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A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6118070 | Insulated conductor pair and a guide cable using the same A layered insulated conductor pair is provided which can be easily manufactured in inexpensive facilities and with which a highly precise and stable degree of electromagnetic coupling can be obtained. A guide cable also is provided using such a layered in... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5979945 | Common rail A common rail is provided in the pipe joint of the branch connector to improve the strength and resistance against the internal pressure fatigue; said common rail having a longitudinal conduit of a substantially circular section therein and a plurality of... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5967830 | Connector A cover 20 is formed with an elastically deformable lock portion 27 which locks a corrugated protection tube 30 to restrict a loose displacement of the corrugated tube 30 along its longitudinal direction. The corrugated tube 30 is mounted as follows. Firs... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5964033 | Soft tissue nipper with unitarily formed plastic support for nipper blades A tissue nipper is provided to permit efficient trimming of tissue, such as cuticles. The nipper includes a base, arms projecting unitarily from the base and cutting blades at the ends of the arms remote from the base. Portions of the arms near the cuttin... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5962812 | Construction for processing a shield layer of a shielded cable To facilitate the processing of a shield layer of a shielded cable, an inner tubular member 20 is inserted between a braided wire 3 and an insulation coating 4 of a shielded cable 1. An outer tubular member 10 already mounted on the shielded wire and posi... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5958602 | Multi-walled steel pipe A multi-walled steel pipe includes at least two pipe bodies of different diameters. The two pipe bodies are overlapped with one another. Either the inner surface of the outer pipe body or the outer surface of the inner pipe body is a rough surface having ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957507 | Joint structure for branch connectors in common rails A joint structure for a branch connector in a common rail, comprising: a main pipe rail having a conduit therein on its axis and a plurality of through holes formed in its circumferential wall at an axial spacing, each of the through holes having a pressu... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957165 | Apparatus for winding and tightening a band clip around a wiring harness An apparatus for winding and tightening a band clip (10) around a wiring harness (1) is provided with a base member (100) with a clip retaining means (120) for retaining a clip portion (2) of the band clip (10) in such a manner that a clipping direction (... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957732 | Connector A multilevel connector is provided for securely engaging male and female connector housings. The connector 1 includes a main block 4 integrally formed with a receptacle 3, an auxiliary block 5 to be assembled with the main block 4 and a lid 6 to be assemb... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5951359 | Indicia-bearing balloon and method of manufacture A method is provided for applying personalized indicia, such as a photograph, to a balloon. The method includes employing a commercially available copier to reproduce an image from a photograph onto a thin plastic film having a pressure sensitive adhesive... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5941896 | Filter and method for trapping emboli during endovascular procedures A filter and method for trapping emboli during endovascular procedures are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the filter is formed from a bent, flexible guidewire shaped to define a frame and a porous filtering material mounted to portions ther... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5941477 | Virtually fully engagable stacking reel component A stacking reel component having cooperative locking members which when engaged with the cooperative locking members of a second reel component exert and receive axial forces in forming a reel. The reel component is formed to allow compact stacking with o... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5941911 | Orthopedic prosthesis employing bone screws and cement A prosthetic system is provided for secure mounting of a prosthetic component to a bone, and particularly to a bone that may be diseased, damaged or deteriorated. The prosthetic system includes a plurality of screws that are mounted to healthy bone stock.... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5937996 | Vibrating screw feeder A vibratory screw feed apparatus is provided for delivering controlled rates of particulate materials. The apparatus includes a double walled plastic trough having an open-topped upper recess. A hopper is removably mounted to the top of the trough for fee... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5937458 | Crib bumper safety system A crib bumper assembly is provided. The crib bumper assembly includes a bottom panel to be positioned between the spring and mattress of a crib. The crib bumper assembly further includes head, foot and side panels articulated to and extending upwardly fro... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5934944 | Block connector A block connector is provide to facilitate a disengaging operation. The block connector invention is constructed by placing an upper housing A and a lower housing B one over the other. Lock projections A7, A8 are provided at front and rear sides of the le... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5934472 | Processor tray A processor tray is provide for maintaining plastic film wrapped thereabout in a taut state. The tray is unitarially formed with a plurality of sidewalls, a comer joining each pair of sidewalls, and a base. A flange is formed to extend outwardly and downw... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5928034 | Connector with terminal locking and locking assurance features A connector is provided to improve the reliability of a primary locking function by an elastic lock piece without deteriorating a secondary locking function and an insufficient insertion detecting function of a retainer. When female terminals (20) are pro... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5928004 | Electrical connection box for an automotive vehicle To downsize a large electrical connection box such as a junction block and to enable the mounting of a compact integrated fuse therein. Internal circuits are accommodated in a casing comprised of a lower casing 10 and an upper casing 11, and are divided i... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5915544 | Breaker device Fixed electrodes 40 and terminals 30 are mounted on a casing main body 21 of a breaker device 10 with bolts 50. Each terminal 30 is firmly fixed between the end surface of a spacer 52 fitted on the bolt 50 and a mount base 24 by a fastening force of the b... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5915472 | Apparatus for cooling EGR gas A lightweight apparatus designed to cool the EGR gas of an engine efficiently by replacing baffle plates with one or more support plates having a plurality of through holes, which is further made up of a barrel, end caps, a tube sheet, and a plurality of ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5915506 | Emergency stop module for a robot An emergency stop module for a robot or the like, of the type comprising a ody (1) forming a compression chamber (3) and fed with air under pressure, provided with an opening (5) which is normally closed by an inner plate (6) firmly attached to an outer fl... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5913703 | Connector assembly with sequentially engageable housings A divided connector is provided to reduce engaging forces and to enable a simplified engagement detection. The connector has male and female connector housings 1, 2; 51, 60 each carrying a group of terminal fittngs 7, 7a, 12. Either one of the connector h... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5911318 | Breaker device A breaker device is provided in which a lever can be locked in specified positions with an improved reliability and unlocking can be easily effected. A slider (60) carried by a lever (30) and a panel (22) of a casing (20) define a locking mechanism of the... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5908330 | Platelike member A platelike member (10) for being associated with an electrical device (70), includes openings or recesses (30) for receiving terminals (50) therein, the openings or recesses (30) being arranged in columns and rows. The openings or recesses (30) in one co... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5908327 | Electrical connector with cover assembly A cover 20 includes a pair of half pieces 20A which could be obtained by dividing a rectangular tube into halves by a plane extending parallel to two opposed wall of such a rectangular tube. The pair of half pieces 20A have the same configuration and are ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5903964 | Common rail and method of manufacturing same A common rail is provided which is simple in structure and capable of connecting a piping component to a thick wall pipe thereof in a highly sealed and light weighted manner. In a common rail adapted to connect a pipe component to at least one end of a th... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5901438 | Apparatus and method for introducing cables into or through a part An apparatus and method are provided for introducing at least one cable C connected with a connector 20 into or through a grommet 30 having openings provided therefor. The apparatus has a second element 12 for at least partly accommodating the cable C and... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5900796 | Electric noise suppressor An electric noise suppressor is provided for suppressing high-frequency electric noise which comprises a thermoplastic housing and two ferrite members disposed therein. The thermoplastic housing is formed from two hingedly connected case halves, which are... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5896666 | Head for string trimmer A cutting head for a string trimmer is provided which accommodates any string gauge thickness and may be easily and quickly re-threaded upon failure of a string previously disposed therein. Clamping members are provided to clamp the strings within the cut... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5896079 | High frequency common mode ferrite bead Common mode ferrite bead is provided for suppressing EMI/RFI. The bead includes a ferrite body of substantially rectangular configuration with top and bottom surfaces, first and second end surfaces and first and second side surfaces. Six apertures pass en... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5890287 | Connection structure and process for connecting eye joints and slender metal pipes There are provided a connection structure and process for connecting a eye-joint and a slender metal pipe, which is enabled by making the welding operation completely unnecessary to eliminate the working troubles and a fear of cracking or breakage, as mig... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890749 | Connector for connecting pipe arrangements having small diameter A connector is provided for a small diameter pipe that has been formed to include an annular swelled part near the end of the pipe. The connector includes a body with a communication hole extending axially therethrough. A chamber extends axially into one ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5889261 | Electrical heating elements An electrically resistive heating element for liquids and a method of fabricating same. The heating element comprises a substrate formed of an electrically insulating material or formed of an electrically conductive material provided with an electrically ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5888324 | Wiring harness a method for producing a wiring harness and a wiring harness producing apparatus Placing tables 28, film adhering tables 27 and connector mounting tables 24 are individually formed and rearranged so as to conform to a desired wiring path. A plurality of wires 11 are linearly placed in parallel with each other on each placing table 28,... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5888081 | Lever connector A lever 30 is mounted on a female connector housing 20 such that a part of the lever 30 is accommodated in a receptacle 11 of a male connector housing 10 together with a female connector housing 20 in a connected state of the male and female connector hou... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887910 | Connection structure for branching connector in high-pressure fuel rail A main tube provided with a channel is mounted in a fuel rail and has a peripheral wall. One or more holes extend vertically through the peripheral wall and are in communication with the channel. Each hole forms a dished seat portion having either a stair... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887628 | High pressure fuel injection pipe for diesel internal combustion engine A fuel injection pipe for a diesel engine which can sustain high internal pressure is provided. The inventive fuel injection pipe of a thick doublet pipe structure comprising an inner pipe and an outer pipe and having a thin inner diameter is arranged suc... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887348 | Head for string trimmer A cutting head for a string trimmer is provided which accommodates any string gauge thickness and may be easily and quickly re-threaded upon failure of a string previously disposed therein. Clamping members are provided to clamp the strings within the cut... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887344 | Method of mounting a plurality of ball leads onto a BGA socket A universal production ball grid array socket is provided for use with a ball grid array package. The socket will receive a ball grid array package and in turn can be mounted or plugged into an underlying circuit board. One embodiment of the socket includ... | 03/30/1999 |
