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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228870 | Fuel saving valve assembly There is provided a one-way gasoline valve that is functional with conventional gasoline dispensing pumps in the United States today. An outer tubing body is open at both ends. One end is threaded to allow it to be placed into the end of a threaded gasoline dispensi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7049014 | Direct secondary alcohol fuel cells A fuel cell using a secondary alcohol such as 2-propanol as fuel is disclosed. The fuel is oxidized directly at the anode without any reforming. Such a direct secondary alcohol fuel cell (D2AFC) possesses a much higher performance than a direct methanol fuel cell, e... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7020326 | System for guiding users to formulate and use object extraction rules A method of training a user to identify an object in an image, by querying a computer system having a lexicon of photo-interpreters to formulate object extraction rules. A database to be queried by an expert photo analyst is generated and a programming language is p... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014578 | Adjustable football goalpost assembly A football goalpost that can be used at various times by both high school and college teams by adjusting the spacing of the uprights. The goalpost has the ability to adjust the verticality of the uprights by rotation of the uprights about the crossbar axis. The goal... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6962642 | Treating copper surfaces for electronic applications A process by which high frequency printed wiring board construction can be fabricated using smooth copper surfaces. A conductive, thin film polymer is plated on smooth copper surfaces of a core lamination. The polymer can be selected from a group of materials consis... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955235 | Torque platform transport device A vehicle transport system including a torque platform with counter-rotating flywheels, whose axes of rotation are parallel to one another, is featured. One or more torque platforms are joined together with a platform rotating mechanism to rotate the platforms relat... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941680 | Cost-efficient clothes dryer A clothes dryer that is operatively attached to a heating system is illustrated. The clothes dryer receives heated fluid when the dryer is turned on. The dryer has a radiator that receives the heated fluid from the circulating fluid flow system. The fluid-filled rad... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931779 | Mounting device for attaching an auxiliary sight to a firearm A scope mount device for a firearm is featured. The scope is attached to an elongated base member that fits within the reveal of the rear sight for large caliber guns. The scope mounting device design is simple and rugged, thus providing reliability and mounting acc... | 08/23/2005 |
| D507685 | Training bumper for dogs with a recessed rope holder | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913539 | Flexible drive shaft liner A flexible, rotating drive transmission assembly having a substantially spiral-shaped liner supporting a center, rotatable, flexible shaft. The liner and its center shaft are carried within an outer down-tube. The spiral-shaped liner contains flexible, continuously ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6903656 | RFID reader with multiple antenna selection and automated antenna matching The present invention features an RFID smart shelf reader capable of working with a wide range of antenna types and numbers. The smart shelf reader readily accommodates and accurately reads a diverse range of package shapes, sizes, and contents. Multiple tags in clo... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6891226 | Dual gate logic device The present invention features double- or dual-gate logic devices that contain gate conductors that are consistently self-aligned and that have channels that are of constant width. A single-crystal silicon wafer is utilized as the channel material. Pillars or stacks... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6884010 | Apparatus for scoring cove moldings A scoring apparatus for placing a scoring line on a back surface of a piece of vinyl or rubber cove molding, in order to easily conform the molding about sharp corners. The scoring apparatus uses a frame for pivotally supporting a router between an inoperative posit... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880185 | Convertible loft furniture A versatile furniture unit that is easily changed, or modified to meet different living settings. The furniture unit is constructed as a frame that can be hung from the joists or rafters in a loft ceiling. The frame comprises various furniture elements that can be a... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6878336 | Process for fabricating three-dimensional fixtures A thermoforming method of fabricating a seamless, three-dimensional fixture capable of holding a liquid from a single sheet of “solid surface” material is described. The sheet is cut to desired dimensions, then heated to a desired temperature to make it malleabl... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6874645 | Media disc storage and display device The wall mountable Compact Disc Storage and Display Device of the present invention provides the user with a new and novel method for the storage of compact discs or jewel cases. Contents are stored in a forward facing manner within individual pockets incorporated i... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6869704 | Enhancement of electrochemical cell performance Electrodes for an electrochemical cell such as a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell are treated with steam or a hot solution before they are bonded to a membrane to form a membrane-electrode assembly. Such a treatment effectively increases the performance of t... | 03/22/2005 |
| D500939 | Four prong skewer | 01/18/2005 |
