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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5574280 | Focused ion beam apparatus and method A sample semiconductor device which is processed and/or observed with the focused liquid metal ion beam can be returned again to the manufacturing process in this invention. The metal ions used in this apparatus are generally Ga ions. Ga ions contaminate ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5567920 | Position reading apparatus and key board apparatus A position reading apparatus and keyboard apparatus using a feedback loop for inputting positional information into an external device. A pointer having a resonant circuit is used to establish a feedback loop having as part of the feedback loop a first co... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5563360 | Automatic performance apparatus capable of repetitive performance of specified portion An automatic performance apparatus able to freely specify any two points A and B during the ALL repeat automatic performance. When the specified point A is closer to the start of the tune sequence being repeated than the point B, the apparatus repeats the... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5529087 | System for remotely servicing a top loading captive ball valve An attachment for facilitating servicing of a valve, the valve including: an assembly composed of a valve seat defining a flow path, a flow control member movable relative to the valve seat for blocking or unblocking the valve seat, and a control device i... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5522016 | Digitally controlled printing A method and apparatus for performing printing on a substrate on the basis of data representing a pattern composed of a plurality of parallel rows of discrete image elements. In a known manner, successive strips of image elements are formed on the substra... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5504226 | Copper oxide superconductor, a process for its production, and a copper complex used therein In the production of a 124-type or 123-type superconductor by a sol-gel method using alkoxides of respective metals, the use of a compound wherein a sec-butoxy group and a hydroxy group are coordinated with a copper atom gives a superconductor composed of... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501080 | Self-contained cryogenic gas sampling apparatus and method Apparatus for obtaining a whole gas sample, composed of: a sample vessel having an inlet for receiving a gas sample; a controllable valve mounted for controllably opening and closing the inlet; a valve control coupled to the valve for opening and closing ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5497873 | Apparatus and method employing an inlet extension for transporting and metering fine particulate and powdery material A solids pump apparatus for transporting and metering particulate material including a transport channel having an inlet and an outlet. The transport channel is formed between substantially opposed faces of first and second rotary discs movable between th... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5496372 | Hard tissue prosthesis including porous thin metal sheets A prosthesis for the replacement of hard tissues of human bones and joints, comprising a porous lamination component of metal thin sheets, each having a plurality of through holes and a thickness of 150 μm or less, and being unharmful to the living body,... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5493351 | Liquid crystal projector A liquid crystal projector includes a light source, a color filter for adding color projection image, a liquid crystal panel for forming a projection image on it, a projection lens and an optical unit located between the color filter and the liquid crysta... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5488820 | Cane harvesters A billet severing apparatus for sugar cane harvesters comprises a conveyor (1) to feed cane longitudinally into a three bladed cutter (5) having cutter blades (7) axially mounted on a hub rotatable about an axis (6) transverse to the direction of feed of ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488368 | A/D converter system and method with temperature compensation An A/D circuit to convert an analog signal to a digital signal. The circuit includes a low noise analog-to-digital conversion chip and a precision voltage reference source. The voltage reference source includes a diode with two terminals and a passive att... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5485449 | Method and device for recording data on an optical disc An optical disc recording device includes a motor for rotating an optical disc, a rotation speed control circuit connected to the motor for controlling a rotation speed of the optical disc, a data recording device for, during an irradiation time, irradiat... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5484474 | Inverted dome arterial filter An arterial filter includes a filter housing provided with a uniquely shaped housing cover. The housing cover is in the shape of a toroid which forms a coil-like tunnel which is enlarged midway about the circumference of the housing cover. The highest poi... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5485183 | Interlaced dot-on-dot printing A method and apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium with phase change ink, the printing medium providing a printing area composed of a plurality of parallel pixel rows extending in a first direction, with a uniform spacing, p, between pixel ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5483272 | Image forming apparatus and method for obtaining smooth charging, exposure and development An image forming apparatus is disclosed, in which a photo-sensitive member is exposed by exposure means accommodated therein, and development is done substantially simultaneously with the exposure. Three time elements, that is, charging time constant C, i.e., ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5480974 | Antibodies to human C5a receptor A peptide-specific monoclonal antibody derived from an immunogenic peptide from the extracellular hydrophilic region of the human C5 a receptor (C5aR) is useful for blocking C5a from binding to C5aR.... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5479331 | Small form factor power supply A new, small form factor power supply is disclosed that provides a regulated DC power supply in a package that radiates relatively little heat and that occupies 2.75" by 4.5" by 0.75". The secondary coil of the transformer is positioned at the summing nod... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5477500 | Decode circuit for a semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device, comprising: first row lines; selecting transistors driven by the first row lines; second row lines; memory cells driven by the second row lines and connected in series with the selecting transistors; first selecting means fo... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5477534 | Acoustic echo canceller An acoustic echo canceller for cancelling an acoustic echo component produced when a signal on a receiving communication line appears on a transmitting communication line via an acoustic echo path. In the acoustic echo canceller, a variable coefficient se... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5474834 | Superconducting circuit sub-assembly having an oxygen shielding barrier layer A circuit sub-assembly as a mounting for an electronic component such as Josephson device, i.e., a superconducting element, comprises a ceramic insulating substrate, an oxygen-shielding barrier layer formed on the insulating substrate, and a circuit film ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474779 | Compositions for aiding in the regeneration of tissue with a prolonged immunomodulating effect A composition including levamisol is applied to a tumor removal site to activate macrophages, promote tumor cell reversion and accelerate regenerative tissue in the cavity. The composition forms a porous sponge-like material which fills the cavity and pro... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5473947 | Fluidized powder flowrate measurement method and device The flowrate of powder in an air-powder mixture circuit comprising a mixture drive area defined by a powder drive device comprising air injector means adapted to inject air in the direction in which the mixture is to be driven is measured by measuring the... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5472721 | Method of grilling and/or heating a food product, and device therefor A process and apparatus for grilling and/or reheating a food product by subjecting the product, for an operating time T, to infrared radiation from at least one electrically operated unit for producing infrared radiation, the process comprising: setting a... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5471130 | Power supply controller having low startup current A power supply controller includes a comparator for providing a regulated voltage when an input voltage exceeds a reference voltage, so that a reference voltage is provided to drive a load discharge circuit. When the input voltage is less than the referen... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5470636 | Magnetic recording medium and method of producing it A magnetic recording medium having a substrate made of aluminum or aluminum alloy and an anodic-oxide film, e.g., alumite film, formed by effecting the anodic oxidation process, wherein the surface of the alumite film has protruding portions formed in add... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5470237 | Latch mechanism for joining the cover and connector of a removable memory device A removable memory device includes a substrate, such as a printed circuit board, carrying IC memory packages; a connector including a molded plastic connector block for electrically connecting the removable memory device to a host system; and a sheet meta... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5469400 | Semiconductor memory device using serial pointer A FIFO memory device using a serial pointer consists of first second memory cell arrays, a row decoder for selecting a word line first and second write registers for storing data, each write register consisting of registers, and a serial write pointer for... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468260 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy for negative electrode A hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode having a hydrogen-absorbing alloy in a single crystal system and composed of at least three elements which are coated on a conductive substrate. One of the at least three elements has a density distribution profile wit... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468985 | Semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device having a wiring configuration which can suppress an increase in the delay time of a wiring extending over the memory cell area even if the cell size is reduced. Wirings of preset wiring length are formed over a sem... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467203 | Facsimile machine As image data is received by the facsimile machine, it is stored in the form of plural lines. A line which contains black pixels more than a predetermined number is taken as a drawing line (image-carrying line or effective line). All the image data lines ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5466958 | MOS-type semiconductor device having electrode structure capable of coping with short-channel effect and manufacturing method thereof In a semiconductor device, an n+ polysilicon layer is formed on a substrate through a gateoxide layer. A p+ source or drain diffusion layer is formed on both sides of an impurity layer in the substrate. The silicon layer positions ov... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5465469 | Method for measuring sound absorption power of a theater chair with a dummy representing a human being seated thereon There is provided a method for measuring a sound absorption power of a theater chair with a human being seated thereon. The method includes steps of disposing a theater chair which is an object of measurement in a measuring environment; disposing a dummy ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5467120 | Thermal transfer recording method and apparatus of both sublimation type and fusion type An image recording method and apparatus employing a thermal head capable of making a sublimation type thermal transfer recording and a fusion type thermal transfer recording by means of the same thermal head. This apparatus sets its vertical printing pitc... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5465408 | AGC circuit for operating in accordance with the nature of the interference signal and method for controlling this circuit A controller for AGC recognizes a signal level broader than an AGC control output from an AGC circuit and also recognizes a signal level (a desired station signal level) in a narrow-band by an output from an S-meter. No interference, or the occurrence of ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5465119 | Pixel interlacing apparatus and method An image processing system uses a pseudo-random pixel interlace method and apparatus for capturing groups of pixels as image frames. This pseudo-random method eliminates the artifacts commonly present in standard regular line raster scan imaging systems. ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5465083 | Data input controller for inhibiting and enabling input A data input controller which can set a keyboard to a key lock mode without affecting the operation state of a central processing unit (CPU). In the normal key input enable state, a keyboard encoder encodes a key input through the keyboard and sends the r... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5465205 | Automatic gain control apparatus The automatic gain controller is comprised of a multiplier for multiplying an input signal by a given AGC multiplication factor to produce an output signal. An adder is provided for subtracting a target value from the output signal and adding an integrate... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5463590 | Multi-bank semiconductor memory device having common command detection A DRAM comprises: a memory cell array divided into a plurality of banks (34, 35; 43, 46) each having a plurality of dynamic type memory cells arranged into substantially a matrix pattern, data being writable in and readable from each memory cell and furth... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462813 | Composite ceramic sintered material Disclosed is a composite ceramic sintered material comprising a surface layer of a composition which contains the silicon nitride and carbon, and an internal portion of the silicon carbide or a combination of the silicon carbide, silicon nitride and carbo... | 10/31/1995 |
