Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6712866 | Alternative fuel A spark ignition motor fuel composition consisting essentially of: a hydrocarbon component containing one or more hydrocarbons selected from five to eight carbon atoms straight-chained or branched alkanes, wherein the hydrocarbon component has a minimum anti-knock i... | 03/30/2004 |
| 7500699 | Clamping mechanical pipe coupling derived from a standard fitting A coupling for joining pipe segments together is disclosed. The coupling is derived from a standard fitting and has a housing with a socket and a first expanded region adjacent to the socket and a second expanded region adjacent to the first expanded region. A seali... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484654 | Container having sliding corner support A container having multiple wall panels forming container sides, the container having at least first and second wall panels that meet at a first corner. The container is assembleable from a flat or knockdown state to an opened or assembled state. A first inner panel... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7460130 | Method and system for generation, storage and distribution of omni-directional object views Image acquisition refers to the taking of digital images of multiple views of the object of interest. In the processing step, the constituent images collected in the image acquisition step are selected and further processed to form a multimedia sequence which allows... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458760 | Base for a lifting device for a personal transportation vehicle A preferred embodiment of a lifting device for a personal-transportation vehicle includes an arm for lifting the personal transportation vehicle, a column for supporting the arm, and a base for supporting and stabilizing the column. The base includes a bar pivotally... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7431546 | Device for securing a personal-transport vehicle to a mounting surface A preferred embodiment of a device for securing a personal-transport vehicle to a mounting surface includes one of a plow bracket and a bracket member for mounting on one of the personal-transport vehicle and the mounting surface, and a receptacle for mounting on th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429153 | Pipe chamfering tool A cutting element and chamfering tool for pipe preparation is disclosed. The cutting element is formed from a ring having a split defining ends of the ring. One of the ends has a cutting edge. The one end is offset from the other to present the cutting edge to the p... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429459 | Methods for identifying a compound that inhibits the procession of amyloid-beta protein production in a mammalian cell expressing APP and overexpressing a G-protein coupled receptor in the cell A method for identifying compounds that inhibit amyloidal-beta precursor protein processing in cells, comprising contacting a test compound with a GPCR polypeptide, or fragment thereof, and measuring a compound-GPCR property related to the production of amyloidal-be... | 09/30/2008 |
| D577423 | Nozzle coupling | 09/23/2008 |
| D576763 | Light fixture | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421113 | System and method for localizing imaging devices A system and method for localizing imaging devices in a network using images taken by the imaging devices. The relative position and orientation of a network of camera-equipped communications devices are obtained by having each device examine images taken by its cam... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413599 | Coated pearlescent pigments with SiOand cerium oxide The invention relates to pearlescent pigments with a platelet-shaped substrate comprising metal oxide and having a first and a second protective layer, said metal oxide having a refractive index of greater than 1.8, there being on the platelet-shaped substrate a fir... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411010 | Composition for anchoring a material in or to concrete or masonry Disclosed are compositions for anchoring materials in or to concrete or masonry. The compositions preferably comprise alkylacrylate ester monomer and a copolymer of alkylacrylate ester and methacrylic acid monomers, and free-radical catalyst. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407376 | Compression molding apparatus Apparatus for compression molding plastic articles includes a plurality of molds mounted for travel around a first axis. Each mold includes an upper mold section and a lower mold section, with at least one of the upper and lower mold sections being moveable in a non... | 08/05/2008 |
| D574106 | Asymmetric light fixture | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404543 | Slow closing actuator and valve A valve actuator is disclosed for use with short throw valves. The actuator includes a plate perpendicular to the valve stem that has a slot formed of regions having different radii of curvature centered on the valve stem. An eccentric cam is attached to a handle mo... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401757 | Fixing arrangement for vehicle roof mounting of an air conditioning module Described is a fixing arrangement for releasably fixing an air conditioning module to the roof of a vehicle such as a rail vehicle. The module has opposite side surfaces from which first fixing projections project. The vehicle roof supports positioning rail members ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401819 | Mechanical pipe coupling having spacers A preassembled mechanical pipe coupling having spacers is disclosed. The coupling has a plurality of interconnectable segments that straddle the ends of pipe elements to be joined. The segments have arcuate surfaces that engage outer surfaces of the pipe elements. S... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398741 | Remote control unmanned boat and remote control device This invention concerns a remote control unmanned boat which can be freely operated by remote control and a remote control device. The remote control unmanned boat comprises a propelling power source 11 for generating a propelling power, a steering device ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400431 | Method for encoding video holograms for holographically reconstructing a scene A method and a device for encoding and reconstructing computer-generated video holograms using a conventional LC display: it provides holographic reconstruction of three-dimensional scenes using electronically controllable pixel in a holographic array (3) wit... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396202 | Lift and carrier assembly for a personal-transportation vehicle A preferred embodiment of a lift and carrier assembly for a personal-transportation vehicle includes a deck frame, a platform, and a trolley assembly mounted on the deck frame. The trolley assembly includes a drive nut, a motor for rotating the drive nut, and a driv... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392820 | Liquid shut-off valve An automatic shut-off valve suitable for watering of batteries is disclosed. The valve is formed by a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A seat surrounds the outlet. A spring biased piston within the cylinder is movable into and out of sealing engagement with th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395414 | Dynamic recalculation of resource vector at issue queue for steering of dependent instructions A method and apparatus for steering instructions dynamically, at issue time, so as to maximize the efficiency of use of execution units being shared by multiple threads being processed by an SMT processor. Resource vectors are used at issue time to redirect instruct... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390061 | Device for adjustment of level of inclination of back part of motor vehicle seat A device for adjustment of the level of inclination of the back part of a motor vehicle seat having a device part (2) connected to the seat part and a device part (3) connected to the backrest, which can be pivoted opposite to each other about a pivot ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387184 | Setting system for pre-crash setting of a motor vehicle seat An adjusting arrangement for pre-crash adjustment of at least one vehicle component, in particular of a vehicle seat, is disclosed, having an adjusting device with two entry connections, and a control device for receiving an entry signal and output of a control sign... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387830 | Coating agent, method and coated substrate surface The invention concerns a coating agent for cellulose-bearing substrate surfaces comprising a liquid phase and binding agent, wherein the coating agent includes platelet-shaped pigments and a bonding agent, wherein the platelet-shaped pigments are corrosion-resistant... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388675 | Interferometers for the measurement of large diameter thin wafers An interferometer for measuring the flatness, variation of thickness and parallelism of large, thin transparent wafers held vertically and undistorted by gravitational forces. A sodium lamp provides monochromatic light that is diffusely reflected off a background sc... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387340 | Inclination adjustment device with freely pivoting device for the back part of a motor vehicle seat The invention relates to a device for adjusting inclination having a freely pivoting device for the back part of a motor vehicle seat, which has at least: an inclination adjuster (2) with a lower part (3) and an upper... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383693 | Cooling device A cooling device includes a branch line with one end thereof communicating with a supplying line, and the other end communicating with a recovery line, wherein a part of the refrigerant supplied to the supplying line by a pump, flows as a branch; a heater installed ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385043 | Homogeneous multiplex screening assays and kits Highly multiplexed homogeneous in vitro screening assays for numerous possible nucleic acid targets, any of which might be present in a sample, utilize fluorescent hybridization probes that are combinatorially coded from a panel of fluorophores by subdividing each p... | 06/10/2008 |
| D570458 | Mechanical coupling | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377740 | Lifting device for a personal-transportation vehicle A preferred embodiment of a lifting device includes a mounting column having a first major portion extending in a first direction, and a second major portion fixedly coupled to the first major portion and extending in a second direction. The lifting device also comp... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377285 | Walker A walker is disclosed having two sets of handles positioned for rising from and lowering to a seated position in addition to serving as a walking aid. The walker comprises a frame having a front section comprising a pair of front vertical supports and a rigid cross-... | 05/27/2008 |
| D570037 | Asymmetric light fixture | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376905 | Method, system, and computer program product for user-specified GUI object distribution An improvement to the known method/system for distribution of elements displayed in GUI windows and similar processing environments is disclosed. A visible, moveable, and size-adjustable bounding box is provided. The user can specify any size for the bounding box an... | 05/20/2008 |
| D569536 | Battery powered power supply with built-in flashlight | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371051 | Controlled magnetohydrodynamic fluidic networks and stirrers The present invention relates to controlled, magnetohydrodynamically-driven, fluidic networks containing a plurality of individually controlled branches. The branches consist of conduits equipped with pairs of electrodes that are controlled by electrode controllers.... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373317 | Method and apparatus for facilitating sales of goods by independent parties A method for facilitating sales of goods of independent sellers. The method involves receiving a standard identification code, such as a UPC or ISBN code, of readily identifiable goods. The standard identification code is transmitted by a seller to a third-party mar... | 05/13/2008 |
| D568970 | Pipe coupling | 05/13/2008 |
| D568971 | Mechanical coupling | 05/13/2008 |
