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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6362241 | Process and apparatus for the production of virgin polymer substitutes The invention relates to processes and apparatus for the production of a virgin polymer substitute from cured scrap rubber, such as automobile tires, which does not involve the use of solvents or other chemicals and which substantially maintains the physi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6336537 | Wheel end with bi-directional overrunning clutch An integrated wheel end assembly for a vehicle including a wheel hub, a stub shaft, a torque flange and a bi-directional overrunning clutch member is configured such that the clutch automatically acts as a hub lock. The wheel hub is drivingly engaged to a... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6302336 | Watering container with a rotatable nozzle having a plurality of water delivery patterns A watering container with a rotatable nozzle having a plurality of water delivery patterns. In particular, a rotatable nozzle having a plurality of water delivery patterns is rotationally attached to a water spout on a watering container. A user can turn ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298495 | Hat including glasses retaining mechanism A hat is provided with an insertion hole adapted to permit a temple of a pair of glasses to be inserted therein, positioned in each lateral side of the edge portion of the crown of a hat. The hat is so formed as to permit the temples of the glasses to be ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6300394 | Coal tar compositions modified by nitrile butadiene rubber A modified coal tar useful in roofing applications, containing coal tar, a nitrile butadiene rubber, and in some instances an effective amount of a plasticizer is prepared by heating the coal tar to a molten temperature, adding the rubber in powder form a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6296083 | Railcar brake arrangement An articulated railcar has several well car units for carrying shipping containers, highways trailers, or a combination of the two. The well car units permit the nose of a long highway trailer to overhang the articulated connection between two adjacent ca... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6293889 | Limited slip motor vehicle differential assembly Limited slip motor vehicle differential assemblies having a suitable high-shear strength, non-hardening, material which selectively resists slip or differentiation between the axle shafts and the differential housing, between the differential side gears a... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6290623 | Removable support of motor vehicle differential side gear that facilitates machining A removable support of motor vehicle differential side gear that facilitates machining which is added after the internal features of a two-piece motor vehicle differential case have been machined to position and support a motor vehicle differential side g... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289949 | Preconditioned air adapter chute A preconditioned air adapter chute for attachment to a ring connector of an aircraft has a body adapted at a first end to attach a hose for transmitting the preconditioned air. The body is provided at a second end with a flange connecting to the ring conn... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6282793 | Coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw A coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw which is capable of being quickly and easily attached to a standard hand held power jig saw. The coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw generally includes a substantially "c-shaped" coping... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280613 | Hydraulic medium filtering for a motor vehicle limited slip differential A limited slip differential for a motor vehicle having a hydraulic medium plenum and pickup tube assembly which draws hydraulic medium from an axle sump by a vacuum generated by a hydraulic pump and transports the hydraulic medium to a hydraulic pump inta... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6272409 | Motor vehicle steering box with Ackerman control A motor vehicle steering box for use with light duty trucks and other vehicles is provided with a function generation means for specifically controlling Ackerman geometry by independently controlling left and right tie rod links. The invention may be empl... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269714 | Cutter knife for thermoplastic resin pelletizer and production method of said cutter knife To provide a way to use a ceramic alloy as a material for producing a cutter knife to be mounted on a thermoplastic resin pelletizer easily, with reduced costs, and also eliminating the possibility of breakage.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263439 | Verification system for non-traditional learning operations An audit and verification process (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120) is used to encode at least one personal identifier (70, 75) onto a media (80, 90) capable of interfacing with a personal computer, typically a floppy disk (80), encoding... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6254171 | Slidable room assembly A slidable room assembly comprises a vehicle body having an opening formed in an exterior wall, and a reciprocable slideout unit or compartment disposed in the opening and slidable between a retracted position and an extended position. Sliding movement of... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244494 | Apparatus and method for leveling the clamping surface to provide proper heat sink for narrow strips in coil end joiner An apparatus and method for leveling the clamping surface to obtain proper heat sink for narrow strips in a coil end joiner which includes a coil material support table and a retaining plate which is positioned against the upper surface of the coil materi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6245557 | Cell and protein harvesting assemblies and methods A cell culture assembly is provided. The assembly includes a housing having a first end and a second end and the side wall disposed between the first and second ends. The side wall and the second end define a cell growth chamber and the first end defines ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6239692 | Sounder A multi-tone sounder system including the sounder and a method of controlling the sounder in which at least a pair of chime bars (3, 5), bells or gongs are spaced apart and arranged to be struck by a solenoid operated striker (26) positioned between the c... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237506 | Center beam car with deep upper beam structure A center beam car has a main deck structure extending laterally from a main center sill, a laterally extending top truss structure, and a central vertically oriented web work structure for carrying vertical shear loads between the top truss and the center... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6214155 | Radio frequency identification card and hot lamination process for the manufacture of radio frequency identification cards A plastic card, such as a radio frequency identification card, including at least one electronic element embedded therein and a hot lamination process for the manufacture of radio frequency identification cards and other plastic cards including a micro-ch... