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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5996829 | Fuel tank cap A fuel tank cap with enhanced sealing property of a valve body of a positive pressure valve, which improves the pressure control ability of the fuel tank cap is disclosed. The positive pressure valve controls the pressure in a fuel tank by opening and clo... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5887588 | Automated method for classification and quantification of human brain metabolism A method for analyzing human brain physiology and pathology according to metabolic data obtained by non-invasive means. Metabolism is detected using in vivo proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H MRS) using pulse sequences that pro... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5841882 | Automatic process for the maceral analysis and the determination of the reflectance of vitrinite in coals A process for the maceral analysis of a sample of crushed coal coated with resin includes the steps of scanning the surface of the sample with a microscope and measuring the reflectance of the vitrinite. The process further includes the steps of forming a... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5743591 | Vehicle seat having hydraulic actuator A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion assembly for supporting an occupant seated thereon and a seat back cushion assembly for supporting the back of an occupant seated on the seat cushion assembly. A first mounting assembly is constructed and arranged to... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5707116 | Brake fluid pressure control device with sealed fluid storage chamber This invention has its purpose in providing a brake fluid pressure control device which is simply structured but still satisfies a driver's braking feeling and which controls wheel cylinder pressure without using master cylinder pressure. The brake fluid ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5699240 | PWM inverter control apparatus An inverter control apparatus which employs a two-phase modulation without current waveform distortion and controllability deterioration. The inverter control apparatus includes a fixing interval decision circuit for deciding intervals of fixing respectiv... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5691819 | Apparatus for producing a legible video image during high speed reproduction of a digital video signal A video image of one frame is divided into a plurality of super blocks, and each super block comprises a plurality of macro blocks. A video segment comprising five macro blocks taken out from five super blocks located apart from each other on the video im... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5685762 | De-boxing apparatus for honey frames Apparatus for removing honey frames from their box, in which the frames first are raised with the box and then the frames are pushed out of the box onto supporting brackets.... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5675118 | Thermo-couple with linear drift for liquid steel Continuous temperature measurement for liquid steel has in the past been made only with a thermocouple with exponential drift. With a diameter ratio of about 2 between metal and ceramic wells and with exceptionally thin electrical insulation, a lower, cal... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5665940 | Flat cable A flat cable has a plurality of parallelly disposed fine-conductive wires and insulating wires. The conductive wires are divided by the insulating wires into channels which are respectively connected to terminals of different devices. The channels may be ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5662511 | Honey frame feeding apparatus Apparatus for feeding honey frames into a Cook & Beals automatic rotary cutter uncapping machine, the apparatus providing a pair of spaced horizontal conveyors from which are suspended honey frames to be fed into a Cook & Beals machine. The horizontal con... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5657139 | Array substrate for a flat-display device including surge protection circuits and short circuit line or lines An array substrate for a flat-panel display device includes a glass substrate, a display section formed on the glass substrate and having pixel electrodes arrayed in row and column directions, pixel TFTs connected to the pixel electrodes for controlling t... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5654298 | Amine derivatives This invention concerns novel aminopyridinium compounds of the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R5 and R6 are selected from the following combinations: ##STR1## (a) one of R2 and R6 | 08/05/1997 |
| 5653028 | Saw blade machine and trimmer A trimmer which can reduce the size of a section including a lubricating oil pump for automatically supplying a lubricating oil to a saw chain during the drive of the saw chain and drive shaft members for driving the saw chain, and secure good mountabilit... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5640276 | Four-unit zoom lens system having a high zoom ratio The invention provides a four-unit type of zoom lens system which is of compact size albeit having a high zoom ratio, and comprises a first unit G1 of positive refracting power, a second unit G2 of positive refracting power, a third unit G3 of negative re... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5634794 | Aircraft simulator and method An apparatus and method for simulating a desired response in accordance with an external applied force. The apparatus includes a member which is responsive to the applied force, an actuator coupled to the member for exerting a torque on the member, a forc... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5635629 | Knock sensor A knock sensor for which a fabrication process is simple and moreover which can detect up to a high-frequency region is provided. A sensing element 11 composed of a semiconductor the weight (mass) thereof being 1 g or less and a signal processing circuit ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5632156 | Automotive air conditioning system An automotive air conditioning system is provided to be able to minutely control the air blow temperature independently of the ambient temperature to maintain the compartment always pleasant. The difference between the revolution speed of a compressor wit... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5630987 | Method and apparatus for the measurement of pollutants in liquids An apparatus for measuring the concentration of a contaminant in a fluid includes a measuring chamber in a fluid path, a first source of optical radiation of a predetermined wavelength adapted to direct the radiation through the measuring chamber, and a d... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5630928 | Process for producing resin products A resin product has a body made of a resin. The body has an outer surface including an ornamental surface and an unornamental surface, a first area defined on the outer surface, and a chemical plating layer and an electroplating layer respectively formed ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5625218 | Semiconductor device equipped with a heat-fusible thin film resistor and production method thereof A fuse fusible type semiconductor device capable of reducing energy required for fusing and a production method of the semiconductor device. In a semiconductor device equipped with a heat-fusible thin film resistor, the thin film resistor formed on a subs... