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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967151 | Universal fuel recycling machine A money saving universal fuel recycling machine has a reservoir for receiving fuel from a used fuel filter or other source of used or old fuel. A pumping device selectively moves the fuel from the reservoir through the filtration devices. Each filtration device has ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7900239 | Controlling access to a resource by a program using a digital signature A computer system has a resource, a verification unit and an execution engine for running a body of program code having an associated signature. A cryptographic key is associated with the resource and when the code is to be loaded into the execution engine a verific... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7849541 | Bed with rigid platform and fluid suspension A bed mattress support apparatus and method includes a fluid filled bladder or multiplicity of bladders to vertically support a rigid platform. The rigid platform provides a suspended surface to support a mattress, foam pad, or other mattress-like device. A frame su... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7406265 | Fiber optic communication signal link apparatus A fiber optic communication signal link apparatus for performing fiber optic link communication including a transmitter apparatus and a receiver apparatus coupled by a fiber optic cable. The transmitter is capable of detecting and modulating data that includes at le... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7055112 | Method for automatically defining a part model for semiconductor components The present invention provides a method for automatically defining a part model for a semiconductor component. An image of the component is provided. The automatic method may be any of a trial and error method, systematic method or a method based on distance-angle s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6971871 | Variable low intensity infrared heater A radiant heater including a burner having an inlet for receiving an air and gas mixture and an exhaust for emitting exhaust gases generated by combustion of the air and gas mixture within the burner, an elongated radiant heating tube having an inlet for receiving t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6612570 | High speed stacking apparatus A high speed material processing and stacking apparatus and method for overlapping and slowing the linear progression of material pieces in a continuous stream. The apparatus may include a doubler conveyor for separating material pieces in a stream permit... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6557686 | Electro-magnetic actuator having a shortened magnetic flux flow loop An electro-magnetic actuator includes a shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion and a nut having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The inner peripheral surface of the nut is coupled with the first end portion o... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6544022 | Heat staking head with radiant heat source An apparatus for heat staking utilizes an infrared lamp to direct radiant energy onto a plastic part to heat and so soften it prior to the staking punch impacting the part. The apparatus comprises an energy directing means for concentrating the infrared e... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6527475 | Quick stop deployment system and method A system for the selective deployment of a tire deflation device. The system incorporates the use of a mounted housing combined with a compressed gas propulsion source for ejecting a collapsed tire deflation device that is attached to the housing with a t... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523880 | Car window and sunscreen assembly A side car window and sunscreen assembly for selectively moving the sunscreen with the movement of the window includes a window located within a window track of a side door and selectively movable between an open and closed position, a sheet material or s... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6507477 | Electrical capacitor An electrical capacitor is discloses which includes a mixture of electrically conductive and non-conductive particles. The particles are intimately mixed so as to provide a random distribution, and the mixture is placed between two parallel conductive pla... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6494151 | Exhauster diffuser discharge valve A discharge valve plate of the type used in the conduit between an exhauster fan and a riffle box in a coal fine delivery system for a coal-fired combustion chamber in a power plant. The axis of rotation of the discharge valve plate is oriented generally ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491542 | Combined connection and terminal position assurance structure for vehicle wiring connectors A TPA (terminal position assurance) and CPA (connector position assurance) combining structure for a connector in a vehicle wiring system connector set. The TPA/CPA combining structure is a CTPA (connector/terminal position assurance) member movably mount... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6488551 | Press-fit junction box terminal A flat (horizontal) press-fit busbar terminal structure for use in junction boxes, power distribution boxes, and the like at vehicle wiring junctions. Instead of the usual vertical busbar terminal extending through one or more insulation plate layers to b... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6485332 | System for reconfiguring connector cover and seal In a wire harness connector body of the type having an end cover with a plurality of terminal openings and a mating seal having a corresponding plurality of terminal openings, a delete plug for insertion into a terminal opening in the cover such that it p... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6462276 | Power distribution box cover with anti-rattle feature A power distribution box (PDB) cover of the type mated over a portion of a PDB base from which a plurality of relatively unconstrained wires or wire bundles extend. The cover mates with the base to cover and protect the wires, and to redirect them longitu... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6461149 | Gas burner with controlled thermal expansion A gas-fired infra-red burner has a dome-shaped wire mesh burner screen bulging out of the plane of the burner opening away from a plenum. This bulge or dome effect allows the screen to undergo controlled thermal expansion without any rippling, waviness or... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6446712 | Radial flow annular heat exchangers A heat exchanger and method of transferring heat between fluids is disclosed using a plurality of stacked plate pairs consisting of face-to-face, mating, ringlike plates, each plate having an outer peripheral flange, an annular inner boss located in a com... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6444935 | High speed track shutter system for semi-conductor inspection The present invention provides a shutter system for use with an automated semiconductor chip handling device. The semiconductor chip handling device includes a track down which semiconductor chips travel. Reliefs are positioned on the track to prevent the... