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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5701852 | Coolant temperature control system for vehicles According to the present invention, coolant temperature Tw after an engine has stopped is detected by a coolant-temperature sensor. An amount of temperature rise ƊTw is calculated from a temperature difference between the present coolant temperature (Tw)... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701949 | Air conditioner for an automobile According to the present invention, in an automotive air conditioner system, a link mechanism is provided by using a cool air passage provided in parallel with a warm air passage and a cool air/heated air mixing chamber provided at a downstream side of th... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5697862 | Two-speed press drive A two-speed press drive is manufactured as a complete assembly eliminating the requirement that the drive be assembled at the location of the press. The two-speed drive includes a stationary quill, an output shaft and a planetary gear set. The planetary g... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5691484 | Magnetic flow sensor Sensors for measuring the flow rate of fluids flowing through a chamber. The chamber is formed using electrically insulating material through which there is an orthogonal alternating magnetic field provided by a mechanically repositioned permanent magnet ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5689963 | Diagnostics for a heating and cooling system Compressor discharge temperature, ambient outdoor air temperature and thermal load are used as control parameters for controlling the expansion valve setting and indoor fan speed. Diagnostics monitor a feedback signal from the fan motor to detect fan over... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5682980 | Active suspension system In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a hydraulic actuator is described which is operable to generate forces. The hydraulic actuator includes a pressure cylinder as well as a piston disposed within a pressure cylinder and being operab... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5684470 | Control apparatus for powered vehicle door systems Control systems including control circuitry and optional communications systems for operating a sliding power-operated member of an automotive vehicle. A powered sliding door in an automotive vehicle, such as a van, moves along a predetermined path of tra... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5680773 | Refrigerant evaporator having upstream and downstream tanks of different cross sections A refrigerant evaporator has, at each of a downstream side and an upstream side with respect to a flow direction of air, a pair of upper and lower tanks and a tube connecting the tanks. A refrigerant flows from the pair of tanks and the tube at the downst... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5680915 | Brake and clutch control system A press includes a drive system which includes a brake and a clutch operated by fluid pressure. The brake and clutch control the movement of a crankshaft in relation to a flywheel. A unique control system supplies the pressurized fluid for operation of th... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5669231 | Air conditioning apparatus When a defroster switch is input in a heating operation mode, an opening degree of an electric type of a heating expansion valve is controlled to be smaller when temperature of refrigerant discharged from a compressor is less than a predetermined temperat... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5662072 | Engine warming-up apparatus for a vehicle and heat insulating device An engine warming-up apparatus includes a reserve tank integrally provided with a heat insulating device provided in a coolant circuit in which coolant for cooling an internal combustion engine flows. The reserve tank includes a reserve tank body secured ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5660051 | Air conditioner for vehicle, using flammable refrigerant In an air conditioner according to the present invention, the first and second electromagnetic valves are disposed at the outlet port and the inlet port of the condenser, which is disposed at a position away from the passenger compartment and may be easil... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5657843 | Press drive with oil shear clutch/brake drives A drive unit for driving a press is disclosed. The drive unit uses a hydraulically actuated oil shear brake unit located on one side of a flywheel and a hydraulically actuated oil shear clutch unit located on the opposite side if the flywheel. The brake i... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657958 | Seat post assembly A seat post assembly attaching a seat to a bicycle is provided. The assembly includes an elastomeric shock absorbing subassembly bonded to a curved bar which is received in a tube of the bicycle at one end and attaches to a seat at the other. The subassem... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657913 | Ski rack having clamping mechanism A ski rack having a pair of integrally formed hook portions and a pair of integrally formed channels which are adapted to help enable the ski rack to be secured to a cross bar or other like support member of an existing vehicle article carrier. The ski ra... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657840 | Method and apparatus for absorbing mechanical shock A method and apparatus for absorbing mechanical shock is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pressure cylinder forming a working chamber having first and second portions operable to store damping fluid. The apparatus further comprises the first valve for... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655796 | Tubular assembly and method of making same The present invention tubular assembly comprises a tubular member (14), an annular bushing (17) therearound and a ferrule (21) therewithin. The bushing (17) is fit around a predetermined portion of the tubular member (15) and the ferrule (21) is then inse... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5653283 | Laminated type heat exchanger According to the present invention, the tube element includes a connecting portion for connecting the pair of core plates at an upstream air side, an extending portion extending from each of the connecting portions of the core plate at the upstream air si... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5653315 | Automatic damper system An automatic damper system for an automobile which includes a plurality of shock absorbers (10). Each of the shock absorbers (10) having a pressure cylinder (48), a first valve member (100) for establishing the first plurality of flow passages, as well as... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5651436 | Brake and clutch control system A control system for a press having a clutch and a brake includes a clutch control valve and a brake control valve. The clutch control valve operates the clutch by supplying pressurized air to the clutch. The brake control valve operates the brake by supp... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651268 | Refrigerant evaporator An evaporator capable of improving heat-exchange efficiency by enhancing performance to distribute refrigerant to many refrigerant passages of a refrigerant distribution pipe from a throttle. The evaporator is capable of suppressing the occurrence of a re... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5643527 | Method of injection molding An injection mold apparatus has a core and cavity halves. One or more gas poppet valves are affixed in the injection mold either in the movable and/or in the stationary halves of the mold. The poppet valves (or poppets) are located to open into a mold por... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5640488 | System and method for constructing clustered dictionary for speech and text recognition The dictionary is broken into clusters by first grouping the dictionary according to a rule based procedure whereby the dictionary is sorted by word length and alphabetically. After sorting, a plurality of first cluster centers is generated by selecting t... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5636776 | Vehicle article carrier having slats with concealable cross bar mounting portions A vehicle article carrier having a pair of slats and a cross bar which is removably securable to the slats at mounting portions formed on each of the slats. Each mounting portion includes an associated cover member which may be quickly and easily position... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5637154 | Method and apparatus for remediating soil A method and apparatus for treating contaminated soil by breaking up the contaminated soil and separating the soil by particle size and passing the smaller sized soil particles though a series of soil washes in a first direction while directing the washin... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5636954 | Adapter for a vehicle article carrier An adapter apparatus for securing the slats, or outer rail end or center supports, of a vehicle article carrier to an outer body surface of a vehicle. The adapter apparatus has a plurality of groups of openings for enabling attachment of a slat having pre... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5636786 | High efficiency gas furnace A high efficiency gas furnace utilizes a unique pre-mixed design in combination with a pressurized/high velocity combustion process. The combustion process occurs in a combustion chamber and the high temperature high velocity products of combustion follow... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634032 | Dynamic digital identification of storage media Computerized data information relating to stored file directories, media labels and other relevant information is stored on the media package itself in a memory device separate from the media. The memory device is updated automatically when the media is i... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5633457 | Fuel injection cleaning and testing system and apparatus A method and apparatus is described for cleaning the fuel injection system of a vehicle without disassembling the fuel injectors from the vehicle engine. The apparatus includes a pump separate and apart from the vehicle for feeding fuel into the fuel supp... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5631669 | Pointing device with integral microphone The pointing device or mouse is provided with a microphone for speech input. The microphone can be muted when the device serves as a pointing device by manually activating a push button or by automatically activating a circuit responsive to the position o... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5631827 | Logistics system for automating transportation of goods The various transportation logistics tasks, such as order processing, order fulfillment, transportation of goods and tracking, are assigned to individual client/server objects which make up the building blocks of the computerized logistics management syst... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5626371 | Quick connector with one-piece retainer A conduit assembly having a retainer with a ring and two pairs of arms. Both pairs of arms include shoulder-like portions which help to retain a seal within the housing, help to retain the conduit within the housing, and help to retain the retaining membe... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5626180 | Process and device for casting components The invention relates to a process and devices for casting components in metal alloys on the tilt casting principle in which a quantity of melt metered for casting is spread over a large gate cross section without turbulence from a melt container of the m... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5621959 | Method of attaching a bead assembly to a tubular conduit Snap-on bead assemblies for providing blocking walls for the attachment of connectors, and more particularly quick connectors, are disclosed as comprising an open-ended ring member having an outer surface, an inner surface and two extending flanges. The r... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5613399 | Method for liquid level detection A digital liquid level sensing apparatus and method for detecting variations in the dielectric of a substance being sensed. The apparatus includes a capacitive element array which is disposed in a fluid to be measured and which includes a plurality of ind... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5613216 | Self-contained vehicle proximity triggered resettable timer and mass transit rider information system The vehicle-mounted transmitter unit triggers a reset signal in the stationary receiver unit when the vehicle passes in sufficiently close proximity to the stationary unit. A display connected to the stationary unit tells waiting passengers or riders when... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5599379 | Apparatus and method for recovering non-ferrous metals from hot dross Method and apparatus for recovering free aluminum from a metal bearing dross containing free aluminum metal and oxides of the metal. Hot dross is collected from a hot dross source into a vessel, and the vessel is placed into a sealable storage container. ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5598164 | Vehicle obstacle avoidance system A system for warning a vehicle driver of obstacles to the front, rear and sides of the vehicle. If the vehicle is stopped and a front or rear obstacle is detected, the vehicle is prevented from moving forward or reverse, respectively. The inhibition of mo... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5596699 | Linear-viewing/radial-selection graphic for menu display Elements of the value domain or option selections are displayed in two vertical, linear lists disposed in a menu structure having rectangular areas and nonrectangular areas. The nonrectangular areas have boundaries which radially diverge from an origin po... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5595213 | Quick connector with check valve A fluid connector assembly includes a male member, a female member and a one-way check valve. A first resilient elastomeric member is disposed between the male and female members for retaining the connection between the two members. A second resilient ela... | 01/21/1997 |
