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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7981864 | Methods and compositions for targeting proteins across the blood brain barrier Disclosed are methods and compositions for targeting therapeutic proteins to the brain. Methods and compositions of the invention involve associating an IGF moiety with a therapeutic protein in order to target the therapeutic protein to the brain. Soluble fusion pro... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7743921 | Product display carton A product shipping and display carton includes a display box and a shipping sleeve. The display box has a removable panel portion below a top rail defining a product viewing window in the display box. The top rail positioned to hold elongated, tubular shaped product... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734478 | Method and apparatus for inter-pharmacy workload balancing using resource function assignments The system distributes workload amongst a plurality of pharmacy resources that are connected by a computer network. Work orders are queued at each pharmacy resource and redistributed based on existing workload distribution, capacity of pharmacy resources, and/or pro... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7660701 | System and method for detecting an abnormal situation associated with a process gain of a control loop In a method for monitoring a control loop in a process plant, process gain data associated with a control loop may be collected. The collected process gain data may be used to determine an expected process gain behavior. For example, expected values of a process var... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7476193 | Modular folding and pressing apparatus A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7401554 | Method and apparatus for changing printing length on a printing press To modify an existing printing press from its original length/cut off to a different cut off, a sub-frame may be mounted on an existing frame of a printing press. The sub-frame permits the relocation of bearing supports for various printing cylinders, such as, for e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7324656 | Wide dispersion speaker system and cover mounting structure for instrument directly mounted to flat portion A wide dispersion speaker system 1 comprises a cone type speaker unit 2, and a restricting element 10A. The restricting element 10A is provided with a center hole 11 at a center section thereof, and a peripheral hole 12 loca... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7211484 | Method of manufacturing flash memory device Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a flash memory device. In a flash memory device using a SA-STI scheme, a trench for isolation is buried with oxide. A field oxide film is then formed by means of a polishing process. Next, field oxide films of a cell region and... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7097278 | Printer and method of printing In a color printhead, print elements for different colors print swaths of pixels in different colors side by side in a first traverse; the printhead and the surface to be printed are indexed, and in the next traverse, further swaths are printed with each new swath o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6990027 | Semiconductor memory device having access time control circuit Provided is directed to a semiconductor memory device including a control path for enabling a sense generator signal for delaying time as long as a bitline sense amplifier operates in response to a row active signal and enabling a precharge signal according to the s... | 01/24/2006 |
| D501077 | School supply box | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843239 | High speed exhaust gas recirculation valve In order to minimize pollutants such as Nox, internal combustion engines typically include an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve that can be used to redirect a portion of exhaust gases to an intake conduit, such as an intake manifold, so that the redirected exhau... | 01/18/2005 |
| D490106 | Fountain pen | 05/18/2004 |
| D490109 | Marker | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733561 | Production of high titania slag from ilmenite A process is provided for the production of titania rich slag from ilmenite. The ilmenite is fed together with carbonaceous reductant, and in the absence of fluxes, to the molten bath of a D.C. arc furnace. The molten bath of the furnace forms the anode and one or m... | 05/11/2004 |
| D489085 | Pen | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723429 | Method for preparing smooth-surface spherical microparticles completely or partially made of at least one water-insoluble linear polysaccharide and microparticles produced according to this method The present invention relates to a method for preparing smooth-surface spherical microparticles which are completely or partially made of at least one water-insoluble linear polysaccharide. This method involves dissolving the at least one water-insoluble linear poly... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715580 | Gas flow-through line with sound absorption effect The present invention relates to a gas flow-through line with a sound absorption effect. Thereby the wall (5) of the line (1) has through-going perforations (2) having a diameter of less than 1 mm. The invention can for example find employment i... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6704947 | Discharge valve for a vacuum toilet A discharge valve is disclosed for use in a vacuum toilet system having a waste receptacle defining an outlet and a sewer line placeable under partial vacuum. The discharge valve comprises a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, and a rotatable discharge valve me... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6686332 | Method of treating depressed reticuloendothelial system function The present invention provides methods of treating adverse physiological effects associated with depressed reticuloendothelial system function comprising administering to a subject suffering from depressed reticuloendothelial system function an effective ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6675641 | Closed system transient diesel fuel conditioning and measurement system A fuel conditioning and measuring system for testing diesel engines includes a fuel conditioning loop having first and second heat exchangers, one employing a heating medium, and one employing a cooling medium. Flow of the heating and cooling mediums to t... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6672446 | Unit and method for transferring cigarette portions A unit and method for transferring cigarette portions whereby the cigarette portions are transferred from a manufacturing machine to a filter assembly machine by means of a first conveyor having first seats movable along a first annular path to pick up re... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6672010 | Casement window operator with adjustable bushing A housing assembly which can accommodate either one of a split arm drive mechanism and a dual arm drive mechanism for a casement window. The housing assembly includes an escutcheon and a base as well as an adjustable bushing that is adjustable to at least... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6667233 | Method for forming a silicide layer of semiconductor device A method for forming a silicide layer of a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. A silicide layer is formed in an impurity junction region through a contact hole exposing the impurity junction region on a semiconductor substrate. Here, two thermal ann... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6658794 | Guide assembly for a tilt-out sash window A guide assembly or balance shoe assembly for slidably and pivotably mounting a window sash to a window jamb is disclosed. The guide assembly includes a shoe housing having sliding surfaces that guide the housing in the jamb channel. A sash pivot is coupl... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659158 | Quick-action rolling shutter door A quick-action rolling shutter door and to modules thereof. Quick-action rolling shutter doors are used for closing openings in tie walls of warehouses or factory buildings in order to restrict the loss of energy from heated or cooled rooms, and to protec... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651827 | Brochure holder A display holder for displaying a stack of flexible material including a curved front wall extending from a base. A spring extends from a center portion of a rear wall to bias the stack of material toward the front wall and to impart a curvature in the st... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6653299 | Labelled factor XIIIa substrates A complex of a radiometal or paramagnetic metal ion with a metal chelating agent such as a diaminedioxime has attached thereto a substituent of formula --(Y)m --A--NHR, can function as a substrate for the fibrin-stabilizing Factor XIIIa. The co... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6651837 | Vacuum waste tank A vacuum waste tank for use in a vacuum drainage system. The tank has a vacuum intake for attachment to a vacuum source and a waste water intake for attachment to a vacuum pipe. The vacuum source creates a negative pressure in the tank and vacuum pipe so ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6644884 | Rotational spring clip for connecting a male component to a female component A rotational spring clip is provided for connecting a male component to a female component. The spring clip is pivotally secured to a female component. The male component includes a male member that extends through a hole in the female component. The spri... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6645933 | Receptor ligand VEGF-C Provided are polypeptide ligands for the receptor tyrosine kinase, Flt4. Also provided are cDNAs and vectors encoding the ligands, pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic reagents comprising the ligands, and methods of making and using the ligands.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6638068 | Medical handpiece having a rod-shaped grip part The invention relates to a medical, in particular dental-medical handpiece (3) having a rod-shaped grip part in the forward end region of which there is arranged a holding device (5) having a lateral insertion opening (13) for a working tool (6), whereby ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634733 | Nozzle plates for ink jet printers and like devices Nozzle plate for a drop on demand printer having a coating formed of fused particles of fluorinated ethylene propylene copolymer. The coating, which offers a low surface energy and good resistance to wear is formed on a laser ablatable material and has an... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632426 | G-CSF analog compositions and methods The present invention relates to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor ("G-CSF") hybrid molecules which retain the internal core helices of G-CSF. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing hybrid molecules.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6633782 | Diagnostic expert in a process control system A diagnostic system for use in a process control system collects and stores in a database information pertaining to the operation of the process control system, and that uses an expert engine to apply rules for analysis to the information in the database ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6632936 | Cell-cycle checkpoint genes This invention relates to a class of checkpoint genes and their polypeptide products which control progression through the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells. In particular this invention relates to Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad3 gene, to its human homologue ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6632868 | Intercalates formed with polypropylene/maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene intercalants A nanocomposite concentrate composition comprising about 10 weight percent to about 90 weight percent of a layered silicate material and about 10 weight percent to about 90 weight percent of a matrix polymer comprising about 90-99.8% by weight of a polyol... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6632683 | Method for forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device Methods for forming capacitors of semiconductor devices, and more specifically, to a method for forming a capacitor having a stacked structure of metal layer-insulating film-metal layer and having its storage electrode formed of ruthenium (hereinafter, re... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631954 | Vehicle seat including a pivoting back urged forwards by a torsion bar A vehicle seat has a back mounted to pivot on a seat proper by a locking mechanism, and urged forwards by a torsion bar formed by a metal wire which has two ends fixed respectively to the back and to the seat proper. The metal wire constituting the torsio... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6630281 | Photoresist composition for top-surface imaging processes by silylation Photoresist compositions for a Top-surface Imaging Process by Silylation (TIPS), and a process for forming a positive pattern according to the TIPS using the same. The photoresist composition for the TIPS comprises a cross-linker of following Formula 1 or... | 10/07/2003 |
