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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7081218 | Method for producing upsized FRP member This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a large FRP member including: disposing a preform containing a reinforcing fiber on a surface of a molding die; covering a molding portion with a bagging material or a mold and providing a suction port and a resin... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073955 | Transceiver assembly for use in fiber optics communications A transceiver assembly includes a frame section, a rigid circuit board, a flex circuit, and a controller chip. The frame section includes an optoelectronic device containing a set of photoactive components, a signal processing chip for providing drive signals to the... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074287 | Method of assembling and monitoring an acoustic panel comprising a double resonator with a honeycomb core The invention relates to a method of producing and checking a double-resonator honeycomb acoustic panel. The aforementioned panel is characterised in that, following the assembly of the two honeycombs and the partition and prior to the assembly of at least one of th... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066741 | Flexible circuit connector for stacked chip module The present invention provides a flexible circuit connector for electrically coupling IC devices to one another in a stacked configuration. Each IC device includes: (1) a package having top, bottom, and peripheral sides; and (2) external leads that extend out from a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066839 | Golf balls including a staged resin film and methods of making same The present invention is directed towards a golf ball wherein at least one portion of the golf ball is formed from a staged resin film that may contain fillers or additives to alter the physical or chemical characteristics of the ball, such as its weight distributio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052573 | Method to eliminate undulations in a composite panel A method and article of manufacture of joining a stringer to a wing or tail panel and curing a wing or tail panel is disclosed. A sheet of titanium is placed between a cured stringer and an uncured wing or tail panel. The stringer, wing or tail panel and sheet are t... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047973 | Laryngeal mask airway A laryngeal mask tube has of a dual-airway tube, a mask with an inflatable bladder and an inflation indicator device. The dual-airway tube has a primary tube communicated with the mask to guide gas into the body of a patient and a secondary tube communicated between... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044411 | Method of winding sheeting with filler strips A method of rolling a membrane sheeting having a preapplied seam tape is disclosed. In order to provide a uniform diameter of the formed roll, filler strips are placed along the field portion of the membrane sheeting parallel to the seam tape. This is then rolled up... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041743 | Thin-layer-covered golf ball with improved velocity A golf ball comprising a center comprising a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and a resilience index of at least about 40; and a cover layer comprising a polyurethane composition formed from a prepolymer having no greater than 7.5 perc... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041245 | Method for forming golf ball with polyurethane A method of making a golf ball having a core and polyurethane including the following steps. A first portion of polyurethane is placed in a first cavity, and the first portion of polyurethane is allowed to partially cure to a selected state of gel. The core is posit... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036769 | Microstructures using carbon fiber composite honeycomb beams A drive assembly for a wing of a micromechanical flying insect. The drive assembly comprises a honey comb structure. A method for flying a micromechanical flying insect comprising moving a wing with a drive assembly having a stiffness to weight ratio greater than ab... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039083 | High speed optical transmission assembly An optical assembly that can be utilized as a transmitter in a high data rate optical transceiver system is presented. The optical assembly allows a laser driver to be mounted near the laser and allows the laser driver and the laser to utilize a common heat sink. Fu... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033454 | Laminated metals sheet composite and method for making such sheet A composite product for use in a motor vehicle body and a method and apparatus for producing that product is disclosed. The product has a first blank with a predetermined thickness, a second blank with a predetermined thickness and dimensioned to provide the composi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029405 | Multi-layer, wound golf ball A multi-layer golf ball can be prepared, possessing the performance characteristics of both a solid ball and a wound ball, by selecting the content and thickness of one or more of the layers, wherein the multi-layer golf ball comprises a center, an intermediate laye... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015300 | Multilayered golf ball and composition A multilayer golf ball formed of a core, a cover layer and an optional intermediate layer disposed between the core and cover, wherein at least one layer includes a composition including a diisocyanate, a polyol or amine-terminated compound, and a curing agent, wher... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004854 | Golf ball with vapor barrier layer and method of making same A golf ball comprising a core, a barrier layer enveloping the core, and a cover enveloping the barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer has a moisture vapor transmission rate less than that of the cover, and the barrier layer comprises a thermoplastic or thermoset c... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003934 | Heat seal device A heat-sealing device moves a tube-shaped packaging material through operation of a seal jaw and counter jaw under the liquid surface of liquid food, and heat-seals a seal zone containing a cutting predetermined zone in the tube transverse direction. The tube-shaped... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004544 | Backrest for armchairs Backrest for armchairs, made up of a soft front body (1.1) and a rear frame (1.2), situating at the upper part a headrest made up of a respective soft front body (3.1) and a respective rear frame (3.2), fitting the soft body (3.1) ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001954 | Thin-layer-covered golf ball with improved velocity A golf ball comprising a center comprising a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and a resilience index of at least about 40; and a cover layer comprising a polyurethane composition formed from a prepolymer having no greater than 7.5 perc... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002750 | Image capturing device A scanning module for scanning a document is provided. The scanning module comprises: a chassis; a light source on the chassis for emitting a light ray onto the document; a plurality of reflectors inside the chassis; a lens inside the chassis; an image sensing devic... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998445 | Low compression, resilient golf balls with rubber core A low compression, resilient golf ball having a center including a material formed from the conversion reaction of sufficient amounts of polybutadiene, a free radical source, and a cis-to-trans catalyst to convert a portion of cis-isomer to trans-isomer in the polyb... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992163 | Thermosetting polyurethane material for a golf ball cover A curative blend for a thermosetting polyurethane material that allows for a polyurethane material with greater durability is disclosed herein. The curative blend is composed of 4,4′-methylenebis-(2,6-diethyl)-aniline and a second curing agent selected from the gr... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992142 | Thin-layer-covered golf ball with improved velocity A golf ball comprising a center comprising a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and a resilience index of at least about 40; and a cover layer comprising a polyurethane composition formed from a prepolymer having no greater than 7.5 perc... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6991691 | Process for manufacturing functional shoe insoles using a herbal composition A process for manufacturing shoe insoles with antibacterial and foot odor activity mixes Angelica,Ligussticum sp., Menthae Herba, Mugwort, charcoal, and Osterium koreanum in a predetermined weight ratio with a subsidiary component into a ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6991696 | Method of forming a disposable, refastenable absorbent article A method of forming a disposable, refastenable absorbent article is disclosed. The method includes directing a first material parallel to and spaced apart from a second material. A pair of lines of perforations is formed across the width of the first material. A pai... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992135 | Multi-layer golf ball with a thin, castable outer layer A golf ball including a core; an intermediate layer formed from a polymer blend including a first material having a flexural modulus of between about 65,000 psi and about 120,000 psi and a second material including a grafted-metallocene polymer; and a cover layer fo... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989066 | Cellular structure and a method for making a cellular structure A cellular structure such as a honeycomb window treatment and method for making the cellular structure is provided by securing a plurality of rows of elongated cells to one another. Each of the plurality of rows is constructed by providing a first longitudinally ext... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6984571 | Three dimensional device integration method and integrated device A device integration method and integrated device. The method includes the steps of polishing surfaces of first and second workpieces each to a surface roughness of about 5–10 Å. The polished surfaces of the first and second workpieces are bonded together. A sur... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979377 | Method for producing components from fiber-reinforced composite ceramic and methods for using the components A method produces components from high-temperature-proof fiber reinforced composite ceramics from tapes containing carbon fibers. Heating and simultaneously compacting under the influence of pressure and temperature produces a force-locking connection in the region ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979141 | Identification cards, protective coatings, films, and methods for forming the same The present invention relates to a protective film for application to a card member and forming identification cards having protective films. The method of applying protection to a card member includes providing a protective film. The protective film includes a prot... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974784 | Sheet-form photocurable material A photocurable sheet-form material which comprises (a) a polymerizable unsaturated monomer, (b) a polymer which is either polymethyl methacrylate or a high-molecular polymer consisting mainly methyl methacrylate units and which is compatible or swollen with the poly... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971167 | Multilayered circuit board forming method and multilayered circuit board A multilayered circuit board and a method of forming the multilayered circuit board are provided. In a first circuit forming process, a first circuit is formed on an insulating board with a conductor; in a circuit embedding process, the first circuit is embedded in ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6967000 | Method and device for fabricating composite materials and bonded sheet items This invention refers to a method and a device for use in connection with the fabrication of multilayer products (8) such as composites and bonded multilayer sheet products, ect. by means of the so-called “bagging technique,” to increase the compressive p... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964739 | Device and method for generating and applying ozonated water The present invention is a device and method for ozonating water and applying the ozonated water to surfaces for cleaning purposes. The instant invention allows a user to transform water into a liquid with more robust cleaning properties conveniently and in a short ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962557 | Device for welding plastic films Devices for cross-welding or cross-separating welding plastic films (2) are used in a manner known per se in machines for producing bags, said devices comprising a welding roller (3) and a heated welder terminal (4) which can be moved reciprocal... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960630 | Thin, thermoset, polyurethane-covered golf ball with a dual core A golf ball comprising a core including a center having an outer diameter from about 0.375 inches to about 1.4 inches and deflection of greater than about 4.5 mm under a load of 100 Kg and an outer core layer having an outer diameter of from about 1.4 in to about 1.... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6949595 | Multi-layer golf ball with translucent cover A golf ball including a center, a translucent cover, and, optionally, at least one intermediate layer disposed between the center and the cover. The cover is preferably formed from a polyurethane composition or a reaction product of isocynate. The cover is further c... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949282 | Contoured crushable composite structural members and methods for making the same The present invention provides contoured crushable composite structural members and methods for making the same. The contoured structural members comprise composite materials sandwiching a support or stabilizing structure. The contoured structure can be provided by ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945006 | Countertop assembly and method of manufacture thereof A countertop assembly comprising a horizontal deck having an upper and a lower surface and an elongated vertical edge surface and an elongated molded strip superimposed on the vertical surface. A pattern formed from either ridges or recesses or a combination of ridg... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942748 | Tear resistant elastic laminate and method of forming An elastomeric film is bonded between two or more layers of nonwoven webs formed of nonelastomeric thermoplastic fibers. The laminate has, in a predefined transverse direction, an elastic elongation value greater than the predefined elastic elongation value of the n... | 09/13/2005 |
