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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 |
| 6755921 | Nickel-based single crystal alloy and a method of manufacturing the same The present inventions offer a nickel-based single crystal alloy which has a high strength, is easy in conducting the solution heat treatment, hardly gives a harmful phase and is resistant to corrosion at high temperature. A nickel-based single crystal alloy is offe... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6669807 | Method for reactive ion etching and apparatus therefor An apparatus for reactive-ion etching including a reaction vessel and metallic parts disposed in the reaction vessel, the whole or a part of which includes at least one metallic material selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, and an all... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6572716 | Fine ferrite-based structure steel production method A fine ferrite-based steel is disclosed, wherein at least 60% of the ferrite grain boundary is a large angle grain boundary of at least 15°, and the mean ferrite grain size is not more than 2.5 μm. The fine ferrite-based steel of the invention has a hig... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6524406 | Shape memory alloy A novel shape memory alloy of Fe--Mn--Si system containing at least Fe, Mn, and Si wherein the alloy contains niobium carbide in the structure and is improved in that a sufficiently satisfactory shape memory effect is provided without carrying out a speci... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6494971 | Iridium-containing nickel-base superalloy An iridium-containing nickel-base superalloy which has an orderly arrayed allow structure to be strengthened by precipitation and contains iridium dissolved in the γ and γ' phases to be strengthened by solid solution, thus being improved in high-tempera... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6391216 | Method for reactive ion etching and apparatus therefor The invention provides a method for reactive-ion etching a magnetic material with a plasma of a mixed gas of carbon monoxide and a nitrogen-containing compound, the method comprising a step, in which a multilayered film comprising a magnetic material thin... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6348108 | High toughness steel and a method for manufacturing the same Ups and downs having a cycle of not more than 5 μm and an amplitude of not less than 200 nm are formed in a part of not less than 70% per unit length of a prior-austenite grain boundary which is observed in a linear form when seen from a vertical plane b... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6271473 | Oxide superconductive wire and process for manufacturing the same A clad superconductive wire or tape of an oxide superconductive material and a silver-copper alloy base containing 0.05-90 atomic % a copper or a silver alloy. The silver-copper alloy base contains one or more elements selected from the group of Zr, Hf, A... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6240620 | Making of bismuth 2212 superconducting wire or tape In a process in which a composite consisting of a metallic base and a superconductor mainly containing a Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 Ox superconducting phase is formed into a composite wire or wire, the composite is subjected... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6221178 | Ultra-fine grain steel and method for producing it The invention provides an ultra-fine grain steel comprising fine ferrite grains as oriented at random and surrounded by large angle grain boundaries. The steel comprises fine ferrite grains having a mean grain size of not larger and 3.0 μm and surrounded... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6207951 | Method of generating a pulsed metastable atom beam and pulsed ultraviolet radiation and an apparatus therefor A pulse discharge is caused between an electrode in an insulating nozzle 2 jetting a gas in vacuum and a skimmer 8. An apparatus for performing the method includes an insulating nozzle 2 perforated with a gas jet hole 2a at a front end thereof and having ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6159624 | High-proton-conductive antimonic acid film To provide an antimonic acid film having an excellent conductivity and a high response to humidity, and useful as a high-performance humidity sensor, a hydrogen gas sensor or a hydrogen fuel cell, the present invention provides an antimonic acid film comp... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6153125 | BaM2 O4 oxide single crystal having non-linear optical property and manufacturing method thereof An oxide single crystal having a nominal composition expressed BaM2 O4 (M is at least an element selected from the group consisting of Al and Ga), M of which is partially substituted with B, is provided. The BaM2 O4 | 11/28/2000 |
| 6146609 | Amorphous substance for wavelength conversion and a making process of the same An amorphous substance has a nominal composition expressed by a general formula of Ba(B1-x Mx)2 O4 (where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al and Ga, and 0.05 | 11/14/2000 |
| 6136966 | Phthalocyanine radical anions and process for producing the same A phthalocyanine radical anion stable in ambient atmosphere, which is formed by subjecting a salt containing dihalogeno(phthalocyaninato)antimony (V) cation to a one-electron reduction. According to the present invention, a phthalocyaninc radical sta... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6074485 | Crystal growth observing apparatus using a scanning tunneling microscope A STM drive mechanism capable of moving a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) incorporated with a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) device in the MBE device under vacuum and a substrate holder with a wide clearance formed between a substrate heating system and... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071470 | Refractory superalloys Refractory superalloys consist essentially of a primary constituent selected from the group consisting of iridium, rhodium, and a mixture thereof, and one or more additive elements selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, hafnium, zirconiu... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5972274 | Making of ceramic tube A conductive wire is electrically heated in a gas atmosphere, wherein a gas reacts with a constituent material of the conductive wire, under gravity-free or micro gravity state. A ceramic is formed on a surface of the wire sa an outer core through a react... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5951754 | Method of fabricating semiconductor quantum box A method of fabricating a semiconductor quantum box uniform in size and free from processing damages comprising the steps of adsorbing elements classified in VI family of the periodic table onto the surface of a single or multi-quantum well structure comp... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5916363 | Oriented molybdenum or tungsten single crystal and manufacturing method thereof Secondary recrystallized grains having a plurality of crystal orientations in a polycrystalline compact of molybdenum or tungsten, which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of calcium and magnesium in amount of 0.007 to 0.090 ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5874027 | Boron-carbon system superconductive substance A new boron-carbon system superconductive substance has a nominal composition expressed R3 M4-x B4-y C3-z (where R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Sc and lanthanide series elemen... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5835519 | Laser thermal plasma method Focusing laser beams are emitted to a gas plasma produced through discharge and a laser thermal plasma, which is independent of the gas plasma and extends coaxially along the laser beams, is produced in a gas flow space.... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5827801 | Oxide superconductive wire and process for manufacutring the same A clad superconductive wire or tape of an oxide superconductive material and a silver-copper alloy base containing 0.05-90 atomic % copper or a silver alloy. The silver-copper alloy base contains one or more elements selected from the group of Zr, Hf, Al,... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5663528 | Oxide superconductive wire and process for manufacturing the same A clad superconductive wire or tape of an oxide superconductive material and a silver-copper alloy base containing 0.05-90 atomic % copper or a silver alloy. The silver-copper alloy base contains one or more elements selected from the group of Zr, Hf, Al,... | 09/02/1997 |
