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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6752254 | Redundant coin processing system for automatic coin machines An automatic coin machine having a redundant coin processing system with at least two coin processing mechanisms. The first or the active coin processing mechanism is initially set up to receive coins from a coin diverter which is in communication with a coin collec... | 06/22/2004 |
| D514172 | Radio remote control unit | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978607 | Hydraulic control system A hydraulic control system is presented that includes a hydraulic actuator, an operation command unit that provides a first control operation signal, a directional control valve unit with a directional control valve that supplies pressure oil to the hydraulic actuat... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6960144 | Sports equipment handle A variable hand placement sports equipment handle, such as a lacrosse stick handle, hockey stick handle, or field hockey stick handle, that includes a shaft and at least one overlay attached to the shaft at a location of frequent hand placement. The overlays are spe... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954457 | Conditionally nonblocking switch of the circular expander type Broadband switching including the implementation of and control over a massive sub-microsecond switching fabric. To effect the attributes of the switching fabric, conditionally nonblocking components are used a building-blocks in an interconnection network which is ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951622 | Method for fabricating an integrated nozzle plate and multi-level micro-fluidic devices fabricated A method for fabricating a multi-level micro-fluidic device for an micro-fluidic injection head equipped with symmetrical heaters. The method incorporates two thick photoresist deposition processes, a light-absorbing layer deposited in-between and a nickel-containin... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6939423 | Process and equipment for manufacture of advanced composite structures A process for continuous, tailored lamination of aligned composite materials in such a way that either pre-formed or pre-consolidated sheets are made available for subsequent infusion molding or stamping processes, the process comprising the steps of: material place... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936064 | Pigmentation makeup method and makeup auxiliary using it, flood light and pack The alleviation of the burden on the cosmetic decoration and the effect of making the subject to look thin can be easily accomplished by providing a technique of cosmetic decoration which easily obtains the same effect based on light and shade as the application of ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934080 | High efficiency viewing screen A low-scatter polarization-preserving multilayer viewing screen. A substrate D, preferably a volume diffuser, for increasing the divergence of information-coded-light while preserving its polarization sense A as it passes therethrough has a discrimination of at leas... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923417 | Projector device The present invention provides an electronic apparatus with a height adjusting apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes an adjusting apparatus and a housing. The adjusting apparatus has a connecting part, a leg, a push button, an elastic part, and a stopper. The... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6925157 | Method for operating devices for transmitting high-bit-rate data on an extension line and arrangement having such devices for data transmission In a method and apparatus for data transmission and voice signal transmission on a subscriber line, in terminal devices located at least on a network side of the subscriber line, only those parts which evaluate a criterion indicating the beginning of the data transm... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922399 | Method of handling service connections in a communication network A method for controlling connections in a communication network including setting up a signaling connection between a subscriber of the communication network and a service access system based on a service connection request by the subscriber; and setting up a payloa... | 07/26/2005 |
| D507656 | Pippeting device | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916259 | Lacrosse head having an articulated member A lacrosse head having a frame and an articulated member moveably coupled to the frame. In one embodiment, a lacrosse head includes a stop member; a first sidewall connected to the stop member; a second sidewall connected to the stop member opposite the first sidewa... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910976 | Multi-component lacrosse stick head A multi-component lacrosse stick head, made of at least two materials, including a base lacrosse head structure of one material and one or more overlays made of one or more other materials strategically located on the base structure. The base structure and overlays ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6912260 | System clock synchronization using phase-locked loop An apparatus for synchronizing the system clocks of wireless devices in a digital communications system is presented. A digital phase-locked loop is employed. The phase-locked loop may include a counter which is incremented by a local device system clock and latched... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6903429 | Magnetic sensor integrated with CMOS A magnetic sensor device formed using SOI CMOS techniques includes a substrate, a silicon oxide layer and in some cases a plurality of gated regions. A first terminal is located between two innermost gated regions and supplies a supply voltage. A second and a third ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902318 | Thermometer for engine of vehicle Provided is a thermometer that is mounted on an engine incorporated in a vehicle and that measures the temperature of the engine during running of the vehicle. A temperature/resistance element included in the thermometer senses the temperature of the engine all the ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900772 | Systems and methods for wireless telecommunications An antenna having an antenna cup and a helical element mounted in the antenna cup. The antenna cup has a side wall extending from a base thereof towards an open end thereof, the side wall having a plurality of slots formed therein, a first set of the slots being arr... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6894865 | Portable information storage device A portable storage device, such as a USB portable disk drive, comprises a main body and a rotation arm. The main body comprises a storage portion, a connection portion and a back portion. The connection portion comprises a first fastening portion, and the back porti... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6886390 | Double-walled containment enclosure A containment enclosure system at least a portion of which is double-walled. An exemplary system of the invention provides enhanced leak protection by monitoring the space within the double-walled portion of the containment enclosure system. The system is capable of... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6888231 | Surface mounting semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an external connection electrode connected to the chip and a resin package for covering the chip. The resin package includes a mounting surface which faces a supporting substrate. The electrode includes a thick p... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6882395 | Wide viewing angle fringe field multi-domain aligned LCD with electrically conductive grids and method for fabricating A wide viewing angle fringe field multi-domain vertically aligned LCD panel and a method for fabricating the panel are disclosed. The LCD panel can be constructed by a first light-missive transmissive substrate, an electrically conductive layer coated on an inside s... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6881384 | Catalytic converter for cleaning exhaust gas A catalytic converter for cleaning exhaust gas includes a heat-resistant support, and a catalytic coating formed on the heat-resistant support. The catalytic coating contains zirconium complex oxide on which Pt and Rh are coexistently carried, and cerium complex oxi... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879318 | Touch screen mounting assembly for LCD panel and method for fabrication A touch screen mounting assembly for a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) and a method for fabricating a touch screen mounting assembly for use on a LCD panel are disclosed. The mounting assembly includes a bottom frame that has a plurality of attachment means mount... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875067 | Axially adjustable thrust bearing for jet propulsion units The present invention relates to a jet propulsion unit (1) for propulsion of a waterborne craft comprising at least one impeller pump (3) with a pump housing (4) in which an impeller shaft (22) or ajournal (21) connected to said im... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6876545 | Flat panel display apparatus and tilt/swivel mechanism therein A flat panel display apparatus having a tilt/swivel mechanism therein allows a user to adjustably move the display panel in an up-and-down tilt direction and a right-and-left swivel direction along the connecting area. The flat panel display apparatus includes: a fl... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6873646 | Perturbation apparatus and method for user detection in a multiple-access communication system A single-user detection method operates to reduce the effects of interference in multi-user detection systems. Based upon a number of received user codes, a receiver defines a frame of symbols containing at least one window. A symbol amplitude of a single-user in a ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6873073 | Magneto rotor A rotor core, rotating in the vicinity of a generating coil, comprises a balance weight section and a pair of magnetic poles, provided on opposite sides of the balance weight section 2 with respect to a center of rotation O of the rotor core 1 to sandw... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871524 | Method, impact machine, and equipment included in an impact machine The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of an annular article, which substantially consists of metal, ceramic material, and/or polymer. A cavity in a die is filled with a formable working material, which shall form said article. A tubular, upper punch ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869078 | System and method for maintaining audience interest in productions, including anonymous auto race A system and method for maintaining audience interest in productions is disclosed. The invention includes provisions by which the interest of the audience is retained throughout the entire event. In one aspect, the invention includes a sporting event with anonymous ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6871140 | System and method for collection, distribution, and use of information in connection with commercial real estate A system and method for creating a unified commercial real estate data model through collection, distribution and use of information in connection with commercial real estate and for creating a web-based marketplace that facilitates the efficient and secure buying a... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6870514 | Compact monopole antenna with improved bandwidth A monopole antenna having a ground plane, a vertically extending feed line passing through a feed hole in the ground plane, a top hat in the shape of a disk connected to the feed line, the top hat being spaced from and extending over at least a portion of the ground... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6869290 | Circuitized connector for land grid array A connector for electrically connecting to pads of a land grid array formed on an electronic component includes a dielectric layer including opposing first and second surfaces, and a multiple number of contact elements extending above the first surface of the dielec... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6870610 | Method and apparatus for detecting defects in a material in a liquid bath A system and method for detecting defects in a material in a liquid bath, the system including a light that illuminates the material through the liquid bath, at least one camera with a view of the material through the liquid bath, and a digital processor in communic... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6868361 | Method of determining the volume scattering function of ocean waters in the backward direction using a satellite ocean color sensor A method of determining the Volume Scattering Function of Ocean Waters in the backward direction using a Satellite Ocean Color Sensor the said method made to exploit the geometry of the sun-ocean-satellite detector to function as a backscatter system comprising of t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6867116 | Fabrication method of sub-resolution pitch for integrated circuits A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a scanner, wherein the scanner is capable of realizing a minimum pitch, wherein the minimum pitch is the smallest possible pitch for the scanner, the method including providing a semiconductor substrate, forming... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6864999 | Integrated image-reading/writing head and image processing apparatus incorporating the same An integrated image-reading/writing head A comprises an oblong rectangular substrate (4) having a first longitudinal edge portion (4c), a second longitudinal edge portion (4d) and a surface (4a) mounted with an array ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6863620 | Golf club having replaceable striking surface attachments and method for replacing same An adjustable customized golf club, e.g., a golf putter, as well as a method for using the club, wherein the club has a head, a striking surface attachment, and one or more lock fittings that positively lock the striking surface attachment to the head. The striking ... | 03/08/2005 |
