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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127880 | Mechanical system for tilting cab of a vehicle According to the present invention mechanical system for tilting cab of a vehicle, the rotational motion of the detachable handle (12) is transmitted to the worm shaft (14) through the engaging clip (15). The worm shaft (14) rotates the w... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7901195 | Attenuated fiber spinning apparatus A fiber making device, fiber making method, and apparatus which incorporates a series of two or more stacked, thin circular die plates, two end plates and two enclosure plates, where all of the plates cooperate to form a chamber having opposite ends and define a fir... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900313 | Coating container, kit and coating combination A coating combination suitable for use in coating architectural surfaces which comprises in combination a lidable container, a coating composition provided within the lidable container, and a buoyant coating contacting member (4) including at least one apertu... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7857608 | Fiber and nanofiber spinning apparatus The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for spinning fibers, or fiberizers, using a rotary fiber-making die system made up of thin plates, embodied by a housing fixture, configured and stacked to define slots, channels and/or grooves through which... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7820253 | Poly(aryletherimides) for negative birefringent films for LCDs A negative birefringence film prepared from a poly(aryletherimide) which is the reaction product of a dianhydride and a diamine, where the dianhydride is 4,4′-[4,4′-(p-phenyleneoxy)isopropylidene]bis(phthalic anhydride) (BisADA), bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)ether di... | 10/26/2010 |
| D617997 | Purse holder | 06/22/2010 |
| D613313 | Tractor | 04/06/2010 |
| 7638572 | Fire retardant coating composition A halogen-free fire retardant coating composition comprising film forming polymer, inorganic fire retardant material characterised in that the fire retardant material comprises a combination of fire retardant filler particles and a metal stannate and/or a metal hydr... | 12/29/2009 |
| D606676 | Tractor head lamp | 12/22/2009 |
| 7555160 | Compensating for human perception of colour A method, combination or apparatus for compensating for or predicting the shift in the human perception of color which occurs when the color is seen on a small surface area as compared with when it is seen extending over of large surface area. The compensation or pr... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7534830 | Aqueous dispersions of polyurethane-addition polymer hybrid particles especially for use in coating compositions An aqueous dispersion of polyurethane-addition polymer hybrid particles, where the isocyanates used to make the polyurethane polymer portion of the particles comprise a mixture of aromatic polyisocyanate and aliphatic polyisocyanate wherein the aromatic isocyanate i... | 05/19/2009 |
| D591777 | Tractor hood assembly | 05/05/2009 |
| D591775 | Tractor fender | 05/05/2009 |
| D591774 | Tractor fender | 05/05/2009 |
| D590969 | Parking and turn signal lamp | 04/21/2009 |
| 7482297 | Size controlled fibers, tubes and channels synthesized by heterogeneous deposition via sol-gel processing The present invention is generally directed to a method for making sol-gel ceramic nanofibers, and the compositions resulting from practicing such method. Fibers so formed can be used for fabricating filter media and a wide variety of other ceramic fiber structures ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7476697 | Tooth coating composition A film forming composition for coating teeth which is a mixture of about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of a film forming polymer; about 10% to about 99.5% by weight of solvent; about 0.05% to about 40% by weight of a rheology modifier; about 0.01% to about 5% by weigh... | 01/13/2009 |
| D583649 | Extruded attachment for cladding | 12/30/2008 |
| 7420675 | Multi-wavelength imaging system The present invention relates to a multi-energy system that generates and/or forms images of targets/structures by applying Mueller matrix imaging principles and/or Stokes polarimetric parameter imaging principles to data obtained by the multi-energy system. In one ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417151 | Boron-based organic cations and related methods Generally disclosed are boron-based organic cations, a method for their manufacture, a method for their use in ionic liquids, and a method for their use as phase-transfer catalysts. More specifically, the boron-based organic cations have an charge of 1+, 2+, or 3+. | 08/26/2008 |
| 7397232 | Coulter counter having a plurality of channels The present invention generally relates to a method for rapidly counting micron and/or submicron particles by passing such particles through any of a plurality of orifices simultaneously with an ion current and measuring the signal generated thereby. The present inv... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388065 | Process for preparing siloxane compounds In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for preparing siloxane polymers comprising the steps of: (a) polymerizing at least one siloxane-based monomer in the presence of a crosslinking agent consistent with the following structure: | 06/17/2008 |
