Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6979161 | Bolt structure for use with a magnesium alloy member for tightening magnesium alloy members with each other or with a heterogenenous material The present invention provides for a bolt structure for use with a magnesium alloy member that can insulate between magnesium alloy members and steel or other bolts without lowering the bolt shaft power, and prevent occurrence of electrolytic corrosion with an elect... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6779164 | LSI design method having dummy pattern generation process and LCR extraction process and computer program therefor In the present invention, conductive dummy patterns continuous in a direction perpendicular to adjacent wiring patterns are inserted at a first distance from the adjacent wiring patterns between the adjacent wiring patterns extending in one direction, in an intercon... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6764135 | Attachment for child seat The attachment 1 comprises the frame 6 having a seat side part 4, which faces a seat part 2a of a vehicle seat 2 and supports the backside of a seat part 3a of a child seat 3, and a back side part 5 | 07/20/2004 |
| 6751167 | Information playback apparatus An information playback apparatus is provided to obtain sound effects by using an optical disc in much the same way an analog record is manipulated. A pressing pressure applied onto a rotatable jog dial is detected by providing a pressure sensing layer to the jog di... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6747610 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus capable of selectively displaying desired stereoscopic image A stereoscopic image display apparatus capable of presenting a stereoscopic image of a desired planer image includes an input operating unit for designating an image of a desired portion of the planer image, and a stereoscopic display control unit for displaying, on... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742117 | IC card and method of using IC card A private key write control unit (48) permits writing of a private key just once into a private key storage unit (36) after initialization. Similarly, a particular data write control unit (42) permits writing of particular data only once into a ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6741518 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device and data writing method therefor Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device capable of, when data is written into a memory cell, fixing adjacent complimentary bit lines to a predetermined voltage, thereby reducing an effect of a write noise for a readout operation of the adjacent cells, ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6741048 | Pulse-controlled electronically commutated motor The invention relates to an electronically commutated motor (1) comprising P phases and N pairs of poles, in which a circular multipole encoder (12) is associated with the rotating ring (6a) of an anti-friction bearing (6), said en... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740834 | Vehicle door handle system A vehicle door handle system includes a pair of electrodes disposed within an operating handle located on the outer surface side of a door along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A detection circuit for detecting a change in capacitance between the two elec... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739592 | Brush seal device A brush seal device is mounted to one of two parts that move relative to each other with a gap therebetween, and seals the gap between the parts. Even when a brush seal abuts on the other part, it is deformed accordingly. As a result, wear of the brush seal is preve... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6735930 | Grass collection container for lawnmower A grass collection container for a lawnmower is provided to reduce the amount of blockage in an air-permeable region of the container. Materials, such as residual grass, that adhere to the container, cause the blockage. The grass collection container is made from cl... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6735141 | Semiconductor memory device having an SRAM and a DRAM on a single chip A semiconductor memory device includes an SRAM provided on a chip, the SRAM including an SRAM cell array. A DRAM is provided on the chip, the DRAM including a DRAM cell array. An address input circuit receives an address signal, the address signal having a first por... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6731199 | Non-contact communication system In a non-contact communication system, when an interrogator is attempting to detect that a responder is present in a range communicable therewith, the interrogator transmits a weak radio wave from its tuning circuit. The responder receives this radio wave and acquir... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6730761 | Thermoprocessable copolymers of TFE Thermoprocessable copolymers of TFE essentially formed by the following monomers: (a) FMVE; ((b) a perfluorodioxole of formula: the complement to 100% by weight being TFE. ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729941 | Process for manufacturing semiconductor wafer and semiconductor wafer The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer capable of effectively reducing unevenness having a wavelength of 0.5 mm or more which remains on a surface of the semiconductor wafer after a first polishing step and improving flatnes... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729272 | Cylinder head cooling construction for an internal combustion engine Deflecting ribs are provided within a coolant jacket formed in a cylinder head in such a manner as to protrude upwardly from bottom walls for directing the flow of coolant toward exhaust-valve-port side port wall portions The deflecting ribs for deflecting part of t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727771 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device with variable gain amplifier A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes an orthogonal modulator that maintains carrier leak characteristics regardless of attenuation of an output signal level. The orthogonal modulator includes a phase shifter circuit and generates a modulation signal. A... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6727515 | Insulation film forming material, insulation film, method for forming the insulation film, and semiconductor device Porous insulation films 28, 40, 50 are formed of an insulation forming material including a silicon compound having a skeleton containing C—C bonds, a pore forming compound which is decomposed or evaporated by a heat treatment, and a solvent which dissolves... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6720670 | Wind driven electrical power generating apparatus A wind driven electrical power generating apparatus includes a rotor rotating by receiving wind force, a gear assembly having an input shaft connected to the rotor, a generator connected to an output shaft of the gear assembly, a sensor for detecting generating capa... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6719975 | Anti-hirudin polyclonal antibodies and their use for the identification, immunopurification and quantitative determination of hirudin A method of making antibodies to hirudin by immunizing with an immunogenic composition containing polymerized hirudin monomers in the absence of carrier protein is taught. ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6717623 | Color separator circuit and chrominance signal processing device provided therewith In a color separator circuit, edge detection filters detect an edge encountered in the horizontal direction. When the image signals corresponding to the thus detected edge are processed, selector circuits 12a to 12c select outputs from sm... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714438 | Semiconductor device with high speed latch operation A semiconductor device includes a first latch which receives an input signal, and holds the input signal during a half cycle period of a first clock signal, a delay element coupled to an output of the first latch, a second latch which is coupled to an output of the ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6714151 | A/D converter An A/D converter includes a capacitor type D/A conversion circuit including a capacitor array constituted of a plurality of capacitors for sampling an input potential and storing electric charge, a first resistor type D/A conversion circuit for generating a desired ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6713160 | Ink jet recording material An ink jet recording material which enables the recorded ink images to exhibit enhanced light fastness, water resistance and hot moisture resistance, includes an ink receiving layer formed on a support material and containing a light fastness-enhancing agent contain... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6710371 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device with enhanced layout There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit device wherein functional circuit groups are arranged on a chip in a direction spreads, which aims to enhance layout efficiency and to prevent deterioration of element characteristics. A unit wiring region IL1 | 03/23/2004 |
| 6708658 | Internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine including bearing sections rotatably carrying a camshaft and provided integrally or separately on a cylinder head, and rocker arms moved with the rotation of the camshaft and swingably carried on rocker shafts, a rocker shaft holder ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707730 | Semiconductor memory device with efficient and reliable redundancy processing A semiconductor memory device includes a data buffer for inputting/outputting data from/to an exterior of the device, a plurality of DRAM cell array blocks, an SRAM redundancy cell which is situated around each of the plurality of DRAM cell array blocks, a fuse circ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6707703 | Negative voltage generating circuit A first electrode of a capacitor C1 is connected to an output node N0, and through a PMOS transistor switch SW1 to ground. A second electrode of the capacitor C1 is on one hand connected through a node N1 to the output of a switching circ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6707265 | Rotor angle detecting apparatus for DC brushless motors A rotor angle detecting apparatus for a DC brushless motor is capable of detecting the angle of the rotor of the DC brushless motor with accuracy without the need for a position detecting sensor. A motor controller has a high-frequency voltage imposer, an angle dete... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6706351 | Multilayer composition comprising fluoropolymers and hydrogenated polymers A multilayer composition comprising: A) a first layer based on copolymers of ethylene (E) with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and/or chorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE); B) a second intermediate layer comprising thermoprocessable copolymers of ethylene (E) with t... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705873 | Controller for use with operated object A controller for use with an operated object such as a model vehicle contains therein a memory. The movement of the model vehicle is stored in advance into the memory with each of push buttons in a keyboard unit of the controller. Once a “GO” button is pushed ev... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705718 | Spectacle frames with improved stratiform coating The spectacle frames comprise a plurality of frame elements, such as earpieces, rims, bridges and other parts, which form the structure. These elements of the structure are made of metal and their surfaces are protected by a stratiform electrochemical coating. Advan... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705077 | Exhaust gas recirculation control system and method and engine control unit for internal combustion engine There is provided an exhaust gas recirculation control system and method and an engine control unit for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly controlling an exhaust gas recirculation rate in advance according to the NOx-eliminating performance ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704982 | Automatic machine for assembling frames The machine comprises two independent fastening stations. The first station (2), designed to assembly the corners of the frame separately and successively, is provided with two cutting heads (3, 7) for cutting the mouldings (5, 9) forming the co... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703782 | Plasma display panel In a surface-discharge-type alternating-current plasma display panel, a discharge cell is divided into two cells: a display discharge cell C1 providing for a sustaining discharge between transparent electrodes Xa, Ya of row electrodes X, Y; and an address... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6704252 | Method and apparatus for reproducing information data from partial CD-R A pickup is moved in the radial direction of a partial CD-R, and the end position of a recorded area in the partial CD-R is detected based on a feature signal (on track signal) in the radial direction obtained during the movement. Information recorded in ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698186 | Air-fuel ratio controller for internal combustion engines A target air-fuel ratio KCMD for an exhaust gas upstream of a catalytic converter is sequentially determined to converge the output VO2/OUT of an O2 sensor downstream of the catalytic converter to a target value VO2/TARGET, and the amount of fu... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6700325 | Plasma display panel A recessed groove h is formed in a portion of an inner surface of a front glass substrate 10 facing a non-display area between adjacent discharge cells C in a column direction. Each of adjacent bus electrodes Xb and Yb of the respective row electrodes X a... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6700437 | Semiconductor device including logic circuit and macro circuit which has a function for stopping a direct current A semiconductor device includes both a logic circuit and a macro circuit. The macro circuit includes a circuit that consumes direct current (DC). In order to conserve power and allow for testing, the consumption of DC by the current consumption circuit ca... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6700323 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel comprises a plurality of row electrode pairs (X, Y) provided on a front glass substrate 10, a plurality of column electrodes D provided on a back glass substrate 13 and each intersecting the row electrode pairs, and discharge cells ... | 03/02/2004 |
