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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4630583 | Spark ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine with retarding means responsive to transmission gear shifting A spark ignition timing control system for an automotive vehicle internal combustion engine utilizes a first sensor for detecting engine speed, a second sensor for detecting engine knocking and a third sensor for detecting transmission upshifting. The con... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4590900 | Valve supporting arrangement of an internal combustion engine The upper retainer for retaining an upper portion of a valve spring is shaped like a perforated spinning top and is axially dividable into two identical elements which are coaxially disposed about the upper portion of the valve stem when assuming its oper... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4581992 | Screw press for mechanically separating liquids from mixtures of liquids and solids A screw press for extracting liquids from liquid-solid mixtures continuously and in a single operation. The press comprises a barrel divided into a feed section and a pin-barrel section. A rotatable screw is disposed in the barrel. Grooves are provided in... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4541700 | Method and devices for transferring electrical signal information between a photographic lens and camera Active lens components are provided for transmitting to a corresponding photographic camera information from a photographic field lens which is transformed into electrical signals. These components transform the information into electrical signals, the pr... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4534484 | Water cooler bottle closure A water cooler bottle closure made of a closure cap adapted to fit over the neck of a water cooler bottle, which closure cap has an opening formed at its bottom. A flange projects around the periphery of the opening to define an inner chamber. A base is p... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4531624 | Check valve used with vacuum system for an automotive vehicle A vacuum system used with an automotive vehicle such that an appropriate negative pressure is maintained within the vacuum system in order to assure the function of the vacuum brake booster even when the vacuum clutch booster is defective with respect to ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4529952 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay comprises a bobbin carrying a coil and having a longitudinal central bore through which an armature extends. A permanent magnet is disposed between the central webs of two generally U-shaped yokes, the legs of the yokes having end... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4526635 | Process for manufacturing heat exchangers from ceramic sheets Process and apparatus for manufacturing heat exchangers from ceramic sheets, wherein different flow channels are stamped from or pressed into the sheets, and the formed sheets are joined together with a laminating agent. The stacking of the individual she... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4527248 | Engine speed sensing device In an engine speed sensing device, angle pulses produced when the crankshaft rotates through a predetermined angle are counted by a counter for a predetermined interval. The count of angle pulses is read into a central processing unit of a digital compute... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4524633 | Supporting structure for a floor-mounted type speed change lever A supporting structure for a floor-mounted type speed change lever of a motor vehicle is disclosed, which comprises two identically constructed supporting units which are mounted to the vehicle floor and oriented abreast facing toward the front of the veh... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524155 | Open-cell/microporous molded article The present invention relates to molded articles of an open-cell structure, containing a copolymer which is comprised of copolymerized, fluorinated olefin, copolymerized vinyl acetate and optionally copolymerized olefin, the acetate groups of the copolyme... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523715 | Method and apparatus for air conditioner control A method and apparatus for controlling an air conditioner having a motor-driven blower for creating air flow through an air passage which opens into a compartment through a plurality of outlets. The rate of air flow through the air passage is changed with... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523573 | Apparatus for propelling an inflated ball The apparatus has a striking mass which strikes a ball and a support for the ball to be struck. The ball is held to the support by a frame or by a suction apparatus. The ball may be given a curved trajectory by either rotating the ball support and ball or... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4524404 | High voltage insulator assemblage having specially-chosen series resistance The invention relates to an outdoor high voltage insulator, wherein the flashover due to the effect of external layers or deposits of pollution is prevented or at least shifted in the direction of higher degree of pollution. A resistance element (1) is co... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4521683 | Pressure-actuated optical switch An optical switching element utilizes a spherical diaphragm mounted for snap-action movement between a concave and convex shape. A light beam is directed through a small aperture to impinge on the diaphragm. The aperture is positioned at a distance from t... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520770 | Automotive internal combustion engine with bearing beam structure An automotive internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of bearing sections, and a bearing beam structure secured to the bottom part of the cylinder block. The bearing beam structure includes a plurality of main bearing cap ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520864 | Year-round air conditioner with evaporator band and special heater placement A compact, self-contained cooling-heating-humidifying-filtering apparatus has an endless band of water-absorbent, air-permeable material traveling in partial immersion in water contained in a receptacle within a conditioner housing. A fan produces a conti... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520787 | Intake air heating system for an internal combustion engine An intake air heating system for an internal combustion engine having an air cleaner of the temperature regulating type has a heating chamber to heat intake air sufficiently. The heating chamber is formed by bulging partially a heat insulating plate aroun... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520771 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of main bearing bulkheads, and a skirt section. Each bearing bulkhead is formed with through-holes each of which as an upper end opening to the skirt section and a lower end openi... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520333 | M.B.B. type contact arrangement for an electromagnetic relay In an M.B.B. type relay, a contact spring comprises a pair of flat spring parts integral at the base of the spring and separate at their free ends, each of which cooperates with a fixed contact. An actuating card drives both spring parts in the same direc... