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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6039403 | Shower/tub transfer chair An improved shower/bathtub transfer chair that is capable of disassembly into five basic components. The chair seat and back structures, separable from each other and from the support frame for the device, serve as two of the five components. The remainin... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6025782 | Device for monitoring the presence of a person using proximity induced dielectric shift sensing A capacitive array is housed within a polyester mat or other appropriate nonconductive substrate material which is interconnected with a control module. The control module supplies to the capacitive array a suitable oscillator driver current and concurren... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6010332 | Disposable liquid fuel burner A disposable fuel burner 10 is disclosed which comprises a container 11 having a closed bottom wall 12, an enclosing sidewall 13 and an open top 14, and at least partially filled with a liquid fuel 15. A support member 16 is supported adjacent the open to... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5984874 | Pressure and temperature sensor transducer array A pressure or temperature sensor array utilizing a combination of liquid crystal material and charge coupled device (CCD) sensor array. The device generally comprises a liquid crystal material enclosed in a planar capsule, one side of which has a flexible... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5987385 | Method and apparatus for creating an image of an earth borehole or a well casing An acoustic logging tool, useful for creating a circumferential image of an earth borehole or well casing, which includes one or many acoustic transceivers mounted in substantially the same plane, in a drill string sub. The mounting receptacles are locate... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979119 | Components and assemblies for building construction and methods of making and using same An assembly of structural building components for use in conjunction with an improved anodized aluminum post having a generally cylindrical cross section and longitudinal grooves disposed in a peripheral wall therein for the receipt of the various compone... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5970434 | Method for determining average wall thickness for pipes and tubes using guided waves A method for determining changes in the average wall thickness or the mean radius of a pipe or tube using ultrasonic and/or magnetostrictive wave probes by analyzing the dispersive behavior of waves traveling in the tube wall volume. The method examines c... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5940880 | Apparatus and method for providing coolant water to the head during exercise A flexible water container carried on the back of the user in a position that does not restrict the active movement of the user during exercise. Connected to the water container is a tube to conduct the water from the container to an irrigation system pos... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5920393 | Methods and apparatus for identifying and quantifying constituent compounds in a specimen using modulated polychromatic partially polarized light Methods and devices for determining the identity and concentration of constituent compounds within a test specimen. The methods are based on the principle that a specific compound in a specific concentration will modify a pattern of incident polychromatic... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5895439 | Method for generating and displaying complex data derived from non-destructive evaluation scanning A method utilizing high-speed digital computers and high resolution display systems for stacking a plurality of two-dimensional complex displays acquired from individual NDE scans over the surface of a material being inspected. The solid three-dimensional... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5892162 | Apparatus and method for inspection of pipes and tubes using guided wave probe An apparatus and method for directing ultrasonic and magnetostrictively generated mechanical waves from an exterior point to an interior point within a small diameter tube, pipe, or cylindrical structure. The present invention incorporates an external mec... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5886303 | Method and apparatus for cancellation of unwanted signals in MWD acoustic tools An apparatus and method are disclosed for eliminating a noise signal from at least one source during an acoustic measurement of a subsurface geological formation or borehole. The apparatus includes a longitudinal body for positioning in the borehole and a... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5831424 | Isolated current sensor An improved isolated current sensing device. The invention consists of two magnetizable cores which surround the conductor carrying the current to be measured. The two cores are cyclically saturated in opposite directions by a high-frequency excitation cu... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5821430 | Method and apparatus for conducting in-situ nondestructive tensile load measurements in cables and ropes An apparatus and method for the non-contact measurement of tensile loading (or tension) in ferromagnetic materials, particularly wire ropes, cables, and strands. The magnetostrictive effect is used to measure wave propagation properties within such materi... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5764721 | Method for obtaining optimized computed tomography images from a body of high length-to-width ratio using computer aided design information for the body An apparatus and method for optimizing computer tomography images obtained from any of a number of different standard computer tomography scanning devices. The apparatus and method incorporate computer-aided design data for an object being scanned into a ... | 06/09/1998 |
