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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042354 | Air conditioning apparatus An air conditioning apparatus that includes a turbine and a compressor with rotors mounted on and fixed to a common rotatable shaft with a heat exchanger located between the turbine and the compressor. The air conditioning apparatus turbine has an inlet that is conn... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7587852 | Handgun grip with a removable and replaceable grip portion A firearm handgun grip portion invention that includes the handgun grip portion of a handgun frame with a forward grip portion and a rear grip portion with the rear grip portion having connecting means for removably connecting a plurality of removable and replaceabl... | 09/15/2009 |
| D561864 | Firearm mounting spacer | 02/12/2008 |
| 7302946 | Industrial scarifier assembly A scarifier assembly including a generally rectangular shaped case with a hollow interior, a resilient generally rectangular pad located in the hollow interior of the case, and a removable work performing surface insert having work surfaces for grinding, cutting or ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7210667 | Redundant testable valve apparatus Redundant valve apparatus including a first valve seat and a second valve seat located in the fluid passage of a hollow valve body between the inlet portion of the fluid passage and the outlet portion of the fluid passage and a poppet member having valve seat sealin... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192339 | Grinder disc, insert holder and insert assembly A grinder disc, insert holder and insert assembly including a grinder disc with a plurality of grinder insert holders for grinder inserts for grinding and the like. The assembly includes a grinder insert holder having a holder case with a hollow interior an open end... | 03/20/2007 |
| D526448 | Helmet mount | 08/08/2006 |
| 6942069 | Braking system for a wheeled abrading machine An abrading machine braking system for use in braking a wheeled abrading machine having a rotating abrading tool used in abrading a surface. The abrading machine braking system uses two braking wheels that engage the surface of the wheels of the abrading machine and... | 09/13/2005 |
| D509253 | Hotel guest room laundry service accessory carrier | 09/06/2005 |
| 6886289 | Elevation adjustable firearm front sight with user changeable sighting element An elevation adjustable firearm front sight with user changeable sighting elements that includes a lower rotatable front sight insert member adapted to be secured to a firearm front sight base and an upper front sight insert member rotatably secured to the upper por... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6837922 | Air filter sensor apparatus kit and method An air filter sensor kit and method of using the same for permitting a person to modify the filtering portion of a heating or cooling system that uses an air filter to enable the determination of when the air filter is dirty and needs changing. The air filter sensor... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6829974 | Firearm buffer system A firearm buffer system that reduces the rate of fire of a full automatic firearm that has a gas port wear and reduces the adverse effect of bolt bounce. The firearm buffer system includes a buffer assembly that has an elongated buffer body having an elongated hollo... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6606812 | Firearm barrel change apparatus Firearm barrel change apparatus for a firearm having a receiver and a barrel with a portion configured to slide into the receiver. The firearm barrel change apparatus also includes a barrel receiving nut having provisions for slidably receiving the inner ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6446657 | Aircraft air control valve apparatus Aircraft air control valve apparatus for controlling the flow of pressurized aircraft engine bleed air. The control valve apparatus includes a hollow housing with two end portions with each end portion having an aperture located therein with one end porti... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6425201 | Collapsible bait fish trap A collapsible bait fish trap for catching live bait fish in a body of water. The fish trap has an elongated hollow fish enclosure formed from two connected generally conical shaped portions. Each generally conical shaped portion has a connectable inner po... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6390772 | Axial flow turbine air economizer Nozzle control apparatus for an axial flow air turbine having an inlet nozzle for air entering the turbine and an associated turbine inlet housing for channeling air flowing to the inlet nozzle for at least partially blocking air flow from the turbine inl... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6327807 | Firearm sight mount A firearm sight mount with a sight mount body configured for clamping on the outside of a firearm barrel. In one embodiment the sight mount has a unitary sight mount body that is split to permit the body to be slipped past any existing front sight on the ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6272788 | Fish hook removing device A fish hook removing device for manually removing fish hooks from the mouths of fish. The fish hook removing device has an elongated hollow insertable portion that has an outer end portion and an inner end portion. An elongated straight handle portion dep... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6257093 | Vehicle window escape device A vehicle window escape device having a cylindrical body portion with a handle at one end and a projecting pointed member at the other end for imparting a smashing blow to a vehicle window to cause the window to shatter. The body portion is hollow and con... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6206207 | Portable saddle holder A portable saddle holder including a generally rectangular sheet of plastic material formed to have a generally parabolic shaped cross section taken perpendicular to the long axis of said folded sheet. The cross section has an upper portion shaped to form... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6189529 | Collapsible cooking apparatus A collapsible cooking apparatus including a collapsible generally circular shaped hollow cooking enclosure that has containers in its interior for holding fuel during the cooking process. A collapsible structure is also included for suspending articles ab... