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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6857265 | Diesel exhaust system including NOx-trap An exhaust gas treatment system (8) for a diesel engine (10) having a NOx absorber (28) charged with solid absorbent for absorbing NOx from a diesel exhaust gas and means (18) for introducing intermittently into the exhaust system CO upst... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6850747 | Image trap filter An image trap filter disposed between the low noise amplifier and the mixer of a radio frequency receiver that overcomes the adverse effect of process variations on image signal rejection for both a single-band radio frequency receiver and a multi-band radio frequen... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6745450 | Method for loading solder balls into a mold A method and apparatus for loading solder balls into a mold. Solder balls are loaded into a reservoir having multiple exit ports. A removable mold is fitted into the apparatus and the reservoir is passed across the top of the mold while solder balls are fed into cav... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6688711 | Component slide assembly A modular chassis assembly is provided, including a chassis defining an access opening, an arm having a distal end portion coupled to the chassis and a proximal end portion spaced from the distal end portion, and a modular component coupled to the proxima... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6664463 | Apparatus and method for shielding electromagnetic radiation An apparatus is provided for dissipating heat from an electronic component, such as a processor, that is mounted in a conductive enclosure and for shielding electromagnetic radiation generated by the electronic component. The apparatus includes a heat sin... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6639264 | Method and structure for surface state passivation to improve yield and reliability of integrated circuit structures A method for passivating surface states in an integrated circuit structure having a gate conductor with a gate dielectric layer. The method comprises the step of fabricating a solid state source of fluorine in close proximity to the gate dielectric layer.... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619296 | Hair grip with lighter jaws A hair article according to the invention comprises two jaws which are elongate in a direction of extension and each include a rigid body having a principal part which is elongate in the direction of extension and parallel transverse excrescences to which... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6577771 | Method for supplementing digital image with picture element, and digital image encoder and decoder using the same A method for supplementing a digital image with picture elements, by which prediction signals having small errors can be generated for a digital image in which objects move greatly through a process which does not cause a long delay time and does not need... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572982 | Electromigration-resistant copper microstructure An electromigration-resistant copper film structure and the process for forming the structure. The film structure contains a high impurity content, is resistant to grain growth, and possesses superior metallurgical, thermo-mechanical, and electrical prope... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570437 | Bandgap reference voltage circuit A bandgap reference voltage circuit having a bandgap start-up circuit for initiating operation of the bandgap reference voltage circuit, a bandgap core circuit for developing a bandgap reference voltage, and a bandgap output circuit for supplying a bandga... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6549096 | Switched inductor/varactor tuning circuit having a variable integrated inductor The magnetic field of an inductor is decreased by the presence of one or more single loop windings positioned in proximity to the inductor. The single loop windings have open circuits that are selectively closed to magnetically couple the single loop wind... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6520983 | Stent delivery system The present invention relates to a system for delivering a medical prosthesis into a body lumen. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a catheter having a stent mounted at the distal end that is released into the body lumen by movement of an ou... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6521334 | Transparent substrate and method of manufacturing the same At least one monomolecule film is formed on a transparent substrate surface directly or via a protective film. The monomolecule film is formed with chemical coupling of chlorosilane surface active compound, for example, of the formula: F(CF2)m(... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520904 | Device and method for restructuring heart chamber geometry A geometric reconfiguration assembly for the natural heart having a collar configured for surrounding the natural heart. The collar can include a plurality of supports configured for positioning on the epicardial surface of the heart. Supports can be join... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6506520 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A negative electrode is characterized by its composite particles constructed in such a manner that at least part of the surrounding surface of nuclear particles containing at least one of tin, silicon and zinc as a constituent element, is coated with a so... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6488904 | Method of controlling emissions in exhaust gases from a two-stroke gasoline engine An exhaust gas catalyst especially for small two-stroke gasoline engines comprises a platinum group metal deposited on a refractory metal honeycomb support and is provided with a diffusion barrier coating which reduces conversion without reducing light-of... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6490562 | Method and system for analyzing voices It is to assign proper pitch marks to voice waveforms, thereby to obtain smoothly synthesized voices and to control pitches of voices very accurately according to pitch marks of recorded messages. Any one of the fixed low-pass filters 3002-a to 3002-d is set s... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6486751 | Increased bandwidth thin film resonator having a columnar structure Improved bandwidths and oscillation uniformity is obtained through a rod type BAW TFR structure formed over a semiconductor support. The resonator includes a first and a second electrode and a plurality of distinct elemental piezoelectric structures betwe... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6482225 | Osmophore-pacifier An osmophore-pacifier. The osmophore-pacifier contains an odorant. When the osmophore-pacifier is sucked by an infant, it releases an odor which stimulates sucking behavior in the infant. The osmophore-pacifier includes a nipple, a shield portion, a matri... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6483218 | Brushless electric exciter for dynamoelectric machines A brushless exciter comprising a shaft adapted to rotate about a first axis; a cylindrical ferrite core mounted upon the shaft; and a ferrite casing surrounding the ferrite core, having a cylindrical inner surface coaxial with the first axis, and adapted ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480960 | OPTICAL DISK, AN OPTICAL DISK BARCODE FORMING METHOD, AN OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, A MARKING FORMING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF FORMING A LASER MARKING ON AN OPTICAL DISK, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL DISK A barcode is formed on an optical disk. An optical disk is provided which has a control data area and an identifier for indicating the presence or absence of the barcode in the control data area. A beam pattern is focused on a reflective film of the optic... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6476301 | Bagpipe drones A drone is disclosed for use in a set of bagpipes for indoor play, the bagpipes having the drone fitted are substantially smaller and more quiet than conventional bagpipes. Advantageously the drone can be produced in the main from brass tubing which is ch... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6475328 | Electronic component material containing pest repellent, electronic component using the same, and its manufacturing method To present printed wiring boards and other electronic components having excellent cockroach repelling performance even after solder reflow or solder flow. A conductive layer having a mounting land is provided on a insulating layer as a substrate, a solder... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6468671 | Foamed metal preformed body In a foamed metal preformed body, including foamed metal foam material, at least one flow conduit (18) for communicating a thermal treatment fluid is guided through or into the foamed metal foam material.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6465111 | Metal foam jointing method In a metal foam jointing method for joining preformed bodies, a first preformed body (1) and a second preformed body (1, 2) are located in fixed positions relative to each other. By means of a jointing clamp (10), an encasement of a space (9) is formed in... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6461462 | Adhesive bonding This invention relates to a method of manufacturing multilayer garments with the use of temporary fusible adhesives, wherein the adhesive has a molecular weight of less than 5000.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6463027 | Disc case A disc case having a case main unit including an accommodation chamber for rotatably accommodating a disc having a signal recording surface on at least one side of the disc, support member access openings provided in the top and bottom walls of the accomm... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6463151 | Data transmission method, data receiving method, data transmission system and program recording medium The data transmission system can substantially prohibit illegal copy of real data since the encryption key applied to transmitted data is changed depending on copy management information, thereby the real data being decrypted and recorded with a key diffe... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459915 | External adapter for a portable cellular phone A portable celullar phone apparatus includes a portable cellular phone and an external adapter for a portable cellular phone. It is possible to suppress an increase in output power of a portable cellular phone transmit amplifier due to a loss at a transmi... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6452655 | Liquid crystal device and its manufacturing method The present invention is intended to eliminate any leakage of light which would occur, while in a black display state, due to a disordered alignment of liquid crystals around a pixel electrode in a liquid crystal device and to provide an improved contrast... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452884 | Information recording method, information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium An information recording method has; a history determination stop for determining whether or not a medium being cased and capable of being used for information recording and reproduction has previously been taken out from the case by using an identification ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6449078 | Optical receiver, method for optical transmission in space, optical transmitting in space apparatus and method for optical transmission An optical receiver of the present invention comprises a photodiode receiving an optical signal and converting it into an electric signal, a signal edge detector generating an edge signal from the electric signal, a quantizing circuit generating a signal ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447438 | Apparatus and method for locating therapeutic seeds implanted in a human body Determining the locations of therapeutic seeds implanted in a body part by distinguishing the therapeutic seeds from the body part by imposing physical changes on the therapeutic seeds and sensing these physical changes in the therapeutic seeds. In one fo... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446333 | Method of mounting a plurality of electronic components A component mounting method for picking up components with a mounting head having multiple suction nozzles, and mounting these components on a mounting target after recognition. Components picked up integrally move against a component recognizer disposed ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446331 | Mounting apparatus of electronic components and mounting methods of the same An electronic component mounting apparatus and an electronic component mounting method are provided which improve the productivity by reducing the cycle time. The electronic component mounting method includes the steps of a) picking up an electronic compo... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6449366 | OPTICAL DISK, AN OPTICAL DISK BARCODE FORMING METHOD, AN OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, A MARKING FORMING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF FORMING A LASER MARKING ON AN OPTICAL DISK, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL DISK A barcode is formed on an optical disk. The optical disk is provided with a control data area and an identifier for indicating the presence or absence of the barcode in the control data area. A beam pattern if focused on a reflective film of the optical d... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6445465 | Digital halftoning combining dot size modulation screen with dot frequency modulation screen within a single image A method of producing a halftone screen having a plurality of halftone dots arrayed along a desired screen frequency. The method comprises: a) using variable size halftone dots arrayed along the screen frequency to reproduce shades of gray equal to and ab... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6437255 | Conveyor scale The continuous weighing meter [according to the invention has] having a conveyor belt [(1)] driven by a motor [(3)] and running over a guide roller (4), which is loaded with bulk material via an input funnel [(6)] from a feed arrangement [(9)]. In additio... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6432131 | Method and apparatus for intraluminally implanting an endovascular aortic graft An intraluminal prosthesis for intraluminal repair of body conduits, especially aortic aneurysms, is disclosed. The prosthesis includes a generally tubular, flexible graft (20) having a proximal open end (30) and at least one distal open end (31) terminat... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6433305 | Method and apparatus for drilling holes with sub-wavelength pitch with laser A method of laser machining using an ultra-fast pulse laser is presented. According to the present invention a plurality of holes with a pitch less than the wavelength of the laser are drilled into a material sample. Reliable and reproducible hole drillin... | 08/13/2002 |
