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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949709 | Internal substitution bi-level addressing for compatible public networks Communications traffic in a network is addressed. An original signal comprising an embedded destination service address is receiving at an ingress capable network device of the network. A database server is queried to obtain an internal routing address corresponding... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949521 | Fixed codebook searching apparatus and fixed codebook searching method A fixed codebook searching apparatus which slightly suppresses an increase in the operation amount, even if the filter applied to the excitation pulse has the characteristic that it cannot be represented by a lower triangular matrix and realizes a quasi-optimal fixe... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948001 | LED lighting fixture A light-emitting device held on a fixture body includes an LED chip, a heat transfer plate made of a thermally conductive material on which the LED chip is mounted, a wiring board having, on one side, patterned conductors, for supplying an electric power to the LED ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947890 | Program recording medium, playback device, and playback control method Disclosed is a technology that enables a user to quickly obtain associated information of a music piece to his/her taste while passively hearing music pieces. An initial screen is displayed. A box is displayed at the center of the initial screen, and a character str... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947136 | Process for producing a corrosion-resistant austenitic alloy component An austenitic, substantially ferrite-free steel alloy and a process for producing components therefrom. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947057 | Lancet having adjustable penetration depth Lancet device including a first housing. A first guide wall is disposed within the first housing. The first guide wall includes an opening. A cap removably mounted to the first housing. A needle holding member for holding a lancet. At least a portion of the needle h... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946860 | Electric junction box for a vehicle An electric junction box for a vehicle is assembled by fitting and locking a connector through an aperture provided in a main case; the aperture being used for fitting the connector that holds a retainer at a temporary latch location, the retainer providing a double... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946059 | Shock-absorbing system for an article of footwear An article of footwear including an upper overlaying an outer bottom assembly, such assembly including, in the area of the heel, at least two support blocks made of a damping/shock-absorbing material and arranged on respective ones of the lateral and medial sides of... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946007 | Device for blocking flexible strands A blocking device adapted to act on at least one lace or strand, the blocking device including a body, a first cavity defining a first pathway for the strand, the device including a first blocking member, a first guide for guiding the first blocking member relative ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945477 | Patron service system and method A patron service system and method is described herein with reference to several exemplary implementations. For example, in one described implementation, portable patron units are provided to patrons for use in a resort or other establishment. The portable patron un... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945447 | Sound coding device and sound coding method A sound coding device having a monaural/stereo scalable structure and capable of efficiently coding stereo sound. even when the correlation between the channel signals of a stereo signal is small. In a core layer coding block of this device, a monaural signal genera... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945040 | Integrated disparate intelligent peripherals Integrating services provided by intelligent peripherals in a communications network, includes interacting, by a first intelligent peripheral of a first type, with a second intelligent peripheral of a second type which interacts with the first intelligent peripheral... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944989 | Quadrature modulation apparatus, method, program, and recording medium An RF signal, which has been obtained by a quadrature modulation, is corrected without performing quadrature demodulation. There are included an in-phase multiplier, a quadrature multiplier, an adder, a power detector, and an error determining part. The in-phase mul... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944634 | Support structure for light quantity control unit of lens barrel A support structure for a light quantity control unit of a lens barrel includes a holding frame which holds a light quantity control member; front and rear support members positioned in front and behind the holding frame, respectively; a front guide pin and a front ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943890 | Discharge lamp lighting device and image display device with switching frequency An output of a load voltage detector is read by an A/D converter, and a reference value Is and a switching frequency are decided by a microcomputer. In order that the decided switching frequency can be achieved, a SET signal is inputted from a switching frequency co... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943255 | Hydrogen-absorption alloy electrode A method of manufacturing a hydrogen-absorption alloy electrode which comprises particles of a hydrogen-absorption alloy that comprises a rare earth element, Ni, Co and Al. The method comprises subjecting the hydrogen-absorption alloy particles to an alkaline treatm... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943124 | Composition for immunostimulation The present invention relates to a composition for immunostimulation useful for promoting IgA and secretory component productions in mucosal tissues, comprising, alone or in combination, a cell of bifidobacterium belonging to Bifidobacterium bifidum or... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942650 | Liquid discharge control apparatus including a pump and accumulator with a movable member In a liquid discharge control apparatus which uses a piezoelectric type diaphragm pump, an accumulator having a liquid accumulation cavity and a movable member is communicated to an outlet of the diaphragm pump. In discharge operation of the diaphragm pump, a quanti... | 05/17/2011 |
| D592752 | Orthodontic attachment | 05/19/2009 |
