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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| 8025622 | Systems and methods for estimating the size and position of a medical device to be applied within a patient The field of the invention relates to medical imaging systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for estimating the size and position of a stent or other medical device within a patient. In one embodiment, a medical imaging system includes an elongated tu... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024843 | Biaxial hinge device and portable terminal device A biaxial hinge device includes an approximately rod-shaped first shaft member; an approximately rod-shaped second shaft member; a shaft connecting member for connecting the first shaft member and the second shaft member such that the direction in which the first sh... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024757 | Digital broadcast receiver and backup method A digital broadcast receiver capable of reducing time and labor to back-up contents recorded on one recording medium to another recording medium. A digital broadcast receiver extracts the contents recorded, out of order, on a first recording medium by an extracting ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024580 | Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, and data transmitting system Video data exploitation by alteration of data is prevented. An extractor 111 extracts valid video data in data 110 and predetermined data in the data. An inserter 114 inserts an arithmetic operation result of the predetermined data by an arithme... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024483 | Selective compression for network connections A system, apparatus, and method selectively provides content compression to a client based, in part, on whether the network connection from the client is determined to be a high latency, low-bandwidth connection. The present invention gathers one or more network met... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024381 | Recording apparatus, file management method, program for file management method, and recording medium having program for file management method recorded thereon A recording apparatus such as an optical disk and a file management method are disclosed by which wastefulness caused by free slots in an index file can be reduced. To each slot of a property entry of the index file, valid/invalid information representative of wheth... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023874 | Image forming apparatus having transfer bias applying section and image forming method having the same for transferring toner image The present invention teaches and claims an image forming apparatus comprising an image forming portion using a liquid developer having a carrier liquid and toner; an intermediate transfer section which has an endless belt and a plurality of rotating bodies; a secon... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023817 | Image capturing system, image capturing device, and image capturing method To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023799 | Recording control device, recording control method, and program A recording control device for controlling a recording operation on a first recording medium on which first identification information for identifying the recording medium, first data, and data editing information which is information on an editing result of the fir... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023045 | Storage device, data processing apparatus, data processing method, program, storage medium and data processing system A video processor card stores tap generation information for determining a predetermined tap coefficient when the tap generation information is used together with tap generation information stored in another video processor card, and supplies a video processing inte... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8022746 | Bootstrap circuit for H-bridge structure utilizing N-channel high-side fets The invention relates to an apparatus and method for driving high-side switching devices in an H-Bridge circuit. The apparatus includes first and second N-Channel high-side switching devices. Each of the high-side switching devices is associated with, and is selecti... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8022224 | 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl bisphenyl derivatives for use in the treatment of endocrine-dependent tumors There is provided a compound of Formula I wherein R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from H and —Y—R8; wherein each R8 is indepe... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8022150 | Polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane block polymers, a process for preparing them and their use as defoamers in aqueous dispersions The invention relates to the polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane block polymers of general formula (I) C—B—(AB)a—C1 (I), wherein A=a polyoxyalkylene block of the general formula —(CnH2nO)b—, B=a polysiloxane ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020981 | Inkjet recording apparatus and air removal method therefor There is provides an inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet head held in a head holder; and an ink tank mounted on the head holder. The ink tank has an ink chamber, a path for communicating the chamber with atmosphere, and an exit valve to open and close t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020967 | Liquid discharge apparatus and method for producing liquid discharge apparatus There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus which includes a liquid channel which connects a discharge port and a pressure chamber; a piezoelectric layer one surface of which facing the pressure chamber; a power feeding electrode which applies a voltage to the pi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019665 | Variable pricing for and conditional availability of proposals for trading of financial interests Programs, methods, and systems for variable pricing and conditional availability of proposals for trading of financial interests through the use of reference indices. The invention provides programs, methods, and systems for associating a proposal for a trade in at ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019443 | Anchoring units for leads of implantable electric stimulation systems and methods of making and using A nerve stimulation lead has a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal length. The nerve stimulation lead includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at the proximal end, and a plurality of conductive wires... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019439 | Lead assembly and method of making same A lead assembly and a method of making a lead are provided. The lead comprises a terminal, proximal end having a plurality of terminal contacts and material separating the terminal contacts. In one embodiment of the lead, the terminal contacts are separated by a pre... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019101 | Condenser microphone The present invention is directed to a condenser microphone with a microphone housing cap with a sound inlet opening, a microphone housing with a cross-sectional opening facing the microphone housing cap, and a diaphragm resting along the cross-sectional opening on ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018215 | Apparatus and method for monitoring the inductance value of a switching regulator A circuit for monitoring the inductance value of a switching regulator is provided. The circuit includes an inductance sensor circuit that is coupled to a switch node of a switching regulator. The inductor sensor circuit includes a switch, a ramp circuit, and a comp... