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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7102084 | Adjustable routing device and method for routing fiber optic jumpers from fiber optic jumper raceways A routing conduit assembly for routing fiber optic jumpers from a raceway includes interconnected hood, curved neck, and vertical body conduits. The conduits have slits which are aligned with one another when the conduits form the assembly. A connector connects the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7059194 | Pressure fault device The invention involves a pressure fault device for indicating a threshold pressure or a threshold differential pressure. The present invention provides a cost effective way to determine where a pressure problem has occurred. The device includes a housing having at l... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051547 | Air conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to an air conditioning system for motor vehicles, which contains a connection piece for a pressure switch/pressure sensor, said connection piece being suitable for evacuating and filling the air conditioning system after the removal of the pres... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7023358 | Method and an assembly for determining the existence and the size of a gap A method and an assembly 10 for identifying the existence and the size of a gap. Particularly, the assembly 10, in one embodiment, includes a member 50, which forcibly engages a staring gauge 16 as two members or portions abuttingly engag... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7006792 | Wireless andon communication method and system A portable wireless andon communication system and method for use in manufacturing, assembly and other industrial settings. A transmitter station and receiver station are set up for immediate use by simply connecting each to a standard power source. A user needing a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997524 | System and method for controlling a hydraulic system A method for preventing a valve orifice from switching to the small size when a high build gradient is required includes briefly bleeding off a small amount of fluid at the upstream side of the valve. This momentarily reduces the pressure difference when beginning t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981432 | Hose clamp tool A hose clamp installation tool and a method for installing a hose assembly. A first rod engages the clamp and releases the clamp from an open position to a closed position. A sensor indicates release of the clamp. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6952941 | Apparatus and method for forming an article and performing a secondary operation in-situ An apparatus and a method for forming an article and performing a secondary operation on the article in-situ. The apparatus includes a closure and a die having a cavity. A source of pressurized gas forces a portion of a sheet into contact with a forming surface havi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6931730 | Method of making a vehicle body A method of securing body panels to a space frame for a vehicle is disclosed. The body panels are secured to rivet nuts that are assembled to frame members. The location of the rivet nuts or rivet nuts supporting surface is measured and the rivet nuts are milled or ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918577 | Tooling plate for a flexible manufacturing system A tooling plate to fixture a workpiece for a vehicle subassembly is provided, including a planar body 10 for supporting fixture tools 32, 34 for holding a workpiece, a connector mechanism to allow the planar body 10 to be removably connected wit... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6845340 | System and method for machining data management A system and method for machining data management is provided. Vibration and operation data are gathered from a machine tool and sent to a processing unit. The processing unit defines operation-specific vibration profiles, and generates an operation-specific data li... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6815554 | Process for preparing unsaturated organosilicon compounds A process for preparing unsaturated organosilanes containing organic carbonyloxy groups and having the formula (R1O)3−nR2nSi—X—OC(O)C(R3)═CR32 (I), ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6803738 | Magnetic actuation and positioning Magnetic forces are used as a controlled actuation mechanism to move and position objects of interest. In one embodiment, a first spherical surface has at least one magnetic positioner attached. A second spherical surface is positioned to move relative to the first ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6777234 | Mammalian muscle construct and method for producing same A mammalian muscle construct and a method for producing the construct are provided. The mammalian muscle construct includes a substrate and a plurality of separate anchors secured to the substrate. Myogenic precursor cells are provided on the substrate with at least... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6769307 | Method and system for processing measurement signals to obtain a value for a physical parameter In a measurement system wherein time-varying physical signals containing frequency information related to a physical parameter of an object are measured to obtain corresponding time-varying measurement signals, a method and system are disclosed for processing the me... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6750260 | Process for chemical recycling of polyurethane-containing scrap A process of chemically recycling polyurethane-containing scrap. Polyurethane-containing scrap is subjected to a chemolysis reaction to produce chemolysis polyol products. The chemolysis polyol products are used as initiators in a reaction with alkylene oxide to pro... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6747201 | Method and system for extracting melodic patterns in a musical piece and computer-readable storage medium having a program for executing the method A method and system for extracting melodic patterns by first recognizing musical “keywords” or themes. The invention searches for all instances of melodic (intervallic) repetition in a piece (patterns). This process generally uncovers a large number of patterns,... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742084 | Caching method for selecting data blocks for removal from cache based on recall probability and size A caching method for selecting variable size data blocks for replacement or removal from a cache includes determining the size and the unreferenced time interval of each block in the cache. The size of a block is the amount of cache space taken up by the block. The ... | 05/25/2004 |
| D488752 | Novelty license plate | 04/20/2004 |
