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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5593884 | Oncoprotein protein kinase An isolated polypeptide (JNK) characterized by having a molecular weight of 46kD as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE, having serine and threonine kinase activity, phosphorylating the c-Jun N-terminal activation domain and polynucleotide sequences and metho... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5446937 | Modular ramp system A modular ramp system for use with a threshold which has an offset. The modular ramp system includes a number of elements which may be arranged in various combinations in order to conform to offsets of varying height.... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5426301 | Off-axis interface for a mass spectrometer A mass spectometer for analyzing a beam of ions generated from a sample of analyze comprises an analyzer (3) and an interface between the analyze sample (1) and the analyzer. The inlet aperture to the analyzer (13) is positioned off the axis of the ion be... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5387941 | Data with video transmitter Signal processors for permitting the transparent, simultaneous transmission and reception of a data signal in the video bandwidth is disclosed. The signal processor in the transmitter rasterizes the data at the horizontal scanning rate and modulates the d... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5381057 | ECL gate having active pull-down transistor The present invention relates to a modified emitter coupled logic circuit which includes a differential logic stage and an emitter-follower output stage. An active pull-down circuit and a constant voltage source are included in the output stage of this ci... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5376474 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy for a negative electrode and manufacturing method therefor The disclosure relates to a hydrogen-absorbing alloy for a negative electrode comprising: a main texture of Mm-Ni system having a crystal structure of CaCu5 type; and a plurality of compound phases having a crystal structure other than the crys... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5373626 | Removable pin carrier A pin carrier for locating male contact pins on a printed circuit board (PCB) with a very high degree of accuracy, while placing a very low thermal mass in contact with each male contact pin. The pin carrier has a plurality of chimney structures, each chi... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5355469 | Method for detecting program errors A method of automatically detecting errors in computer program caused by erroneous memory allocations and deallocations, flawed logic structure, and/or hardware malfunctions. The inventive method uses a pre-defined first table structure to monitor all dat... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5350207 | Locking astragal A locking astragal for attaching to an inactive leaf of a double doorway. In the illustrated embodiment, an elongated astragal casing has a channel and bolt-slide assemblies mounted slidably within the channel. Each bolt-slide assembly includes a latching... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5346891 | Lipopolysaccharide-producing bacteria, lipopolysaccharides, and lipopolysaccharide-containing, medicines and veterinary medicines Novel LPS having the following physical properties, novel bacilli providing those LPS, and novel immunity stimulators, anagesics, and antiwithdrawal agents, and novel veterinary immunity stimulators, analgesics, and antiwithdrawal agents containing LPS se... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5287749 | Thermomechanical analyzer A thermomechanical analyzer for efficiently measuring the dynamic viscoelasticity of a sample piece. The analyzer is provided with a function generator, a stress applier, a strain detector, an analog-to-digital converter, a memory and a Fourier transform ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5287790 | Method and apparatus for braiding in two braiding regions A braiding apparatus and method for moving bobbin carriers along tracks connecting a plurality of braiding regions to braid cords or strands in a specific braiding region, in another braiding region or in all the braiding regions. The braid may be used as... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5285207 | Multi-frequency automatic radar system A Doppler control circuit for a CW or pulse Doppler radar system for monitoring not only the phase shift between echo signals from several targets but also the amplitude difference between several targets and to further tune the radar to a particular targ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5283414 | Plasma treatment apparatus The plasma treatment apparatus includes a vacuum-tight first container for receiving the workpieces to be treated, and a pressure-tight second container enclosing the first container. The intermediate space between the two containers can be evacuated by a... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5276327 | Sensor and method for mesaurement of select components of a material A sensor and method is provided for measuring one or more select components of a material. In one embodiment, a method measures the components by emitting electromagnetic radiation at the material and detecting the intensity of the emerging radiation at s... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274560 | Sensor free vehicle navigation system utilizing a voice input/output interface for routing a driver from his source point to his destination point An audio navigation system including an artificial intelligence routing algorithm which does not require any internal or external sensors to locate the vehicle. The interface with the driver is via voice input and voice output and is therefor visually non... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5266916 | Compact transformer Here is disclosed a compact transformer comprising a plurality of core elements so combined to form a complete core defining two closed magnetic circuits, one of these magnetic circuits being provided with primary and secondary windings of a first coil an... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5245129 | Electronic musical instrument which clears a first musical tone prior to generating a second musical tone A device(timer) is provided for measurement of lapse time from a predetermined portion of a first tone assigned to a tone production channel. When a new(second) tone generation request is given to the tone production channel the tone being generated is fo... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5240181 | High volume, low pressure paint spraying system A high volume, low pressure air supply for a paint spraying system includes a primary, high pressure reservoir connected to a secondary reservoir maintained at a pressure substantially lower than the primary reservoir. The secondary reservoir is a "dedica... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5241126 | Electronic musical instrument capable of simulating special performance effects An electronic musical instrument includes a performance operator such as a bar-like member, a position detection circuit for detecting a play position on the performance operator and generating position information corresponding to the play position, a ci... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5228188 | Method of making thin film surface mount fuses SMD fuses having consistent operating characteristics are fabricated by forming a repeating lithographic fuse element pattern on an insulative substrate, passivating the structure, bonding a protective glass plate over the passivation layer, slicing the a... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5227262 | Universal camcorder battery pack A universal camcorder battery pack for use with a number of different camcorder makes and models, including those most popular in the camcorder industry. Such a universal camcorder battery pack provides for both mechanical and electrical compatibility bet... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5226778 | Yarn supply device for automatic winder A supply yarn fitting device and a reserving section are provided in a supply section, and either the supply yarn fitting device is constituted such that it can fit supply yarns such as packages from a plurality of reserving locations or the reserving sec... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5222857 | Process and apparatus for picking up a load from a stack A process for picking up a load from a stack which includes the steps of calculating a height by which a pallet carrying a stack of layers of a load thereon will have to be raised to enable the upper end of the stack to reach a set level of height for det... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5223655 | Electronic musical instrument generating chord data in response to repeated operation of pads An electronic musical instrument with pads is provided with a plurality of pads, a pad operation detection device, and a chord data generation device which generates specified chord data corresponding to a pad when the pad has been operated a second time ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5215271 | Bobbin switching device for winding units A bobbin switching device for winding units comprising a disk rotatable in taking-in direction along a lower surface of a passage on the taking-in side for taking-in a bobbin erected on a tray from a bobbin supply conveyor to a winding position, and a tur... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5209584 | Device for use in Braille printing or paperless Braille communication A device for forming Braille characters for tactile sensation or impression onto an embossable substrate includes a substantially block-like main body. At least one array of six Braille printing pins is contained in the block in a 2×3 Braille cell config... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5203844 | Multiple payload/failure mode launch vehicles A space launch vehicle having two or more specified benign failure modes and associated payload performances capable of launching two or more payloads to one or more mission orbits. When the vehicle benign failure mode yielding the highest vehicle perform... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5199994 | Impurity doping apparatus Impurity doping apparatus composed of a vacuum chamber, a heater for heating a silicon substrate in the chamber, and a gas supply source for supplying a diborane gas containing an impurity component of boron to the chamber. A regulating valve is disposed ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5200771 | Eyeglasses having a detachable nose rest In a pair of eyeglasses having a bridge joining the edges of the lenses, the nose rest includes a one-piece bow which is secured via a spacer element to a retaining and essentially rests only on the bridge of the nose. In particular, the bow, spacer eleme... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5188529 | Device for static fixation of the jaw relation For static fixation of the jaw relation in intraoral recording, a recording instrument set is used that includes a pin holder with a vertically adjustable stylus for placement in one jaw, and a writing or recording plate with an alignment clamp mounted on... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5186579 | Apparatus for controlling direction of underground excavator According to the present invention, there is disclosed an apparatus for controlling the direction of displacement of an underground excavator including a turnable jack to perform excavating operations in the underground region while controlling the direct... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5184713 | Take-up tube transporting apparatus A take-up tube transporting apparatus comprises tray transporting line which circulate endlesswise in two upper and lower stages between a winder and a preparation machine for replacing conical take-up tubes ejected from a textile machine with spinning bo... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5185285 | Method of producing polycrystalline silicon resistor A metal film and a polysilicon film are formed in one wiring, in that after a first polysilicon film is formed, an insulating film is formed on a region where a high-resistance portion of the polysilicon film is to be formed and, then, a metal film is dep... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5181126 | Reading device for facsimile apparatus In a facsimile apparatus, a changed number of picture elements of a single-line data and a preceding line data obtained by scanning a document in a main scanning direction are calculated and the single-line data or specific signal of the specific code gen... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179525 | Method and apparatus for controlling geometrically simple parallel mechanisms with distinctive connections A system, method and apparatus for controlling, via a closed-form forward displacement computation, the position and orientation of a movable platform of a parallel mechanism. A movable platform is supported above a base platform by a plurality of paralle... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5178497 | Electrodeposited reamer tool The present invention relates to an electrodeposited reamer tool (1) for use in precision bore processing. In this electroplated reamer tool (1), a work processing portion (3) in a reamer body is constituted by a finishing portion (4) having a cylindrical ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5179329 | Travel control method, travel control device, and mobile robot for mobile robot systems A plurality of mobile robots forming part of a travel control system are controlled by a travel control station. The travel control station directs each of the mobile robots to a destination where it performs selected operations. The robot, in response to... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5174432 | Tray conveyor apparatus A tray conveyor apparatus for conveying a bobbin loaded on a tray while tilting the axis of the tray from a vertical position to a horizontal position and vice versa, having a first guide for guiding the neck of the tray off a support body which supports ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5173575 | Acoustic apparatus A compact acoustic apparatus in which a vibrator is arranged in a Helmholtz resonator having a resonance port, and is driven to radiate a resonant acoustic wave so as to perform lower bass sound reproduction, is characterized in that a cabinet is reduced ... | 12/22/1992 |
