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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7183269 | Synergistic compositions for the selective control of tumor tissue According to the invention, compositions are made available which have a strong cytotoxic effect which is largely selective on tumor tissue. The invention is based on the fact that certain benzoic acid derivatives have a strong synergistic effect as a mixture and de... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6953154 | Card recording apparatus The present invention provides a card recording apparatus capable of printing in high speed as well as reducing overall dimensions of the apparatus. After a card is transported to an information recording section 200 in a lateral (short length) direction of t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6922836 | Disk drive apparatus The present invention is directed to a disk drive apparatus in which a disk tray travels forward or backward in a chassis casing to load or unload the disk tray. The chassis casing is constructed with a base chassis 1 and/or cover chassis 2 having open... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6876707 | Signal processing circuit and signal processing method A signal processing circuit generating a digital signal based on an input pulse signal is provided, which circuit includes a clock pulse output circuit which outputs clock pulses having one of positive and negative polarities for a period which includes a pulse of t... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6817023 | Disk device A disk device includes a housing in which a disk is provided, a disk support member for supporting the disk in the housing so that the disk can be rotated, and a driving part for rotating the disk support member, wherein the housing includes an air intake part for i... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6768091 | Optical pick-up device with a light amount detecting device An optical pick-up device includes a semi-conductor laser as a laser light-emitting device, a collimator lens, a directional control mirror, an objective lens, a light amount detecting device, a reflecting mirror that reflects leakage light of the laser light onto t... | 07/27/2004 |
| 5978030 | Method and apparatus for encoding a video signal using feature point based motion estimation An apparatus for encoding a digital video signal to reduce a transmission rate of the digital video signal, which comprises a feature point based motion compensation circuit for selecting a set of feature points from the reconstructed reference frame to d... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5895667 | Device for injection molding articles of plastics material which contain hollow spaces A device for injection molding articles of plastics material having hollow spaces. The device includes a molding tool with a mold cavity. Plastics material melt is fed to the mold cavity through a nozzle. Another pressurized medium is supplied to the mold... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5849753 | Pyridyl imidazole derivatives and processes for the preparation thereof Substituted pyridyl imidazole derivatives of formula (I) inhibit effectively the action of angiotensin II and have a superior anti-hypertensive activity. ##STR1##... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5838391 | Method and apparatus for detecting optimum motion vectors The invention provides a method and apparatus for determining a motion vector between a current frame and its reference frame of video signals. A search block is motion-estimated with respect to its corresponding search region to thereby select a predeter... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5835301 | Multi-track helical scanning system A head drum, as a first embodiment, for scanning a magnetic tape guided at an angle (θD) to the head drum assembly includes 2N number of video heads being divided into a first and a second groups, each group having N video heads being position... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5829423 | Saw disk A saw disk with replaceable cutting members (2) is formed of circular disk member (1) with uniformly spaced recesses (7) extending radially inwardly from an outer edge of the disk member. Each cutting member (2) has a support part (3) and a cutting part (... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5819520 | Ventilation system for a machine having at least one rotatable part A ventilation system for a textile machine, including a separation element functioning as an air filter, for shielding an air blast generated by at least one spindle of a row of spindles supported on a spindle table of the textile machine.... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5765895 | Door and hood hinge for motor vehicles A door and hood hinge for a motor vehicle including a first hinge half attachable to a vehicle body, a second hinge half attachable to a door or a hood, and a hinge pin for connecting the first and second hinge halves for pivotal movement of the first and... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5757539 | Thin film actuated mirror array for use in an optical projection system An inventive array of M×N thin film actuated mirrors includes an active matrix, an insulating layer, an etchant stopping layer, and an array of M×N actuating structures. Each of the actuating structures has a tip at a distal end thereof and an etching a... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754331 | Thin-film actuated mirror array and method for the manufacture thereof An inventive array of M×N thin film actuated mirrors includes an active matrix and an array of M×N actuating structures. Each of the actuating structures includes an upper thin film electrode, a thin film electrodisplacive member, a lower thin film elec... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5754128 | Variable-length code encoding and segmenting apparatus having a byte alignment unit An apparatus carries out encoding variable length codes (VLCs) represented by variable-length codewords and their lengths, and segmenting variable-length codewords of the VLCs into N-bit segments for the transmission thereof, and, if the length of the las... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5750155 | Device for the injection molding of plastic objects enclosing hollow spaces and process for operating it The proposal is for a device for injection molding plastic items enclosing hollow spaces with which a further pressurised medium like air, gas or a fluid can be introduced through a hollow needle (5) at a point differing from the nozzle into a mould (1), ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5717407 | Patch antenna array capable of simultaneously receiving dual polarized signals A patch antenna array capable of simultaneously receiving signals polarized in orthogonal or opposite directions, i.e. vertical and horizontal or right-handed and left-handed circular directions, comprises an electrical signal outputting means for outputt... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5708430 | High speed variable length code decoding apparatus A variable-length code decoding apparatus for decoding sequential variable-length codewords includes a first barrel shifter for producing a first window output sequence in response to a window control signal, a second barrel shifter for producing a second... