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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5315767 | Shoe sole saver A removable, durable, substitute sole for removable attachment to an athletic shoe (10) is provided. The substitute sole may be provided on or as part of an all-rubber elastic and stretchable overshoe (20) formed so that the upper part of the overshoe mai... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5295642 | High altitude launch platform payload launching apparatus and method A high altitude launch platform, used to launch a payload into earth orbit, is part of a payload launch system having a payload launching rocket carried by the high altitude launch platform. A first amount of fuel, substantially less than the capacity of ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5264719 | High voltage lateral semiconductor device The present invention provides an improved lateral drift region for both bipolar and MOS devices where improved breakdown voltage and low ON resistance are desired. A top gate of the same conductivity type as the device region with which it is associated ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5258939 | Fold and decimate filter architecture Decimation circuitry having a forward shifting data section receiving data samples in order including a plurality of forward decimation registers coupled in-line and providing a forward register output. Each forward decimation register operates as a first... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5248894 | Self-aligned channel stop for trench-isolated island A channel stop is self-aligned with a trench sidewall of a trench-isolated semiconductor architecture, so that there is no alignment tolerance between the stop and the trench wall. An initial masking layer, through which the trench pattern is to be formed... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5246191 | Cradle assembly for a moveable arm support system A floating cradle assembly for an arm support system is provided with a yoke having cam surfaces and crank-controlled followers arranged to ride along the cam surfaces as the cradle moves vertically with respect to the yoke. As a result, the user of the a... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5245767 | Rubber boot for the construction industry A concrete worker's below-the-knee boot is provided with a pocket and a flap to prevent concrete-covered tools from contacting the worker's leg skin and to keep the tools handy. The pocket is open at the top and bottom to permit easy insertion of a tool a... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5247199 | Process for forming twin well CMOS integrated circuits A complementary insulated gate field effect transistor comprises a semiconductor body having an effectively planar surface, the semiconductor body containing complementary conductivity type wells in which complementary transistors are formed. A field insu... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5241213 | Buried zener diode having auxiliary zener junction access path A buried Zener diode has an auxiliary Zener junction access path in parallel with the force anode/cathode path. Unlike the force anode/cathode path, the auxiliary path is effectively by-passed by the current flowing between the force anode and cathode dur... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5237519 | Semi-automated inspection and documentation system A workstation for inspecting and documenting an inspection piece includes a frame for holding the inspection piece. The frame has a hollow construction and includes several hollow legs coupled to an underside of the frame for forming an air conduit from t... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5229661 | High speed bipolar digital logic gate architecture A current mode (NOR) logic circuit includes a first, fixed reference current source transistor stage coupled in circuit between a first voltage supply terminal and an input current node. A second, variable current source transistor stage is coupled in cir... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5228192 | Method of manufacturing a multi-layered IC packaging assembly A stacked packaging assembly for a plurality of integrated circuit devices employs a web of flexible interconnect material folded into a `layered` arrangement of parallel web fingers onto which a plurality of integrated circuit devices are surface-mounted... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5225823 | Field sequential liquid crystal display with memory integrated within the liquid crystal panel A field sequential liquid crystal display has a backlight that provides different color fields and a liquid crystal display panel that has a matrix of cells. Data lines are coupled to the cells and provide gray level data to the cells. Select lines are co... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5224711 | Sequence of motion board game A simulated motion board game in which a player is able to effectively simulate a continuum of sequential motion of one or more subjects contained within scenes of motion individually pictorially depicted on the faces of respective game elements. The repr... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5220868 | Print band cleaner A cleaning apparatus and method for cleaning a print band utilizes a self-contained housing with pulleys arranged vertically or horizontally. One of the pulleys is motor driven at relatively low speed. A print band to be cleaned is installed around the pu... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5221399 | Joining of printed wiring board to aluminum stiffener using adhesive film, electrically insulative mesh structure that cures at room temperature Materials having diverse coefficients of thermal expansion are joined together by means of an adhesive film, electrically insulative mesh structure that cures at room temperature. An adhesive film bonding technique is employed to mount a printed wiring bo... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5221231 | Motor vehicle heating/air conditioning system A motor vehicle heating/air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle has a water-removal device arranged in the fresh-air inlet duct, rising from the duct base and comprising a coarse-mesh lattice and a fine-mesh lattice resting against the latter. The wate... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5220681 | Electronic signal decoder display/enunciator apparatus for electronic signal receivers A decoding and display mechanism that may be integrated with avionics, navigation and communications equipment whose encoded audio output is normally monitored directly through the pilot's headset. The encoded audio signal is coupled through a programmabl... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5220485 | Heat removing edge guide system and related method A heat removing edge guide system removes heat from a circuit board. The system includes a heat sink plate, a stationary guide fixed to the mounting surface of the heat sink plate, and a moving guide slidably mounted on a top surface of the stationary gui... