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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D537956 | Door face panel | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177330 | Method and apparatus for controlling the polarization of an optical signal A method of controlling the state of polarization of an optical signal includes injecting the optical signal into a laser diode and matching the wavelength of the optical signal to a longitudinal mode of the laser diode. A stabilizer signal can also be injected in t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163193 | Water flow-controlling device for a cooling system of a vehicle A water flow-controlling device has a tube, a shaft, a block, a washer and a reciprocating assembly. The tube has a front opening, a rear opening, a side opening and a rear bracket. The openings communicate with one another. The rear bracket is mounted in the tube n... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162305 | Functional electrical stimulation system An electrical stimulation device for a body part of a person comprises an orthotic with sensor and electrodes and a controller. The controller receives a sensor signal, compares the sensor signal to a threshold value and generates an electrical output from the elect... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156609 | Method of making complex twisted blades with hollow airfoil cross section and the turbines based on such A reactive turbine, each blade of which approximates a helical shape that is constructed with readily available conventional manufacturing techniques. The blades are constructed in discrete straight sections that, when joined, approximate a helix or any other effici... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153119 | Apparatus for extruding food dough An extruding apparatus for food materials having a filling material and a wrapping material extrudes and envelops the filling material with the wrapping material. An internal cylinder supplies the filling material while a concentrically arranged external cylinder cr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147088 | Single-sided crash cushion system A single-sided crash attenuation cushion system having an impact head and three stage energy absorption mechanism. The energy absorbing mechanism has a mandrel for deforming thin-walled tubes in a controlled collapse to absorb impact forces from a colliding vehicle.... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140284 | Device for cold cutting elongate members along a longitudinal axis A cold separation device for separating an elongate metallic member along its length. The device has a separation unit having a driven blade, support member to support the elongate member upstream and downstream of the separation unit. The device further has to feed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142675 | Sequence generator and method of generating a pseudo random sequence A sequence generator for generating a pseudo random sequence for random number generation or a stream cipher engine includes a plurality of linear feedback shift registers operable to generate a plurality of binary sequences. A plurality of nonlinear functions havin... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138903 | Lock module using colored light rays to identify the application of an accurate key A lock module includes a transmitting module to continuously transmit multiple colored light rays, a key adapted to be inserted into the keyhole of the lock and having multiple colored optical lenses each permitting a specific colored light ray to pass therethrough ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132120 | Method and apparatus for producing a continuous food shaped as a bar and a belt conveyor used for its production A method for producing a food shaped as a continuous bar by placing a continuous inner material on a continuous strip of an outer layer material that is transferred on a former belt, comprising the steps of placing food material that includes the inner material plac... | 11/07/2006 |
| D531259 | Shower assembly | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125206 | Apparatus for mounting a drill on a pipe A platform for a drill is supported on four support members which are pivotable on the platform to alter the angle between opposite members. In one embodiment a stop limits the movement of the support members so that the maximum angle between them can be controlled ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121362 | Electrical hand tool with a position adjustable battery pack An electrical hand tool has a tool assembly, a battery pack and an adjusting device. The tool assembly has a body with an internal mechanism. The battery pack is adjustably connected to the body and is electrically connected to the internal mechanism. The adjusting ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118624 | Method for making a road base material using treated oil and gas waste material The present invention provides a novel method to produce grade road base material using recycled oilfield waste, called “oil and gas waste,” more specifically, drilling waste and aggregate and a novel road base material. Hydration and mixing of the waste materia... | 10/10/2006 |
| D529063 | Camera | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108057 | Apparatus for controlling the ascent and descent of pipe in a well bore A method for controlling the ascent and descent of a tubular member passing through a pipe or casing slip into a well bore. A float control member is affixed beneath the top surface of the pipe or casing slip. The control member is activated to control the raising o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107634 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a conduit A conduit cleaning or clearing apparatus and method has a housing assembly connectable to a pipeline. The housing has an inlet and outlet leg joined by a bight portion. A cleaning member is rotatably disposed within the housing and may be rotated from a first unobst... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104185 | Vacuum coffee maker A vacuum coffee maker comprises a first vessel for receiving water to be heated and brewed coffee and a second vessel for receiving coffee grounds and brewing coffee therein. The first vessel has an opening in it and a fluid passage from the opening to a lower potio... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104828 | Bulb socket A bulb socket is used with a bulb having a base and two mounting legs each including an enlarged member and has a casing, a bracket and a compression tab. The casing is hollow and has an open bottom. The bracket is mounted in the open bottom of the casing and has tw... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105732 | Musical instrument stand with a self-locking neck lock assembly A musical instrument stand with a self-locking neck lock assembly for a guitar-shaped musical instrument has a post, multiple legs and a self-locking neck lock assembly. The self-locking neck lock assembly is attached to the post and has a stationary bracket, two lo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104266 | Flossing tool A flossing tool, for use with flossing string, includes a handle having a forked head at its first end. The forked head has first and second arms extending outwardly to first and second distal ends for supporting flossing string therebetween. A tensioner is slidably... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103190 | Acoustic device An acoustic device has a suspended sheet of a thin flexible material having a rigid rod secured along one edge. An audio frequency actuator, which is preferably a magnetostrictive actuator, is acoustically coupled to an end face of the rod. The audiofrequency actuat... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100752 | Bridge pier crash cushion system A crash cushion system to envelop at least one bridge pier. The system has two impact heads, one facing one traffic flow direction and the other facing an opposite traffic flow direction. The heads are connected to multi-stage box beam energy absorbers which are in ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096749 | Air sampling device and method A lightweight, economical, mass-producible, reusable airfoil can be deployed in an airspace while in or attached to any moving vehicle for the purpose of collecting air samples. A frame has an airfoil shape that provides pressure differentials that preferentially di... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093838 | Gaskets and gasket-like devices including fasteners for gaskets and a method of making and using the same A gasket for sealing between a wall and a gasket support surface, such as between an oven housing and an oven door. The gasket includes a clip, the clip typically being made from a single strand of wire. The wire is bent into a head and a base, the base for engaging... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090823 | Method for preparing a gel containing nanometer titanium dioxide powders for visible light photocatalysis A method for preparing a gel containing nanometer titanium dioxide particles for visible light photocatalysis, the method has the following acts of: obtaining titanium hydroxide; inverting titanium hydroxide into titanium dioxide by adding an oxidant, an improving a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089001 | Mobile communications A method of automatically establishing a roaming service for a mobile telephone, that includes a pre-programmed SIM card, performs a Location Update in the following order. 1. Registered Public Land Mobile Network (“RPLMN”), i.e. the last registered... | 08/08/2006 |
| D526046 | Gas pressure regulator | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083597 | Pivoting joint infusion system with seal An infusion system for delivery of therapeutic fluids from a remote source into a patient's body. The system has an infusion assembly, a rotating pivot joint member, a fluid connector assembly, and a sealing assembly retained within the infusion assembly between the... | 08/01/2006 |
| D525717 | Door face panel grouping | 07/25/2006 |
| D525367 | Door having a star face panel | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074240 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae A method and apparatus for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae. Upper and lower interlocking brackets are insertable in a prepared intervertebral space between adjacent vertebrae. The brackets are affixed to the vertebrae at attachment plates. A rib on one side of one br... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066218 | Insect control system and method The present invention provides an automated insect control system. The system utilizes a container tank, a canned pump, distribution system, and a programmable digital timer to allow a user to control the times per day and the duration in which to apply insecticide ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057565 | Multi-band flat antenna A multi-band flat antenna has multiple compressed dielectric substrates on which printed circuits are formed and interconnected to constitute first, second and third radiation units to supply three frequency bands. The first radiation unit is created by multiple cir... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051649 | Collapsible barbecue grill assembly A collapsible barbecue grill assembly has a top rack (20), a leg assembly attached under the top rack (20) and a foldable charcoal container (30) mounted on the top rack (20). The leg assembly is combined by means of wedging without using... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048413 | Light string using a cladding to scatter light from light emitting diodes to present a neon light effect A light string includes a core made of a soft material and having multiple axial holes defined in one side of the core, two connection wires received in the other side of the core to be opposite to positions of the axial holes, multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) ... | 05/23/2006 |
| D519955 | Television set | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037056 | Sheet member dispensing apparatus for use with articles stacked on a bed of a trailer An apparatus for dispensing a sheet like member is provided. The apparatus is typically used to surround the sidewalls of a multiplicity of articles stacked upon the bed of a flatbed trailer to assist in preventing pieces from falling off the articles onto the highw... | 05/02/2006 |
