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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6857488 | Boring head cutter A tunnel boring including a rotatable head is disclosed. The head has a cutting face transverse to a head axis of rotation. A plurality of cutters are mounted in the face each on an associated one of a plurality of hubs. The hubs mounted for rotation about a respect... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857230 | Raised flooring system and method An improved pedestal for a flooring system of the type which utilizes prefabricated base panels installed in side by side relationship to support a series of upstanding pedestals positioned in a geometric pedestal array is disclosed. The pedestals support further pa... | 02/22/2005 |
| 7124696 | Portable carpet binding machine A portable carpet binding machine comprising a housing defining an interior region, a drive mechanism supported by the housing and at least partially disposed in the interior region, a prime mover operatively coupled to the drive mechanism for providing motive power... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127148 | Optical fibre manifold An optical fiber manifold arrange to orientate a plurality of optical fibers from a single dimensional ribbon array to a two dimensional block array, wherein the fiber spacing (X) in the block array is the same as the fiber spacing in the ribbon array. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121591 | Flexible metal hose assembly and method of making the same A hose assembly including an elongated flexible metal hose attached to a hose fitting having a fitting body defining a passageway for conveying material. The fitting body has a mating portion for connecting the hose assembly to a corresponding fitting which delivers... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100759 | Magnetic support structure for an elevator tube of a vertical rapid thermal processing unit A vertical rapid thermal processing system includes a processing chamber and an elevator structure providing for vertical movement of a workpiece within the processing chamber. The elevator structure includes a workpiece support for supporting the workpiece and an e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093485 | Fuel level sensor A fuel level sensor for sensing and monitoring the level of remaining fluid in a container such as a fuel tank for a motorized vehicle is disclosed. The fuel level sensor incorporates an improved float and pivot arm member attached to a hub that rotates about a pivo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093763 | Laser scanner having analog digitizer with increased noise immunity A laser scanner for reading a bar code having a plurality of bar code elements. The laser scanner includes a digitizer which receives as an input an analog signal from photodetector circuitry and digitizes the analog signal to produce a digital bar code pattern (DBP... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7070494 | Poultry picking finger and mounting structure Picking fingers suitable for use in automatic defeathering machines. The picking fingers are suitable for mounting to circular openings in a mounting plate. The picking finger includes an elastomeric picking finger body and a retainer for securing the picking finger... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7064639 | Electromagnetic latching switch A magnetic latching switch. The switch includes a pair of switch terminals, a switch actuator, an electromagnet and a biasing member. The switch actuator is manually moveable from a first position where the switch terminals are in a first state to a second position ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065495 | Method and apparatus for preventing oligopoly collusion A method and apparatus for reducing incentives for oligopolistic collusion comprises making managerial compensation dependent on relative profits rather than absolute profits. Since the managers of the firms in the industry are thereby placed in a zero-sum game, the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063757 | Method and apparatus for applying optical film to glass The present invention concerns a method and system for applying decorative tape to a glass sheet. The disclosed system and method allow tape segments that are shorter than a distance between a cutter and a glass engagement position to be applied by an application he... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055505 | Vehicle fuel management system An integrated fuel management system and method for controlling the fuel storage and delivery in a vehicle. The fuel management system includes a fuel storage tank for storing fuel in a vehicle, a vapor collection canister located within the fuel storage tank, a ven... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051624 | Security nut, bolt and screw A security screw fastener, e.g. a nut or bolt having a head (3) around which is a curved exterior surface (5) which is at least partially conical or dome-shaped on which several left-handed and right-handed grooves (12, 13) are formed which are ... | 05/30/2006 |
| D514488 | Rearview mirror for an over the highway truck | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991168 | Multi-channel signal processing in an optical reader An optical reader, for example a field of view reader or a flying spot scanner for reading a printed indicia such as a bar code symbol includes a light source and a light detector, and at least two channels associated with the detector for carrying signals correspon... | 01/31/2006 |
