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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5463550 | Driving and braking control of vehicles equipped with a plurality of single wheel drive and brake modules Regulation of the driving and braking of vehicles equipped with a plurality of single wheel drive and brake unit modules, controlled by control processing circuitry, that act on the guiding function of the wheels includes coupling in pairs control process... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5463327 | Programmable multiplexer logic cell A programmable logic cell suitable for use in a programmable gate array and able to produce any logical function of two inputs, operate as a 2 to 1 multiplexor or a data latch is formed by four multiplexors, five inverters and an OR gate to provide a very... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462815 | Fuel cell power generation system and method of controlling the same A fuel cell power generation system includes a fuel cell subsystem having a plurality of fuel cell stacks connected in parallel to each other, a reformer, an oxidant gas feeder, a fuel gas exhaust conduit, an oxidant gas exhaust conduit, an inverter, shut... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462640 | Etching solution An etching solution for etching away a metal layer from a substrate includes a hydrogen-containing compound that dissolves the metal layer while developing hydrogen; and a nitrosubstituted organic compound having a nitro group which is easily hydratable a... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462576 | Heavy metal alloy and method for its production The invention relates to a heavy metal alloy comprising from about 85 to 98 weight-% tungsten that is essentially present in the form of globular tungsten grains, and nickel and cobalt in a Ni/Co weight ratio approximately between 1.6 and 3.5 as binder el... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462455 | Multiple contact plug having encoding components interfittable in selected positions A modular multiple contact assembly includes a plug; a socket member having a socket opening for receiving the plug in a predetermined orientation; a first encoding sleeve securable to the plug; and a second encoding sleeve securable to the socket member.... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462336 | Office chair having a support member for shiftably supporting a seat An office chair comprises a column projecting from a pedestal, a seat, a back rest and a bracket projecting from the upper end of the column forwards. The seat is supported by the front end of the bracket in a first transverse pivot axis. A support member... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462143 | Controllable shock absorber for motor vehicles A shock absorber for an automotive vehicle includes a damping cylinder having a cylinder chamber containing damping fluid; a damping piston axially slidably received in the damping cylinder and dividing the cylinder chamber into first and second work cham... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462130 | Drilling tool A drilling tool and, in particular, a rock drill, which is of multi-part design, is proposed. In this, the drill head and/or the clamping shank is connected via a helical shank designed as a threaded rod.... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462014 | Apparatus for growing a thin metallic film Gold or copper is grown on a substrate by a chemical vapor deposition method using a ଲ-ketonato type metal complex of gold or copper as a starting material and introducing the starting material to the substrate using as a carrier gas a mixed gas com... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461962 | Gun silencer arrangement A silencer arrangement for large-caliber guns (3;33,34) including at least one silencer (5;54,55). In order for the system characteristics of the gun (3;33,34) not to be negatively influenced by the heavy weight of the silencer (5;54,55), the silencer is ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5459914 | Method of sealing the front of a cylindrical sleeve body of a practice cartridge A method of closing the forward portion or region (u) of a cylindrical sleeve body (3) of a practice cartridge (1), wherein a predetermined number of inside and outside radial folds (8, 7, respectively) are created in the forward region (4) of the sleeve ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5461663 | Selective call receiving apparatus having switch for clock time setting A selective call receiving apparatus with a display for receiving and displaying its own selective call number and message information attached to it, displaying time while waiting for a call to be received and displaying the message information added wit... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5461523 | Disc unit having a drive motor and a chucking assembly for holding a disc therewith A disc unit includes a control circuit board engaged with a base body of the disc unit, and a shield cover for noise shielding. The shield cover is also used for preventing the separation of mounting tabs extending from the circuit board and the base body... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5461384 | Method for montioring an area The invention relates to a method for monitoring an area by a plurality of economical radar systems. These systems operate with CW modulation at low transmission power and can therefore be fully realized in semiconductor technology. The area is divided in... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460711 | Sensor for determining gas constituents and/or gas concentrations of gas mixtures A sensor for determining at least one of gas constituents and gas concentrations in a gas mixture, such as CO, NOx and HC, in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, includes a semiconductor gas sensor having a gas sensitive region in c... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460709 | Automatic electrophoresis method and apparatus An electrophoresis apparatus for automatically performing medical assays includes an electrophoresis platform which cooperates with a gantry assembly. The electrophoresis platform and the gantry assembly are movable along paths that are perpendicular to e... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460540 | Anti-kink apparatus for cable plugs, in particular for computer systems and the like An anti-kink apparatus for closely surrounding a plug-and-cable assembly includes a housing formed of first and second complemental half shells which are articulated to one another whereby the half shells are pivotal with respect to one another. The half ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460084 | Method for controlling the drive of a hydraulic press A method for controlling a drive for a hydraulic press employed for at least one of forming and cutting sheets of metal. The method involves a press comprising: a press ram and at least one piston-cylinder unit operatively connected to the press ram and i... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5459760 | Transmitting and receiving apparatus In a transmitting and receiving apparatus for transmission and reception of signals based on the frequency hopping spread spectrum scheme, hopping patterns used for a transmitter and a receiver are respectively constructed of frequencies which belong to t... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459633 | Interdigital capacitor and method for making the same The present invention relates to an interdigital capacitor and to a method for producing an interdigital capacitor having a finger structure of a coplanar stub line covered by an air bridge pocket for increasing the capacitance of the coplanar line. The a... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459578 | Method and apparatus for measuring two dimensional plane displacement by moire fringes of concentric circle gratings The present invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring two- dimensional displacement by moire fringes of concentric circle gratings which two-dimensional displacement can be precisely measured by a pair of grating and the measurement resolut... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459473 | GPS receiver A GPS receiver for use with the NAVSTAR global, satellite based radio navigation and time transfer system wherein transmission from each of a plurality of satellites, includes C/A code signals comprising a code and data modulated carrier, said receiver co... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459434 | Detector amplifier for standby system A detector amplifier includes a first stage, a second stage and a low voltage supply. The first stage has a first input for receiving a first input signal, and an output for outputting a first output signal, and amplifies and/or demodulates the first inpu... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459339 | Double gate semiconductor device and control device thereof A semiconductor device thyristor structure includes a first conductive type collector region, second conductive type and first conductive type base regions, and a second conductive type emitter region. First conductive type regions and second conductive t... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459333 | Semiconductor photodetector with potential barrier regions A semiconductor photodetector has a channel of conductive material which connects two terminal poles and is defined by potential barrier regions and by space-charge regions that can be reduced by means of incident light. The channel is comprised of a cond... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459211 | Process for the radical polymerization of vinyl chloride at acid pH in aqueous dispersion The temperature of the polymerization medium of vinyl chloride with the involvement of oil-soluble initiators is controlled essentially by direct and modified injection of an effective amount of a strong inorganic inhibitor of radical polymerization or of... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459168 | Process for separating low molecular weight compounds from an impure thermoplastic polymer or mixture A process for treating an impure thermoplastic polymer, including raw and recycled polymers, during extrusion to separate low molecular weight compounds therefrom, including: introducing a separating agent into plasticized impure thermoplastic polymer pas... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458911 | Method of producing a self-suporting thick-film structure A method for producing a self-supporting thick-film structure on a substrate above a recess defined in the substrate, includes applying an active layer onto an auxiliary substrate; positioning the active layer in contact with the substrate and above the r... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5457836 | Deployable bridge and apparatus for laying the same The invention relates to a bridge comprising at least one bridge elements. The bridge elements has a base body that has chamfered end surfaces on which roadway plates rest that can be necessarily brought out of a drive-on position into a coupling position... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458990 | Method of processing used batteries The invention relates to a method of processing used batteries, especially zinc-carbon and alkali-manganese batteries, in order to recover any usable or environmentally relevant substances, comprising the mechanical reduction of the initial material follo... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5456797 | Method of planarizing trench structures A method of planarizing trench-like structures, particularly on semiconductor substrates, by filling in the trench-like structures. For this purpose, a pre-polymer is selectively filled into the trench-like structures, is hardened and is then expanded.... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5457488 | Method and apparatus for controlling array of light-emitting elements An array of light-emitting elements is switched on and off to produce a graded-intensity image on a photosensitive medium. Each light-emitting element is controlled by M-bit data representing the intensity of one image pixel, where M is a fixed integer gr... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5457366 | Electronic control device for an electronically commutative motor An electronic control device for an electric motor (10), particularly an electrically commutated (EC) motor, whose motor windings (11 to 13), in order to control the winding current, are connected in series with respective control transistors (15 to 17) w... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5457362 | Process and device for controlling the frequency of a traveling wave motor In a method for controlling the frequency of a traveling wave motor, in which an actual value proportional to the actual frequency of the excitation alternating voltage of the traveling wave motor (10) is obtained from the amplitude of an alternating volt... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5457003 | Negative working resist material, method for the production of the same and process of forming resist patterns using the same A resist material comprises a polysiloxane obtained by hydrolysis and condensation with dehydration of one or more alkoxysilanes having an oxirane ring, or of a mixture of the alkoxysilane(s) having an oxirane ring and one or more alkoxysilanes having no ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456989 | Photosensitive body for electrophotography A positively charged organic photosensitive body is provided, the photosensitive body being free from public hazards, and being highly sensitive and highly durable. The photosensitive body has a photosensitive layer of a laminated structure on a conductiv... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5454493 | Apparatus for the distribution of particulate material upon a surface An apparatus for the distribution of particulate material including glass beads onto one of freshly applied paint or polymer material applied to a surface, includes a housing having defined therein an upper chamber for the receipt of particulate material ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5455773 | Method for the determination of optimum parameters for a casting process, particularly on die-casting machines A computer implemented method for determining optimized parameter values for a casting process for use with a diecasting machine, including: storing a plurality of known data sets of individual parameters of a casting cycle for a casting process for an op... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5455664 | Electrophotographic printer for transferring images on different sized print medium and transferring method of the same In an electrophotographic printer, a power supply is connected to a transfer roller to which a current is supplied at a time that a print paper is inserted between a photosensitive drum 10 and the transfer roller. Since respective print papers have differ... | 10/03/1995 |