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5619134 | Physical quantity detecting device using interpolation to provide highly precise and accurate measurements In a physical quantity detecting device for converting a physical quantity into changes in the cycle of a pulse signal and for amplifying the cycle to convert it into digital data, detecting accuracy is improved by increasing the sampling frequency withou... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5613552 | Cooling apparatus using boiling and condensing refrigerant A power pack is mounted on the side wall of a refrigerant tank in which the internal pressure is reduced and a refrigerant is held in such a way that a heat transfer panel on which a power element is mounted can contact the refrigerant. The refrigerant bo... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5614226 | Auto-venting for polyurethane foam A device for molding foam products including upper and lower portions cooperable to form a foam mold defining a mold cavity therein. The upper mold portion has at least one vent hole therein. A mechanism for providing the mold cavity with an expandable fo... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5609217 | Constant-speed cruise control apparatus for a vehicle Engine-racing control is performed in which a throttle valve is temporarily driven to the open side at start of cruise control. The engine-racing control is forcibly stopped when skip vehicle speed Vsk serving as an estimated vehicle speed after a predete... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5610993 | Method of co-centering two images using histograms of density change An image positioning method for co-centering two images including ridges with each other, first a density value of each pixel of an image to be examined and a reference image are calculated. A change of density value between pixels in neighborhoods along ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5605180 | Binder A binder is provided for joining a plurality of objects together with a binding string. The binder includes a base member having a recess for receiving the objects. Structure for feeding the binding string is disposed behind the recess. A hook-shaped hand... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5605898 | Anellated triazole compounds Disclosed are novel anellated triazole compounds of formula, in which RA, m, n, X--X, V, W and Q have the meaning stated in the specification; a method of their preapartion; and their use as herbicides.... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5603449 | Forming of diffusion bonded joints in superplastically formed metal structures A method of forming a diffusion bonded joint during superplastic forming of a hollow metal structure (43) from sheet material (15, 16, 17, 18) using a two-piece die (1) having opposed clenching faces (9, 10) disposed along a split line (2) thereof, the st... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5600994 | Straightening beam The invention concerns a straightening beam for an automotive bodyshell straightening jig, said straightening beam comprising a vertical beam (1), which is sideways rotatable attached to a beam base (11), which is detachably mountable to the frame of the ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5601065 | Fuel evaporation gas transpiration prevention system When refueling is started, a purge valve is closed, and power is supplied to a coil of a solenoid so that a constant pressure operating valve of an atmospheric escape valve is opened. When the temperature of the fuel tank rises while an engine is at a sto... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5600184 | Starter having link between pinion regulator and magnet switch In order to absorb the impact force produced when a pinion meshes a ring gear, a magnet switch is disposed apart from a pinion. The distance between a plunger of the magnet switch and a pinion rotation regulating member is lengthened so that a link mechan... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5596965 | Cylinder head for an internal combustion engine A cylinder head includes a first intake port for generating a swirl flow in a cylinder and a second intake port for causing a part of intake air to flow into the cylinder in a direction opposite to the swirl flow. The second intake port has a wall at a do... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5596374 | Television receiver that controls display contrast based on the type of videos being displayed A television receiver includes a first signal processing unit that generates contrast controlled first R, G and B signals and a second signal processing unit that outputs second on-screen R, G and B signals. A switching unit receives the first and second ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5596141 | Tire resonance frequency detecting system having inter-wheel noise elimination and method for the same Tire vibration frequency components of left-hand and right-hand tires are derived from wheel speed signals while a vehicle is traveling. A noise frequency component is detected based on a correlation between the vibration frequency components of the left-... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5596217 | Semiconductor device including overvoltage protection diode A semiconductor device includes a diode element for protecting a transistor against an overvoltage. A first region of p-type conductivity is formed on an upper surface of an n-type semiconductor substrate in which base and emitter regions of the transisto... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5594588 | Visual display A portable visual display which enables observation of an image with minimal distortion includes a two-dimensional display device (7) for displaying an image for observation, and an ocular optical system (6) for projecting an image formed by the two-dimen... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592830 | Refrigerant condenser with integral receiver A receiver is joined integrally to a header or a condenser at the flat portions formed at joined surfaces thereof. A flat portion is formed by pressing on a portion (central portion) of a tank plate of a header which has a longer vertical length than a re... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592464 | Optical disk and optical disk apparatus An optical disk comprises a substrate, and a recording layer which is formed on the substrate and on which information is recorded at specific pitches in the form of pit trains, wherein the information is reproduced by projecting a light beam via an objec... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5592015 | Dielectric isolated type semiconductor device provided with bipolar element A semiconductor device is provided which makes a high withstand voltage bipolar transistor small and prevents deterioration in a switching speed of the transistor. A silicon oxide layer is formed on a silicon substrate, and a semiconductor island of one c... | 01/07/1997 |
