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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7564783 | Method for assigning of channel capacity to communication links A method for assigning of channel capacity to communication links in a cellular communication system and to an access controller for controlling the access of contending terminals to channel capacity of a cellular communication system is provided. One or more traffi... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7419476 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive component for ankle and use thereof To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive component that can be quickly and easily used to fix an ankle joint by persons having no expert knowledge on taping without causing problems such as difficulty in wearing shoes due to thickening upon application of the tape, ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7381518 | Infrared-sensitive planographic printing plate precursor An infrared-sensitive planographic printing plate precursor including: a support; a recording layer capable of forming an image through infrared irradiation provided on or above one surface of the support, the recording layer containing a resin, which is water-insol... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376423 | Mobile communication device capable of notifying user when deviating from a predetermined area When an operational mode of a mobile terminal is set to a memory mode, the location information of an area of a base station as a contacted party is registered. When the operational mode of a mobile terminal is set to a notification mode, a determination is made whe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369363 | Method for producing magnetic tape in which a prescribed winding habit is imparted to the magnetic tape A method for producing a magnetic tape and method for improving a winding form of the magnetic tape are provided. These methods comprises a stage for winding a magnetic tape around a tape reel; and a stage for thermally treating the magnetic tape wound around the ta... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341979 | Well treatment method The invention provides a method for the treatment of a hydrocarbon well which method comprises administering, down the well, inverse suspension polymerized polymer particles having immobilized therein a well treatment chemical or a precursor or generator thereof. | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338831 | Method of fabricating semiconductor probe with resistive tip Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor probe with a resistive tip. The method includes steps of forming a mask layer on a substrate doped with first impurities and forming first and second semiconductor electrode regions heavily doped with the second im... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339249 | Semiconductor device An insulating film is provided in a region surrounding a circuit region on a p type silicon substrate, and a frame-shaped electrode is provided to surround the circuit region on the insulating film. The region directly under the electrode at the surface of the p typ... | 03/04/2008 |
| D562776 | Gas insulated switchgear | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334849 | Electronic Control system for controlling the brakes fitted on a rail or light rail motive power unit A system for controlling brakes on a rail or light rail motive power unit, in which the brakes are provided with a pneumatic braking system including a pneumatic main pipe and a pneumatic brake pipe. The system includes a control unit, manually operated actuating de... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335719 | Polyester based on poly(trimethylene terephthalate) A polyester based on poly(trimethylene terephthalate) consisting essentially of trimethylene terephthalate repeating units, comprising at least one kind of compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal compounds, alkaline earth metal compounds and mang... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336045 | Speed regulator for a brushless dc motor Speed regulator for a brushless DC motor, wherein the DC motor comprises a stator, a rotor and an electromagnet wherein the electromagnet is in the vicinity of the stator, the rotor produces a permanent magnetic field and the electromagnet is activated to generate a... | 02/26/2008 |
| D562096 | Jig saw | 02/19/2008 |
| D562232 | Uninterruptible power supply | 02/19/2008 |
| D562254 | Gas insulated switchgear | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333543 | Motion vector estimation method and apparatus thereof A method which calculates a motion vector based on a transformed picture obtained by Discrete Coefficient Transform (DCT) or a Wavelet transform, and an apparatus appropriate for the method. The motion vector estimating method in an encoding method for a moving pict... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333591 | Method for the planning and delivery of radiation therapy A new optimization method for generating treatment plans for radiation oncology is described and claimed. This new method works for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), intensity modulated arc therapy (IMAT), and hybrid IMRT. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333630 | Method and apparatus for detecting film image using grouping Provided is a method and apparatus for determining whether an input mage is a film image. The method includes (a) receiving a predetermined number of similarity values of two adjacent fields of the same kind from an image having interlaced fields, (b) classifying th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331234 | Ultrasonic imaging method and ultrasonic imaging apparatus An ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus capable of obtaining image information at a high volume rate and improving resolution. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus has an ultrasonic transducer array including plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331694 | Illuminating unit and projection type image display apparatus using the same An illuminating unit having a plurality of light emitting devices and collimators and a projection type image display apparatus using the same are provided. The illuminating unit includes: a plurality of light emitting devices which output light beams of predetermin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332258 | Positive resist composition and process for forming pattern using the same A positive resist composition comprising (A) a resin that contains a repeating unit represented by formula (1) defined in the specification and a repeating unit represented by formula (2) defined in the specification, and is insoluble or slightly soluble in an alkal... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332265 | Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, and image-forming method A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one yellow dye image-forming layer, at least one magenta dye image-forming layer, and at least one cyan dye image-forming layer, each provided on a transparent support, | 02/19/2008 |
