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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637505 | Depth gauge | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934696 | Ether injection control valve Methods and apparatuses for injecting starting fluid into an internal combustion engine are provided, through use of a control valve having a two-stage filter apparatus disposed upstream of a metering device internal to the control valve, a valve arrangement for pos... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934615 | Container having sliding door A container including a base, a cover, a dispensing port, and a slider is provided. The base has a bottom, front and back walls, and a pair of side walls defining a lower portion of a storage area. The cover has a top including a generally rectangular recess, front ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934331 | System for displaying photographs A system for displaying photographs is disclosed. The system includes one or more horizontal members or bars that are secured to a wall, such as a wall of a house. The horizontal members are preferably immovably secured, as by wall anchors or nails. The horizontal m... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931725 | Fluted filter apparatus A filter element and filter apparatus, and a method for fabricating a filter element, include a filter element having alternating layers of a face sheet material and a convoluted filter material, with the alternating layers forming substantially longitudinally orien... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930961 | Crown molding cutting apparatus and method A method and apparatus are provided, for positioning a work piece, such as a piece of crown molding, through use of an apparatus including a work piece support plate pivotably attached along a pivot axis to a base. The base is adapted to rest on a horizontal referen... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927466 | Pulsed magnetron sputtering deposition with preionization The present invention relates to the deposition in a magnetron reactor (1) equipped with a magnetron cathode (MC) of at least one material on a substrate (11a), according to which process said material is vaporized by magnetron sputtering, using... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926771 | Mounting apparatus for mounting objects to support structures of a tent An apparatus for mounting objects to structural members of a tent is provided. The mounting apparatus comprises a pair of jaws, a jaw adjustment arrangement and an object mounting union. The pair of jaws are operably pivotally connected to one another. Each jaw incl... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926668 | Trackless retail pusher system A pusher system for biasing retail merchandise forward is provided. The pusher system includes a front wall structure, a pair of walls, a pusher, and a spring. The pair of walls are operably coupled to the front wall structure. The pair of walls are in opposing spac... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926512 | Stepper motor driven proportional fuel metering valve A low energy stepper motor driven fuel metering valve (FMV) that eliminates the need for a position sensor is provided. The stepper motor rotates a cam that replaces the flapper valve used in conventional systems. The cam rotation increases the gap between the cam a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926158 | Saw blade changing tool A blade changing tool for changing a blade for saws, particular table saws, is provided. The tool includes a body having a face that includes at least one recess for receiving and engaging a saw blade. Typically, the face will include a plurality of axially offset r... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926155 | Machine tool A machine tool having a machine frame. A first workpiece carrier unit is disposed on the machine frame and has a workpiece receiving mechanism. At least one tool carrier unit is disposed on the machine frame, on which at least one tool for machining a workpiece held... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636245 | Right angle drive | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923615 | Catalyst system for a multi-walled carbon nanotube production process The present invention relates to a catalyst system for the selective conversion of hydrocarbons into multi-walled carbon nanotubes and hydrogen comprising a compound of the formula: (Ni,Co)FeyOz(Al2O3)w wherein ‘y’ rep... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922551 | Pre-chamber spark plug A method and apparatus to maximize spark plug life in pre-chamber spark plugs operating with ultra-lean mixtures and/or elevated engine BMEP is presented. Electrode erosion is reduced by spreading discharge energy over a wider surface area, maintaining fuel concentr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921866 | First stage pressure regulator for a two-stage underwater breathing apparatus A first stage pressure regulator for a two-stage underwater breathing apparatus, comprises a second movable wall (16, 18) for separating a balance chamber (10) from an ambient exposed chamber (17) . The second movable wall is formed by a disk-sh... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921689 | Pneumatic biasing of a linear actuator and implementations thereof An improved method and apparatus are provided for constructing and operating a linear actuator, and equipment incorporating a linear actuator, by operatively connecting a pressure biasing pneumatic arrangement between the driving member and the driven member of a me... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918658 | Non symmetrical key coupling contact and scroll compressor having same A scroll compressor includes a movable scroll compressor body and a fixed scroll compressor body that are arranged for relative orbital movement relative to one another to facilitate compression of refrigerant. To guide the orbital movement, a Oldham key coupling is... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916982 | All fiber magneto-optic on-off switch for networking applications An integrated fiber optic switch based on the magneto-optic effect of magnetic materials suitable for optical fiber networks is presented. The switch is based on the Faraday Effect exhibited by magneto-optic materials. The all-fiber magneto-optic switch has a beam s... