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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406848 | Emergency door opening tool set and method for opening a door in an emergency An emergency door opening tool set includes a screwdriver for removing a latch assembly cover plate, a second and a third tool for opening a locked door. The second tool includes an elongated bar with a mass of metal at one end thereof and an opening or recess in th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 6815400 | Method for forming solid film lubricant A method for forming a solid film lubricant on the surface of a part having an arbitrary shape is provided, comprising preparing a carrier having a predetermined shape and size; coating lubricant powder on the carrier; and coating the lubricant powder over the surfa... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6795141 | Liquid crystal display device and color filter substrate having spacers formed directly on black matrix A color filter substrate for an LCD device comprises a transparent substrate having a substantially flat surface, a black matrix, a plurality of color filters, an electrode, a plurality of spacers, and an alignment film. The black matrix is formed on predetermined r... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6779294 | Breakable link A method of establishing a fishing line comprises the steps of attaching attachment openings of a breakable link to a surface buoy and underwater gear, and disconnecting the surface buoy from the underwater gear by irrecoverably breaking the wall of one of the attac... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6740614 | Dielectric ceramic composition A dielectric ceramic composition of high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss, which can be co-fired with Ag electrodes, is provided for use in various parts of electric and electronic appliances. The composition is represented by the following chemical formu... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6661341 | Car-seat-occupant sensing device A seat-occupant sensing device for a car seat is provided, such that a heater can be installed in the seat without deterioration of sitting comfort. A load sensor is mounted to a cushion frame of a car seat. The end of a flexible cushion support is linked... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6647717 | Renewable resource hydro/aero-power generation plant and method of generating hydro/aero-power A power plant and method for the generation of power from flowing air utilizes a generally vertically extending duct having an inlet open to atmosphere at an elevation above an outlet. A spray system is mounted adjacent the inlet for spraying droplets of ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6627966 | Method and device for sealing ceramic package of saw filter In a method and a device for sealing a ceramic package of a SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filter, when making a ceramic package of an environmentally sensitive SAW filter such as a SAW duplexer filter or a SAW filter, a first sealing is carried out between ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6412384 | Hole-forming device A hole-forming device includes a base member having a hole-forming projection facing a bottom of a can. The hole-forming projection is formed on an upper surface of the base member. The base member is slidable upward to the upper part of a case by pushing... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405431 | Method for manufacturing build-up multi-layer printed circuit board by using yag laser A method for manufacturing a build-up multi-layer printed circuit board is disclosed in which a YAG laser is used upon the formation of a via hole in the multi-layer printed circuit board, such that it can have the following advantages: the manufacturing ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6393064 | Communication method, data transmission method and data communication system To perform communication at a higher speed than in the past using a new communication device without giving influence on the existing slave communication device, on a master device of a communication system such as PHS, there are provided two series of mo... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6383350 | Thin film modular electrochemical apparatus and method of manufacture therefor A method of manufacturing a thin film electrochemical apparatus is disclosed. A near net shape ceramic element is molded including a planar base region and a plurality of tubular regions. The planar base region is infiltrated with a non-conductive materia... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367207 | Friction resistance generator The present invention relates to a friction resistance generator capable of always generating a stable frictional force even if the opposed surfaces of a rotary member and a passive member have a curved shape such as a circumferential surface or a spheric... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6336779 | Fastening system A fastening system comprises a screw including a thread formed on a shank and configured to form a threaded bore in a plug made of a plastic material, and at least one notch formed in the shank between at least two adjacent turns of the thread. The system... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6332306 | Strapping apparatus In a strapping apparatus for strapping goods with a band, which apparatus has a tensioning device which is operatively connected to a tensioning drive and is intended for tensioning the band, a welding device for sealing two layers of a band, and a plural... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6329753 | M-type microwave device with slanted field emitter The present invention relates to M-type microwave devices and is aimed to improve effectiveness of using a working surface of field-electron emitters, to improve their reliability while increasing stability of field emission and service life of the device... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6308760 | Strapping apparatus A strapping apparatus for strapping goods with a band, which apparatus has a tensioning device which is operatively connected to a tensioning drive and is intended for tensioning of the band, a closure device for sealing two ends of a band, and a pluralit... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6307315 | Cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube includes a bulb having a screen, a conductive layer coated on the inner surface of the bulb, an electron gun mounted in the neck portion and having a final accelerating electrode electrically connected to the conductive layer, and leaka... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6280563 | Plasma device including a powered non-magnetic metal member between a plasma AC excitation source and the plasma A plasma processor for a workpiece includes a coil for supplying an r.f. exciting field through a window to a plasma in a vacuum chamber. A powered non-magnetic metal member between the coil and plasma couples the field to the plasma. In first and second ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273776 | Method for manufacturing electrodes of electron gun for cathode ray tube and electrodes manufactured thereby A method for manufacturing electrodes of an electron gun for a cathode ray tube and electrodes manufactured thereby are disclosed. The method for manufacturing electrodes of an electron gun for a cathode ray tube comprising the steps of preparing a first ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6266876 | Method of gap filling a conductive slip ring In a wrapped ring manufacturing process for slip ring assemblies, the assembly is heated to expand a gap between ends of the slip ring. A conductive material is then used to fill the expanded gap, to assure compression of the conductive material and to el... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6255933 | Inductance device and manufacturing method thereof When forming an inductance device comprising internal conductors (21a-21f) which forms a coil and a close looped internal conductor (21g) which surrounds the central shaft of the coil, a fixed frequency in a frequency band in which an inductive reactance ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6254403 | Assembly for and method of selectively grounding contacts of a connector to a rear portion of the connector An assembly for selectively grounding one or more contacts of a connector includes an elongate ground insert having a resilient outer periphery for fixing and electrically connecting the ground insert to an inner wall of a rear portion of the connector, t... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6238484 | Reactive hot-melt adhesive coating machine A reactive hot-melt adhesive coating machine capable of preventing a nozzle clogging by a simple construction is disclosed. A reactive hot-melt adhesive in a molten state supplied from an adhesive storage tank is fed to a spray means through an adhesive f... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6167802 | Sliding frame press A sliding frame press utilizing a single pressure generating actuator to simultaneously apply the same uniform load to opposite sides of a workpiece. Two posts integral to sliding frame part 2 are freely and movably supported at the upper surface and with... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6097876 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for digital signals transmitted at variable data rate A first rotational head of a first azimuth angle and a second rotational head of a second azimuth angle are arranged on a rotational drum rotated at a constant rotational speed. Also, input digital signals are processed in a signal recording system to for... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5974611 | Interlocking multipurpose airtool A multipurpose air tool (1) having a handle (2) to which a head (3) can be removably attached is disclosed. The head (3) has attached thereto various such tools as a face plate (4) and replaceable nozzles (5). The head (3) is interlocked to the handle (2)... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5941865 | Disposable absorbent garment of pants type A pull-on disposable absorbent garment such as a diaper has a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region defined by a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The front and rear waist regions are provided with a ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5908303 | Manufacturing method of light-emitting diode A manufacturing method of a light-emitting diode is provided. The light-emitting diode manufactured by the steps of coating solution containing p-type or n-type impurities on a porous silicon layer, thereby forming a p/n junction through a thermal treatme... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5874704 | Low inductance large area coil for an inductively coupled plasma source A low inductance large area coil (LILAC) is provided as a source for generating a large area plasma. The LILAC comprises at least two windings which, when connected to an RF source via impedance matching circuitry, produce a circulating flow of electrons ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5869877 | Methods and apparatus for detecting pattern dependent charging on a workpiece in a plasma processing system A charge monitoring apparatus measures an electrical charge deposited on a multiple-layered workpiece, such as a semiconductor wafer, in a plasma processing system. The apparatus includes a charge collection electrode (CCE), a non-conducting patterned lay... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5825574 | Automatic reversible tape recorder An automatic reversible tape recorder is disclosed in which the functions of the keys for fast forward and rewinding are improved, and the manufacturing and assembling are rendered easier owing to the simple structure of the components. The tape recorder ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5802241 | Communication system At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into sig... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5781561 | Encoding apparatus for hierarchically encoding image signal and decoding apparatus for decoding the image signal hierarchically encoded by the encoding apparatus Important quantized coefficients having absolute values which are higher than a threshold value are extracted from each of quantized coefficient streams into which a digital image signal is transformed, and an important quantized coefficient stream compos... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5769359 | Active feedback loop to control body pitch in STOL/VTOL free wing aircraft An aircraft control system for controlling an aircraft, particularly a free wing aircraft in low speed or hover regimes. An air speed sensor measures air speed of the aircraft and outputs an air speed signal to a control processor which processes the air ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5768698 | Radio receiving system with adaptive antennas having reduced variation of amplification A receiving system comprises a plurality of receiving branches 1, 2, - - - n each including an adaptive antenna. A variable gain controlled amplifier 31, 32, - - - 3n is provided in each receiving branch 1,2, - - - n for setting an amplification factor of... | 06/16/1998 |
