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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6689401 | Non-alcoholic beer A method of brewing a malt beverage having a low alcohol content is disclosed. A malt and cereal infusion having an extract content below about 14% is prepared, and boiled to obtain a wort. A predetermined quantity of hops are then added to said wort, whi... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685786 | Wire connecting method, a wire joint detecting method, a wire connecting apparatus and a wire joint detecting apparatus An apparatus and method are provided to improve a cutting reliability, to facilitate automation of the connection of wires and to allow for a reliable detection of wire joints. Ends of wires (a, a') to be connected along their longitudinal directions are ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6685506 | Connector and a method for connecting such connector with a mating connector A connector has a housing (20) with a receptacle (22) and locks (24) for engaging male terminal fittings (10) in the housing (20). A retainer (30) is mounted in the receptacle (22) and has a preventing plate (31) that projects into a deformation permittin... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6685500 | Connector and a method of assembling a connector A connector includes a female housing (30) that can be fit into a receptacle (11) of a male housing (10). A lock arm (18) projects into the receptacle (11) and is elastically deformable in a direction intersecting the connecting direction of the housings ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6687639 | Processing system for a wiring harness, a method for testing an electrical connection of a wiring harness, computer-readable storage medium and a wire connection assisting system An electrical connection test is conducted within a practical response time every time a harness-forming wire is connected on a compact assembling board. Multiplexing communication controllers adopting a perfect time-division multiplexing communication me... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6604268 | Apparatus for processing an end of a shielded cable An apparatus is provided for widening the woven conductive sheath that Surround a shielded cable. The apparatus includes opposed punches that move into Contact with the exposed conductive sheath. Forces exerted by the punches are Sufficient to cause the e... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6602082 | Lever type connector assembly A female housing (21) has a rear side formed with a lever pocket (25). A cover (40) has a projection (48) that can be mounted into the lever pocket (25) along with a lever (60). The lever 60 has a cantilevered elastic latch (66) with a latch projection (6... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6589080 | Terminal fitting and a connector A connector has a housing (20) with a plurality of cavities (21) for accommodating terminal fittings (10). A resiliently deflectable lock (37) is provided at the bottom surface of each cavity (21). Terminal fittings (10) are inserted into the cavities (21... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585544 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting has a resilient contact piece (18) coupled to an inner ceiling wall (15) via a resilient supporting piece (17). The resilient contact piece (18) is cantilevered back from the resilient supporting piece (17) and then is bent forward. A p... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6568948 | Connector A connector has a housing (10) with a terminal accommodating portion (11) that has cavities (19) in which terminal fittings (13) are accommodated. A lock (20) for locking the corresponding terminal fitting (13) projects from the upper surface of each cavi... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6562484 | Steel material of high fatigue strength and a process for manufacturing the same A hot worked steel material, such as a bar, or tube, has a surface layer improving its fatigue strength despite the non-metallic inclusions which it may contain, or the cracks which it may have. The surface layer is formed by heating a nickel layer on the... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6561338 | Carriage conveying apparatus A carriage conveying apparatus is provided to efficiently circulate push carriages (110) even in a limited space. The apparatus includes forward and return paths (PH1, PH2) for push carriages (110). The return path (PH2) is provided immediately below the ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6554644 | Shielding terminal An inner metal lock 30 is formed in an upper surface of a connecting portion 15 of an inner terminal 11 by cutting the upper surface and bending a cut portion outward to project obliquely backward. A locking hole 32 is formed in the upper wall of a dielec... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6552274 | Wire laying plate assembly and a molding process for an insulation plate A wire laying plate assembly includes a plurality of synthetic resin insulating plates (25-27). Bosses (46-48) project from at least one of the insulating plates (24-26). At least one other of the insulating plates (25-27) is formed with boss-escaping por... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6552273 | Bus bar module A bus bar module (10) includes a bus bar (11) made of a metal material integrally molded into an insulating layer (12) made from resin. The bus bar module (10) also includes a distortion absorptive section (15) for absorbing distortion resulting from diff... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6533615 | Shielding terminal and a connector provided therewith A shielding terminal (15) is accommodated in a cavity (21) of a housing (20) in a connector (10) and is doubly locked by a lock (25) of the housing (20) and by a ground terminal (50). A recess (16D) is formed in a shielding shell (16) of the shielding ter... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533609 | Shielding terminal and a mounting method therefor A shielding terminal has a lock (14) mounted in an area extending from an opening (22) of a covering wall (21) to an outer crimping portion (23) of an outer terminal (12), and is fixed with respect to the outer terminal (12) by mounting plates (41) wrappi... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530795 | Unitable terminal fitting, a construction for uniting a plurality of terminal fittings and method for forming a unitable terminal fitting A terminal fitting (1) is provided with a wire connecting portion (3) to be connected with an end of a wire (W) and a shaft fixing portion (5) through which a bolt (4) is insertable. The shaft fixing portion (5) is formed by folding a metallic plate mater... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6530800 | Connector and method for assembling a connector A connector includes male and female housings (10, 30). The male housing (10) has a receptacle (11) and lock arm (18) projects into the receptacle (11) for locking the female housing (30). A slider (60) is assembled in the female housing (30) and is biase... