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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171950 | Compressed air regulator apparatus situated in canister and method for regulating compressed air thereof A compressed gas regulator of a piston type is disclosed in which a regulator is configured with an input valve situated entirely inside a compressed air canister, which regulator is then attached to a paintball gun, marker or other device for providing discrete cha... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8113734 | Fixed eyebolt assembly and inventory thereof An eyebolt assembly is provided in which a skirt member is reinforced by radially projecting diametrically extending ribs. A fixed lifting eye projects from one side of the skirt, and a mounting stud projects from the opposite side. The mounting stud is double threa... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7975714 | Burst disk assembly A low-profile burst disk assembly for safely venting excess pressure from a pressurized fluid system by way of a tortuous fluid flow path. A burst disk plug includes a male thread and is thereby adapted to thread into the body of a pressurizable chamber. The burst d... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968352 | Superconductivity based on bose-einstein condensation of electron or electron-hole pairs in semiconductors The invention describes a method of achieving superconductivity in Group IV semiconductors via the addition of doubly charged impurity atoms to the crystal lattice. The doubly charged impurities function as composite bosons in the semiconductor. Increasing the densi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7787240 | Display system in article of clothing An wearable assembly wherein a display system is incorporated into an article of clothing, such as a video jacket or vest. The display system includes at least an output device, a mass storage device, and an input device. The output device includes at least a displa... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784760 | Motorcycle turntable A motorcycle turntable includes an elongated ramp assembly pivotally supported for slidable rotation about an approximate mid-point. The elongated ramp assembly includes an outer low friction skid plate attached to its reverse side generally adjacent each of its opp... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783519 | Fixed eyebolt inventory control method An eyebolt inventory control method in which a plurality of eyebolt bodies are provided. The eyebolt bodies all have about the same nominal dimensions and they include a skirt member that is reinforced by radially projecting diametrically extending ribs. The skirts ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780745 | Conformal lithium polymer battery This invention is a method of fabricating a conformal lithium polymer battery comprising the steps of: selecting a slab of lithium polymer battery material of a desired height, containing a desired number of cells; freezing the slab; vertically cutting the slab to a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7748407 | Compressed air regulator apparatus situated in canister and method for regulating compressed air thereof A compressed gas regulator of a piston type is disclosed in which a regulator is configured with an input valve situated entirely inside a compressed air canister, which regulator is then attached to a paintball gun, marker or other device for providing discrete cha... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7719300 | Method for testing a semiconductor wafer and apparatus thereof Reliability of results of a test such as a wafer burn-in test is raised. The present invention is a method for testing a plurality of semiconductor devices in a semiconductor wafer held in a cartridge. Each of the semiconductor devices has electrodes and the cartrid... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7708487 | Binder spine A binder spine with a generally rectangular back panel that has a width and a length. The back panel is bounded by generally opposed longitudinal edges. The opposed longitudinal edges are joined through living hinges to adjacent side panels. The binder spine is fold... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7695331 | Electrical contact assembly including a sleeve member A low cost crimpable and sealable contact assembly including a contact member and a tubular sleeve member. The contact member is capable of being manually continuity crimped to a tip of an electrically conductive core of an electrically insulated wire. The tubular s... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686148 | Clutch component A clutch spring kit that is particularly suited to replacing a standard motorcycle pressure plate in a diaphragm spring biased clutch assembly. The clutch assembly is activated by centrifugal force acting on spherical deflection elements. A plurality of pocket eleme... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7681622 | Heterogeneous composite bodies with isolated lenticular shaped cermet regions A heterogeneous body having ceramic rich cermet regions in a more ductile metal matrix. The heterogeneous bodies are formed by thermal spray operations on metal substrates. The thermal spray operations apply heat to a cermet powder and project it onto a solid substr... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7665141 | Origin and custody of copies from a stored electronic record verified page by page A method of authenticating a copy of a multi-page document, which includes digitizing a said multi-page document to generate one or more digitized files that together comprise a digitized transcript. A mark that is unique to the preparer of the document, such as a s... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662014 | Joining system for polyhedric modules A joint system for joining polyhedric facet elements together. Polyhedrons have a plurality of facets. The polyhedric facet elements have facet planes that are generally congruent with the facets of the polyhedrons in which they are found. Various facet elements occ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7635515 | Heterogeneous composite bodies with isolated lenticular shaped cermet regions A heterogeneous body having ceramic rich cermet regions in a more ductile metal matrix. The heterogeneous bodies are formed by thermal spray operations on metal substrates. The thermal spray operations apply heat to a cermet powder and project it onto a solid substr... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7586316 | Probe board mounting apparatus A mounting apparatus that does not compromise the strength of a probe board. The apparatus comprises a probe board spaced from a support member by a spacer. A fixed portion with a female screw hole is mounted on one surface of the probe board. A male screw member is... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7575262 | Quick release dovetail lift coupling A generally X-shaped lift coupling for use with a conventional dovetail socket. One leg of the X-shaped lift coupling slides axially in a keyway in the other leg between a position where the lower end of the sliding leg is engaged with an angularly extending wall of... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7560067 | Powder friction forming A method of forming dense articles from metal or metal alloy powders by friction forming. A self supporting shaped deposit of powder is formed on a substrate. Relative movement is established between the shaped deposit and a friction forming tool. The forming end of... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7559417 | Clutch pressure plate for multiple spring systems A multi-spring system pressure plate member is provided for a spring biased clutch. The pressure plate member has a spring side and an opposed clutch side. The spring side of the pressure plate member includes spring confinement members for at least two clutch sprin... | 07/14/2009 |