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5702242 | Vane pump A vane pump including a rotor, which is arranged within a cam ring located in the pump housing, and which carries a plurality of radially displaceable vanes which are also displaceable along the inner double-symmetrical contour of the cam ring, with the i... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701794 | Brake booster provided with a noise shielding member A brake booster includes a valve housing, an input rod movably mounted in the valve housing, a main filter, a noise absorbing member, a spring seat, a return spring for biasing the input rod, and a noise shielding member. The main filter, the noise absorb... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5700434 | Reactor for catalytically processing gaseous fluids A reactor for catalytically processing gaseous fluids. The invention relates to a reactor for catalytically processing gaseous fluids wherein the catalytic reaction is accompanied by a heat exchange, stationary catalysts are used, with the fluid flowing t... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697524 | Foil bag package including a foil bag and base part A foil bag package, particularly for a mortar mass, includes at least one foil bag (1, 2) and a base part (3, 4) located at an end surface (1a, 2a) of the foil bag. The base part has an outflow passage (5, 6) for conveying the mortar mass through a discha... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5691769 | Apparatus for encoding a contour of an object A contour encoding apparatus determines vertex points on the previous contour of the previous frame based on a polygonal approximation. A set of first approximation errors is calculated at a predetermined number of sample points on each first line segment... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5689798 | Method and apparatus for removing undesirable chemical substances from gases, exhaust gases, vapors, and brines The present invention relates to a method and pertinent apparatus for purifying gases, exhaust gases, vapors, and brines, which are contaminated with undesirable chemical substances or contain high concentrations of these substances, by means of photocata... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5689312 | Block matching motion estimation method A method for detecting motion vectors comprises the steps of (a) producing a plurality of differential search blocks, wherein each differential search block includes differential pixels defined by differences between luminance levels of the pixels in a se... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5684679 | Switching mode power supply capable of reducing the response time thereof A novel switching mode power supply (SMPS), which is capable of substantially reducing the response time of the SMPS for generating a plurality of regulated DC output voltages from an AC input power, comprises a first rectifier for rectifying the AC input... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5684377 | Apparatus for controlling an input power to an induction motor An input power control apparatus for use with an AC induction motor adjusts a firing angle to allow the motor to run at near a rated speed of the motor and then to find a minimum power point at some voltage level in a variation of the applied voltage.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5683220 | Truck for use in an auto tray changer A truck for use in an auto tray changer capable of supplying and discharging a plurality of trays into and from the auto tray changer all at once, respectively, includes a loading portion having a bottom plate, in which the trays for loading working piece... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5680279 | Audio head assembly for use in a video cassette recorder An audio head assembly for use in a video cassette recorder comprises an audio head support plate provided with a tapped hole and two slots; an audio head secured on the audio head support plate; an elastic member provided with a throughhole and two slots... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5679458 | Antifogging abrasion resistant coating composition and synthetic resin article coated therewith A coating composition having excellent antifogging property, good abrasion resistance, improved adhesion to the substrate and good water resistance, which comprises an epoxy functional organosilane or the hydrolysate or condensate thereof; an amino functi... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5677785 | Method for forming an array of thin film actuated mirrors An inventive method for the manufacture of an array of M×N thin film actuated mirrors for use in an optical projection system includes the steps of: providing an active matrix; depositing a thin film sacrificial layer; creating an array of empty cavities... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675457 | Head drum assembly for use in a video cassette recorder A head drum assembly for use in a video cassette recorder includes a rotating shaft, a rotary drum coupled with the rotating shaft, a stationary drum attached to the rotating shaft under the rotary drum, a rolling bearing disposed between the rotating sha... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674618 | Biaxially oriented polyester film A biaxially oriented polyester film which contains 0.01 to 5 wt % of zinc oxide having an average particle diameter ranging from 0.01 to 5 μm has improved transparency, UV light shielding ability and surface properties, and it is especially useful as wra... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674455 | Axially compressible device for chromatography The apparatus comprises a device connected to a closure body (10) in order to apply pressure to a packing in a chromatography column and a energy accumulator (11) which is in effective connection with the device in order to maintain the pressure applied t... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674443 | Process for the preparation of polyester film A polyester film having improved surface and mechanical properties is prepared by transesterifying and polycondensing a dialkyl ester of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and a glycol to give a polyester resin, and melt-extruding and drawing the polyester res... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674030 | Device and method for repairing building branch lines in inacessible sewer mains The invention involves a device and a process which can be employed for sealing building branch lines (3b) leading from a building or a collecting manhole directly to a sewer main (4) using a relining process in which liners (1) made of self-hardening/sel... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5675394 | Equalization apparatus with effective coefficient updating operation An equalization apparatus for use in a television system includes a equalizer filter having a plurality of equalizer coefficients and an updating circuit. In the updating circuit, the equalizer coefficients are adjusted by using two computational terms: a... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5671966 | Drive assembly for a folding top of a motor vehicle A drive assembly for a folding top of a motor vehicle, which is located in a top storage well, together with a main pillar and a tightening clamp, includes a bracket secured on a vehicle body and including pivot supports for the main pillar and the tighte... | 09/30/1997 |
