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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6889849 | Dual cash box note and ticket validator A bill acceptor system for accepting bills, vouchers, scrip, tickets and/or currency into an electronic gaming machine or alternative type of customer service device. The system includes a validator assembly capable of identifying acceptable notes and discriminating... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6778089 | Overmolded transponder A method of fabricating, a composition and overmolded components fabricated by the method and with the composition such as an overmolded transponder circuitry for a radio frequency identification device. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6430701 | Data recording and reproducing method and apparatus using plurality of data recording and reproducing units, and computer-readable recording medium To record data, pieces of second data are produced by dividing supplied first data and an error correction code is added, and the pieces of second data and the error correction code are allocated to and recorded in a plurality of recording and reproducing... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6243001 | Variable intensity visual signaling system An emergency signaling device for the hearing impaired provides a strobe light in which the intensity of the emitted light is variable. The emergency signaling device comprises a housing and a reflecting mirror coupled to the housing. A strobe light emitt... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6243022 | Remote control device using two-way communication for a vehicle opening system A two-way vehicle communication system includes a remote unit adapted to provide output signals to command opening and closing of a vehicle window, and a controller disposed in a vehicle and responsive to the output signals from the remote unit to operate... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6227477 | Data storage cassette and data recording and reproducing device A data storage cassette includes an upper cassette half and a lower cassette half and containing therein a tape for storing data. The cassette has an outer shape of a predetermined dimension, and the lower cassette half is formed with a reel lock release ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6228132 | Process for modifying silk Modified silk processed according to an embodiment of the present invention is an all-natural stretchable silk textile processed without synthetics. The modified silk includes commercially-advantageous physical properties such as stretchability and it is ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6205674 | Hair dryer A hair dryer used for drying and styling hair includes a heating element in a passage connecting an air inlet and an air outlet. The heating element has a ceramic coating layer, which is coated with mixed powder of extreme infrared material and poly-eleme... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6188571 | High density RAID subsystem with highly integrated controller The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a mass storage subsystem such as a RAID array. The invention includes a housing which defines first and second cavities with the first cavity housing an array controller such as a RAID controller. ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 4857785 | Torque coupling device A torque coupling device of the synchronous reluctance type having a magnetic flux generating device and concentric rotors, each rotor having a sleeve of diamagnetic material including a plurality of flux windows, the diamagnetic sleeves on the two rotors... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4856379 | Non-jamming rotary mechanical actuator A non-jamming rotary mechanical actuator for aircraft control surfaces includes a pair of fixed ring gears separated by a moving ring gear. An end plate having a central bore therethrough and a bearing member for rotatably supporting a shaft is mounted at... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4816036 | Fabrication of ceramic trilayers for a monolithic solid oxide fuel cell A monolithic solid oxide fuel cell of the type characterized by a plurality of fuel and oxidant passageways extending through the core of the fuel cell. The fuel cell is constructed only of anode, cathode, electrolyte and interconnect materials and is for... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4795274 | Foil bearing A fluid film foil bearing having a resilient trailing edge support.... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4776077 | Method of making a thrust bearing underspring A method of forming an underspring for a foil thrust bearing from a uniform thickness sheet. The underspring is formed by chemically etching a plurality of slots in the disk and then stamping the tabs formed by the slots.... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4777382 | Pulse width logic/power isolation circuit A circuit is disclosed which provides power isolation between the initializing and driven circuit, allowing the logic of a wide pulse width signal to be effectively transmitted across pulse transformers and faithfully reproduced.... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4766996 | Rollers with oriented fiber reinforcement and method A roller for use in the cargo bay of an aircraft is disclosed which is constructed with chopped fiber strands incorporated into the rubber and oriented in a substantially circumferential direction around the hub of the roller to provide reinforcement to t... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4741094 | Two pole permanent magnet rotor construction method A two pole permanent magnet rotor which utilizes a single cylindrical two pole permanent magnet mounted between two end pieces and surrounded by a retaining hoop. The cylindrical two pole permanent magnet, which is made of high energy product material, is... | 05/03/1988 |
