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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6120171 | Fully integrated machinable profile based parametric solid modeler A solid modeler is provided which is specifically tailored for the material removal process associated with milling procedure. The solid modeler permits a part to be designed using only machinable profiles thereby constraining the designer to real world m... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6047913 | Double-bearing type fishing reel A protrusion, which has three stepped recesses inside, is formed on an outer surface of a spool cover at the center which is a confronting member of a spool. A thrust bearing is fixedly set in the bottom of the recess, and a bearing is fitted in the reces... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6037039 | Biodegradable article The invention concerns a biodegradable article which can be used for a period of time of normal use while the performance and quality are maintained high and further the biodegradable article exhibits an excellent biodegradability in the natural environme... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5999093 | Single lamp brake status indicator system An electronic circuit connected in series with one or more brake condition sensors having a first transistor and a second transistor connected to intermittently power an indicator lamp upon initial power-up to confirm circuit operational status and subseq... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5975272 | Torsion damping device A torsion damping device provided with an associated friction device. The torsion damping device includes a washer (60) frictionally engaging a disk (11) under axial action of spring lugs (63) bearing on a guiding washer (12B). The washer has a substantia... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5960926 | Friction clutch with wear compensation A friction clutch has device compensating for wear in the clutch friction wheel and, to a lesser extent, in the pressure plate and reaction plate of the clutch. The wear compensating device is of the type comprising a compensating device arranged between ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957250 | Brake shoe assembly formed using hot staking method A brake shoe assembly is formed by precision stamping a net shaped web blank having a series of tabs projecting outward therefrom and stamping a corresponding table member provided with tab receiving apertures and bending the table member into a semi-cyli... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5956775 | Combination jeans and metallic ornament A combination pair of jeans and a metallic ornamentation. A substantially rectangular metallic ornament is affixed to a rear portion of a waistband of a pair of conventional jeans in place of the conventional leather label. The metallic ornament may be ri... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5934434 | Disk with friction liners for a mechanical clutch A disc with friction liners for a mechanical clutch. The blades of the disc include, in the region of each zone (4) in which a friction liner is fixed, a slightly raised portion (1), which prevents overflow of the adhesive on to the bending zones (10) tha... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5918825 | Reversal preventive device A rolling member fitted into a guide recess and capable of performing a wedge action on a collar of a rotary quill is held by an annular holder in such a manner that the longitudinal movement of the rolling member can be restricted and the outside of the ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5915323 | Magnetic system for moving ships through canals and canal lock systems Magnetic forces developed from electromagnets, superconductor magnets, or other magnets, serve as the basic elements to move, control, direct and stabilize ships in locks chambers and canals. Basic requirements include, but are not limited to, a power sup... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5916025 | Flywheel, for motor vehicles A flywheel having to coaxial members, the first member designed to be rotational integral with a drive shaft such as the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, the second member designed to be connected with a driven shaft such as a gear box. The co... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5908153 | Container made from single foldable panel A multipurpose panel structure formed of a relatively thin resilient type material adaptable for use as a container device, the panel structure comprising a relatively flat one-piece wall member having a cooperatively engageable interlocking arrangement a... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5904231 | Fluid coupling apparatus, especially for a motor vehicle transmission The invention proposes a fluid coupling apparatus in which the turbine wheel (28) is coupled in rotation to a shaft (34) through an interposed hub (36) made in one piece in sheet metal, which comprises an internally toothed sleeve portion (70) and an exte... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5899309 | Hydraulic clutch control, notably for motor vehicles Hydraulic clutch control, having a clutch release fork (25), a control member (8) capable of acting in traction on the clutch release fork (25), a hydraulic receiver (1) having a fixed cylinder (2) mounted on a counter-support (5) and a piston (4) engaged... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5899820 | Golf club head and method of manufacturing thereof In a manufacturing method of a golf club head, when a portion close to the outer edge of the inserting end of the face body is press-fitted and inserted into the recess being plastically deformed along the bottom section of the recess, the probability of ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5899094 | Flat knitting machine comprising a set-up device A flat knitting machine comprising: at least a pair of front and rear needle beds defining a gap therebetween; and a set-up device disposed below said gap, said set-up device including: a plurality of setting-up needles, each having a setting-up needle ba... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5896701 | Hydroponic cultivation receptacle A hydroponic cultivation receptacle comprising a tray 22 having a board 22a to place seeds of small vegetables like sprouts has plural drainage holes 23 on the board 22a and upper rims of said drainage holes 23 to form protrusion 24 so as to retain a litt... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5893231 | Artificial bait An artificial bait which can provide a great effect to attract fish by means of light emission or reflection from air bubbles contained in the artificial bait. A large number of air bubbles are enclosed within a artificial bait main body formed of elastic... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5889923 | Electrically heated stone bed with electromagnetic shielding layer A stone bed includes: a stone mat having a wood frame which a sheet is covered around, the wood frame wherein a copper plate, a protective insulating material, a plane carbon heating element, a first protection film, a second protection film, an electroma... