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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5792442 | Highly homogeneous spinel Li1+X Mn2-X O4 intercalation compounds and method for preparing same A novel method of preparing a spinel Li1+X Mn2-X O4 intercalation compound with low lattice distortion and a highly ordered and homogeneous structure for 4 V secondary lithium and lithium ion cells is provided. The method ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5791522 | Modular narrow profile foam dispenser A dispenser for dispensing foamable compositions includes a first module comprising a first housing, a fluid flow fitting in the first housing, a shutoff valve in the first housing and in fluid communication with the fluid flow fitting. The dispenser furt... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5771205 | Buoyant transducer assembly for assisting an angler A buoyant transducer assembly which may be attached to a fishing pole for providing signals indicative of objects, such as fish, within the water. The buoyant transducer assembly includes a sonar transducer supported by a float. The float has a central hu... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765500 | Life rafts on ships A system for deploying life rafts from ships, wherein the life rafts are of the inflatable type and where there are stocking-like bodies for transfer of personnel from the ship to at least one of the life rafts. The life rafts are arranged in groups which... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5749995 | Watertight coupling between a tube and an endpiece and method of manufacturing it A waterproof coupling between at least one tube and at least one endpiece by means of a molded portion secured to the tube and providing means that provide sealing between the tube and the endpieces, wherein said portion which is made of a material of the... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5740984 | Low sonic boom shock control/alleviation surface A sonic control device that reduces the effects of shock waves generated by an aircraft traveling at supersonic speeds. The control device includes a control surface located at or near the nose section of the aircraft. The position of the control surface ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5737954 | Superplastic forming with direct electrical heating Sheet materials are superplastically formed and optionally diffusion bonded into structures, by directly electrically resistance heating the sheets and forming them with a controlled gas-mass flow while the dies in which they are formed may remain relativ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5740082 | Collocated sensor actuator A position sensor is structurally integrated within a wide-gap magnetic actuator. Being an integral structure, the sensor provides voltages representative of a relative shift in position of the actuator's armature and pole piece from the neutral or base p... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5720153 | Wrapping method, and apparatus for implementing said method The present invention relates mainly to a wrapping method and to apparatus for implementing the method. The invention provides a method of wrapping a palletized load, the method comprising a step of depositing one or more plastic films around the palletiz... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5718877 | Highly homogeneous spinal Li1+x Mn2-x O4+y intercalation compounds and method for preparing same A novel method of preparing a spinel Li1+X Mn2-X O4+Y intercalation compound with low lattice distortion and a highly ordered and homogeneous structure for 4 V secondary lithium and lithium ion cells is provided. The metho... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5715737 | Apparatus for trimming printed products on at least two borders An apparatus for trimming multiple-sheet, folded printed products utilizing two processing drums adjacently arranged. The drums are each rotated about a horizontal axis by a drive mechanism. Each processing drum comprises radial compartments for receiving... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5713694 | Method and base for traffic channelizer A resilient and flexible base for a two-piece traffic channelizer is provided that does not require external ballasting to stabilize the channelizer against wind forces and vacuum forces created by passing vehicles and minor impacts from a vehicle. The ba... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5712701 | Surface inspection system and method of inspecting surface of workpiece A surface inspection system and methods of inspecting a surface of a workpiece are provided for detecting particles, defects, or other surface characteristics in or on a surface of the workpiece. The surface inspection system preferably has a transporter ... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5712401 | Processes for preparing thioxanthone and derivatives thereof A process for preparing thioxanthone and derivatives thereof is disclosed. In the process, an aromatic compound, such as cumene, is reacted with thiosalicylic acid (TSA) or dithiosalicylic acid (DTSA) in the presence of sulfuric acid. The reaction mixture... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5701801 | Mechanically redundant actuator assembly In a mechanically redundant actuator system, the actuator has a structurally redundant members for attaching it between a stationary anchor point to a movable control surface. Specifically the actuator consists of a cylinder body, a double action piston w... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5700490 | Apparatus and method for the thermal treatment of fibers The invention relates to a cooling assembly for a fiber spinning machine, which forms a cooling zone for the fibers and has openings, through which a cooling fluid flows to the fibers. The cooling assembly is formed by a plurality of overlying annular ele... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5701113 | Passive non-contacting centering system Permanent magnets affixed to one structure produce a repelling force to magnets affixed to a larger structure that encloses the one structure to suspend and hold the one structure entirely within the larger structure, without physical contact therebetween... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697738 | Spade-type boring bit having chamfered corner portions The spade-type boring bit includes an elongate shank defining a central longitudinal axis and a blade portion joined to one end of the shank. The blade portion includes a pair of generally flat side segments extending laterally from the central longitudin... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5694953 | Hair dressing comb A hairdressing comb (10) comprises a series of spaced pairs of hair-lifting teeth (16.1, 16.2), the teeth of each pair defining between them a gap 18 into which hair can enter. Each hair-lifting tooth has a hair-lifting formation (20.1, 20.2), the hair-li... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694766 | Method and apparatus for controlling the throat area, expansion ratio and thrust vector angle of an aircraft turbine engine exhaust nozzle using regions of locally separated flow A method and apparatus for controlling the throat area, expansion ratio and thrust vector of an aircraft turbine engine exhaust nozzle, includes means, such as deflectors and/or injected air, for producing and controlling regions of locally separated flow... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694645 | Fencing garments made from stretchable, electrically conductive fabric A garment for use in electrically-scored contact sports competitions is described. The garment is designed to cover at least the upper torso of a wearer, and is fabricated from electrically conductive yarns which cooperate with an electric sports implemen... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5695409 | Golf club with opening at base of the head A golf club, comprising a head having a striking face, a front toe, a rear heel, and opposing top and bottom edges. The club also includes a shaft joined to the heel of the head, and so as to define a juncture portion therebetween. Also at least one openi... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5692703 | Multiple application wheel well design An aircraft landing gear wheel stowage structure including a wing rear spar extending laterally across the aircraft; a mid bulkhead extending laterally across the aircraft and displaced rearwardly of the wing rear spar; a pressure bulkhead extending later... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5692690 | Cable snagger for winding a continuously produced cable onto a take-up spool An apparatus for winding continuously produced cable about a take-up spool includes a frame, a traveler assembly, multiple take-up spool assemblies, and a translation system for automatically moving the traveler assembly into an aligned position with each... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5692406 | Gas inlet for a superplastic forming die and method of use An improved die for a superplastic formation process and the process that uses an interface for pressurized gas that is part of the forming die so that tube welding to the forming pack can be eliminated. In one embodiment, the interface is fixed to the di... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5694408 | Fiber optic laser system and associated lasing method The fiber optic laser system and associated lasing method amplifies and divides a primary laser signal into a plurality of secondary laser signals. The fiber optic laser system includes a distribution means, such as a distribution module, for dividing a p... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5689977 | Circular knitting machine with jacquard pattern control mechanism A circular knitting machine and a jacquard pattern control mechanism therefor is provided in which knitting instrumentalities slidably mounted in grooves in a rotating member, such as a needle cylinder, sinker cap or dial, are controlled by a rocker bar s... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5689987 | Method for determining the proper progress of a superplastic forming process by monitoring gas-mass outflow A method and apparatus for determining the progress of a superplastic formation process that uses cumulative gas-mass outflow from a forming part being formed from generally one or more sheets of superplastically formable material, a process that may incl... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691156 | Method of inhibiting cell growth with the P2U receptor Isolated DNAs encoding the human P2U receptor are disclosed, along with vectors and host cells containing the same and methods of using the same. Host cells which are essentially free of endogenous P2U receptor expression, and which ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691390 | Thermoplastic syntactic foams and their preparation A low-density, porous material is prepared by mixing together microballoons and an oligomeric precursor to a polyesterimide polymer. The oligomeric precursor has an initial viscosity sufficiently low that it can flow and wet the microballoons when first h... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5688256 | Evacuation unit and method for controlling the release of gas from a body cavity following surgery An evacuation unit and method for using the unit for controlling the release from a body cavity of aerosolized blood and other body fluids or other contaminants contained in the gas present in the body cavity during an endoscopic surgical procedure is dis... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687979 | Storage attachments for wheelbarrows Wheelbarrow attachments for releasably supporting tools having rod-like handles, such as rakes, shovels, and the like, and for storing small hand tools and the like, are provided. One attachment comprises at least one generally L-shaped bracket having fir... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687900 | Structural panel having a predetermined shape and an associated method for superplastically forming and diffusion bonding the structural panel A method of fabricating a structural panel having a predetermined shape features forming an inflatable envelope assembly from at least a pair of superplastically formed and diffusion bonded metallic core sheets. The inflatable envelope assembly can be dis... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5688058 | Process and apparatus for the typographical labeling of two sides of printed products The printed products, overlapping one another in an imbricated manner, are moved, by means of the conveying device, past the first printing station in a conveying direction, where the first outer side of the printed products is provided with typographical... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685451 | Carrying case with inserted nameplate A double-walled thermoplastic article includes a double-walled body having inner and outer walls and an insert having visible portions and recessed runner sections. The body includes an insert portion in which its inner and outer walls are contiguous. The... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5686387 | Compositions containing semicarbazones The use of certain herbicidal semicarbazones and salts thereof as potentiators or enhancers of herbicidal and/or plant growth regulating substances.... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5682633 | Pillow with inserts The present invention provides a pillow with an insert and lobe of sufficient curvature to enable the user to obtain the intended firmness effects. The pillow includes a compressible and resilient body having a top portion and a bottom portion and a round... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5684052 | Textile coating and method of using the same The present invention provides an article of manufacture comprising a textile substrate and a coating being a polymer comprising a non-aromatic unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic ester monomer and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer. An unsaturated mono-... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5684634 | Head-up displays A head-up display 10 comprises a display device 11 for generating information to be presented to an operator 15 in superimposition with his forward view of the outside world 16, via an off-axis reflectively-powered combiner optic 14 for effecting said sup... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5683960 | Compositions containing semicarbazones The use of certain herbicidal semicarbazones and salts thereof as potentiators or enhancers of herbicidal and/or plant growth regulating substances.... | 11/04/1997 |
