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A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6984070 | Crankshaft bearing In a bearing metal fitted to a journal bearing portion where a center of a bearing metal fitting hole is deviated from a reference straight line in a direction orthogonal to the reference straight line at a time of mounting a cylinder head, a thickness, in a directi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985117 | HF wheel rim antenna having several patch antennas A system for wireless data transmission between a stationary transmitting/reception device and a rotating body, e.g., a vehicle wheel, having secondary antennas, is provided. A plurality of stationary primary antennas are coupled to the stationary transmitting/recep... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985844 | Method for generating a network A method for generating a network, in particular a telecommunications, water, long-distance heat supply, or power network, the network connecting all users to a main distribution node depending on the existing or definable local needs and requirements of the individ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984449 | Pellets and process for production thereof The invention relates to pellets and a production process therefor. Pellets comprise at least one oily component, which is either an active component alone or comprises such an active component. The aim of the invention is to ensure that such active components can b... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6986056 | Method and arrangement for generating binary sequences of random numbers A method and arrangement for generating binary sequences of random numbers uses the principle of random selection of the path of photons on a beam splitter and generating a random number by using two detectors (D10, D21) downstrea... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6986094 | Device and method for selecting opcode values with maximum hamming distance to minimize latency and buffering requirements A method, device, and computer program to generate operation codes having a maximum hamming distance between them. Utilizing these operation codes it is possible to detect errors immediately upon receipt of a first byte of data in a packet to allow the receiver to i... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984107 | Turbine blade for the impeller of a gas-turbine engine In a turbine blade for a gas-turbine engine impeller, which is rotationally mounted in a housing, the turbine blade has a blade tip, a leading-edge positioned upstream in the direction of flow, and trailing edge positioned downstream, and includes a blade section, w... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6983731 | Method for operating a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine A method for operating a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine is provided, in which monitoring is performed as to whether an overlapping occurs between a time interval in which one piezoelectric element for injecting fuel into a cylinder is to be ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984402 | Chrono delivery formulations and method of treating atrial fibrillation A dosage formulation for once daily administration prior to sleeping is described that provides an initial delay in pharmaceutical release followed by controlled release of the pharmaceutical. There is also provided a method for preparing a time specific delayed, co... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984411 | Method for roll coating multiple stents An improved method for high-volume production of coated stents with highly uniform stent coatings using a roll coating technique is provided. In a first embodiment, uncoated stents are placed onto rotating stent holders with automated stent handling equipment. The h... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984934 | Micro-lens arrays for display intensity enhancement A microlens array for a light emitting device is disclosed. The light emitting device includes a plurality of OLEDs, each OLED having a minimum planar dimension. The array includes a plurality of microlenses, each of which has a minimum planar dimension and a maximu... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984999 | Probe system and method for operating a probe system A probe system includes a transceiver unit and a probe head that is mobile with respect to the transceiver unit and has a feeler. The probe head has a circuit which includes a sensor unit, a CPU, a transmitting stage and a direct-voltage source. In response to a def... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985301 | Zoom lens A zoom lens has, on the most object side, a first lens unit that has a prism with a reflecting surface for folding the path of rays, that has a negative refractive power in its entirety and that is fixed in a magnification change, and an aperture stop that is fixedl... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985594 | Voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) interactive hearing aid and auxiliary equipment An integrated individual listening device and decoder for receiving an audio signal including a decoder for decoding the audio signal by separating the audio signal into a voice signal and a background signal, a first end-user adjustable amplifier coupled to the voi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6986052 | Method and apparatus for secure execution using a secure memory partition A processor capable of secure execution. The processor contains an execution unit and secure partition logic that secures a partition in memory. The processor also contains cryptographic logic coupled to the execution unit that encrypts and decrypts secure data and ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6983187 | Method and system for automatically generating selection conditions in a product configuration system This disclosure relates to a method and system for automatically generating selection conditions associated with component variants represented in a hierarchical node structure in a product configuration system. The selection conditions relate to a determination of ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981487 | Knocking determination apparatus for internal combustion engine An electronic control for determining knocking in an internal combustion engine having an intake injector for injecting fuel into an air intake port and an in-cylinder injector for directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber. Knocking is determined based on an... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981980 | Self-inflating intragastric volume-occupying device A self-inflating, intragastric balloon device is activated by addition of an activating liquid into an acid or water soluble vessel located within the balloon. After an approximately pre-determined time period post-activation, the activating liquid breaches the vess... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982171 | Cell motility and chemotaxis test device and methods of using same The present invention discloses a device for monitoring chemotaxis or chemoinvasion including a housing comprising: a support member and a top member, the top member mounted to the support member by being placed in substantially fluid-tight conformal contact with th... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982940 | Method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information to arbitrarily set frequency conversion multiplying factor Heretofore, if the recording mark arranging method in a track is changed, the physical format on the disk is also changed, as in DVD-Rs and DVD-RAMs. This makes it difficult to attain interchangeability between data recorded in a plurality of different recording mar... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982868 | Display device for a motor vehicle A display device for a motor vehicle. In order to allow a compact, space-saving and cost-effective design and a rotation of the display with little change in position, the display device includes a display housing for mounting on a vehicle dashboard; and a display f... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982516 | Compensation of batch variation in the travel due to variations in the layer thickness or number of layers in multi-layer piezoelectric elements The invention describes a method and an apparatus for charging a piezoelectric element, for example, used as an actuator in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine. The method and apparatus are characterized in that the piezoelectric element is acti... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982517 | Circuit system for discharging a buffer capacitor used for supplying high voltage to a control unit, in particular a control unit for actuating a piezoelectric output stage A circuit system for discharging a buffer capacitor, in particular for supplying high voltage to a piezoelectric output stage inside a control unit. Electronic switching elements are provided to discharge (but not to recharge) the buffer capacitor after the control ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982628 | Mechanism for assigning an actuator to a device A mechanism for assigning an actuator to a device. It includes a transmitter on the device side for transmitting a scanning signal as well as a processing unit on the actuator side which include means for receiving scanning signals and which emits a contact signal w... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982629 | Method for child seat recognition in a vehicle A method and device for child seat recognition in a vehicle involving use of radio signals to recognize a child seat. The child seat includes a passive transponder. The radio signal is sent back by the child seat and is then sampled by a device in the vehicle, the c... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982649 | Floor display system with interactive features Embodiments of the present invention relate to a floor display system with interactive features. The floor display system may be arranged in a public place, and be configured to display electronically modifiable arbitrary content, such as advertising or other inform... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982179 | Structure and method of fabricating organic devices A method of fabricating an organic light emitting device is provided. A first organic layer is deposited over a first electrode. A second organic layer comprising a small molecule organic material is then deposited using solution processing over and in physical cont... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982469 | Semiconductor optical device and the fabrication method A semiconductor optical device includes a semiconductor substrate and a stacked body formed by at least a first cladding layer, an active region and a second cladding layer; wherein both sides of the stacked body are buried by a burying layer formed by a semi-insula... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6983147 | Method of transmitting signaling information, a master station, a mobile station and message elements A method of transmitting signaling information between a master station and a slave station, a master station, a slave station, and various message elements are used to reduce the power consumption in a mobile slave station. A third message, which contains informati... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981411 | Measuring element for a flow rate sensor, in particular an air-mass flowsensor for internal combustion engines A measuring element for a flow rate sensor is described, in which the number of terminals is minimized to reduce the dimensions of the measuring element. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981163 | Method and apparatus for power mode transition in a multi-thread processor A method and apparatus for power mode transition in a multi-thread processor. A first indication is issued, including a first identifier associated with a first logical processor in a processor, that the first logical processor has entered a power mode. A second ind... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6981066 | External storage subsystem A plurality of independent cache units and nonvolatile memory units are provided in a disk controller located between a host (central processing unit) and a magnetic disk drive. A plurality of channel units for controlling the data transfer to and from the central p... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980070 | Drive unit for switching circuit breakers on and off A drive unit is described for switching circuit breakers on and off, in particular disconnecting switches and/or grounding switches of medium-voltage switchgear. The drive unit includes a reversible d.c. motor and a switching device containing two separately drivabl... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979821 | Scanning electron microscope Image observation at high resolution is realized and irregularity information of a sample is obtained. The reflected electrons 12a emitted in a direction at a small angle with the surface of the sample 8 are detected by the detectors 1... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979473 | Method for fine bore orifice spray coating of medical devices and pre-filming atomization A method for spray deposition of small targets, such as medical devices like stents. The method includes the steps of positioning a spray nozzle body, which has a fine bore diameter to pressurize the coating material within the nozzle body, near a medical device, an... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979672 | Cyclosporin-based pharmaceutical compositions A pharmaceutical formulation for the oral administration of cyclosporin is described, which formulation is capable of providing substantially constant and foreseeable plasma levels of the active ingredient. The formulation has the following quali-quantitative compos... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980129 | Method for determining and outputting travel instructions A method for determining and outputting travel instructions is described, which functions to support a user through travel instructions, a sequence of travel instructions being determined by a central station, so that a data terminal of a user may be configured in a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978748 | Hydraulically controlled actuator for actuating gas exchange valve on the exhaust side of an internal combustion engine A hydraulically controlled actuator for actuation of an exhaust-side gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, containing a control piston that is displaceable within a cylinder and, with piston sides facing away from one another, delimits pressure chambe... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980133 | Use of two independent pedals for a foot-operated mouse A device and method for operating and controlling a cursor by a foot. The foot-operated input control device includes a first pedal for controlling a cursor along an x-axis and a second pedal for controlling a cursor along a y-axis. The first pedal is supported by a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980883 | Chemical substance total management system, storage medium storing chemical substance management program and chemical substance total management method A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of... | 12/27/2005 |