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5888095 | Coaxial cable connector An in-line connector for coaxial connectors, which enables two flush cut cables to be spliced together without further cutting of the cable's insulator or outer conductor jacket. A longitudinal connector has an internal concentrically mounted wire connect... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5884695 | Boiler tube shield A plurality of tube shields interlock with each other to protect the weld of a securement strap used to secure the shields to a tube of a power plant. The tube shield comprises a semi-cylindrical longitudinally extending tube member terminating at a first... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5885160 | Torsion damping device having circumferentially acting resilient members of different stiffness A torsion damping device is disposed between two rotating elements, namely an input element (1) and an output element (2), the device comprising, firstly a main damper (10) referred to as a first damper and having circumferentially acting first resilient ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5871681 | Electromagnetic sensor and molding method for manufacturing the same An electromagnetic sensor formed by integral resin molding of a sensing device in which a pointed protrusion and an apertured protrusion for positioning capable of complementally engagement to each other are provided one at an axial end face of the sensin... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5871142 | Container made from foldable panels A container assembly having at least two uniquely-shaped, foldable blanks that can be stored, packaged and transported in substantially flat condition. Each of the flat foldable blanks are easily folded to form a pocket capable of containing papers or oth... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5868635 | Golf club head and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a golf club head and a method of manufacturing the same, the external surface of which a plate is attached as a sole plate or face plate. A pair of protruding pieces which protrude approximately in the opposite direction with resp... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5865288 | Hydraulically controlled clutch release bearing for a motor-vehicle diaphragm clutch A clutch release bearing comprising a fixed portion (5, 6) including an outer body (5) and an inner support tube (6) concentric therewith and separated therefrom, and defining an axially extending blind ring-shaped cavity (50) capable of being supplied wi... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5863352 | Method for cleaning painting apparatus In a method for cleaning a first paint remained in a painting apparatus with thinner when said first paint is changed to a second paint, the cleaning time of the first paint is varied in accordance with the difference between a predetermined property of t... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5863209 | Educational image display device An image display device preferably used for educational applications is disclosed. In the image display device, an instructor gives a lecture while seeing an original document without being disturbed by any element of the device. In addition, a video came... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5863564 | Molten resin strand feeding device with strand cutting means A molten strand feeding device having a strand cutting apparatus. In the device, a movable unit is placed at the upper end of a cooling trough so that it is movable linearly in a direction parallel to the nozzle surface thus improving the strand cutting e... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5860737 | Method for continuously mixing and degassing liquid A method for continuously mixing and degassing liquid, castable media, in particular components of casting resin or a casting-resin component with a filler such as quartz dust, aluminum oxide or dyes, and the equipment with which to implement the method. ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5860860 | Integral video game and cardio-waveform display A video game which incorporates a video game player's cardio-waveform into the video display and integrates the wave-form with the activities of the video game being played. A cardio-waveform sensor is attached to a video game player. The sensor produces ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5857547 | Annular pressure plate for a friction clutch, especially for a motor vehicle A pressure plate for a dry friction clutch has a central hole with a set of ventilating fins formed on its inner periphery.... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5855093 | Cable-driven window lift A cable-driven window lift for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, and comprises a drive unit for the cable core (29) of the cable assembly (15), said cable core (29) being guided by deflecting means (16) over at least one substantially vertical path ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5855267 | Clutch module having improved means for fastening its cover plate on the reaction plate A clutch module (100) includes a cover plate (12), a diaphragm (14), a pressure plate (16), a friction disc (18) and a reaction plate (20) mounted on a support plate (22) and fixed to the cover plate (12), the cover plate (12) includes a set of fastening ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5853075 | Clutch module having improved means for fastening it The clutch module (10) includes, in succession, a cover plate (12), a diaphragm (14), a pressure plate (16), a friction disc (18) and a reaction plate (20) fixed to the cover plate (12), the reaction plate (20) being mounted on a support plate (22) by mea... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5845750 | Ramp means for a device for taking up clearance designed to equip a friction clutch, notably for a motor vehicle A device for taking up clearance designed to equip a diaphragm friction clutch, having circumferentially distributed ramps designed to cooperate with the thrust plate of the clutch, support areas designed to receive the axial force of the diaphragm of the... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5842580 | Method of producing socket plate for wobble plate compressors In a method of producing a socket plate for wobble plate compressors an insert ring and a holed socket plate parent metal, having different mechanical and physical properties, are formed through extrusion processes prior to hot-forging the parent metal wi... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5839681 | Fishline guide mechanism for spinning reel A fishline guide mechanism for a spinning reel, in which a fishline is guided within a narrow groove formed in a rotatable guide roller which may be supported on a bail support member so as to be tiltable about its rotational axis depending on a direction... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839545 | Brake wear sensor system with mounting clip A brake wear sensor and a mounting clip for retaining the brake wear sensor to a brake table. A housing assembly contains a conductive wire to be worn as the brake pad wears a predetermined amount. The housing assembly partially passes through an opening ... | 11/24/1998 |