| 7524403 | Forming fabric and/or tissue molding belt and/or molding belt for use on an ATMOS system A forming fabric for an ATMOS system or a TAD machine. The forming fabric includes a permeability value of between approximately 100 cfm and approximately 1200 cfm, a paper surface contact area of between approximately 0.5% and approximately 90% when not under press... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524118 | Mode-setting device for photographing device A mode dial mechanism for a photographing device comprising a photographing lens, according to the present invention, includes a lens mover, a mode dial, and a mode judge. The lens mover moves the photographing lens. The mode dial is for selecting a mode from a plur... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523960 | Cushion of air bag module The cushion of an air bag module includes a first chamber part which deploys to one side of an occupant by a high pressure gas of an inflator, a second chamber part which is formed to communicate with the first chamber part and deploys to the other side of the occup... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523880 | Shutter mechanism for open type ice bin An ice bin apparatus includes a case with an open upper portion for receiving pieces of ice. A guide within the case guides the received ice pieces and an auger adjacent to the guide transfers the guided ice pieces. A grinder for grinds the transferred ice pieces an... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523737 | Drive mode switching device for motorcycle A motorcycle includes a throttle, a main throttle valve controlled to be opened or closed by an operation of the throttle and a sub throttle valve controlled to be opened or closed in response to an opening degree of the main throttle valve. A memory a plurality of ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523481 | Integrated internet camera An integrated Internet camera includes, as embedded components contained within the camera body and controlled by a microcontroller, at least a network interface device for connecting to the Internet, a transport control device for packetizing according to Internet ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7523480 | Integrated Internet camera An integrated Internet camera includes, as embedded components contained within the camera body and controlled by a microcontroller, at least a network interface device for connecting to the Internet, a transport control device for packetizing according to Internet ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522532 | Layer 2/layer 3 interworking via physical loopback A layer three enabled layer two network includes a multi service platform. The platform includes a layer two switching component and a layer three switching component and has a physical loopback connected between the layer two switching component and the layer three... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522416 | Display device and blower thereof A display device, and a blower thereof are disclosed. The display device includes an axial flow fan within a case, which has a display panel encased therein. The axial flow fan is provided in a width direction within the case, so that, while being rotated within the... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522349 | Wide-angle zoom lens system A wide-angle zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group, in this order from the object. Upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal lengt... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522300 | Network scanner and multifunction machine incorporated with a network scanner In a network scanner for reading an original document and forwarding read data to a designated terminal connected to a network, an operating panel provided on the network scanner allows a destination and other image data processing conditions to be entered from the ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522273 | Apparatus and method for measuring an optical characteristic without adverse effects of a deviation of a polarized component The adverse effect of the deviation of a polarized component on measurement of an optical characteristic is prevented. A second measuring section determines group delay times of the incident light entering an optical fiber from the exit light emerging from the optic... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522209 | Automatic focusing apparatus including optical flow device calculation An automatic focusing apparatus includes an image pickup optical system; an image pickup device for converting an optical image formed by the image pickup optical system into an electric image signal at a predetermined cycle and outputting the electric signal; a foc... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522166 | Video game processing method, video game processing apparatus and computer readable recording medium storing video game program A simple model for an object to be processed is obtained, and Z-values and display coordinates of vertexes of the simple model from a predetermined viewpoint are calculated. A rectangular Z-area associated with the calculated display coordinates is detected, and an ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521954 | Method for determining a minority carrier diffusion length using surface photo voltage measurements A method of determining a diffusion length of a minority carrier in a material which includes applying a first excitation light having a first photon flux to a material, measuring a first surface photo voltage resulting from the application of the first excitation l... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521852 | Electrodeless lighting system An electrodeless lighting system comprises: a first case in which a microwave generator, a waveguide for guiding microwave energy and a luminous part communicating with the waveguide, for emitting light by the microwave energy are installed, wherein one side of the ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521820 | Electrical apparatus system An electrical apparatus system includes a depilator (first electrical apparatus) that depilates body hair, a cleaning apparatus (second electrical apparatus) that cleans the depilatory and an AC adapter that supplies DC electric power to the depilator or the cleanin... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520962 | Machine for producing a fibrous web Machine for producing a web includes a system for predefining a quantity of a grade to be produced utilizing a measuring arrangement for measuring quality data during production of the web. The system defines the quantity of the grade to be produced by using data me... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519533 | Fixed codebook searching apparatus and fixed codebook searching method A fixed codebook searching apparatus which slightly suppresses an increase in the operation amount, even if the filter applied to the excitation pulse has the characteristic that it cannot be represented by a lower triangular matrix and realizes a quasi-optimal fixe... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519509 | Network analyzer, transmission tracking error measuring method, network analyzing method, program, and recording medium There is reduced labor to directly connect two ports selected from ports of a network analyzer in order to measure transmission tracking errors. A network analyzer, to which a test set which branches four ports to nine ports (main port group: three ports, and sub po... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519402 | Mobile terminal holder A mobile terminal holder includes a body configured to receive a mobile terminal mounted thereon, and a receiving portion provided in the body. The receiving portion is configured to receive a cooling element for heat-exchange with a mobile terminal mounted on the b... | 04/14/2009 |
