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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 |
| 8186037 | Method of fabricating an irrigated tip electrode An irrigated tip electrode design includes a shell generally surrounding a plug which jointly define a chamber that is fed with fluid by a lumen. The fluid is distributed to the outer surface of the tip electrode through fluid passages. The chamber is advantageously... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8167652 | Shielded connector having a shielding body with an insulating paint layer received in slots of an insulating body A shielded connector. In one embodiment, the shielded connector includes: a seat, including a plurality of receiving slots, in which a shielding body is formed on at least a part of an inner surface of the receiving slot by physical-plating and an insulating paint l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8132313 | Method for fabricating a LCD panel An inspecting circuit layout according to the present invention is provided. The inspecting circuit layout is adapted for inspecting panel units group by group, each of the panel units having a plurality of first and second signal lines. The inspecting circuit layou... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8112871 | Method for manufacturing electrosurgical seal plates A method of manufacture for an end effector assembly is provided. The method includes providing a pair of jaw members. A step of the method includes forming one or more seal plates positionable on one of the pair of jaw members. Etching a dam along a side of the one... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8087151 | Gas sensor having zinc oxide nano-structures and method of fabricating the same A gas sensor includes zinc oxide nano-structures formed on a substrate, a plurality of metal islands coated on a surface of each zinc oxide nano-structure and separated from one another, a first electrode electrically connected to one end of each zinc oxide nano-str... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8061013 | Micro-electromechanical resonators having electrically-trimmed resonator bodies therein and methods of fabricating same using joule heating A micro-electromechanical resonator includes an electrically-trimmed resonator body having at least one stiffness-enhanced semiconductor region therein containing metal-semiconductor lattice bonds. These metal-semiconductor lattice bonds may be gold-silicon lattice ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051549 | Method for producing plasma display panel To realize a plasma display panel having display performances of high precision and high brightness with low power consumption, after formation of base film (91), a metal oxide paste made of metal oxide particles, an organic component including a photopolymer... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051548 | Method of manufacturing an electrostatic chuck Provided is a method of manufacturing a gas supply structure for use in an electrostatic chuck apparatus having an electrostatic chuck on the upper surface side of a metal base (1), the gas supply structure being capable of eliminating contamination due to no... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8028396 | Automatic wire winding of inside brushless stator A method and mechanism for automatic or manual winding of a stator. A fixed arbor serves to support the stator during the winding process, as well as a wire feed point and wire guide. A mechanism moves the stator in a back and forth motion along the major axis of th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027158 | Snap relieving device and electronic apparatus with the snap relieving device A snap relieving device includes a first movable part, a second movable part, an inclining guiding groove, a guiding piece, and a snap. The first movable part moves along a first direction. The second movable part moves along a second direction, wherein the first di... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8015690 | Shield method for electronic component enclosure and shield material The objective of the present invention is to provide a shield method and shield material enabling to hold a flexibility degree with an enclosure shape and to make electronic component enclosures small and thin types. The shield method for electronic component enclos... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7996982 | Method of making feedthroughs for electrical connectors A method (10) of forming an electrically conducting feedthrough. The method (10) comprises a first step (11) of forming an electrically conductive structure (21) comprising a sacrificial component and a non-sacrificial component. At least... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996983 | Method of manufacturing a device worn by an animal An animal training apparatus including an electrical conductor embedded within a flexible member, and a housing having a through-opening for receiving the electrical conductor therethrough. The flexible member is molded around the electrical conductor and the antenn... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986072 | Stator core of electric rotating machine and method of manufacturing the core A stator core of an electric rotating machine has steel sheets formed of a steel plate wound in the cylindrical shape. Each sheet has teeth disposed along the circumferential direction of the core on the inner side of the sheet, divided end portions disposed along t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979975 | Methods of connecting an antenna to a transponder chip An antenna wire (210, 260, 310, 410, 510, 610, 710) is mounted to a substrate (204, 254, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704) so that end portions (210a/b, 260a/b, 310a/b, 410a/b, 510a/b, 610... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979974 | System and method for successively feeding membrane electrode assemblies and separate plates of fuel cell stack A system for feeding a fuel cell stack including fuel cells having separating plates and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs). The system includes a separating plate supply unit for feeding the separating plates; an MEA supply unit for feeding the MEAs; a feeding un... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975363 | Method of making a probe tip A probe includes a substrate and a tetragonal structure disposed on the substrate that has four end points. Three of the end points are disposed adjacent to the substrate. A fourth of the end points extends outwardly and substantially normal to the substrate. In a m... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971336 | Method for manufacturing products comprising transponders The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing products comprising transponders. The method comprises introducing a web comprising on its surface sequential structural modules comprising an impedance matching element and an integrated circuit electrical... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966715 | Method of manufacturing carbon electrode A method of manufacturing a carbon electrode for melting an object to be melted by arc discharge, includes: a rubbing step of rubbing the surface of the carbon electrode before power is supplied with a rubbing material of the same type as the object to be melted. | 06/28/2011 |