| D562353 | Rubber crawler | 02/19/2008 |
| D562389 | Ballpoint pen | 02/19/2008 |
| D561786 | Rubber crawler | 02/12/2008 |
| D561536 | Cup | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330935 | Set associative cache system and control method for cache memories A cache system comprises i (e.g., 2) groups of m (e.g., 2) ways and n (e.g., 2) sets of cache arrays, a set address decoder, a comparator, a cache address and cache management information. The set address decoder selects all or one of the i groups of cache arrays ba... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330551 | Apparatus and method for controlling input signal level Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling an input signal level. The apparatus for controlling an input signal level according to the present invention includes: a memory for storing a current input signal level, a previous input signal level, a maximu... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330466 | PCM-based data transmission system and method A transmitting terminal generates a stream of a given number of PCM codes whose polarity bits are each fixed at “1”, and transmits it to a receiving terminal. Subsequently, the transmitting terminal creates a data PCM stream made of full-bit PCM codes by fixing ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330301 | Inexpensive variable rep-rate source for high-energy, ultrafast lasers System for converting relatively long pulses from rep-rate variable ultrafast optical sources to shorter, high-energy pulses suitable for sources in high-energy ultrafast lasers. Fibers with positive group velocity dispersion (GVD) and self phase modulation are adva... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330205 | Method and apparatus for photographing fluorescent and reflected-light images A photographing method and apparatus for photographing a fluorescent image, composed of fluorescent light emitted by a living tissue that has been illuminated by a stimulating light, as an image having a higher S/N ratio. Fluorescent light emitted by a living tissue... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330163 | Apparatus for driving a plurality of display units using common driving circuits In an apparatus for driving a plurality of display units in a mobile electronic apparatus, each including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan line and a plurality of pixels each provided at one of the data lines and one of the scan lines, at least one of ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329971 | Voice coil-type linear motor with cooling function A voice coil type linear motor with a cooling function. A closed magnetic circuit formed into the θ-shape, by an inner yoke provided between a pair of outer yokes made up of magnetic materials arranged in parallel with a longitudinal center axis in such a manner as... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329898 | Transition metal complex and light-emitting device A light-emitting device comprising a pair of electrodes and one or more organic layers disposed between the electrodes, the one or more organic layers comprising a light-emitting layer. At least one of the organic layers comprises a transition metal complex containi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329771 | Intermediates in producing phenoxyacetic acid derivatives and method of using the same The present invention provides novel intermediates represented by general formula (I) etc. for preparing a phenoxyacetic acid derivative represented by general formula (X) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has β3-adrenoceptor stimulating activity... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329760 | CC-1065 analog synthesis Improved synthesis of seco(−)CBI (5-hydroxy-3-amino-1-[S]-(chloromethyl)-1,2-dihydro-3H-benz(e)indole): and improved syntheses therefrom of a wide variety of CC-1065 analogs that comprise a cyclopropabenzidole ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329665 | Quinazolinone derivative An optically active form of the quinazolinone derivatives represented by the general formula (1): [wherein Y represents a phenyl group or C2-C7 alkyl group; E represents —CH═ or nitrogen atom; and R represent... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329194 | Multi-piece solid golf ball The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball comprising a core, an envelope layer encasing the core, an intermediate layer encasing the envelope layer, and a cover which encases the intermediate layer and has formed on a surface thereof a plurality of dimple... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329110 | Tire vulcanizing mold and pneumatic tire There is provided a tire vulcanizing mold capable of smoothly and surely forming narrow-width grooves in a treading face without causing the damage, breakage and the like of projections for the formation of the grooves in a sector mold and land portions in the tread... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328677 | Plasma-jet spark plug and ignition system A plasma-jet spark plug includes a metal shell, an electrical insulator retained in the metal shell, a center electrode held in an axial hole of the electrical insulator to define a cavity by a front end face of the center electrode and an inner circumferential surf... | 02/12/2008 |