| 6702246 | Machine leveler A leveling device for heavy loads having a weldable base (10) and a cast iron cover (12) secured thereto with a wedge (32) disposed within the cover (12) and slidably supported on the base (10), a wedge follower (58) resting on the wedge (32) and extendin... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695301 | Method and system for feeding and transporting documents A system and method for feeding and transporting documents are provided. The system includes a feeder stage including a hopper, a feeder and a separator. The hopper includes a hopper wall extending toward the feeder with a waterfall step along the hopper ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6676162 | Occupant restraint belt presenter An inflatable belt presenter for use with an occupant restraint belt of a motor vehicle has a stored condition wherein the presenter is deflated and allows the restraint belt to assume a stowed position, and a deployed condition wherein the presenter is i... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6656983 | Vinylaromatic/1,3-diene copolymer stabilized with protective colloids as adhesives for porous substrates The invention provides mixed aromatic vinyl-1,3-diene polymers stabilized by a protective colloid and present in the form of aqueous polymer dispersions or polymer powders redispersible in water as adhesives for porous substrates. The polymer dispersions ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648675 | Method for fitting an object with a cable harness comprising at least one flat conductor, and electric/electronic devices connected thereto A method for fitting a carrier with a cable harness having main and branch conductors and with a device. A contact element is arranged on the carrier. A top portion of the main conductor, a bottom portion of a first end of the branch conductor, and a top ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6648398 | Bed panel with torsion pin hinge A method and apparatus for coupling a vehicle body panel partition for pivotal movement between an upright and a retracted position. A mounting includes hinge sets formed from two hinge leafs, each hinge leaf being used to retain one of the alternate ends... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6643671 | System and method for synchronizing a data copy using an accumulation remote copy trio consistency group A system and method for synchronizing a data copy include in one embodiment first and second remote copy trios, each with source, target, and secondary volumes. Source volumes store initial data files, execute write commands to generate updated data files... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641408 | Compliant contacts for conductive devices A conductive device includes a substrate and a plurality of conductive traces supported by the substrate. Each trace has a contact portion. Moreover, sufficient substrate material is removed from the substrate to sufficiently lessen stiffness of selected ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640294 | Data integrity check method using cumulative hash function Data integrity checking methods utilize a cumulative hash function. A sequence of data blocks and a corresponding sequence of hashes are stored on a medium. Each hash in the sequence of hashes corresponds to a data block in the sequence of data blocks. A ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6635832 | Electrical switch An electrical switch including a housing, four fixed contact elements fixed with respect to the housing, and four movable contact elements movable with respect to the housing. Each of the movable contact elements is positioned directly opposite from a res... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6635813 | Capo A capo (10) for use with a stringed instrument having a plurality of strings (4) and a neck (2). The neck (2) comprising a fingerboard (6) and a back (8). The capo (10) comprising a string engaging arm (12) and a clamping arm (14) that are adapted to pres... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6629980 | Instrument and method for creating an intraocular incision An instrument and method are provided for incising an intraocular tissue, such as the anterior capsule of the eye, which requires only a small wound cut in the corneal or scleral tissue. The instrument includes a handle and a curvilinear head portion atta... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629677 | Wristwatch display stand A wristwatch display stand for displaying a wristwatch and a novelty item comprises a cuff member and a base. The wristwatch is attachable to the cuff member and the cuff member has a lower portion that includes a pair of spaced apart first configurations... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6628177 | Micromechanical resonator device and micromechanical device utilizing same A micromechanical resonator device and a micromechanical device utilizing same are disclosed based upon a radially or laterally vibrating disk structure and capable of vibrating at frequencies well past the GHz range. The center of the disk is a nodal poi... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626699 | Electric plug connector having holder for holding first connector part on first wall side and enabling rotation of guide sleeve on second wall side with respect to first connector part A plug-in connector for establishing an electrical connection between two regions separated by a wall having a mounting hole includes a connector part having electrical contacts and located on one side of the wall. A guide bushing is located on the other ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6625587 | Blind signal separation Signal separation processing includes a signal separation architecture defining a relationship between at least one input signal and at least one output signal. The signal separation architecture includes a state space representation that establishes a re... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6625023 | Modular spray cooling system for electronic components A modular spray cooling system 10 for cooling electronic components in enclosures containing electronic components that dissipate heat and therefore require cooling. The modular system is mounted in a sealed enclosure 12 with an inside wall 14. A spray co... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624287 | Method for searching physiologically active substances, process for producing these substances and drugs found by the searching method A method for efficiently searching novel physiologically active substances under a certain predictability. This searching method comprises, among receptors of cells producing an antagonist to a substance in vivo or receptors of cells producing an antagoni... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624243 | Functionalized copolymers for preparing coating compositions The invention provides functionalized copolymers in the form of their aqueous dispersions or water-redispersible powders, based on a) one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having 1 to... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624114 | Supported catalysts and their use in the gas-phase oxidation of hydrocarbons The invention relates to supported catalysts consisting of an active material on an inert support in the shape of rings, wherein the rings have one or more notches in the upper and/or lower flat side of the ring.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623752 | Patch for transdermal application for pergolid The invention relates to a patch for transdermal application of pergolid and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.... | 09/23/2003 |
