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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5548260 | Contact assembly for a magnetic switch A plurality of square projections 26 are arranged in two mutually perpendicular directions at the pitch of P on to the surface of a plate member 27 between a first group of punched recesses 29a. The pitch P is twice the length of a side of each punched re... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5478007 | Method for interconnection of integrated circuit chip and substrate According to the invention, a method and structure for flip chip interconnection of an integrated circuit chip to a substrate is provided. The method and structure of the invention overcome the problems associated with interconnecting the chip to the subs... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5103702 | Method of cutting slats for a venetian blind Venetian blind slats are stacked and clamped onto a support, and confined laterally, while leaving ends beyond the desired length to which they are to be cut, un-confined. Then in one stroke in a direction perpendicular to the support, the ends of the sta... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4806087 | Apparatus for producing composite food having a controlled composition of materials An apparatus for producing composite food having a controlled composition is provided. In this apparatus, a plurality of supply means (3, 11) for supplying materials, a conveyor (7) for conveying the materials, a plurality of measuring devices (5, 13) at ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4763343 | Method and structure for optimizing radiographic quality by controlling X-ray tube voltage, current, focal spot size and exposure time A structure and method for providing optimum recording of X-ray images without need for experimenting to learn optimum X-ray tube voltage, current, anode focal spot size and exposure time. The method and structure of this invention sample the radiation pa... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4759323 | Combustion engine with one or more "squish" spaces between the piston and the cylinder head The combustion engine forms "squish" spaces between the piston and the cylinder head and has additional guide means in the combustion chamber which create a rotational flow in the combustion chamber. The floor of the combustion chamber is formed by a trou... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4753787 | Method and structure for forming a reaction product A reaction product is formed by a process which involves the transfer of the reaction product from an autoclave to a receiving vessel at a substantially constant flow rate. Just prior to this transfer, the pressure in the receiving vessel is brought up to... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4753503 | Laser scanning system A system for reproducing a raster scanned line of an image on a photoconductive surface of a drum comprising a monochromatic light source, a rotating holographic disk containing a plurality of diffraction gratings therein, and means for reflecting said mo... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4741157 | Wave-activated power generating apparatus having a backwardly open duct A wave-activated power generating apparatus includes a generally L-shaped duct including a vertically extending portion and a horizontally extending portion and a floatable main body fixedly attached to the duct. The floatable main body is provided such t... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4705480 | Electrical connection device for a conductive busbar component including an expansion joint The electrical connection device is constituted by a sliding system comprising at least one conductive pin (5) fixed on one rigid bar (2) and at least one associated pluggable connector (6) fixed on another rigid bar (2'), said sliding system simultaneous... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4697933 | Fluid bearing assembly A fluid bearing assembly includes a first element and a second element which moves relative to the first element along a predetermined path. The first element has a first surface which is opposite to a second surface of the second element. A recess is def... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4698034 | Water bicycle A water bicycle comprising two relatively parallel, elongated floating bodies and a frame supported by said floating bodies provided with a seat whereby each of the floating bodies is provided with a frame part supported by the associated floating body an... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4697935 | Crossed-roller retainer A retainer particularly suitable for use in a crossed-roller rolling contact bearing assembly is provided. The retainer is comprised of a thin plate which is provided with at least one hole for locating therein a roller. A pair of top and bottom projectio... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4695740 | Bidirectional buffer amplifier Bidirectional amplifier employs a single buffer amplifier (64). The bidirectional amplifier is programmed by applying a control signal (Q) and its complementary signal (Q), which establishes the state of four pass transistors (P'1, P'2 | 09/22/1987 |
| 4688950 | Roller bearing for linear movement A linear motion roller bearing for allowing an object such as a slider to move along a straight line defined, for example, by a track rail includes an endless path and a plurality of rollers having substantially the same size in diameter and height, which... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4687345 | Linear motion roller bearing assembly having a roller separator A crossed roller type linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly includes a straight rail and a slider mounted on the rail slidably therealong. An endless circulating path is defined in the slider, in which a plurality of rollers are provided. Since t... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4679935 | Light distribution of headlight beam A method and apparatus for determining or adjusting a projecting direction of a light beam emitted from an automobile headlight is provided. In a first aspect of the present invention, the peripheral region of a light beam is used in determining its proje... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4679821 | Seat belt apparatus A seat belt apparatus for use in a vehicle includes a webbing extending from a retractor upward along a center pillar of the vehicle and after passing through a slot of a through-anchor mounted at the top of the center pillar extends downward to have its ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4673933 | Switch matrix encoding interface using common input/output parts An encoding interface is provided between input data ports and strobe output ports of a (semiconductor integrated) circuit (chip) and an array of switches (40) is connected to a series of L input data lines and output lines (31-38), whereby the L lines ca... