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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6648092 | Hall effect seat switch A Hall effect safety switch assembly for de-activating a motor vehicle if a user is not positioned on a vehicle seat. The assembly includes a switch frame for mounting the assembly, a magnet and a hall effect sensor mounted to the switch frame in a spaced... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6637791 | Collection apparatus A collection apparatus (10) suitable for collecting dog excreta and the like. The apparatus (10) comprises an elongate main member (12) and an open square frame (32) pivotally mounted on the member (12) towards one end thereof. The apparatus (10) also com... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6629031 | Vehicle tampering protection system A method of providing a vehicle monitoring system for ensuring accurate vehicle mileage readings. A comparison is made between velocity measurements from several sources to detect unauthorized modifications made to a vehicle in an effort to ensure accurat... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6609773 | Storage apparatus A storage apparatus (10) comprising a plurality of first storage compartments (26) which are rotatably mounted around a substantially vertical shaft (14). The apparatus (10) being arranged such that the first compartments (26) are usually in a raised posi... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6588039 | Plier tool and process A plier tool for cutting multi-conductor electrical cables is disclosed. The tool has a pair of levers having pivotally connected boss portions. The levers also having coacting handle and jaw portions on opposite sides of the boss portions such that upon ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6582891 | Process for reducing edge roughness in patterned photoresist A process for reducing roughness from a surface of a patterned photoresist. The process includes exposing a substrate having the patterned photoresist thereon to a vapor, wherein the vapor penetrates into and/or reacts with the surface of the photoresist.... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6561582 | Support apparatus A support apparatus 10 suitable for supporting a child's car seat 12 on a vehicle seat 14, such that the seat 12 has a required inclination. The apparatus 10 includes first and second planar members 16, 18 pivotally interconnected along one edge by a hing... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6554338 | Grab handle A heavy duty truck includes a grab handle for installation on the exterior of the truck to aid operator access to the vehicle. The handle includes an inner and outer tubular member. The inner tubular member has two opposing ends, a closed end formed to de... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6550775 | Annular gasket An annular gasket for providing a fluid-tight seal between a corrugated pipe and a smooth annular section of a second member. The gasket includes a support portion and a gasket portion. The support portion is made from a first material having a first hard... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547458 | Optimized optical system design for endpoint detection The present invention is directed to optimization of the optical detection system for the use of optical emission spectroscopy in end-point detection. The optimization specifically addresses the needs of a radiant heated wafer system in a downstream proce... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543560 | Hydrostatic transmission with integral actuator A hydrostatic transmission with an integral actuator for a vehicle having an engine and a frame. The assembly includes a transmission housing for connection to a vehicle frame, a shaft for coupling the hydrostatic transmission to an output of a vehicle en... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6543201 | Individual package bagger and process A machine for forming individual packages from a web of preopened and interconnected bags one at a time is disclosed. A web is fed along a path of travel from a supply to a load station. A pair of nip rolls are positioned along the path near the load stat... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6536381 | Vehicle lubricant temperature control An oil cooling system is disclosed in the environment of an over the road vehicle having a transmission and an internal combustion engine. A primary liquid to liquid heat exchanger is connected to the engine cooling system and connected to a selected on o... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532052 | Brightness enhancement for bistable cholesteric displays The present invention is directed to a cholesteric liquid crystal display that includes a homogeneous alignment surface effective to provide increased brightness, low focal conic reflectance and/or reflected light treat is to a significant degree circular... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527394 | Objective arrangements The invention relates to objective arrangements for use in projection systems such as overhead projectors. An objective arrangement 10 provides a tilted image plane. The arrangement 10 is rotationally asymmetric by virtue of the third element 16 having a ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6527147 | Apparatus and process for dispensing dunnage A system for providing dunnage to packages as the packages are formed is disclosed. The system includes a dunnage forming machine having a work station for inflating and sealing plastic pouches to form dunnage units. An accumulator is positioned below the... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6524936 | Process for removal of photoresist after post ion implantation A process for stripping a photoresist layer after exposure to an ion implantation process. The process includes subjecting a substrate having the ion implanted photoresist layer thereon to a UV radiation exposure and subsequently removing the ion implante... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6516689 | Ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench is disclosed. The wrench includes a handle including a head and an elongate grippable portion. The head includes toothed walls defining a palm socket receiving aperture. The handle carries a manually actuatable spring biased lever having ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6503366 | Chemical plasma cathode A method and apparatus for generating a plasma in a gas using a thermal source and a heat source in a common reaction zone. A process gas is flowed to a reaction zone and heated with a thermal energy source. Within the same reaction zone, a current is pas... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502655 | Rear cab latch mechanism An over the highway vehicle having a forwardly pivotal cab mounted on a frame is disclosed. A latch assembly is interposed between the frame and the cab. The latch assembly includes coacting subassemblies including a catch for releasable retention by a la... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6499278 | Packaging web and process A packaging web is disclosed. The web is an elongate, flattened plastic tube having face and back sides delineating the faces and backs of a set of side by side bags. The tube includes an elongated top section and spaced sets of side seals each extending ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6492186 | Method for detecting an endpoint for an oxygen free plasma process A method for determining an endpoint for an oxygen free plasma stripping process for use in semiconductor wafer processing. The method comprises exciting a gas composition containing a nitrogen gas and a reactive gas to form the oxygen free plasma. The ox... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6484127 | Oil maintenance indicator An oil maintenance indicator for recording one or more parameters indicative of when an engine oil filter has been changed. The maintenance indicator includes a sensor that measures oil pressure of an engine at start up. A comparator compares an output pr... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6475558 | Vehicle electrical ground and process An over the highway heavy duty vehicle in the form of a selected one of a truck and a tractor is disclosed. The vehicle has a frame rail having a through aperture. A conductive solder ring is bonded to the rail and surrounds the aperture. A fastener exten... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6458430 | Pretreatment process for plasma immersion ion implantation A method for use with a plasma immersion ion implantations systems wherein a substrate W having a patterned photoresist P thereon is implanted. The method includes ionizing a first gas in a chamber 12 to produce electrically inactive ions and reacting the... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6438782 | Apparatus for removing material from pipelines and method of making A pig for evacuating pipelines is disclosed. The pig includes a body of a deformable material having an outer surface configured to contour to a pipeline to be evacuated. At least a portion of the deformable material is impregnated with a quantity of magn... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428044 | Bunk restraint An over the highway vehicle having an occupant restraint system is disclosed. An improved harness for retaining an occupant in a bunk is also disclosed. The harness is connected to a bunk by a buckle and hinge arrangement. A frangible connection between a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6404158 | Collision monitoring system Disclosed is an improved system and method for sensing both hard and soft obstructions for a movable panel such as a sunroof. A dual detection scheme is employing that includes an optical sensing as the primary means and electronic sensing of motor curren... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397453 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6364257 | Vehicle service line retainer system An improved brake line positioning arrangement for over-the-highway trucks and tractors is disclosed. The arrangement includes a unitary retainer having a spaced pair of flexible toothed straps and a central body interposed between and connected to the st... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6356075 | Position sensor system including voltage transfer function A position sensing device including two spaced conductive coils constituting a primary and secondary winding of a transformer. A coupling member is mounted to a moveable object. This movement adjusts or alters the transformer coupling between the primary ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6329900 | Resistor elements A multielement resistor may be assembled into a matrix from a plurality of resistor elements (12) of a U shape construction. The elements (12) are suspended from their upper portions by connecting brackets (16) which are supported by a supporting frame (1... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6247490 | Booster station A booster station having an integral foundation preinstalled prior to shipment to an installation site. An above ground pump enclosure houses at least one pump. Each pump has a pump inlet for receiving water and a pump outlet for discharging water at a pr... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6240682 | Roof bracket Roofing structure includes roofing brackets having a first leg attached to vertical members of a roof structure and a second leg that extends at an angle from the first leg and attached to horizontal members of the roof structure. Brackets serve to attach... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6230369 | Tie arrangement A tie arrangement (10) comprising a housing (12) with a passage (16), an engagement part (22) and an elongate member (14), the free end of the elongate member (14) being extendable through the passage (16), the engagement part (22) and a locking member (1... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6199349 | Dunnage material and process A process of forming dunnage is disclosed. A chain of interconnected plastic pouches are fed along a path of travel to a fill and seal station. The pouches are sequentially opened as each pouch is positioned in the fill station by directing a flow of air ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6170238 | Sealing machine and method A sealing machine and process for sealing loaded bags of a novel web of side connected bags are disclosed. The web is fed through the sealer by a pair of grooved main transport belts. A holding belt is disposed in the groove of an associated main belt and... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6153146 | Molten metal receptacle and slag control body transfer apparatus therefor A slag control body transfer and automatic release apparatus for carrying and releasing a slag control body and a molten metal receptacle adapted for subsequently guiding the slag control body are disclosed. The molten metal receptacle includes top and bo... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6118381 | Fire detection including an air movement device and pre-condition sensing A system for the detection of fire in an apparatus or device having a fan and a pump, comprising means 20, 25 for detecting the presence of a pre-condition of fire, control means 30 for deactivating the fan on detection of said precondition, and fire dete... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6076343 | Grape picking head and drive therefor A harvester especially for grape harvesting that has a picking head which includes a support frame and picking rods of fingers to contact the leaves and stems in the canopy of a grape vine to thereby shake the vines to remove grapes. The picking head incl... | 06/20/2000 |
