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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7296763 | Keyless frictional shaft/hub locking device A grinder roll assembly (500) is provided herein. The grinder roll assembly (500) includes a grinder roll (505), a shaft (510) in a through bore of the grinder roll, a first tapered sleeve (615A), and a second tapered sleeve (61... | 11/20/2007 |
| 6710263 | Semiconductor devices In a semiconductor device, the likely occurrence of cracking of a ceramic substrate, and the consequential disconnection of internal layer wiring, due to thermal changes suffered when the semiconductor device is mounted on external wiring boards having different the... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6697070 | Graphic processing system A graphic processing system has a processor for managing a display area and a character font area both include within an are disposed in the address space. From coded information indicative of a character transferred through a data bus of the system, the ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6493297 | Multibeam optical disk record and reproduction apparatus and method Multibeam optical disk record and reproduction apparatus and method, in which at least two light beams generated are concentrated in different positions of on recording tracks of a recording medium to record or reproduce data to or from the recording medi... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6260667 | Rotor containment brake A generator and process for operating a generator in which, upon a bearing failure, a braking force is applied to the rotor shaft responsive to the bearing failure. Preferably, the rotor shaft at the anti-drive end is hollow and the brake is provided in t... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6126138 | Pressure reducing valve and continuously variable transmission with control arrangement using same A pressure reducing valve and a continuously variable transmission comprising an output pressure feedback loop operatively connected to provide proportional control of an output pressure of a flow of fluid passing through the pressure reducing valve in re... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6126306 | Natural language processing method for converting a first natural language into a second natural language using data structures A method which includes performing a structure analysis on a natural sentence inputted by making use of a word dictionary DIC-WD and a configuration dictionary DIC-KT and converting letter series KNJ of the inputted natural sentence into a language struct... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6006776 | Integrated drive generator recirculation valve with feedback control A fluid circulation system in accordance with the invention includes a first fluid utilizing device (12) requiring a minimum fluid flow having an input (14) for receiving the minimum flow and an output (16) for discharging fluid received from the input; a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5985539 | Method of reconstructing animal organs The present invention relates to a method for reconstruction of animal organ which comprises perfusing a cell-dispersible solution to animal organ from vascular system and then perfusing a cell culture medium whereby the organ is reconstructed. According ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5984041 | Hydraulic brake device The quantity that a brake pedal 5 disposed inside a cab is stepped on is communicated to a link 10a through rods 9a and 9b, and rotates a shaft 23. The rotation of the shaft is communicated through a link 10b to a rod 9c, and a push rod 27 of a hydraulic ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5980225 | Rotary pump having a drive shaft releasably connected to the rotor The pump (20) has a rotor (80) rotatable by a drive in a pump duct (25). The rotor (80) has a pump element (90) with undulating boundary faces extending radially. The boundary faces are bounded cylindrically and run in a fitted manner in a cylindrical con... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979180 | Process and device for treating a gas by refrigeration and contact with a solvent Process for treating a gas comprising one or more constituents to be separated, wherein the gas to be processed (G) is mixed at least partly with a solvent S selected to selectively retain at least part of the gas constituents to be separated, the mixture... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979223 | Device intended for measurements on a porous sample in the presence of fluids, using temperature-resistant semipermeable membranes Device intended for measurements on a porous rock bar in the presence of fluids including a containment cell comprising an elongate body (2) closed at the opposite ends thereof by end pieces (6, 7) and sources of pressurized fluids allowing displacement u... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5978851 | Distributed control system and method of configuring the system A distributed control system has a plurality of controllers, program apparatus, and man-machine systems, which are all interconnected by LAN. The program apparatus is provided with functions corresponding to approval and rejection of operating conditions ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974570 | Method for managing data processing system and high-reliability memory A method of managing a memory area, in a data processing system, comprising providing a managing information memory area for items of in use, test done, and temporary fault of pages in a page table for managing a memory unit. In accordance with such a sch... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5889698 | Nonvolatile memory device and refreshing method At the data programming time, data of a plurality of bits are transformed by a data transforming logic circuit into data (multi-value data) according to the combination of the bits, and the transformed data are sequentially transferred to a latch circuit ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5886982 | ATM switching system and cell control method An ATM switching system which includes PVC allocation circuits corresponding to output queues is disclosed. At the time of arrival of the leading cell of each burst data, if the output line has room, the PVC of the burst data is stored as information for ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5842207 | Method for storing records of a distributed database by plural processors to provide a host processor with sorted records belonging to one of a plurality of key sections A sorting method used with a distributed database having a plurality of first processors for holding partial records of a database that is divided into a plurality of portions and a host processor for accessing to each of the first processors. The method ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5800161 | Heating and/or temperature-maintaining furnace for slabs Heating and/or temperature-maintaining furnace (11) for slabs (35), which includes lateral intake (12a) and outlet (12b) roller conveyors the axis of which is at a right angle to the axis of movement of the slabs (35) within the furnace (11), the roller c... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5796196 | Adaptable rotating rectifier and suppression resistor assembly for two-pole, wound rotor of dynamoelectric machine An adaptable rotating rectifier and suppression resistor assembly is designed to fit and mate with state-of-the-art, two-pole generators with maximum flexibility to accept a variety of known possible diode configurations and a relatively large suppression... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5793196 | Current transformer for measuring differential-mode and common-mode current A measuring device for measuring time varying differential-mode currents flowing in first and second conductive groups includes a low reluctance magnetic circuit including first and second portions defining first and second openings positionable to surrou... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5790178 | Picture codec for teleconference equipment, which forms and displays picture-in-frame including at least two of received motion picture, a received still picture and a self motion picture in an optional combination In a teleconference terminal equipment; a picture codec for simultaneously displaying a still picture and video on a single screen. The picture codec includes an analog-to-digital converter which converts a picture signal into digital picture data, a pict... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5780997 | Variable reluctance alternating current generator A variable reluctance generator for producing alternating current at a fundamental frequency independent of a rotational speed at which the generator is driven in accordance with the invention includes a rotor having a plurality of salient poles disposed ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5777459 | Induction electrical power generating system with variable numbers of poles and excitation frequency The invention is an induction electrical power generation system for generating alternating current varying within a frequency range; the system includes an induction electrical generator (52) for generating the alternating current having a rotor and a st... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5773903 | Rotating rectifier assembly The invention is a rectifier assembly (10) having reduced mass and high rigidity permitting operation at high rotational speeds. The rotating rectifier includes a rotator shaft assembly (12), a first conductive diode carrier (18), a second conductive diod... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5774633 | Supporting neural network method for process operation A method and a system for causing a neural circuit model to learn typical past control results of a process and using the neural circuit model for supporting an operation of the process. The neural circuit model is caused to learn by using, as input signa... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5747971 | Position and velocity sensorless control for a motor generator system operated as a motor using exciter impedance A motor generator system (120) in accordance with the invention includes a prime mover (21) for driving an output shaft (18), a main motor generator (105), having a rotor driven by the output shaft, for producing electrical power on at least one output wi... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5737196 | Electrical power generating system producing alternating and direct current The present invention is an electrical power generating system and method of operation. An inverter (18) is responsive to a DC potential for producing a fundamental frequency alternating current output such as 400 Hz. three-phase AC including harmonics. A... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737164 | Switched reluctance machine capable of improved fault operation A switched reluctance machine capable of improved operation under fault conditions. The machine includes a controller which responds to a fault in a phase winding by cutting off current to the phase windings of all stator poles that are aligned with a rot... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5719566 | Method and apparatus for detecting dormant actuator failure The actuation system of the present invention is based upon sensing relatively small delta errors over relative short strokes as opposed to absolute travel error. An actuation system in accordance with the invention includes an actuator (30, 40, 50, 60, 7... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5717585 | Power inverter with reduced switching frequency An inverter system (10) in accordance with the invention includes an electrical load (R,L) having a direct current source (E) for providing direct current to at least one pair of inverter switches Q1 and Q2 with the at least one pair... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5708568 | Electronic module with low impedance ground connection using flexible circuits An electronic module, particularly an electromagnetic interference module includes an assembly for providing a low impedance ground path for at least one electrical component on a printed circuit board of the module. A chassis of the module is employed as... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5689879 | Metal foil for printed wiring board and production thereof A metal foil for printed wiring boards comprising a first copper layer to be adhered to a resin, a second copper layer having a sufficient strength as a metal layer and a nickel-phosphorus alloy layer containing 1.1% by weight or more of phosphorus formed... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5689175 | Voltage regulator for an electrical power system A digital voltage regulator for an electrical power system including a permanent magnet generator (PMG), an exciter, and a main generator. A controller multiplies the frequency of the generator output voltage by a predetermined value to provide a sampling... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5680066 | Signal transition detector circuit A semiconductor device which includes at least one of (1) an input buffer circuit formed of an input level converter and a non-inverting buffer circuit and an inverting buffer circuit each including BiCMOS circuitry which effects high-speed operation; (2)... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5679952 | Scanning probe microscope A plurality of scanning tunnelling microscopes and operating them at a time, a control circuit, a memory circuit and an arithmetic circuit are integrated on the same chip and movement of a movable electrode is controlled by the arithmetic circuit and cont... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5660803 | Liquified gas-containing generator for an inflatable impact protection cushion for protecting a motor-vehicle occupant against injury A liquified gas-containing generator has a casing in which a reaction container containing liquified gas is accommodated. So as to trigger combustion of the liquified gas a puncture element with an overflow channel is driven into the reaction container. T... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5649827 | Method of and system for drawing an image over stars in the sky with a laser beam A system capable of drawing a constellation picture over actual stars in the sky in a superimposed manner therewith. A screen, which allows light from outside the screen to pass, is stretched up above the ground. A laser beam scanner is located on the gro... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5648858 | Liquid crystal display which suppresses interference fringes A liquid crystal display device in which a back light is arranged below a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels arrayed on a transparent substrate surface and in which a prism plate having a plurality of stripe grooves arrayed in paral... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5646853 | Traffic control system A traffic control system having a road information storing unit for storing information of a road map and the capacity of roads on the road map, a traffic measuring unit for measuring the traffic of roads, a traffic increase/decrease quantity calculating ... | 07/08/1997 |