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017729 | Nanographite structure/metal nanoparticle composite The present invention makes it possible to efficiently recognize carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns or modifiers thereof and to support functional compounds by fusing the ability of ferritin molecules capable of forming nanoparticles of inorganic metal atoms or inor... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017079 | Apparatus for and method of measuring bio-chips using uniform total internal reflection illumination Disclosed herein is an apparatus for and method of measuring bio-chips, which can implement an illumination method of a novel type that illuminates a bio sample (which may be also referred to as a “bio specimen”) through a side face of a substrate using a diffus... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017024 | Method for continual preparation of polycrystalline silicon using a fluidized bed reactor There is provided a method for continual preparation of granular polycrystalline silicon using a fluidized bed reactor, enabling a stable, long-term operation of the reactor by effective removal of silicon deposit accumulated on the inner wall of the reactor tube. T... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016392 | Liquid transport apparatus, liquid transport head, and piezoelectric actuator A liquid transport apparatus includes: a channel unit; a piezoelectric actuator which applies a pressure to a liquid in a pressure chamber and which has a first and a second piezoelectric layers, a first, a second, and a third electrodes, the first piezoelectric lay... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015633 | Retractable shower curtain rod A shower curtain rod assembly including a shower curtain rod, a mount for mounting the shower curtain road on a first end thereof, and a moveable mount for mounting the shower curtain rod on a second end thereof. The shower curtain is moveable from a first position ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015354 | Information processor, virtual disk managing method, and computer-readable recording medium that records device driver The present invention claims and discloses an information processor comprising: an auxiliary storing unit that has at least one and preferably two auxiliary storage devices in which at least three distributable virtual disks are formed so as to be distributed; a dis... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015322 | Information-processing system, electronic apparatus, information-processing method, and computer-readable program and recording medium An information-processing system processes set-up identification information, which specifies a set-up item that is an adjustment attribute of a predetermined function of an electronic apparatus connectable to a network. The electronic apparatus that sets a paramete... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015314 | Method for configuring a network element having an unknown protocol address A method and system of simplified configuration of a network element. A network element having a direct access module and an arbitrary unknown address is coupled to a same physical subnet as a management node. The management node broadcasts a discovery broadcast to ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014825 | Network participant status evaluation Methods and apparatus for obtaining and providing status information for network devices. In one implementation, a wireless device includes: an antenna; a wireless communication interface connected to said antenna and supporting wireless communication across a wirel... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014635 | Transmitting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method, program and recording medium, and transmitting/receiving system A receiving processing unit receives identical SD pictures transmitted a plurality of number of times, and performs addition for weighting an SD picture stored in a storage and the received SD pictures. The receiving processing unit stores the obtained values as a n... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014302 | Communication node, communication method, and computer program A communication node includes: a routing information storing unit configured to store, as routing information, node information indicating a succeeding node and a preceding node in a ring network using a distributed hash table; and a routing information updating uni... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013902 | Camera system apparatus with image sensor A camera system apparatus that includes an image sensor unit and an AFE unit for digitizing an analog output signal output from the image sensor unit into an digital video signal. A front end camera DSP unit, including a camera signal data path for accepting the dig... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012990 | Methods of converting a patient's treatment regimen from intravenous administration of an opioid to oral co-administration of morphine and oxycodone using a dosing algorithm to provide analgesia A method of converting a treatment for pain comprising intravenous administration of opioids, to a treatment for pain comprising oral administration of a first dose of an immediate release morphine-oxycodone combination in patients in need of analgesia. The method m... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012429 | Simplified analyzer There is provided a simplified analyzer including a see-through hermetic container having powdery or granular color reaction reagent, and a tap member partially inserted in the hermetic container in an extractable state. The tap member is provided at one end with a ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012281 | Feed unit for feeding elastomeric material to a user unit A feed unit for feeding elastomeric material, extruded by at least one extruder, to at least one user unit, and wherein a variable-length conveyor is supported by a first and a second supporting device located at an input end and an output end of the conveyor respec... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011845 | Marking instrument A marking instrument including a body portion having an internal cavity disposed therein with a rotation means disposed within the interior cavity of the body portion. The marking instrument also includes a marking platform having at least one marking element dispos... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011763 | Droplet ejecting apparatus A droplet ejecting apparatus, including: a head unit having a generally planar shape and including nozzles through which droplets are ejected, a holder holding the head unit, a reinforcing plate via which the head unit is held by the holder and which has an adhesion... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011759 | Liquid droplet transport apparatus A liquid droplet transport apparatus, which is provided on a nozzle plate of an ink-jet head, including a first electrode and a second electrode which are arranged on a lower surface of the nozzle plate, a driver which applies electric potentials to the first electr... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011746 | Image-forming system, image-forming apparatus, computer program, and image-forming method When a DNA ink printing mode is selected, a serial number and a pattern data of DNA is read from an IC tag of a DNA ink cartridge and a fingerprint of a printing person is read by a fingerprint authenticating unit. The pattern of the fingerprint and DNA which have b... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011298 | System for supplying ink and ink container In an ink supply method and system and an ink container where the ink is automatically supplied in the stencil printing, to permit suitable detection of empty of the ink container even if the kind of ink which has not been set is employed. A parameter representing a... | 09/06/2011 |
