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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6932790 | Adapter for human breast pumps An air circuit is disclosed that communicates with a cycling, bi-directional or intermittent pressure source, splitting the output of the pressure source into two channels. One channel continues to cycle bi-directional or intermittent pressure, and a second channel ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6879317 | Collapsible data entry panel A collapsible data entry panel comprises, an upper layer of flexible sheet material having formed keys on its outer surface and conductive areas or contacts on its inner surface, a lower layer of flexible sheet material having conductive circuits or traces on its in... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6827407 | Modular furniture including interchangeable upholstery An easily assembled and disassembled modular furniture system includes a base frame, a plurality of furniture modules including a first arm module, a second arm module, a seat suspension module and a backrest module, at least one fastener assembly for securing at le... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6793900 | Method and apparatus for reducing outbreaks of diffuse lamellar keratitis Diffuse lamellar keratitis or DLK is a recently recognised post-surgical condition involving an inflammation that occurs in laser corneal surgery patients. This condition is typically associated with the LASIK surgical procedure (Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6772910 | Piercing cap for a container A resealable cap for a container is disclosed, the cap having a seal piercing element, the liquid in the container being initially separated from the piercing element by a seal. The cap includes a collar, a neck portion and a top portion. The top portion includes th... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772076 | Electromagnetic field analysis method based on FDTD method, medium representation method in electromagnetic field analysis, simulation device, and storage medium A conductor is represented by a line. A plane on which the conductor crosses a plurality of sides in the planes forming a cell is divided by the conductor. In the planes obtained by the division, a plane containing the position in which the magnetic field intensity ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6758450 | Modular furniture including interchangeable upholstery An easily assembled and disassembled modular furniture system includes a base frame, a plurality of furniture modules including a first arm module, a second arm module, a seat suspension module and a backrest module, at least one fastener assembly for securing at le... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6722108 | Coupon inserting apparatus Apparatus that uses the burster method for positioning coupons from a continuous web at a predetermined time at a predetermined location for insertion is disclosed. Positioning rolls define a bight to receive the leading edge of a coupon and are driven by positionin... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715837 | Modular upholstered furniture construction An easily assembled and disassembled modular furniture system is disclosed. The furniture system includes a base frame having a front member, a first side member, a second side member and a rear member. A plurality of furniture modules including a first arm module, ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6706012 | Apparatus for expressing milk A device for expressing milk from one or more breasts has at least one, and preferably two expressers and a pump. The expressers each have a cup for fitting on the breasts and a cup outlet to which a vacuum created by the pump can be connected. The cups have a flexi... | 03/16/2004 |
| 7539948 | Manipulation menu display location control apparatus and program A manipulation menu display location control device includes a display for displaying a screen on which a plurality of predefined selection items are shown, a display location information table for storing information indicating the locations of the selection items ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539372 | Contactless connector contactless connector that secures communication continuity is provided. The contactless connector comprises a rotation-side light element disposed on a rotating body that rotates about a rotational axis and a fixed-side light element disposed on a fixed body in a p... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538970 | Storage apparatus, storage apparatus control method, and computer product A seek-information storing unit stores seek information including a correlation between a seek distance indicating a shift distance from a current track to a target track where a target frame for a data input/out is located and a seek time indicating a shifting time... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538946 | Metamaterials One exemplary metamaterial is formed from a plurality of individual unit cells, at least a portion of which have a different permeability than others. The plurality of individual unit cells are arranged to provide a metamaterial having a gradient index along at leas... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538556 | Spot-type ionizer evaluation method and spot-type ionizer A spot-type DC ionizer placed above a measurement plate of a charge plate monitoring device including a grid using a metal net attached to a nozzle opening. Compressed air is set at a value, and a use distance between the measurement plate and the nozzle opening is ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537821 | Winder liner for an unvulcanized rubber material A winding liner for an unvulcanized rubber material includes a belt-shape inextensible loading member for loading an unvulcanized rubber material and spacers provided at both widthwise direction sides of one surface of the loading member along a lengthwise direction... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537811 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor A liquid crystal display device is manufactured by placing a liquid crystal composition in the gap between two parallel substrates followed by polymerization to form a liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal composition comprises a free radical scavenger, n... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537630 | Folding filter frame and filter A folding filter frame includes two end assemblies, each having a stationary panel having two ends, two folding panels, each having a folding end and a free end, and at least one track. The folding end of each folding panels is foldably secured to one of the ends of... