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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083394 | Concrete wash and recovery system A system for recovering concrete wash product includes a support frame mounted pivotally to a chassis of a transit concrete mixing vehicle, and a container mounted to the frame for arcuate movement with the frame, between a collecting position with the container dis... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7967313 | Recreational vehicle with elliptical drive A wheeled vehicle includes a pair of leg driven skis and hand operated levers for simultaneously applying power to a crank and drive sprocket to propel the vehicle. A pair of controllers, one at the top of each thrust lever, include handles that are pushed and pulle... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963535 | Tag axle pivot mount An arrangement for pivotally coupling an auxiliary axle frame to a vehicle chassis includes a pair of support brackets, each fastened to one of two opposite longitudinal rails of the chassis. Each bracket is coupled to its associated rail with a set of threaded fast... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7892601 | Corrosion inhibiting powders and processes employing powders A corrosion inhibiting agent is provided as a finely ground powder that is dispensed into a sheath or other casing enclosing a metal bar, cable, or other tension member. The agents are produced by preparing salts of amines with benzoic acid or nitric acid, drying th... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7859153 | Device and method for mounting electric motor stators A motor stator mounting device includes a plastic motor housing having a cylindrical housing section for receiving the stator. Longitudinal ribs along an inside surface of the housing section are inclined to converge gradually in a distal direction, thus tending to ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852465 | System for measuring liquid flow rates A system for monitoring non-volatile residue concentrations in ultra pure water includes a nebulizer for generating an aerosol composed of multiple water droplets, a heating element changing the aerosol to a suspension of residue particles, and a condensation partic... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7777868 | System for measuring non-volatile residue in ultra pure water A system for monitoring non-volatile residue concentrations in ultra pure water includes a nebulizer for generating an aerosol composed of multiple water droplets, a heating element changing the aerosol to a suspension of residue particles, and a condensation partic... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777436 | Sensorless drive for unipolar three phase brushless DC motors A system for controlling a trapezoidally (square wave) driven DC motor includes a unipolar commutation circuit coupled between a DC power supply and a brushless DC motor. The motor has three phases formed by respective stator windings coupled at respective proximal ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775854 | Water jet machining with abrasive recovery and filtration A continuous flow recirculating jet machining system incorporates a dynamic particle separator downstream of the fluid collection reservoir, for directing the water or other liquid in a serpentine path to promote separation of larger-diameter particulates. A filter ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7736346 | Bio-interventional therapeutic treatments for cardiovascular diseases Catheter-based systems are disclosed for geometrically and temporally controlled deliveries of fluid agents to the heart. Each system includes an elongate catheter shaft, a tissue penetration element at the shaft distal end, and a handle at the shaft proximal end fo... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7717054 | Moving mechanism for cruiser arch A cruiser arch moving and control mechanism includes a pair of carriage guides (32, 150, 188) fixed to opposite sides of a cruiser hull, and a pair of carriages (30, 170), each mounted to one of the opposing legs of the cruiser arch. Each of the carria... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7699913 | Moisture and odor adsorbing insert An insert for sports gear and footwear has a compliant casing formed of fabric sheeting that incorporates regions of fused or otherwise integral regions of activated carbon. A desiccant such as silica gel in the form of spheroidal beads or other granules is loosely ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7692395 | Extrapolation of back EMF signals in brushless DC motors A controller is provided for operating a DC motor through a commutation circuit and for synchronizing the commutation circuit to motor position and speed by measuring back EMF voltages along commutation cycle steps during which the measured phase is not being driven... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7670275 | Paper scoring system A scoring system uses a grooved roller and a variety of resilient annular scoring tools. The scoring tools have scoring features or blades of different profiles, and further have annular bases uniform in width to enable their interchangeable installation into one or... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7621066 | Fishing rod holder A fishing rod supporting device includes a frame assembly adapted to be worn like a vest. The assembly includes a pair of rigid frame members with curvilinear upper regions that overly the shoulders, and linear lower regions that overly the chest region. A front pan... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7493724 | Fishing lure oscillator A fishing lure oscillator, comprising a bent, oblonged, essentially elliptical foil having relatively uniform thickness. Near one end of the foil, a connection is made to an appendage, and near the opposite end of the foil a connection is made to another appendage. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7429841 | Method and apparatus for movable element position detection in an electrically commutated machine A method and circuit for detecting the position of the movable element of an electrically commutated machine. The method and apparatus allow detection of the back electromagnetic force (BEMF) waveform with all legs of the machine energized by mathematically removing... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7370891 | Latching mechanism with trigger actuator A latching mechanism for a carrying case includes a latch body pivotally attached to a top cover of the case, a trigger pivotally attached to the latch body, and an actuator that pivots about the same axis as the trigger. The trigger is pivotable between a latching ... | 05/13/2008 |
| D554559 | Scroll medallion | 11/06/2007 |
