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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5157991 | Automatic transmission control system for vehicle A control system for an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor, a throttle opening sensor, and a controller. The controller causes the automatic transmission to upshift on the basis of a first upshift line when the temperatur... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5098748 | Method of producing a flame-spray-coated article and flame spraying powder Powder which has primary particle size of not larger than 10 μm and is formed of mixture of Ni powder and Cr powder added with hard particles containing carbide is mixed with Cr3 C2 powder and granulated and sintered, whereby flame ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5095703 | Air and fuel supply control systems for internal combustion engines An air and fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of superchargers including a turbosupercharger, an intake air cutoff valve operative selectively to be open and closed respectively for opening and closing one o... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5090203 | Air and fuel supply control systems for internal combustion engines An air and fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of superchargers including a turbosupercharger, an intake air cutoff valve operative selectively to be open and closed respectively for opening and closing one o... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5090391 | Control system for engine with mechanical supercharger A mechanical supercharger is operatively connected to the engine output shaft when the engine speed is not lower than a predetermined engine speed and disconnected from the engine output shaft when the engine speed is lower than the predetermined engine s... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5055041 | Alveolar pressure indicator device A device for measuring pressure transmitted to the mandibular alveolar ridge as well as the amount of applied pressure necessary to shear off various types of food, in full upper and lower dentures. The device comprises a denture-receiving articulator to ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4943710 | Image sensor and manufacturing method for the same This invention relates to an image sensor and manufacturing method for the same.... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4916116 | Method of adding a halogen element into oxide superconducting materials by ion injection A method of adding a halogen element into oxide superconducting materials includes the steps of forming a passivation film on an oxide superconducting material, adding halogen ions into the oxide superconducting material by ion injection and then applying... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4913006 | Automatic transmission control system for a vehicle having constant-speed cruising control system An automatic transmission control system for controlling an automatic transmision for use in a vehicle provided with a throttle control system which electrically controls a throttle valve to control the engine output according to the amount of depression ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4911117 | Arrangements for supporting crankshafts in multicylinder engines An arrangement for supporting a crankshaft in a multicylinder engien comprises a plurality of bulkheads provided in a cylinder block of the engine to be arranged at predetermined intervals along an axis of the crankshaft disposed in the cylinder block, a ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4911257 | Vehicle having a solar battery system A solar battery system for a vehicle comprises a solar battery mounted on a body of the vehicle, an actinometer provided on the body for detecting the quantity of solar radiation supplied to the body, a controller for comparing an output of the solar batt... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4904138 | Method and a device for the operation of a machine for binding sets of pages by gluing A machine for the adhesive binding of sets of pages comprises a control device with: a sensor to sense the thickness of the set of pages placed on the carriage and held gripped between the jaws thereof, said sensor being arranged to provide a signal repre... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4904139 | Binding machine A binding machine for booklets comprises: a movable hood carried by the frame, covering the aligned stations and defining, for the carriage, an elongated passage opening, parallel to the path and whose length is equal to the course of reciprocating movement of... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4903705 | Digital radiography apparatus A device for obtaining an image of a subject including a signal generating device including, for example, an X-ray generator for obtaining a signal representative of the subject, a detecting device for detecting a predetermined phase such as the R-wave of... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4899920 | Apparatus for removal and installing electronic components with respect to a substrate This invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing and installing surface mounted devices (SMD's) with respect to a substrate such as a printed circuit board (PCB).... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4897927 | Electrical angular displacement sensor The sensor has at least one strain gauge secured to a strip sufficiently flexible to bend without permanent plastic deformation through a small radius. The output is directly proportional to the relative angular orientation of the ends of the strip regard... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4894548 | Radiation image recording and reproducing method and radiation image storage panel employed for the same A radiation image recording and reproducing method comprising steps of: (i) causing a divalent europium activated complex halide phosphor having the formula (I): MII X2 .multidot.aMII X'2 .multidot.bMgX"2 ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4872998 | Apparatus and process for forming uniform, pelletizable sludge product An automated, non-polluting process and apparatus for mechanically dewatering and heat drying liquid sewage sludge of widely varying solids content to form a pelletizable, dried sludge of predetermined uniform solids content without requiring recycling of... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4872427 | Position controller for a rotatable shaft The present invention is directed to a system for actuating a cam follower shaft to permit variable timing of the valving events or the unit injectors of an internal combustion engine. A rotatable cam follower shaft is subjected to continuous, alternating... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4754417 | Computer implemented go/no go gauging system An inspection system for determining if the measured features within a measured pattern of features on a mechanical component are within specified tolerances by repositioning a representation of the dimensioned features relative to the corresponding measu... | 06/28/1988 |