| 7950132 | Method for manufacturing liquid crystal device Disclosed is an integrated device which can peel a protective film from a board assembly and mount the board assembly on a backlight unit. The integrated peeling and mounting device includes: an index rotary unit having a shaft for rotating heads facing in different... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7882611 | Method of making an analyte sensor A thin film sensor, such as a glucose sensor, is provided for transcutaneous placement at a selected site within the body of a patient. The sensor includes several sensor layers that include conductive layers and includes a proximal segment defining conductive conta... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877851 | Apparatus for making tubular film transistors Disclosed is an apparatus for making tubular-shaped membrane electrode assembly. The apparatus includes a guiding unit for guiding the direction of MEA production, a first weaving unit for weaving conductive fiber bundles into a first tubular conductive fabric aroun... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877852 | Method of manufacturing an end effector assembly for sealing tissue A method for manufacturing an end effector assembly for sealing tissue includes the initial step of providing a pair of first and second jaw members each including an inwardly facing electrically conductive sealing surface. The method also includes the steps of: coa... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877853 | Method of manufacturing end effector assembly for sealing tissue A method for manufacturing an end effector assembly for sealing tissue includes the initial step of providing first and second electrically conductive sealing plates. The method also includes the steps of: encasing at least one of the electrically conductive sealing... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7832079 | Method for producing a vacuum interrupter The invention relates to a vacuum interrupter chamber and a method for producing the same according to the preambles of patent claims 1 and 3. In order here to improve a vacuum interrupter chamber of this type and a method for producing the same and th... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823268 | Angular transducer unit and method for its manufacture, as well as angular switching device and device for the detection of objects The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a transducer unit for an angular switching device, in which a transducer element is inserted and fixed in an angled bush. The inventive method is characterized in that the transducer element is brought... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818871 | Disc resonator gyroscope fabrication process requiring no bonding alignment A method of fabricating a resonant vibratory sensor, such as a disc resonator gyro. A silicon baseplate wafer for a disc resonator gyro is provided with one or more locating marks. The disc resonator gyro is fabricated by bonding a blank resonator wafer, such as an ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7779529 | Method of coupling a device to a mating part A coupling between a device and a mating part includes an elastic material and perhaps a tensioner coupled to the elastic material. The elastic material is wrapped around at least part of the device. The tensioner or other method is used to stretch the elastic mater... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7665201 | Method for manufacturing electronic modules A method for manufacturing electronic modules from a moulded module strip having a laminate including at least one conductive layer, and one or more dies and or surface mounted devices arranged on an upper surface of the laminate and embedded by a moulding compound,... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7607213 | Method of making a device for measuring deformation A method of making a device for measuring deformation includes a step of depositing a silicon adhesion underlayer on a silicon carbide surface by chemical vapor spraying, and a step of depositing a coating on the silicon adhesion underlayer by atmospheric thermal sp... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7596849 | Method of assembling a wafer-level package filter A wafer level package filter includes a device wafer having an acoustic wave device disposed on its surface, the acoustic wave device including at least an acoustic wave resonator associated with a piezoelectric substrate and a connecting pad. A capped substrate inc... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7581304 | Method of forming a spark plug with multi-layer firing tip A spark plug having a multilayer firing tip that minimizes the amount of precious metal used and a method of assembling a spark plug with a multilayer firing tip. The firing tip includes a discharge end and a weld end, with the weld end being connected to a center e... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7549206 | Shell flow sensor A flow sensor system and a method for fabricating the same. A substrate is provided, comprising a detector wafer upon which a flow sensor is formed. One or more shells can then be configured upon the substrate whose walls form a flow channel. The flow channel is fab... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546671 | Method of forming an inlay substrate having an antenna wire Forming an inlay comprising an antenna wire having two end portions and a site for a transponder chip, comprises: mounting the wire to a surface of substrate; and leaving the end portions of the antenna wire free-standing, as loops adjacent terminal areas of a site ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7444733 | Alignment precision enhancement of electronic component process on flexible substrate device and method thereof the same Alignment precision enhancement of electronic component process on flexible substrate device and method thereof the same is proposed. The process step of a flexible substrate is put on a substrate holder, wherein the flexible substrate is fixed by a polymer tape. A ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441320 | Method of validating manufacturing configurations during hardware assembly The present invention is a method and system for manufacturing an electronic device, such as a data storage device. The method includes generating a register including a desired device configuration. The register may include an identifier and radio signal informatio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437817 | Process for fabricating hollow electroactive devices A process for fabricating a ceramic electroactive transducer of a predetermined shape is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of providing a suitably shaped core having an outer surface, attaching a first conductor to the outer surface of the core, coating an ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434675 | Facility for fitting component carriers with electric components In a system for equipping component carriers with electrical components, two feed paths for component carriers that are parallel to one another are provided, one being conducted on a straight line over equipping locations of the system and the other being conducted ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421775 | Method of manufacturing antenna for RFID tag A method of easily and inexpensively manufacturing an antenna for an RFID tag by forming the antenna using magnets of a pattern corresponding to a shape of the antenna is provided. One example method includes a) placing a substrate above a level of a fluid containin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416701 | Calibrator for fluorosensor A multichannel fluorosensor includes an optical module and an electronic module combined in a watertight housing with an underwater connector. The fluorosensor has an integral calibrator for periodical sensitivity validation of the fluorosensor. The optical module h... | 08/26/2008 |