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6032293 | Hat ornamental illumination circuit accessory An ornamental circuit accessory for use with a hat. The ornamental circuit accessory has light emitting diodes for being mounted on the hat for being viewed by individuals viewing the hat and the terminals of the diodes and the circuitry for controlling t... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5830225 | Dental and medical tissue knife A manual dental and medical living tissue cutting instrument for obtaining living tissue grafts. The manual dental and medical tissue cutting instrument includes an elongated member with two portions. One portion is sized and shaped to be grasped by the h... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5806926 | Convertible vehicle child safety seat A convertible vehicle child safety seat that permits the seat to be safely used by a child as well as by an adult without any modification of the seat. The convertible vehicle child safety seat is easily operated by any adult passenger of a vehicle withou... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5802713 | Circuit board manufacturing method A circuit board manufacturing method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with improved characteristics for machine soldering. The circuit board manufacturing method includes the addition of a polyimide "B" semicured material to a printed circuit boa... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5776797 | Three-dimensional flexible assembly of integrated circuits A three dimensional flexible assembly of integrated circuits and method of fabricating the assembly of circuits including a folded flexible substrate with integrated circuit chips. The invention has provisions for allowing mechanical and electrically func... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5724761 | Firearm barrel muzzle portion mounted complete firearm sight and mount A firearm sight and mount for use on the muzzle end portion of a firearm barrel. The firearm sight is an optical sight with an artificially illuminated reticle and it and the associated mount are adapted to be rapidly attached to and removed from the muzz... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5718375 | Auxiliary motor vehicle heating system An auxiliary motor vehicle heating system that supplements the motor vehicle's main heating system. The auxiliary motor vehicle heating system is not dependent upon the same heat energy source as the motor vehicle's main heating system. Consequently, the ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5646446 | Three-dimensional flexible assembly of integrated circuits A three dimensional flexible assembly of integrated circuits and method of fabricating the assembly of circuits including a folded flexible substrate with integrated circuit chips. The invention has provisions for allowing mechanical and electrically func... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5624088 | Spacecraft structure and method Spacecraft structure for use in the construction of the outer wall of a spacecraft. The construction of the outer wall of the spacecraft includes a hollow cellular honeycomb material that is sandwiched between a thin outer curved solid panel and a thin so... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5590795 | Saddle holder A saddle holder that is portable that has the capability of being collapsed to enhance its portability. The saddle holder has a saddle support frame plus two other members that are rotatably connected to the saddle support frame and one of these has a hoo... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5581462 | Vehicle computer system and method An auxiliary computer system for use on a vehicle that has a main computer. The computer system includes a cartridge computer that is removable from the vehicle and a receptacle in the vehicle for receiving the cartridge computer that is called a data tra... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5517313 | Fluorescent optical sensor A fluorescence sensor for detecting the presence and amount of an analyte. The fluorescence sensor has a photodetector, a high pass filter located adjacent the photodetector, and a glass layer located adjacent the high pass filter. An indicator layer is l... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5494234 | Multiple spheres and cable deployer A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated spheres from a vehicle such as a spinning satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the cable that is driven by a drive shaft and gears form a drive... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5491612 | Three-dimensional modular assembly of integrated circuits An integrated circuit package that includes three base substrate support members. One base substrate support member is rigid and has two sides and the other two base substrate members are flexible and are located adjacent each side of the rigid base subst... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5474262 | Spacecraft structure and method Spacecraft structure for use in the construction of the outer wall of a spacecraft. The construction of the outer wall of the spacecraft includes a hollow cellular honeycomb material that is sandwiched between a thin outer curved solid panel and a thin so... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5469877 | Electric to pneumatic transducer An electric to pneumatic transducer including a transducer housing with a primary converting housing section and a relay housing section. The primary converting housing section contains feedback and control electronics and an electronic feedback sensor th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5356095 | Attenuating linged deployment apparatus Deployment apparatus for use in deploying an articulating structure. The deployment apparatus includes two pivotally connected hinge members and a spring that biases the hinge members in their open or deployed positions. An attenuator is also connected to... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5327325 | Three-dimensional integrated circuit package An integrated circuit package that permits high density packaging of circuit chips. The integrated circuit package has a base substrate support member with an upper and a lower surface. A cavity is located in its upper surface and a similar cavity is loca... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5326040 | Sphere and cable deployer A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated sphere from a vehicle such as a satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the cable that is driven by a drive shaft and gears form a drive motor to ... | 07/05/1994 |