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537134 | Self-closing fluid container An apparatus for closing an opening created by a removal of a breakable seal on a liquid container includes a stopper configured to overlap or cover the opening, an elongated arm having an end attached to the stopper for exerting a force on the stopper against the o... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537035 | Pneumatic tire with wound cord layer between carcass layer and belt layers A pneumatic tire is provided which enables durability thereof to be improved by preventing oxidation degradation of belt layers. In the pneumatic tire, a carcass layer is laid between a pair of bead portions so that the carcass layer links the bead portions, an air ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537033 | Pneumatic tire with tread including circumferential grooves having inclined ridges or recesses A pneumatic tire which positively discharges water having flowed into a groove extending in the tire circumferential direction and enhances capability of preventing hydroplaning. The groove is provided in the tread face of the tire and extends in the tire circumfere... | 05/26/2009 |
| D592889 | Display box | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533107 | Data source integration system and method A method and program product for integrating different data sources has steps of obtaining semantic information from each of the different data sources (200, 202, 210), creating a conceptual model of (218, 220, 22) the data source using the semantic in... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532788 | Contactless connector A contactless connector which secures continuity of communication is provided. A contactless connector comprises a rotating-side light element on a rotating body which rotates about a rotation axis, and a fixed-side light element on a fixed body which is fixed in pl... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532429 | Write-head positioning method and disk drive A write-head positioning method includes steps of positioning a write head on a first track of a storage medium on the basis of a servo signal and writing a signal on the first track, positioning the write head on second and third tracks located adjacent to opposite... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532183 | Liquid crystal display device and its drive method A MVA type liquid crystal panel is slow in a response speed when a black state at a drive voltage about 1V is switched to a low brightness halftone state at the drive voltage about 2 to 3V. According to the present invention, in a liquid crystal display device for d... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531995 | Electronic device An electronic device includes: a DC power source which supplies a first DC supply voltage; a DC voltage converter which is enabled or disabled in response to a first control signal, and which converts the first DC supply voltage into a second DC supply voltage diffe... | 05/12/2009 |
| D592131 | Battery for a combustion tool | 05/12/2009 |
| D592127 | Automobile tire | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529552 | Interactive imaging for cellular phones A method for interacting with imagery on a cellular phone, including rendering an image on a display for a cellular phone, detecting that a user has selected an active area of the display using an input device for the cellular phone, and automatically activating a f... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529058 | Track pitch examination method of storage apparatus, program, and storage apparatus Track pitches of all the tracks of a disk medium provided in a storage apparatus are examined in a manufacturing examination step. First of all, a target position path which varies a target track position so that the position crosses the tracks is generated, and a h... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529056 | Control apparatus, storage device, and head retracting method A fall sensor detects a fall of a storage device. A first moving unit moves the head to a predetermined position on a storage medium when a falling time exceeds a first threshold. A second moving unit retracts the head from the predetermined position to a ramp when ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528023 | Apparatus for crystallizing semiconductor with laser beams Laser beams emitted by a plurality of laser sources are divided into a plurality of sub-beams, which are irradiated onto selected portions of an amorphous semiconductor on a substrate to crystallize the amorphous semiconductor. A difference in diverging angles betwe... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526980 | Universal locking lever A repositionable operating lever including a lever body having a handle and a generally hollow cylindrical housing, an inner end portion of which has a multi-faced wall configured to engage a multi-faced head portion of an adjusting member, an adjusting member posit... | 05/05/2009 |
| D591496 | Portion of a footwear upper | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525762 | Magnetic recording medium for perpendicular recording A perpendicular magnetic recording medium at least comprises a perpendicular magnetic recording layer and a backing layer backing the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The backing layer has an in-plane magnetization and is formed of a ferrimagnetic material ha... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525750 | Head retracting apparatus, storage device, and head retracting method A head retracting apparatus retracts a head on a storage medium upon detecting a fall. A counter-value calculating unit calculates a counter value that changes with an increase of a falling time and an increase of a non-falling time. A retraction determining unit de... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525748 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus A determining unit retrieves status information relating to recording or reproducing data on the magnetic disk, and determines whether to re-record data recorded in a recording area on the magnetic disk based on the retrieved status information. When the determining... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525648 | Apparatus for the examination of the properties of optical surfaces A device for examining the optical properties of surfaces includes a first radiation source which emits radiation to an examination surface, at least one first detector device, for detecting the radiation reflected off the surface and emitting at least one signal th... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524152 | Three-axis micro- and meso-scale machining apparatus A three-axis micro- or meso-scale machining apparatus. Embodiments of the apparatus include a spindle having a tool for machining a workpiece, a z-axis movement platform for supporting the spindle and translating the spindle along a z-axis, a mount for supporting th... | 04/28/2009 |
