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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6194999 | Device fitted on vehicles for monitoring tyre pressure The proposed device is fitted on vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires and is used for monitoring tire pressure. The device comprises: a pressure measurement sensor on each of the wheels (2) being monitored; a transmitter mounted next to each pressure me... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6164525 | Continuous hot rolling method of metal blocks, as well as a metal block joining apparatus, a table roller for conveying the metal blocks, a poor joined portion removing apparatus and a metal block cooling apparatus which are used to carry out said method The invention comprises a continuous hot rolling method in which a rear end portion of a preceding metal block and a fore end portion of a succeeding metal block are cut and the metal blocks are joined to each other by heating and pressing followed by a f... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6123590 | Tilt lock device for outboard motor A tilt lock device 10 comprises a piston 13 having a piston rod 14, an inner cylinder 12 defining the piston 13 into an upper oil chamber S1 and a lower oil chamber S2, and an outer cylinder 11 surrounding the inner cylinder 12. A communication passage 34... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119058 | Method and systems for controlling the service for an aircraft In a method and a device for controlling the servicing of an aircraft parked at a stand, the servicing is carried out from a plurality of servicing units which are stationarily arranged adjacent to the stand and which each are adapted to supply fuel, wate... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112467 | Device at bulkhead door A device at a bulkhead door (5) or a similar element for closing an opening edge in a ship, and which is actuatably movable to form a seal between peripheral edge of the door and a surrounding opening edge. A sealing function exhibiting at least along one... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109266 | Mouthguard and mouth-piece for the prevention of oro-maxillofacial traumas deriving in particular from sport activities An anatomical mouthmember for the prevention of oro-maxillo-facial traumas, resulting in particular from sporting activities, as a mouthguard or a mouthpiece comprise at least one cavity for housing a dental arch, which cavity is bounded by a base wall of... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105945 | Inverted strut damper An inverted strut damper includes an external cylinder which has an expanded midsection and a vertically moveable damper tube arranged concentrically within the outer cylinder. The outer cylinder and tube arrangement form a lubricating oil supply reservoi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6103783 | Elastic water-permeable concrete composition, formulation method therefor, elastic water-permeable concrete structure formed of the composition, and method for constructing the structure An elastic water-permeable polymeric concrete composition, a formulation method therefor, an elastic water-permeable polymeric concrete structure using the composition, and a method for constructing the structure. The polymeric concrete composition is for... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098657 | In-line fluid flow trap for modular refrigeration systems An-line trap assembly is disclosed for preventing the drop out of suspended particulant matter within a cooling water flow stream. The in-line trap assembly is provided with a collector tank for gathering debris and a bleed through piping network for crea... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095257 | Hydraulic hammer having buffer assembly A hydraulic hammer having an improved buffer assembly is provided. The hydraulic hammer includes a housing, a top cover plate connected to the upper portion of the housing, a hammer assembly installed in the housing, and a buffer assembly for supporting t... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6090181 | Blast furnace operating method A method of operating a blast furnace enables substantial improvement of gas permeability and liquid permeability for stable operation of the blast furnace, involves packing the core section with solid high strength, carbonaceous blocks prior to ignition ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082015 | Ball gauge The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for checking the quality of balls (2) in respect of their diameter (D) and any damage to their periphery (3), in particular intended for checking golf balls (2). A diameter gauge device (4) extending along at le... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6082220 | Power transmission for an engine A power transmission 14 for an engine 10 is structured such that a mounting surface 16A of a gear case (a front cover 16) with respect to a crank case 19, is line symmetrical with respect to a crank shaft 20 and that mounting holes 61A-61H of the gear cas... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6073401 | Building unit, unit building and method of constructing the same The present invention provides a building unit 12, wherein floor beams 22 which are structural framing members are connected to the lower end portions of columns 21 which are structural framing members, and ceiling panel 23 which is not a structural frami... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6067823 | Lock mechanism device The present invention relates to an arrangement for a locking mechanism comprising a lock bolt spring-assisted in the intended direction of locking, which is contained inside a lock casing connected to a plate capable of attachment along the side of a doo... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6063153 | Vent structure of a motor Watertight sealed type electric motor 10, with a clearance between a core wire and a cover 24 of a lead wire 20, which is a vent path between the interior of the motor 10 and the outside, which clearance is covered a vent filter 28, which permits only gas... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062923 | Tilt-trim device for marine propulsion unit A tilt-trim device (17) for a marine propulsion unit comprises a cylinder means 18 with a rod guide (29) is fixed to the end portion of an outer cylinder (22) a piston (23)fixed to one end portion of a piston rod (24)is freely slidably disposed within an ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6061909 | Metal panel with flanged holes and process of fabrication A peg board panel for supporting a bracket or other generally available hanging element. The panel is comprised of a fabricated metal panel having a front surface, a side surface, a rear surface, and an array of holes extending through the panel. The hole... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062924 | Tilt lock device for outboard motor A tilt lock device 10 comprises a cylinder 12, a piston 13 vertically slidably inserted into the cylinder 12, a piston rod 14 connected to an upper portion of the piston 3, upper and lower oil chambers S1 and S2 respectively formed in upper and lower port... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6056089 | Brake device The present invention relates to a brake device comprising a number of brake discs, brake pads and brake pad holders being arragned for mutual co-operation after axial operation by means of actuators for braking. The brake pads are being carried by the br... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6054253 | Solvent-assisted lithographic process using photosensitive sol-gel derived glass for depositing ridge waveguides on silicon The process for fabricating a ridge waveguide on a substrate uses a photosensitive sol-gel glass material prepared, according to a first embodiment, by mixing methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (H2 C.dbd.C(CH3)CO2 (CH... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6047577 | Abnormal use indicator for door lock A door lock particularly suited for an apartment or condominium where the resident has an entry key and management personnel also have a key that will allow access to the apartment, the door lock having a spring loaded axial pin which is retained in an ex... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6048235 | Tilt device for a marine propulsion unit In a tilt device 20 for a marine propulsion unit, a motor 61 is secured on a valve block 65 through an end plate 72, a tank chamber 75 forms a tank housing 74 covering a yoke 70 of the motor 61, a pump chamber 67 for the pump 62 in the valve block 65 and ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6044752 | Hydraulic cylinder unit An inner cylinder 6 is disposed in an outer cylinder 5, and the interior of the inner cylinder 6 is defined into an upper chamber a and a lower chamber b by a piston 3. A space between the outer cylinder 5 and the inner cylinder 6 defines an oil passage c... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6042435 | Tilt-trim device for marine propulsion device The present invention provides a tilt-trim device for a marine propulsion unit comprising a hydraulic cylinder device where a hydraulic fluid is filled in a cylinder formed in a cylinder housing and a buffer piston connected to one end of a piston rod is ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039617 | Tilt cylinder device for outboard motor A tilt cylinder device has an exterior oil passage 61 outside a cylinder 51 for bringing oil chambers S6 and S7 into communication with each other, the exterior passage 61 is provided with a pump 72 and a control valve 73. A piston 13 is formed with a com... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6036366 | Bearing device A bearing device in such linear actuators which comprises an elongated hollow profile rail, in which a slide member can be moved backwards and forwards along flat guiding surfaces in the hollow profile rail. In pairs, the guiding surfaces form an angle wi... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6037575 | Method and apparatus for removing a defect in joined metal blocks A post continuous hot rolling method where a rear end portion of a preced metal block and a fore end portion of a succeeding metal block are cut and the metal blocks joined to each other by heating and pressing followed by a finish rolling, wherein a poo... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6034597 | Process for evaluating the signals from a tire pressure monitoring system A method for processing signals of a tire pressure monitoring system on vehicles on each of whose N wheels (R1 through R5) a transmitter is mounted and a reception antenna (1 through 5) which is connected to the input of a common receiver (8) is allocated... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032543 | Device for introduction and/or withdrawal of a medium into/from a container The invention concerns a device for introduction and/or withdrawal of a medium into/form an apertured container, and it comprises at least one transfer (1) for transferring medium to or from the container, and at leant one seal. The seal is incorporated a... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6031197 | Resistance rail welding device with alignment mechanism A device for welding together elongated work pieces such as railroad track, is provided with controls to eliminate pre-existing angles that exist between each work piece prior to joining.... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6026799 | Device for a sight A sight device for an archery bow comprises a sight arm (5) adjustably attached to an attachment plate (4) which is mounted to the bow handle. The attachment plate includes a plurality of vertically arranged grooves (14) along its length, and the sight ar... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6024515 | Live service pipe insertion apparatus and method An apparatus and method for inserting a new service pipe into an existing service pipe without the necessity of excavation or separately shutting off the supply of gas upstream of the effected pipe section comprises of a nosecone allowing a flow of sealer... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6021974 | Winding arrangement for coiling of an elongated flexible element and coiling means A coiling system for coiling and uncoiling of the elongated flexible element. The elongated flexible element is preformed and coiled onto a core, which is detachable for the purpose of uncoiling the elongated flexible element by its inner end. A coiling s... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021812 | Ball plug valve In a ball plug valve (10 ) which has a main opening (14 ) and an auxiliary opening (14 ) A serving as the inlet openings of a flow through hole (13 ) of a ball (12 ) and which has a sectorial opening (15 ) serving as an outlet opening thereof; it is set s... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6018993 | Method for monitoring tire pressure A method for allocating transmitters and receiving antennas in tire pressure monitoring systems which consist of a pressure sensor, a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna at each wheel, of a receiving antenna respectively allocated to them on the body,... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016825 | Metering device The invention relates to a metering device for the metered admixture of a first fluid in a second fluid. The device comprises a housing (10) with a first inlet (15, 16), a second inlet (11), and an outlet (14) for a mixture of the two fluids. The housing ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6009780 | Process, apparatus and tool for cutting a tubular bar A process carried out by an apparatus for cutting a tubular bar comprises a first cutting stage performed by a first disc-shaped rotary cutting tool, oriented so as to rotate about an axis parallel to a line of extension of the bar and also movable gradua... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6006180 | Method and apparatus for recognizing deformed speech An apparatus and method for recognizing deformed speech signals outputted from a microphone includes a module for comparing deformed signals with simulated deformed signals that are generated from non-deformed speech signals that have previously been digi... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996386 | Equipment and method for edging and tapering cylindrical body cans The edging or tapering equipment requires that each of the two shaped pads, for the plastic deformation of the two edges of a respective can body, be positioned so that the longitudinal axis of the pads lies at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the can... | 12/07/1999 |