| D511559 | Housing for a water treatment system control valve | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959932 | Electronic height control A method for controlling the ride height in a suspension of an over the highway truck or tractor based on rear axle load. A load on the rear axle is measured. An optimum ride height is calculated at core response to correct drive lighted angles based on the rear axl... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954676 | Window or door manufacturing method and apparatus An exemplary embodiment of the invention concerns a method of manufacturing a window or a door. Different groups of components are defined. These components combine to form a window or door. The components that make up a group are monitored on a viewing screen durin... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948515 | Carbon rupture disk assembly A rupture disk assembly for use in a pressurized fluid passageway within an application environment having a temperature operational range. The disk assembly includes a cylindrical one-piece disk consisting of unimpregnated graphite, a single bore extending partway ... | 09/27/2005 |
| D509779 | Cab skirt for an over the highway truck | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926782 | Method and apparatus for processing sealant of an insulating glass unit A method and apparatus for heating and/or pressing sealant of an insulating glass unit. The apparatus may include an oven and a press. The oven includes a detector that detects an optical property of the insulating glass unit. The detected optical property is used t... | 08/09/2005 |
| D507948 | Handheld power tool | 08/02/2005 |
| D507361 | Headlamp | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916174 | Gas burner A burner having an elongate, generally tubular sheet metal body having an inlet end, a closed distal end and a tubular segment extending between the ends. The inlet end is formed to define a gas orifice holder which is adapted to mount a gas orifice element. The inl... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914251 | Alignment structure and method for mating a wafer delivery device to a wafer treatment tool Apparatus and method for placement of workpieces such as silicon wafers in relation to an integrated circuit fabrication tool. A robotic arm mounted in relation to the tool moves workpieces in and out of the tool. A spacer has an exposed spacer surface facing away f... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912767 | Laminated muntin bar method An exemplary embodiment of the invention concerns a process for forming an elongated strip for use in making two tone muntin bars. An elongated strip of muntin bar material is provided that has been treated on at least a portion of one side to define an exposed surf... | 07/05/2005 |
| D506130 | Clamshell package | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902118 | Vehicle windshield cleaning system Apparatus and method for providing a heated cleaning fluid to a vehicle surface. The apparatus has an inlet port for receiving an amount of fluid; an outlet port for dispensing an amount of heated fluid; a heating element that heats up fluid passing from the inlet t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900444 | Adjustable implantation angle workpiece support structure for an ion beam implanter An ion beam implanter includes an ion beam source for generating an ion beam moving along a beam line and an implantation chamber wherein a workpiece is positioned to intersect the ion beam for ion implantation of a surface of the workpiece by the ion beam. The ion ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6883810 | Air spring stiffness controller A method and apparatus for adaptively damping relative motion between the wheels and the frame of a heavy duty truck having a frame suspended on wheels by a suspension system. An air spring is disposed between the frame and at least one of the wheels having a primar... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883278 | Muntin bars Method and apparatus for making a contoured muntin bar. A supply of sheet material having a finished surface on at least one side in the form of a coiled ribbon is unwound and fed along a strip path of travel to a punch station. At the punch station a ribbon punchin... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6873909 | System for preventing unauthorized trailer uncoupling A method and apparatus for detecting uncoupling of a trailer outside a planned uncoupling area. A global positioning system determines the location of the trailer. A vehicle computer coupled to the global positioning system is used to determine whether the trailer h... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868884 | Method and apparatus for applying optical film to glass A tape dispenser for precisely applying decorative tape for creating the appearance of a bevel onto a glass surface. The tape dispenser includes a frame, a tape spool rotatably mounted to the frame, a drive roller rotatably mounted to said frame for controlling a le... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6868925 | Engine with integral actuator An engine with an integral actuator for a vehicle having an implement needing control. The engine includes a crank shaft, and a pump in a housing and an actuator that extends from the housing. The pump is operably connected to the crank shaft to produce a flow of fl... | 03/22/2005 |
| D502473 | Cutting insert structure | 03/01/2005 |
| 6857191 | Rotary knife having vacuum attachment A rotary knife having a ring blade that defines a closed loop cutting surface for cutting material which the ring blade contacts during rotation. Materials cut using the blade such as meat cut from a carcass or trimmed from a piece of meat are suctioned away from th... | 02/22/2005 |
| D501240 | Housing for a water treatment unit | 01/25/2005 |
