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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6056359 | Two-position latch system A power boat helmsman's station chair having a two-section seat bottom articulated by a pivotal hinge framework so that the front section of the seat can be folded up from its normal position as a horizontal extension of the rear section of the seat botto... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6026769 | Mechanical direct cylinder fuel injection A two-stroke internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with a combustion chamber defined between the cylinder head and a reciprocating piston, and a carburetor which delivers a rich fuel and air mixture to a compressor with a reciprocating p... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6003848 | Compact gas spring A gas spring with a sealing and bearing assembly received within a casing of the gas spring adjacent to a rod slidably received through the assembly for axial reciprocation. The assembly has an annular retaining ring received within the casing, an annular... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5979208 | Inside perimeter hemmer An apparatus constructed to be received within an interior opening of a sheet metal panels to form a pre-hem and a complete hem about the periphery of the opening with a plurality of generally radially outwardly movable hemming plates or steels which are ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5944325 | Mechanically actuated hydrostatic tool holder A collet for holding and precisely locating a cutting tool within a tool holder has a bore constructed to receive a shank of the cutting tool therein, a hydrostatically displacable sleeve received in the bore, a piston received within a passage communicat... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5939801 | Remote d.c. power supply with automatic backup power feature Apparatus for controlling distribution of d.c. power to a plurality of remote d.c.-powered LAN transceivers, which includes a plurality of primary d.c. power supplies and at least one backup d.c. power supply, all having means for connection to a source o... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5925962 | Electric motor commutator A flat commutator for an electric motor of a vehicle fuel pump. The commutator, is made with a one-piece carbon ring having a flat outer face, a one-piece conductor ring underlying the outer face of and embedded in the carbon ring, and a housing of a plas... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5905423 | Magnetically retained polymeric solenoid tip A permanent magnet armature solenoid has a tip formed of a non-magnetic material operably connected to a ferromagnetic insert which is firmly held to the end of the magnetic armature by the magnetic attraction between the insert and armature. The magnetic... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5886304 | Omni-directional sound system In an omni-directional sound system such as a sound-light combination arrangement having at least one loudspeaker and optionally at least one light source, a bass loudspeaker arrangement includes a cylindrical casing having end walls at which are installe... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5884614 | Crossbow with improved trigger mechanism A crossbow that includes a barrel having a pair of limbs and a bowstring cable that extends between the limbs, a trigger mechanism for selectively capturing and releasing the bowstring cable against flexure of the limbs, and a guide for supporting a bolt ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5881698 | Fuel pump with regulated output A fuel pump with an inlet through which fuel is drawn from a fuel tank and an outlet through which fuel is discharged under pressure to an operating engine of a vehicle has an inlet throttle valve actuated by the pressure of the pump outlet fuel to at lea... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5881704 | Archery bow limb and method A composite reinforced limb of an archery bow is at least partially covered with a dry film of a polymeric coating initially applied in a generally liquid mixture adjacent to and firmly engaging at least a portion of the limb to prevent the underlying com... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5879278 | Method and machine for cutting liners and inserting cut liners into closures Method and apparatus for repetitively making products, such as cap liners continuously from web material. A rotary knife drum having an array of die cutters cooperates with a counter-rotating anvil to thereby define a convergent web working zone therebetw... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878709 | Ignition switch having a positive off and automatic on A positive off and automatic on ignition stop switch and electronic circuit for use in an internal combustion engine. The circuit that allows for normal operation of the engine in an unbiased state. When it is desired to turn the engine off, a stop switch... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5876194 | Fixed-displacement vane-type hydraulic machine A fixed displacement vane-type hydraulic machine that includes a cartridge assembly having a rotor, a plurality of vanes carried by the rotor, side plates on opposed sides of the rotor, and a cam ring carried between the side plates surrounding the vanes ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5873349 | Fuel pressure regulator For a fuel injected combustion engine a fuel pressure regulator having a rapidly and accurately regulated output pressure over a wide range of flow rates by bypassing and returning to a fuel tank a portion of the input fuel from a fuel pump through a bypa... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873504 | Carrying bag A carrying bag (20) formed of flexible material includes an upper compartment (86) and a lower compartment (90) separated by a dividing wall (86). A zippered closure (27) extending around three sides of the bag allows access to the lower compartment and p... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5871393 | Mounting member for polishing When a mounting member employed for fine polishing of semiconductor substrates or glass substrates etc. is constituted of a combination of a sheet of continuous porous structure and a template, operating efficiency is lowered by the need to change the tem... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5865541 | Bulk container liner and method A collapsible liner for a bulk container made of a flexible material and having seamless top and bottom walls is provided. The liners are formed from a tubular blank folded to form two gusset panels received inwardly of two overlying flat panels. The blan... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5855278 | Case for accommodating a flat electronic apparatus A computer case with a foam inlay into which are embedded lift devices which can be released by a pressure applied to the top thereof so that they can raise the computer out of the inlay. The application of pressure to the lift devices again causes the co... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5855060 | Flexible framing apparatus Framing apparatus for the assembly of the body parts of a truck cab including a bottom panel, a back panel, and right and left side panels. A framing station has a base adapted to support the bottom panel. Side framers on opposite sides of the base are ad... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5853577 | Orbital vibration welded filter A fluid filter comprising a housing having first and second plastic cover members each having a peripheral flange and joined together to define a housing chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A filtration media is disposed in the housing chamber between ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5851072 | Spout construction for bulk box liquid liner An improved bulk bag or bulk box liner and spout fitment construction for the liner discharge and/or fill openings. The liner is of liquid impervious thermoplastic multiple-ply sheet material, and the spout fitment is a rigid thermoplastic spout of either... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5842455 | Fuel accumulator and pressure limiting device An accumulator and over-pressure relief valve unit disposed within a vehicle fuel tank to accommodate expansion of fuel due to heating of the fuel within the fuel system and to maintain increased pressure of heated fuel in the fuel system to prevent vapor... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5836363 | Tank liner A collapsible container liner for use within a bulk container having a substantially rigid top, bottom and side walls and a filler opening in the top wall. The liner is a collapsible bag of a flexible material with top, bottom and sides which correspond t... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5819395 | Machine tool module with cutting tool and superimposed workpiece-carrying platen A machine tool module has a platen supported on a track above a metal-removing tool. A workpiece is placed on the platen at a loading station at one end of the track. A drive is provided to move the platen from the loading station to the metal-removing st... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816233 | Archery bow limb and method A composite reinforced limb of an archery bow is at least partially encased in a flexible plastic material which closely overlies and firmly engages the limb to substantially prevent the composite layers or fibers adjacent the limb from becoming detached ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5810478 | Bulk bag with lift straps and exterior liner For a bulk bag with lift straps, an exterior liner with an opening adjacent each lift strap constructed to receive the lift strap therethrough so that the bag can be lifted by its lift straps with the liner in place. To prevent leakage and to protect the ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5809975 | In tank fuel pump and reservoir with stand pipe For a fuel pump mounted within a module in a vehicle fuel tank, a stand pipe is provided in communication at its upper end with a return fuel reservoir and at its lower end with the inlet of the fuel pump to deliver fuel from the return fuel reservoir whe... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799647 | Oven door window unit A window unit for an oven door having a pair of rectangular window panels held in spaced parallel relation by a frame. The frame is an endless rectangular member. The sides and ends of the frame are generally U-shaped in cross-section having spacer flange... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5796101 | Method of processing nucleic acids A laser based tunable high resolution ESCA (Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis) system in which harmonics of a subpicosecond laser source are used to carry out core level photoemission is provided wherein photon energies tunable to 80 eV have bee... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5795651 | Filament having plexifilamentary structure, nonwoven fabric comprising said filament and their production The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric including a fine denier filament having a plexifilamentary structure in which the disadvantages of polyolefins and of polyesters are offset each other while advantages of them are well utilized with a fin... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5793019 | Electric infra-red and forced air oven An infra-red and forced air oven for drying a freshly painted object. The drying oven has a plurality of heating elements, which radiate infra-red energy, disposed about the object to be dried. Each heating element preferably has an annular shell, an elec... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5793140 | Electric motor flat commutator A flat commutator for an electric motor of a vehicle fuel pump. The commutator is made with a one-piece carbon ring having a flat outer face, a one-piece conductor ring with a base portion embedded in the carbon ring and underlying outer face, and a housi... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5789270 | Method for assembling a heat sink to a die paddle A method of assembly an integrated circuit die to a heat sink by first providing a lead frame that has a die-attach paddle portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an opening therethrough, positioning a heat sink having a raised portion on its ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5789527 | Polyester resin for use in toner binder and process for producing the same Provided are a polyester resin for use in a toner binder which is excellent in terms of offset resistance and low-temperature fixability, which keeps triboelectric charge stability even in an environment of a high temperature and a high humidity, which ha... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5789876 | Method and apparatus for generating and accelerating ultrashort electron pulses The invention provides a novel laser-plasma-based source of relativistic electrons; and a method to use laser-driven plasma waves as the basis for the source of electrons. The technique involves a combination of laser beams, which are focused in a plasma.... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5789267 | Method of making corrugated cell contact A method of forming a cell contact that has improved structural strength and break-down resistance and a cell contact produced by such method are provided. The method utilizes an oxide spacer consisting of a plurality of oxide layers deposited by two alte... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787332 | Process for recovering tantalum and/or niobium compounds from composites containing a variety of metal compounds A process for treating composite materials comprising metals and having significant radioactivity for separation into concentrated individual products is provided. The process of the invention recovers valuable metals and semi-metal elements including rar... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5786284 | Filament having plexifilamentary structure, nonwoven fabric comprising said filament and their production The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric including a fine denier filament having a plexifilamentary structure in which the disadvantages of polyolefins and of polyesters are offset each other while advantages of them are well utilized with a fin... | 07/28/1998 |
