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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963459 | Self-cleaning high pressure nozzle An expansion nozzle adapted for use in high pressure, high temperature conditions. The expansion nozzle uses spring compression to operate under constant pressure conditions to efficiently flash hot water into steam. A motor can be employed to automatically adjust t... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7364392 | Motor module for a reinstatement cutting machine A motor module (51) holding a plurality of motors as a unit. The motor module (51) is adapted for mounting to the main body (49) of a reinstatement cutting machine (20). The motor module (51) has a ram motor (134) and a rota... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7285846 | Integrated circuit package with ESD protection A semiconductor chip is attached to bifurcated finger members of a lead frame. A pocket is formed between the semiconductor chip and the lead frame. An opening is formed between the bifurcated fingers for injecting into the pocket a voltage variable material to prov... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7163621 | Fluidizable device A device for the treatment of an influent with a nonbonded media, and when the media becomes spent, the media is fluidized with a backwash fluid. Concentric inner and outer perforated cylinders contain a column of media therebetween. The influent is passed radially ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7037037 | Interlocking erosion control block with diagonal cable channels An erosion control block having male tab members and female socket members providing an interlocking relationship with neighbor blocks so that lateral removal therebetween is prevented. The erosion control block includes cable channels formed therein from respective... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994223 | Diagnostic readout for operation of a crane A programmable control system for a crane that senses a hydraulic pressure of the lift mechanism, and controls the movements of the crane apparatus as a function of the magnitude of the hydraulic pressure. As the status conditions of the crane change, sense switches... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995682 | Wireless remote control for a winch A wireless winch control system having a wireless remote transmitter for transmitting AM/PWM modulated signals. A processor in the wireless remote transmitter periodically transmits control signals while a forward or reverse button remains pushed. Once the button is... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980647 | Primary telephone line protector with failsafe Disclosed is a module (10) having pins (16-24) connected to respective conductor tower strips (46, 48, 50, 52). Pairs (46, 50 and 48, 52) of the conductor tower strips are spring biased toward each other to capture therebetween res... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6955500 | Method of forming a mat of erosion control blocks A method of cabling erosion control blocks of a mat together. The blocks have formed therein cable channels in a cris-cross manner, diagonally between the corners of each block. Cables are threaded through the blocks in a zig-zag manner, from the top of the mat to t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956248 | Semiconductor device for low voltage protection with low capacitance A semiconductor thyristor device that incorporates buried region breakdown junctions laterally offset from an emitter region. By spacing the buried regions around the emitter region, current carriers emitted from the buried regions are distributed over a large area ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941654 | Vehicle service body A service body for a vehicle includes side packs, each of which is formed with a multi-panel face which includes a side panel, a front panel and a back panel. The panels of the multi-panel face are formed integral by laser cutting the face from a single sheet of met... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6872125 | Tool for smoothing a workpiece A tool for abrading a workpiece to smooth the surface thereof. The tool has a shank portion and a working portion. The working portion has a smooth and non-abrading surface, with one or more depressions formed therein. Each depression includes an abrading mechanism.... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6862162 | Thyristor circuit providing overcurrent protection to a low impedance load A thyristor provides overcurrent protection to a low impedance load, such as a transformer, by adding a resistance in series with the transformer winding. As overcurrents attempt to pass through the transformer winding, a sufficient voltage is generated in the trans... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852232 | Down flow radial flow filter A method of coacting a fluid with a media, such as granular particles. The media is moved to an upper portion in an upright media container, and held there during a treatment cycle in which the fluid is coacted with the media. When the media requires regeneration, t... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840768 | Dental device A dental device for removing an onlay or crown from a patient's tooth. The device includes pliers-type handles for operating a corresponding pair of tips. The tips are equipped with grips adapted for holding an onlay or crown therebetween. The grip edges have a numb... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6788953 | Wireless local loop communication system using SLIC module A telephone communication system having a cordless telephone operating in conjunction with a cellular transceiver. A subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) is controlled by a microprocessor in the cellular transcriber. The SLIC can be controlled to provide standar... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6726531 | Abrasive tool having safe and active areas A tool for abrading a workpiece to smooth the surface thereof. In one embodiment, the tool is an ultrasonic tip (12) having plural grooves (16) formed in a smooth surface (14) thereof. Each groove (16) includes an abrasive material (24... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6322704 | Radial-flow fluidizable filter A radial flow fluidized unit (RFFU) (250) employing non-bonded media particles (56) for removing impurities from an influent, that can be backwashed and/or regenerated by fluidizing the media particles (56) to free the impurities therefrom. During a fluid... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6090643 | Semiconductor chip-substrate attachment structure A semiconductor device soldered to a conical mounting pedestal of a metal substrate reduces the lateral shearing stress created by temperature changes. An angle between the bonding surfaces of the semiconductor device and the metal substrate can be select... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6084761 | Telephone line surge protector A telephone line protection module having a printed circuit board base with conductive paths connected to pins of the module. Overvoltage sensitive semiconductor devices are soldered to the ends of a conductive bridge, and the bridge is spring-biased betw... | 07/04/2000 |