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441746 | Actuating mechanism for gauge pointer An actuating mechanism for a relative slow-acting vehicle gauge indicator, such as a rotatable pointer. A muscle wire driven rack gear is operatively connected to a rotatable pointer gear. The rack gear is biased to a gauge at-rest position by a spring me... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439902 | Pre-set locks for a connector lever A releasable lever-mounted lock mechanism for securing an electrical connector lever in a pre-set position on a connector body. The lever has cam slots and is located on a first connector. The lock in a preferred form comprises an L-shaped, deflectable ar... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430928 | Dual action damper for hydraulic clutch actuator A clutch hydraulic actuator system having a vibration damper provided in the system between a master cylinder and a slave cylinder of the system. The damper includes an elastomeric diaphragm and a spring steel diaphragm. One face of the elastomeric diaphr... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430036 | Electrical housing with non-integral cable outlet port member A housing for electrical devices such as connectors, circuit breakers, and fuse panels. A cable outlet port member is separate from the housing to provide unidirectional resistance to movement of a cable relative to the housing. The non-integral relations... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6430061 | Self-tolerancing fiber optic transceiver shield In an FOT connector housing which couples and retains an FOT and an optical fiber with the object of maintaining a desired distance between an FOT interface and the optical fiber, an EMI shield for the FOT comprising an FOT metal casing which maintains th... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6426569 | Adaptive variable frequency PWM lamp-using system A variable frequency pulse width modulated apparatus and method supplies variable frequency and variable duty cycle power to a load, particularly an electric load of a motor vehicle, and preferably to a filament-type lamp such as a headlight. Which one of... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424520 | Electrical busbar and method of making same A housing for electrical devices such as connectors, circuit breakers, and fuse panels. A cable outlet port member is separate from the housing to provide unidirectional resistance to movement of a cable relative to the housing. The non-integral relations... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421216 | Resetable overcurrent protection arrangement An overcurrent protection system giving rapid response to relatively small overcurrents has a sensor element and an interruption element in series between a power source and a load. The sensor element is functionally linked to the circuit interruption ele... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419576 | Sound attenuating inlet silencer for air supplying fan An air duct silencer can be used at the inlet of an air supply fan unit for a building or other large structure. The silencer has an exterior housing with exterior walls forming outer surfaces of the housing and interior walls arranged in the housing, con... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418638 | Dryer control system A control system and method for a dryer used to dry a line of gypsum boards. The control system automates control of the dryer by measuring the amount of water used at the mixer to produce board segments and determining a desired amount of water to be eva... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414593 | Tilt-activated turn signal shut-off for motorcycles A self-cancelling turn signal mechanism for use with a vehicle such as a motorcycle turned primarily by tilting or banking into a turn. The self-cancelling turn signal mechanism includes an inertia switch with a continuous curved track and a contact-closi... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6409108 | Damage-resistant deflector vane A deflectable vane member for a coal mill pulverizer throat. The vane is yieldingly mounted in the throat with a spring support member whose force is designed to hold the vane rigidly in place during normal operations, and to yield when the vane is struck... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6406331 | Fuse holder with positive removal feature A fuse holder assembly for automotive-type fuses in an automotive fuse box, the fuse holder assembly being secured to the fuse box and mounting a fuse for movement relative to the fuse holder and the fuse box. The fuse is mounted on the holder for movemen... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402573 | Terminal position assurance device A TPA (terminal position assurance) member and connector combination in which the connector is specially configured to latch the TPA member at forward and rearward ends of the connector, the TPA member further being provided with mating locking structure ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6391186 | Electrochemical process for removing ions from solution An electrochemical process, for removing or modifying ions in solution, incorporates an electrolytic cell comprising a bipolar bed of conductive and non-conductive cell particulate material spaced between two electrodes across which an electrical voltage ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6388468 | Circuit and method for operating a MOSFET control circuit with a system operating voltage greater than a maximum supply voltage limit A circuit and method for operating a MOSFET control circuit, having a maximum supply voltage limit, with a system operating voltage greater than the maximum supply voltage limit. The system operating voltage is referenced to a first ground. The MOSFET con... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6385340 | Vector correlation system for automatically locating patterns in an image The present invention relates to a combined approach of image and template correlation, and vector correlation wherein edge detection and pattern searching are joined in a single operation to provide great flexibility without requiring extensive computati... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379178 | Adjustable vehicle power point An adjustable power point for use in a vehicle, movable from at least one home position to other locations in the vehicle that are suited for connecting various electrical devices. In one form, the power point is connected to a retractable power cord, and... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6373255 | Diagnostic tester for multi-ballast lighting fixture A diagnostic testing system for use with two or more lighting systems of the High Intensity Discharge (HID) sports lighting type, wherein two or more lighting systems have their ballasts and diagnostic receptacles combined in a single ballast box at the b... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372053 | Rollover pressure car wash apparatus and methods of operating same A variable pressure spray type vehicle laundry apparatus in which a carriage is mounted for longitudinal displacement along overhead parallel beams and an inverted L shaped spray arm carrying both horizontally and vertically directed nozzles circumscribes... | 04/16/2002 |
