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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120653 | Video monitoring system for school buses A video camera system for a school bus to replace one or more of the mirror systems typically utilized on school buses today. One or two cameras can be positioned on the sides of the school bus in place of the rearview mirrors presently utilized. A pair of cameras w... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104205 | Sign stand with rolling base A portable sign stand with wheels or rollers, an adjustable weighted base member, and a sign display member. The base member has one or more compartments so that liquid or solid ballast can be added to stabilize the sign stand in windy conditions. The upper and lowe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8043849 | Thermal cycling device Multi-layer devices suitable for thermal cycling processes. The devices are particularly suitable for performing polymerase chain reactions (PCR). One embodiment includes a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer adjacent to the first layer, and a third co... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7996980 | Sign stand with rolling base A portable sign stand with wheels or rollers, an adjustable weighted base member, and a sign display member. The base member has one or more compartments so that liquid or solid ballast can be added to stabilize the sign stand in windy conditions. The upper and lowe... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7941951 | Sign stand with rolling base A portable sign stand with wheels or rollers, an adjustable weighted base member, and a sign display member. The base member has one or more compartments so that liquid or solid ballast can be added to stabilize the sign stand in windy conditions. The upper and lowe... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931685 | Method and system for treatment of regurgitating heart valves A system and process for correction of regurgitation of heart valves. With mitral valves in particular, the anterior leaflet is advanced through use of a D-plasty patch and a narrow annuloplasty ring which compresses the lateral dimension of the valve. Other specifi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7918569 | High definition vehicular mirror A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing or base member, a mirror lens and a bezel member. The mirror lens is provided in the shape of a portion of an end of an ellipsoid and has a varying radius of curvature. The center portion of the lens has a smaller radius of... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7901070 | Personalizeable wearable and displayable items Wearable or displayable products which can be individualized and accessorized according to the wearer's or user's mood or desires. A wearable product, such as a pair of glasses, has a plurality of holes or openings in which decorative pin members can be positioned a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7850679 | Mitral hook A mitral hook instrument for use particularly in heart valve operations. The mitral hook is used in particular for grasping or hooking secondary chords for lysis procedures. The interior surface of the hook has a groove or channel to facilitate use of a scalpel to c... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832784 | Motor vehicle provided with a folding top A motor vehicle provided with a folding top, which is supported by a frame of the motor vehicle and can be set in an open position or in a closed position. The folding top has an element of covering, which is substantially horizontal in the closed position and is hi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824419 | Laparoscopic trocar and facial closure systems and methods A laparoscopic trocar and facial closure system. A trocar having a shaft member and a pointed tip, a telescoping cannular assembly having a pair of sleeve members, a needle receptor assembly having another sleeve member that is positioned over the shaft member, a ne... | 11/02/2010 |
| D614946 | Releasable fastening clip | 05/04/2010 |
| 7699479 | Teardrop shaped vehicular mirror A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing and dome-type mirror lens. The lens has a first base footprint portion with a constant radius of curvature and a diameter, and a second base footprint portion comprised of an elliptical portion with a base major axis and a ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7695511 | Method and system for treatment of regurgitating heart valves A system and process for correction of regurgitation of heart valves. With mitral valves in particular, the anterior leaflet is advanced through use of a D-plasty patch and a narrow annuloplasty ring which compresses the lateral dimension on of the valve. The sizes ... | 04/13/2010 |
| D609558 | Visor clip | 02/09/2010 |
| 7636169 | Biofidelic displacement measuring system for an anthropomorphic testing device A sensing system (22) for a device (34) contains a light absorbing or scattering object (44). An illumination device (50,72) generating and emitting an illumination beam into the object (44). A first light filter (85) has at... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7621386 | Viscous fan drive having modified land design and armature venting A viscous fan drive in which the output drive to the fan is controlled by the movement of viscous fluid from a fluid reservoir and into the operating and working chamber of the coupling during normal operation. The input-coupling assembly and cover member are formed... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7618811 | Thermal cycling device A multi-layer device suitable for thermal cycling is set forth. The device is particularly suitable for performing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). One embodiment includes a first layer (18), a second layer (20) adjacent to the first layer, and a thi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7588331 | Personalizeable wearable and displayable items Wearable or displayable products which can be individualized and accessorized according to the wearer's or user's mood or desires. A wearable product, such as a pair of glasses, has a plurality of holes or openings in which decorative pin members can be positioned a... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7584563 | Sign stand with rolling base A portable sign stand with wheels or rollers, an adjustable weighted base member, and a sign display member. The base member has one or more compartments so that liquid or solid ballast can be added to stabilize the sign stand in windy conditions. The upper and lowe... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7578762 | Four-wheel drive vehicle transmission A four-wheel-drive vehicle transmission (1) having a drive torque input shaft (8) rotated about a first axis of rotation (A); a front output shaft (10); a rear output shaft (12); an auxiliary tubular shaft (14) mounted alongside th... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7572091 | System for loading/unloading containers A container handling system for a wheeled transport vehicle is disclosed that is capable of loading and unloading large containers using both a hook lift and cable winch mechanisms. ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7568881 | System and method for loading/unloading containers A container handling system and method for a wheeled transport vehicle is disclosed that is capable of loading and unloading large containers using both a hook lift and cable winch mechanisms. ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7547108 | High definition vehicular mirror A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing or base member, a mirror lens and a connecting gasket member. The mirror lens is provided in the shape of a portion of an end of an ellipsoid. The lens has a varying radius of curvature. The center portion of the lens has a... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7516827 | Hydraulic controlled fan clutch with integral cooling A hydraulically controlled fan drive system (12) having a method of engagement includes a housing assembly (20) containing a hydraulic fluid (48) and an engaging circuit (36). The engaging circuit (36) includes a pitot tube (152... | 04/14/2009 |
| D589463 | Wireless light with on/off switch | 03/31/2009 |
| 7503623 | Metal frame made up of the union of a plurality of extruded elements, and method for its fabrication A metal frame made up of a plurality of linear bars, which have a constant cross section, are obtained by extrusion, and are joined to one another by means of welding at structural nodes defined by jointing bodies provided with pockets for housing the linear bars. T... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503444 | Shape memory alloy rotary actuator with capacitive position feedback An engine mounted fan clutch is disclosed that utilizes an actuator including two shape memory alloy actuation wires to engage and disengage a valve arm and ultimately the fan. The actuator also includes a controller and a position sensor to accurately determine the... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7490707 | Magnetorheological fan coupling A magnetorheological fan coupling (10) having a fan-drive subassembly (12), an electromagnet subassembly (14), and a magnetic medium (16). The fan-drive subassembly (12) includes an output member (22) and an input member ( | 02/17/2009 |
| 7481320 | Filter device having a bi-directional valve One advantageous embodiment of the invention is a filter device (10) for filtering a fluid and providing three or more substantially continuous directions of flow therethrough. The filter device (10) includes a housing (12) having an entry port ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7430956 | Single-piece air cylinder for a fluid coupling device A single-piece air cylinder (“air cylinder”) for a pneumatic fan drive system. The air cylinder is comprised of a single-piece stamping having a stepped tab portion for attaching to a piston rod of the pneumatic fan drive system. The air cylinder has a cylinder ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415945 | Fluid actuated fan control method for a vehicle A method of controlling a fluid actuated fan drive system (12) for an engine (14) includes determining an engine speed. The speed of a fluid actuated engine-cooling fan (16) is limited when the engine speed is greater than or equal to an engine ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413433 | Laminant hot runner manifold A two-piece hot runner manifold with plastic flow channels formed as recesses in the two mating surfaces. One or more mating structures, such as posts and sockets, ridge and groove configurations, or the like, are provided along the mating surfaces of the two mating... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404713 | Inlet nozzle for hot runner system A shutoff valve mechanism for a plastic injection molding system and process. The shutoff valve mechanism is positioned between the nozzle of the injection molding machine and the hot runner manifold. Force applied by the machine nozzle moves an inner body member in... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7393197 | Injection molding machine having a side-injection sub-assembly and a method for accessing a hot passage distributor system contained therein An injection molding machine having a side-injection sub-assembly and a method for providing access to a hot passage distributor system therein. The injection molding machine includes a side-injection sub-assembly having an injection mold part and the hot passage di... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7374562 | Method and system for conductive keratoplasty Improved corrective procedures for conductive keratoplasty are disclosed. Over correction can be relieved by the addition of one or two spots along one of the rings on the cornea. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367796 | Heating cylinder for attachment to an injection nozzle for an injection molding system A hollow heating cylinder for attachment to an injection nozzle for an injection molding system. An elongated heating cartridge is spirally wound on the outside of the cylinder. The heating cartridge contains two electrically heatable heat conductors which are elect... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7316560 | Tool insert for the initial cut of a hot passage nozzle for an injection molding machine Tool insert for the initial cut of a hot-passage nozzle for an injection molding machine, which tool insert (10) accommodates the anterior (tool side) part of a nozzle and is insertable in turn in a suitably dimensioned recess (21) of the tool (20 | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308897 | Cigar opener A cigar opener assembly (10) includes a cover (12) and blade housing (14) having a blade (16) therein. The cover (12) and blade housing (14) rotate relative to each other so that openings (22, 24) through the cover ( | 12/18/2007 |
| 7287976 | Tool insert for the gate of a hot-channel nozzle for an injection molding machine Tool insert for the gate of a hot-channel nozzle for an injection molding machine, which tool insert connects to the front (tool-side) part of the hot-channel nozzle and in turn is capable of insertion into a corresponding recess of the tool. The tool insert consist... | 10/30/2007 |