| 4809321 | Busy/no-answer call completion equipment Call completion equipment (10) is disclosed for use with a switching system (14) for assisting callers to complete telephone calls thereto. If a primary destination telephone set (16) is busy or does not answer, a message is transmitted from a message sto... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4785648 | Method and apparatus for embossing the inside surface of a cup-shaped article A draw/emboss work station (18) of the invention includes emboss punch apparatus (86) moveable by a lever (340) and a hydraulic system under control of a press slide (34). Pressure sleeve apparatus (92) is slideable with respect to the emboss punch appara... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4786966 | Head mounted video display and remote camera system A video system is disclosed having a weapon-mounted video camera (12) transmitting video signals to a remotely located video display (14). The video display is mounted to the helmet (40) of a soldier (36), and includes a sight reticle (50) superimposed on... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4776393 | Perforating gun automatic release mechanism Perforating gun automatic release mechanism wherein the perforating gun is linked to the drilling string by a coupling member. The coupling member includes a plurality of collet fingers, by which said coupling member is attached to the drilling string. Th... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4777647 | Pay station telephone interface An interface (10) is disclosed for coupling a conventional pay station telephone (12) to a telephone switching system (16). The interface (10) provides supervision signal detection functions normally provided by a switching system, and thus can be connect... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4776840 | Hand-held medical evacuator and irrigation device A pistol-shaped frame (26) houses a fluid distribution assembly (58), including a plunger (46) operated by a trigger (30) for discharging fluid from a reservoir (60) through an outlet check valve (68). On return of the spring-loaded trigger (30), an inlet... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4770246 | Method and apparatus for firing borehole perforating apparatus Method and apparatus for firing perforating apparatus in a borehole. A pressure actuated firing assembly is run into the borehole on th eend of a cable and latched onto a perforating apparatus. The cable is removed and pressure is applied to the tubing an... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4766610 | Replaceable cushion liner for military headgear A headgear cushion (18) having a closed-cell foam core coated with a non-allergenic vinyl/nitrile composition. A powdered carbon is mixed with the vinyl/nitrile composition to provide a dark color. Pressure responsive material (28, 30) is adhered to the c... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4767480 | Cold recapping method for tires utilizing uncured rubber and sectioned mold An apparatus and method for cold retreading or recapping of the running surface of a vehicle tire. A rubber, rope and cloth sectioned mold is produced utilizing a new tire male mold covered with perforated polypropylene film, uncured rubber with nylon rop... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4765051 | Method for constructing a locking bar for use in a spare tire carrier Disclosed is a spare tire carrier adapted for supporting a spare tire on an underside of a vehicle. The carrier comprises a pair of fixed track members attached to the vehicle underside for pivotably and slidably mounting a carriage adapted to receive the... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4756678 | Arcuate plate device for tire retreading apparatus Disclosed is a hub replacement device for use in vehicle tire retreading processes. An envelope is sealed against the tire carcass sidewalls to provide an environmental seal of the new tread on the carcass crown during the vulcanization process. Three arc... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4755725 | High intensity light shut-down circuit for night vision goggle A circuit for automatically removing battery power from a night vision goggle (10) upon its detachment from a headgear (12) or when subjected to excessive light. A magnet (34) on the headgear (12) is magnetically coupled to a magnetic reed switch (36) fix... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4754385 | Two transistor flyback switching converter with current sensing for discontinuous operation Disclosed is a dual transistor flyback converter having a pair of synchronously driven switching transistors (20, 36) for switching voltage to a primary (12) of a flyback transformer (10). When driven into a cutoff state, transistor (36) isolates switchin... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4752453 | Medical instrument sterilization container with fluid filters A medical instruments sterilization container (10) includes a housing (12) and a removable lid (14). A removable tray (16) is adapted to hold various medical instruments to be sterilized. The container is formed of a polymer of relatively low thermal cond... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4750404 | Aircraft missile launcher snubber apparatus A missile launcher and missile snubbing apparatus (32) includes a pair snubber blocks (34, 36) slideable along angled side edges of a wedge (38). The snubber blocks (34, 36) are biased by respective springs (48, 50) in a first direction, while the wedge (... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4750958 | Hub replacement method for tire retreading Disclosed is a hub replacement device for use in vehicle tire retreading processes. An envelope (30) is sealed against the tire carcass sidewalls (22, 24) to provide an environmental seal of the new tread (54) on the carcass crown (50) during the vulcaniz... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4745840 | Modified missile launcher Disclosed is a missile launcher (142) which includes frontal electrical access to electrical apparatus mounted in the aft portion of the luncher. A connectorized extender electrical cable (66) is connected to the aft-mounted electrical apparatus (50). The... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4741608 | Turning mirror for integrating image and light indicator ray bundles An electrical-optical system is disclosed having a turning mirror (24) for superimposing light rays (44) of an indicator LED (40) into the primary optical path (28) of an image (18). The turning mirror (24) comprises a solid having a frontal mirrored refl... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741054 | Chin cup for use with military headgear A chin cup arrangement (10) is disclosed having a foam chin cup (32). The chin cup foam (32) is adhered to a canvas interface (33). The composite foam and canvas structure is coated with a vinyl/nitrile mixture, pigmented to a dark color with a finely pow... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4737023 | Binocular periscope viewing device including triple prism for image splitting A binocular periscope (10) viewer includes a columnar glass prism (52) disposed in a vertical optical path (24) and an angled internal reflective surface (51) for redirecting the image from a horizontal path (22) downwardly to a vertical optical path (24)... | 04/12/1988 |