| 7368167 | Ultra low density thermally clad microspheres and method of making same Microsphere beads are mixed with a surface barrier solid, liquid or mixture of such a liquid with a solid effective to prevent agglomeration and surface bonding of the microspheres; by the control of the application of heat and balancing temperature and active mixin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7345097 | Autoxidisable architectural coating compositions An autoxidisable architectural coating composition suitable for application to surfaces found in and around buildings at ambient temperatures and in natural daylight by unsophisticated users having no respiratory protection wherein surface autoxidation of the compos... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7320242 | Tensile impact apparatus The present invention generally relates to a tensile impact apparatus that is designed to give dynamic stress-strain curves and fracture characteristics for a rubber specimen undergoing tensile impact loading. More particularly, this invention relates to a tensile i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278369 | Temperature indicator using thermochromic materials A temperature indicator for a rubber article comprises a thermochromic material, wherein the thermochromic material is a component of a rubber article selected from the group consisting of tires, belts and hoses. A rubber article containing a temperature indicator i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7235615 | Synthetic polymers with highly-functionalized liquid-rubber chain-end moieties A method is provided for synthesizing a polymer that has highly-functionalized chain-end moieties. The method functionalizes liquid rubber to terminate a metallic or organometallic initiated living polymer. After the living polymer has been terminated with the funct... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7202317 | Polymerization of i-butene in hydrocarbon media using bis(borane) co-initiators A method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by using a novel coinitiator in the presence of water. More specifically, a method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by using a novel coinitiator in an aqueous suspension or aqu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196149 | Polymerization of i-butane in hydrocarbon media using bis(borane) co-initiators A method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by employing the step of using a novel coinitiator in an organic phase or a neat monomer reaction phase. More specifically, a method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by employi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196142 | Polyisobutylene-based block anionomers and cationomers and synthesis thereof Various novel block cationomers comprising polyisobutylene (PIB) and poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) segments have been synthesized and characterized. The specific targets were various molecular weight diblocks (PDMAEMA+) and triblocks ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7163334 | Method and apparatus for mixing fibers A method of mixing including providing a slurry (26, 126) having a first fiber (14, 114) into a container (20, 120), introducing an agitation fluid (31, 138) into the slurry to cause a mixing motion (38, 138) within the slurry, and... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157549 | Polymerization of oxiranes with a lithium-containing initiator A method is provided for polymerizing oxiranes by employing a lithium-containing polymerization initiator in a liquid reaction medium devoid of polymerization additives. Linear and star polymers can be produced by practicing the subject method. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147694 | Fibrous media utilizing temperature gradient and methods of use thereof A method for removing a liquid from a gas, comprises passing the gas and the liquid through a network of fibers containing at least one fiber in which a temperature gradient has been induced along at least a portion of the length of the fiber, thereby permitting dro... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130764 | Robust DSP integrator for accelerometer signals A system and method for determining a predicted value of a function from at least one previous value of said function and at least one second-derivative value of the function. The system includes a sensor provided to sense a second-derivative value of the function a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119048 | Dry erase board for magnets A dry erase board that will accept writing, figures, and designs, while being erasable, and to which magnets will adhere. The board exhibits properties of a metallic board so that the surface of the board can receive magnets. The board can also be printed by silk-sc... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105622 | Hybrid polyurethanes Cyclosiloxane-multiol compositions, multicomponent polyurethane networks, and related methods are disclosed. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7091638 | Modular end bell construction for a submersible motor unit An end-wall unit for a submersible motor unit and a submersible motor unit for use in driving a pump including a housing that extends along a longitudinal axis and defines an interior chamber, a stator at least partially enclosed by said housing within a stator cham... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074493 | Polyimides used as microelectronic coatings New polynuclear aromatic diamines, such as 2,2′-di-(p-aminophenoxy)-biphenyl, a process for their manufacture and their use as polycondensation components for the manufacture of polyamide, polyamide-imide and polyimide polymers are described. The polymers obtained... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071277 | Poly(cyclosiloxane) composition and synthesis A poly(cyclosiloxane) is synthesized by oxidation with water in the presence of a Pt catalyst, followed immediately by polycondensation of the Si—OH groups to form Si—O—Si linkages. Thus, pentamethylcyclopentasiloxane can be polymerized into poly(pentamethycyc... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7022509 | Gas vesicles of cells and methods of harvesting, isolating and modifying same A method for removing a gas from a site comprising placing cells having gas vesicles under conditions that induce the cells to float to a surface of an aqueous medium, harvesting the cells from the surface of the medium, lysing the cells, separating the gas vesicles... | 04/04/2006 |
