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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5491582 | Light-receiving module A light-receiving module having the characteristics of a tunable bandpass filter and applicable for receiving light signal from an optic fiber in the field of optical communication or optical information processing. The light-receiving module is coupled t... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5491388 | Power regulator of discharge lamp and variable color illumination apparatus using the regulator A current supplied to a discharge lamp (100) is an A.C. current having a predetermined frequency from an inverter circuit (70), and its power control is carried out by changing the current setting (setting signal) of a chopper circuit (40) constituting a ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5491378 | Electro luminescence device and method for fabricating the same An electro luminescence device includes a light shield element made of a metal layer and an insulation film. Both the metal layer and the insulation film extend along side surfaces of a luminescence layer and are adapted to reflect light emitted in a dire... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5490732 | Wheel bearing hub with deformed bead A wheel bearing unit for example for use in a motor vehicle, including an antifriction bearing clamped on the hub. The hub includes a bore which defines a tubular hub part that prior to deformation extends past the axially outer end of the inner ring of t... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5490422 | Acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor having a specific insensitive direction along which no acceleration is detectable and an insulated case supporting the acceleration sensor body. The acceleration sensor body is so mounted on the insulated case that the insensitive d... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5490106 | Semiconductor read only memory device with memory cells implemented by inverted thin film transistors A semiconductor mask ROM device has word lines embedded in a surface portion of a silicon substrate, a gate insulating layer covering the word lines and a silicon strips extending over the gate insulating layer and providing channel regions over the word ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489264 | Pleural drainage probe A pleural drainage probe which consists of a flexible tube into which a guide element may be inserted and which is provided with at least two axially separated inflatable peripheral chambers which are both connected to the outside via independent capillar... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489154 | Method and apparatus for mixing gases In a method for cooling a process gas with a cooling gas being admixed into the process gas, wherein one or more streams of the cooling gas are injected into one or more streams of the process gas and the streams of the obtained gas mixture being brought ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488765 | Method of measuring characteristics of a multilayer electronic component In order to provide a multilayer electronic component which can reduce arrangement pitches for external electrodes, via holes filled up with conductive materials are provided in a mother laminate, which is obtained by stacking a plurality of insulating sh... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488600 | Differential optical switch for data multiplexing in an optical fiber loop of an optical information storage apparatus An optical information storage apparatus includes a differential type optical switch element, and an optical fiber. The optical switch element shifts from a non-emission state to an emission state upon reception of an optical input. The optical fiber cons... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5488348 | PTC thermistor A PTC thermistor including ceramic body having a positive temperature coefficient of resistivity, a pair of electrode layers provided on both major surfaces of the ceramic body so as to be opposed to each other with the ceramic body interposed therebetwee... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5488260 | Encapsulated magnets in a permanent magnet rotor In a permanent magnet rotor, the circumferential gaps between circumferentially spaced sintered or cast magnets are filled by a plastic or resin material which also coats the outer circumferential surface of the magnets to secure the magnets to the rotor ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487611 | Sealing system for a bearing A sealing system for a roller bearing having an inner bearing race on the axle, bearing rollers around the inner race and an outer race around the bearing rollers. A sealing cap is spaced axially away from one axial end of the races. A first sealing ring ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487580 | Chuck unit A chuck unit for automatically inserting a workpiece in a receiving portion, which comprises a fixed pawl, first and second movable pawls and a pusher. Both major surfaces of the workpiece are chucked by a first vertical surface of the fixed pawl and the ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5485644 | Substrate treating apparatus A substrate treatment apparatus includes a loader 1 for soaking a plurality of wafers W in deionized water, a back surface cleaning portion 2, a front surface cleaning portion 3, a rinsing and drying unit 4 and a plurality of transporting units 6. The bac... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485726 | Pressure control apparatus for stirling module An improved pressure control apparatus for a stirling module capable of controlling a pressure between compression space and a bounce space by providing an improved pressure control apparatus, so that a high speed operation of a stirling module can be obt... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485777 | Abrasion preventing device for hermetic reciprocating compressor An abrasion preventing device for a hermetic reciprocating compressor. The device releases the impact generated between the slider and the shell of the compressor, thus to prevent possible abrasion of the contact part between the slider and the shell as w... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485921 | Lunch box A lunch box has a housing defining a hot and a cold compartment. An arrangement is provided in the lunch box for creating vacuum inside the compartments so as to releasably seal the cover of the lunch box onto the housing. Ribs or protrusions are provided... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5486033 | Support shaft for a vehicle sun visor An L-shaped support shaft for a sun visor body including a first support arm received in a mounting bracket on the vehicle body and a second longer support arm that extends into a mounting housing of a sun visor body and is held there by detent spring. Th... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5486158 | Grooved hydrocolloidal dressing A skin-friendly dressing which has a high moisture absorbing capacity, a high degree of flexibility and good integrity. The dressing includes a moisture-absorbing adhesive sheet to be adhered to the skin and mucous membranes, with a layer of water swellab... