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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6537126 | Amusement device An amusement device having an endless flexible strand forming a loop and an inline traction drive unit that drives a portion of the strand to impart inline linear velocity to the strand to create an elongated loop extending from the drive unit. The amusem... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6454806 | Spinal surgical prosthesis A prosthesis in the form of a cage having opposed complimentary bearing surface assemblies. The bearing surface assemblies moveable towards and away from each other. The moving mechanism being part of the bearing surface assemblies. Each of the bearing su... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6420840 | Plasma column A plasma discharge display device comprises a generally columnar chamber with a pair of electrodes tangentially located at opposite ends of the chamber for ionizing gas in the chamber. The columnar chamber comprises a cylindrical portion interconnected wi... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6385259 | Composite code match filters A chip synchronization composite code match filter and a frame synchronization composite code match filter are disclosed and respectively serve as the first and second stages of a mobile terminal which also has a third stage for providing a scrambling cod... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6370309 | Splice holder with a self-mounting feature The combination of a fiber optic tray and a splice holder with a self-mounting feature for fiber optic cables with the fiber optic tray having a latch therein in the form of an undercut recess. The splice holder has a latch engaging element in the form of... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6370246 | Trough for cables and wires A trough for separately retaining different types of cables and/or wires yet maintaining related ones in the same area to facilitate identification and handling of the cables and/or wires. The trough comprises of a base and a pair of arms extending theref... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6360051 | Splice holder with improved access feature A splice holder for securing and retaining fiber optic splices. The splice holder improves access to individual splices and minimizes interference to adjacent splices during removal. The splice holder comprises a hollow base having a first flat portion an... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357052 | Fan novelty head gear A fan novelty device having a removable fan-like structure formed of a strip of pliable material having an accordion folding and a head gear. The fan-like structure is removably attached to a flexible base that conforms to a wearer's head. The base is rem... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6353697 | Modular layered splice holder A layer module arrangement for splice trays. Each layer module comprises a base to support the splices and two side members extending in the same general direction from the base. The invention provides for multiple embodiments each having add-on capabilit... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6349893 | Retractable fiber slack storage device The fiber slack storage device of the present invention for storing a slack length of a fiber optic strand comprises a spool comprising a pair of diametrically-opposed cylindrical barrels, and a cylindrical housing for at least partially enclosing the spo... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6347739 | System for credit card acceptance in taxicabs An on board system for a taxicab having a wireless modem that allows a passenger to charge his fare by use of a credit card to a remotely located institution responsible for the charge account. The system also provides bilateral communication to allow mes... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6341757 | Flow regulator A flow regulator has a pair of side walls extending generally parallel to one another, a bottom wall connecting the side walls to one another and defining an elongate channel for receiving a compressible tube, a roller rotatably and shiftably mounted to t... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6328493 | Instruments with ergonomic gripping An instrument having ergonomic gripping for the comfort and firm gripping by a user. The instrument comprises an elongated body having a uniform rear portion that diverges into two or more arms, which are then merged at the front writing end to form a bul... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326545 | High density distribution panel having front accessible electrical components A high density distribution panel is disclosed having a plurality of drawers on which components are mounted. The drawers provide support for the components and are pulled out and allowed to be guided downward with the assistance of gravity to come to res... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325634 | Panel for plug-in protectors An improved panel for plug-in protectors, particularly protectors in high frequency applications. The panel comprises a plurality of five-pin sockets, each five-pin sockets corresponds to the terminals of a five-pin plug-in protector. The plurality of soc... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325427 | Locking mechanism A locking mechanism for a box having a cover and a base hingeably connected to each other. The locking mechanism comprises a cover latching mechanism and a base latching mechanism. The cover latching mechanism is in a latching position. The two latching m... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6321018 | Fiber optic tray cover The combination of a tray and a cover for fiber optic cables, the tray is adapted to hold fiber optic cables and has upstanding side and rear walls, the upper edge of each wall having a ledge formed by a recessed channel in the edge. A cover is adapted to... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6299376 | Ball-point pen A ball-point pen comprising: a. a penpoint tip, b. a writing ball rotationally held in the penpoint tip and c. an ink reservoir whose distal end is connected to the penpoint tip, wherein the writing all is formed of a sintered inorganic material having a surface la... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6298191 | Splice mount having improved structural integrity and method of making A splice mount and method of making a splice mount having improved structural integrity for telecommunications applications. The splice mount is formed by a two-directional molding process so that resilient holding pockets are separated into groups and re... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6256796 | Novelty cap having fan-like structure A novelty cap is provided having a strip of fabric with an accordion folding defined by a plurality of pleated fin-like members. The strip can be made to close or open to a fanlike structure while mounted on top of the head of a wearer. The rearmost fin i... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6247960 | Top access slideable insulation displacement connector The insulation displacement connector provides top access to facilitate insertion of conductors for interconnection with a sliding action. The top access slideable connector comprises a channel-shape conductive terminal having at least one key-hole openin... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6240236 | High density splice holder A splice holder for securing and retaining fiber optic splices. The splice holder accommodates more splices than similar sized prior art splice holder by providing additional grooves. The splice holder comprises a plurality of parallel, spaced apart membe... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6226439 | Splice holder with self locking feature A splice holder for securing and retaining fiber optic splices. The splice holder facilitates insertion and prevents accidental dislodgment of splices by providing a self locking feature. The splice holder comprises at least two spaced apart members in pa... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6213616 | Container with electro-luminescent lighting A container includes decorations in the form of electro-luminescent elements arranged on or in walls of the container to form designs and messages. Examples of containers to which the decorations may be applied include mugs or cups, baby bottles, arcade-s... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6195496 | Splice holder with tilted mounting feature A splice holder for securing and retaining fiber optic splices. The splice holder accommodates a higher density of splices than prior art splice holders, improves access to individual splices and minimizes interference to adjacent splices during removal. ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6188581 | Expandable housing for plug-in protectors An expandable housing for plug-in protectors for accommodating printed wiring board of varying length. The improved housing comprises a shell unit and a base unit. Both the shell and base units have a hollow longitudinally extending body with an opening a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6173476 | Hinge assembly particularly suited for grounding A hinge assembly for a box having a base and a cover and comprising a hinge section and a spring section. The hinge section has a pair of segments pivotally mounted to each other. Each segment has outer channel-forming knuckles extending from its outer si... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6168478 | Snap type retention mechanism for connector terminals The invention discloses an insulation displacement connector terminal having a snap type retention mechanism which securely retains the terminal within its cooperative housing. The terminal has a plurality of flexible tabs protruding from the surface of t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167775 | Steering and braking control system for a vehicle A system which includes a steering that not only allows the operator to accomplish the steering of a vehicle, but also allows the operator to merely exert a force on the steering to control the braking mechanism of a vehicle. The steering, acting as a uni... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6158868 | Night light with analog time piece An electro-luminescent night light includes an analog time piece. The time piece display includes a mechanical analog clock illuminated by at least one electro-luminescent element positioned around the shaft assembly for the clock, the shaft extending fro... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6157714 | Modular layered network interface unit particularly suited to a two-layer arrangement A network interface unit with a base and cover having two layers of equipment with the upper layer being hinged to the base and the cover being hinged to an extension of the base. The hinged arrangement allows the cover and one of the layers of the equipm... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6148133 | Cable bend limiter trough A trough for safely retaining and routing fiber optic cables having a predetermined minimum bend radius entering or exiting an opening of a building entrance protector. The trough comprises of a cylindrical elongated O-shaped body defining a hollow space ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6139356 | Block labeling system A kit for labeling connector blocks to facilitate expansion and identification of connectors in one or more connector blocks. The kit provides modified connector blocks and a system for labeling the connector blocks. The connector block of the present inv... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6118868 | Compact modular layered network interface unit A network interface unit with a base is disclosed and has a plurality of modular layers mountable on each other in a consecutive manner with each layer having provisions for being hinged. The first modular layer folds over the base and the second modular ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6104806 | Modular layered network interface unit having improved cable dressing capabilities A network interface unit is disclosed having a plurality of modular layers mountable on each other in a consecutive manner with each layer being hinged and having at least one passageway for passing wires to and from the modular layers.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6099333 | Customer bridge with automatic connect and disconnect features A network interface device is disclosed that connects a plug of a telephone test equipment to the telephone lines of the central office of a telephone service supplier, while at the same time disconnects customer's telephone lines from the telephone lines... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6028510 | Verification and monitoring system particularly suited for taxi cabs A verification and monitoring system for signal and status indicators and voice and metering features which is particularly suited for a taxi cab is disclosed. The operational status of the indicators are initially verified each time the ignition system o... | 02/22/2000 |