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5219201 | Windscreen for a convertible automobile The application relates to a convertible automobile with a windscreen which is arranged behind a row of seats and which extends vertically upwards and beyond the top of the seats and which extends for the entire interior width of the vehicle. In order to ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5218321 | Low offset unity gain buffer amplifier A buffer amplifier configuration simultaneously reduces d.c. voltage offsets through the signal flow path between its input and output and maintains a high input impedance and a low output impedance. In a preferred embodiment, high input impedance is achi... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5218373 | Hermetically sealed waffle-wall configured assembly including sidewall and cover radiating elements and a base-sealed waveguide window Directed millimeter wave radiation from internal elements of a microwave circuit through the housing cover, housing base, and side walls of a hermetically-sealed MMIC integrated subsystem assembly uses a waffle-wall array of conductive posts as a band rej... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5217919 | Method of forming island with polysilicon-filled trench isolation A process of manufacturing a trench-isolated semiconductor structure comprises forming a first `pad` (e.g. MOS gate) oxide layer on a first surface of a silicon substrate. An oxide etch protective layer of silicon nitride is selectively formed on a first ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216749 | Core predictions for qualitative physics The value of an unknown variable associated with a particular hypothesis is determined by iteratively setting the variable to each of its possible values and, for each iteration, propagating the known variables and the value of the unknown variable throug... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5216436 | Collapsible, low visibility, broadband tapered helix monopole antenna A collapsible `bedspring` monopole antenna is configured to be effectively non-observable in its collapsed condition and, when deployed, remains sufficiently compact to ensure very low observability characteristics, while providing broadband coverage over... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5214653 | Fault finder expert system A device for finding faults in a target system that has a plurality of "LRUs", which are the lowest replaceable units in the target system. The fault finding device receives input data relating to a state of the target system, stores a probability of fail... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5214329 | Bias current modulation for differentially coupled transistor circuit Improved operation of a differentially coupled transistor circuit is achieved by modulating the circuit's bias current as a function of the input differential voltage. The bias current-modulated, differentially coupled transistor circuit includes first an... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5214710 | Permanent magnet system with associated coil arrangement The invention relates to a permanent magnet system with associated coil arrangement, the permanent magnet system consisting of two axially polarized permanent magnet rings which are mounted one behind another in the axial direction, like poles of the perm... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5210913 | Invasive line separator An invasive line separator comprises first and second plates of translucent plastic, which are hinged together so that they fold against one another in a face-to-face configuration. The first plate has a plurality of spaced apart, parallel channels that a... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5208751 | Active four-wheel steering system for motor vehicles An active four-wheel steering system for motor vehicles has steering devices for the front wheels and the rear wheels. These devices operate as a function of driving condition quantities fed to an electronic control unit. A variable wheel steering angle r... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5207471 | Vehicle VDU workstation A vehicle VDU workstation is matched to specific safety requirements in a motor vehicle and essentially comprises, as physical elements of a working unit, a keyboard and a flat screen which can be folded onto the latter. A sliding guide allows those parts... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5205580 | Wheel suspension system A wheel suspension system for a motor vehicle is described for influencing wheel movement during suspension operations by a positively guided wheel suspension link which can be swivelled on the vehicle body about an axis formed by link bearings and, by wa... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5206604 | Broadband high power amplifier A broadband high power amplifier for multifrequency signal applications comprises an N-way power combiner that is arranged to combine a plurality of multi-frequency input signals and provide a combined (complex) signal at its output. The output of the N-w... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5206821 | Decimation circuit employing multiple memory data shifting section and multiple arithmetic logic unit section A decimating memory includes a memory having addressable memory locations. The memory forms a plurality of registers, each of the registers including at least one addressable memory location. The plurality of registers form a forward shifting data section... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5202062 | Disposal method of radioactive wastes The present invention adds carbonates or chlorides of alkaline earth metals to the radioactive wastes containing sodium sulfate and subjects sulfate group in the radioactive wastes to reduction treatment, thereby converts the sulfate group into sulfides o... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5201170 | Spinning or twisting spindle having a spindle shaft In the case of a spinning or twisting spindle having a spindle shaft which is disposed in a spindle bearing housing by means of a bolster and a step bearing, it is provided that the spindle bearing housing is surrounded by a sleeve-type housing which is c... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5201485 | Apparatus and method for reducing repetitive or maintained stress injuries An arm rest assembly is usable with a mouse pad or keyboard and provides vertical support for a user's arm to avoid fatigue and injury. The assembly has at least one forearm cradle and a thin profile which allows a mouse or digitizer pad to be placed on a... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5201573 | Hydraulic dual-circuit brake system A hydraulic dual-circuit brake system has brake booster with a first output pressure chamber allocated to the front-axle brake circuit I and a second output pressure chamber allocated to the rear-axle brake circuit II. The chambers are movably delimited b... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5203016 | Signal quality-dependent adaptive recursive integrator The gain of a recursive integrator is controlled so as to be adaptive to the quality of a received signal by comparing the magnitude of its emphasized information component with a reference voltage and controlling the gain of the integrator's feedback del... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5199761 | Side window for a motor vehicle To overcome compensation problems of longitudinal tolerances of the window panes of a motor vehicle side window which is subdivided by a window web if double glass panes are provided and a sealing lip which engages over the outer surface of the window pan... | 04/06/1993 |