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520801 | Connector A connector has a housing (10) with a cavity (11) for receiving a terminal fitting (20). A resin lock (13) is cantilevered into the cavity (11) and has a wedge-shaped biting portion (13B) at its leading end. The wedge-shaped biting portion (13B) contacts ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520786 | Connector A connector includes first and second housings (10, 30). During connection of the housings (10, 20), a slanted surface (38) of a pushing portion (37) comes into contact with receiving pieces (20) of a shorting terminal (15), which in turn is deformed resi... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520811 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting has a bottom wall (15). A curved portion (21) is folded back at a front end (15F) of the bottom wall (15). A touching portion (22) extends back from the curved portion (21) and is in contact with the bottom wall (15). A contact portion ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520781 | Connector and method for mounting a connector A connector having an improved force for locking a shielding terminal. The connector (10) has a housing (20) and a ground terminal (50) is mounted into a shielded casing (C) after a shielding terminal (15) is partly locked in a cavity (21) of the housing ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6521065 | Method of applying a material to wires of a wire group A sealant applicator 1 is provided for applying a waterproofing treatment to a wire assembly, a plurality of wires are aligned in a line according to their diameters in a holder 4 provided on a wire laying board 3. Positioning members 21 of a main unit 2 ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520788 | Watertight connector and sealing member A watertight connector includes male and female housings (10, 20). The male housing (10) has an engaging end surface (10A) with a mounting recess (15) in which a seal (40) is mountable. The seal (40) has sealing portions (45) to be fitted around outer sur... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6512177 | Protection cover for a battery terminal and a battery terminal A protection cover includes a lid (32) and a cover (37) which have interfering portions (36, 41), which do not interfere with each other while the cover (37) is being displaced from an exposing position to a protecting position, if the lid (32) is mounted... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6510574 | Inflatable positioning aids for operating room An inflatable positioning device is provided. The device includes a pump, a tube extending from the pump, a valve intermediate the length of the tube and non-rectangular inflatable pillow connected to the end of the tube remote from the pump. The non-rect... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6506967 | Prerecorded musical arrangement teaching assembly and method A method is provided for training different members of a musical group to perform a selected rendition of a musical work. The method comprises providing a pre-recorded media with a plurality of tracks relating to the musical work. One track includes a pro... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6506300 | Distributor plate for crossflow cassette-type filtration appliances A monodirectional or bi-directional distributor plate for crossflow cassette-type filtration appliances is provided which comprises three parts and is used in the ultrafiltration or microfiltration of liquids. The three-part distributor plate assembly com... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6501279 | Electrical connection box, a positioning method and a testing device for the same A testing device is provided to position connection parts easily and precisely with respect to probes. A box (1a) of an electrical connection box (1) is restrained from twisting by rods (15). Connecting parts T of the electrical connection box (1) then ar... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6500230 | Method for protecting a non-ferrous liquid metal from oxidation The invention relates to a process for protecting a non-ferrous liquid metal from oxidation and from firing in a machine processing this metal or its alloys, consisting of disposing a gaseous mixture containing carbon dioxide at the surface of the non-fer... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6497401 | Molded cooling tower A cooling tower is provided for industrial process cooling as well as air conditioning systems. The cooling tower includes a base that has a bottom for supporting the base on a substrate and a plurality of support posts extending away from the bottom. The... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6497591 | Connector A retainer (40) has side plates (45) that slide against sliding-contact surfaces (29) of a female housing (20). Each sliding-contact surface (29) has an obliquely extending guide rib (33) and a locking projection (36) above the guide rib (33). The inner s... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6494781 | Card edge connector A first connector housing (1) accommodates substrates (3), and pressing portions (7) extend on opposite sides of the substrates (3). Terminal fittings (5) are accommodated in the second housing (2) and are provided with contact pieces (9) for contacting f... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6494733 | Connector A connector (20) has a housing (18) for accommodating female terminal fittings (22). A resiliently deformable lock arm (46) is formed separately from the housing (18) and is adapted to lock the connector (20) to a mating connector (10). Coil springs (40) ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6494183 | Common rail for diesel engine A common rail includes a main pipe rail having a circulating passage extending in its inside in the axial direction thereof, branch holes formed in an axial peripheral wall portion of the main pipe rail, and branch connectors connected to the respective b... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491530 | Connector and a method for mounting a connector A connector (10) has an improved operability by reducing an insertion resistance of a shielding terminal. The connector (10) has a housing (20) and a ground terminal (50). Contact pieces (56) of the ground terminal (50) are movable between a retracted pos... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491726 | Posterior stabilized prosthetic knee replacement with bearing translation and dislocation prevention features A prosthetic replacement knee joint includes a tibial component, a femoral component, a bearing and a control arm. The tibial component has a superior bearing surface and a conical recess extending into the superior bearing surface. The bearing has an inf... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6488547 | Connector with longitudinally spaced locks for retaining terminal fittings A connector (F) includes two partial locks (41) for holding a terminal retainer (15) in a partial locking position with respect to a housing (Fh) and two full locks (42) for holding the terminal retainer (15) in a full locking position. Terminal fittings ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6489559 | Grommet A one-motion grommet (10) has opposite front and rear small-diameter tubes (11, 12) and a widened tube (13) therebetween. The front small diameter tube (11) is dimensioned to pass into a through hole (9) in a body panel (8). A cut-away portion (15) extend... | 12/03/2002 |
