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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6338238 | Coil link chain and method A jewelry chain is formed from a plurality of coil links, with each link having a coil diameter, a first end and a second end. With the exception of the ends of the chain, which are typically secured to the mating clasp sections, each of the links in at l... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6333629 | Method for non-invasively and without contact, inspecting foil enclosed packages, using magnetic resonance techniques Increasing RF transmission power, retuning the RF transmitter and receiver coils, and increasing RF reception gain, enable MR inspection of product in a container that presents a substantial portion of an electrically conductive barrier in transverse orie... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6291757 | Apparatus and method for processing music data It is an object of the present invention to, in the music data processing apparatus, reduce the complex processings in each of the computing units and access to the shared region of the main memory unit and to generate more efficiently the music data. Acc... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283850 | Circuit board cabinet There is provided a circuit board cabinet which is capable of more reliably preventing flames of a fire in a shelf from spreading to external devices, without degrading cooling capability thereof. Flames of the fire occurring in the shelf rise within a sl... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6282197 | ATM switching apparatus and ATM communications network Disclosed is an ATM switching apparatus capable of reducing a probability an IAM acceptance being rejected due to a difference in bandwidth acquiring algorithm. The ATM switching apparatus is constructed such that when receiving an IAR due to the differen... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6268882 | Dome shaped camera with simplified construction and positioning A television camera apparatus for surveillance applications includes a television camera having a base plate to be attached to a supporting structure, a camera holder fixed to the base plate and a camera body protruding from the camera holder. The camera ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6266544 | Adapter for portable telephone usable as mobile telephone in vehicle An adapter in which a portable telephone having a socket including terminals connected to electric terminals therein is receivable includes an adapter body having a concave portion in which the portable telephone is receivable, a connector provided in the... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6247092 | Control of command transmission and reception in a data transmission device and data transmission device therefor A data transmission system includes a first data terminal equipment, a first modem, a transmission line, a second modem and a second data terminal equipment connected in series. In order to send a control command to the second modem, the first modem inter... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237318 | U-shaped tubular metal for rope chains A rope chain formed by intertwining links of a U-shaped cross-section is disclosed, which links are formed from a wire having an interconnecting upper portion, a pair of substantially straight legs extending downwardly from the interconnecting portion, an... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237046 | Input/output control apparatus managing cache memory utilizing a spare hash table for operations if first hash table enters a synonym state When an input/output request of a channel adapter causes a mishit on a cache and a staging amount by a device adapter reaches a predetermined amount, the cache is set into a hit status and the channel adapter is reactivated. By receiving a hit response, t... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6205148 | Apparatus and a method for selecting an access router's protocol of a plurality of the protocols for transferring a packet in a communication system An apparatus and a method for selecting an access router's protocol from a plurality of protocols in a communication system including first and second access routers for transferring a packet between the access routers according to the selected protocol. ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6201488 | CODEC for consecutively performing a plurality of algorithms A CODEC has a DSP which can consecutively execute a plurality of algorithms without restriction of a memory capacity. The DSP performs an encoding/decoding operation on a digital signal. A program memory stores a program divided into a plurality of block ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6198500 | Multi-point conference system and conference terminal device A multi-point conference system includes a plurality of conference terminal devices coupled to each other, image information and voice information being transmitted among the plurality of conference terminal devices so that users of the plurality of confe... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195400 | Two-mode demodulating apparatus A two-mode demodulating apparatus for use in a radio terminal in a mobile communication system has a linear reception demodulating circuit and a non-linear reception demodulating circuit which can be selectively operated by selecting a mode. The non-linea... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192232 | Emergency call control apparatus for mobile communication system An emergency call control apparatus for a mobile communication system does not disconnect, in a handoff, an emergency call from a mobile station in a service zone to which the mobile station has moved even when the radio channels are congested in the serv... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6173954 | Cyclic viewer for slot machines A viewer for slot machines has a dihedral support (7) equipped with a large circular window (8) extended through the faces of the support (7), for the display of a disc (1) of flexible transparent or translucid plastic provided along its circumference wit... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6172753 | Movement and position measuring device and method A method and a device for detecting a position of a graduation support relative to a support of the device in a direction of displacement of the graduation support and the support relative to each other. The device has a light source. The support has a hi... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6169753 | Transmission device and signal transmission method in synchronous network This invention discloses a transmission device used as a node device for a trunk network and a signal transmission method in a synchronous network. The transmission device comprises a clock extracting unit for extracting a plurality of clock signals from ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168315 | Rolling bearing unit with tone wheel A bearing unit with tone wheel includes a first seal member made from a metal plate having an elastic member, and a second seal member provided outside the first seal member and placed in sliding contact with the elastic member. The tone wheel is attached... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6158517 | Artificial aquifers in hydrologic cells for primary and enhanced oil recoveries, for exploitation of heavy oil, tar sands and gas hydrates Artificial aquifers for hydrologic cells are used to recover hydrocarbons from carbonaceous formations. Artificial aquifers of a hydrologic cell for primary or enhanced oil recovery are constructed through the use of a conventional hydrofrac technique to ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6158009 | Communication monitoring and controlling apparatus A communication monitoring and controlling apparatus for easily collecting monitoring information is connected to an existing network composed of a plurality of communication equipment. A management information collecting unit collects management informat... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6157613 | Congestion control system for controlling congestion in switching cells A congestion control system appropriately controls congestion of cells independently of the configuration of source and destination terminal units in, for example, an ATM switching unit, and shortens the time taken from the generation of congestion to the... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154458 | Network system According to a network system of the present invention, a protocol information requesting unit of call-out terminal requests, when setting a call between terminal devices having different signaling protocols, an ATM switch to supply signaling protocol inf... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6154529 | Method for providing information by calling from information provider, and service server for implementing the same Disclosed are a method for enabling information to be provided by calling from an information provider (IP) while preserving user anonymity, and a service server for implementing the same. A user dials a special number followed by an IP number for connect... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6154129 | Operation system for transmission devices and alarm monitoring method There is provided in accordance with the present invention an operation system for monitoring transmission devices, comprising: a memory storing an alarm monitoring program including, a manager process for receiving a first autonomous alarm notification t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6151302 | Cell flow rate control method for asynchronous transfer mode switch A cell flow rate control method for an ATM switch can cope with various UPC forms while using the same hardware arrangement. The cell flow rate control method includes the steps of preparing a conformance condition table in which are stored conformance co... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147972 | Method and system for achieving cell diagnosis of continuity in cell exchange In a cell exchange, cell diagnosis of continuity with respect to an individual part operating in a band width for a speed faster than a cell feeding speed is enabled by using cell test equipment with a low cell feeding speed. The method of cell diagnosis ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144729 | Call connection control method in exchange Disclosed are an exchange which performs call connection control for subscribers in a plurality of areas having different toll numbers, and a method of controlling connection of calls in this exchange. A telephone number translation table is created in ac... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141320 | Method and apparatus for nested automatic protection switching Nested APS is implemented in a simple configuration for synchronous transmission systems such as SONET and SDH. Bits 5 to 8 of the received K1 byte are compared with line numbers of lines terminated at the receiving node, and when they do not match, the r... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6128314 | Method and apparatus for capturing a communication attribute converting apparatus, and a system containing the apparatus In a system in which terminals having mutually differing communication attributes perform communication so as to bridge one or a plurality of networks, to provide a method for automatic capture of a communication attribute converting apparatus in a switch... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6126158 | Soft jaw for a machine vise A jaw assembly for use on a slideway of a machine table includes one or more guide rods over which a vise jaw freely slides. No fasteners or mounting members are required to mount and demount the jaw from the assembly. Before the jaw is tightened to apply... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6122358 | Operator connection control method A terminal management unit for executing control for connection to an operator when a communication apparatus is busy is provided in a network, and terminals connected to the network are registered as operator terminals in a master list possessed by the t... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6122249 | Add-drop multiplexing apparatus An add drop multiplexing (ADM) apparatus has a simple and compact structure. The ADM apparatus has high-order interfaces connected to a high-order network, path setting units each for setting a path for a signal according to path data and inserting or dro... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6122250 | Ring transmission system and squelch method used for same A ring transmission system of a bi-directional line switched ring (BLSR) type comprising nodes (A) to (F) connected by ring transmission lines RL, wherein the nodes (A) to (F) have modified squelch tables [A] to [F] and squelch decision units. The ring to... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119168 | Communications system usable as system for simulating a plurality of other communications systems and communication processing system having such communications system In a communication processing system, a message provided with an originating address and a destination address is transmitted via a network from a communications system identified by the originating address to a communications system identified by the des... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6115225 | Power supply system There is provided a power supply system which is capable of eliminating inconvenience affecting a storage device in the event of a power failure. Monitoring control means monitors supply voltage provided by a DC power supply connected to a power-supplied ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6115116 | Waveguide-type variable-sensitivity semiconductor photodetector A waveguide-type variable-sensitivity semiconductor photodetector has a waveguide photodetector area and an optical attenuation area formed on an n-InP substrate. The optical attenuation area includes a GaInAs optical waveguide layer having a bandgap ener... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6113867 | Compact cassette for dental instruments A tray having a pair of stamped instrument racks includes a pair of side walls which taper transversely and longitudinally toward each other at their opposite ends. The tapered ends form wedge-like extensions which lead into a pair of rounded end walls. T... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112698 | Weighted metal pet bowl A weighted pet bowl with a minimally small footprint is formed from inner and outer shells stamped from stainless steel sheets. Each shell includes a rim that extends outwardly around the top of the bowl. The rims are crimped together around their outer e... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6115382 | Permanent virtual connection reservation control system A path defining/changing/deleting section sets in advance the definition of the setup of a PVC connection in a PVC connection object management table as a PVC connection object. Each PVC connection object has an attribute indicating an active or inactive ... | 09/05/2000 |
