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| H2189 | SQL enhancements to support text queries on speech recognition results of audio data A system, method, computer program product, and application program interface for indexing data relating to results of speech recognition in a database management system provides the capability to perform simple and efficient searches on audio speech data with reduc... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6981927 | Golf ball surface configuration for improved buffing An improved mold and method of making a golf ball product is disclosed. The mold parts are flared outward towards the parting line, which creates a golf ball product having a flared area around the equator. The flared area is provided to facilitate post-mold process... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6893361 | Multilayer golf ball with hoop-stress layer The invention includes a golf ball having a center, a hoop-stress layer of high tensile elastic modulus material wrapped or wound about the core, at least one layer of a resilient elastomeric material, and a cover of at least one layer. The center in the golf ball c... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6884182 | Golf ball with an improved intermediate layer The present invention is directed towards a golf ball which comprises a core, a cover and at least one improved intermediate layer disposed between core and the cover. The intermediate layer a composite of at least two dissimilar materials that is radially oriented ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6885637 | Distributed determination of explicit rate in an ATM communication system In an ATM satellite communication system, congestion parameters for the downlink from the satellite are measured in the satellite and are broadcast to the downlink terminals or to the downlink and uplink terminals linked by virtual channels extending through the sat... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6867279 | Golf ball comprising saturated polyurethanes and methods of making the same A golf ball comprising a layer including a saturated polyurethane composition formed of a saturated prepolymer and a saturated curing agent, wherein the layer may be casted as an outer cover, formed as an intermediate layer, or both. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6864744 | Amplifier circuit The invention concerns an amplifier circuit which comprises an amplifier unit (210) arranged to receive an input signal, to influence the amplification of this input signal and to transmit an output signal. The amplifier circuit also comprises a first control... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6851901 | Tool, a machine tool, and a method of cutting The invention refers to a tool (1), a machine tool, and a method for cutting machining of a workpiece. The tool includes a mounting portion (5) for mounting of the tool in the machine tool, a tool shaft (7), which has a first inner end (7... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6850129 | Device for coaxial connection A device for a coaxial connection that is intended to connect a coaxial cable (6) to the conductive pattern (3a) of a circuit board and contains an outer conductor (1) with an inner conductor (4) that is insulated relative thereto.... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6849007 | Dimple pattern for golf balls A golf ball having a dimpled surface that is subdivided into two or more distinct regions wherein different dimple placement schemes are used in different regions. A preferred embodiment has polar regions dimpled according to an octahedral-based dimple pattern and t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6848835 | Contact device with an opto-electric converter and fixable at a structural element in a building The invention concerns a contact device that comprises a carrier member (10), a receiving unit (12) for receiving at least one optical fibre (14), a control circuit (16) that includes a converter for converting optical signals to electric... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6845162 | Device for active sound control in a space The invention refers to a device for sound control in a space (2) with a sound field from at least one sound source (3). The device includes a pulse sensor (5), which provides a pulse signal from the sound source (3). Moreover, the device... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6844384 | Golf ball compositions containing oxa esters A golf ball and process for forming a golf ball having at least one layer, where the layer is formed of a polymer blend comprising a thermoplastic component having a flexural modulus of about 60,000 psi or greater and at least one oxa ester, oxa acid, or a combinati... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6839138 | Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball be... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6838519 | Multilayer golf ball and composition A golf ball comprising a core, a cover, and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, wherein the core has a compression of less than about 60 and the intermediate layer is formed from a blend comprising a polyurethane material, wherei... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6836773 | Enterprise web mining system and method An enterprise-wide web data mining system, computer program product, and method of operation thereof, that uses Internet based data sources, and which operates in an automated and cost effective manner. The enterprise web mining system comprises: a database coupled ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6835794 | Golf balls comprising light stable materials and methods of making the same Golf equipment having improved cut and shear resistance that includes a polyurea composition, preferably saturated, formed of a polyurea prepolymer and a curing agent, wherein the polyurea prepolymer includes an isocyanate and a polyether amine, and wherein the curi... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827657 | Golf balls including a staged resin film and methods of making same The present invention is directed towards a golf ball wherein at least one portion of the golf ball is formed from a staged resin film that may contain fillers or additives to alter the physical or chemical characteristics of the ball, such as its weight distributio... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827644 | Magic game system A system is provided for distributing magic games from a web server via the internet, in which a game provider provides magic games from the web server, while a user communicates the magic games using a portable remote information terminal, whereby answers to questi... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6826563 | Supporting bitmap indexes on primary B+tree like structures A method for building bitmap indexes on a primary B+tree used for storing data in the database that has a mapping table associated with it. The bitmap index is built by using the mapping table row identifiers. ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6825931 | Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball be... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823035 | Control rod A control rod (2) for boiling water reactor comprising four absorber blades (6, 7, 8, 9) which form an orthogonal cross with a cruciform centre (10). The width of the absorber blades coincides with the radial direction of the control rod and the... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6822599 | Integrated circuit and A/D conversion circuit The integrated circuit comprises an interior division circuit to hold a first amount of charge corresponding to a weighted sum of a first analog voltage and a second analog voltage corresponding to a digital signal, an exterior division circuit to hold a second amou... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818724 | Thin-layer-covered golf ball with inproved velocity A golf ball comprising a center comprising a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and a resilience index of at least about 40; and a cover layer comprising a polyurethane composition formed from a prepolymer having no greater than 7.5 perc... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6818705 | Thin-layer-covered golf ball with improved velocity A golf ball comprising a center comprising a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and a resilience index of at least about 40; and a cover layer comprising a polyurethane composition formed from a prepolymer having no greater than 7.5 perc... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814563 | Holding device for holding an article and a plant for heat treatment of an article The invention refers to a plant and a holding device in connection with heat treatment of articles (3), which is at least partly manufactured in a thermosetting composite material. The holding device, which is comprised by the plant, includes a base element (... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6813885 | Electrohydraulic setting device An actuating device (1) for carrying out mechanical work by means of a slave piston rod (5) in a hydraulically-operated slave cylinder (2), where the actuating device (1) is made up of a hydraulic pump (3) integrated with a slave c... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6812317 | Wound golf ball having cast polyurethane cover A golf ball and a method of making a golf ball that includes a center formed from a material including polybutadiene and having a high resilience, at least one cover layer formed of a material including polyurethane, and at least one wound layer of a tensioned mater... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811497 | Liquid center for golf balls The present invention is directed toward golf balls with improved resistance to water permeation. These golf balls comprise cover, core and, optionally, intermediate layers, with at least one of these layers including a polymer blend that provides resistance to wate... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811372 | Device at an acoustic liner A device at an acoustic liner for an apparatus generating sound comprises means (12) adapted to enable changes of the value of the acoustic impedance of the liner. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810399 | Property extensions The present invention relates to a repository which stores properties of database objects. The repository includes a first store for storing a number of predetermined properties, and a second store for storing additional properties. A processor is provided for deter... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6809822 | Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball be... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805762 | Film transfer tool and method for producing a small diameter roller for use for a transfer head of a film transfer A film transfer tool which allows a transfer head to be disposed in any of the spaces between letters of normally used word processors for implementation of a smooth transfer operation of film and a method of making the same are disclosed. A feed reel 2 and a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804988 | Golf ball COR testing machine The present invention comprises an automated machine for testing the physical properties of spherical objects. Preferably, the apparatus comprises a firing mechanism that includes an inner and outer barrel. An object inside the firing mechanism is propelled towards ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6799809 | Method and apparatus for remote self-propelled conveying in mineral deposits A method and apparatus for the mining of material from a seam includes a mining apparatus and a self-propelled conveyor capable of advancing or retreating in the seam on its own power and an advancing and steering arrangement for the mining apparatus. The self-prope... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6800690 | Golf balls incorporating polyamide polymers Golf balls having at least one layer formed from compositions including a polyamide a copolymer that lacks affinity for water formed from at least one dibasic acid and at least one diamine. The polyamide copolymer compositions may be mixed with ionomers or non-ionom... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6797097 | Method for making a multilayered golf ball The invention provides a method for making a golf ball. Two cups are molded from an elastomer separately from an inner sphere. In one embodiment of the method, the cups are molded on both sides of a single mold part with hemispherical protrusions that form cavities ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6796912 | Golf ball dimples with a catenary curve profile A golf ball having an outside surface with a plurality of dimples formed thereon. The dimples on the ball have a cross-sectional profiles formed by a catenary curve. Shape constants in the catenary curve are used to vary the ball flight performance according to ball... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792024 | Laser arrangement The invention in question relates to a laser arrangement (1). The device includes the means (2, 4) to steer the laser beam across a reflecting body (3). The body (3) is arranged to reflect the said laser beam so that it is aimed in a surr... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6790147 | Low modulus golf ball compositions and methods for making same Golf balls having a core including a material formed from a controlled-isomer polybutadiene, a crosslinking agent, and a free-radical initiator, or a reaction product thereof, and a cover having a plurality of dimples disposed about the core, wherein the controlled-... | 09/14/2004 |
