. Thus, a surface area of a wall surface constituting the water jacket RW is enlarged... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088928 | Cloth dryer for a water jet loom To reduce the heating temperature and electric power consumption, maintain the quality of cloth and thoroughly dry the cloth, the cloth is heated and dried while it travels over a press roller, is wound round a surface roller through a pressure contact po... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082742 | Apparatus for controlling tilt of axle for industrial vehicle, and apparatus and method for estimating center of gravity for industrial vehicle An apparatus for controlling the tilt of a rear axle of a forklift is disclosed. A locking mechanism, which includes a hydraulic damper and a shutoff valve, locks the rear axle against tilt. A controller determines that a locking condition for locking the... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6082088 | Cleaner for roving apparatus A cleaner for a roving apparatus which is free from an adverse effect caused by air flow blowing along an upper surface of a roller beam rearward of the roller beam, and which, after the fibers scraped from the bottom clearer cloth are collected to the re... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6077047 | Variable displacement compressor A variable displacement type compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes a housing, a cylinder bore within the housing, a piston located in the cylinder bore, a drive shaft rotatably supported by the housing, a rotary support mounted on the drive sha... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6077048 | Torque limiting mechanism A torque limiting device for a compressor. An input shaft of the compressor is connected to the torque limiting device so that the power source driving the compressor will not be affected if abnormal conditions cause the compressor to generate an excessiv... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073739 | Rail segments A rail is arranged along a predetermined route of a movable body. The movable body is moved by electric power fed through an electric cable wired along the rail. The rail is constituted by a plurality of rail segments. Each segment includes a body having ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6062824 | Control valve A displacement control valve included in a variable displacement compressor. The compressor includes a fluid passage for connecting a crank chamber to a discharge chamber. The control valve includes a valve chamber connected to the crank chamber through t... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6056501 | Axle tilt control apparatus for industrial vehicles An axle tilt control apparatus for forklifts is disclosed. The forklift includes a rear axle pivotally supported by a body frame and a front axle rigidly fixed to the body frame. A mast is supported at the front portion of the body frame to tilt forward a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6047896 | Viscous fluid type heat generating apparatus A viscous fluid type heating apparatus capable of achieving both reliable prevention of deterioration in the heat-generating performance of a viscous fluid and reliable prevention of leakage of the viscous fluid from the apparatus, and having a heat gener... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6047229 | Tilt control apparatus for industrial vehicles An industrial vehicle including a frame, an axle pivotally mounted on the frame, a restriction mechanism for restricting the pivotal movement of the axle, a pair of vehicle wheels rotatably supported on the axle, and a steering mechanism having a steering... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6039465 | Service cover for a rear combination lamp A service cover for a rear combination lamp is provided with a substantially rectangular cover body having an area enough to close a working hole, first and second retainer portions projecting from a pair of opposite sides of the cover body in opposite di... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6039007 | Viscous fluid heater In the heater of the present invention, a heating chamber accommodates a viscous fluid. A rotor is located in the heating chamber. The rotor rotates and shears the viscous fluid to generate heat. The heat generated in the heating chamber is transferred to... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6036447 | Control valve having a ground connection for the actuator coil A control valve used in a variable displacement compressor. A valve chamber port communicates with a valve chamber. A port is connected with the valve chamber by a valve hole. A valve body selectively opens and closes the valve hole for controlling flow o... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6035624 | Fiber transporting apparatus for a rotor type open end fine spinning machine A fiber transporting apparatus for a rotor type open end fine spinning machine is provided that may reduce an amount of effective fiber discharged from a burling opening portion without degrading yarn quality of the spun yarn. Fiber opened by a combing ro... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6030184 | Housing construction for reciprocating piston type compressor A compressor is described having a pair of casings fastened together by a plurality of bolts. A piston is located for reciprocation within a cylinder bore formed in the casings. A cam plate is mounted on a rotary shaft supported by the casings to reciproc... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6026767 | Viscous fluid type heater A viscous fluid type heater is disclosed. A heat chamber and a heat exchange chamber are disposed closed to each other. The heat chamber accommodates viscous fluid and a rotor that rotates and shears the viscous fluid to generate the heat. The heat is tra... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6015349 | Power transmission mechanism for compressors A compressor mounted on a vehicle is disclosed. The compressor includes an apparatus for transmitting rotational power from an engine to drive shaft of the compressor via a pulley. The apparatus has a spring coupled to one of the pulley and the drive shaf... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6015269 | Variable displacement compressor A variable type compressor has a housing that houses a crank chamber and rotatably supports a drive shaft. Part of the housing is constituted by a cylinder block. Cylinder bores extend through the housing about the drive shaft. A piston is accommodated in... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6010312 | Control valve unit with independently operable valve mechanisms for variable displacement compressor A control valve in a variable displacement compressor is disclosed. The compressor adjusts the discharge displacement based on control of the inclination of a swash plate located in a crank chamber. The compressor includes a supply passage for connecting ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6010313 | Single-headed piston type compressor A compressor includes pistons slidably accommodated in cylinder bores. A head and a skirt are formed at the ends of the piston. The head has a peripheral surface that always contacts the inner surface of the cylinder bore. The skirt is coupled with a swas... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6009117 | Spread spectrum communication system A convolutional coding unit generates transmission data by performing an error correcting code process for sending data. A mapping unit arranges the transmission data at signal points corresponding to the data value. A PN sequence generating unit generate... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6005475 | Communication method and apparatus for conveyor carriages A communication system for a plurality of carriages that travel along a rail. A power cable extends along the rail. The cable is used to convey electric current that drives the movable bodies and is also used to carry information between the carriages. Th... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5997776 | Color layer composition for chromatic device and method of producing chromatic device by using same A coloring layer composition for a chromatic device of the present invention contains an oxide such as tungsten oxide or niobium oxide and so on as a solute, water and an organic solvent such as propanol. In the step of forming a reduction coloring layer,... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995571 | Synchronizing apparatus for spread spectrum communications An input data obtained by differential-decoding a signal transmitted from a transmitting equipment is input to a DMF. The DMF obtains a correlation value, and outputs the correlation value and data value to a maximum value detection unit. The maximum valu... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988041 | Piston for compressors A piston for use in a compressor that compresses gas containing lubricating oil is disclosed. The compressor includes a housing having a crank chamber and cylinder bores, and a swash plate located in the crank chamber. The swash plate is operably connecte... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983780 | Multiple piston swash plate type of compressor including different dead volumes of the cylinder bores by the use of different length pistons A compressor includes front and rear cylinder blocks, a drive shaft rotatably supported by the cylinder blocks, a swash plate mounted on the drive shaft, a plurality of cylinder bores defined in the cylinder blocks and located around the drive shaft, and ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5983076 | Antenna unit for communication system for movable body An antenna unit for a communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes a rail, a separable power transmission line provided along the rail, carriages running along the rail while receiving power from the power transmission line, and a ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975859 | Control valve in variable displacement compressor and its assembling method A control valve for a variable displacement compressor. The control valve has a valve body for regulating a gas passage. A bellows actuates the valve body in accordance with an operating pressure introduced to a pressure sensing chamber. A solenoid biases... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975860 | Vibration torsion system damper for a shaft of a compressor A compressor includes a drive shaft rotatably supported by a housing, a swash plate supported on the drive shaft, a plurality of cylinder bores defined in the housing, a plurality of pistons positioned in associated cylinder bores and a clutch. The clutch... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971716 | Variable displacement compressor having a muffler and a capacity control valve mounted thereto A variable displacement compressor includes a compressor body (10) for compressing gas introduced from an external circuit (65) and discharging the compressed gas to the external circuit (65). A muffler (17, 23) is located between the compressor body (10)... | 10/26/1999 |
