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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183790 | LED reading light and method for operating an LED reading light The LED reading light, in particular for a passenger transportation vehicle such as, for example, an airplane, a bus, or a ship, is provided with two power supply connections (17) for connection to a power supply unit (16), an LED light means for givin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8162259 | Aircraft ejection seat with passive limb retention An aircraft ejection seat includes a passive limb retention system. The limb retention system comprises a primary lanyard that forms a loop around the crewmember's footwell and a secondary lanyard that is releasably attached to a medial portion of the loop in the pr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146999 | Aircraft seat with adjustable armrest An aircraft seat has an adjustable armrest in which the armrest platform is supported by a hinged attachment to an armrest support member. The hinged attachment between the armrest platform and the arm support member is located at the wrist-end of the arm support me... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8129908 | Navigation light device for an aircraft, in particular a military airplane The navigation lighting device for an aircraft, in particular a military aircraft and preferably a fighter aircraft is provided with several navigation light units with navigation lights, a power supply unit for the navigation tight units, and a central actuation un... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128521 | Mechanical broadhead with pivoting, interlocking blades A mechanical broadhead arrowhead has moveable blades that deploy from a retracted in-flight configuration to an outward deployed configuration as the broadhead strikes the target. Once in the deployed configuration, the blades are locked to each other against the re... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118441 | Color-variable LED light, particularly for lighting the interior of vehicles The invention relates to an LED light, particularly a reading or seat lamp for vehicles such as travel coaches or airplanes, said light being equipped with a housing (36), a plurality of LEDs comprising first LEDs (16) that transmit electromagnetic rad... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104378 | Method of producing initial components for saw blades or saw bands The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing of preforms (15, 25) for saw blades respectively saw bands, comprising the following steps (a) arranging a strip (30) of a cutting material for a cutting edge of saw blades respectively saw ba... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092424 | Safety syringe A safety syringe adapted consists of an outer casing that supports a conventional hypodermic needle and an inner casing which supports a blunt cannula that is disposed inside the inner lumen of the hypodermic needle. The inner casing is keyed to the outer casing by ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083878 | Fire resistant veneer assembly for aircraft interiors A fire resistant wood veneer assembly includes at least a decorative veneer layer and at least one aluminum foil layer. The aluminum foil layer is bonded to the decorative wood veneer with phenolic adhesive at high pressure and high temperature to produce a fire res... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8066493 | Inflation aspirator with collapsible barrel An aspirator for inflating an aircraft evacuation slide, emergency raft or other inflatable device includes a flexible, collapsible aspirator barrel that is inflated during operation to form a substantially rigid tube. According to one embodiment, the inflatable sup... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8006256 | Optical disc medium having clamping region with protruding structures A recording layer is described that is at least partially or entirely positioned at a distance T7 of less than 0.4 mm with respect to the second surface. When the optical recording medium is clamped in a drive, the recording layer has a “higher” posit... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7987949 | Parking brake lever system The present invention relates to parking brake lever system 1 for manually tightening and releasing of at least one brake cable 90, wherein the parking brake lever system 1 comprises at least one rotation arm 10, 12 pivotably supported at... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7905450 | Aircraft equipment support A support for aircraft seats and other equipment has a lower support link that sweeps out a lateral arc. The lower support link supports a platform that may have a conventional linear track. The linear track provides fore/aft movement substantially orthogonal to a l... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7887020 | Seat track locking mechanism An apparatus for adjusting the position of a seat comprises a rack and a clock nut that grips the rack. The rack comprises a threaded rod, while the clock nut comprises a short cylindrical body that is drilled and threaded along its diameter with internal threads co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878452 | Aircraft ejection seat with moveable headrest An ejection seat includes a headrest that, upon initiation of the ejection seat, moves forward to support the pilot's head in a tilted-forward position. By holding the crewmember's head in a tilted-forward position, windblast forces are controlled to prevent the hel... | 02/01/2011 |
| D631525 | Clamping apparatus | 01/25/2011 |
| 7862116 | Cushion for aircraft ejection seat A seat cushion for an aircraft seat includes a plurality of rear edge securing straps attached to the lower surface of the seat cushion. The rear edge securing straps each have a free end that includes a pull-the-dot fastener that engages a corresponding pull-the-do... | 01/04/2011 |
| H2242 | Light therapy system An apparatus for treating musculoskeletal disorders comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes and a control circuit. The control circuit causes the light emitting diodes to pulse at predetermined frequencies of from 0 (continuous) to 125 Hz. The light emitting ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7721915 | Hybrid inflator with temporary gas generator throttle A dual stage hybrid inflation device includes a first stage gas source including a liquefied gas stored in a first stage pressure vessel and a second stage gas source including a gas generator having a gas output directed into the first stage pressure vessel. The ga... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7699265 | Aircraft ejection seat with movable headrest An ejection seat includes a headrest that, upon initiation of the ejection seat, moves forward to support the pilot's head in a tilted-forward position. By holding the crewmember's head in a tilted-forward position, windblast forces are controlled to prevent the hel... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7654365 | Two-piece floating disc brake assembly A two-piece floating disc brake assembly comprises a hub with a plurality of radially extending drive cogs that engage a corresponding plurality of teeth that extend radially inwardly from the disc brake rotor. The disc is retained to the rotor by a plurality of ret... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7600732 | Aircraft interior equipment support A equipment support for aircraft and the like comprises a base to which a lower link, an intermediate link, and a equipment platform are attached. The lower link rotates horizontally about the base. The intermediate link rotates horizontally about the end of the low... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7578472 | Aircraft ejection seat system An ejection seat having pitch, roll, and yaw control provided by three separate rocket motors where each rocket motor has a fixed nozzle and the entire rocket motor is rotated about a single axis corresponding to the minimum principal moment of inertia of the rocket... | 08/25/2009 |
| RE40763 | Horse race starting gate A modular starting gate having a truss module, a door releasing module, a stall divider module, a front door module, a rear door module, a towing module, and a wheel assembly module. The door releasing module includes a roll-bar having articulated members that are c... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7500639 | Aircraft ejection seat with adjustable headrest An aircraft ejection seat includes a frame and a headrest. The vertical position of the seat is adjusted by a pair of motor driven lead screws that cooperate with threaded barrel nuts attached to the seat frame. The upper end of one of these motor driven lead screws... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7490795 | Aircraft evacuation slide with primary gas relief valve An emergency evacuation slide system includes a control valve having a normally-open vent that closes after a predetermined period of time calculated to vent excess inflation gas produced by the gas generator. In operation, in the event of an aircraft emergency exit... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7467764 | Fuselage mounted evacuation slide system An inflatable evacuation slide system includes a slide pack that is ejected from its enclosure by means of an ejection bag, which inflates rapidly to force the evacuation slide out of the enclosure. The high accelerations imposed on the uninflated evacuation slide b... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7448959 | Golf club head with a detachable face plate and method of tuning the golf club head A golf club head and a method of tuning the golf club head. The golf club head includes a body having a front surface, a back surface, a heel end, a toe end, a sole extending between the lower portions of the heel and the toe ends, a top portion extending between th... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448964 | Golf club head having a crown with thin regions A golf club head includes a hollow body having a front wall, a crown and a sole. The crown has a thickness dimension measured between its inner and outer surfaces. An outer edge of the crown extends in a generally arcuate path between heel and toe ends of the hollow... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448955 | Golf club head with alignment indicia A golf club head includes a body and ball alignment indicia that protrudes forwardly of the front surface of the body. A transparent plate covers the ball alignment indicia and has a front face arranged for impacting a golf ball. A flange on the transparent plate is... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7427049 | Aircraft seat floor track fitting A floor track fitting for securing seating or other equipment to a section of aircraft floor track consists of a pair of substantially U-shaped cleat members and a captive bolt. The cleat members are inserted back-to-back through the holes in the floor track. Once t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7396298 | Golf club head with reinforced crown A golf club head with a front wall, a rear wall and a reinforced crown includes ribs in the crown that are spaced more closely together near the front wall than near the rear wall. Preferably, the ribs radiate from a point in space located forward of the front wall.... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380755 | Frangible pneumatic latch An inflatable evacuation slide system includes an inflatable evacuation slide stored in a packboard compartment the cover panel of which is retained by a plurality of frangible pneumatic latches. The frangible pneumatic latches each comprise a tension member one end... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374499 | Golf club head with dual durometer face insert A golf club head includes a face insert that comprises an insert core made of a relatively hard (high durometer) durable polymer material that is surrounded on at least its rear and side surfaces by an insert shell made of a second softer (lower durometer) polymer m... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361100 | Metal composite golf club head A golf club head is formed with a crown having an aperture with an arcuate rear edge and a forward edge that is substantially parallel to the striking face. The aperture is transected by an arcuate rib that extends from a region proximal the heel end of the crown to... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7314198 | Aircraft evacuation slide with thermally actuated gas relief valve An inflation valve for use with an inflatable emergency evacuation slide includes a thermally actuated gas relief valve having an exhaust port the effective size of which increases with increasing temperature. The exhaust port is metered by a valve member. The valve... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310729 | Digital rights management license delivery system and method A system for Digital Rights Management (DRM) license delivery is presented in which the license and encrypted content is accessed from a unique download URL address for each unit of encrypted content for each subscriber. The license is delivered only a limited numbe... | 12/18/2007 |
| D556023 | Hose reel | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287727 | Aircraft evacuation slide inflator having valve leakage trap and safety vent An inflatable aircraft evacuation slide system includes a primary valve, a bust disk and a valve leakage trap operatively disposed between the primary valve and the burst disk. The valve leakage trap comprises a small exhaust vent opening into a flow restriction ori... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278539 | Sports equipment bag A portable enclosure for storing and carrying baseball and other athletic equipment consists of six fabric-covered rigid panels which can be closed by means of a single continuous zipper to form a rigid rectangular parallelepiped that can be carted easily by means o... | 10/09/2007 |