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4668031 | Conductor rail having an expansion joint The invention relates to a conductor rail having at least one expansion joint between rigid section bars and presenting a friction shoe with a conductive guidance and friction path. In accordance with the invention, the free ends of the section bars have ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4620288 | Data handling system for a pattern generator This data processing system for a pattern generator receives data specifying each quadrilateral element in a pattern to be generated by laser scanning or other technique. The scanning is accomplished by swaths. In the preprocessor, separate vectors are pr... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4554508 | Carrier detection circuit A carrier detection circuit includes a rectification stage, an integrator, a comparator, and a digital counter. By utilizing a digital counter, long time constants are provided without the use of external components. If desired, a mark detect circuit is u... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4546292 | Electronic circuit for constant charge control of an electrostatic motor, in particular for an accelerometer or a rate gyro An electrostatic motor is constituted by a capacitor (10) having relatively movable electrodes (11, 12) separated by a variable gap (13). The control circuit includes a DC source (60) which is servo-controlled to current measurement means (20) and integra... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4545840 | Process for controlling thickness of die attach adhesive A semiconductor die attach adhesive is provided which is formed of a plurality of spacers formed in a suspension of silver filled glass. In one embodiment of this invention, the spacers are spheres. The spacers utilized in one embodiment of this invention... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4540949 | Reference voltage circuit including a three-terminal operational amplifier with offset compensation An operational amplifier has one noninverting input lead (116), and two inverting input leads (117a, 117b). One of these inverting input leads (117a) is utilized to compensate for the effects of the inherent offset voltage (Voff) of the operati... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4540240 | Optical objective adjusting apparatus An adjusting means for a microscope objection (51a) or the like is provided comprising a fixed support (53), a piezomotor (52) having an output ram (54) capable of accurate incremental movement and which is adapted to strike a flexible leg or lever (55) w... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4537320 | Centrifuge tube having removable crown and swage fitting A centrifuge tube for use in an ultracentrifuge has a closed bottom end shaped to mate with the bottom of a rotor cavity, a body portion and an upper end that terminates in a filler stem. The filler stem may be externally threaded. A removable support cro... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4532930 | Cochlear implant system for an auditory prosthesis A cochlear implant system includes an electrode array (1) comprising multiple platinum ring electrodes in a silastic carrier to be implanted in the cochlea of the ear. A receiver-stimulator (3) containing a semiconductor integrated circuit and other compo... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4522163 | Stepped piston and stepped piston engine A stepped piston for an engine of the kind having one or more cylinders, the or each cylinder containing a stepped piston having a pumping part of larger diameter, and a working part of smaller diameter, the working part of the piston being slidable in, a... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4499333 | Electronic component cap and seal A cap and seal including a central cap (20) to be positioned over an electronic component such as an integrated circuit chip (12), has a spaced upstanding wall or dam (22) which may be staked to the circuit board in assembly forming with the peripheral si... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4491888 | Memory storage apparatus having vibration-dampened base plate arrangement A fixed disc drive type of rotating disc memory storage device includes an annular elastomeric pad that is engaged between the actuator base plate and a bowl-shaped casing. The base plate has a circular platform portion with the boss for the spindle shaft... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490629 | High voltage circuits in low voltage CMOS process A CMOS push-pull output buffer (171) is constructed utilizing a plurality of N channel transistors (74, 75, 76) and a plurality of P channel transistors (71, 72, 73) connected in series. The voltages applied to the gates of the N channel transistors and P... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4489356 | Enclosed disk drive with improved air filtration system A disk drive assembly includes an internal air filter which is placed adjacent to but downstream from, the actuator assembly area thereby to pass air which has been decelerated from the rotating disk and passed through the actuator assembly area to the ro... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4484026 | Touch tablet data device A touch tablet for use in entering data into a computer or graphics display device comprises a first four-sided sheet containing a resistive material on one surface thereof, a second four-sided sheet containing a resistive material on one surface thereof ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4469508 | Process and installation for heating a fluidized bed by plasma injection A substance to be treated is brought into a treatment column (10) and kept in suspension (11) in the latter by the injection (A) of a fluidizing gas into the bottom part of the column. According to the invention, a plasma is injected (D) into the column in at ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4469240 | Hinged cover for two-part container A hinge cover (20) for a container having a housing top (11) and housing bottom (12), the top housing having two peripheral cut-outs (22) receiving two hinge leaves (21) integrally depending from cover (20). The leaves are insertable inwardly and downward... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4465908 | Hand controller A hand controller for use in controlling the motion of a cursor on a video display comprises a spherical surface on which is mounted a flat plate. On the bottom of the flat plate is a unique electrical switch capable of indicating the direction in which t... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4463679 | High power pyrotechnic flare The present invention relates to pyrotechnic flares. A hollow support structure (1) receives a first pyrotechnic composition (2) with a delay action internally and axially, whereas it receives a second pyrotechnic composition (4) which is slower than the ... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461935 | Video controller spring mounting In a hand video controller having two portions (11, 13) tiltable with respect to each other to make or break a series of spaced electrical switch contacts (26) to move a video cursor and having one-piece spring (47) having inner and outer connected rings ... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4458597 | Cartridge with firing actuation of the payload A cartridge with firing actuation of the payload comprises a case solid with a case bottom which houses a threaded member constituting an ejection nozzle, and in front of the latter a missile provided with a delay ignition chain interrupted at the level o... | 07/10/1984 |
