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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5495423 | General strategy for vaccine and drug design A method for computing the conformation and location that a protein fragment will obtain in binding to the active site of a receptor is provided. The invention relates to both the computation of conformation and location of natural ligands within an activ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5494283 | Crosshandle police baton with hook and arm trap A passive control tool (8) is disclosed that has a ball (10), a handle (12) connected to the ball, and an arm (14) connected to the handle. The passive control tool has a weapon trap (16) connected to the handle and a striking base (18) connected to the w... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5494099 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger, such as an evaporator, includes an upper tank and a lower tank and a plurality of heat exchange units extending between the upper and lower tanks. Each heat exchange unit includes a plurality of pipe members, each having a longitudinal c... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5493328 | Method and system for addressing a home terminal unit using a fiber-to-the-curb system A system for determining the physical location of a home terminal unit senses that a cable carries a communication signal from a home terminal unit to an optical network unit. The system includes the home terminal unit, the optical network unit, and a cab... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5493480 | Illuminated umbrella An illuminated umbrella includes a shank with upper and lower end portions, a plurality of ribs connected pivotably to the upper end portion of the shank at one end thereof, a slidable ring member sleeved on the shank, and a plurality of spreaders which a... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5493565 | Grooming device for streamlining a plurality of input signal lines into a grouped set of output signals A grooming device (18) includes an inbound crosspoint switch (30) that combines proprietary STS-1 signals from any of a plurality of optical terminators (16) into a grouped set of output signals for transmission to a broadband matrix subsystem through ded... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5491028 | Enhanced adherence of diamond coatings This invention is directed to the creation of diamond coatings with enhanced adherence on substrates, such as tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC--Co), by chemical vapor deposition. This process comprises the steps of creating a combustion flame, supplying a depo... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5490767 | Variable displacement piston type compressor A piston type compressor includes a compressor housing enclosing a crank chamber, a suction chamber, and a discharge chamber therein. The compressor housing comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinders. A drive shaft is rotatably supported i... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5490646 | Aircraft maintenance robot An aircraft maintenance robot (20) for maintaining aircraft surfaces is described, that includes a maintenance tool (228), for example a nozzle (78), conduits and a pump, which supply fluid to the maintenance tool, which sprays the fluid on aircraft surfa... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5490769 | Variable capacity scroll type fluid displacement apparatus An infinitely variable scroll-type fluid displacement apparatus comprises an orbiting scroll having a spiral element interfitted with a spiral element of a base scroll. The orbiting scroll and the base scroll are both rotatably disposed in the compressor ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5486768 | Surface resistivity meter for determining surface degradation of high resistivity materials Apparatus and method for determining the amount of oxidative and hydrolytic degradation in the surface of a highly resistive material, such as a polymer. A special probe provides an annular resistance on the surface of a sample of the material. The voltag... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5487110 | Apparatus and method for virtual private telephone line with automatic ring down Apparatus and method for establishing a virtual private line with automatic ring down is provided. The virtual private line uses the SS7 switching network of present telephone systems coupled between the customer premises equipment of two virtual private ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5484032 | Hanger device to be used in a bicycle brake assembly A hanger device is used to interconnect a pull cable and a yoke cable in a bicycle brake assembly and includes a vertical guide rod which is adapted to be mounted to a fork portion of a bicycle frame. A slidable member is mounted slidably on the guide rod... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5484006 | Cornice box A cornice box assembly (10) for forming a cornice box (66) of a desired shape that hangs on a wall (74) is provided. The assembly (10) includes a face member (12) of a lightweight rigid material and first (14) and second (16) side members of the lightweig... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5483665 | Simulcast satellite paging system with over lapping paging reception locales A paging system includes a satellite uplink (40) for assembling paging information and transmitting it to a satellite (26). The satellite (26) is then operable to transmit in a simulcast manner all the information to various regional paging systems (42). ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5483581 | Method and apparatus for performing an automated collect call A telephone system and method of operation are disclosed which use a microprocessor control system (10), a speech generator (34) and speech memory (46) to automatically place collect calls without the need of a live operator. The telephone uses the microp... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5480305 | Weather simulation system A weather simulation system that generates and distributes weather data to simulation subsystems for the real time simulation of weather conditions, from three-dimensional real world data. A real world database is accessed to obtain a dataspace of weather... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5476141 | Flat-type refrigerant tube having an improved pressure-resistant strength A flat-type refrigerant tube for use in an heat exchanger which has a plurality of refrigerant passage chambers formed in a flat aluminum plate having a first end and a second end, the chambers extending from the one end to the opposite end in parallel wi... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5476465 | Surgical cable crimp A surgical cable crimp is disclosed for securing a surgical cable in a loop. The crimp has a crimp body with a head and a neck. The crimp body has a first longitudinal bore formed therein. The head has a second bore extending through the head and offset f... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5474280 | Apparatus for preheating a reactor feed A method and apparatus for preheating a reactor feed, comprised of an iron ore (10) and a process gas (21), in an iron carbide process for making steel is provided. The apparatus comprises a process gas preheater (40) having a furnace (56) and a heat exch... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5475403 | Electronic checking with printing An electronic checkbook (10) is provided for printing checks. electronic checkbook (10) is of a hand-held size and operates on two AAA batteries. An on/off switch (30) which includes a needle valve (410) controls ink flow. A print cap switch (26) is also ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474738 | Medical instrument sterilization container A medical instrument sterilization container (10) is provided which includes a port (18). A removable filter (32) is received within port (18) to enable sterilization of instruments placed within container (10). A removable plug (48) replaces filter (32) ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474679 | Filter for medical instrument sterilization containers A filter (32) is provided for a medical sterilization container (10) having a port (18,22,24) allowing fluid communication between the interior of container (10) and the surrounding environment. A peripheral frame (44) is adapted to cooperate with the por... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474268 | Agricultural and industrial tie A reusable agricultural and industrial tie (10, 50, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for securing objects to a fixed structure, such as a tensile wire, and a wooden or metal structure. The reusable tie includes a head portion (14, 54, 202, 302, 402, 602) adapted ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474114 | Apparatus and method for controlled penetration of compressed fluid cylinders A drill assembly for penetrating a wall of a container is provided. The container is supported by a platform within a recovery vessel. The drilling assembly allows removal of a fluid from the container. The drilling assembly includes a tube for lining a f... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5473117 | Flexible cable grounding scheme A method for electromagnetically shielding the end of a rigid cable (10) containing a large number of conductors to provide increased bending flexibility is disclosed along with a ground strap assembly (24). Ground strap assembly (24) is designed to shiel... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5471527 | Voice enhancement system and method A telecommunications network (120) is provided with adaptive gain control (AGC) of the voice signals in network (120). Network (120) includes an input (12) for receiving a voice signal, an output (14) for receiving the voice signal, and a coupling between... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5469578 | Night vision goggle headgear mount A headgear mount (10) for night vision goggles (12) is disclosed. The headgear mount (10) is formed with a goggle mounting structure (14) secured to a mounting block (16). Mounting block (16) is secured to frame (22) that is secured to the front portion o... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5467479 | Night vision goggle mount A helmet mount (10) for night vision goggles (12) is disclosed that is formed with a rear clamp (24), front clamp (16), a strap (20) disposed between the front and rear clamps (16, 24), and a goggle mounting structure (14). The goggle mounting structure (... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467719 | Method and apparatus for securing a tank to a tank car sill A method for attaching a head brace to a tank car includes cutting a portion of the draft sill near the position where the head brace is to be located in order to create an access opening. The interior of the head brace is welded to the draft sill assembl... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467489 | Air permeable cushion An air permeable cushion includes a base plate with several holes formed therethrough, several spring units erected on the base plate, and a covering made of an air permeable cloth and enveloping the spring units therein. Each of the spring units includes... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5469500 | Method and apparatus for delivering calling services A call processor (49) contains a service node/intelligent peripheral service creation environment (58) to create a service logic table (56) to store call processing instructions. A service logic executive (54) accesses the service logic table (56) and exe... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467223 | Drape adapter The adapter member for a microscope cooperates with a universal microscope drape having a universal positioning member. The adapter member is detachably secured to the lens housing of a microscope in tandem with a lens unit located in the lens housing. Th... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5466251 | Therapeutic sleeve A therapeutic elastic sleeve (12) is provided which can be affixed securely to a patient's limb. The sleeve (12) is formed from a wide sheet (18) of elastic material that is fixedly attached to the sides of an ice pack or other appropriate heat or coolant... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5466129 | Valved discharge mechanism of a refrigerant compressor A refrigerant compressor includes a compressor housing divided at least partially by a valve plate into a first chamber comprising a compression chamber, and a second chamber comprising a discharge chamber. A fluid conduit links the compression chamber wi... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5464820 | Specific inhibitors of tissue kallikrein The invention is directed to substrate analogs which are specific for tissue kallikrein. These analogs contain a sequence which corresponds to at least positions 388 to 390 of human kininogen, and which has a 4-aminophenylalanine (Phe(4NH2)), o... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5462217 | High force compression flip chip bonding system A high force flip chip bonding method and system that precisely and forcefully engage a flip chip device with a corresponding wiring pattern on a substrate in a manner that prevents flip chip device and substrate shifting during force application. The met... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5463624 | Bus arbitration method for telecommunications switching A bus arbitration method for telecommunications switching is provided that receives a plurality of requests of a plurality of priorities for an available asynchronous bus time slot, wherein each request has a weighted age. The plurality of requests are or... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461932 | Slotted orifice flowmeter A flow impedance device is provided for an obstruction flowmeter for determining the flow rate of a compressible or incompressible fluid in a conduit. The flowmeter preferably includes means for measuring the temperature and pressure of the fluid as well ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460154 | Method for pneumatically propelling a projectile substance A projectile substance is pneumatically propelled. The projectile substance is inserted into a longitudinal bore (23) of a barrel (22) and a rupture disk (54) is attached to a first end of the barrel (22). Next, the first end of the barrel is coupled to a... | 10/24/1995 |
