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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051573 | User manipulated line marking apparatus A user manipulated apparatus for producing straight construction lines on sheet material includes a linearly extensive frame with integrally formed handle and an expendable marking strip affixed to a bottom edge of the frame. A user positions the frame so that its e... | 11/08/2011 |
| D643944 | Ceramic tile | 08/23/2011 |
| 7954322 | Floating solar energy conversion and storage apparatus A solar energy conversion and storage apparatus floats on a body of water and confines and stores a large quantity of solar-heated water for producing electricity with a closed-cycle heat engine. An expansive horizontal structure parallel to the surface of the water... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7857882 | Water and oil mist elimination apparatus for a vehicular compressed air storage system A moisture removal apparatus for a vehicular compressed air storage system includes a canister of mist-eliminating mesh that collects moisture and oil droplets in the air and exhausts them through a gravity drain. The mesh coalesces droplets of both water and oil va... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7703789 | Load coupling apparatus for wheeled vehicle A load coupling apparatus for a wheeled vehicle includes load linkage members that pivotally suspend the vehicle and load weight below the axles of the vehicle, allowing limited relative displacement of the axles and the load in the direction of vehicle travel. The ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7304603 | Radar apparatus and processing method for detecting human carried explosive devices A linear FM pulse radar with Doppler processing of co-polarized and cross-polarized radar return signals isolates the target echo signal content associated with a moving pedestrian to provide high quality target echo data for standoff HCE detection based on polarime... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7263990 | Configurable outdoor cooking apparatus with cooking temperature control A mobile cooking apparatus is configurable and automatically controlled to regulate the cooking temperature. The cooking apparatus is configurable as to fuel source (liquid propane or charcoal), and the temperature control is adaptable to the selected fuel. Addition... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255361 | Load coupling apparatus for a wheeled vehicle A load coupling apparatus for a wheeled vehicle includes load linkage members that pivotally suspend the vehicle and load weight below the axles of the vehicle, allowing limited relative displacement of the axles and the load in the direction of vehicle travel. The ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7185906 | Fifth wheel coupling for a towing vehicle A fifth wheel coupling includes a receiver that is suspended from the frame of a towing vehicle by a linkage mechanism to permit limited relative longitudinal and vertical displacement of the towing vehicle and a towed vehicle. The receiver is mounted on a wishbone ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7147527 | Apparatus for deploying a rope A miniature foam football with an internal weighting element and a swivel ring or clip is used for deploying a rope. The weighting element is insert-molded in the football foam for low cost of manufacture, and allows the ball to be thrown accurately for distances of... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137642 | Load coupling apparatus for a wheeled vehicle A load coupling apparatus for a wheeled vehicle includes load linkage members that pivotally suspend the vehicle and load weight below the axles of the vehicle, allowing limited relative displacement of the axles and the load in the direction of vehicle travel. The ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7111704 | Hydrostatic drive apparatus for a road vehicle A road vehicle utilizes hydraulic machines for primary and accessory vehicle drive functions. An internal combustion engine directly drives a first variable capacity hydraulic machine selectively operable as pump or motor, an electric machine electrically coupled to... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093360 | Method of removing boiler tubes Boiler tubes are removed from a boiler vessel without damaging the vessel by severing the boiler tube near the exterior periphery of the vessel, and using a piloted rotary cutting tool fixtured with respect to the longitudinal axis of the severed boiler tube to remo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6955618 | Adjustable tension stringed racquet A stringed racquet includes a built-in, user-adjustable mechanism for changing the tension of the strings. The user-adjustable mechanism is disposed in a cavity within the handle of the racquet, and includes a mandrel over which at least some of the vertical strands... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6918617 | Self-centering soldered feed-through A soldered feed-through device that is inserted into a bulkhead opening has one or more sets of laterally protruding and symmetrically distributed teeth that cut through the bulkhead material as the feed-through is inserted into the bulkhead opening. The teeth autom... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6898822 | Press-fit feed-through device A press-fit feed-through device has one or more sets of laterally protruding and symmetrically distributed teeth that are laterally aligned and cut through the material of a bulkhead as the feed-through is inserted into a bulkhead opening. Lateral grooves disposed i... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6862885 | Air injection apparatus for a turbocharged diesel engine A supercharger injects air into the engine exhaust manifold of an engine to dramatically improve turbocharger boost at low engine speeds, while cooling the gases in the exhaust manifold to reduce NOx formation. The injected air additionally reduces other exhaust emi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6848971 | Electronic bevel angle indicator for a hollow grinder An electronic hollow grinder bevel angle indicator wherein a microprocessor calculates the grinding bevel angle that will be obtained when a tool is placed flat upon a tool rest and presented to the periphery of a rotating grinding wheel. The calculated bevel angle ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6754988 | Insect containment trap having disposable capture vessel and joining mechanism A capture apparatus for an insect containment trap includes a disposable capture vessel (which may be a plastic milk jug), a funnel element (which may be a modified plastic beverage container), and a mechanical spring-loaded clip. The funnel element interfaces the c... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6560922 | Method of producing vegetable sprouts An improved and accelerated method of producing vegetable sprouts with surprisingly high levels of vitamin nutrients. In general, retention of high vitamin levels is improved by accelerating the growing cycle, and the growing cycle is accelerated by initi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6453551 | Manufacture for feed-through devices An improved method of manufacture for wire feed-through devices, wherein a pre-formed tubular seal having a central axial opening for accommodating the wire insulates the wire from the ferrule and provides a tight environmental seal between the ends of th... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6422483 | Articulated spray boom apparatus A vehicle-borne spray boom apparatus has multiple articulated sections that are foldable and individually supported with respect to the ground to maintain a consistent and optimal distance between the boom sections and the ground on hilly and uneven terra... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6381862 | Hollow grinder bevel angle control mechanism An improved hollow grinder bevel angle control wherein a height-attitude coupling mechanism links the height and attitude motions of an adjustable tool-rest, and a scale on a stationary portion of the grinder cooperates with a pointer on the height-attitu... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6174277 | Therapeutic equine magnetic device and method An improved technique for realizing the benefits of magnetic therapy in the field of equine care and treatment, in which a thin magnetic pad is positioned against the sole of a horse's hoof and a shoe fastened to the hoof sandwiches the magnetic pad betwe... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6158783 | Weldable plug-in coupling for a pressure vessel An improved and cost-effective plug-in coupling for leak-proof attachment of a pressure pipe to a pressure vessel, including a weldable ferrule secured in an opening in the pressure vessel, a plug-in fitting attached to the pressure pipe and having a plug... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6155933 | Golf putter with spherically curved club head An improved putter in which the frontal surface of the club head is curved both horizontally and vertically, with the frontal surface being defined by a portion of a sphere centered behind the club head and below a bottom face of the club head. The horizo... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5884883 | Bowl lifting apparatus An improved hand-held bowl lifter for safely lifting and transporting hot bowls from one area to another. The bowl lifter is used with bowls having a circular base, and a wall that tapers outward from the base in substantially circular cross-section. The ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5857686 | Offset sulky An improved horse drawn sulky for harness racing, which is inexpensive to manufacture, and which compensates for the lateral forces caused by banking of the track and turning. The frame of the sulky is formed so that the wheel on the outside of the track ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5845729 | Logic level arming sensor for supplemental inflatable restraint An SIR has an AND gate for selectively passing a deployment signal from a deployment circuit to a firing circuit. An arming circuit includes a logic circuit containing a small normally closed arming sensor which disables the AND gate until a prescribed ac... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5838233 | Object orientation sensor device In a preferred embodiment, an object orientation sensor device, including: a first LC tag disposed at a first selected location in the object; a driver/reader circuit disposed so as to detect the presence of the first LC tag when the object is in a first ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5812429 | Adaptive digital filter for automotive applications An adaptive digital filter for filtering noise from a binary signal having a baseline that is low and including valid pulses that are high, a system for monitoring a rotating element employing such an adaptive digital filter, and a method for filtering. T... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5802912 | Electrical terminal apparatus A pressure sensor comprises a diaphragm mounted on a housing and subject to pressure. Stress sensitive resistors are connected to circuit traces on the diaphragm which in turn are wirebonded to a compensation IC. The IC is directly mounted on the diaphrag... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5803344 | Dual-solder process for enhancing reliability of thick-film hybrid circuits A high temperature thick-film hybrid circuit is characterized by a surface-mount circuit component that is electrically interconnected with a conductor. The surface-mount circuit component of the thick-film hybrid circuit is bonded to the conductor with a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5803343 | Solder process for enhancing reliability of multilayer hybrid circuits A thick film hybrid multilayer circuit characterized by circuit components that are electrically interconnected with a multilayer structure composed of multiple layers of conductors interlaid with layers of a dielectric material in order to achieve high c... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5783992 | Time based low tire pressure warning sensor A battery powered sensor in a tire has a microprocessor and a transmitter circuit permanently connected to a battery and a pressure switch or pressure sensor coupled to the microprocessor. The microprocessor has a sleep state and wakes up every few minute... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5777273 | High frequency power and communications cable An electrical cable for use in high-frequency, high power applications, such as with an inductive charging system used to charge batteries of an electric vehicle. The cable has multiple twisted-pairs of separately insulated stranded wire arranged in a pse... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5767784 | Initialization method for keyless entry system A system for remotely controlling a desired door locking or other function in a vehicle or other protected environment has a transmitter and receiver for communicating a message including a sequence number, the code of a selected function to be performed ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5757213 | Multi-configurable output driver In a preferred embodiment, a multi-configurable output driver, including: circuit apparatus to provide driving current to an inductive load; and the circuit apparatus being configurable, without the addition or rearrangement of components, in at least two... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5758014 | Electric vehicle traction control system and method A system and method that may be implemented in a power inverter or controller, for example, that uses the speed of a rotor to control the torque output of a motor of an electric vehicle. A rotor encoder coupled to the rotor of the motor provides encoder s... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754114 | Safety ground detector Ground detection apparatus that automatically detects continuity of a safety ground of a piece of equipment. The ground detection apparatus includes test relay circuitry for determining if a ground connection is open. Comparison logic circuitry is used to... | 05/19/1998 |