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915405 | 2,4-disubstituted-5-aminocarbonyl-1,3-thiazole derivatives for therapeutic agent of antiinflammatory disease, method thereof for preparation, therapeutic agent for antiinflammatory disease induced by SPC activity containing the same Disclosed herein are 2,4-disubstituted-5-aminocarbonyl-1,3-thiazole derivatives, a preparation method thereof, and a therapeutic agent for treating inflammatory diseases induced by SPC, which contains the derivative as an active ingredient. The anti-inflammatory eff... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913972 | Two position actuator with mechanical hold A valve assembly including a valve actuator and valve is provided. The valve actuator includes a mechanical hold arrangement configured to allow manually setting the position of the valve actuator and its drive gear and to oppose any loading provided by a return spr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913925 | Color changing thermostatic controller An apparatus and method are provided for visually displaying the present room temperature of a space, through the use of a thermostatic controller adapted for receiving a temperature input indicative of a temperature in a space, and having a housing that includes an... | 03/29/2011 |
| D635001 | Dowling jig | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909954 | Method and apparatus for winding a filter media pack A method and apparatus are provided, for forming a filter element including a media pack in the form of a coiled fluted filter media, by winding the web of fluted filter media around a pair of tools of a mandrel. The tools engage the sides of the filter media. The t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908920 | Velocity-of-propagation fluid level measurement method An apparatus for determining a level of a liquid in a tank is provided. The apparatus comprises a probe and electronics. The probe passes into the tank and is immersed in the liquid. The probe includes a fiducial in spaced relation with a distal end. The electronics... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905193 | Trim tabs A trim tab for mounting the transom of a boat has an upper surface and an undulating bottom surface with down-turned flaps on opposite sides of the tab. The trim tab is formed of a molded composite material. The top surface includes a hinge platform at its forward e... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901307 | Multifunctional protection system for a sports ground The present invention relates to a protection system for a sports ground comprising a frame-chest with a protection cover, said frame-chest being able to move across the entire length of the ground whilst unfolding or folding said protection cover by means of an unf... | 03/08/2011 |
| D633768 | Right angle drive attachment | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896042 | Hinge and strike plate mortise kit A kit for forming mortises in door edges and door frames for flush-mounting door hinges, strike plates and latch plates is provided. The kit generally includes a template holder and a plurality of templates mountable to the template holder. The templates provide gui... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7845519 | Tamper evident plastic dispensing container Tamper-resistance of spice container closures and containers is provided through use of tamper-evident and tamper-resistant elements. A spice container package includes a container, a closure and a tear strip, with the tear strip being joined to the closure by a fir... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878780 | Scroll compressor suction flow path and bearing arrangement features A scroll compressor includes an oil separation region generally formed between the motor housing and upper bearing member. A long labyrinth channel is provided with the suction refrigerant gas flow path being redirected to facilitate coalescing of oil mist droplets ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878775 | Scroll compressor with housing shell location A scroll compressor includes a feature for location of a housing shell section off of one of the scroll compressor bodies. According to this aspect, a scroll compressor comprises a housing including a shell section; scroll compressor bodies having respective bases a... | 02/01/2011 |
| D631835 | Battery case | 02/01/2011 |
| D631834 | Carbon fiber surfaced battery | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874444 | Thermostatic controller with decorative faceplate A thermostatic controller apparatus includes a housing having a front face thereof defining a decorative surface of the housing and adapted for optional attachment of a decorative faceplate covering the decorative surface of the housing. A plurality of decorative fa... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872711 | Optical sheet for TFT-LCD back light unit and liquid crystal display having the optical sheet The present invention relates to an optical sheet for a backlight unit of a TFT-LCD and a TFT-LCD including the same. The optical sheet of the present invention includes a transparent base sheet, and a light diffusion layer in which a diffusion pattern comprised of ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7857709 | Universal shaft and head connector A connector for releasably securing a shaft and a head having a hosel with a bore of standard size. The connector includes a shaft adapter, a hosel adapter, and a compression nut. The shaft adapter has a shaft bore sized to receive the shaft, a first threaded coupli... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856959 | Method and apparatus for controlling exhaust gas recirculation and start of combustion in reciprocating compression ignition engines with an ignition system with ionization measurement An apparatus and method to detect combustion conditions using ion signals for use in a feedback control of a reciprocation engine is presented. The ion signals are used as a feedback signal to control EGR and diesel injection timing. The apparatus is an ignition sys... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841375 | Tow catch for fiber placement head An apparatus and method are provided, for selectively clamping a fiber tow against a support in a fiber placement head, in a manner allowing one-way motion of the tow in a forward direction from an input side to an output side of the support, and precluding motion o... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835567 | Visual fiber placement inspection An apparatus and method are provided for performing, on-the-fly, real time inspection of a composite structure formed by an automated fiber placement machine, through comparison of a visual image of at least a portion of the composite structure to a virtual image of... | 11/16/2010 |
