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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5742052 | Thermal infrared detector An infrared detector comprising an infrared detector element for generating an electrical signal, a support for the infrared detector element, and a circuit board for receiving the electrical signal from the infrared detector element. The support is forme... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5662016 | Punching die A punching die includes a punch body, a punch guide fitted on the punch body movably up and down with respect to the punch body, a punch head provided on a top portion of the punch body, and a gaseous spring provided between the punch body and the punch g... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5658101 | Milling head An improved milling head. A milling head is provided with a backing plate with a toothed system on the from side, whose teeth run in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the carrier body. Because the blade plate has a toothed system, which can be engaged ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5578140 | Solar energy plant The disclosure concerns various improvements in a solar energy plant of the kind in which incoming solar radiation is concentrated by a Fresnel reflector, i.e. a field of concentrating mirrors, and the concentrated radiation is focused into a solar receiv... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5556790 | Method for Automated DNA sequencing An automated DNA sequencing apparatus and method is disclosed in which a laser beam having a predetermined wavelength is sequentially focused on a plurality of lanes of DNA fragments migrating in a polyacrylamide gel and in which the DNA fragments have be... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5543941 | Method and apparatus for halftone rendering of a gray image using a blue noise mask A method of and system for rendering a halftone image of a gray scale image by utilizing a pixel-by-pixel comparison of the gray scale image against a blue noise mask is disclosed in which the gray scale image is scanned on a pixel-by-pixel basis and comp... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5537501 | Optical connector To realize an optical fiber connector coupled or decoupled by simple insertion and removal operation without applying ferrule connecting force to other elements (package board or back panel), the optical connector comprises a first housing (33); a second ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536186 | Female terminal and method of manufacturing the same A female terminal for receiving a male terminal includes a main body having a box part for receiving the male terminal and a leaf spring to be accommodated in the box part. The box part has engaging notches formed in both sidewalls thereof, respectively. ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534229 | Volatilization suppressing agent A volatilization suppressing agent comprising at least one thermosensitive polymer as an effective component is disclosed. Also disclosed is a volatile composition comprising a volatile effective component or an effective component carried by a volatile s... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533402 | Method and apparatus for measuring acoustic parameters in liquids using cylindrical ultrasonic standing waves Methods and apparatus are disclosed for analyzing liquids utilizing cylindrical acoustic standing waves, generally in the ultrasonic region. The invention facilitates measurement of acoustic parameters of a fluid, such as sound velocity and attenuation, w... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5532443 | Pressure contact terminal A pressure contact terminal (50) comprises: a main body (60) having an elongate main base plate (61), a pair of two front side plates (62) and a pair of two middle side plates (64) both formed by bending both sides of the main base plate; and a spring mem... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531778 | Circumneural electrode assembly An electrode assembly of a lead to be implanted on a patient's nerve includes a flexible electrically insulative carrier of helical configuration, a flexible ribbon electrode secured to the underside of at least a segment of the helical configuration carr... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531144 | NC loader for NC machine tool In an NC loader (1) for a machine tool-having a main spindle (7) mounted on a main spindle base (5), the NC loader comprises: a support frame (41) mounted on the main spindle base; a loader body (45) mounted on the support frame and having a horizontal sh... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5530218 | Spot welding apparatus In a spot welding apparatus in which a column (7) is stood on a base (5) provided with a worktable (3) for supporting work (W); and a welding arm (15) having an electrode (13) at a free end portion thereof is pivotally supported up and down at a lower por... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529687 | Filling sluice for appliances for the treatment of infectious waste The invention relates to a filling sluice for appliances for the treatment of infectious waste, with at least two chambers separable from on another via a rotary vane of stationary mounting and located in a sluice housing closable in a fluid-tight manner ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529579 | Implantable automatic difibrillator with low threshold An automatic defibrillator is arranged and adapted to be implanted in a cardiac patient. The defibrillator includes a stimulus generator for sensing fibrillation of the patient's heart and for responding by delivering defibrillation energy to the patient'... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529428 | Metallic structural element for connecting workpieces consisting of wood, woodworking material or plastic A metallic structural element for connecting workpieces consisting of wood, woodworking material or plastic, consisting of a lamellar part, which provides the non-positive connection with the first workpiece provided with a groove and a transverse hole, a... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5528711 | Optical connector for connecting a plurality of optical plugs to a connector housing To realize an optical fiber connector coupled or decoupled by simple insertion and removal operation without applying ferrule connecting force to other elements (package board or back panel), the optical connector comprises a first housing (33); a second ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5528028 | Frequency standard using an atomic stream of optically cooled atoms Beams of laser light trap and cool cesium atoms in a small vapor cell and put the atoms in a particular quantum mechanical state. The lasers are then configured so as to launch the atoms upward by shifting the frequencies of the vertically propagating las... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527881 | Procedure for preparing salmon calcitonin A procedure for the preparation of salmon calcitonin comprising the condensation of fragment 1(SEQ ID NO: 1), a docosapeptide corresponding to the carboxamide end of the salmon calcitonin sequence conveniently protected and anchored on resin, with fragmen... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527188 | Waterproof connector A waterproof connector includes :a connector housing (11) formed with a plurality of oval terminal insertion holes (12) arranged at close intervals in a minor axis direction of the oval terminal insertion holes; and a waterproof plug (30) for sealing a ga... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525074 | Panel mounted connector A panel mounted connector removably mountable to an opening of a panel includes: a male connector (43); and a female connector (41) mated with the male connector. The female connector includes a female connector housing (45) formed with an engagement hood... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524423 | Composting and leaf collection kit and method A kit and method for removing fallen leaves and other yard waste, composting the leaves, and applying a fertilizer and/or dethatching agent to the ground is disclosed. The kit generally comprises fabric net impregnated with a fertilizer and/or dethatching... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522327 | Balanced pressure solid fuel heating unit A method and apparatus for a pellet fuel burning heating unit for burning corn or wood pellets having a balanced pressure system having a four-way split combustion intake airstream. The invention includes a combustion air blower system for providing combu... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522228 | Production of cold by adsorption/desorption of carbon dioxide The invention relates especially to a process for the production of cold, comprising at least one stage of adsorption of carbon dioxide by an adsorbent solid substance and at least one stage of desorption of the carbon dioxide adsorbed in the said adsorbe... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5520556 | Female terminal A female terminal comprises: a square cylindrical electric contact portion (2) having an opening (2a) into which a male terminal is inserted: an elastic contact piece (3) housed in the electric contact portion and brought into elastic contact with the ins... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5520045 | Tire deflation warning system Apparatus for the detection of vehicular tire deflation is disclosed. The apparatus generally comprises a post member adapted to be mounted at its proximal and to a vehicle's undercarriage so that its distal end can engage a road surface when the distance... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517081 | Gas-filled discharge tube A gas-filled discharge tube includes a cylindrical casing (11, 31), a terminal member (12, 13; 32, 33) for closing an open end of the casing, an inert gas sealed within the casing, a gas sealing tube (16, 38) connected to an outside of the terminal member... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5516311 | Electric connector terminal An electric connector terminal inserted into a terminal accommodating chamber of a connector housing, comprises: a first engagement portion (23) for engagement with a mating terminal; a wire conductor clamping portion (19) formed to the rear of the first ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5516299 | Multi-input connector A multi-input first connector for use with a mating connector wherein the first connector includes a connector housing; first, second, third, and fourth terminals disposed in the connector housing; a first connecting device for connecting the first termin... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5513334 | Memory device with switching of data stream modes An I2 C bus-compatible, serial EEPROM device is used in applications involving storage and serial transmission of configuration and control information for an intelligent peripheral device with which the EEPROM device is associated, for communi... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5510832 | Synthesized stereoscopic imaging system and method An observer is presented, through a pair of viewing glasses, a field/frame multiplexed, synthesized three-dimensional or stereoscopic image on single monitor generated from a two-dimensional monocular video signal. The field/frame multiplexed, synthesized... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5507927 | Method and apparatus for the controlled reduction of organic material There is provided a new and useful method and apparatus for the controlled non-pyrolytic reduction of organic material comprising subjecting the material to microwave radiation in a reducing atmosphere.... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5507613 | Device and method for transferring bars in spatial storing system A transfer device for transferring elongate bars with respect to a spatial storing system which includes a shelf frame provided with vertically arranged multiple shelves constituted of a plurality of supporting beams for carrying the bars, comprising: a m... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5507170 | Upper tool for press brake An upper tool for a press brake includes a push actuating section (9K, 107, 9U) for actuating upward an actuated member (17, 103P, 121) movable up and down, in a clamping force increasing mechanism such that an upper tool clamping force can be increased g... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5504973 | Stopper structure and stopper member for preventing a grommet from coming off from a panel A stopper structure for preventing a grommet made of elastic material from coming off from a panel, includes a stopper flange formed in the grommet. The stopper-structure further includes a stopper member made of rigid material, which includes an internal... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5504903 | Self-progamming of on-chip program memory for microcontroller at clock start-up A microcontroller fabricated on a semiconductor chip is adapted, when operating, to execute programs and instructions and, in response, to generate control signals to selectively control external apparatus. A clock generates timing signals to control the ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503796 | Method for conform extrusion of powder feed Method for continuously extruding powdered, comminuted, or particulated feed material with a Conform extrusion machine or the like in cooperation with a forming wheel rotatably disposed within a portion of the Conform wheel to compress the feed material i... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5499566 | Follow-up slotting tool In a follow-up slotting tool for continuously punching workpiece (W) fed between a punch (3) and a die unit (5) at a predetermined pitch, the punch (3) is formed with a shear angle () at a lower end surface thereof in such a way that a front end of... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5499464 | Compensation for friction force in a laundry mangle A laundry mangle has at least one mangling roller held in a working position inside a heatable trough by at least one carrying arm. The mangle roller and the trough are held in relative moveable positions by at least one adjusting member, delimiting toget... | 03/19/1996 |