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6210299 | Tubular beam motor vehicle differential axle assembly A tubular beam motor vehicle differential axle assembly having two (2) tubular shafts, each of the tubular shafts having gear teeth formed on one end thereof, or alternatively having a gear mechanically connected to the end of the tubular shaft by, for ex... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6203597 | Method and apparatus for mass injection of sample To enable the mass injection of a sample in a gas chromatography and prevent occurrence of residue or decomposition of a desired constituent during analysis. The invention calls for providing the injection port with a liner, connecting the column and the ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199900 | Vehicle safety collision headrest system A vehicle safety collision headrest system which substantially instantaneously moves a headrest of a seat from any manually adjusted position to a fully extended position. The system includes a pressure actuation assembly having combustible propellant or ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196931 | Apparatus for developing golf swing An apparatus for developing a consistent and working golf swing in the classic form, by constraining the movement of the wearer's trail arm in relation to the wearer's torso from the set-up, through striking of the ball, while allowing for unrestricted mo... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6183387 | Variable pressure relief system for hydraulically actuated limited slip differentials The present invention relates generally to hydraulically actuated limited slip differentials. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hydraulic limited slip differential which utilizes a variable pressure relief check valve used to vary the ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182922 | Reassemblable reel and disassembly device A reassemblable reel which can easily be assembled and has a capacity as well as strength sufficient to contain and protect a great quantity of chips or other electronic components when in use and, after use, can easily be disassembled into compact parts ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184787 | Overhead garage door position monitoring system Overhead garage door position monitoring systems including one or more smoke detector sensors, carbon monoxide sensors, thermal sensors and/or magnetic sensors to measure the smoke concentration level, the carbon monoxide level, the temperature and the po... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6176359 | Bi-directional overrunning clutch A bi-directional overrunning clutch assembly which can be used for example, in a powertrain design including a transfer case with front & rear outputs mechanically connected (no differential or in-line torque coupling), a primary axle of conventional desi... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6174023 | Floor reinforcement system for trailer assembly For a truck trailer bed or a truck cargo enclosure including one or more compartmented, hollow floor sections, a reinforcement system is provided. The system makes use of strip-like metal inserts which are introduced into selected compartments of the floo... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6174106 | Boat lift apparatus The present invention relates to a stationary boat lift comprised of a housing in which a boat is able to enter and exit with little difficulty. The boat lift allows a boat to bypass various barriers in a efficient and safe manner by vertically lifting th... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6172748 | Machine vision system and method for non-contact container inspection The invention is directed to a process of inspecting a container wherein a container is positioned at a predetermined location for inspection. At least a portion of the container is illuminated over a defined finish surface, which can relate to various co... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6167897 | Expandable metal canopy A metal canopy for a structure has an expansion strut which is directly affixed to a wall of the structure and at least one panel assembly for attachment to the expansion strut. More than one of the expansion struts may be affixed to the wall in abutting ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168536 | Golf club head A golf club wedge having a hosel, a bottom wall, a top surface, a toe, a heel and a striking surface with a lower periphery defined by an arcuate leading edge extending downwardly from the heel to a forwardmost point of the striking surface and extending ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6164210 | Reinforced hopper car structure A hopper car is described that is a thin shelled integrated structure having a roof and a pair of sidewalls. This structure is subject to longitudinal tensile and compressive loads, and to a partial internal vacuum during unloading. Local buckling phenome... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6162851 | Flame retardant polyolefins for molding applications A highly flame retardant, impact modified polyolefin alloy is described, the composition of which includes: at least one polyolefin; at least one halogenated organic flame retardant; at least one semi-crystalline ethylene copolymer impact modifier, the co... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6159497 | Patch applicator A patch applicator for easy application of a transdermal patch is disclosed, wherein the applicator is especially suitable for a small transdermal patch of size 20 cm2 or less. The patch applicator includes a rigid release liner and a flexible ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6158390 | Pet ball A pet ball which is formed from two (2) hollow semi-spherical half members and which is readily mobile along a hard surface, for example the ground. A weight, for example, a fishing sinker, is suspended within the pet ball. The weight is suspended by an e... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6157528 | Polymer fuse and filter apparatus The present invention relates to a polymer fuse apparatus that provides bypass fuse protection. A polymer bypass fuse is comprised of an electrical conductor wherein a portion of the conductor is surrounded by an internal electrode, which is then surround... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6138579 | Autorack railcar adjustable decking structure and method A railcar has a substructure, a superstructure and side webwork joining the substructure and the superstructure, leaving an interior space suitable for carrying automobiles. The number of automobiles carried within the railcar structure, and the versatili... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138421 | Foundation anchor bolt positioning apparatus The invention relates to an apparatus for supporting and positioning an anchor bolt within a masonry construction block wall to allow the frame of a building to be secured or tied to the anchor bolt. Masonry construction block walls are typically construc... | 10/31/2000 |
