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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6961225 | Magnetoresistance sensor having an antiferromagnetic pinning layer with both surfaces pinning ferromagnetic bias layers A magnetoresistance sensor structure includes a magnetoresistance sensor having a sensor surface plane and having a free layer. An upper antiferromagnetic layer overlies at least a portion of the free layer, and an upper ferromagnetic layer overlies and contacts at ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6859998 | Method of fabricating a narrow projection such as a write pole extending from a substrate An article is formed as a substrate having a projection extending outwardly therefrom. The article may be a magnetic recording head and the projection a write pole. The projection has a width in a thinnest dimension measured parallel to a substrate surface of no mor... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6785103 | Magnetoresistance sensor with reduced side reading A magnetoresistance sensor includes a substrate and a sensor structure deposited upon the substrate and having a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The sensor structure includes a layered transverse biasing structure, a free layer deposited upon the layer... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6762011 | Deposition of a projection structure on a substrate using a negative mask and negative photoresist A projection structure is deposited on a substrate having a top surface by applying a negative photoresist overlying the substrate, and positioning a mask overlying the substrate and lying in a mask plane generally parallel to the top surface. The mask is a negative... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6706325 | Article protected by a thermal barrier coating system and its fabrication An article protected by a thermal barrier coating system is fabricated by providing an article substrate having a substrate surface, thereafter depositing a bond coat on the substrate surface, the bond coat having a bond coat surface, and thereafter processing the b... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6594906 | Knife with integral gated attachment A knife has an implement lying in an implement plane and an attachment structure lying in the implement plane. The attachment structure is integral with the knife body with a fixed portion extending laterally from the top of the knife body. A gate is pivo... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6565672 | Fabrication of an article having a protective coating with a flattened, pre-oxidized protective-coating surface An article protected by a protective coating system is fabricated by providing an article substrate having a substrate surface; and thereafter producing a protective coating having a flattened, pre-oxidized protective-coating surface on the substrate surf... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6487740 | Hand tool with multiple locking blades controlled by a single locking mechanism and release A hand tool such as a knife or a combination tool includes multiple blades, each independently rotatable on a common axle between a closed position within a handle of the tool and an open position extending from the handle. Each blade is positively but re... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6439334 | Alternative fuels vehicle and fuel-system valve used therein A gaseous alternative fuels vehicle has a vehicle body with an engine and a gas fuel tank. A gaseous fuel supply system establishes gas communication between the engine and the gas fuel tank. The gaseous fuel supply system includes a valve having a valve ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6436480 | Thermal spray forming of a composite material having a particle-reinforced matrix To prepare a thermally sprayed composite material, a precomposited powder is first prepared and then thermally sprayed at an ambient pressure of no less than about 0.75 atmosphere in an oxidation-preventing atmosphere. The precomposited powder has a plura... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427333 | Knife-and-sheath combination with positive knife-to-sheath lock and multiple attachments points A knife-and-sheath combination includes a knife with a blade having two opposing broad faces and an opening through the blade extending between the broad faces, and a handle extending from the blade. The combination also includes a sheath including a shea... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6428636 | Semi-solid concentration processing of metallic alloys A metallic alloy having a semi-solid range between the liquidus temperature and the solidus temperature of the metallic alloy is processed by cooling the metallic alloy from an initial metallic alloy elevated temperature to a semi-solid temperature of les... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6376091 | Article including a composite of unstabilized zirconium oxide particles in a metallic matrix, and its preparation An article includes a substrate and a composite material bonded to the substrate. The composite material includes a matrix consisting of a metallic alloy having a solidus temperature of at least about 700° C. and a plurality of unstabilized zirconium oxi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6357068 | Combination tool with oppositely deploying handles A combination tool includes a tool head having a jaw mechanism with two jaws lying in a tool head plane. A first handle is pivotably attached to the jaw mechanism and rotatable in a first direction about a first pivot axle lying in the tool head plane, be... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6343425 | Measurement and cleaning of elastomeric articles having particulate adhered thereto An apparatus for processing an elastomeric article such as a glove includes an enclosure having a gas-filled interior, a support that receives the elastomeric article thereon and supports the elastomeric article within the enclosure, and a source of a gas... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6276866 | Tensioned structural composite joint A joint structure, such as a bulkhead joined to an annular shell, is formed by providing a conforming pattern of ridges and valleys on the facing portions of the elements to be joined. A tensioned band is applied to the external surface of the annular she... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257312 | Preparation of metal-matrix composite materials with high particulate loadings by concentration A composite material having less than about 25 volume percent refractory particles in a metal matrix is concentrated to have about 37-45 volume percent refractory particles. The concentrating is accomplished by heating the composite material to melt the m... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6250363 | Rapid induction melting of metal-matrix composite materials A composite material is rapidly melted by furnishing a pre-wetted composite material in the form of granules, placing the granules into an induction coil, and powering the induction heater to melt the metal matrix portion of the granules to form a molten ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6233769 | Hand tool with multiple locking blades controlled by a single locking mechanism and release A hand tool such as a knife or a combination tool includes multiple blades, each independently rotatable on a common axle between a closed position within a handle of the tool and an open position extending from the handle. Each blade is positively but re... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6196936 | Coated golf club component A golf club component is coated with a corrosion-resistant, wear-resistant, impact-resistant material, such as zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, di-titanium nitride, titanium aluminum nitride, titanium carbonitride, titanium zirconium nitride, or titan... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6170104 | Hand tool with multiple locking blades controlled by a single locking mechanism and release A hand tool such as a knife or a combination tool includes multiple blades, each independently rotatable on a common axle between a closed position within a handle of the tool and an open position extending from the handle. Each blade is positively but re... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6149865 | Test strips for the determination of the ionic strength or specific gravity of an aqueous sample The ionic strength or the specific gravity of an aqueous test sample is determined by mixing the sample with a reagent composition on a test strip. The strip includes a bibulous carrier containing an organic phosphonic acid, such as 1-hydroxyethlidene-1,1... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6106903 | Thermal spray forming of molybdenum disilicide-silicon carbide composite material A mass of molybdenum disilicide-silicon carbide composite material is prepared by providing a mixture of molybdenum disilicide-silicon carbide precomposited powder, and plasma spraying the precomposited powder onto a substrate using argon-shrouded plasma ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6106410 | Golf club iron head having lift-off sole A golf club iron has a metallic club head including a solid metallic club head body with a bottom surface including a sole that contacts a flat surface when the bottom surface of the club head is placed onto a flat surface, a top surface, a hosel extendin... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6088861 | Tool with locking fold-out implements A tool includes a body with implements rotatably deployed from the body. The implements have notches in their bases corresponding to open and closed positions, which are engagable by a locking plate of the body. A locking lever rotatably mounted on the bo... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6086688 | Cast metal-matrix composite material and its use A metal-matrix composite material includes a matrix having magnesium in an amount of more than about 0.3 weight percent but no more than about 2.5 weight percent, an alloying element of about 0.8 to about 2.5 weight percent iron or from about 1.0 to about... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6076264 | Coated manicure implement A manicure implement is coated with a corrosion-resistant, wear-resistant material, such as zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, di-titanium nitride, and titanium carbonitride. Deposition is preferably accomplished by a cathodic arc process using linear d... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6053124 | Apparatus for feeding granulated feed supplements to livestock An apparatus for dispensing granulated edible material to a large animal, such as a cow, a horse, or a sheep, has a housing with a tongue opening in the sidewall. A bin is located within the housing, and a downwardly oriented chute extends from a bottom o... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6029357 | Knife having lanyard bore in the knife handle periphery A knife handle has a handle periphery when viewed in blade elevational view and has a butt end. A blade is attached to the knife handle. A bore extends through the knife handle from a first location on the handle periphery adjacent to the butt end, throug... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6028699 | Electromagnetically shielded window, sensor system using the window, and method of manufacture A window is transparent to infrared and/or visible radiation, and is shielded against electromagnetic radiation. The window includes a substrate made of a material transparent to the selected wavelength band of radiation, and a multilayer grid pattern ove... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6015528 | Apparatus and process for casting metal matrix composite materials A composite material mixture of free flowing reinforcement particles in a molten metal is solidified at a cooling rate greater than about 15° C. per second between the liquidus and solidus temperatures of the matrix alloy. This high cooling rate imparts ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5981856 | Slide system for a stringed musical instrument A stringed-instrument slide system includes a cylindrical finger ring having an inner diameter sized to be received on a finger of a human hand, and a slide sleeve rotatably engaged to the finger ring. The slide sleeve includes a cylindrical slide sleeve ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975464 | Aircraft with removable structural payload module An aircraft includes a forward fuselage segment, an aft fuselage segment, a wing structure supported from the aft fuselage segment, a tail structure supported from either the aft fuselage segment or the wing structure, and an engine supported from either ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5962866 | Microbridge superconductor device utilizing stepped junctions A superconductor device has a substrate with an inclined surface that divides the substrate surface into a lower planar substrate surface and an upper planar substrate surface. A lower layer of an anisotropic superconductor material is epitaxially deposit... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5959529 | Reprogrammable remote sensor monitoring system An automated, real-time, reprogrammable monitoring and control system for portable, remote sensors and subjects includes one or more portable monitoring units, each of the portable monitoring units having a sensor, a location-determining device, and a sen... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5952580 | Apparatus and method for producing shafts having preselected lengths and flexural properties A golf club shaft blank is clamped at its butt end and deformed at its tip end to establish the longitudinal deformation characteristics of the shaft blank. The shaft is repositioned relative to the clamp and then reclamped at a new location which, when d... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5950704 | Replication of surface features from a master model to an amorphous metallic article The surface features of an article are replicated by preparing a master model having a preselected surface feature thereon which is to be replicated, and replicating the preselected surface feature of the master model. The replication is accomplished by p... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5949074 | Imaging spectroradiometer A spectroradiometer images a scene as a repeating sequence of spectral images, each of which spectral images depicts the scene at a preselected wavelength. In a preferred embodiment, the image is of size 256 by 192 pixels, and the sequence repetition rate... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5943758 | Fabrication of a hollow composite-material shaft having an integral collar A hollow golf club shaft is prepared by flag rolling a base layer of composite material pieces over a mandrel having a larger-diameter region and a reduced-diameter region. The base layer is optionally precompacted. A collar is slid along he length of the... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5942796 | Package structure for high-power surface-mounted electronic devices An electronic device structure includes a ceramic base and a ceramic lid. The base has a ceramic body with sides and a bottom defining an interior cavity of the ceramic body. There is a first body aperture through the bottom of the ceramic body, a first m... | 08/24/1999 |