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5486885 | Character image display apparatus for a camera A character image display apparatus in a film device with a lens mounted thereon or a camera is constructed such that a hole is provided on a reflector in a flash unit provided on a body of the camera, one end of a photoconductor is fixed to the hole and ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5487128 | Speech parameter coding method and appparatus A speech parameter coding method and apparatus which can quantize a spectrum parameter of a speech signal with a smaller number of bits smaller than ever. A dividing section divides a predetermined order number of spectrum parameters, obtained by division... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485791 | Device for maintaining a region of a conveyor path of an overhead conveyor free of conveyor carriages in the event of an alarm A device for removing conveyor carriages from a conveyor-path region of an overhead conveyor in the event of an alarm, particularly in the region of a fire door. The overhead conveyor has a plurality of conveyor carriages received on a travel rail, a driv... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485111 | Power on reset circuit with accurate detection at low voltages A supply-voltage detector having a low minimum operational voltage while having a large variation is combined with a supply-voltage detector having a high detection precision while having a high minimum operational voltage, so that the supply voltage is d... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5485591 | Microprocessor wherein the number of register output signal liner connected to the buses are reduced reducing the load capacity of the buses A microprocessor includes a plurality of registers connected to a plurality of buses. Selectors each select one of output signals of the registers to output the selected one of the output signals to one of the buses. The number of the register output sign... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5485581 | Speech coding method and system A speech coding method which can code a speech. An autocorrelation of a synthesis signal synthesized from a codevector of an excitation codebook and a linear predictive parameter of an input speech signal is corrected using an autocorrelation of a synthes... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5485113 | Jitter-compensated sampling phase control apparatus In a sampling phase controlling apparatus for controlling a phase of a clock signal supplied to a transmission system including a discriminating circuit for discriminating a received signal and an equalizer for removing an intersymbol interference compone... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5484983 | Electric heating element in knitted fabric An electric heating element is formed of a knit fabric and includes current supply wires and resistance wires which are incorporated in the heating element. The different types of wires extend mutually perpendicularly in the heating element. The conductiv... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5482225 | Process for loading a processing machine having a fine centering step and apparatus for this purpose An unwinding station in which a coil of band-like material is unwound with a vertical axis, i.e. lying in a horizontal plane, is provided for loading a processing machine with the band-like material from the coil. Consequently, the band taken off from it ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5482454 | C-type frame for die tightening units mounted for an injection molding machine A main frame for a C-type frame for die tightening units mounted for an injection molding machine is prepared by employing a casting process. The main frame includes an opposing pair of side frames, upper frames projecting forward of fore upper surfaces o... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5482465 | Dental pin assembly A dental pin assembly comprises a dental pin holder and a dental pin. The dental pin comprises a threaded portion which has been made by rolling, and a shank portion which is slid into a longitudinal bore defined in the holder and is secured therein by di... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5483662 | Spade signal receiving station In an earth-based receiving station for receiving radio signals transmitted from a satellite relay station, a common first frequency converter and at least two receivers are provided. One of the receivers is used as a control receiver to receive a CSC car... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481915 | Acceleration sensor with direct mounting An acceleration sensor includes a circuit board having an acceleration signal output electrode and a ground electrode formed on its one major surface, a piezoelectric element fixed on the acceleration signal output electrode, a conductive member fixed on ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481979 | Practice dummy for an explosive body A practice dummy for simulating a handgrenade or another explosive weapon includes a plurality of infrared light emitting diodes. A light signal from these diodes is used for simulating the explosion. The light signal can be received by suitable detectors... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5483087 | Bidirectional thyristor with MOS turn-off capability with a single gate A bidirectional thyristor structure with a single MOS gate controlled turn off capability. In a vertical conduction embodiment, the device has a six layer structure including a backside diffusion. One vertical conduction structure includes a single body r... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5482016 | Pilot injection control system A pilot injection control system for an internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of fuel injection nozzles, the valve-opening pressure of one of which (the reference nozzle) is set slightly higher than that of the other nozzles, means for detectin... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5482242 | Suspension device for low weight articles A suspension device for the suspension of an article (10) of low weight at a variable distance below an attachment point for said device on a suitable support comprises a body (1) provided with attachment means (4), a flexible string (6) and an article ho... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5480311 | Electrical pipe fitting with integral grounding fixture An electrical pipe fitting with integral grounding fixture for securing a grounding wire. The pipe fitting is adapted to be removably secured to an electrical receptacle box. Each electrical pipe fitting includes a hollow metal tubular member for receivin... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5480520 | Applying pressure on the web at the wire end of a paper machine The wire end or forming section of a paper making machine is a twin wire section defined by two endless loop wire belts or wires between which fibrous suspension moves through the wire end. A supporting element, either in the form of a rotating cylinder o... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5481154 | Piezo-resonator First and second grooves (15, 16) are formed in upper and lower surfaces of a piezoelectric ceramic plate (12), which is polarized in a direction P parallel to its major surfaces, respectively. A resonance part is formed between the first and second groov... | 01/02/1996 |