| 6836035 | Stepper motor for vehicle propulsion by direct wheel drive The present invention provides an external rotor stepper motor consisting of four individual, independently controlled, co-planar stepper motors optimized for vehicle direct wheel drive applications. The innovative design eliminates the need for bifilar coil winding... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6836123 | Sensor for electro-active materials A sensing device is featured that electrochemically measures methanol concentration. The sensing device has a flexible composite of layered materials wrapped about a flexible tube having aperture contact with a methanol flow stream. The layered materials sequentiall... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6830627 | Copper cleaning compositions, processes and products derived therefrom The present invention is a persulfate microetchant composition especially useful for removing impurities from copper surfaces during fabrication of microelectronic packages. The microetchant formulation is characterized by its ability to selectively clean copper in ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6820803 | Cash card system A cash card system featuring an electronic element providing a mechanism for making a cash purchase or payment. The electronic element contains a PIN and electronic cash, and is useless by itself. Only the correct PIN will validate a purchase. The account number enc... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814503 | Fiber optic assembly A method and apparatus are disclosed for aligning an array of light transmitting elements to an array of photosensitive detectors. The array is adjusted along three axes. Any element (a coupled transmitting and detecting unit of the array) can be selected as the cen... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6802143 | Reliable, rotating, illuminated advertising unit A reliable, rotating, illuminated advertising display unit that utilizes independent display modules housing lights and advertising material. These are easily removed from the base unit for shipping, assembly, and replacement. Optionally, AMLCD, plasma, or similar f... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6788796 | Differential microphone A new acoustic sensing device or directional microphone having greater sensitivity and reduced noise. The directional microphone or acoustic sensor has a rigid, one micron thick, polysilicon membrane having dimensions of about 1 mm×2 mm. The membrane is supported u... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6779550 | Magnetic pulse welder pressure canister A pressure vessel or pressurizable canister has a hollow, thin-walled, cylindrical metal shell or tube. Two end caps are hermetically sealed to the respective distal ends of the metal shell by the process of magnetic pulse welding that requires no external heat. The... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6775907 | Process for manufacturing a printed wiring board The present invention teaches a simplified process for fabricating high density printed wiring boards using a semi-additive process. Steps required to achieve this objective include adhering an electroless plated copper commoning layer to a surface roughened dielect... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6767291 | Putting device A putting device and system for analyzing how a golfer addresses and strokes a golf ball. The putting device includes a plurality of lasers that are mounted on the putter. The laser project beams of light at the ball, at a target, and at a proximate side screen to s... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6752242 | Wood pole fall protection device A wood pole fall protection device for line technicians and pole climbers that allows travel up and down a wooden pole without incurring a fall or injury. The wood pole fall protection device is also designed to provide the line technician with the ability to rotate... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6743872 | Catalyst systems for the polymerization of olefins and the stereoregular polymerization of alpha-olefins via metallacyclic intermediates A novel family of olefin polymerization catalysts comprising three-membered titanacarbocycles is described and illustrated. The titanacarbocycles can be readily synthesized by utilizing di-n-butyltitanium dichloride or di-t-butyltitanium dichloride at −78° C. in ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6733168 | Separating and sorting apparatus for asphalt An apparatus and method for testing asphalt in the field is described. The apparatus includes a motor for rotatively driving a chamber containing the asphalt to be tested. The chamber is rotated while cooler, ambient air is circulated through the asphalt particulate... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730424 | Electrochemical method to improve the performance of H2/air PEM fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells A method is described for improving the performance of fuel cells such as H2/air PEM fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells. It has been discovered that H2 evolution can significantly improve the performance of air cathodes and direct methan... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727014 | Fuel cell reactant and cooling flow fields integrated into a single separator plate A fuel cell having a novel configuration including a segmented gas diffusion medium (GDM) or a non-segmented GDM and a separator plate, in which the reactant flow field and liquid coolant field are integrated into one side of a single plate element. The separator pl... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6726572 | Pop-up surprise “Pop-Up Surprise is a novelty gift idea designed to blend naturally with any bouquet of flowers and seemingly magically delivers a pre-printed message to its recipient. The pop-up mechanism resembles a flower stem, is green in color and is height adjustable. The s... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6722525 | Pharmaceutical storage and retrieval device A medicating device for a hospital or nursing home that provides the correct medication for each individual occupant of a portion of the institution, at the right time of the day. The medicating device includes a control computer that sends instructions to a dispens... | 04/20/2004 |