| 6796670 | Sleeve media holder Chemiluminescent devices are attached to water bottles or similar drinkwear containers by a variety of holders to decoratively illuminate the contents of the container. A thin elongated chemiluminescent charge container is wound within the holder and supported there... | 09/28/2004 |
| D590550 | Pet enclosure | 04/14/2009 |
| 7513168 | Jack bolt activated tensile strength test machine A tensile strength testing machine comprises a frame assembly that defines a test zone. The frame assembly includes a frame member that has first and second opposed ends. The ends have inner sides that generally face one another across the test zone, and outer sides... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510047 | Speaker edge and resonator panel assembly A complex speaker edge and asymmetric resonator panel in which the acoustic vibration damping capacity of the speaker edge varies longitudinally around the speaker edge. The resonator panel has an aspect ratio of approximately 1.3:1 or more, and is composed of top a... | 03/31/2009 |
| RE40663 | Digital battery A dynamic battery array of individual discrete cells, controllably interconnected for instantaneous dynamic configuration into a plurality of individual power buses having different electrical power output characteristics, each of which is tailored to supply the el... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7488537 | Ceramic impregnated superabrasives A superabrasive fracture resistant compact is formed by depositing successive layers of ceramic throughout the network of open pores in a thermally stable self-bonded polycrystalline diamond or cubic boron nitride preform. The void volume in the preform is from appr... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487849 | Thermally stable diamond brazing A cutting element and a method for forming a cutting element is described and shown. The cutting element includes a substrate, a TSP diamond layer, a metal interlayer between the substrate and the diamond layer, and a braze joint securing the diamond layer to the su... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7461448 | Crimping tool with quick-change crimp head for sealing and electrically crimping electrical contacts to insulated wire A crimping tool with a quick-change crimp head for sealing and electrically crimping electrical contacts to insulated wires. The crimping tool includes a base unit with a receptacle that is configured to actuate and removably and replaceably receive the quick-change... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7370839 | Pass through sliding drapery suspension system A drapery mounting system comprised of a drapery rod member, a drapery hanger element, and a support member for the rod. The support member is positioned below and intermediate the respective opposed ends of the drapery rod. The support member includes a saddle, a s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7297368 | Method of making carbon fiber-carbon matrix reinforced ceramic composites A method of making a carbon fiber-carbon matrix reinforced ceramic composite wherein the result is a carbon fiber-carbon matrix reinforcement is embedded within a ceramic matrix. The ceramic matrix does not penetrate into the carbon fiber-carbon matrix reinforcement... | 11/20/2007 |
| D542505 | Side pull hoist ring | 05/08/2007 |
| 7186908 | Stringed musical instrument pick with inert adhesion A conventional guitar pick is retrofitted with a special adhesion material covering a selected surface region of the pick so as to enhance gripping between thumb and finger for playing and to provide convenient temporary storage, when not in use for playing, by temp... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7114872 | Wrenchless hoist ring mounting An omni-positional hoist ring wherein a shackle member is pivotally attached to a rotationally mounted lift body, the lift body is rotationally mounted on a flanged bushing, and the flanged bushing is mounted on a screw. Torque is applied to the screw by applying fo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114714 | Multifunctional workpiece clamping system A multi-function clamping system composed of a few interacting and interoperative clamping components. It is based around a J-bar to which other clamping components such as X-axis, Y-axis, extender blocks, L-links, bench rests, joint V-blocks, and V-pad clamping com... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083310 | Lamp harp mount A safe lamp harp that inexpensively and effectively limits the rotation of a shade relative to the lamp harp is disclosed. The lamp harp include a frame member with normally downwardly depending legs and a generally straight axle portion at the top of the harp betwe... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7051548 | Air conditioner A process and the required apparatus for air conditioning the interior of a structure located within a harsh desert like exterior environment. The air conditioning system is particularly effective at times when the exterior temperature is in excess of approximately ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041250 | Combined liquid phase and activated sintering of refractory metals A process for producing a binder phase free fine grained refractory metal compact at temperatures that are less than about 80 percent of the melting point of the refractory metal. A refractory metal is mixed with a metallic reagent to produce a mixture with a low me... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025191 | Moving crank mechanism A moving crank mechanism that is particularly adapted for use in a conveyor system. A moving crank remains in a substantially parallel position with respect to a fixed reference plane as the crank member is driven by its offset opposed ends along an endless loop. Th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7009480 | Semi-releasable magnetic tool A semi-releasable magnetic tool is disclosed. The tool comprises two magnetizable pole plates. Each of said pole plates is bounded by peripheral edges. The pole plates are spaced apart and preferably disposed in substantial registry with one another. A generally non... | 03/07/2006 |
