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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6596590 | Method of making multi-level type non-volatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having nonvolatile memory cells, each of said memory cells including a semiconductor substrate of one type of electric conduction, a pair of source and drain regions of the opposite type of electric conduction for... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6554028 | Weaving or textile machine and process for such a machine A weaving or textile machine is provided that has a beamed (20, 21, 22 and 23) base (2) and moving parts, wherein the moving parts, during weaving, cause vibrations (18, 19) which spread to the base (2), and wherein that the beams are joined by or by mean... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6551277 | Syringe pumps A syringe pump has a plunger head retainer with two retainer arms mounted on shafts extending parallel to the syringe axis. Each shaft carries a gear, which is engaged by common gear wheel mounted on a threaded shaft. Initially, the shaft is rotated to di... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546967 | Method and arrangement for the linear measurement and magazine storage of thread in looms or textile machines In an arrangement for the linear measurement and magazine storage of thread (7) ahead of the pick in looms or textile machines (18) use is made of thread feed elements (1) and thread length-measuring elements (2) together with magazines (6) designed to st... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6538368 | Electron-emitting devices An electron emitter, such as for a display, has a substrate and regions of n-type material and p-type material on the substrate arranged such that there is an interface junction between the regions exposed directly to vacuum for the liberation of electron... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6521531 | Method for selectively growing a conductive film to fill a contact hole Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same prevent the spread of a tungsten film out of an opening portion of a contact hole when the tungsten is grown in the contact hole and avoid inferior wiring shape and inter-wiring shirt-circuit. Aft... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6516042 | Nuclear fuel assembly The invention relates to a fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor which is adapted, during operation of the reactor, to allow water to flow upwards through the fuel assembly while absorbing heat from a plurality of fuel rods, whereby part of the water ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511437 | Head blood flow balance inspecting apparatus To provide a head blood flow balance inspecting apparatus for preventing apoplexy or brain infarct, a head blood flow balance inspecting apparatus comprising two ear interior thermometric portions, a connecting portion for connecting the two ear interior ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6504217 | Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same A low-concentration impurity region and a high-concentration impurity region are formed respectively near the lower surface and the upper surface of an undoped polysilicon film by a first and second ion-implanations. A refractory metal film of tungsten or... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6496605 | Block deformation removing filter, image processing apparatus using the same, method of filtering image signal, and storage medium for storing software therefor A filter for removing block deformation that occurs in an image signal is disclosed. Detected are a plurality of differentials each between at least two pixel signal levels on block boundaries between pixel blocks and in the vicinity of the block boundari... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484768 | Knife assembly for veneer lathe The invention relates to a veneer lathe knife assembly comprising supported by a frame assembly a knife mounting beam (4) and a nose bar beam (5), both of which having a front portion (4'; 5') for holding a cutting knife (6) and a nose bar (7), respective... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6476712 | Tire pressure display device A tire pressure display device for a vehicle having several wheels provides each monitored tire with an electronic module including, for example, an integrated pressure sensor with measuring and control electronics which are coupled to a high-frequency tr... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470062 | Nuclear fuel assembly A fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor which is designed to allow water, during operation of the reactor, to flow upwards through the fuel assembly while absorbing heat from a plurality of fuel rods, whereby part of the water is transformed into stea... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6469343 | Multi-level type nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having nonvolatile memory cells, each of said memory cells including a semiconductor substrate of one type of electric conduction, a pair of source and drain regions of the opposite type of electric conduction for... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6456943 | Carbon dioxide concentration sensor A carbon dioxide sensor has an arithmetic unit 12 that predicts the minimum value of carbon dioxide concentration that is regulated by the diffusion of the atmosphere by judging that a signal from a carbon dioxide concentration sensing unit 1 indicates a ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6447411 | Vibration damper using a rotary mechanism for all tennis rackets This invention is for an effective anti-vibration system that adapts to any tennis racket, comprising of a compact flexible element (1), that fixes onto the strings, here (3) and (4), or onto the frame of a tennis racket, using another rigid element (5) c... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446836 | Loss-in-weight feeder control A method and system for feeding particulate matter in a process or similar application uses feed control based on a loss-in-weight measurement scheme. The control signal for the loss-in-weight control system is formed from the sum function of loss-in-weig... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6434506 | Process for determining the relative velocity between two moving objects The invention relates to a process for determining the relative velocity in the radial direction between two moving objects, using linear frequency modulation with continuous frequency sweeps. A problem in such processes lies in being clearly able. to det... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6429423 | Optical scanner The invention provides a device for linear scanning, including at least one reflecting element whereby an incident beam of light undergoes at least two reflections; at least one optical system comprising an objective capable of forming an image of an obje... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427656 | Internal combustion engine including a means of reducing cyclic disturbances for low-speed running The invention relates to an internal combustion engine, the crankshaft (1) of which is equipped with a pulley or flywheel (4) secured to it by fastening means, in which said flywheel (4) is equipped with at least one pendular element (45), whose size, mas... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425303 | Device for relative movement of two elements A robot for movement of a moveable element (2) relative to a base element (1) comprises at least two link devices (4, 5, 6) coupled between the elements. These link devices comprise each at least two mutually articulated link units (7, 8; 9, 10; 11, 12) a... | 07/30/2002 |
