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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5140941 | Water vessel A water vessel is assembled from a number of vessel units having at least one connecting opening, a short tube portion formed at each connecting opening of the vessel units, a connecting flange formed at an end of each short tube portion, and an annular p... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5123904 | Surgical resecting instrument A surgical resecting instrument whereby a cartilage, joint bump or tumor within a body cavity such as a joint cavity, for example, of a knee is resected from outside the body cavity without incising it and is discharged out of the body cavity has a body p... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5106564 | Method of and apparatus for making fiber-reinforced polymer compositions Fiber-reinforced polymer compositions containing resin components including (a) 30-90 weight % of polyamide resins, and (b) 10-70 weight % of polyolefins+unsaturated carboxylic acid-modified polyolefins, based on the resin components; and (c) 5-50 parts b... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5099906 | Roller screen unit In the roller screen unit of the present invention, a clutch mechanism based on centrifugal effect using balls is provided with a ratchet member in which a cylindrical portion having notches between engaging grooves of a stator member and floating grooves... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5089058 | Method and apparatus for high frequency heat-treatment of long continuous metal blanks The invention relates to a high frequency heat-treatment of long continuous metal blanks wherein the long continuous metal blanks are fed in their lengthwise direction by a pushing rod which is insensible to the high frequency to pass through a high frequ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5089196 | Non-magnetic substrate of magnetic head, magnetic head and method for producing substrate A non-magnetic substrate used for a magnetic head comprising a pair of non-magnetic substrates, and a magnetic layer structure sandwiched between the pair of non-magnetic substrates. The magnetic layer structure is comprised, of alternately laminated magn... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5086420 | Focus control apparatus for use with an optical disk for determining whether a focused state has been obtained Disclosed is an optical disk apparatus in which light which returns from a recording medium is led to an photodetector composed of a plurality of light-receiving elements, and focusing is controlled on the basis of an focus error signal which corresponds ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5084836 | Parallel signal processing system A plurality of processor units (6a . . .6n), and a single host processor (4) coupled with the processor units (6a . . .6n) through transparent memories (10a . . . 10n) are provided for reading out results of parallel processing by the processor units. Eac... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5081549 | Control of tape slack and friction damage in a recording-reproduction system A tape handling apparatus comprising rotation detecting means for detecting the rotation of a pair of reel supports, and control means for controlling the operation of a capstan motor and a pinch roller pressing mechanism. When the detecting means detects... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5081524 | Image inputting device for endoscope An image inputting device for an endoscope is provided in which image obtained by the endoscope and decomposed into a plurality of color signals is converted into electrical signals. A gray scale correcting section having an adjustable correcting value is... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5078013 | Ultrasonic measuring apparatus using a high-damping probe A high-damping probe capable of obtaining not only sound velocity information but also other ultrasonic information useful for ultrasonic testing, such as the frequency and amplitude of the received wave, and also capable of increasing the accuracy of ult... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5077169 | Toner composition and a method for preparing the same A toner composition is disclosed which comprises a mixture of toner particles with finely powdered acylic polymer, and finely powdered silica dispersed in the mixture, wherein the finely powdered acrylic polymer is present in an amount of 0.05 to 0.15 par... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5072497 | Glazing or calendering roll A glazing or calendering roll includes a roll body having a flange journal at each end of the roll body and peripheral passages formed near the roll surface in the roll body for conducting a fluid heat or cold carrier through the roll. The roll has a cent... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5071616 | Method of inserting rigid plastic lining tube through pipe In inserting a rigid plastic tube through a pipe while paying out the tube from a drum having the tube wound thereon in a flat form, a heating fluid is supplied into the plastic tube to pass the fluid from its one end toward the other end thereof and ther... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5069322 | Self adjusting clutch cover assembly A clutch cover assembly for a pull-type clutch, in which a threaded part an axis of which is identical with an axis of clutch is formed on a pressure plate, a lever height adjusting ring contacting with an intermediate fulcrum point of a release lever is ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5068587 | Spindle drive control apparatus for a machine tool Provided is a spindle drive control apparatus which is provided with a single three-phase spindle motor (60) for rotatingly driving a spindle (50) of a machine tool and a solenoid relay (70) for switching the phase windings (U, V, W) of the motor between ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5065509 | Method of securing a blade for a torque converter A method of securing a blade to a torque converter for use mainly in industrial construction vehicles provides a rigid and easy-to-manufacture construction. The structure includes plural circular blades which are secured to a concave surface of a shell wi... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5063560 | Spread-spectrum multiplexed transmission system A spread-spectrum transmission system wherein a plurality of spread-spectrum signals are frequency division multiplexed by offsetting the center or carrier frequencies of the spread-spectrum signals by a fraction of the spectral-line spacing of the signal... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5062744 | Apparatus for confirming movement of tap when rigid tapping When tapping is effected by a tap driven by a built-in spindle motor (12) and another motor (22), which built-in spindle motor directly drives the tap (14) to rotate without a transmission mechanism, and which other motor drives the tap (14) with the buil... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5062726 | Process for setting a cut printing sheet A printer comprises a cylindrical platen for supporting and feeding a printing sheet, a pinch roller in resilient contact with the platen to cooperate therewith to feed the cut sheet, and an inclined sheet guide on which a cut sheet is loaded. A leading e... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5062162 | Shield plate-mounting structure in helmet A structure for mounting a shield plate on a mounting base plate on a cap body of a helmet for rotation or pivotal movement between fully opened and closed positions. The mounting base plate and the shield plate are provided with two bayonet mechanisms ha... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5060749 | Motorcycle According to the present invention, with a motorcycle in which only the front frame banks and the main frame is prevented from banking, the connecting shaft, between the front frame and the main frame, is arranged and provided under a line connecting cent... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5061906 | Voltage controlled oscillator using control transistors in a loop formed of inverters A first inverter logic element, a second inverter logic element, and a third inverter logic element constitute a loop circuit, and a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor are connected between an output of the third inverter logic ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5059018 | Colored contact lens A contact lens having a circular colored area at center thereof, and has a mark arranged in the colored area. The mark is provided by applying deeper or different color on the colored area, or provided by masking the contact lens before applying color of ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5054524 | Solid-color weave pattern belt A solid-color weave pattern belt comprising a weave in which warps are arranged at such a high density that wefts are substantially hidden behind the warps. The weave comprises a 2/2 twill weave having four warp threading phases with warp threading arrang... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5056055 | Coherent surface acoustic wave unique word detector A unique word in a digital communication system is detected on a receiving side by using an acoustic surface wave matched filter (4) having a piezoelectric substrate, an input interdigital electrode (4c) and and output interdigital electrode (4a, 4b) on t... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5056150 | Method and apparatus for real time speech recognition with and without speaker dependency A method and apparatus for real time speech recognition with and without speaker dependency which includes the following steps. Converting the speech signals into a series of primitive sound spectrum parameter frames; detecting the beginning and ending of... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5052545 | Apparatus for conveying grain An apparatus for conveying grain is disclosed, which includes a conveying belt disposed to extend through a cylinder for movement with the inner wall surface of the cylinder as a guide in order to prevent scattering of dust generated as grain is conveyed ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5052722 | Intermediate coupler for hoses Intermediate coupler for hoses attachable to a vehicle body including a fitment body with hose joints at opposite ends and a mounting bracket caulkedly bound to an intermediate base portion of the fitment body. The fitment body has, at the intermediate ba... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5054020 | Apparatus for high speed data communication with asynchronous/synchronous and synchronous/asynchronous data conversion A general purpose communications processor for communicating data between an asynchronous data terminal and a synchronous data communication facility, includes (I) a transmit module, having (a) a transmit processor, (b) an input serial communication contr... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5053698 | Test device and method for testing electronic device and semiconductor device having the test device A test device for an electronic device includes a pattern generating circuit, a plurality of comparators and a memory. The pattern generating circuit generates at least one input pattern. The electronic device under test is supplied with the input pattern... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5051824 | Electronic scope having detachable frame to which solid state imaging device is fastened An electronic scope arranged in such a manner that an objective lens system is fastened to the tail end portion of an elongated inserting section and a solid state imaging device having a photoelectric transfer function is disposed at the focal point of t... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5051636 | Dynamic electric machine A dynamic electric machine such as a totally-enclosed fan-cooled machine has an end bracket having a plurality of seats to which a cover such as a fan cover is fixed through a plurality of generally cylindrical rubber bushings. The bushing has a nut embed... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5051606 | Method of connecting and disconnecting a board in a hot state A device for connecting and disconnecting a board in a hot state includes a board and a mother-board. The board has mounted thereon dynamic elements through which a low electric current flows during a clock signal disabled state, and a clock signal enable... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5051739 | Driving circuit for an image display apparatus with improved yield and performance A driving circuit for an image display apparatus wherein the respective rows and columns of the active matrix panel with a plurality of picture elements disposed on the matrix shape are respectively selected by the clock pulses of the given frequency to d... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5051908 | Driving wheel torque control device for vehicle A first driving wheel torque reduction control quantity is set by a first setting element according to a slip condition of a driving wheel, and a second driving wheel torque reduction control quantity is set by a second setting element according to a yaw ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5048129 | Helmet for riding vehicle In a helmet for riding a vehicle comprising a cap body, a shield plate vertically turnably supported to both left and right side surfaces of the cap body to open or close a window of a front surface of the cap body, and a seal lip sealed with an inner sur... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048133 | Stretcher A wheeled stretcher for transferring and carrying a person lying on a bed, such as an invalid, is shown wherein the height of the stretcher is low enough to go under the bed. A lifting device narrower than the width of the wheeled stretcher is provided in... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5050037 | Liquid-cooling module system for electronic circuit components A printed circuit board assembly having a printed circuit board mounted, on both faces, heat generative electronic circuit components, such as integrated circuit chips, and a pair of liquid-cooling modules arranged on both sides of the printed circuit boa... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5049741 | Electromagnetic wave shielding system for optical sensor having an aperture An electromagnetic wave shielding system for an optical sensor includes: a sensor body having an aperture through which an optical signal is made incident on the sensor body; a shielding plate disposed within the sensor body, the shielding plate having an... | 09/17/1991 |