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4520145 | Modified thermosetting imide resins with improved fracture toughness Bisimide resins having improved fracture toughness and resistance to microcracking comprise a mixture of, (a) a bisimide of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which B represents a divalent radical containing a carbon-carbon double bond and A is a d... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4520105 | Process for production of sugars and optionally cellulose and lignin from lignocellulosic raw materials A process for the production of sugars, and optionally cellulose and lignin, from lignocellulosic vegetable materials which comprises subjecting the vegetable materials to a chemical pretreatment with a mixture of water and lower aliphatic alcohols and/or... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4519627 | Automative compliance steering control supension To control the compliance steering of the rear wheels of a vehicle during cornering or the like, a link member of the rear suspension arrangements supporting each of the rear road wheels, is provided with a servo mechansim which can vary the length thereo... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4519497 | Container, in particular for a codicil or similar personal document A container, in particular for a codicil or similar personal document, which the relevant individual should carry with him substantially at all times, said container comprising a first, substantially cylindrical inner sleeve closed at one end and a second... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4519268 | Gear shift apparatus for manual transmission A gear shift apparatus of a manual transmission, consists of a retainer member securely connected to an extension housing connected to a transmission housing. The retainer member is formed with a relatively long hollow cylindrical section a part of which ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4519790 | Hydraulic control system for continuously variable V-belt transmission A hydraulic control system disclosed herein comprises a line pressure regulator valve which regulates the fluid supplied from a pump to provide a line pressure variable at least depending upon output torque of the engine. The line pressure is supplied to ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4518464 | Method of detecting embrittlement of heat-resisting steel A method of detecting embrittlement of a heat-resisting steel comprises evaluating the brittleness of the heat-resisting steel on the basis of the repassivation current value obtained by (a) connecting the steel as the anode of an anode polarization curve... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4517952 | Twin ignition plug control system for an internal combustion engine A twin ignition plug control system for an internal combustion engine by which two point ignition is switched to one-point ignition only when engine load is heavy and the engine is not being warmed-up. Since the control system according to the present inv... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4517945 | Engine vibration transmission structure A structure for use in an internal combustion engine including a cooling passage between an engine block outer wall and cylinder walls each defining therein a cylinder. The engine block outer wall has a thickened portion with connection arms extending to ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4517812 | Load control device for a heat-pump type air conditioning apparatus A heat-pump type air conditioning apparatus comprising a compressor, a condenser, a throttle member, and an evaporator, which constitute a refrigerant circulation circuit, and an unloading circuit is connected to the compressor to carry out a load reducti... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4517614 | Mechanism for extracting tape from a tape carrier A mechanism for withdrawing magnetic recording tape from a tape carrier (e.g. a cartridge) is disclosed. A boom member supports at least two levers. In the at rest (unengaged) position, rollers, supported by the levers, are positioned in a recess in the t... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4517484 | Double gap electric generating machines In these machines, the rim (16) of the rotor (13), supported overhangingly by oblique arms (15), is equipped with a double set of polar pieces (17 and 18), one fastened to the outer part of the rim (16) and called the peripheral polar pieces (17) and the ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4517420 | Integral cup and hookswitch actuator for a telephone set A telephone set, adaptable for either wall or desk top mounting, has an integral hookswitch and cup. The cup is at the rear of the telephone set, in the desk mounting mode, and at the top in the wall mounting mode. The cup receives the receiver end of the... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4517275 | Light-sensitive mixture based on O-naphthoquinone-diazides, and light-sensitive copying material prepared therefrom A light-sensitive mixture is described, which is specially intended for the production of planographic printing plates and which contains, as the light-sensitive compound, a naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid ester of the general formula I ##STR1## ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4517252 | Pre-alloyed thick film conductor for use with aluminum wire bonding and method of bonding A thick film conductor material comprising metal particles containing both gold and at least one additional element prealloyed into a single particle. The additional element may preferably be Pd and the prealloying may preferably be accomplished by coprec... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4517059 | Automated alternating polarity direct current pulse electrolytic processing of metals Disclosed is a method and apparatus for electrolytic processing of a metal surface which, in a preferred embodiment, is anodization of an aluminum or aluminum alloy surface. An apparatus and method is provided which automatically senses the process voltag... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4517017 | Temperature sensitive amorphous magnetic alloy Disclosed is a temperature sensitive amorphous magnetic alloy which shows a Curie point of not higher than 200° C. and whose composition is represented by the formula: wherein M=Co or Fe; X=at least one of P, B, C and Si; 0.2ࣘaࣘ0.8 when M is Co, or 0.4ࣘ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516929 | Method for controlling oxygen density in combustion exhaust gas Oxygen content in the exhaust gas of a combustion system is controlled such that the actually detected value of the oxygen content is compared with a set value which is varied in accordance with the combustion load of the system. A value theoretically ada... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516788 | Seating position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle seat Device for adjusting seating position of an automotive vehicle seat by using the change of the pressure of a working gas is so designed that the working gas is propelled using a pressure pump of a pneumatic vehicle-height-adjusting device without an addit... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516610 | Weft picking device of air jet weaving loom An air guide member has therein an air guide opening and a slit through which the weft thread passes out of the opening. The opening has an inwardly projected land portion with first and second peripheral sides and includes an air induction section direct... | 05/14/1985 |
