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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7088023 | Motor unit, manufacturing method therefor and recording disk driving apparatus In a motor unit as an example of the invention, a bearing assembly 5 is securely held on an inner circumferential portion of a hollow cylindrical section 11a of a first housing member 11 with an adhesive section 52 interposed there... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059772 | Hydrodynamic bearing, spindle motor using the same and disc drive apparatus provided with spindle motor The present invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing supporting a shaft and a sleeve so as to relatively rotate with respect to a rotation axis. In accordance with one example of the present invention, there is provided a hydrodynamic bearing in which a capillary... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045923 | Magnetizing method and permanent magnet magnetized thereby A conductive attenuation body is arranged close to at least a part of surface of a material to be magnetized which has far lower conductivity than that of the attenuation body. Furthermore, the change in magnetic flux during magnetization is rapidly intensified for ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7030521 | Motor having two or more circuit boards A motor having a sleeve, a first board, a second board, a rotating part, a stator, a bracket and a bearing. The sleeve includes a sleeve main body having a cylindrical part into which a shaft is inserted, a first board supporting part having a first board supporting... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015611 | Spindle motor and recording disk driving apparatus having the spindle motor In a spindle motor, in an upper portion of a stator bearing surrounding wall 32a of a bearing housing 32, a flange 32c projecting outward in the radial direction from the stator bearing surrounding wall 32a is provide... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008109 | Dynamic pressure bearing device A dynamic pressure bearing device includes a dynamic pressure face of a shaft member, a dynamic pressure face of a bearing member, lubricating fluid filled in a bearing space of a dynamic pressure bearing portion including a gap between the dynamic pressure faces, a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6982513 | Recording disk drive motor, recording disk drive employing the motor, a method of manufacturing a stator used in the recording disk drive motor, and core plate that is used in the manufacture of the stator A recording disk drive motor is disclosed which is employed in a recording disk drive that retains a removable recording disk that has a diameter of 30 mm or less, as well as a method of manufacturing a stator core used in the same. The core back of the stator core ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980394 | Spindle motor and recording disk driving device comprising the same In the present invention, to reduce the noise of a spindle motor, a bush member is interposed between a base plate and an FDB unit. The base plate is a base of the spindle motor and of which a case of a hard disk drive is consisted. The FDB unit is a bearing unit wh... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971798 | Gas dynamic pressure bearing unit, spindle motor, hard disk drive and polygon scanner utilizing gas dynamic pressure bearing system It is the object of this invention to provide a gas dynamic pressure bearing system with high rigidity and reliability. The unit is configured such that a thrust bearing sends lubricating gas under pressure in a radial direction, and a radial bearing sends the gas t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969962 | DC motor drive circuit A DC motor drive circuit includes a position detector for producing an output signal that corresponds to a rotational position of the rotor, a current controller for controlling current supply to the winding in accordance with the output signal of the position detec... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6773016 | Ride apparatus with prize-grabbing arm Game apparatus that enables players themselves to bodily sense a feeling of reality and lively motion, and that enables satisfying curiosity regarding mechanical manipulations. The game apparatus is composed of: a holding section (6) for holding a plurality o... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6735798 | Chiropractic aids for use accompanying chiropractic therapy Chiropractic aids for releasing tension in the muscle groups that act to form anteroposterior curvature in the lumbosacral region. Usable with wedge-shaped pads and a rectangular pillow, the principal aid is a convertible triangular pillow having two right-triangula... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6458214 | Method and apparatus for cleaning drainpipes in movable equipment A method for cleaning a plurality of drainpipes installed in a movable equipment by causing a flow of a cleaning solution through the drainpipes includes the steps of connecting provisional pipes to the plurality of drainpipes, feeding a cleaning solution... | 10/01/2002 |
