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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178296 | Structural joint connection providing blast resistance and a beam-to-beam connection resistant to moments, tension and torsion across a column At a beams-to-column connection of two beams to a column, in which the joint connection comprises both a gravity load-carrying capability and a moment-resisting capability between each beam and column, there is added a beam-to-beam connection across the column, usin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6591573 | Gusset plates connection of beam to column This invention relates to columnar, "primary support" for a building or other heavy structure, in which a beam is connected to a column in a strong, moment-resisting connection comprised of two gusset plates welded to a flange or the face of the flange of... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6516583 | Gusset plate connections for structural braced systems This invention is a structural joint having a diagonal brace, beam and column fixedly attached with respect to each other by parallel gusset plates disposed in face-to-face relationship on opposite sides of the brace, beam and column and extending from th... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6301838 | Waste discharge system comprising water closet carrier An off-the-floor water closet carrier is adapted to sit on flooring structure and has a waste conduit junction therein. The water closet carrier is rigidly constructed without primary reliance upon the waste conduit junction for such rigidity. The waste c... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6138427 | Moment resisting, beam-to-column connection A moment resisting, beam-to-column connection, comprising two gusset plates attached to a column and extending along the sides of a beam and having connecting elements, for example, angle irons, which attach the gusset plates to the beam. The connecting e... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6092584 | Vehicle sunshield and method of manufacture A vehicle sunshield which is foldable in an accordion-like manner and method of making a foldable sunshield comprising an impressionable material having a plurality of successive creases or channels on the same side of the material. Alternate creases are ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5855525 | Golf club A golf club has a high modulus of elasticity grip which is, preferably, an all-metal grip. The grip is connected to the shaft and the shaft is connected to the head without intervening material, such as by welding, brazing, force fit, pinning or similar m... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5724773 | Building module providing readily accessible utility connections A smaller building module is comprised of two parallel frames and a water closet carrier disposed between the frames and adapted to support an off-the-floor water closet on each side of the parallel frames upon each of which a wall may be constructed. Was... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5647594 | Variable game board having reversible pawns The invention relates to indoor games of the thought-game type including a board with dual aspect cells: an active position and an inert one. According to the invention, it includes a frame 1 with cells where removable pawns 2 are in one of two positions,... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5575324 | Sunshield and method of manufacture of sunshield A spring loop folding sunshield and method of manufacture in which a spring loop is enclosed within tape across the intermediate portion of the sunshield and around the edges of the sunshield. The tape is attached across the intermediate portion of the su... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5575473 | Golf club A golf club has a grip and a shaft which extends into the grip. The grip has an enclosed cavity and a partially-enclosed cavity between the inner diameter of the grip and the outer diameter of the shaft. The enclosed cavity provides a low-frequency feel a... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5533700 | Holder for a container A holder for a container has fingers capable of holding various sizes of containers, particularly, the large-sized containers. The fingers are attached to a base, extend upwardly and curve outwardly at their upper ends. The base fits into a cup holder or ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5477855 | Shield for conductors of an implantable device A shield for the conductors extending from an implantable device, provides a cover for the conductors and protects them against being dislodged or moved, by scratching, physical activity, skin pressure or other circumstance. The cover is resilient and fle... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5455098 | Decorative pleats and method of manufacture Decorative pleats have two cuts made in each of two or more pleats and the fold of the pleat is reversed between the cuts. When used as a decorative display for a photograph, picture, merchandise or other item, the cuts may be made angularly to hold the i... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5322285 | Golf putter A golf putter has a hard grip or an all-metal grip, and the grip, shaft and head are formed of a single, stiff material, or materials having closely-related moduli of elasticity, into an integral structural element. It is cast, forged, bonded, or otherwis... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5312439 | Implantable device having an electrolytic storage electrode An electrolytic, capacitive electrode, adapted to be disposed in body fluids when implanted, is used to store electrical energy for use in providing electrical energy to at least a portion of the internal electrical circuitry of an implantable device. Sub... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5305381 | Cradle for telephone A telephone cradle has ratcheting, sliding walls which engage a telephone and hold it securely. A ratchet release button, operable by the same hand that grasps the telephone, releases the sliding walls when it is desired to lift and use the telephone. The... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5193540 | Structure and method of manufacture of an implantable microstimulator An implantable microstimulator has a structure which is manufactured to be substantially encapsulated within a hermetically-sealed housing inert to body fluids, and of a size and shape capable of implantation in a living body, by expulsion through a hypod... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5136414 | Permanent magnetic means for positioning a rotatable element to a preselected position Permanent magnets are employed to continually urge an rotatable element, such as an oscillating, motor-driven shaft toward a preselected position. When the torque from the motor becomes minimal or is removed, the shaft is returned to a pre-selected, or re... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5061830 | Extension electrical switch system and method of manufacture An electrical switch system, which is comprised of a relatively long electrical conductor or conductors disposed on a flexible resilient film having, at or near one end, an electrical connector or separable, electrical connectors, and at or near the other... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5042971 | Method of manufacturing an electrical circuit system and electrical circuit system A method of manufacturing an electrical circuit system comprising electrical conductors on a flexible film and an article of manufacture made thereby, which may be used in place of printed circuit boards and which conductors form connector means for readi... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5040557 | Vehicle cover system A vehicle cover system has front and rear frames disposed to be suspended at a single support point at the front and a single support point at the rear of a vehicle, midway between the sides of the vehicle, preferably at the front and rear license plate m... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4930177 | Scraper for the friction seal of paint cans A scraping tool for removing paint residue from the friction seal of paint cans. The tool includes a handle (10) of sufficient size to accommodate a human hand from which one of two scraping blades continue. Extending from the fore end of the tool is a ri... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4852177 | High fidelity earphone and hearing aid A high fidelity earphone or hearing aid utilizes an acoustic path from a location near where the sound is delivered to the ear, to a location near the backside of the sound-producing diaphragm. A vent to the atmosphere from a location near the backside of... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4191048 | Red-visible dye penetrant composition and method employing same A liquid dye penetrant composition for use in non-destructive testing of objects to locate cracks and other defects or flaws therein, said composition comprising a liquid vehicle, preferably a nonionic surfactant such as an oxyalkylated aliphatic alcohol,... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4186304 | Extender for dye penetrant composition A liquid dye penetrant composition for use in nondestructive testing of objects to locate cracks and other defects or flaws therein, said composition comprising (1) a nonionic surfactant, such as an ocyalkylated aliphatic alcohol, (2) a small amount of a ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4176205 | Fingerprint powder and method of application Fingerprint powder and method for developing latent fingerprints therewith, such powder comprised of a powder carrier, especially a mixture of silica and talc, containing a coloring agent, preferably a fluorescent dye. The fingerprint powder can be applie... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4173745 | Filtering configuration using feed-through capacitor A printed circuit board, preferably, including a feed-through capacitor having outer and inner conductors separated by a dielectric through which the outer and inner conductors capacitively couple. An electrical energy carrying printed circuit line which ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4170010 | Inflatable radiation attenuator An arrangement for providing an inflatable cover or structure having radar-energy absorbing characteristics. Thus, a structure may be either formed of, or covered by, this material -- which may be compacted during certain stages of its life, and inflated ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4158312 | Method and apparatus for gyro erection A gyro system employing the pickoff synchros as erection sensors and as torquers to erect the gyro.... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4152592 | Water washable dye penetrant composition and method for utilizing same A water washable substantially biodegradable dye penetrant composition having excellent sensitivity and high stability, for use in non-destructive testing of objects to locate voids and defects therein, said composition consisting essentially of an organi... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4137530 | Digital radar display smoothing A digital radar including (i) a digital memory whose stored array of digital words represents radar searched space and (ii) display smoothing apparatus receiving the memory data and quadrupling the number of digital words available for display. Typical of... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4099126 | Frequency converter apparatus A dual balanced mixer frequency converter is disclosed which provides a low conversion loss by reactively terminating one of the leads on a combiner circuit such that all the image frequency signal power and/or part of the reflected receiver power is retu... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4097155 | Target locating system A forward observer directs a pulsed neodymium laser illuminator in the direction of a target to be marked. A detector-receiver which is fixedly mounted to an attacking aircraft detects the reflected laser energy and determines its direction of incidence. ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4075440 | Automatic communication system reconfiguration apparatus A communication system is illustrated wherein the communication links include automatically reversible amplifiers with the termination means of two links closing a loop. Upon failure of detection of a carrier signal in one of the links at the terminating ... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4071894 | Profile warning generator with anticipation of warning condition A system for developing a warning condition output signal when a monitored input variable exceeds a warn profile defined value defined as a predetermined function of an input reference variable, in which the warning condition output signal is delayed by a... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4071700 | Testing apparatus Apparatus for testing the operability of a signal translation means which passes signal information containing a definable and repeatable characteristic such as a synchronization signal through the use of a spare similar device and a demodulating device w... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4063140 | Method and apparatus for limiting position servo authority Method and apparatus for limiting the authority of a position servo system over an aircraft control surface. The amplitude of the energizing signal delivered to the actuator portion of the servo system is limited in accordance with a non-constant function... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4054535 | Variable sensitivity water washable dye penetrant Variable sensitivity biodegradable water washable dye penetrant compositions for use in non-destructive dye penetrant inspection of parts, such compositions basically consisting essentially of an organic dye, preferably a fluorescent dye, and a carrier or... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4051473 | Input tracking threshold detector An input tracking threshold detector includes a first circuit receiving input signal, a feedback signal, and a predetermined gating signal. The first circuit outputs a binary signal which during gating signal enablement intervals is indicative of the rela... | 09/27/1977 |
