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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5992553 | Pedal power sensor and human powered vehicle drive augmentation responsive to cyclic pedal power input A human-powered vehicle power augmentation system produces a signal variable in response to applied force. The signal, transmitted to a control system, produces a motor-control signal which adds boost power to the human input in proportion to the amount b... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5716043 | Mounting support device A mounting support device allows workpieces to be attached at points intermediate between discrete positions of fixture bases of machine tools. The mounting support device has three support members. A lower support member is slidably attached to an interm... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5375697 | Conveyor chain Fork-shaped links on a conveyor chain allow the chain to follow sharp curves in a right angle to the plane of the links as well as allowing oscillation of adjacent links in the same plane as the links. Each link has a crosspiece and a pair of arms. A seat... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5374901 | Apparatus including a plurality of phase-locked loop circuit elements for forming a phase-locked loop circuit and method of forming thereof A phase-locked loop circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator. A phase comparator compares the phase of the output signal of the voltage control led oscillator with a reference signal. A loop filter to which the output signal of the comparator is a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5356595 | Automated smear generator A blood analyzer system transports blood samples through at least one blood analyzer and an automatic blood smear generator under the control of a preprogrammable controller. Blood samples are stored in containers that identify the blood samples they cont... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5350895 | Power propelled welding device The present invention comprises weld units A, A' which move on a bottom plate 101 along standing plates 102, moving tables B which hold cables 6 extending from said welding units A, A', detectors C, C' which detect moving directions of the welding units A... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5350286 | Liquid injection type screw compressor with lubricant relief chamber A screw compressor has a male rotor and female rotor rotatably engaging each other in a casing. The male rotor has a radius R and Z-number of helical convex teeth, each of which is chamfered on a leading edge of an end facing the discharge end of casing t... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5348049 | Input apparatus An input apparatus capable of concurrently accommodating itself to any external signal from a different hydraulic control system or the like. The apparatus includes electrical load sensors each arranged on a push rod or block for detecting the amount of o... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5349131 | Electrical wiring material and transformer An electrical wiring material having a cooling function is characterized by a long hollow conductive body within which operating fluid is internally confined. An electrical connection piece is provided at the end portions of the conductive body, or other ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5349222 | Single gate MOS type nonvolatile memory and operating method thereof The present invention provides nonvolatile semiconductor memory which has advantages permitting the cell of the memory circuit to integrate, the memory circuit to be easy to manufacture, and the manufacturing expense to be cut down. The nonvolatile memory... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347811 | Load-sensing active hydraulic control device for multiple actuators A device for controlling multiple hydraulic actuators to protect a system from an overpressure caused by increasing the load on an individual actuator. By controlling the supply of hydraulic fluid to a pair of cylinders each associated with a pilot valve ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347409 | Device maintaining fast forward/rewind/play relationship during change of selected play direction of reversing tape player A device for fast-forwarding and rewinding a tape includes a base plate supporting a fast-forward and rewind switch. Actuation of the switches rotates a reverse plate. A base plate with forward and reverse operating positions moves the reverse plate betwe... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5341892 | Motor and pedal driven bicycle A motor and pedal driven bicycle having a motor driving unit for providing driver power to a wheel in which the motor driving unit includes a disc-like casing having a space formed therein and dividable into two portions, a battery powered wheel driving m... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5341010 | Semiconductor device including nonvolatile memories The present invention can provide the memory circuit which has advantages in integration and the manufacturing expense and is easy to manufacture. The nonvolatile memory 21 comprises a P type well for which a N+ type source 4 and a N+ type drain 3 are pro... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5335042 | Camera with a motion compensation device A camera, having a motion compensation device, permits the user to select one of two modes of operations using a selector switch. Partial depression of a shutter release button initiates exposure and auto-focus routines while complete depression actuates ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5333203 | Reverb and selectable tremolo and vibrato electron tube preamplifier A preamplifier device employing electron tubes wherein the preamplifier has tremolo/vibrato circuits independent from reverb circuits allowing continuously variable control of either tremolo or vibrato effects simultaneous with continuously variable contr... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5332460 | Method of manufacturing a seal ring for magnetic fluid seal device A seal ring for magnetic fluid seal device, comprising an annular magnet covered with heat activated resin and an annular pole piece stacked and pressed and bonded coaxially with said annular magnet at a temperature higher than heat activated temperature.... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5327020 | Schmitt trigger input buffer circuit A Schmitt trigger input buffer circuit includes two inverting gates with different threshold voltages, which receive an input signal, a dual-input-AND pair and dual-input-NOR composite gate, and another inverting gate. Two of the inputs of the composite g... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5324969 | High-breakdown voltage field-effect transistor A field-effect transistor including a first channel layer, formed in contacting relationship with a gate electrode, and a second channel layer, formed on one side or both sides of the first channel layer in non-contacting relationship with the gate electr... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5323159 | Digital/analog converter A D/A converter divides an input digital data into at least two overlapping digital ranges. The data in the two ranges are converted separately from digital to analog by a low-range and a high-range DAC. The resulting analog signals are then added with a ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5318653 | Optical disc and method and apparatus for making same An optical disc comprises two facing disc units, at least one of which has a recording layer formed on its surface facing to the other disc unit. The disc units are bonded together by a layer of adhesive which may be a room-temperature curing thermosettin... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5314536 | Method of making luminous construction material A method of making a construction material luminous in response to ultraviolet rays. An inorganic material containing an ultraviolet luminous substance can be used as pigment after formed into gravelish, sandy or fragmentary material and, thus, a sufficie... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5311821 | Rail vehicle having supplementary spring providing the restoring moment at high angles of body roll In a railway vehicle with a secondary spring arrangement acting between the chassis and the vehicle body which generates a continuously increasing restoring moment at a relative inclination between the two units until the maximum permissible angle of roll... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5311101 | Lighting failure detector for a luminaire A lighting failure detector for a luminaire which ascertains that a lamp is lit at night and indicates the result of detection includes a phase difference detector circuit for ascertaining the lighting of the lamp through voltage and current applied to th... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5311311 | Encoder for superimposing encoded character data or command data in the vertical blanking interval for regulating video receiver functions An encoder disconnects video data between a video source and a video using device only during 21H in the vertical blanking interval. During 21H, it applies locally generated coded data signals, in a format detectable by conventional data decoding devices,... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5308016 | Tape transport with differential torque between takeup and feed reels A tape transport mechanism that senses the end of a tape while minimizing but not eliminating back tension at the tape-feeding end. Excessive back tension causes uneven transport in fast forward or rewind. Insufficient back tension causes slack that makes... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5306886 | Keyboard switch A keyboard switch has a deformable membrane which, when deformed, enables electrical contact between a pair of contacts. A key stem is urged away from the deformable membrane by an elastic body. When the key stem is displaced sufficiently, the elastic bod... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5307155 | Sample chamber for a spectro photometer A spectro photometer deflects a measuring beam off its original axis to pass through a long sample, and returns the measuring beam to its final direction after passing through the sample. The sample is guided along a path which is clear of a reference bea... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5302157 | Lightweight V-grooved pulley A lightweight V-grooved pulley obtained from a metal plate and having a cylindrical member with one open end, the cylindrical member having a circumferential surface formed with at least one groove having a substantially V-shaped section is provided in wh... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5300086 | Device with a locating member for removably implanting a blood filter in a vein of the human body This device comprises an elastic guide wire onto which is fitted a semi-rigid tubular mandrel which is in turn fitted into a thin-walled tubular sheath. A catheter in the form of an easily divisible flexible tube has a distal end that permanently holds a ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5301227 | Automatic dial telephone In an automatic dial telephone that is usuable in a motor vehicle, when a voice input is provided during a period in which input of the names of called parties is awaited, a voice pattern of the name of the called party is compared with reference patterns... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299182 | Changer-equipped disc player A changer-equipped player uses an n number of carriages which can hold up to an n number of discs in storage positions in a stocker. These carriages carry discs between the stocker and a movable tray for play and for loading and unloading. One of the n nu... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5298918 | Electric circuit for reducing the energy consumption of a pointing device used in combination with a data processing system An electric circuit is to be incorporated in a pointing device (such as a computer mouse) which is used in combination with a data processing system (such as a computer) so as to reduce the energy consumption of the pointing device without affecting the o... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5298834 | Display discharge lamp A first display discharge lamp has a transparent airtight container filled with a discharge gas; a positive electrode disposed in the airtight container and supported by a stem having an air tube therein; a negative electrode of an inverted configuration ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5297028 | Method and apparatus for correcting drift errors in an angular rate sensor An angular rate sensor for a vehicle navigation system stores an environmental temperature and a related null voltage each time the vehicle stops. The pairs of data points are stored in a non-volatile look-up table for use during vehicle motion. During ve... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5295820 | Linear burner The invention relates to a linear burner with jets extending through an opening made in a wall of a body of the burner defining an air-distribution chamber. According to the invention, the jets are connected to a series of tubes for supplying fuel gas or ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5295449 | Dry distillation gasification combustion equipment, dry distillation gas generator, and combustion gas burner unit A dry distillation gas generator generates a dry distillation gas for burning in a separate combustion gas burner unit. Air is supplied in a gentle decelerated flow to the bottom of the dry distillation generator in a quantity sufficient to support combus... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5296016 | Surface coated cermet blade member There is disclosed a surface coated cermet blade member which includes a cermet substrate and a hard coating of an average thickness of 0.5 to 20 μm formed thereon. The substrate contains, apart from unavoidable impurities, a binder phase of 5 to 30% by ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5293667 | Clearer device for draft roller A clearer device for removing accumulated debris on a draft roller has a clearer pad member mounted in a support frame which pivots so as to permit the clearer pad member to come into and out of contact with the draft roller thereby allowing accumulated w... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5292479 | Air treatment by multi-stacked plate asembly Rotatable circular plates are stacked apart to form thin air layers therebetween. Rotation of the circular plates moves air over an air treatment material: catalyst or adsorbent. In one embodiment, the air treatment material is affixed to the surface of t... | 03/08/1994 |