| 7031133 | Aerosol charge altering device The invention relates to a device for charging or adjusting the charge of gas-borne particles into a defined charge distribution under utilization of corona discharge in the aerosol space. In addition to an appropriate geometry of the charger and the electrodes, the... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6889982 | Indoor/outdoor game A gaming apparatus is provided, including at least one freestanding, upright first target having three target zones spaced apart from each other, each having a different sized forward facing opening and at least one projectile. The first target member includes first... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6745516 | Cover apparatus for rain gutters The present invention taught, enabled, described, illustrated and claimed herein comprises a continuous cover-type debris/fluid separation apparatus which is easily installed in existing, conventional trough-type gutter structures. The apparatus is configured to cap... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6709455 | Stent-graft-membrane and method of making the same A braided self-expandable stent-graft-membrane made of elongated members forming a generally tubular body. A membrane layer and graft layer are disposed on a endoprosthesis such as a stent. The membrane layer is substantially impermeable to fluids. The outermost lay... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6674612 | Magnetic transducing slider with leading edge crossbar A magnetic data transducing head slider is provided with a transversely extended crossbar or other barrier near the leading edge. The barrier is deposited onto the air bearing surface of the slider using photolithographic techniques that enable precise de... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6245103 | Bioabsorbable self-expanding stent A self-expanding stent formed from helically wound and braided filaments of bioabsorbable polymers such as PLA, PLLA, PDLA, and PGA.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6125845 | Respirator fit-testing with size selected aerosol A system and process for respirator fit-testing are disclosed. The system includes conduits for taking first and second aerosol samples, from inside of the respirator mask and from outside of the mask, respectively. The samples are provided to a radial di... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6086582 | Cardiac drug delivery system A system is disclosed, for administering a therapeutic agent locally and to a depth within cardiac tissue. An elongate, flexible catheter contains a flexible electric conductor and supports at its distal end an implantable electrode incorporating a penetr... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6048255 | Pulsed laser surface treatments for magnetic recording media A surface treatment process employing pulsed laser energy enables selective texturizing and polishing of non-magnetizable substrate disks used in fabricating magnetic reading and recording media. Substrate surfaces are texturized over dedicated head conta... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6019786 | Braided composite prosthesis A prothesis for transluminal implantation consists of a flexible tubular interbraided structure of metal or polymeric monofilaments, and polymeric multifilament yarns. The prosthesis can be elastically deformed to reduce its diameter through axial elongat... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5999250 | System for detecting fluorescing components in aerosols An electro-optical aerosol characterizing system includes a continuous wave laser for generating two beams in the red wavelength range, intersecting a particle stream at slightly spaced apart locations. A pulsed UV laser generates a beam that intersects t... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5993483 | Stent and method of manufacturing same A prosthetic stent with a tubular wall having local inwardly or outwardly formed elevations. Stents having such elevations have a higher mechanical stability if bend according to the curvature of the body vessels to be supported or repaired. Also a method... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5991113 | Slider with temperature responsive transducer positioning A device for reading and recording magnetic data includes an aerodynamically supported slider with an air bearing surface, and a transducer mounted to the slider for movement toward and away from the air bearing surface responsive to changes in the slider... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5984957 | Radially expanded prostheses with axial diameter control A tubular, radially self-expanding stent includes a latticework of interbraided, helically wound resilient structural strands. An axial control member is secured to the tubular latticework at axially spaced apart proximal and distal coupling locations. At... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5963029 | Measuring magnetic properties in media by RMS signal processing and incremental erasure A system for magnetically evaluating magnetic data storage media includes a spindle for rotatably supporting magnetic disks, a read/write transducer, and an erasing transducer, both supported for radial movement relative to the disk. The read/write transd... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5927477 | Conveyor roller with axial direct drive A roll conveyor includes a pair of parallel, spaced apart stationary beams and a plurality of elongate cylindrical rollers supported in parallel, side-by-side spaced apart relation for rotation relative to the beams. The rollers are supported and driven i... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5928750 | Sputtered thermally cycled texture layers formed of high melting point materials A process for fabricating a magnetic data storage medium includes formation of a controlled texture, either over an annular transducing head contact area or the entire surface of a substrate. The texture layer is formed by vacuum deposition of a texturing... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5909342 | Planar flexible circuit package for coupling transducers with carriage mounted circuitry A rotary actuator for disk drives includes a carriage rotatable on a vertical axis, and multiple transducing head suspensions extended horizontally away from the carriage in cantilever fashion. Data reading and writing circuitry includes an electrical cir... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5906641 | Bifurcated stent graft A bifurcated stent graft implantable in branched internal passageways includes an open-frame stent latticework formed of helically wound structural strands, and a graft sleeve formed of interwoven textile strands. The sleeve is substantially impervious to... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5898499 | Method and apparatus for detecting surface discontinuities based on changes in an optical path length during beam scanning A system is disclosed for detecting local surface discontinuities in magnetic data storage disks. The system includes a spindle that rotatably supports a magnetic disk being tested. An interferometer generates a laser beam which is guided through an optic... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5876369 | Tissue removing catheter and RF cutting method An atherectomy device includes a catheter with a window at its distal tip for admitting tissue into a catheter compartment. A cylindrical cartridge in the compartment has a cutting edge that supports an electrically conductive cutting element, e.g. a band... | 03/02/1999 |
